We at The Courant considered closing this site recently and in fact did so, for 2 days. Not having posted anything new in months, some of our authors having to take time to heal themselves, and at times feeling disheartened and discouraged in the knowledge that Christopher Hansard and others like him continue to practice, continue to gain credibility and continue to be enabled by fans and followers despite having committed a myriad of abusive acts against clients in their care, former students and workshop participants.

It was also brought to our attention that Christopher Hansard is now counseling and advising others who have been cyber-stalked or harassed online as he claims to have been so “wrongfully” accused and defamed through the internet.

No matter how many people this man has abused, no matter how many ethical and moral boundaries he has crossed, lives he has ruined, Christopher Hansard will always, without fail, present himself as the helpless victim. There will always be those who support him, and there will always be those who believe him because they want to believe.

We cannot change that, nor would we want to attempt to change the minds of those who would choose to believe despite the sheer number of legitimate victims that have come forward, whether online or have simply found the courage to open up to others enough to carry their story, so that others would not share their fate.

Many of us are grateful to those who came forward and shared their stories in an atmosphere of love and healing. Thank you.

There are still ongoing discussions on the Rick Ross Cult Education Forum, and while those discussions are not nearly as frequent, they latter posts are becoming more and more helpful and the site is becoming more a resource and even a comfort to those who were harmed in Christopher’s care, to know they are not alone, and do not have to be alone in their grief, and they CAN have a voice if they wish it.

The Courant wants to take this opportunity to all those who have written in, who have shared, though remained anonymous, and some who simply wanted to tell their stories, and not have them published as well.

We also wish to acknowledge the many great healers and teachers that remain ethical and respectful of personal space, adhere to boundaries, and bring real healing to those in their care. One such teacher is His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and it is a quote by him that brought us to the decision to continue to keep this resource open.

“When teachers break the precepts,
behaving in ways that are clearly damaging to themselves and others, students must face the situation,
even though this can be challenging, criticize openly, that’s the only way.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Thank you to the latest poster on Rick Ross by the name of Rudy – rudyh01. We send you ongoing encouragement and support.

Please check out the ongoing discussion at RRCEF and View On Buddhism

The Courant

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Wandering around the Eden Project earlier this week I became, as always, in awe of their evident green fingers. I love the beautiful rustic allotment planted into the sides of the China Clay pit. The gentle rows of veggies were guarded efficiently by this rather shocked looking fellow and I couldn’t help dreaming of my own allotment filled future.

Guarding the lovely veggies

I really don’t have enough space for full scale self sufficiency, but I am definitely going to plant some bulbs this weekend to satisfy my desire to nurture some vegetation! I have them all ready to go and just have to decide which of my pots they are going to hide in over the winter.

Fruity jewels

The Eden project is a fab place to go and hide from the cold, the warm Mediterranean biome is the perfect antidote to winter stresses and chills. I couldn’t resist photographing these stunning fruits, the colours are so lovely, the delicate lime green and the soft orange are so cheerful, I love this basket of yummy fruitiness.

On a slightly more frustrating note, this week I have shown my true colours as a beginner knitter. Recently I have been using lovely purple and turquoise yarn to work on hat number three. I have been so looking forward to wearing my new creation. Unfortunately in my haste to start knitting, I failed to realise that if I use thinner yarn, my hat will be smaller. Even while knitting, I was blissfully unaware that there was no way that my beloved hat would fit on my head.

I have now finished my hat and love it, despite it’s tiny dimensions. but there is no denying that I have made a hat suitable for an eight year old! This might not have been too bad, but it is only the width that is child-size, the length is still adult sized. So I am now the proud, but slightly sad owner of a lovely hat for an eight year old with a thin, but very long head.

At least I have now realised the importance of testing the size of the yarn  before I start knitting! I am not giving up, hat number four is on it’s way!

P.S. I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving xx

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I am going to have the best christmas I have had in a very long time As I’ve gotten older, christmas is no longer about the presents I get, but the people I spend it with.

On christmas, all I want is to be with my family. Truly, I’m a really family orientated girl, and christmas is such a happy time for me. My family are spread far and wide throughout the world (Scotland, China, Australia, England, Auckland, Canada) and Christmas is the one occasion where I might get to see some of those family members.

I am so happy and satisfied with my life at the moment, I really couldn’t ask for anything more. I’m so so SO grateful for everything I have, I am seriously so blessed and so lucky to have what I have.

- I’m healthy, I run, I look and feel great, (and might I just mention that I have lost SEVEN Kg’s since the beginning of the year?!) I think that once mum gets back from her holiday, her and I should go to Bayfair for a day and go shopping. BARELY any of my clothes fit me anymore, they’re all too big.

- I get the crazy, awesome endorphin kick from exercise.

- I have a healthy, nutritious and well-balanced diet. I can eat chocolate and ice cream whenever I want and not feel guilty about it.

- I have THE MOST AWESOME boyfriend a girl could ask for! I am so so happy with him and I have the best time whenever I’m with him. We have the strongest, happiest relationship and I’ve never met anyone that I am more compatible with. He has been one of the best things to ever happen to me.

- I have a loving family. I have great relationships with ALL my family members now and it feels so good. All my life, I’ve had conflicts with at least one important family member, but now as we’ve all grown and learnt from the past, we’ve moved forward and worked past that. Now we are stronger than ever

- I have a roof over my head, food on the table and clean water. These are the little things we often take for granted. So many teens my age don’t have these simple things.

- I have THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS EVER! And they are ALWAYS willing to show me love

- I’m strong and confident enough as a person to be able to make better decisions and not get so worked up over little things. I’m able to let things simply roll off my back and not stress me out so much.

See! I have all the components to make for one HAPPY holiday I’ve been on cloud nine for ages as I’ve been thinking over everything I’m lucky enough to have. I’m so happy with my life and things really don’t get any better than this.

I hope you all have amazing things to be grateful for. Leave a comment with some things that you feel lucky to have

I’m off to Edgecumb Xmas in the Park with Joy today! I’ll take loads of photos and post them on here tomorrow. I also have a 10K run in the morning.

Have a FABULOUS day

xoxo

There has been a lot of talk about happiness lately.  One night on World News Tonight with Charles Gibson, he shared a study that indicated that as women age they get unhappier, while the reverse is true for men.  It was stated that women concentrate on career and having a family and once that is essentially behind them, they become unhappier as life goes by.  I have heard of studies that indicate men are happier being married, while the reverse is true for women.   Researchers have been looking at country happiness and the US was not the happiest of them all.  I state this not to agree or disagree (though I disagree that I am getting unhappier as I get older – it’s been quite the opposite).

For more than three years now, I have really been soaking up research, articles, books, blogs, interviews about positive psychology, happiness, courage, and resiliency.  It’s been a fascinating journey for me.  As someone who has been to therapists for various reasons (after college, after my divorce, etc.), I have spent plenty of time looking back.  I don’t think there is anything wrong with looking back to understand your present, but eventually you need to start looking forward.  Positive psychology has been that catalyst that has assisted me in looking forward and is what took me into coaching.  It is my calling and I never would have found it without changing my perspective.

I hope you are on a quest toward something – it’s one of the healthiest and happiest ways you can be.  To be a searcher, a learner, a discoverer of your own life is a real motivator. If you are interested in learning more about Happiness Clubs in your area, click here. If you are in the Omaha, Nebraska area, join me.

I found this article on Yahoo’s Shine. Since it has some great points, I decided to share a little of it with you all.

…The simple act of goal-setting is very important to each and everyone of us and our overall well-being and happiness. Here are some reasons why:

1. Direction: Without even the smallest of goals, it is easy to feel as though we lack direction or are lost. Having goals focuses our energy and enables us to work towards something we value.
2. Individual purpose: Goals, whether big or small, are vitally important to giving us individuality and purpose. Goals can be personal, social, political…anything that you find important to you and your life. Goals are individual to you and your needs, wishes, desires and dreams, and so, YOU drive what they should be.
3. Boosting self-esteem: Without goals, we don’t have accomplishments. Every time you set a goal and reach it, you prove to yourself that you are capable of achieving what you set out to achieve. This results in a natural boost to our self-esteem and a deeper belief in oneself.
4. Positive reinforcement: When we accomplish our goals, we reinforce our belief in ourselves to set and accomplish new ones. This helps to muffle negativity, doubt and fear, making a way for a “can do” attitude that helps us continue to strive.
5. To reach our full potential: Goals enable us to move beyond our comfort zone and become the best we can be. They allow us to take on new and exciting challenges and help us grow as individuals.

Article by Brett Blumenthal of Sheer Balance. Check out the original article: 5 reasons to set a goal today

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OK so what do I mean by ‘being mindful’ ?  What I mean is being aware, fully aware of your actions, in what you are doing whether that be eating a bar of chocolate, reading or washing up.  I know that people lead such busy lives rushing around like mad devil’s, but believe it or not multi tasking isn’t good for your mind, concentrating and giving attention to one thing at a time is!

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How many times have you eaten something only to think ‘where did that go, did I finish it already’?  Or you’ve  been reading and can’t remember a word of it?  I bet when you wash up you’re usually thinking about what to get for the kids dinner or when you can fit in a visit to…

Yep we all do it but how often do you? And what’s wrong with it anyway?

Nothing’s wrong, but if you want to be happier then being mindful is the way to go!

Try finding out how mindful you are.  Kirk Warren Brown and Richard M. Ryan wrote a paper on the subject and devised a little questionnaire “Mindful Attention Awareness Scale,” appears in The Benefits of Being Present: Mindfulness and its Role in Psychological Well-Being

The more you answer “ no” the more mindfully you live.

How do you score?

1. I could be experiencing some emotion and not be conscious of it until some time later.

2. I break or spill things because of carelessness, not paying attention, or thinking of something else.

3. I find it difficult to stay focused on what’s happening in the present.

4. I tend to walk quickly to get where I’m going without paying attention to what I experience along the way.

5. I tend not to notice feelings of physical tension or discomfort until they really grab my attention.

6. I forget a person’s name almost as soon as I’ve been told it for the first time.

7. It seems I am “running on automatic” without much awareness of what I’m doing.

8. I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.

9. I get so focused on the goal I want to achieve that I lose touch with what I am doing right now to get there.

10. I do jobs or tasks automatically, without being aware of what I’m doing.

11. I find myself listening to someone with one ear, doing something else at the same time.

12. I drive places on “automatic pilot” and then wonder why I went there.

13. I find myself preoccupied with the future or the past.

14. I find myself doing things without paying attention.

15. I snack without being aware that I’m eating.

How did you do?  Being mindful produces positive emotional states which make you happy, fact!

Are you good at living in the moment rather than dashing around it?

Find Yourself, Live Yourself, Be Yourself

Mother Teresa once said, “There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”

I think this is such a powerful statement because appreciation and gratitude is such a powerful tool, and when people are appreciated, it brings about a huge sense of accomplishment, value, power, and happiness to their life.

The great part about appreciating others is that it’s so easy!

So, who have you appreciated today?

I’d like to encourage you to think about who you have (or haven’t) appreciated lately. Take just a minute or two to write people’s names down…and the next time you see them, make a point to appreciate them for the blessings they bring to your life.

I know I make this point frequently and Jack Canfield probably reaches more than I ever will in my lifetime, but that doesn’t make the message that less important for today and tomorrow!

So, who have you appreciated today?

Today, Thanksgiving Day, we honor cooperation, peace, sharing, support, gratitude and giving.

But do we truly honor these ideals if we nurture them but one day a year? Do we truly honor these ideals if we don’t put them into practice on a daily basis?

Truth be told, our thanks are hollow if we do not choose love, sharing and cooperation every day in every decision we make in our lives.

To truly honor the ideals of Thanksgiving and to be consistent with the principles of love and peaceful coexistence, it would behoove us to do more than simply praise and celebrate the symbology one day a year.

Were we to do this, were each of us to choose to be grateful for what we’ve got and to share our blessings with others less fortunate on a daily basis, we would generate an abundance of joy and love in our lives that would help transform this sick, decaying world we’ve toxified and corrupted.

That being said, let’s make a resolution to give thanks not just today but everyday, and to find some way, everyday, to make the world brighter and better for one of our fellow travelers.

Sometimes it can be confusing as to the right kind of action for a loved one.  In our feelings of love for someone else we can become confused what to do.  In order to make an ‘inner’ decision it is important to detach from the personality/physical self of another. When we think of love on the physical self level instead of the higher plane level it can form a very limiting bond between you and the person you are confused about.  The only responsibility that you have is to yourself because if you take responsibility for another it becomes limiting for everyone involved.   You can release the situation to the Universe knowing an answer of ease will come in return.  Once you release it,  see it as taken care and keep moving forward in your own life.  Another will only have release in their own life according to where they are in their own thoughts. They are choosing their experience…not you.  You can continue to create your own life and release any feelings that may hinder you.  They are responsible for changing their circumstances, not you.  Just be loving and accepting of who they are.  They don’t need fixing.  They are creating their life and even though it may not be what they (or you) want, accept the ‘being’ they are within.

A wonderful day full of turkey and all the trimmings!  We have more family coming in today so we have a houseful!  Guess I better get into the kitchen and cook breakfast.  Have a wonderful day!

I have recently discovered that I am very attached to my computer. A few weeks ago it crashed, but I was in such denial that I tried over and over again to save my data, my applications and the great effort I thought would be involved in rebuilding it to how it was. Fortunately the hardware costs of replacing the motherboard and hard drive were covered by warranty. I hired Nerds on Site who made a valiant effort to save my data and applications, although I had multiple copies of my data backed up on 2 different external hard drives. You can see that I am quite attached to my computer and someone fearful of anything happening to my precious data.

What finally happened is I did have to reload all my applications and transfer my data back into the new hard drive. Guess what? It wasn’t really that difficult after all. The moral of the story for me was to be careful of what you get attached to. I was so attached to the thought of how difficult it would be to rebuild my computer that I spent too much money and time avoiding what turned out to be the inevitable which was not nearly as difficult as I thought.

Why are we so attached to thoughts in our life? Why can’t we simply let go and allow our life to unfold in all it’s magnificence? Why do we choose to live in so much fear? A lot of our attachments in life come from our fear of losing something and yet if we do lose that something often our life goes on and we are able move beyond what it was we lost. We become so attached that we forget we are here to learn and grow and yet we hold on so desperately to what we think will make us happy when in fact the act of being so attached keeps us from our happiness. It is our obsessive mind that tends to be in control of our lives. I know that was the case for me with my computer. I could not let go of the thought that rebuilding my computer would be so very difficult and time consuming.

Well I am happy to report my computer is back to the way it was and in the process I have learned more about how my computer works and have learned some new things in the process of reloading my applications and data. In some way my computer is much better off for the experience and so am I. The only thing that seems to have suffered is my bank account because of my stubborn attachment to a fear that was not real.

Think about the attachments you have in your life and if they are truly serving you. You may really have to take some quiet time to reflect as I have found my attachments are so deep within me that I am not very aware of them. There are so many things in life we get attached to and don’t even realize it. What would your life be like if you let go of some of those attachments? You might find like I did that when you let go of your attachments and open yourself up to new possibilities you have a great opportunity to experience new things and learn and grow in the process.

I hope in some way I have inspired you to at least contemplate the subject of attachments in your life and maybe, just maybe empowered you to let some of them go.

Love and Light
Jeffrey

For many different reasons there is a lot of interest in the retirement age – it affects both the way people feel about their lives and it affects the economy.  There are at least two different meanings that are attached to the term “retirement age”.  One refers to the age at which people can draw their state pension and another refers to the age at which employers are able to ‘require’ people to retire from work.  A third meaning is about the age at which workers proactively choose to retire.

One reason for the current interest is the huge potential liability that is building up if the state has to cover a relatively early retirement age for a population that is living longer and longer.  By some estimates, over 50% of children born now will live to be over 100 years old.  At the current retirement age this will mean providing pensions to this group for over 35 years of retirement – a third of their lifetime!  No economy could support this.

The government will be considering this issue right now and one question they will be asking will be ‘is retirement good for people or not?’  A few years ago I read about some research that examined this issue directly.  The study looked at which groups were most psychologically healthy – people who had retired early; those who retired at the normal age; or those who were working after retirement age.  The results showed that the healthiest groups were those who had retired early and those who were working after retirement age.  These were strange results in a way – suggesting that both retiring early and carrying on working are better than retiring at the normal age!  In fact, a closer look at the findings clears things up because people who retired early were only healthier if they had chosen to retire; similarly people working after retirement were only happier if they had no financial need to carry on working.  It seems like control is an important factor when it comes to retirement.

Obviously the retirement age needs to increase from an economic perspective and there are no simple solutions, but according to these findings pushing older people out of the workforce before they are ready to go is not the answer.  Allowing people to have the option to continue working after retirement age is desirable – this will allow people to improve their financial position and provides a sense of purpose.  If they are financially sound they are more likely to be happy to carry on working and will require less in terms of support from the state.  At the end of the day, this is a social and psychological issue as well as an economic one.

You can find the research in the British Journal of Psychology (2004), 95, 297–324

Thanksgiving 2009

Have a wonderful and joyous Thanksgiving. Enjoy this special day and surround yourself with the people you love. It’s been a very challenging year for many of us, and I know we all have a lot to be grateful (thankful) for! Please take some time to reflect on the following thoughts on being “Grateful and Appreciative”, remaining mindful of these thoughts can and will change your life. In addition, live each day to the fullest, cherish every moment.. good or bad, and never take your good health for granted. Smile everyday, be good to yourself and the people around you. Lend a helping hand when possible, being of service is such a beautiful thing, Texas and I are so blessed to experience that everyday!!!

Big Love, Good Health and A Ton Of Happiness!

Markus & Texas / The Fitness Underground-Los Angeles

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THOUGHTS ON BEING GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE

One recurring attribute of people who have happiness (or inner peace and contentment) is the attribute of being grateful and appreciative for what is all around them. This is an attribute that all of us could well cultivate, for it changes how we feel.

* Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

* Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

* You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.

* Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.

* Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better people.

* Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

* If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.

* When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.

* Gratefulness and simple living go hand in hand. When we are grateful, we appreciate life’s free gifts: friendship and solitude; movement and rest; Nature’s bounty and her spare winter introversion; our own alternating sonata movements of joy, sorrow, and joy’s resurgence. Through this appreciation, we find contentment.

* Whatever we are waiting for – peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance – it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

* Grateful people report higher levels of positive emotions, life satisfaction, vitality, optimism and lower levels of depression and stress. The disposition toward gratitude appears to enhance pleasant feeling states more than it diminishes unpleasant emotions. Grateful people do not deny or ignore the negative aspects of life.
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“Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.”
– Edward Sandford Martin

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Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Dear Friends, during the start of the holiday season I want to speak peace into your hearts.  Take a few deep breaths.  Spend a few short minutes focusing not on your “to do” lists but on what you have to be thankful for.

I have been hearing various messages that all boil down to this: thankfulness leads to contentment and peace.  Meditating on that simple truth, I have experienced a 180 turn around in my attitude when typically I would be more stressed out than a cat in a bath.  It’s sad and fascinating that life is so easily lived with a negative attitude.  In light of that and with the holiday season on top of us, let’s have some girlfriend time -a little heart to heart- focusing on perspective.

As a photographer I learned early on that focus is everything when you’re taking a picture.  If a subject is blurry, the picture is basically trashed.  Do you see the metaphor?  When the “Happiest Time of the Year” rolls around we usually (guilty as charged) get so wrapped up in the food, gifts, party coordinating, card-giving that we loose focus on RELATIONSHIPS, which is what this time of the year is truly all about.  Refocus on the people in your life and the rest -all those details which seem so important- will take their proper place as things that simply accentuate the festive, cheery time of bonding and reconnecting.

The above verse is one I want you to memorize and repeat to yourself at least daily during this season.  Are you joyful?  Not in a false way, “Here’s my plastic ‘Merry Christmas, everything is wonderful’ smile!”  True joy comes from assessing what you have been blessed with and realizing how awesome those blessings are!  I have a loving family, a redeemed life, a relationship with my Savior -therefore, I am joyful!  Are you praying continually?  I/We forget that life doesn’t entirely rest on our shoulders, but we have a God who is waiting to give good gifts to his children.  “Ask, seek, knock,” as Jesus said in Matthew.  Are you giving thanks in all circumstances?  That doesn’t mean you have to be glad crappy things happen -it means you are thankful that God is there to help you through everything that life brings.  We are not alone, even if we have been abandoned by friends and/or family.  God proves over and over that he is the faithful, steady rock we can stand on or cling to in everything, and for THAT we can be ever and always thankful.

Recently I’ve been at my wits end in parenting my tempestuous 2 year old.  He’s 500% boy and 50% of the time he’s a combination of Verruca Salt and Napoleon.  I have definitely struggled with thankfulness for being a stay-at-home mom, but God has been refocusing my perspective and it’s helping!  I have been contemplating re-entering the corporate world and as we’ve been thinking about that potential change I have been treasuring my position as a full-time mama, despite Wilder’s tantrums.  Realizing that I would be gone for such large chunks of the week and miss out on nurturing him, my attitude has changed to one of gratefulness that I am blessed to be with him now 100% of the time.  Though I can still get overwhelmed with what to do with such a strong-willed child, I am glad that we get to work through this period of his precious little life together, instead of on a part-time basis.

The nitty-gritty:

• Focus on relationships this year
• Identify and bask in your joy!
• Pray, girl, pray!
• Focus on thankfulness -in everything

Peace be yours and many, many blessings to you and your family.  Thanks for sharing this time with me!  Now, go talk to Aunt Margaret and don’t worry so much about the turkey!

The modern work place is an odd mixture of politics and pop psychology.  Yesterday I attended a seminar on Health & Safety (one of many preoccupations of the modern office) and was handed the document below and asked to reflect on how I felt about my work.  I was then told that if I circled certain words I might be categorised as under-employed, certain other words might indicate stress or burnout.

Health & Safety is no longer about safe machinery but about ‘well-being’.  I am not only obliged to ensure my staff do not eletrocute themselves but also to ensure they are psychologically safe and content.  This is a high expectation.

The Fertility Solutions programme uses mind body techniques to address reproductive health. Mind Body techniques work with the mind in order to heal the body and there is growing evidence to show that working on the mind will affect the health of the body. Stress is a perfect example, it is widely accepted that reducing stress has a positive affect on the physical body, strengthening the immune system and reducing the risk of heart attack for some.

Fertility Solutions uses Theta DNA Healing to address physical symptoms. A Fertility Solutions Practitioner will have experience working with couples who have physical symptoms affecting their fertility; PCOS, endometriosis or fibroids for example. Using Theta Healing it is possible to explore the mind’s influence on the physical body and release issues which are contributing to the symptoms being experienced.

Some people who find they have physical symptoms, which affect their fertility, will have suffered with bereavement or shock and trauma. In fact emotions such as shame, guilt, worthlessness, resentment and anger will stress the body if left unaddressed, resulting on an affect on physical health.

As the programme uses mind body techniques it offers couples the opportunity to address their fertility without any invasive procedures and lays the foundations to give couples their best chance of conceiving. Similarly it is useful for those who have chosen to use medical intervention (e.g. IVF) as it can address any stresses or issues that arise throughout treatment.

So Fertility Solutions supports the whole person; it addresses both the physical and emotional body. Whatever physical symptoms or emotional stresses you are experiencing on your Fertility Journey the Fertility Solutions Programme can help.