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In This Issue...
Reflections
Upcoming Workshops and Events
News/Announcements
Mini-Reflection Exercise
This Issue's Sponsor
Reflections
With all the bustling activity over
the holidays, it's especially important to take quiet breaks to remember
that which most sustains us. We're keeping this reflection short in
hopes that you'll welcome the pause and create a Present
of Presence for yourself using the mini-reflection
exercise below.
Wishing you a wondrous holiday season.
Upcoming Workshops and Events
PCF
at the Women's Art Fair
This Saturday, December 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Midtown YWCA, 2121 Lake St, Minneapolis. Create an easy take home project
and tie your wish onto PCF's 2007
wishing tree. Enjoy live music and refreshments while perusing art
from over 60 women artists.
Online Ideal
Business Support
Want regular motivation and accountability to bring your business to the next level?
Join this year-long supportive network for mission-driven small business
and healing professionals to pursue
and achieve business aspirations. Facilitated by Teresa
Thomas-Carroll. Our discussion and action will be centered on Lynn
Grodzki's Twelve Months to Your Ideal Private Practice: A Workbook. Register by Dec. 15 and pay
only $15 for the full 2007 year (low price of just $25
afterward). Click here
for registration or e-mail
us your name and type of business.
Life Balance
for Moms
Barb
Plunkett, certified life coach and PCF facilitator, will be presenting this interactive
session for moms to envision realistic ways they can achieve a more
balanced life in 2007. January
11, 7 p.m. Details are posted at The Mothers Connection.
Small Business Marketing Jam
You won't want to miss this opportunity
to network and brainstorm with a fantastic mix of small business owners.
These highly interactive sessions tend to fill quickly, so register
early for January 24 &/or 25 (6:30-9:00
p.m.)
Our focus will be Marketing from the Heart on
the 24th and The Power of Collaboration
on the 25th. Or book your very own Jam for your networking group. Co-designed
and facilitated by Taiha Wagner of The Small Business Helper and
Teresa Thomas-Carroll of Purple Crayon Factory. Admission is only $15 per session! Click for info and registration or
if your business would like exposure through
event sponsorship.
Green
Elephant Gift Exchange-A Business Celebration
with the Planet in Mind
Purple Crayon Factory is sponsoring and helping facilitate
this fun
business networking experience--where everyone is rewarded for generosity and good
will. January 31, 5-10 p.m. Info for this celebratory conference is at:
Cultural Creatives Business Network.
Addressing the Inner Critic
Through guided imagery, discussion and art we will focus
on self-care and empowerment. Walk away with
personalized tools for working with
your inner critic. Saturday,
February 10, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Hosted at the Argyle Zebra (AZ)
Gallery in Saint Paul. Cost: $60 (includes art supplies
and resource guide). Facilitated by Mia
Bolte, M.A. Click here
for registration or e-mail.
Not Your Mother's Birds and Bees!
Women -- When we say that PCF's mission is to help you to pursue all aspects of your ideal life, we're
not kidding! Whether you want to reset the pilot light or add fuel
to an already burning fire, this class is for you! Here's your chance to anonymously
submit your questions - have them answered and be intrigued by informative answers to questions you hadn't
even thought to ask. February 10, 2-3:30 p.m. in the private classroom
at eqLife in St. Paul. Cost: $25. Facilitated by Rebecca Logan.
Click here for registration or e-mail.
News/Announcements
- Get your New Year off to a great start! Let us help you envision your ideal new year
and get and stay on track with your
individual goals. Or bring us in for your group!
- In gratitude for all the encouragement we have received, PCF supported numerous organizations (arts,
education and women's) with in-kind contributions throughout 2006.
- As a featured newsletter sponsor, reach approximately 1,000 readers to communicate about
your business or event. To request details, e-mail info@purplecrayonfactory.com.
- If a friend shared this newsletter
to you, read on... We are having a wonderful
prize drawing from new subscribers who activate their free subscription by Dec. 31, 2006. Click here for details. Prize package
includes: Envision Your Ideal Life: one-to-one private
teleclass, "Turning Your Day Around" guided imagery CD
from The Passage from Surviving to Thriving series, insulated purple travel tea mug (works
with leaf or teabag), "Follow Your Heart" car/window decal,
journal,Tazo Passion tea sample, sparkle pen and a travel candle. Total value of
prize is well over $100!
Mini-Reflection Exercise
The following exercise is a slight variation to one that
we've used in previous years.
It's easy to get swept up in the
holiday rush and lose sight of the meaning of each moment. Create
a Present of Presence for yourself with the
following simple exercise:
- Gather a small box, scissors, tape, gift wrap and tag that you like (or
visualize doing so)
- Let your mind relax--look out a window or close your eyes and take some
deep breaths.
- Ponder what you'd like to notice this season. What word, phrase or image
comes to mind?
- Open your box and imagine that you are gently placing your intention
into it. Wrap it lovingly.
- On the gift tag, write a note to yourself. It may be a simple, "To
me" or as detailed as"Carry this gift of ______ in my
heart and share the contents with those around me."
- Place your Present of Presence among your other packages
or somewhere you will see it. Allow it to help you to be mindful
in the midst of all your preparations and celebrations.
This Issue's Sponsor
Subscriber Information
Purple Crayon Factory's refreshing
workshops and services support you to create the life you want with
resources you have. Whether you are looking toward big transformation
or simply seeking inspiration, we have something for you or your organization.
Teresa Thomas-Carroll is the publisher
of this newsletter and can be reached at 612-722-6931 or teresa@purplecrayonfactory.com. Check
out her musings on PCF's blog.
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Crayon Factory respects your privacy and does not give out or sell
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