The Renewal Times

Happy Half-Year! We are halfway through the year. How are you doing with all of those plans and great ideas you had back in January? Is it time to refocus and this time make a real commitment to achieve what you desire in life? Our feature article may help you to do that. Or perhaps you need the assistance of a coach.

The Renewal Times is a publication of Renewal Technologies Inc. and is edited by Roger Ellerton.

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Note: The material in this newsletter is presented for information only. It is not a substitute for medical, psychological or professional advice. Please consult a qualified professional.

Included in this newsletter:

• Thought for the day
• Health Notes
• Upcoming Seminars
• Feature Article
• Humour
• More Information

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Thought for the Day
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Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, or even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.

         Paul Hawken

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Health Notes
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Make Your Burgers Healthier

Adding chopped tart cherries to your ground-meat mixture will make the hamburgers healthier and tastier. They'll be juicier and lower in fat, and they'll form far fewer carcinogens during high-heat grilling.

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Choose Cloudy Apple Juice

Depending on how much pectin is removed during processing; apple juice varieties are either completely translucent or a bit murky. Choose the cloudy stuff. It contains more disease-fighting antioxidants.

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Upcoming Seminars / Workshops
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We are pleased to offer the following public workshops/seminars in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:

Introductory NLP Evening

August 6, 2008 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Please come as our guest. Invite a friend to come with you. Registration is required so that we can reserve a seat for you. E-mail your name and the number of people attending to info@renewal.ca. For more information, please see www.renewal.ca/freeseminar.htm.

During this event, we will have a book signing for Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You and offer you a special discounted price.

NLP Practitioner Training

Seven consecutive days: October 20 - 26, 2008. Register today. There are no seats left in our July NLP Practitioner training.

NLP Master Practitioner Training

Four weekends: March 27 - 29, April 17 - 19, May 1 - 3 and May 29 - 31, 2009.

Get More Out of Life

A program designed to help you get more out of life through discovering who you are at many levels -- your place in the world, your mission in life -- and to inspire you to take action to pursue your mission with passion and joy in a way that is respectful of others.

September 13, 2008. Discover Yourself -- Find Out What's Holding You Back

Going Beyond the Limits of Traditional Coaching

Discover why goals don't work and experience what does! Learn the nuances in the NLP coaching model for resolving the most common, challenging coaching issues such as procrastination, values conflicts and life transition issues. Presented by NLP trainer John Overdurf.

October 17 - 19, 2008.

For our most recent schedule and a description of these workshops/seminars, please visit www.renewal.ca/neurolinguistic.htm

Click on the following link for the location of our NLP Training Centre in Ottawa (Stittsville), Ontario, Canada.

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Feature Article
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This article may be reproduced, provided it is reproduced in full, including author bio and a reference to Renewal Technologies' website (www.renewal.ca).

Increase Your Motivation

By Roger Ellerton Phd, ISP, CMC, Renewal Technologies Inc. www.renewal.ca

At one time or another, each of us has chosen or made a commitment to carry out a task that we are not fully passionate about or motivated to complete. Examples include, cleaning your office/desk, making "cold calls", taking an elderly relative shopping.

The following NLP process can be used to increase your motivation or other feelings (or if you are a coach, those of your client) about a task that you have decided to participate in or complete. It is based on a process developed by Richard Bandler, one of the co-founders of NLP.

1. Check the Ecology. If you were to be really motivated, or passionate or enjoy carrying out this task, what are the possible impacts (in the short- and long-term) on those systems of which you are a part - family, work, etc.; on you or your health; and on any parts of you, such as a creative part or safety part.
2. Create a Task Picture. In your mind, create a dissociated picture (i.e., you can see yourself in the picture) participating in the task or activity. Call this Picture #2.
3. Break state. Briefly look out the window or notice something on the wall. The point here is to briefly clear your mind.
4. Create a Motivating Picture. In your mind, create an associated picture (i.e., you are looking through your own eyes) of something you really enjoy doing. Call this Picture #4.
5. Overlay the Task Picture. Re-introduce the task picture (#2) so that it is in front of and conceals the motivating picture (#4).
6. Create an Opening (Iris). Have a hole open in the middle of the task picture (#2), so that you can clearly see the motivating picture (#4) and you can feel all of the motivating energy emanating from this picture (#4). Do this quickly and make the hole sufficiently large to get all of the feelings from the motivating picture.
7. Close the Hole and Maintain the Motivating Feelings. Close the hole in the task picture (#2) only as fast as you can maintain all of the feelings from the motivating picture (#4).
8. Repeat. Repeat steps 3-7 as fast as you can at least five times, pausing briefly between each repeat.
9. Verify that a Feeling of Motivation is Associated with the Task. See the task picture (#2) in your mind. Is this now motivating for you? If not, repeat steps 3-7 or verify that the motivating picture is truly motivating or that you really want to complete the task.

This pattern can be used in a variety of coaching situations. For example, if you are coaching a couple on their relationship, you may wish to re-install the passion/love they originally had for each other. In this case, the task picture would be a picture of their partner and the motivating picture a picture of when they were truly in love with each other.

Author: Roger Ellerton PhD, CMC is a certified NLP trainer, coach, certified management consultant and the founder and managing partner of Renewal Technologies. He is the author of the book Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You. Available from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Chapters.indigo.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes and Noble and other fine book retailers.

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Humour
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Dogs

"Little Johnny was practicing the violin in the living room while his father was trying to read in the den.

"The family dog was lying in the den, and as the screeching sounds of little Johnny's violin reached his ears, he began to howl loudly. The father listened to the dog and the violin as long as he could. Then he jumped up, slammed his paper to the floor and yelled above the noise, "For Pete's sake, can't you play something the dog doesn't know?"

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More Information
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