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Took a Step Outside My Comfort Zone!

Last Wednesday night, I did something that terrified me. I performed improv in front of a live audience. And yes I was scared. In fact for the weeks leading up to the show, I was getting more and more worried. Would I mess up? Would I not be funny or entertaining? Would I look stupid next to my talented classmates? Despite my worries the show, which was part of...

Make 2015 a Watershed Year

Are you ready to make 2015 a Watershed Year?  Is it time to step into your purpose, power and potential? If so, consider one of our coaching packages to help you create your Watershed Year. Why coaching? Help you accomplish your dreams or goals Create more of the life you want Establish a plan to handle difficult situations or manage through transitions Your unique advantage by working with us:...

Mindfulness Matters

From the cover of Time Magazine to countless articles in Forbes and the New York Times, Mindfulness has been getting a lot of mainstream media attention. The reason? Mindfulness has been scientifically proven to help deal with the challenges of today’s world – namely a lack of concentration and constant distractability. It’s also been confirmed to have many more benefits. What is mindfulness? The definition: Training attention and awareness...

The Mindful Workplace – December 6 & 7, 2013

The 24/7 demands of business are leading to greater absenteeism, less effective decision making and lower employee engagement and productivity. While the hectic pace of business has been acceptable in the past, there is a growing need for a more mindful workplace. This workshop explores why mindfulness is critical to engagement, focus and productivity. Click here for further details or to register.  

Coaching

Hear What Our Coaching Clients Have to Say About Us:  “My one-on-one sessions with Wendy helped me to pinpoint areas of my life where I could make changes.  Once I realized that I did have control, I was able to stop thinking of myself as a victim. Wendyhelped me brainstorm positive, specific steps that I could take to ease the stress in my life.” S. H. Certified General Accountant “Wendy...

Bring Mindfulness @ Work into your Organization

The pace of today’s workplace requires a new solution to be productive, effective and maintain well-being.  It requires resilience, reflection and the ability to respond rather than react.  The Mindfulness at Work series includes: Mindfulness Fundamentals Working with the Breath Tapping into the Body Bringing Greater Compassion into the Workplace Increasing Resilience: Thriving in a 24/7 world It is ideal for leaders and teams looking to be more effective in a dynamic...

Mindfulness @Work: Bringing Greater Compassion into the Workplace

Join Wendy Woods for her Mindfulness @Work series at the University of Toronto.  It’s a great opportunity to bring greater mindfulness into your day and reap the many benefits of mindfulness at work (e.g. greater concentration, lower stress, increased self awareness, improved leadership skills). If you want to bring Mindfulness @Work into your workplace, contact us for a complimentary assessment.

Book of the Week

We: How to Increase Performance and Profits through Full Engagement Author: Rudy Karsan and Kevin Kruse Date: January 24, 2011 Pages: 236 “We live in a new era where work and life are blended as opposed to balanced, entitlements are a thing of the past, and job satisfaction is at a record low. This is a crisis for individuals because negative emotions at work spill over to our personal...

Book of the Week

Author: Daniel H. Pink Date Published: 2009 Pages: 272 The secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. – Daniel H. Pink The Book Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us is an informative read that puts decades of scientific...

Bust through Stress in 3 minutes or less

The reality is that stress is an inevitable part of life. However, the key to living a more balanced life is to manage stress so it doesn’t manage you as opposed to trying to eliminate it completely. Here is a quick Watershed Training Solutions Stress Busting strategy: Take 10 Slow Deep Breaths – Why? Breathing is one of the easiest systems to control in order to relax (Dr John...

The Amazing Benefits of Meditation

In July I wrote about the importance of meditation as a way of managing stress.  Meditation has been proven to have many benefits in addition to stress relief which are listed below. I hope these benefits help convince you to give meditation a try. You don’t need to become a Buddhist monk or move to India to start meditating.  You can start with as little as 5 minutes a...