Forward Effect

Name: Forward Effect
Address: Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, US
Telephone: +18156080252

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Forward Effect™ is a dynamic training and coaching firm specializing in effective learning solutions for organizations of all sizes, as well as individual, executive, and life coaching.

05/03/2022

LISTENING TO SELF. Join us for a 5 week workshop using the tools of reflection, rediscovery and resilience to move towards a more forgiving, loving relationship with what matters most, the relationship we have with ourselves. Listening to Self combines Coaching and BodyAwake Yoga in a way that will ignite your curiosity and discover the authentic you, the who you were meant to be – before life showed up.
https://www.forwardeffectcoaching.com/listening-to-self/

01/25/2022

TRANSFORMING THE 3 R’s WORKSHOP
Reflection. Rediscover. Resilience.
Join us for a 4 week workshop that will lead you back to focusing on the spirit of love and authenticity of self. Participants will learn how to understand the power of using your bodies energy to support your personal development. Through the work shop, you will be invited to discover the magical abilities of your bodies energy and ways to tap into reserves to manage difficult moments. https://www.forwardeffectcoaching.com/transforming-the-3-rs/

05/15/2021

Forward Effect is at it again – moving forward! For the past seven months I have written and posted a newsletter every Saturday (the exception was when I was out having a great adventure). Two months ago, I added Monday Moments, a short audio podcast posted on Monday, offering tips on how to start your week and move forward with your plans, pun intended.

You liked Monday Moments. You all liked it more than the newsletter. I can understand the ease of opening an audio file while getting ready for the day, or tuning in on your lunch hour, or when you step away for a break, it’s easy. Of course, readers have emailed me to say how much they like the newsletter.

I hope you understand the energy it takes to manage writing a weekly newsletter and posting an audio file at the same time – whew, even I run out of words. I have a plan, and I want to try it out for a couple of months and see what all of you think.

Beginning in June, I will record a slightly longer audio post every week. On the last Saturday of the month I will highlight and wrap up the ideas from the podcasts. I want to make this a collective effort, send me your thoughts.

Words matter, spoken or written. I want this to have meaning for you and your life. Please let me know your ideas. I’m looking forward to hearing from you, until then – always be willing to try something new every day, you never know where it might lead you. Contact me at [email protected]

05/03/2021

Do you live your values on a daily basis? Examine what you believe about yourself and those around you. Ask yourself if you are living a right relationship with yourself and with others. Take a minute to consider what is important and valuable to you.

04/23/2021

Let’s keep it simple. One-line thoughts to carry you through the week.
I Believe that I’m:
* Naturally Creative Resourceful and Whole
* Responsible for Creating My Own Happiness
* Learning and Growing with Every New Experience
* Capable of Overcoming Adversity
* Willing to Make Short-Term Sacrifices for Long Term Gains
* Accountable for My Thoughts, Words and Deeds
* Connected to the Great Web of Life Around Me
* Strong Enough to Change the World and those around me

To the Best of My Ability I:
* Know and Live My Values and Principles on a Daily Basis
* Understand that My Words and Actions Impact Others for Good or for Ill
* Accept that My Attitude can Permeate All Life Around Me
* Live in Right Relationship with Others
* Say What I will Do and Do What I Say
* Am My Word

When I Am in Right Relationship with Myself, I Am Capable, Strong and Inspiring, Bringing Light, Joy and Possibility into My Life and the Lives of Others.

Blessed Be

04/19/2021

What we cultivate makes a difference in what we grow in our lives. This week cultivate only those things which will build you up, bring you strength and bring you joy.

04/16/2021

I walked into my garden and pondered what I noticed – weeds, green and plentiful. One day the ground was brown and barren, two days later, magically, the weeds appeared. They were brilliant and strong, disguised with tiny white flowers. I was not fooled.

I took my spaded shovel and dug in. No matter how attractive they first appeared, I knew, left unattended, they would flourish and take over the garden, strangling the flowers and vegetables. So, ruthlessly, I dug and pulled and hoed, until the soil was turned and the dark sweet earth waited for the sun.

Cultivation. Cultivation is yet another tool to use in human development. It sits right next to discipline and together they give you a powerful set of tools to help you grow yourself. However, the real question is what are you cultivating? I notice there are times when I cultivate blame or denial and feel weary. I wonder when I can quit this game of human development. I drag myself from one appointed task to another. The very place of “I’m done,” Creates the possibility of quitting. When I use vigor, discipline and determination, the outlook for success increases.

I know for myself it’s important to root out those defeating thoughts and manage my gremlins. That will spread throughout my being and sap my energy. Ruthless, and I do mean ruthless, cultivation is the only way to create a clearing that generates strength.

Often I wish this human development process was easier. That there would be a resting place. I would get it, the final piece. Life is not like that. Life presents us with new experiences every day. Life is full of promise and pitfalls. Balance is the single magical element that gets me through it all. I can be patient (another tool) with myself, remembering I am worthy of Love and capable of creating a life that fills me with joy.

Here are the tools we discovered throughout March and April; Self Love, Discipline, Journaling, Balance, Patience, Cultivation, and Compassion.

I would love to hear how these tools are working for you? Which tools do you like best? Which tools give you a better outcome? Notice how you feel when you turn up the soil of your life, feel the tug to grow or stay the same, and of course journal.

Next Week: Ordinary Time

04/09/2021

Though April showers may come your way
They bring the flowers that bloom in May
So if it’s raining have no regrets
Because it isn’t raining rain you know, it’s raining violets…

The words from an old song always make me smile, as I hum them in the early spring days, April is the cruelest month, is it not? We look for sun bonnets, and picnic blankets, yet not so quick. Look in your hall or coat closet, what do you see? Snow jackets hanging next to lightweight spring jackets. Scarfs and gloves still at the ready and boot on the shoe shelf. Of course those light weight fleece jackets add to the collection. Not quite time to pack them away, because April is fickle, one day lovely and fair, the next plunging damp cold whips across our faces.

Spring is also a signal that the long dormant time of winter is over. Life that went deep, waiting through the ice and cold is ready, set free by the warmth of the sun and rain to quench the dry earth. As the days lengthen, the light gives nature the signal, time to bud, bloom and leaf out. Light, Heat and water, the three important ingredients that trigger growth.

Light, heat and water apply to humans. Light allows us to see more, look deeper and, illuminates ideas that engage forward thinking innovations allowing people to pursue possibilities beyond the shadows. Heat ignites our passion, driving us forward when the going gets tough and we want to quit. Heat also brings clarity to our vision, it fuels and fortifies our desire to reach the impossible. Water eases us through the heat, cooling our flames into usable embers and satisfying our thirst for success.

Up to 60% of the human adult body is water. According to H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry 158, the brain and heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, muscles and kidneys are 79%, and even the bones are watery: 31%. We cannot exist without water and without heat and light, we cannot grow anything, even ourselves.

As we greet April, how will light, heat and water grow the seeds you’ve been planting since January? How will you take a deep breath and enjoy the shifting season? Toss off the layers of winter and embrace the ways you will cultivate your development.

04/05/2021

Spring brings forward all manner of rituals. Spring Cleaning - sacred traditions and shedding winter woolens. Ready yourself for the next thing to come. This week lets be observant - what did you learn during this pandemic? Think about what rituals you should keep and which ones you might want to let go. Be patient - be safe - and enjoy this Spring. Plant hope and see what blooms.

04/01/2021

“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” – Margaret Atwood

Across the globe people everywhere celebrate the changing of the season. In the USA we move from the dark cold of winter to the sweet scent of Spring while in Australia they are readying for winter. Everywhere the shifting seasons trigger a change in us – we can feel it.

After six months of cool, then cold, bitter cold and deep snow, I am ready to toss out the woolens and welcome the light layers of Spring. Yet as I write this on March 31, we had snow flurries here in the Midwest and freeze temps at night. The birds tell me the weather will shift.

This week, many people will honor sacred traditions. Some traditions reach back centuries, some more recent. Even Spring cleaning or readying the house for winter have traditions and rituals that help us leap from one place to another. In my family home growing up, we spent “Holy Week,” cleaning, scrubbing, baking and preparing our house for Easter. By Sunday Morning you could search in every nook and never find the germ that got away.

Rituals prepare our minds, body and spirit to shift, open our view to something new. Margaret Atwood is right, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt, fresh and clean and full of life.

If you are in my home, you will notice a space created for daily ritual, the lighting of a candle, the pause for intention, the honoring of deities, and symbols and elements of things important to me. One day it’s a photo of my mother or siblings, the next a field of flowers, sometimes it’s names of friends who are struggling. These reminders help me to focus and stay present to the world around me. I grew up with statues of saints everywhere and the glow of the votive candle lighting my way to bed.

What rituals do you honor from your past? What rituals will you create this Spring to honor your life, vision and hopes for the future? How will you stay present to the shifting season and honor the new life growing in you? “…at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” Yes, I invite you to take on the rich soil of life, plant yourself and be prepared to bloom.

For more information about Forward Effect reach out to [email protected].

03/22/2021

To create discipline make a commitment to your goal. Find that one thing you will do everyday and strengthen that muscle until it becomes second nature to you.

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