Come personify movement this spring in this 8 week unique life coaching experience

Take part in this multi-sensory life coaching experience and benefit from being coached in a group setting.  If it feels like time for you to bring change and transformation to any area of your life be it career, relationships, well-being, a life transition or spiritual and leadership development then it would be a great pleasure to support you in feeling more fulfilled and energized in your day to day life.

In these 8 weeks, you’ll move your body, your spirit, your emotions and beliefs. You’ll meditate, connect to your intuition and your heart’s wisdom. Join this group of like minded individuals to experience change, gain new perspectives and connect to yourself.

When? Saturdays- April 21- June 16

(please note two exceptions: The group will meet Sunday May 6th instead of Saturday May 5th and the weekend of Saturday May 19th will be a week break. We will resume May 26th)

What time? 2-4 pm

Where? Shri Yoga studio in Westmount (metro Vendome, 24 bus) (a very beautiful studio !)

More about this group : Movement 2012, April 21- June 16

There is a lot of talk about the year 2012.  Well we’ve arrived and are living it. Let’s integrate the collective energy around this year into our lives and make it memorable for ourselves and our planet.  Use this group coaching experience to catalyze your dreams, intentions and goals for 2012. Movement 2012 will support you in realizing new perspectives, in gaining momentum to bring in the new and in deepening your relationship to yourself and your intuition.  You will be celebrated, acknowledged and launched in to your best next steps as you listen to your natural urges and impulses driving you into the direction specifically and authentically for you.

I look forward to meeting you and supporting you on your journey…

Spaces are now available. Register by March 26th to receive the early bird price and ensure your spot. Spaces limited.

**EARLY BIRD Price: $225 Register below by March 26th to receive the early bird price. Regular: $275 , Early Bird: $225**.

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“ It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.” – Alan Cohen

What is Group Coaching? – Group coaching is the experience of life coaching in a group setting ( between 4-16 individuals). Group coaching enables individuals to receive the support and healing power of being in a group while being coached. There is opportunity for one on one coaching as well as group and individual exercises designed to support the manifestation of individual goals, dreams, intentions and authentic desires.

What is Life Coaching? - Life Coaching is a powerful and beautiful process that facilitates self-discovery and transformation on a very deep level. The premise behind coaching is that each client has their own best answers and holds the key to allowing their inner gifts and most important values to emerge. Coaching provides an on-going supportive relationship whereby the client’s strengths, values & desires are unearthed and expressed in their daily life. The coaching process catapults the client forward into living a richly authentic and inspired life.

Is this for me, you may be asking?

Are you ready for movement or change in one of the following areas? If so, then please consider joining us:

• career
• relationships
• physical health
• spiritual transitions
• pregnancy, motherhood
• retirement
• empty nest
• graduation
• overall well-being
• menopause and more…

This group will benefit you if these are questions you would like support with:

• what possibilities lay before me?
• what am I creating and and bringing out into the world?
• what’s next for me?
• what aspect of myself do I need to develop?
• how can I gain support, courage and strength to experience change?
• how do I know this is what I am supposed to do?
• how can I develop courage to make this change?

” Julie’s keen insight, meditations and exercises led me to a deeper sense of who I am and why I am here. I have gained confidence in myself and reclaimed my power in just five weeks!! Thank you Julie!! Thank you for this wonderful experience! I got to observe and experience an expert at work. You are obviously meant to do this work!! ” Mary D.”

EARLY BIRD Price: $225 Register below by March 26th to receive the early bird price. Regular: $275 , Early Bird: $225. Spaces limited.

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How can I benefit from joining a group coaching session?

• In a group coaching session there is tremendous support, acceptance and camaraderie among the participants. Coaching groups can range in number from 4-16
• The support and synergy of a group of like minded individuals creates the foundation for tremendous learning and accelerated personal growth.
• Each individual in the group contributes to greater levels of support, championing and accountability for each other.
• The social network and connections formed in group coaching continue to benefit you outside of the coaching arena.
• It’s a cost effective way to have a personal life coach dedicated to you in a supportive community.

Who uses a coach and why?

• Individuals looking for clarity, direction and purpose
• Individuals looking to get unstuck and get going towards being inspired and fulfilled
• Individuals looking to positively impact their own life and the lives of others through positive and meaningful leadership
• Individuals looking to nurture and realize their dreams and vision for their life
• Individuals looking to experience peace of mind, joy and lives that flow

Here’s what  participants had to say about their group coaching experience with Julie :

” During Julie’s ( life in transition 5 week) coaching group, I received clarity and conviction about following through confidently with a career change. Julie’s coaching group process enabled me to learn about my personal values, needs, and resources. In addition, I gained wisdom and support from the amazing women who participated in the group with me. Thank you Julie for making such an incredible group available. Much appreciated and highly recommended! ” Danusia Lapinski

For more about Julie and testimonials about working with Julie visit her site and blog here

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I was away over the new year and on New Year’s eve I was randomly asked by a TV reporter from the local TV network what my resolutions were for 2012.

Up until that point I hadn’t taken much time to think about it.  I don’t even remember what I replied, I know that it must have been something about me not being a big fan of new year’s resolutions, but since she was asking me, and since there was a camera staring me in the face, I figured why not take the opportunity. So it went something like this “continuing to take one day at a time and to keep practicing on bringing my awareness to the present moment”. Simple, yet a big enough task for the year!

The reporter then followed up by asking me if I believe in the effectiveness of resolutions and if I could share my thoughts on the topic. Not an unlikely question that I was surprisingly eager to respond to (despite being caught off guard as I was taking a pause in the warm sun with my 8 month old baby outside of Whole Foods).  Again, though I don’t remember specifically what I said, it must have been something along the lines of  ” if making new year’s resolutions is something you choose to take on then – ‘listen to your heart, have the resolutions be authentic and let this energy propel you each day, not just on the 1st day of the year”. I also must have added that it is indeed a good time to ride on the collective wave of energy often focused on how we can create feelings of renewal, rejuvenation and transformation for the coming year.

All this to say, this brief interview got me thinking again about resolutions. I then remembered I wrote a blog post last year around this time about the exact topic. It served me to read it again and thought I would include it below. Please feel welcome to leave your comments!

All the best to you for 2012!

4 Tips to create resolutions that last!

It’s that time of the year again…

Though goals and good intentions are welcome any day of the year, a fresh new start to the year is a good time to benefit from this collective wave of energy where we take stock and look ahead at what is to come in the following months. Though I believe it is important to always be mindful of what we want daily, what inspires us and in which direction we want to go, for many of us, this time of year adds extra gusto the the meaning of clean slate, goal setting and fresh start. Here are some tips I have put together that might lend some insight into creating resolutions (goals) that last for this New Year.

1. From the Heart: It is important your resolutions come from a genuine heart desire, not from “shoulds, coulds, have-tos, ought-to-do’s”.   Any wishful, ego-driven desires, often dictated by others, or the idealized image of ourselves, are generally not authentic and will likely fall by the way side. Instead can you shift your focus to what inspires you. To what you actually want to do but have not gotten around to doing. What energizes you and really matters to you? Try and dedicate your resolution and commitment to something of this nature, something that feels inviting and exciting, rather than dutiful and dreadful. Make it easy and unique to your natural expression, like a gift you are giving yourself, not an obligation or task to add to the already daunting ‘to-do’ pile!

2. Commit and Gain Support: Choose a close friend or family member and speak your resolution out loud.  Does it feel true?  Does it feel right?  Does the timing feel ripe?  These are all questions to ask yourself out loud, to ready yourself to get committed to your goal. And maintain this relationship with your friend/family for accountability, to help stay on track, focused and supported.

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3. Start small: According to Christine Carter, Ph.D. from the Greater Good Science Center the science of change suggests that the best way to make a change is to start with turtle steps, in other words, start small! Choose one goal and devote your time and awareness to it each day. Don’t overshoot the goal by projecting into the future three months from now, feeling it is unattainable and getting defeated before you get started. Start small, back up to a goal for the day or for the week and proceed from there. And remember with any change, we can often take one step forward and 2 steps back. We need to remember that it is the process that counts most not the end result. Carter also suggests that if we do keep stumbling upon defeat with this new goal, you may just need to make the goal easier.

4. Being and Feeling rather than Doing and Thinking:. The more we think we have to do something or have something to be happier, the farther away from attaining resolve we will be.  Who you are and what you feel  in the world is what creates your moment to moment satisfaction.   We need to change the way we perceive resolutions so they don’t lead to endless dissolution year after year! Try focusing on how you want to feel rather than what you have to do. For example: you may want to feel healthier this year, fitter, more energetic. Rather than setting a goal of losing 10 pounds by March, can you be curious about what would it would be like to feel healthier. Imagine what would be different in your life as a result of this new feeling. What would you be doing? What would you be feeling? What would be different? Spend time with this answer and allow it to expand within your consciousness as often as you like. And you may find this aligns you with the result of this goal more easily. For some the feeling of being healthy might look like adding an extra 20 minute walk to their day on one particular day, and taking a 15 minute cat nap the next. Can you be open to your commitment to this new feeling, rather than how it needs to happen and what it needs to look like and follow the flow and be in the process and enjoy it!?

To your well-being and discovery! Happy New Year!

Here you’ll find a video endorsement of coaching from Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt (and now Executive Chairman). I came across this video the other day from another coach (unknown to me) . Being a Life Coach myself (in Montreal and abroad) and an enthusiastic and committed coachee, I of course enjoyed hearing Eric Schmidt’s experience of coaching.

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It’s been many a month since posting here. I’ve been itching to return even for just a few words. So here I am.  Feels great. More to come post- Conscious Pregnancy, Empowering Birth radio series and my real life experience of pregnancy and birth!

photo by Barbara Peacock

Dr. Christiane Northrup- beloved authority in the field of women’s health, board -certified OB/GYN physician, NY Times best sellling author

Joining the conversation for part 3 of 6 of Conscious Pregnancy Empowering Birth, a woman’s rite of passage into creating new life is Dr. Christiane Northrup, New York Times best selling  author, visionary pioneer and beloved authority in the field of women’s health and wellness.

Join us as for this much anticipated show as Dr. Northrup shares with us her wisdom and insight on the emotional, spiritual, and physical aspects of conscious pregnancy and birthing. Join us in the chat room with your questions and comments. And be sure to find us on facebook to get weekly updates.

We look forward to having you join us! If you can’t join us live (Wednesday March 9th, 2011 at 4pm ET), please know that the show will be archived and available for free immediately following the live broadcast here

Please visit www.drnorthrup.com for more information. And visit www.heartbeatradiowithjulie.com for more information on Heart Beat Radio.

Conscious Pregnancy, Empowering Birth- a woman’s rite of passage into creating new life,  features Julie in conversation with Dr.Christine Northrup, Pam England,Virginia Bobro, Elizabeth Davis, Sheva Carr, Anna Verwaal, Sheryl Paul, Robert Bruce Newman, Christine Novak, Madonna Maher, Akal Kaur, & Marion Light to inspire, educate, and celebrate women as they journey through this powerful, life giving experience.

Join Julie in her third trimester of pregnancy as she explores along with experts and pioneers in the field, the emotional, spiritual, and physical aspects of conscious pregnancy and birthing. On the tails of Beyond “I Do” - Getting Married Consciously, a radio series inspired by Julie’s own journey into marriage, she is now setting out to explore and experience the power of honoring and celebrating pregnancy and birthing as a rite of passage as she herself experiences it for the first time.

In the spirit of Beyond I Do: Getting Married Consciously, this new 6 part series- Conscious Pregnancy, Empowering Birth- a woman’s rite of passage into creating new life, will feature Julie in conversation with leading experts and pioneers in the field to inspire, educate, and celebrate women as they journey through this powerful, life giving experience.

Conscious Pregnancy, Empowering Birth – 4pm ET  February 23- March 30, 2011

a  NEW radio series on Heart Beat radio  dedicated to woman’s rite of passage into creating new life with host and intuitive life coach Julie Cusmariu

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Series lineup-

Wednesday Feb. 23rd, 2011 4pm ET- Pam England- childbirth mentor, founder and author of Birthing From Within, former midwife, and birth story listener. Pam lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and teaches and leads trainings all over the world. She has recently published a new book, Labyrinth of Birth: A Map, Meditations and Rituals for Your Childbearing Year, and is reaching out through her new blog, 50 Ways to Change Birth in Our Culture on her website bfwnewmexico.com www.birthingfromwithin.com

Also joining us this hour with Pam England is Virginia Bobro - Senior Workshop Facilitator and Managing Director of BIRTHING FROM WITHIN®. She has been involved with BFW on many levels since 2002. She has taught over 40 professional Birthing From Within workshops in the past four years– training and supporting birth and postpartum professionals of all sorts.

Virginia lives in Santa Barbara, California, with her husband and three teenagers. She teaches childbirth classes, leads Birth Story Circles, attends births as a doula, and counsels breastfeeding mothers as an IBCLC. She is also on the Advisory Board of the Santa Barbara Birth Center (expected to open in Spring 2011).

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Wednesday March 2, 2011 4pm ET- Sheva Carr-Licensed doctor of Oriental Medicine,  HeartMath trainer, and Creator of “The Birthing Vision: Helping Women and Their Partners Birth their Visions and Vision Their Births. Sheva Carr speaks to people all over the world on how to access heart intelligence, and on how to receive the benefits of the heart’s impact on consciousness, health, performance and creativity. She is the founding CEO of Fyera! and HeartMath’s HeartMastery Program, and is also the Executive Director of the Fyera Foundation and Sunflower SunPower Kids. In this hour Sheva will talk about the role the heart plays in the birthing process. Why the first instinct a woman has after birth is to raise her child to her chest and how important it is to be able to do that. She will also talk about the importance of making all birthing paths sacred, whether your birth unfolds in synch with your birth plan or goes some completely different way (like an emergency c-section, etc). She will also highlight how using HeartMath throughout conception, pregnancy and labor can allow for the awareness of the sacred in the whole birthing process.

and Anna Verwaal, RN, CLE, born and educated in the Netherlands is a Maternal-Child Health Nurse, Conscious Conception & Birth Consultant, Labor- & Post Partum Doula, UCLA Certified Lactation Educator, Birth Photographer. Anna currently travels internationally to lecture and teach workshops about the cellular memory of the birth experience, the physiological & hormonal blueprint for birth & bonding as well as the deeply psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects of giving birth. Her experience is based on working for more than 25 years in various countries as a registered nurse, birth consultant and doula along side perinatologists, obstetricians as well as (indigenous) midwives attending hospital, birth-center and homebirths. www.fromwombtoworld.com

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Wednesday March 9, 2011 4pm ET- Christiane Northrup, MD- Visionary Pioneer, New York Times Best-Selling Health & Wellness Author, board-certified OB/GYN physician- www.drnorthrup.com

Christiane Northrup, M.D. is a visionary pioneer and beloved authority in the field of women’s health and wellness. A board-certified OB/GYN physician who graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and did her residency at Tufts New England Medical Center, Dr. Northrup was also an assistant clinical professor of OB/GYN at Maine Medical Center for 20 years. Recognizing the unity of body, mind, and spirit, Dr. Northrup helps empower women to tune in to their innate inner wisdom to transform their health and truly flourish. Dr. Northrup is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause. Her third book, Mother-Daughter Wisdom, was a 2005 Quill Award nominee and voted Amazon’s #1 book of the year in both parenting and mind-body health in 2005. In her latest books, The Secret Pleasures of Menopause and The Secret Pleasures of Menopause Playbook, Dr. Northrup outlines the crucial importance of pleasure as the missing link for creating joyous and vibrant health on all levels after menopause. She has also hosted seven highly successfully public television specials. Her most recent special began airing nationwide June 2010, and is based upon the newly revised edition of, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom. Her work has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, The View, the Rachael Ray Show, Good Morning America, and ABC’s 20/20. Through her weekly Hay House Radio show, Flourish!, her website www.drnorthrup.com , and her monthly e-letter, Women’s Health Wisdom, Dr. Northrup shares cutting-edge information about health and flourishing with women worldwide.

**Click here to listen live Tuesday March 15th at 4pm ET***

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Tuesday March 15, 2011 4pm ET- Sheryl Paul- MA- Sheryl Paul, M.A., is regarded as an international expert in transitions. Since 1998, she has counseled thousands of people worldwide through life transitions via her private practice, her bestselling books, her websites, www.consciousweddings.com and www.consciousmotherhood.com, and her blog, http://conscious-transitions.com. She has appeared several times on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, as well as on “Good Morning America” and other top television, radio, and newspapers around the globe. She is currently in the process of completing her second E-Course, Conscious Motherhood: Preparing for Your Birth as a Mother from Pregnancy through the First Year. She lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband and two sons.

2nd guest on March 15th at 4:40 pm ET: Marne (Akal) Moore- Kundalini Yoga Instructor, Prenatal Khalsa Way Teacher, RN. Akal Khalsa RN began practicing Kundalini Yoga in 2002. She became certified to teach Kundalini Yoga and Khalsa Way Pregnancy Yoga in 2005. She teaches Mommy and Me Yoga, Pregnancy Yoga, Conscious Conception classes,  pregnancy Yoga teacher trainings, Mommy and Me Yoga teacher trainings and Kundalini Yoga.  She currently teaches at Golden Bridge in Hollywood, CA. She is also a Registered Nurse at Cedar’s Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA on the Postnatal Unit and teaches Childbirth Education. She brings humor, warmth and compassion to her classes.

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Wednesday March 23, 2011 4pm ET – Elizabeth Davis- midwife, women’s health care specialist, educator, consultant and author of the award winning book Orgasmic Birth.  A renowned expert on women’s issues, Elizabeth Davis has been a midwife, women’s health care specialist, educator and consultant for over 30 years. She is internationally active in promoting motherbaby-centered birth and is widely sought after for her expertise in midwifery education and organizational development. She served as a representative to the Midwives Alliance of North America for five years and as President of the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council for the United States. She holds a degree in Holistic Maternity Care from Antioch University, and is certified by the North American Registry of Midwives. Her mission is to help women embrace an integrated view of birth, sexuality, family and ecology. She travels widely, lecturing and presenting workshops on women’s health, sexuality, intuition, and midwifery. She can design a workshop or keynote to meet your group’s needs–references on request.

2nd guest on March 23rd at 4:45 pm ET: Robert Bruce Newman- author and developer of Calm Birth. From his years of work with doctors, childbirth educators, midwives, nurses, and doulas, has come a new childbirth method. It’s based on methods he learned and was authorized to teach during his more than 20 years of apprenticeship with Tibetan meditation teachers and doctors. He has presented more than 100 hospital and conference training seminars in the Calm Birth method since 1997. He has presented the method twice at the world congress of the Association of Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health (2/02, 3/05), at the University of Michigan Medical School (3/04), and at Bastyr University (4/05). He has taught at the University of Colorado, Naropa University, and the City University of New York. His books include: Calm Birth: New Method for Conscious Childbirth (North Atlantic Books, 10/05); and Calm Healing: Methods for a New Era of Medicine (North Atlantic Books, 11/06). Published feature articles include: The Emergence of Mind/Body Medicine (Sentient Times, 8/99). www.calmbirth.org

Christine Novak- RNC, Director CalmBirth.org- “Birth is sacred work. I am dedicated to bringing the Calm Birth program into maternal-child health centers and hospitals globally. Throughout my 20 years experience as a holistic Labor and Delivery nurse and childbirth educator, and my 15 years experience as a doula, I remain true to my vision that it is possible for us to approach birth with deep respect and reverence. As a recipient of the 2008 Nursing Excellence Award from Overlook Hospital and the 2009 Best for Baby Award from the March of Dimes, I know others recognize my commitment to co-creating opportunity for birth to be a healing, transformative process. Understanding that the way we give birth and what occurs in the crucial period after birth has life-long impact on mother and child is essential. I encourage obstetricians, midwives, nurses, doulas, and childbirth educators to learn about Calm Birth meditation practices. Calm Birth offers women the choice to heal their nervous system, empower their immune system, and gain energy and a sense of wellbeing in preparation for birth. This program is a gift for complete prenatal care during the 21st Century and I am honored to carry this work forward”.

Atlantic Health / Overlook Hospital, Summit, New Jersey:Frank and Mimi Walsh Maternity Center

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Wednesday March 30, 2011 4pm ET- Marion Light- Marion Light is a teacher, speaker and therapist in the field of mind-body medicine and self discovery. She has had a vibrant practice in Scottsdale Arizona for 15 years and has held retreats both in the States and in South Africa. Through her retreats and individual sessions, Marion fulfills her life’s passion to create a space for others to uncover their true essential natures. Marion leads Inner Journey to Motherhood retreats  designed to support women
dealing with the physical and emotional issues surrounding fertility, pregnancy or motherhood.
The retreats help women discover their inner truths about motherhood and support them in
allowing their deep desire and joy to emerge, while letting go of the anxiety over outcome.

2nd guest on March 30, 2011 at 4:35 p.m ET – Madonna Maher- RN, Massage Therapist & Core Energetic Therapist- Madonna Maher has a deep passion for assisting people in connecting with their true feelings and choosing life. Core Energetics is a body -centered psychotherapy that works with our life energy and is centered around opening the heart and expanding one’s capacity to give and receive love. Core energy work employs tools such as deep breathing, expressive movement, grounding techniques, and body awareness to free “blocked” energy and release the life force within us. **note from Julie, host of the series: Madonna lives in Montreal and will be assisting me with my birth (lucky for me)! In fact she has been supporting me with my pregnancy since the first trimester.

**Click here to listen live Wednesday at 4pm ET***

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