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Spotlight Article: Ann E. Carlisle, Ph.D.

Rep: Ann E. Carlisle, Psychologist

A seasoned counselor and psychotherapist, I have been in private practice in Colorado Springs since 1990, following 14 years of prior work as a psychologist in Houston, Texas and as an intern in San Francisco, California. What I offer my clients, along with compassion and wisdom gained from my years of training and experience, is a safe, private, non-judgmental setting in which they may explore whatever life issues are of concern to them. Whether desire for more satisfying relationships, need for a sense of purpose in life, issues around depression, anxiety, stress, grief and loss, these (and many others) are all appropriate reasons to consult with a psychologist such as myself. In addition to my work as a therapist, I also assist business partners and non-profit boards to develop skills to work together more effectively. On occasions I plan and facilitate overnight retreats for private groups. I also enjoy making personal growth and mental health related talks to various organizations in the Pikes Peak region.

What may be unique about my practice is the depth of life experience I bring into my work. A late bloomer, I found my true calling in my mid-thirties. Prior to that, I spent two years in the Peace Corps in the Philippines, after which I worked in several different secretarial and administrative roles within the corporate world. My life has also been a search for inner peace and truth, exploring different paths and finding spiritual truth in many forms. As a result of these experiences, I look for and find the sacredness of spirit in each individual, regardless of his or her outward appearance or behavior.

My most-requested service is couples relationship counseling. As a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist since 1990, I am devoted to helping couples develop the relationship tools needed to create a more loving, effective relationship. I have been facilitating women's personal/professional growth groups for the past twenty years. In individual therapy, depending on the needs of the client, I offer inner-directed processes such as Jungian dream work, journaling, guided imagery, Gestalt, and various approaches to meditation and relaxation. I often utilize the recently developed "energy therapy" tools, such as Eye Movement Desensitization (EMDR), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and various grounding skills to empower clients to manage life's distressful experiences with greater ease.

Who can benefit most?

• Couples (and individuals) desiring more satisfying relationships
• Individuals struggling with changes and losses in their lives
• Anyone suffering from depression, anxiety, anger, low self esteem
• People needing support in negotiating significant life changes or losses
• Women and men seeking more fulfillment in their lives
• Individuals ready to transform negative habits into positives

Because psychotherapy can be threatening to the uninitiated, I am happy to take the time to tell inquiring callers how the therapy world works, including confidentiality, financial arrangements, and various methodologies. Persons wishing to find the right therapist for someone they know or for themselves are welcome to call me directly for assistance at 719 593-9880. (There are also several telephone referral services listed in the Yellow Pages.) Many therapists, including myself, will agree to a complimentary introductory visit for prospective clients who ask. If I am not the right person, I will say so and suggest other therapists who may be a better match for their needs. It is a good idea to interview more than one therapist to ensure the best match. Additionally, I am always supportive of businesses and services that I trust by telling my clients about them whenever appropriate. Please be aware, however, that confidentiality and ethical concerns prohibit me from giving out any information about my clients.
Ann E. Carlisle, Ph.D, Psychologist, (719) 593-9880, imagodrann@ewomennetwork.com

ASIST REMINDER!

Kissing Camels Golf Course: June 15, 2004!!
The 2^nd Annual Scholastic Classic Golf Tournament!!

Call-To-Arms!

This is our only fundraiser this year for the scholarship program. June 15 is just one week away! All EWI members need to participate in order for this fund raiser to be a success. This is your opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our scholarship recipients.

Here is what you can do - Participate by playing golf, Donate your $30 meeting fee to the scholarship fund, Volunteer the day of the event, Sponsor a hole - or find a sponsor.

Participate

It is not too late to sign up to play in the tournament and there are still openings to play.
Contact Verna Severson 574-0600 or Joan Saucerman 598-1118.

Donate

Send your monthly meeting fee to be donated directly to the scholarship fund.
Send your check to Bea Steahlin, 1604 Columbine Rd., Colorado Springs, CO 80907

Volunteer

Jean needs volunteers to help on the day of the tournament. We will need several volunteers at various times during the day. So if you are not playing in the tournament please consider taking some time during the afternoon to help out. We will need 10-12 people from about 11:30 am to 1:30pm to help with registration, the putting contest, providing information, giving directions and running errands. Then we will also need a couple of people from about 4pm to 6pm to help collect scorecards and answer questions etc. at the end of the tournament.
Let Jean know as soon as possible if you are available to help.
Jean Roblewsky 719-272-7540 or email: jeanroblewsky@centura.org

Sponsorship

We are still 3 1/2 holes short of sponsors. That equates to $1100! So far, there are 10 member firms sponsoring 1 or more holes. Have your business sponor a hole, or approach a business to sponsor a hole. Information is below:

Click here to view the brochure.
Click here to view the application.
Click here to download the solicitation for sponsorship letter.
Click here to download the detailed information about sponsorship.

Attend

EWI members are invited to stay for the awards reception and the cost per person for that is $30. The Awards Reception and Dinner will begin around 5:30. RSVP to Bea Steahlin 599-3067 by Thursday June 10th.

President's Message Spring Conference By Marti Hartman

The Portland Chapter put on an AWESOME Spring conference May 20-22. We were welcomed by what Linda Williamson and I determined were the friendliest people we've run into in quite a while.

The Academy of Leadership-Module 3 "The Power of Relationships" was one of the best presentations either of us has experienced. The highlight for me was at the end where the speaker had us write down our "dream". Linda's dream is to relocate by the ocean and have enough free time to do the things she loves (tennis, walking, yoga, belly-dancing (!)); mine is to own a wine-sipping-bistro-cafe-type thing; Reps then volunteered to describe their dream and anyone with connections or knowledge about how to help pursue that dream told "the dreamer" what she could and would do to help. Linda responded to one rep whose dream it is to have his own English Pub, with her knowledge about and connection with the Golden Bee, and committed to help him when the time is right. It was really quite powerful!!

Think of the relationships you've gained through Colorado Springs EWI. I'm truly convinced we have the connections here to help each of us achieve our individual dreams.

Linda and I want to thank you for the opportunity to represent Colorado Springs EWI at the Conference. It was a pleasure and an honor.

News!

Please send submissions for the Chapter Pulse to:

Contact: Kathy Wallace

Phone: 548-0582

E-mail: kawallace@msn.com

Next Deadline
June 20

Please email as
MSWord attachment.

Thank you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Last Month's Meeting

The May, 2004 meeting took place at the Colorado Springs Center for Creative Leadership. Following a wonderful buffet and social hour, the program was presented by Roberta Kraus, Ph.D. As a member of the Center's faculty, Roberta has spent the past several years developing and implementing customized leadership and management programs for superintendents, principals and school leadership teams at various institutions in the educational sector; she is a member of the Leadership Development Program which focuses on the creative leader's role in developing their potential and the potential of others. From this vein, Dr. Kraus' program to our chapter was titled "Optimizing Peformance for High-Achieving Women". The current challenge women leaders face today has shifted FROM fitting into a men's world and more on the lifestyle choices we confront. The approach to this is:

l. Acting Authentically - desire to have a healthy alignment between inner values & beliefs and other behaviors: know yourself; assess your behaviors and values; take action; believe in yourself.

2. Making Connections - our need to be close to others (family, friend, coworkers, community):  use these others to validate experiences; develop a mentoring relationship; network; reconnect with our past. (Definitely EWI women)

3. Living Agentically - our fundamental desire to have control over our lives: set goals and adapt them as necessary; pay attention to feedback; remain open to possibilities; use relationships wisely.---

4. Achieving Wholeness - desire to unite different life roles into an integrated whole: view it as a dynamic process; set boundaries; incorporate time for reflection and spirituality; view yourself holistically; restructure your thoughts.

5. Gaining Self-Clarity - know who you are and how you fit into the world: ask for informal feedback; monitor your progress on your goals; pay attention to the environment; make self-learning a priority.

There was great interaction at this meeting as we partnered off and discussed these topics. Following the presentation we had a tour of the city. Thanks so very much to Roberta Kraus and her staff for such a cordial, social, and educational evening.

Did You Know?

by Wanda Reaves

This outstanding professional woman was born in Chicago. At the age of five she moved to Colorado Springs where her father began a private practice in neurology. If I wrote his name you would all have heard of him as he is one of the most respected in the Colorado medical field.

She attended schools in Colorado Springs and graduated from Wasson High School after which she graduated from Colorado College with a degree in geology. This prepared her for interesting work in the energy field. She did field work in the Casper, Wyoming office of a large German energy industry giant. Her work involved locating minerals by collecting geophysical samples i.e. uranium. She ran drill rigs and analyzed the finds. She met the challenge of the declining economies of the energy field by getting her Masters in Business Administration at Colorado State University. She then entered the retail field and was a retail manager at May D & F and Foleys for eight years. From 1995 to 1999 she was a fundraiser for the Colorado Springs Symphony.

Her childhood was filled with horseback riding and junior rodeo competitions as a barrel racer. She attended the World Equestrian Games every four years in countries like Spain and Germany. Her favorite hobbies are downhill skiing, hiking, mountain biking and fly fishing. From her Summit County cabin in the mountains she is able to participate freely in these hobbies.

Recently her grandmother departed this life at the age of 102 with her full mental and physical capacities and as a result of a broken hip from a fall. Her parents live in Colorado Springs, her husband is a corporate lawyer and her brother is a pathologist with two children.

She enjoys reading historical fiction and non-fiction. She recommends a non fiction book entitled "The Rise of the Creative Class".

She serves on the board of Leadership Pikes Peak, Public Relations Administrators-Pikes Peak Chapter and the Community Advisory Board for the Junior League. An EWI member since 2000 she enjoys sharing resources, networking and interacting with organizations in our chapter.

Her most embarrassing moment was when her truck got stuck in the mud in Wyoming and she had to call for help from the men in the field. (I know how this feels because the same thing happened to me on the quarry reclamation site!).

If you haven't guessed it yet this all-together woman is Susan Presti, Community Relations Manager for Colorado Springs Utilities.

June
Chapter Meeting

Due to the ASIST Gold Tournament
RSVP If your are coming.

Kissing Camels Country Club
5:30pm
$30

RSVP by June 10th!
Click Here to RSVP

Membership Postings

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Rep: Mazie Baalman. Major: Retail food, Minor: candy shop

Old West Cigar/Old West Homebrew Supply, Rep: Georgianna Lee. Major: Retail , Minor: smoking supplies

Lynn Severson Interiors, Rep: Lynn Severson. Major: Interior Design, Minor: Home furmishings & design services

Pikes Peak Cardiology, Rep: Nita Harris, M.D. Major: Medicine, Minor: Cardiology

New Members

Lionstone Properties, Ruthie Lowen, representative; Major: real estate; minor: development

Changes

New second rep for ADDStaff: Jill Webb

Announcements

Terry Sullivan of the Convention and Visitors Bureau is looking for an Executive Secretary. If you know of any candidates, contact Elizabeth Younquist at the Bureau.

Upcoming EWI conferences: EWI Leadership Conference & Annual Meeting: Sept. 23-25, New Orleans at the New Orleans Marriott.

Condolences

Jerry Jo Shires had a fall last Friday night and was in Penrose Hospital. She broke a finger on her right hand; wrist on left hand and a couple of vertebrae in her neck. She fell down five steps in her home. She went to the hospital; came home and later Saturday afternoon, she had a seizure....they are running tests. She is in casts, and a neck brace and cannot ride anywhere (while the vertebrae hopefully fuse back together) for the next two months.
Please keep Jerry Jo in your thoughts and direct love & healing energy her way. If you would like to visit or send a gift to Jerry Jo, her address is 6845 Oak Valley Lane, 590-7643.

Minutes

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

May 6, 2004

Members present: Kathleen O'Leary, Verna Severson, Susan Wood-Ellis, Marti Hartman, Kathy Wallace, Jerry Jo Shires, Lorrie Todd, Bea Steahlin, Linda Williamson, Joan Saucerman, Sally Seidlitz, Joan Pierce, Kelly Wood, Beth Alexander, Jean Roblewsky

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

President Report: President Marti Hartman and Vice-President Linda Williamson will be attending the spring conference in Portland, OR on May 20; Marti announced that we can send up to 4 delegates to the annual conference in September if we have 76+ member firms; Marti also brought up the subject of who pays for Membership advisor expenses for traveling to their firms and going to the annual conference (one of our reps is an MA for 3 other chapters) Ü Marti is to consult with corporate on the precedence for this and possibly bring up at the annual conference as discussion/ballot item

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

Sergeant-at-Arms: Feb meeting attendance: 68 total - 52 member firm reps, 5 sustaining, 2 life, 1 posted member, 8 guests

Membership Report: Not present at meeting

Treasurer Report: As of 4/30/04 here are the balances:

Scholarship $11,616.21

Operating $52,696.29

Endowment $77,928.83

Motion was made and approved to move $25,000 from the operating account into the endowment fund for more return on investment.

Ways & Means Report: Golf Tournament Ü June 15^th Kissing Camels. They need players and hole sponsors. Everyone should be trying to come up with foursomes or sponsorships! Brochures will be made available on web site and at meetings.

Publications: PLEASE BE PROMPT IN GETTING ARTICLES, PICTURES, MEMBERSHIP INFO, ETC. TO KATHY WALLACE BY THE 20^th OF THE MONTH DEADLINE! Lorrie and Kathy W. will start the transitioning soon to the new board members who will take over publications so the training process is complete by Sept. We would like to extend a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Lorrie Todd and Kathy W. for running this operation for the last 3 years. It is a very time consuming process to generate our newsletter and monthly meeting announcements on the web. THANKS, LADIES!

Directory: Not present at meeting

Hospitality: Beth is working hard to keep the name tags current with new members, etc. She needs this info from Membership committee.

Programs: Jerry Jo reviewed upcoming meeting programs. She is researching a new sound system and will bring proposal to the board when she has that info.

Publicity: Not present at meeting

Historian: Not present at meeting

Nominating: Sally is finalizing the nominations for the 2004-2005 board.

Scholarship: It was reported that this committee is working on linking our local scholarship recipients with the national scholarship program. Michelle is still investigating. No new applications will be taken until Fall.

Next board meeting will be Thursday, June 3 at 4:30PM at Accent Photo.

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P R I N C I P L E S

• 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