Life Lessons don't come from the Stock Market...

When you feel like you're not sure what you're doing here, have a conversation with a 4 year old... you'll get some perspective...

This morning I breakfasted in a quiet house with my son, Yoram was at Shul, Odeliya was still asleep, and so was my mom. Staying with my parents carries with it fun, family, love, and unhealthy treats... Like Fruity Pebbles. Although at least it provoked conversation...
Netanel asked me who the characters on the box were and explained to him about Fred Flintstone and cartoons and the "Stone Age"
"When Abba and I were young, this cartoon was on TV about people who lived at the same time as the dinosaurs."
"But are they really real?" asks Netanel, spoonful of artificial colors and flavors overflowing on it's way to his mouth.
"No, they were just make believe. Why?" I can tell there are gears and cogs moving around in that little brain and I am wondering if I can illicit a peak at the thoughts they are generating. Luckily, I am blessed with an articulate and precocious young man.
"Because if they were real then they'd be dead. Like the dinosaurs."
"Yes that's true."
"But are they very old?" hmmm, where is this going?
"Well, not really. I mean the show isn't on anymore, but they characters don't really get older, because they're not real."
Here it comes, I can tell because he looks off beyond my left shoulder and begins to speak.
"Sometimes people who are old can still stay young in our minds. Like Grandma and Sabi you and Abba."
"Really, why?"
"Because then they won't really get old, and when they die, I will still remember them in my mind."
Aha. Is it all four year olds that ponder the brevity of life? And more importantly, the desire to hold on to what we know...
"Netanel," I begin gently, "you don't really have to worry about death, you know."
"Why not?"
"Because we can't really do anything about it. We just have to live our lives and enjoy every minute and do what we were created to do. And when a person dies, it's sad for us because we miss the person, but it's not sad for that person, because their Neshama goes back to Hashem."
"Yeah, but I miss Saba." My grandfather passed from this world a year and a half ago.
"I know, but now Saba's Neshama is with Hashem, and now he can be really happy, because his body isn't hurting anymore."
"Yeah, and it takes a long time to turn into someone else." What?!
Netanel climbs onto my lap, his bowl now half full of soggy cereal pieces bleeding their colors into his milk.
"What do you mean, Tani?"
"When your Neshama goes up to Hashem, it takes some time before you become someone else."
I don't want to lead him, I want to hear what he thinking... I feel as if I am on the edge of an icy cliff with nothing to hold onto, what do I say to get his soul to continue talking to me?
Don't we let our mind fill with our bodily needs, our subconscious chatter, our misconceptions, failures, the feelings of that which we lack. Don't we stop letting our souls speak? And yet as children, that part of ourselves that is so pure, so connected with the Source of all knowlege and understanding, can still speak through us?
Netanel gave me just a little more, but I didn't get the whole thought from him.
Oh, how it changed my day to spend those moments with my beautiful and wonderous little gift.

What are we but indelible memories in the minds of our loved ones?...

What is an Image and Wellness Coach?

I have been getting this question a lot, so I thought I'd address it here.

A life coach is someone with a talent for assisting others in assessing their life and their circumstances and guide them to create ways of having a fulfilling and satisfying life. I am focusing on coaching women on improving their self image and increasing their level of wellness. This is not the same as image consulting, which sometimes is a part of the process.
An image consultant would help you portray an image of your choosing, as an image coach, I will help you assess yourself and come to an understanding of who you really are - portraying that image will then come naturally, because it's you!

On the wellness side of things, we look at the areas of your life that are causing conflicts in your health and overall joy in your life. In medical terms, there are two approaches to treating conditions in the body.
One is the "Illness" approach, which is the prevalent model of care in allopathic medicine. In this model the practitioner will diagnose a condition and treat only that condition based on the practitioner's training and expertise.

The second model of care is the "Wellness Model" In this model the goal is total wellness for body and mind. An individual is always treated as a whole (holistic is the term used for this way of perceiving an individual). Conditions are looked at as being a result of dis-ease in the individual and the practitioner attempts to evaluate all route causes in an effort to bring the individual back to complete health.

I operate in the wellness model. I do this as a coach, as a massage therapist and as a doula and childbirth educator.

Who would benefit from wellness coaching with me?
Women who have been feeling dissatisfied with their overall health and the health of their families. You may be tired of bringing your kids to the doctor on a monthly basis to deal with colds, stomach issues, bacterial infections such as strep... even frequent bumps and bruises! (Imbalance is felt throughout the body, and often what we perceive as clumsiness, may be an indication of imbalance in other areas of health and nutrition!)
You may have some of your own chronic health complaints and are wondering if there is a way to eliminate the pharmacophony (my own word! A combination of pharmaceuticals and cacophony!) of pills and creams and prescriptions you are now dependent upon!

Right now I am working on a very exciting project that will introduce you to the kind of work I do. It is a teleseminar workshop that will be launching in November. It will be titled "How to Reduce Stress and Add Joy to your Daily Life" And I will be hosting a preview call for this workshop on Sunday night, Aug 17th at 9pm.

The preview call is titled "5 Steps to Reducing Stress and Living a More Joyful Life" and this will be a free call that will give you steps you can take right away to begin to eliminate stress and add joy to you life!

To register for the preview call, just send an email to ayelet@wholebodybeauty.com and put "Joyful Life Teleclass" in the subject line. You'll receive call in information once you've registered. I'll also be sending out reminder emails so you won't forget to call in!
(and if you register, but you can't make it on the call - don't worry! There will be an audio recording of the call that you will receive as long as you were registered for the call!)

I'll be adding more information on this as we get closer...

I'm so excited to be able to offer this service to each and every woman, I believe that I can help even one woman change her life, she will change the world!

Are you ready to change the world?? I can't wait to hear from you!

Blessings of love, joy and beauty,
~Ayelet