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ONLINE WELLNESS MEMBER Keesha Mayes-Washington is the delightful host of ESOTERIC CHICK RADIO: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/echickradio. Keesha is a dynamic talented woman who inspires people to achieve more.

Keesha’s bio on site says “Just like most of us, Keesha is a certified graduate of the School of Hard Knocks. Growing up in foster care and group homes most of her childhood. She also struggled most of her adult life with homelessness, abusive relationships and staying healthy despite her diagnosis of Systemic Lupus. ‘Whether we acknowledge it or not, we all have choices, and I choose happiness, every time!’ says Keesha.

Keesha has always been known as being spiritually insightful. Even as a child, her ability to follow her inner guidance and instinctively understand spiritual truths has astounded those who know her. The core of all of her work has been using her talents and skills as a conduit for Divine spirit to communities and individuals giving them the opportunity to tap into their ‘God Spark.’”

Learn more about Keesha by visiting her INNER WISDOMS WAY website at
http://www.innerwisdomsway.com. AND, be sure to catch her blog radio show, Esoteric Chick Radio, at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/echickradio

ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION is proud to promote this exceptional member. ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION strives to promote our members whenever we can. Have you applied for membership? If not, apply now @ http://www.onlinewellnessassociation.com/index.php?v=requirementssub.

It is official: ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION IS NOW AN INTERNATIONAL membership site. Check out DAWN LABARRE in the professional directory at: http://www.onlinewellnessassociation.com. Dawn is an extraordinary woman. With any luck OWA will be posting her articles very soon. OR, maybe she will become a regular blogger on the site.

ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION welcomes wellness practitioner/counselor DAWN LABARRE.

Part of what keeps us alive is our ability to feel fear. Everyone experiences anxiety or feels panicky from time to time: the shaky knees, the pounding heart, shortness of breath, your mind going a million miles an hour! In fact, we are made with a kind of built-in alarm system that brings all of our mental attention and physical resources to focus on the face of danger — what’s known as the fight or flight response.

About Anxiety and Panic

Over 30 years of scientific research into severe anxiety disorders and panic attacks has established that all anxiety has a real, physiological cause. However, anxiety is really an interaction of both emotions and physiology. Most early psychologists viewed anxiety as purely emotional: the outward sign of repressed negative feelings and inner conflict. We now know this is not correct.
This means that there is a lot you can do to reduce or eliminate anxiety! Anxiety symptoms that were once dismissed as character flaws (think of the terms “worry wart”, “head case” and “control freak”) are not feelings you just have to live with or medicate when they get too severe for you to function. Your thoughts affect your feelings! By changing your thinking, you can change how you feel!

The Physiology of Anxiety and Panic

The limbic system, which is the part of the brain responsible for orchestrating our emotions, including the fight or flight response, relies on a complicated interaction between neural transmitters and hormones that regulate the body and mind to prepare you to deal with any perceived enemy or danger.

So it’s natural to occasionally feel anxiety or threatened, sometimes even useful. If you are standing in the middle of the road and saw a bus coming, you’d want that fight or flight response to kick in immediately, wouldn’t you?

What’s not natural is to feel afraid, worried or upset without any concrete cause. Like our immune response, our fight or flight response is meant to click into action in the face of danger. And then once the danger is past the fight or flight response fades away, gets turned off. However, today in the modern time, too many of us never get to relax: our minds are always on high alert, with the physical response that goes along with being on high alert.
It may seem like there’s an outbreak of anxiety. Statistics show that millions of American adults and children self-report on a variety of anxiety disorders. And remember these are only people that report. How many others are not reporting them? Are you one of them? You may feel reluctant or ashamed to admit that you’re suffering from panic or anxiety.

Natural Ways to Relief From Anxiety and Panic

Do you want to know some ways that you can begin to fight anxiety? Please visit my site panicsolutions.info. The Panic Solutions site focuses on natural ways to cure anxiety and panic. There is lots of information and techniques. We also review several well-known panic relief products, such as the Panic Away program, The Panic Puzzle, Easy Calm, The Linden Method, and others. You can sign up for my free series of articles on anxiety and panic there as well.

Dan DeLuca is the President of World Tree, Incorporated. He is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Trainer and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Author, and Speaker in the fields of Personal Growth, Motivation and Communication, and is a member of the Association for Integrative Psychology, The National Guild of Hypnotists, The American Board of Hypnotherapy and The Online Wellness Association.

His website is www.worldtreetraining.com and www.panicsolutions.info
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ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION is still investing marketing money in YOU! Know a wellness practitioner? Refer them to Online Wellness Association, get permission to pass their information to OWA, we will contact them to let them know the benefits of belonging to OWA–when they are approved YOU RECEIVE $100!!! There is no limit to the number of people that YOU can refer. Just invite a wellness practitioner that YOU know to look at the site, send info to OWA, upon approval YOU get $100!!

Send YOUR contact information along with your first referrals to:
maxfabry@onlinewellnessassociation.com

Wikepedia defines communication as “a process of transferring information from one source to another…imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.” Language defines the human species; we learn to start communicating within the first few years of taking the first breath of life. Yet, many problems, whether interpersonal, professional, or social, result in problems as a direct result of people failing to communicate.

ENTER, PAMELA COURNOYER, CEO of Communicate with Class, and ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION’S new SPOTLIGHT THERAPIST. Pamela has a background as a Professional Trainer, Coach and Facilitator. She has experience coaching groups in challenging locations such as Kosovo; but, can also be found sitting around someone’s table teaching people the fine art of communication.

ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION recognizes the importance of healthy communication to help people heal from whatever their circumstance. We are proud to have PAMELA COURNOYER as our first official communication coach. IMAGINE: Workers effectively communicating at all levels. IMAGINE: Husbands and wives clearly understanding each other. JUST IMAGINE: Having on-going dialogue with your children and other family members.

CONGRATULATIONS to PAMELA COURNOYER for being this month’s SPOTLIGHT THERAPIST.

Get to know PAMELA COURNOYER, and learn how her services can help you, your employees, your family, your friends, better communicators at
http://www.communicationwithclass.com

Have you applied for your ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION membership? If not, go to: http://www.onlinewellnessassociation.com, click on “become a member”, “apply”.

The OWA Mission Statement states: “ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION’s goal is to provide a SAFE platform for practitioners to build successful practices online and for potential clients to feel safe when choosing a practitioner. The OWA Seal of Approval will become known as an indicator of authenticity and validity between practitioner and client.”

And, IT IS WORKING!!! Here is what happened with one of our Pioneer Members:
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A physician found the member through the OWA Directory for a referral to one of his patients. The patient Googled the referral before calling to make an appointment. The member’s website came up with a wonderful bio for the potential client. The client clicked on the OWA SEAL OF APPROVAL. The SEAL opened, and, unfortunately the message that came up was:
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Warning: Invalid Link
This individual has not been approved by the Online Wellness Association (www.onlinewellnessassociation.com) and is not authorized to use this Seal of Approval.
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The potential client did not call the member, instead he called his referring physician to report that “this guy is not ok’d with OWA”. The doctor immediately got in touch with the member to find out what was going on.

THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSE TO WORK!!

Of course, as soon as the member reported the problem, Scott Whitehead, OWA Web Manager, started trouble shooting.

OWA is truly becoming “known as an indicator of authenticity and validity between practitioner and client.”

Have you started your membership application? Click below to apply:

http://www.onlinewellnessassociation.com/index.php?v=requirementssub

I would like to introduce you to a different way of looking at inherent problems and solutions within family systems that was introduced to me in 2000. This dynamic approach is called systemic constellation work founded by Bert Hellinger more than 50 years ago in Germany.

Systemic constellations is an intergenerational healing process that restores the flow of love and strength from our ancestors, those who came before us, to us. It honors the very source of our lives which originate from our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and on down our family lineage. This giving and receiving of life creates an intricate web of connection and relationships. These connections and bonds continue to affect us, and our children, long after we have forgotten them. Constellation work creates an experiential model of the family system so that we can literally see the “invisible” entanglements, the love, and the solutions.

All of us are born into a family that has a conscience or “collective soul”. This collective creates behaviors, attitudes, beliefs and traits that are often passed on from one generation to another. These patterns become so ingrained into one’s belief system that they are often not challenged. Thus, belief systems become part of who they are. These belief systems or patterns are invisible and hidden dynamics in people’s family system that may unconsciously drive them towards the problems that they have. So, coming from this perspective, the soul of the family has us, we don’t have it. And so, we are born with “entanglements” or burdens that we carry. Many times, these burdens are not ours to carry. These entanglements or burdens may show up as addictions, chronic pain, disease, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, or illness, just to a few. Anything that encumbers us to live a full and joyful life. All this again, is done on an unconscious or soul level. It happens out of a deep and hidden loyalty of the secret law that will not allow anyone of a family system to be denied the right to belong. This phenomenon also occurs in order to atone an injustice that has been done in the family. It is a love so deep that a family member may unconsciously choose to die, rather than “betray” the family bond.

Through systemic constellations, a person is shown the true origin of the stated problem and new opportunities for disentanglement and resolution. The client can see and feel love flowing again in his or he family system, and will no longer sacrifice personal health or well-being. The experience of truth, loyalty, and love unfold before the client.

By working gently, honestly and directly with facts, rather than beliefs, or our story, we can uncover previously hidden dynamics, making the unconscious conscious, observe them, acknowledge what is, and allow a dynamic resolution which results in healing on an emotional, mental, physical and spiritual level.

Constellation work is a powerful tool in sourcing the origin of our problems and finding a resolution steeped in deep healing within the complex and often tragic systems of the individual and their family. This work truly allows us to come home to ourselves, our family our source.

I have been amazed with the results that I have experienced both on a personal and professional level regarding the power of constellation work. As I witness an individual during a constellation, doing their personal work, the depth of transformation is apparent. It’s as if they are awakened into a new way of looking at their life’s situation. The truth is unveiled and they are at a cross roads of sorts as to whether they will continue to carry the story that they thought was true or choose a different path. At times this truth may be hard to grasp though with gentleness and time, the deep healing will occur from the inside out. The truth truly sets us free.

“When we understand the systemic laws that allow love to unfold, we may help suffering families and individuals to find solutions, even after a lifetime of hate, anger, and abuse”. Bert Hellinger

Words from others ~

I didn’t get what I needed growing up. I was emotionally and physically abandoned, and abused in every way except physically. Consequently, as an adult I’ve struggled to take care of my own emotional needs and to feel any semblance of inner peace or happiness. I’ve held strong to the story in my head (and heart) that my life would always be filled with pain and sadness that just doesn’t go away, because of certain ‘facts’ in my life. I’ve done plenty of talk therapy in my adult life, and it’s helped in some ways but the pain and sadness remained. Fortunately I decided to try a Systemic Constellation workshop. I was skeptical, but not anymore. I don’t know exactly how, but I know it’s allowed me to get out of the storyline in my head and get a glimpse of new possibilities in my life and the way I feel. Catherine is an excellent facilitator and leader of these workshops. I highly recommend it.
D.K., technical writer/project manager

Catherine is remarkable and I have done this work with her and with a couple other practitioners over the years. It is DEEPLY powerful and lasting. I still see evidence in my life from pieces I learned in a session 10 years ago. The magic is that no one needs to know your story to do the work, you don’t even have to know the story, and yet you get information in a way that is deeply shifting and freeing. I encourage you to come check it out and either come as an observer or do a constellation. BOTH are powerful and invited. Kathy P. – Realtor

Catherine VanWetter is a Holistic Family Healing practitioner trained in a variety of healing techniques that helps people come to a place of peace within themselves. She is the founder and owner of “To The Heart of the Matter” located in Corvallis, Oregon.

Her newest book and meditation CD, “The Soul of the Heart", offers inspiration, deep healing and hope during these turbulent times. Catherine’s worldwide workshops and retreats offer resolution to lead you gently back to the Soul of Your Heart.

Download Catherine’s Morning Meditation Free at http://www.ToTheHeartOfTheMatter.com.

Interact with Catherine: Twitter: @SouloftheHeart Facebook: Catherine VanWetter YouTube Videos of Catherine’s work: CatherineVanWetter

Catherine is a member in good standing with Online Wellness Association. http://www.onlinewellnessassociation.com