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Kindle Publication: 31 Mindful Goal-Setting Tips to Retrain the Brain

Kindle Edition – Click the link to review the content and a few of the steps

Now available in paperback

This is live on Amazon today.  Since writing this program I have followed the steps once a year. That’s about 13 years.  I have started the patterns just now before it became available on Amazon.  As I do each step I recognize how this integration of shifting a mindset from a past conditioning is 100 percent available to accomplish in a lifetime.  Less than a lifetime.   A whole life lived before starting this journey that began with creating the guide towards change.  What’s different about these guided patterns is that they are not a focus of attention on cheerleading trends, and rules.   I do not do cheerleading lifestyle chants well.  As an empath, the energy of that style of coaching, and mentoring is too cultish and rely on preexisting conditions to facilitate.  My perspective of the energies.   To support my own need for safety, mentally, emotionally, and physically, I integrated actions that tapped into my understanding of entrainment in nature and the personal landscape learned from earlier models of education with the education model I was practicing.  The education model focus did not pay attention to achievement from an outside focus or source.  Rather guided patterns were focused on inner resourcefulness and shifting the inner dance of flow of information, perception,  process, and then action.  It is a pattern for shifting a mindset and expanding understanding of oneself and others uniquely different than the common cultural conditioning one was entrained in.  It truly made a difference in learning who I was based on other’s influences from the past and who I truly was in my nature.  These two do not align.  I lived a whole life experience based upon false perception and inside literally experienced and expressed through a sense of being false or wearing a mask.  I was the product of my cultural conditioning and that was a false body in a false narrative.    

In Dr. Marshall Rosenberg’s model of Nonviolent Communication, he has introduced blocks in connections through communication that I took to heart.  I don’t process using debate styles of communicating when focused on connection so these blocks became a pursuit for increasing understanding and clarity in their day-to-day usage.  These are right and wrong thinking, punishment and reward, scarcity, assessments, moral judgments, diagnosing, demands, assumptions, comparisons, denial of responsibility, and more.  Rather I turned to one’s natural habits in the environment and combined them with a non-debate focus on doable and concrete steps to create a supportive environment that increases connection to space and one’s mental, physical, and emotional health and well-being.  As someone sensitive to energy this focus of attention created a sense of peace as I recognized it was creating another layer of connection to support through the environment.  This connection and focus were creating an elusive felt sense of safety in the environment mentally, emotionally, and physically.  

These daily suggestions are simple yet effective.  They build a relationship with one’s surroundings in association with how they perceive, experience, and live unaware of the conditions shaping experiences.  This means habitual conditioning where the focus of attention is on one tiny function of the human existence – prefrontal cortex thinking usually limited to the ego.  Of course, when writing out these integrative steps for myself and my students, I was unconsciously creating safety for myself as an empath who has a dominant somatic way of perceiving the world and worldview and who is sensitive to the energies of nature.

Reviewing the daily steps for publication and actualizing them in my own space I recognize the new habits that have become inherent in my behaviour from taking these integrative steps each year.  The guided patterns have a focus on personal integration for self-actualization.  There is no ego no religion, and no doctrine to follow.   It is nature, space, and conditions that stimulate behaviour and the potential to marry the inner process of incoming information through universal value needs.

I am in awe of life and living it well.  

Kindle Edition – Click link to review content and a few of the steps

Kindle Edition – Click link to review content and a few of the steps

Coming soon in paperback

Copyright 2014 – 2024 Renee Lindstrom, GCFP
Feldenkrais®, Feldenkrais Method®, Awareness Through Movement®, Functional Integration®, are registered service marks of the Feldenkrais Guild® of North America. Feldenkrais Method®

Somatic behaviour focus can redirect attention away from labels, being diagnosed & judged Such as word addictions with too many analytical definitions & moral judgements

I do not often use the word addictions. Only recently have I used it in my posts. I don’t let it influence my personal or group lessons. It is such a distracting word with so many changing definitions and a word that is normally very personal to the person speaking it into life, or listening to someone else speaking it to life. What I focus on is the instinct that turns one towards an addictive quality. For me the instinct is triggered by survival. An easy example is sex.  Sex is a basic need in the base level of needs along with water, food, shelter, air. If someone is operating under anxiety, stress, fear, or anger emotions it will trigger an instinctual reaction. In this example it would be self soothing through basic intercourse without much meaning, other than relief.  However, the urge in the gut is often still there during and after. If one increases sleep patterns, eats healthy, and starts to experience self fulfilling needs being met, including meaningful relationships, the instinctual need to self sooth shifts as the survival instinct diminishes. This doesn’t mean one loses their sex drive, it just shifts it into more meaningful interactions. This self soothing example can be replaced with the actions of gambling, drinking, drugs, smoking, food, etc. Often the focus is on the label – addiction, which can shift the mind focus to the past behaviour, memories, or blaming and shaming self and others. If one can capture the moment, there is a felt sense of the instinct that is felt prior to going into the habit of reacting to it. This is a moment to observe what just happened. (Something is happening in the moment of the trigger.)  This can be the point of change. Notice the trigger and instead of going into the strategy for self soothing, one can process the trigger and create inner balance. This is an important skill development.  Leaving it unchecked creates a type of random chaos either by oneself, or others who have clued in on how to keep one in the agitated state. (Yes, common strategy for others is to redirect someone’s focus of attention to get their own needs met).  The person who introduced this to me, Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D., used an example of eating. Often when people become uncomfortable, they will reach for food. He would suggest the person reaching for food to stop and ask themselves if they are hungry, or if something else was instead gnawing at them. Usually, they are not hungry, and this pause to check in is enough to shift the experience to talking about whatever it is that instigated the action of reaching for food. It could be as simple as being asked an uncomfortable question. The trigger is inner conflict. If you disagree with someone, it can cause inner conflict. If you hear a hard to hear message, it can create inner conflict. If someone tries to control you it can cause inner conflict. etc., etc.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Learning opportunities:
    • Integrating personal and group values to create a point of connection in relationships and environment
    • Introduction to transforming reactions into value focused connections
    • Integrating values through intention
    • Integrating values through the environment
    • Somatic Movement to increase physical, mental, and emotional function, health and wellbeing
    • Clarity of  Environmental Stimulus to reduce blocks to health and wellbeing  

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The only way to change is action

Conversation is an equal opportunity and  shared experience


Integrate values through Subtle Energies in the environment:


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by Renee Lindstrom
 1st Phase of Integration – Getting Started (Introduction & Pattern)
 2nd Phase of Integration – Getting Intouch (Experiencing & Connection)
 3rd Phase of Integration – Integration (Embodiment)

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Copyright 2014 – 2024 Renee Lindstrom, GCFP
Feldenkrais®, Feldenkrais Method®, Awareness Through Movement®, Functional Integration®, are registered service marks of the Feldenkrais Guild® of North America. Feldenkrais Method®

Attributes in relationships that work creatively

In relationships it is the quality in the experience that creates the space for someone to present as their best selves. Any type of relationship. This means that there are the attributes of respect, acknowledgement, appreciation, cooperation, participation, equality, fairness, trust, stability, to be seen to be heard, to be valued, responsibility, integrity, balanced give and take, empathy, compassion, kindness, equal giving and receiving, clarity, understanding, patience, acceptance, etc., etc. These above attributes are not a part of the interactions, or in the relationship overall if one dominants to get their needs met on the backs of others. The above attributes create inner connection and connection with others and in their absence, an environment of conflict is stimulated inside and outside. A lack of these attributes creates ill health and shifts the focus of attention into survival, fight or flight. If one is not heard, seen or valued chronically it can increase the ill health mentally, emotionally, physically, in the space and out into groups, and the community. Only someone who lacks these qualities in themselves, ie. lack of self respect, self appreciation, and self accountability, etc., would treat others with this base note behaviour. Why, if you respect yourself, you can respect others. If you hold yourself accountable, you will hold others accountable etc. It creates a value in the space surrounding you that people enter into. Time is better spent and more productive and efficient. People are speaking creativity and with innovation. Which direction is your motivation taking you and those around you? Are you elevating people into being their best self or are you dragging them down into your possible jealousy, hatred and greed?

Learning opportunities:

  • Learning opportunities:
    • Integrating personal and group values to create a point of connection in relationships and environment
    • Introduction to transforming reactions into value focused connections
    • Integrating values through intention
    • Integrating values through the environment
    • Somatic Movement to increase physical, mental, and emotional function, health and well being
    • Clarity of  Environmental Stimulus to reduce blocks to health and wellbeing  

Connect to inquire about your personal or group needs


The only way to change is action

Conversation is an equal opportunity and  shared experience



by Renee Lindstrom
 1st Phase of Integration – Getting Started (Introduction & Pattern)
 2nd Phase of Integration – Getting Intouch (Experiencing & Connection)
 3rd Phase of Integration – Integration (Embodiment)

Follow the journey on TwitterInstagram or Facebook

Copyright 2014 – 2024 Renee Lindstrom, GCFP
Feldenkrais®, Feldenkrais Method®, Awareness Through Movement®, Functional Integration®, are registered service marks of the Feldenkrais Guild® of North America. Feldenkrais Method®

Inspired Goal Setting: #2 – Crescent Moon Phase Goals

Aligning your goals with the Crescent Moon:

waxing crescent moon

Waxing Crescent Moon – Photo Courtesy of Nasa

Action:

  • Intentions, Hopes & Wishes

A crescent moon is the best time to commit to one’s  intentions, hopes, and wishes for the Lunar Month.  This is the time  to write your goals on paper or to begin a journal!


Inspired Goal Setting follows the Moon’s path as a reference to create harmony and ease with references on how to apply to one’s calendar of monthly and daily goals.  It supports making one’s goals more doable and more achievable!

This program considers importance of  waning and waxing moon cycles!  

What is being said about Inspired Goal Setting Workbooks:

Thank you for this gift, Renee
I can imagine ways to use it to help me stay focused on my healing.  There are so many parts to it (exercise, foods and supplements, braces, and other supports, mental attitude, etc) that I find it hard to remember it all every day.  I think your method will really help. Judy

I’ve REALLY enjoyed working with this tool so far!  I am using it to set “goals” for my own self. B

I have enjoyed the small piece of sharp focus.  B


The Next Steps to making and keeping your goals are:

  1. Commit to Daily Personal Actions
  2. Mentored Coaching

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by Renee Lindstrom

How to get started

Awareness Through Living Mentoring Programs Available:

 1st Level – Getting Started (Introduction & Pattern)
 2nd Level – Getting Intouch (Experiencing & Connection)
 3rd Level – Integration (Embodiment)

by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP @ Inside Awareness
Copyright 2014 – 2024 Renee Lindstrom, GCFP

Build your own Value Needs Vocabulary

In Touch Universal Value Cards - Connection

In Touch Universal Value Cards – Connection

Understand YOUR FEELINGS and INTEGRATE a UNIVERSAL language of connection!

Stop letting your feelings control your actions.  Learn to identify the root source of your feelings and integrate a universal language through building your own vocabulary of values!

Turn your moral judgments into value based judgments so others want to hear you!

InTouch Communication Icon

InTouch Communication Icon

 

Inside Awareness has created 45 Value Need Cards to use as a personal check in to Integrate Universal values.

 

 

 


  • Naming what is meaningful to you helps others become willing to hear you
  • Values grow awareness of behavior actions and reactions
  • Values in one’s vocabulary increases autonomy, self-esteem and confidence

If feelings are the spiral inward, naming  the values are at the center and the  point of connection with others.


Download our templates to make your own cards

InTouch Value Needs Cards Template

InTouch Value Needs Cards Template

Learn how to get InTouch Feeling Cards here 


Check out upcoming workshops or book  your own personal movement or empathy coaching session


Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
 Authored  Achieving your Goals  31 Day Program, Sleep Sweet Sleep, Kid’s Peace Bus Calendar of Values  Educational Program & InTouch with Your Values Self-Actualization Program.Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement  since 2000, Labyrinths of Victoria since 2012, #yyj Peace Week Grassroots Calendar Founder, Vice-Chair of World Children’s Summit on Peace & Nature in 2015

Present enough to notice what’s right in front of you!

When weeding isn’t weeding anymore!

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Yesterday when the person who had wanted dandelions didn’t show up to harvest them, I decided to go out myself and get started.  An area that was originally grass had become weed filled when I  let the neighbors invasive Saint John’s Wort move in.  Digging up never-ending weeds has been a challenge and now I felt lucky to have someone who wanted to harvest the dandelions.

As I began digging I noticed wild onions and had to stop to taste them.  Then I began to separate them from the weeds along with the dandelions.  Then came the baby thistle, then the plantain and finally the fennel.  Weeding wasn’t weeding anymore!  It became a gathering experience.  Each one had to be tasted periodically too.

Once washed and laid out to dry the volume was appreciated.  A small 3 x 4 foot patch reaped a table full of greens for tea’s, salad’s, oils flavored vinegar, poultice’s and creams.  Well, actually too much was eaten.  The first harvest and I couldn’t get enough.

When this gal I mentioned earlier came by to pick up her dandelions,  we stood chatting.  We began eating the leaves off the Saint John Wort and that’s when  it hit me.  What I hadn’t been able to see that is.  What I did see caused much angst and I was blocked from seeing the treasures that were actually there.  They were not hidden, I just wasn’t able to see them!  My focus was on my kids, business and time.  I told myself I didn’t have time and  yet needed it to look a certain way for my business. What a loss.  I imagine now, had I shared this knowledge with my kids they would have had real-time with me and learned something more valuable than doing chores.  So busy being busy.  Ouch!


Renee is an appreciative and proud mother of two young adults.  One child introduced her to the experience of unconditional love and the other to the inner power and beauty of being a woman!

 

The Month of Romance and Love: #13 of 14 Tips for finding better love

by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP @ Inside Awareness
Day 13: Positive personalities are most attractive

There are concrete studies that show people with positive personalities are seen as more attractive and more physically appealing than those who are rude, negative and unfair. Is your glass half-full or half-empty?

Love Day 13Today’s Tip:  Explore your own inner messaging patterns.  Do you beat yourself and others up? Imagine how attractive this is to others and commit to change through creative self-development!   Begin your practice now!

“Supply is infinite, but there must be receptivity.  We can have all the supplies we will give.  But that is where the barrier is–the unwillingness to give.  That is where the lack or limitation is.”
Joel Goldsmith


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Copyright 2025 Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Value-Based Communication Relationship & Life Coach since 2004, Art of Placement  since 2000, Founder of Greater Victoria Peace & Intercultural Celebrations since 2010 & Greater Victoria Labyrinths since 2012, #yyj Peace Week Calendar Founder – 2014 & 2015