ChoicePoints December 2002

"If I do not choose for myself, someone else will choose for me. I then become an instrument for the accomplishment of their goals and intentions - and mine are lost."  _{Louise LeBrun}

This issue released: Tuesday, December 3, 2002

Spotlight On - people, products and pronouncements
Today's Thought
Coming Attractions!
Quick Updates
The Morphing Continues…
Did you know? - arcane tidbits for fun & frolic
Thought Waves

Spotlight On—WEL-Systems Program Centre Experiences

Our search for just the right space has been successful! We now have a place to create the WEL-Systems Institute Program Centre, where we are able to deliver even more compelling and life-altering experiences for you. Effective January 1, 2003, all of our Ottawa offices are moving to this new location in the west end of the city.

We are currently designing the physical space to ensure maximum comfort and minimum effort on your part. Chairs, tables, sight and sound… all have been considered with the greatest of care to meet your needs at all levels. A large, open space with natural light - with its own cozy lounge right next door - invites you to expand in more ways than one! This private space is a crucible for your experiences, allowing freedom of movement determined by program participants rather than the limitations of a public venue. We want to make sure that you - our clients, colleagues and friends - are nurtured in body, mind and spirit.

Out-of-town clients can enjoy one of three hotels conveniently located nearby. Each of the hotels - the Comfort Inn, the Country Inn & Suites, and the Holiday Inn Select - offers a range of services to accommodate a variety of needs, tastes and budgets.

The new WEL-Systems Institute Program Centre ensures the physical environment supports and enhances both your personal comfort and your willingness to allow yourself to fully engage what the WEL-Systems experience invites. As always, we will provide the same world-class program content and approach that has become synonymous with our list of program offerings. Watch our web site for more detail as we continue to evolve within our new space.

Today's Thought

"We should take care not to make the intellect our god;
it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."
Albert Einstein

Coming Attractions!

We are pleased to offer you the following seminars, workshops and programs -each one designed to provide thought-provoking and life altering experiences for your on-going personal and professional development.

For more details and the complete program schedule, see http://www.WEL-Systems.com/schedule.htm

Quick Updates

QuickStart Product Bundle Introduced

If you've been wanting to attend the Igniting the Self program, and you're finding it hard to line up all your ducks, our new QuickStart product bundle makes life easier!

QuickStart gets things going in a way that can work for you today. This complete package gives you valuable, practical, and down-to-earth information that you can apply in your life immediately. Combining selected WEL-Systems materials (in book and audio format) with the complete NLP Practitioner program on audio tape, you can immediately begin to change your life at a pace that works for you.

When the time comes for you to engage the full Igniting the Self program experience, you'll have already completed most of the pre-requisite materials, in your own time and on your own terms. Choose the location you prefer, contact us to register, and the full QuickStart retail costs will be credited when you register.

Contact us if you are interested in QuickStart.

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Fully Alive from 9 to 5 Goes International!

As a result of the Frankfurt Book Fair and the work of several enthusiastic and committed folks, Fully Alive from 9 to 5 has now received interest from publishers in China, Japan, Korea and Germany. With contract negotiations under way, we expect the first translation (of many) to take place. Our intention is to share with people around the world the perspective and the potential that the WEL-Systems® approach offers for enhanced quality of life. As things fall into place, we'll keep you posted. Who knows? Maybe you'll soon be able to send your friends, in far-away places, a copy of the book in their own language!

The Morphing Continues…

adding form and texture

You can see our evolution by checking our web sites as they change. Recent visitors have noticed that while each site has its own visual imprint, there is a theme emerging that connects one to the other, and all of them to the Institute. Using a combination of color and icons selected for their symbolic meaning, visitors are invited to follow the trails that lead to varying depths of information and opportunity.

Each website offers a distinct and unique package of material designed to help visitors understand the function of the Institute and each of its operating divisions. For details, please visit http://www.WEL-Systems.com/about.htm.

We continue to add new articles and programs as they are developed, keeping you informed as we go. Stay tuned!

Did you know?

Nature, Nurture and the Power of Love: The Biology of Conscious Parenting

Science has indoctrinated us with the belief that the character and traits of our lives are programmed in the genes. However, recent advances in cell biology now reveal that parental attitudes and beliefs profoundly influence the genetic programming of our offspring. Similar to a head-start program, Nature's use of 'parental awareness' in selecting the next generation's genes is designed to enhance the survival of human civilization.

In an illustrated, easy to understand lecture, Bruce Lipton, PhD, a pioneer in the field of pre-and perinatal development, offers exciting insight into the fundamental role parental 'programming' plays in shaping our health, behaviour, attitudes and relationships. Dr. Lipton's 'new science' reveals the mechanism by which the beliefs and emotions of parents influence the selection, and even rewriting, of their children's genetic code.

Parental 'programming' is first initiated in the formation of the germ cells (eggs and sperm) through a process called 'genomic imprinting'. The parents' influence in shaping the life of their child is further extended in the watery world of the womb when the prenatal brain begins to acquire environmental experiences. Subsequently, the character and potential of a child can be profoundly nurtured or damaged through birth, bonding and parenting skills. What was learned in our earliest experiences has a long term impact, for it shapes the potential we express in the unfolding of our lives.

The information provided in Dr. Lipton's work offers parents insight into how they can enhance the potential and quality of their children's lives and, as importantly, their own lives as well!

Watch the TidePool Resources program schedule for a one-day program that will educate and exhilarate as we explore the implications of Dr. Lipton's work on where we've come from and, more importantly, where we can go as parents and care givers.

Thought Waves

As the Holiday Season fast approaches, I am reminded how easy it is to get lost in the frenzy that this time of year often invites. For many of us, the intense focus on what is coming can distract us from what is already here. As we offer you our best wishes for a Happy Holiday Season, we invite you to take a moment to stop… take a nice, deep breath… and allow yourself to consider all that you already have!

The article Thoughts On-Celebration! was written at just one of those moments in my own life when I realized that so much of what matters in life is with me every moment, of every day. I share this thought with you, at this special time of year, as a gentle reminder of what shapes your life from one day to the next. Enjoy!

excerpt from Thoughts On-Celebration!

This particular topic has required more attention from me than usual. More effort. More 'struggle'. When I am faced with such an experience, I find myself becoming more and more curious. It has been a long time since I've let go of the need for struggle so, when it reappears, my instincts tell me that there is an opportunity here for a rediscovery… or reclamation… or a revelation.

To appease my logical need for data, I turned to the dictionary and discovered the Latin celebrare means 'to frequent' or 'fill'. (No matter how hard we try, we can never seem to get by without the ancient sounds that formed the platform for our communication. Perhaps there is more wisdom here than we realize.) Surprised, I found myself pondering what would likely be the 'standard' thoughts that one would associate with the word 'celebration'. Thoughts of parties, people, laughter, music, food and, usually, more food! Perhaps even applause and awards. Dressing up. Sleeping too little and eating/drinking too much! Images of people engaged in conversations with other people… in pairs and in small groups… or even bearing witness to a stage performance as one seated among the many.

The next thoughts that streamed were images of a small group … a family … seated around a table, about to enjoy the fruits of the fall harvest. Smells of turkey and pumpkin pie wafting through the air. Or perhaps visions of gently falling snow and the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree. Excited children straining to sit quietly - even if for a moment - as the unwrapped toys await the return of their attention.

Or perhaps a couple, standing side by side at the front of the church, bold in their intentions and yet reaching out to gently touch one hand to another. Filled with the excitement - and trepidation - of a life once journeyed alone and about to be harnessed as two. Long white dress. Crisp pleats in dark suit pants. White shirts and ties and boutonnieres. And in the soft candle light of the church, friends and family bear witness to the coming together of one of the greatest forces in the world: the flow of two, standing as one, to create the many. And life goes on…

Small children at play. Four candles on a cake, with one small breath about to make its mark. Boxes in brightly colored paper… with bows and ribbons… piled high, each precariously perched, awaiting the attention of its new owner. And who can forget 'Pin the Tail on the Donkey' and the strange places to which the pin would make its way. Stand back! Or you may become the Donkey.

Or perhaps that very first birthday. One high chair, one chocolate cake… and two small hands, delighting in the feel of gliding through frosting … and its amazing ability to stick one thing to another. Eyes wide, hands pulling and tugging… and - miracle that it is - the expert guiding of such a large chunk of cake into such a small mouth! Even NASA would marvel at such an exquisite display of docking expertise. Flashes of light from the camera that so lovingly captures the moment… to be celebrated over and over again.

To see the complete article, view http://www.wel-systems.com/articles/Celebration.htm

Louise LeBrun

The WEL-Systems® Institute
Leaders in WEL-Systems Experiences
260 Hearst Way, Suite 210
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K2L 3H1
Tel: (613) 254-7218
info@WEL-Systems.com