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Linda Bloom, Energy Therapist

Eighteen months ago, after 21 years as Executive Director of Cheyenne Village I retired.  Retirement seemed like the right thing to do.  After all, I was young enough to enjoy life, the kids were grown and doing well, my parents were in good health, and I could develop a new career.  But soon after the big day, I realized that most of me was wrapped up in all those roles.  If someone asked me what I did, I found myself going into the virtues of Cheyenne Village and how "we" do wonderful things for adults with developmental disabilities.  And that this is a great organization to donate money to and to support.  (I still believe this to be true and if you have not finished your holiday giving please do so.)  If someone asked me how I felt, it was not possible to answer without talking about others.  For the first time, I knew that the stress that I thought was keeping me sharp was really keeping me numb.  I was doing things only to be able to check them off an unending list.  Having a Masters degree in counseling and a long time earning a living as a therapist, I found this revelation to be quite disturbing.  And even more disturbing was the fact that many of my friends were feeling the same way.

This was the opportunity that knocked (really beat me over the head) to embark on a journey to understand and set up a practice for helping others.  Today, after studying with the greatest and the best, I have incorporated nontraditional therapies for relaxation, reevaluation, and re-responses for individuals, couples and groups.  The environment is non-judgmental, non-threatening, and safe.

The three major therapies used in my work are:

1)    Liana Rubenfield's Listening Hands approach that combines traditional psychotherapy with light pressure point touch.  The theory is that what the mind holds, the body knows.  Where you have a pain, it is usually the result of something you have experienced intellectually.  This is especially true of people experiencing low back pain, shoulder pain, or digestive problems. 

2)    Val Brown's Neurofeedback uses an EEG machine to measure your brain waves.  The brain wave pattern can show what may be out of balance in your life.  By using this technology, you can reduce stress, work or play at peak performance, change sleep patterns as well as improve many other conditions.  For those of you that remember Biofeedback, this is the high tech version.  You get to relax and enjoy music in a comfortable chair and watch a slowly changing picture (the picture is there to help your mid from wandering).  At the end of a session, you are able to see graphs of what your brain was able to accomplish.

3)    Energy work is my favorite, as it incorporates working with the electromagnetic fields of yourself and others.  Have your ever walked into a room and before anyone speaks, you can feel the tension?  That is because you have a different vibrational level than the people in the room.  But soon, if you are not aware, you begin to pick up all the negativity and react in the same manner.  The three types of "energy" work I use most are Richard Gordon's Quantum Medicine, Donna Eden's Energy Medicine and Donna Kries, RN's Therapeutic Touch.  Energy work is the most exciting because you learn skills that you can use everyday.

My office is located at 635 Southpointe Ct.  If this is a familiar address, it is because I share office space with fellow EWI member Dr. Kelly Wood.  She and I also teach classes on "Chronic Wellness in Stressful Environments," "The Enlightened Goddess Journey," and "Are You Having a Senior Morning?" as well as our specialized retreats.  Others working with us are Kim Roseland, Dr. of Naturopathic Medicine and EWI member and Kay Burton, Ph.D.  We believe that the integration of the mind, body and spirit in a non-judgmental, non-threatening and safe environment will get anyone through anything given to us in our daily life.

My personal motto is LIFE IS GOOD!

Linda Bloom
(719) 761-4876
email:  lindaenergybloom@aol.com

PS:  A special thanks to all EWI members that believed and encouraged and even pushed me to follow this path.

President's Message Good Grief! By Marti Hartman

GOOD GRIEF!! (It's an expression we use a lot in manufacturing).

It's already the year 2004

Have you made your New Year's Resolutions?

Let me suggest one for your list! "Get to know one additional Colorado Springs EWI Representative at every meeting".  It's always so comfortable to sit with friends we haven't seen in a while and catch up.  And that is one of the major glues that hold us together, but let's spread that glue around every chance we get! 

We have 85 Representatives, and 16 Second Reps. It might seem a fairly daunting job to meet that many ladies, but one thing is guaranteed - the effort will reap grand rewards.  Every time I read Wanda's "Did You Know" column, I'm amazed with the quality and depth of OUR EWI WOMEN, and wish I could know each one better.

Please don't let another month go by without helping make another person's Journey easier by allowing them to add you to their list of supporters.

We never complete the Journey; it's all about getting from here to there, and once we do, THERE becomes HERE and we start all over again.

So here we are, 2004, and we're there, and I can't wait to start all over.

My sincere wish for each of you is for a year full of happiness and blessings.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Last Month's Meeting

Holiday Celebration at the Broadmoor Penrose Room

Did You Know?

by Wanda Reaves

No article this month - Happy Holidays everyone - from Wanda.

January
Chapter Meeting

RSVP Guests & Regrets Only

RSVP by January 9th!
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"How to Have a Lousy Year"

Speaker: Dr. Mary Jane Paulsen

DATE:  Wednesday, Jan 14, 2004

LOCATION:  Garden of the Gods Club
Garden Room (next to spa)
3320 Mesa Rd.

COST:  $30.00

TIME:  5:30 p.m. - Cash Bar
6:00 p.m. - Dinner
7:00 p.m. - Meeting & program

Cash Bar

If you have special dietary needs, please advise in the comment area of your RSVP.

Membership Postings

Karen Gonzalez - KILO

Karen Nauer-Marsh - Insurance

Lynn Pelz - Transisitional

Shirley Stewart - Sustaining

Membership Status

Member Firms - 84
Additional reps - 16
Sustaining - 7
Life - 9
Honorary - 0
Transitional - 1
Leave of Absence - 0

Minutes

Executive Women International
Colorado Springs Chapter
Record of Board of Directors Meeting

December 4, 2003

Members present: Kathleen O'Leary, Verna Severson, Susan Wood-Ellis, Sally Seidlitz,  Marti Hartman, Kathy Wallace, Kathryn Flobeck, Bea Steahlin, Michelle Vandepas, Lorrie Todd, Jean Roblewsky

Meeting called to order at 5:00 PM by President Marti Hartman

Secretary Report: Minutes from the last board meeting were approved.

Sergeant-at-Arms:  Nothing to note.

Membership Report:  No one from membership at meeting. Motion made (by Marti Hartman) and approved by board to move Shirley Stewart to sustaining membership status.

Treasurer Report: Motion made and approved to move $25,000 from checking account to endowment account for better return on account. Thanks went out to Joan Pierce for her help in getting quarter reports completed timely. As of 11/30/03 here are the balances:

            Operating account : $40,511.79

            Scholarship account : $34,486.03

            Scholarship Fund : $54,499.00

Ways & Means Report:  Verna brought up about getting a raffle ticket permit for golf tournament - it was decided to get more information on this before board votes. They are asking for golf tournament hole sponsors now for next years tourney.  They would love to have more committee members - anyone interested please contact Verna Severson.

Directory: Not present at meeting - but, Cathie asked for Marti to announce that any changes/additions/deletions in membership be forwarded to her to update the roster. Also, it was discussed how many members are asking what status is of printing a chapter directory. Suggestion was made to put a 'call' out in the newsletter to anyone wanting to help that has knowledge of formatting the roster into Adobe Acrobat (PDF) to contact Cathie John. 

Hospitality: Beth announced she and membership committee have plans to coordinate some 'mixers' for the programs next year to encourage more networking.  

Programs: Kathy Kelly reviewed the programs scheduled for 2004.  Discussed trying to put info into newsletters about the previous month's meeting and ask for evaluations of place, topic, speaker to be done on-line.  

Publicity: Not present at meeting

Historian: Kathryn asked if anyone wants any photos taken for specific reason - just let her know!

Nominating: Sally announced she should have some nominations to announce by May of 2004 for next year's board. She will be getting with Linda Williamson to discuss.

Scholarship: Christmas gifts will be given to scholarship recipients by Michelle - they cannot attend December lunch meeting but will try to come to a meeting in 2004.

Next board meeting will be Thursday, January 8^th at 4:30PM at Accent Photo.

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• To bring together key individuals from member firms of EWI to achieve world-class status as an organization through applied standards of excellence.

• Forge and cultivate mutual business and professional goals through personal association and interchange.

• Afford the opportunities and structure for leadership and professional development.

• Provide a wide scope of community, educational, and philanthropic services and contributions.

• Encourage flexibility and adaptability in a membership as diverse in its demographics as in its interest, needs, and staying power