Past Events:

“Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) I” for Daily Living

(a UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center program led by Career Coach, Daisy Swan)

The MAPs I course is an excellent introduction to mindfulness for beginners. MAPs provides insight into the basics of mindfulness, how to develop a mindfulness meditation practice, and how mindfulness can be applied in daily life. It is also appropriate for an experienced practitioner who wishes to revitalize his/her practice.

Each class is a dynamic, interactive combination of lecture, practice, and group feedback and discussion. MAPs is taught in a context of a supportive community environment with classes no larger than 20 students. Daisy Swan will be leading this class series; she has years of personal experience practicing mindfulness, and teaching it.

MAPs classes meet weekly for two (2) hours per week for six (6) weeks. Participants will complete daily home practice meditation assignments starting at five minutes a day and working up to 20 minutes daily by the end of the course. Participants will also receive a complimentary Home Practice CD and a copy of the book “Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness” by Susan Smalley, PhD. and Diana Winston.

Class participants will learn Mindful concepts that include:

• Overview of Mindfulness
• Mindfulness of the Body
• Obstacles to Mindfulness
• Mindfulness to help with Physical Pain
• Working with Difficult Emotions
• Cultivating Positive Emotions
• Working with Difficult Thoughts
• Mindful Interactions

Participants will also learn a variety of mindfulness practices so you can discover which practice is most useful to you. Practices taught include:

• Sitting meditation
• Eating meditation
• Daily life meditations
• Relational mindfulness
• Walking meditation
• Standing meditation
• Movement meditation
• Practices to develop positive emotions

These six-week class series’ are open to the public and to all UCLA staff, faculty, and students. MAPs is helpful for people of all backgrounds and religions. These classes are suitable for ages 16 and over.

Dates / Time: Tuesdays, 7 – 9PM; Beginning Nov 1, 2016 (skipping Nov 8th – election night), for 6 weeks.  (Finishing Dec 13th)

Location: Vistamar School, 737 Hawaii Street, El Segundo, CA 90245 (Room # TBA; Plenty of free parking at the school.)

To register, Click Here >>

For more information, please email [email protected].

Quick Start Job Search Program

Class starts Weds., November 2nd, for four (4) weeks

Got the Sunday night blues? Ready to get that next job? Believing nothing happens in hiring at the end of the year? This is NOT true! Hiring is always happening! And it’s easier to do a job search with a group of people who are going through the same thing. Let’s energize you to get your job search happening NOW!

I see it time and again, men and women of all ages come to enjoy (unbelievable, right?) the process of getting clarity about what job they’re looking for, and then figuring out how to go about finding it.

Meet, network and learn with other interesting people in fields you may be looking to transition into!

This fast-paced class includes:

Exercises and discussion to help you gain clarity about what you want now

Résumé and cover letter development

Essential “marketing” tactics to put you in front of the employers you’re most interested in

How to’s to hone your networking via LinkedIn and other social media

Review and discussion of your personal Strengths Finder 2.0 Report and how to maximize on your strengths in work and job search.

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator and full Career Report is available for those who have not already taken this assessment for additional $50 fee. This assessment is valuable to better understand your ‘good fit’ career options, vocabulary that helps you to discuss your strengths and best ways of working.

Limited to 10 people

7:30-9 Weds. nights Nov.2- Nov. 23rd

$189 early bird by Oct. 26th

$225 after

Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) II: Cultivating Positive Emotions
(formerly Finding Happiness)

(a UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center program led by Career Coach, Daisy Swan)

This MAPs II class emphasizes heart-based qualities that complement mindfulness and can be cultivated through meditation practices. We will explore loving kindness, compassion, equanimity (even-mindedness), joy, generosity, and gratitude.

We will learn new meditations to develop these qualities, tools to work with when we find them ourselves stuck and not feeling positive emotions, and practical exercises to incorporate them into our daily life. This is a helpful expansion to our basic mindfulness practice.

Each class is a dynamic, interactive combination of lecture, practice, and group feedback and discussion. MAPs is taught in a context of a supportive community environment with classes no larger than 30-40 students. Daisy Swan will be leading this class series; she has years of personal experience practicing mindfulness, and teaching it.

* Prerequisite: MAPs I or equivalent
If you have not taken a MAPs I class at MARC, please email us a brief description of you equivalent experience to [email protected] before class start date.

MAPs classes meet weekly for two (2) hours per week for six (6) weeks.

These six-week class series’ are open to the public and to all UCLA staff, faculty, and students. MAPs is helpful for people of all backgrounds and religions. These classes are suitable for ages 16 and over.

Dates / Time: Tuesdays, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM; Starting Sep 13th

Location: Vistamar School, 737 Hawaii Street, El Segundo, CA 90245 (Room # TBA; Plenty of free parking at the school.)

To register, Click Here >>

For more information, please email [email protected].

How to Live and Work with Clarity, Passion, and Take Wise Action starts Sunday, Sep 18-Oct16, for four (4) weeks.

Do you feel like something’s not going quite right, but you’re not sure what that might be…? Or that life is passing by at such a pace, that you can’t grab hold of anything solid? Do you know that you want to feel, and find, clarity and passion about your work, or about your direction and what’s next for you – but you just can’t quite find that on your own…?

My clients, and others, share these musings with me all of the time, in the meditation classes that I teach and the career coaching that I do. To address these quandaries and desires, I have developed this new class: How to Live and Work with Clarity, Passion, and Take Wise Action.

Four (4) weeks, Sundays, 3:00 PM-5:00 PM. This new class is for those who would like to incorporate meditation into their lives (whether you already have a meditation practice, or not), and who want support in investigating their passions – to increase life and career satisfaction. This is not a resume writing class (although I can help you with that, if you need it), but rather a way to genuinely connect with yourself so that you know the Wise Actions to take, to live and work in the way you most desire.

What You Will Learn in this New Class:

 Meditation techniques and tools to use every day, in every situation.

 More about your personal style at work and elsewhere, and more about your personal and professional strengths, and how to use these to make your life happier. We’ll use the MBTI and the Strengths Finder 2.0 to learn more about you!

 How to investigate what your passions are and how to connect with them in a genuine way so that you stay connected with them on a daily basis.

 How to communicate with authenticity and wisdom, with people at home and at work; how to clarify your point of view and strengthen bonds.

 What you really want from your life, and how to live this every day.

Class includes the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, a copy of my book “Making Work Work: Secrets from a Career Coach’s Office”, additional in-class assessments and activities, audios, and handouts each week.

Dates / Time: Sundays, Sep 18 – Oct 16, 3:00 – 5:00 PM;
Location: Playa Vista (exact address tbd)
Price: $197.00 per person for all 4 weeks (maximum of 8 people):
For more information, please email [email protected]

Four Workshops to Reclaim Your Career and Job Search Mojo!

(Get Ready for those Post-Labor Day Hiring Opportunities!)

Prepare to shine this summer with the four workshops we have designed to help you do just that! Uncover and get familiar with your very unique special sauce that helps you to get clear about your purpose and direction, and then update the essentials you need to get what you want — a revamped resume, LinkedIn profile and a smart way to communicate your message. Prepped with all this new knowledge and spiffed up tools, you’ll be set and ready to make your next successful career transition or job search!

Workshops can be purchased individually, or purchase all of these for a package price of $197 and you’ll receive a 25% discount off an individualized two-hour strategy session ordinarily valued at $400, for just $300.

All four workshops will be held in Santa Monica at the co-working space SAMOCO (1450 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401)

Overcoming Resume Angst! The Art and Science of Sparkling on Paper

August 2nd, 7-9pm, $59

Resume Reboot Workshop

In this two-hour workshop, we decode the resume and reveal the secrets that make resumes rise to the top of the pile or get tossed in the bin. The emotional toll of resume writing is tamed so you can easily re-work this document whenever you need to from here on out! Too many people send out a lousy representation of themselves. Don’t let this be you! This workshop breaks the resume process into simple steps to write a rockin’ resume easily and effectively.

Overcome Your Fear of Networking Nightmares

August 9th, 7-9pm, $59

LinkedIn Panel and Networking Event

This informative (and fun) panel of LinkedIn and Networking experts provides important and useful info on how to use the powerful media and search engine platform, LinkedIn. Learn how to write a compelling and search worthy profile, find and reach the right contacts for your career transition, and use this mighty site to prep for interviews, and much more that this site can do for your career on an ongoing basis. We’ll also address networking tips to spark a conversation that leads to interest and easily exchanged business cards. Following the panel, meet other smart, interesting people to practice newly learned networking skills. Introverts welcome!

Locations TBD – we love to hear where you are so we can plan for a suitable location…so let us know what works for you! We’ll update you with location when we have it confirmed.

Four Workshop Bundle:  $197

Myers Briggs Type Indicator / Strengths Finders 2.0 Workshop

July 19th, 7-9pm, $59

Know Who You Are and What You Have To Offer? Most people don’t! Identify your talents, strengths and gifts using and learning from two of the most widely based personality assessments and reports of their kind.

In this two-hour workshop, we’ll walk you through how to use these two valuable tools to identify your deeply held strengths (and how to work with your weaknesses) to identify and target your ideal career path, excel in the job search and interview process. Learn the vocabulary of you so you’ll know how to talk about yourself to others who can help you find, and get, the job you want! Re-energize yourself by knowing what amps you up and drains you of energy, how you can be most effective with your days to make the most of these summer months!

You’ll receive your personalized MBTI personality report, MBTI career report and learn how this information fits with your signature strengths. Getting clear about who you are builds confidence ~ essential to your successful energized and effective career moves.

Discover Your Passion

July 26th, 7-9pm, $59

Not Sure What You Really Want to Do with Your Life (aka Don’t know What your Passion Is?) You’re NOT Alone… Millenials aren’t the only ones looking for the next best opportunity!

Discover your passion(s) in this workshop designed to help you investigate what calls you. Through a variety of exercises, and discussion, utilizing knowledge from the MBTI and Strengths Finder 2.0, we’ll explore possibilities that re-energize, and re-activate you. We’ll uncover, and then learn to let go of, what’s getting in your way so that you really can move towards what’s calling you! And it could be you have everything you want but you don’t realize it (this has happened before)!

Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Class

Register here:

You will receive a link to take the MBTI in advance of the class, and the report will be given to you at the class along with other valuable resources.

For more information, please email: [email protected]

Ignite Your Job Search this Summer, with Daisy Swan

Got the Sunday night blues? Are you ready to find the new position that will re-energize you? Ready for a boost in title, or are you eager to launch into your first job after completing undergrad or grad school? Sometimes, it’s easier to do a job search with a group of people who are going through the same thing.

I see it time and again: men and women of all ages actually come to enjoy (unbelievable, right?) the process of gaining clarity about what job they’re looking for, and then figuring out how to go about finding it…

Meet, network and learn with other interesting people – possibly in fields you may be looking to transition into!

This class will include:

• The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) to better understand your ‘good fit’ career options
• Exercises and discussion to help you gain clarity about what you want now
• Résumé and cover letter development
• Essential “marketing” tactics to put you in front of the employers you’re most interested in
• “How to’s” to hone your networking via LinkedIn and other social media
• Copy of my e-book, “Making Work Work: Secrets from a Career Coach’s Office”

Class is limited to 10 people.

Dates / Time: Tuesdays, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM; June 9 – June 30, 2015

Location: Daisy’s Office; 8800 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90034

$210.00 per person:  Event Cancelled.

For more information, please email [email protected].

What People Are Saying About Daisy Swan’s Job Search Classes:

“After graduating from college and being out of school for over a year with no full time job yet, I decided to sign up for Daisy’s 4-week Job Search Class. I took the class because I was frustrated and confused about how to navigate through the current job market and I left the class feeling confident, qualified and ready to get a job. The class was small and intimate which provided for a more personal and hands-on experience. Daisy was an amazing teacher who provided us with the tools and guidance necessary to find a job. Not only did we get a handful of templates and resources on how to write a better resume and cover letter, but we also learned valuable networking skills. Daisy is extremely knowledgeable, encouraging and beams with positive energy which made her an awesome mentor and teacher. I am so happy that I took her class and I am even happier to report that I am writing this from the desk at my new job.”

– Candice Oliver, Account Specialist at Wpromote, January 2015 Daisy Swan Job Search Class Participant

Living with Passion, Clarity and Wisdom ~ with Daisy Swan

PLEASE NOTE: This event has already occurred.

Class starts Tuesday, May 12, for six (6) weeks.

Do you feel like something’s not going quite right, but you’re not sure what that might be…? Or that life is passing by at such a pace, that you can’t grab hold of anything solid? Do you know that you want to feel, and find, clarity and passion about your work, or about your direction and what’s next for you – but you just can’t quite find that on your own…?

My clients, and others, share these musings with me all of the time, in the meditation classes that I teach and the career coaching that I do. To address these quandaries and desires, I have developed this new class: Living with Passion, Clarity and Wisdom.

Six (6) weeks, Tuesdays, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, with a limited class size of only ten (10) people. This new class is for those who would like to incorporate meditation into their lives (whether you already have a meditation practice, or not), and who want support in investigating their passions – to increase life and career satisfaction. This is not a job search class (although I can help you with that, if you need it), but rather a way to genuinely connect with yourself so that you know the Wise Actions to take, to live and work in the way you most desire.

What You Will Learn in this Class:

• Meditation techniques and tools to use every day, in every situation.
• More about your personal style at work and elsewhere, and more about your personal and professional strengths, and how to use these to make your life happier. We’ll use the MBTI and the Strengths Finder 2.0 to learn more about you!
• How to investigate what your passions are and how to connect with them in a genuine way so that you stay connected with them on a daily basis.
• How to communicate with authenticity and wisdom, with people at home and at work; how to clarify your point of view and strengthen bonds.
• What you really want from your life, and how to live this every day.

Class includes the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, a copy of my book “Making Work Work: Secrets from a Career Coach’s Office”, additional in-class assessments and activities, audios, and handouts each week.

Step into summer with sanity, authenticity, and your clear intentions for the present, and moving into the next half of the year.

Dates / Time: Tuesdays, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM; May 12 – June 16, 2015

Location: Daisy’s Office; 8800 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90034

$249.00 per person for all 6 weeks, if registered by May 6, 2015 ($269.00 per person, thereafter):

For more information, please email [email protected].

Increase Effective and Calm Communication at Work and Home, with Mindful Assertiveness

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed.

In this class, participants will learn how to pay better attention to inner and outer feedback – to become calmer in tense situations at home, and at work:

• Discover inner resources to read situations, which can help to determine appropriate course of action.
• Learn new tools and techniques, including mindful awareness meditation, to develop new perspective, inner resilience and calm on a daily basis.
• Learn effective vocabulary and approaches to increase your effectiveness in tough situations.
• Develop strategies to speak up in meetings or one-on-one situations where calm is essential.

While many introverts will benefit from this class, others have also found this eye-opening and transformative.

Resources and audios are included in class fee, as well as a follow-up group call on Monday, May 18. Participants will also do the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) as a way to gain clarity about personality style. Class is limited to 10 people.

Dates / Time: Tuesdays, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM; April 7 – May 5, 2015

Location: Daisy’s Office; 8800 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90034

$229.00 per person for all 5 weeks, if registered by March 27, 2015 ($259.00 per person, thereafter):

For more information, please email [email protected].

January 9-11, 2015: New Year, New You ~ Cleanse and Visioning Retreat in Ojai

PLEASE NOTE: This event has already occurred.

We have all been feeling the constant change, increased pace and great transitions going on right now. Join us in a safe sanctuary and give yourself the space to recalibrate for 2015.

Release ~ Restore ~ Recalibrate

Dr. Edie Resto, wholistic doctor and chiropractor, and the new Amara of Ojai Wellness Center, joined by Mindful Awareness Meditation instructor and Los Angeles Career Coach, Daisy Swan, invite you to this New Year cleanse, body re-set, and mindful visioning retreat in glorious Ojai, CA, just 90 minutes north of L.A.

Release the accumulation of anything holding you back, and cleanse your system with a delicious detox menu.

Restore your body and soul with movement, meditation and massage.

Recalibrate and align your goals as we step into 2015 with a re-invigorated, inspired healthy body, mind and vision.

Choose from three (3) package options, from a Light or Deep weekend cleanse to a full, personalized seven (7) day thorough cleanse.

Your cleanse menu will be provided as part of the retreat throughout the weekend: Packages include cleansing soups, shakes and smoothies. Friday dinner; Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner; Sunday breakfast and to celebrate your weekend success, a scrumptious salad for Sunday’s lunch. (Please start on your own Friday morning, by eating light and avoiding anything with wheat, dairy or sugar. Also, please give your body a break from alcohol or coffee for the three days.)

Detox Package 1 ~ Light Cleanse over 2 1/2 days: $345.00 per person
Friday, January 9 | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Saturday, January 10 | 8:30 AM-8:00 PM
Sunday, January 11 | 8:30 AM-1:30 PM

Includes one (1) massage, one (1) movement class, one (1) breath work class, nutritional education and inspiration with Dr. Edie Resto, and mindfulness, meditation and visioning program to gain clarity for the New Year, with Daisy Swan.

Detox Package 2 ~ Deep Cleanse over 3 days: $545.00 per person
Friday, January 9 | Afternoon intake appointment with Dr. Edie Resto, and pick one additional treatment from the list below.
Friday, January 9 | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Saturday, January 10 | 8:30 AM-8:00 PM
Sunday, January 11 | 8:30 AM-1:30 PM (with group)
Sunday, January 11 | 2:00 PM-6:00 PM | Available for BioMeridian post-assessment and other treatments by appointment.

Includes one (1) massage, one (1) movement class, one (1) breath work class, nutritional education and inspiration with Dr. Edie Resto, and mindfulness, meditation and visioning program to gain clarity for the New Year, with Daisy Swan.
Plus, one (1) BioMeridian assessment pre- and post-cleanse with Dr. Edie Resto (acupuncture meridian health assessment of organs, hormones and body systems), one (1) foot detox or one (1) body resonance healing, or one (1) acupuncture treatment.

Detox Package 3 ~ Customized Detox Package over 7 days with Dr. Edie Resto

Includes all of the above services plus a customized detoxification cleansing program including daily supervision, cleansing foods, personalized vitamins and supplements, colonic hydrotherapy, body wrap, detox bath, foot detox bath and body resonance healing. Contact us for details.

Pre-registration required. Please call to schedule additional treatments for Friday, prior to group opening, and/or Sunday after group close.

Lodging is not provided as part of these retreat packages, but hotel and Airbnb.com options abound – please scroll down, for helpful Ojai lodging resources*.

This lovely retreat is limited to 15 participants. Sign up by January 2, 2015 and receive a 30 minute follow-up call post-retreat, with Daisy Swan, AND a follow-up call with Dr. Edie (combined value of more than $200.00).

For more information and to register, please contact Judy Gabriel: [email protected] or 805.798.4111.

Dr. Edie Resto, DC is a wholistic doctor and educator dedicated to forming healing partnerships with her patients. She is a graduate of the Institute of Psychostructural Balancing where she studied a variety of massage / body work. Dr. Edie is also a graduate of Life Chiropractic College West and Bastyr University, which is the leading Naturopathic medical school in the U.S. Dr. Edie integrates many different modalities for a powerful healing experience.

Meet some of the other Retreat practitioners:

Linnaea Bohn, State Certified Massage Therapist: Linnaea’s clients’ tension, stress, pain, fatigue and anxiety evaporate when her skillful, loving hands firmly sculpt their achy muscles, and soften their connective tissue. Linnaea’s clients leave their sessions feeling rejuvenated and serene. Each of Linnaea’s massages is a custom blend based on the client’s needs at that moment, using any of these techniques: deep tissue, craniosacral therapy, reflexology, myofascial release, Reiki, Swedish, and/or Thai. Linnaea also works with chronic health issues and injuries.

Julie Purkerson (foot detox) has been in the health and wellness field for more than 28 years. She has owned and operated athletic clubs and wellness centers in the Carpinteria and Santa Barbara area, and has been incorporating naturopathic and homeopathic medicine in her life since she was quite young. Julie has helped many clients, friends and family see most body imbalances as temporary ailments, not as permanent diseases, through the healing power of nature; her beliefs are strongly rooted in finding a natural remedy to cure imbalances in the body. Julie utilizes the natural practice of the Ion Detox therapy system, to help clients see how it quickens the body’s healing process and helps rid the body of stored toxins, allowing immunity to increase with every session. Julie looks forward to meeting you and bringing you into a balanced, strong, healthy state.

Craig Rigsby is a licensed acupuncturist, Qi Gong healer, teacher and Chinese herbalist. He uses intuitive acupuncture, energy healing modalities and natural remedies to help people reclaim their connection to health, vitality and their passion for life. With 20 years experience in Eastern healing, he brings a wealth of wisdom to his clients.

Risa Matsudaira, Japanese Massage Therapist, helps clients to experience profoundly healing massages. Trained from the age of four, Risa’s touch exemplifies the power of touch.

Judy Gabriel plays two roles at Amara of Ojai. You will see firsthand, that she keeps us organized and moving with the marketing and office programs, but she also wears a healing hat. As one client said, “Judy is an immensely gifted intuitive. She worked with sensitivity, clarity and heart as she unveiled, revealed and addressed the balance and health issues in my body. I felt the difference immediately.” Judy uses a harmonic resonance machine to help restore the balance of frequencies and eliminate any illnesses blocking your health. She uses the perfect blend of intuition and technology.

* Please Note: Lodging is not provided as part of these retreat packages, but hotel and Airbnb.com options abound – here are some Ojai lodging resources:

Ojai Retreat | 805.646.2536 | View rooms, pricing and reserve rooms on-line.
(N.B.: The January 9-11 “Cleanse and Visioning Retreat” will be held at Amara Wellness Center in Ojai, located at 215 Church Road. Recommended lodging is at the “Ojai Retreat” on Besant Road, which is within walking distance from the Amara Wellness Center.)
VRBO
Airbnb.com
Casa Ojai Inn
Ojai Valley Inn
Ojai Rancho Inn

How to Live and Work with Clarity, Passion and Wise Action,
with Daisy Swan

PLEASE NOTE: This event has already occurred.

New Class! How to Live and Work with Clarity, Passion, and Take Wise Action: Practical Applications of Mindfulness in Everyday Life and Work

Class starts Thursday, October 30, for six (6) weeks.

Do you feel like something’s not going quite right, but you’re not sure what that might be…? Or that life is passing by at such a pace, that you can’t grab hold of anything solid? Do you know that you want to feel, and find, clarity and passion about your work, or about your direction and what’s next for you – but you just can’t quite find that on your own…?

My clients, and others, share these musings with me all of the time, in the meditation classes that I teach and the career coaching that I do. To address these quandaries and desires, I have developed this new class: How to Live and Work with Clarity, Passion and Wise Action.

Six (6) weeks, Thursdays, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, with a limited class size of only eight (8) people. This new class is for those who would like to incorporate meditation into their lives (whether you already have a meditation practice, or not), and who want support in investigating their passions – to increase life and career satisfaction. This is not a resume writing class (although I can help you with that, if you need it), but rather a way to genuinely connect with yourself so that you know the Wise Actions to take, to live and work in the way you most desire.

What You Will Learn in this New Class:

• Meditation techniques and tools to use every day, in every situation.
• More about your personal style at work and elsewhere, and more about your personal and professional strengths, and how to use these to make your life happier. We’ll use the MBTI and the Strengths Finder 2.0 to learn more about you!
• How to investigate what your passions are and how to connect with them in a genuine way so that you stay connected with them on a daily basis.
• How to communicate with authenticity and wisdom, with people at home and at work; how to clarify your point of view and strengthen bonds.
• What you really want from your life, and how to live this every day.

Class includes the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, a copy of my book “Making Work Work: Secrets from a Career Coach’s Office”, additional in-class assessments and activities, audios, and handouts each week. Class also includes two (2) one-hour follow-up, group phone calls in January and February 2015, to help support the class members in the New Year.

Step into the Holiday Season with sanity, authenticity, and your clear intentions for the present, and moving into the New Year.

Dates / Time: Thursdays, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM; October 30 – December 11, 2014 (No class November 27.)

Location: Daisy’s NEW Office! 8800 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90034

$254.00 per person for all 6 weeks (maximum of 8 people):

For more information, please email [email protected].

Professional Networking Strategies for Non-Networkers

PLEASE NOTE: This event has already occurred.

(a General Assembly workshop led by Career Coach, Daisy Swan)

About This Workshop

Serious about moving up in your career? You may have the skills to do the job, but if you can’t communicate to the right people, you’re not going anywhere. This workshop is ideal for anyone looking to gain confidence to get out to networking events to increase professional prospects.

Everyone talks about the importance of ‘networking’, but the idea of talking to ‘strangers’ sends shivers down your spine, and keeps you comfortably scouring job sites instead of developing relationships with the people you need to know.

This workshop, with expert career coach and strategist Daisy Swan, will help you prepare to overcome those jitters so you can connect with the important people who can open doors in all social/professional settings.

Offering a variety of tips and techniques to prep for, and handle, large group networking meetings and conferences, develop strategies to communicate effectively in small group meetings (and even interviews). Increase your level of confidence in all professional interactions. The techniques in this workshop have been tested and used by hundreds of satisfied clients.

Takeaways

• Overcome resistance to attending professional and social events
• Develop effective strategies to meet and talk with people who can open doors to new opportunities
• Develop communication strategies which help others help you, and vice versa
• Learn to calm nerves and be your best self in challenging situations
• Gain LinkedIn networking skills
• Find and Prep for MeetUp and conferences
• Know your opening lines to start the conversation.

Just $40.00 per person.

Date / Time: Wednesday, October 22, 2014; 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Location: General Assembly / Santa Monica, 1520 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401

To register for this class, please click here: https://generalassemb.ly/education/professional-networking-strategies-for-non-networkers/los-angeles/7849

For more information or questions about registration, please email [email protected].

Mindful Career Transition

PLEASE NOTE: This event has already occurred.

Have you ever heard yourself say, ‘I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up?‘ Or, ‘I’d do what I love to do, if I only knew what that was?‘ This class, led by Career Coach, Daisy Swan, is designed to help you tune into you, to hear more of yourself by becoming quiet enough to listen.

Mindfulness meditation is a wonderful way to become more familiar with who you really are. In this workshop, we aren’t just navel gazing! You will learn how to meditate if you don’t already, and Daisy will be providing interactive and written exercises to help you connect with your ideas and possibilities. Daisy’s all about practicalities, too, so she’ll be offering what she knows, as well as resources to keep you moving forward after the workshop.

Date / Time: Sunday, July 20, 2014; 1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Location: Unplug Meditation Studio, 12401 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90025

Early-bird Registration: $45.00 per person (register by July 6); $55.00 per person, thereafter

Please click here to register for this class.

What People Are Saying About Daisy Swan’s Mindful Career Transition Workshop:

“This has been a helpful, safe place to slow down and investigate what important changes need to take place in order to get closer to figuring out what I want.”

“[I learned to] structure a way forward with loving kindness!”

“This workshop really helped me reconnect with my essential self. In this world of media message bombardment, this is a place of solace, of meeting yourself.”

“[This workshop was] a great balance of self-reflection, sharing, and learning to apply practical mindfulness techniques.”

“As I continue to evolve, Daisy has the steps to help in the journey.”

“Daisy is terrific! Slowly moving towards self-understanding with her help.”

For more information about this workshop, please email [email protected].

A Kinder Way Through Transitions

PLEASE NOTE: Workshop has been postponed; new event date TBA.

We go through so many transitions in our lives. As we get older these transitions can become increasingly daunting. Our expectations of how things were ‘supposed’ to be collide with what’s actually happening in our life. Processing our options, and the fears about decisions relating to work – and lifestyle – can stop us in our tracks, adding more discomfort and more time to the process, than is necessary. But it doesn’t have to be that way!

Join Daisy Swan, career coach and mindfulness instructor, for this day of exploration and discovery to help you to step into a new and kinder way of being in transition, to invite more ease, to move to the next chapter of your life. Using a variety of exercises, vision boards, mindfulness meditation and discussion, participants will have tools to use again and again – beyond this helpful and informative day. Bring a lunch or walk to a local eatery with the group. A one-hour follow-up conference call is included.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2014

Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Location: Working ARTIST Gallery, 109 N. Blanche Street, Suite 103, Ojai, CA 93023

$135.00 per person:

For more information about the April 26th workshop, please call 1-877-872-3929 or email [email protected].

Solving the Modern Dilemma: Integrating Career, Family and Life

PLEASE NOTE: Workshop has been postponed; new event date TBA.

A Special Workshop with Author, Kelly Watson

Does career advancement and work-life balance sound contradictory to you? Do barriers to women’s success in the workplace seem higher than ever? Are you tired of feeling guilty, multi-tasking, and juggling too many competing interests? Yes?!

Then please join Author, Kelly Watson, and Career Coach, Daisy Swan, for “Solving the Modern Dilemma”, an interactive workshop, on Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, at Daisy Swan’s Marina Del Rey Office.

Kelly and Daisy will conduct this workshop discussing strategies for building an integrated “Orange Line” career path without inadvertently holding yourself back. You will learn how your perception of the “Ideal Woman” has shaped your decision-making and limited your ability to live a full, robust life. You will identify flawed underlying assumptions and practice reframing them for yourself.

Designed to remove limiting thoughts and behaviors, Kelly’s strategies for living an integrated life go far deeper into how you make decisions and invest your creative energy. Discover how much your life can be enhanced by embracing your métier and freeing yourself from guilt.

Workshop participants will receive a copy of Kelly’s book, “The Orange Line: A Woman’s Guide to Integrating Career, Family, and Life”.

So please join us for this dynamic workshop and inspiring discussion, some light refreshments and likeminding. As with all of Daisy Swan & Associates’ events, there is a strong potential for meeting highly creative, intelligent people of all ages and LifeStages, at this event.

Date: Thursday, October 3, 2013

Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Location: Daisy Swan’s Marina Del Rey Offices (4132A Del Rey Avenue, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292)

Just $35.00 per person through September 25; $40.00 per person, thereafter:

Kelly Watson is Co-Author of the exciting new book, “The Orange Line: A Woman’s Guide to Integrating Career, Family, and Life”, and is also the owner and principal consultant of Career Partners, a strategic consulting firm, where she provides a variety of services from market research, analysis and recommendations, to product launch plans, financial modeling, organizational development, and venture capital pitches.

Kelly has implemented large-scale operations projects including e-commerce, Point-of-Sale systems, inventory control, Paperless Practice Medical software, and ERP systems, and has filled the roles of “Acting COO”, “CFO”, and “Acting V.P. Marketing” for her clients. She is also currently in charge of operations for Herbs of Mexico, a chain of Hispanic Health and Wellness Stores.

Prior to consulting, Kelly was VP Marketing for Telecom New Zealand USA, where she launched two ventures for the company: A long distance telephone company and an international call center. She also taught a popular MBA Business Consulting class at Loyola Marymount University. Kelly holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, and an MBA from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she was recognized with high honors as a member of both Beta Gamma Sigma and Alpha Sigma Nu. www.orangelinecareer.com

For more information about the October 3rd workshop, please call 1-877-872-3929 or email [email protected].

Solving the Modern Dilemma: FREE Teleconference

Curious about what the October 3rd workshop will entail? You can listen to a FREE introductory call recording of an interview between Daisy Swan and Kelly Watson, which will be available via Daisy’s web site on September 12.

To “purchase” the FREE call recording (available September 12, on), please click here:

* Call recording download link and details will be emailed to you, once you have “purchased” the FREE call recording. Any questions, please email [email protected].

In Transition: Choosing a Happier Way to What’s Next

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It’s clear that most of us are experiencing more uncertainty in our lives than ever before. Shifts in our employment, LifeStage, or values – it’s easy to be overwhelmed by all of the change. Transitions of all kinds take courage, new dreams, visions and encouragement. I understand the fear and anxiety that surfaces, but I also know there’s a different approach we can take.

Join me to explore a new way of working with change, uncertainty, new choices and opportunities. Approaching transition with an eye for developing resilience and self-compassion, can turn this time into one of happiness and ease.

Learn useful techniques to explore options for new careers, jobs, lifestyles, and ways of relating to your life. We’ll utilize assessments that help each person understand their strengths, motivations and personality, to help in finding the clearest steps to their new path. Mindfulness meditation will be introduced, which provides a calming foundation practice to increase happiness, intuition and creativity, while minimizing stress and anxiety.

So join me, Daisy Swan, for this on-line class that will “meet” six (6) times, for 75 minutes each session. I’ll provide tools, exercises, instruction and resources to encourage creative thinking and new insights.

Each member of the group will be held accountable for ‘doing the work’ they choose to help them move along their “What’s Next” path. Group members will also receive 30 minutes of one-on-one phone or Skype coaching time with me. Men and women of all ages are invited.

Tuesdays, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM (Pacific); January 21 & 28, 2014, and then February 4, 11, 18, and 25. Meetings will take place via teleconference; call-in details will be circulated to paid registrants prior to the first class.

$240.00 (can be paid in two installments): Includes all 6 sessions; a copy of Daisy’s e-book ‘Making Work Work: Secrets from a Career Coach’s Office’, as well as other valuable handouts and 30 minutes of individual coaching with Daisy via phone/Skype. Also includes access to recorded versions of each class.

‘Transitioning’ Class ($240.00 for all 6 meetings):

What People Are Saying about Daisy Swan’s “Transitioning” Teleclass:

“I loved the fact that each class started with meditation and that reinforced my practice. The technique used is quite simple and easy to love even for people that never meditate. (Vipassana)

I love the small group formula as listening to other life experiences and insights helped me to step out of my own questions. Career change brings some similar emotions amongst people although in different contexts. It was truly a joy to listen and be listened to. It also kept me on my toes. I had to do my homework if I wanted to share something with the group. Yes, there is homework and if you do it, boy, you get the job done, aka targeting what’s going on and what you want to do next.

Daisy brought us various tools that address the emotional issue of career change as well as very practical tools, such as resume building, interview preparation and various tips to help transition into this new career.

Bottom line: The reason why I took the class was because I wanted to clarify what my ‘next career move’ would be. Did the seminar help? Hell yeah! I know where I want to head. Not bad for a mere once-a-week meeting, for only six weeks. What a gift! Thank you for this!”

~ G.G., September/October 2013 “In Transition: Choosing a Happier Way to What’s Next” Coaching Class Participant

“I took a ‘transitions’ workshop with Daisy in the Fall of 2013. We covered a lot of helpful territory such as resumes, informational interviews, self-assessment and imagination exercises. We also explored ways to tap into personal, internal resources and energy, which was equally if not more helpful than the more familiar topics. These strategies have helped me feel more personally powerful and grounded during my career change, which, in turn, provides a boost for taking all of those other external actions.”

~ K.K., September/October 2013 “In Transition: Choosing a Happier Way to What’s Next” Coaching Class Participant

For more information, please email [email protected].

Calm Communication: Skillful Strategies for Stressful Situations

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Daisy Swan leads “Calm Communication”, a 4-week class, which combines mindful awareness practices, carefully designed exercises, and strategies of listening and speaking that help the quietest – or the most gregarious – among us to be better, more effective communicators.

If your goal is to feel more ease in business or social conversation, as well as in interviews, to genuinely connect with those you’ve just met or those you interact with every day, in large or small gatherings, this class is for you. Reading list and materials are provided.

Dates: Thursdays; January 23 & 30 and February 6 & 13, 2014

Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Location: Daisy Swan’s Marina Del Rey Office (4132A Del Rey Avenue, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292)

$175.00 per person fee includes all four (4) class meetings:

For more information, please email [email protected].

Calm Communication and the Holidays

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(an InsightLA program led by Career Coach, Daisy Swan)

The holidays, and all of the socializing that they can bring, pose challenges for most of us. From the annual holiday office party to the family of origin land-mines that we fear, we have the opportunity to put our mindfulness practices to work keeping us calm and clear, open-minded and compassionate – to ourselves and others.

In this dynamic yet efficient afternoon workshop led by Daisy Swan, Career Strategist, Coach and Counselor, you’ll engage in mindfulness and writing practices, as well as exercises and discussion designed to equip participants with useful communication strategies, to practice now and throughout the year.

Reading list and materials will be provided.

Date: Saturday, December 14, 2013

Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Location:InsightLA 14th Street* (1826 14th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404)

(*This location has a handicap accessible ramp.)

Registration: $50.00 (includes all materials)

Click here, to register for this program: www.insightla.org/1400/calm-communication-and-the-holidays-with-daisy-swan

For more information, please email [email protected] or [email protected].

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Calm Communication: Skillful Strategies for Stressful Situations

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(an InsightLA program led by Career Coach, Daisy Swan)

Years of working with clients on clarifying their personal and professional goals, has made it clear to me that what’s really important is how we communicate with, and to, ourselves. From this foundation of self-talk we go out and talk to others – about who we are and what we’re about. So from my perspective, communication is the foundation of absolutely everything.

While a job search is comprised of a set of mechanical steps to which we need to adhere (to some extent that part is easy to learn), the trickier issue is who we are being, and how we communicate with others so that they feel heard and seen – and likewise, how easily others can see us for who we genuinely are.

Studies show that most job dissatisfaction comes from poor communication (ok, terrible communication) with a boss, and/or co-workers. Verbal and emotional recklessness are rampant in workplaces, not to mention in relationships of all kinds. It behooves us to work on these complex and key skills of speaking and listening, which have so much to do with our effectiveness and happiness at home and at work.

To this end, Daisy Swan, Career Strategist, Coach and Counselor, is once again offering her six-week class, “Calm Communication: Skillful Strategies for Stressful Situations”, at InsightLA (a mindfulness center in Santa Monica). But this time, she’s revised the curriculum. Last series, Daisy focused on the communication skills of introverts; this time, she’s widening the scope to include extroverts. Why? Because we all need some help developing our ability to be present, to really hear one another. And to speak in ways that help others to hear us.

Using the foundational practice of mindfulness meditation, Daisy will share a variety of tools, exercises and practices to increase presence, to really be with another. Interviewing, leading, running your own shop, staying connected with kids…it all comes down to being present and to communicating, to get the results you really want.

Reading list and materials will be provided.

Dates: Wednesdays; September 18 & 25; October 2, 16, 23 and 30 (no class October 9)

Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Location: InsightLA 14th Street* (1826 14th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404)

* Please Note: This class will move to InsightLA Olympic, 1030 Olympic Blvd., for the final three classes on 10/16, 10/23 & 10/30.

Registration: $200.00 (for all six meetings)

Click here, to register for this program: www.insightla.org/1308/calm-communication-with-daisy-swan

For more information, please email [email protected] or [email protected].

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Calm Communication: Skillful Strategies for Stressful Social Situations, for Introverts and Others

 

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(an InsightLA program led by Career Coach, Daisy Swan)

Shyness and insecurity in social situations can be a debilitating and frustrating experience. Often, the very opportunities that present themselves within a social interaction can be derailed by an inability to speak and control one’s own anxiety.

The good news is, that there are tools to work with this condition and it can absolutely improve.

Daisy Swan, Career Strategist, Coach and Counselor, has developed this life-changing course from her 20+ years of professional experience working with many clients on these challenges, as well as her own personal experiences overcoming these obstacles.

In this six (6) week class you will learn and grow. You will stretch yourself in a safe environment and be heard in social situations that feel challenging, but as you will see, this can change. Mindfulness exercises as well as conversational simulations will be practiced.

Dates: Thursdays; June 20 & 27; July 11, 18, 25; August 1 (no class July 4)

Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Location: InsightLA 14th Street (1826 14th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404)

Registration: $200.00 (for all six meetings)

Click here, to register for this program: http://www.insightla.org/1246/calm-communication-with-daisy-swan

For more information, please email [email protected] or [email protected].

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Is Your Nest Changing?

Join us for this Program to Empower and Nourish Your Body, Mind and Spirit for The Next Stage in Your Life

With Nutritionist Linda Prout, MS and Career Coach Daisy Swan, MA, CPCC

The approach of the empty nest brings up emotions for most parents; from anxiety to excitement to fear and even denial. Your life changes as your teen makes his or her transition to the next phase. The house gets quieter. And where does that leave you, the Mom?

All of this is often compounded by a woman’s changing body physiology, sometimes heightening emotions and prompting questions of personal purpose, and interests. ‘What does life have in store for me, now?’

Linda Prout, Nutritionist, and Daisy Swan, Career Coach, have helped thousands of people make positive changes in their lives and have now teamed up to offer a holistic approach to help Moms get empowered, centered and clear about the next chapter in their lives.

This transformational program includes two 90-minute teleclasses; two 45-minute private nutrition sessions by phone with Linda; two 45-minute  private coaching sessions with Daisy; email support, readings and exercises.  All for only $469 (a $1,000 value).

Join Daisy and Linda for this empowering program that you can attend from your own home. (Limited to 10 women.)

Stepping into the Empty Nest is not just in our mind and spirit, it is in our physiology.

You Will Learn:

* The Eastern medicine concepts of stagnation and deficiency, and the culinary wisdom needed to get unstuck, nourished and balanced.

* How the Traditional Chinese Medicine property of dampness can leave you stuck, repeating old patterns that no longer serve you or bring you joy.

* How to uncover and tune into your interests and passions so that you can get moving towards a compelling new – or renewed – work life, to increase your overall life satisfaction.

* About kid-friendly food choices that may no longer be nourishing you nor helping your hormones. What are the foods that can keep you balanced, focused and energized?

* Stress relieving techniques that enhance our inherent intuition, and increase calm and peace even as we experience the transition we’ve been expecting, but which somehow takes us by surprise, too.

* How weight gain keeps us stuck in life patterns and how to use foods to release excess weight and allow change.

* Identify what you want to do with the next ‘half’ of your life and then take the practical steps to make this a reality, whether you need a resume tune-up or total revamp, additional education,  or even relocation!

You’ll receive the guidance and support to investigate, and then begin to take, these essential steps with fresh confidence and courage.

Teleclass Dates: Fall 2013 dates TBA. Please email [email protected], to be added to our event updates and announcements listing.

Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (Pacific)

“Is Your Nest Changing?” ($469.00 per person):

Linda L. Prout, M.S., is a nutritionist, speaker and author of “Live in the Balance: the Ground-Breaking East-West Nutrition Program”. She has been a nutrition consultant for over 30 years, with clients including Berkeley’s Claremont Resort and Spa, and the Six Senses Spa in Turkey. Linda’s specialty is East-West nutrition, a philosophy she incorporates into nutrition plans and presentations for individuals and organizations around the world, which she conducts via email and Skype.

Call-in details and further information will be emailed to participants once they have registered for the teleclass.
Any questions, please email [email protected].

Transitioning: A New Path of Work, Meaning and Happiness

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Transitions of all kinds take courage, new dreams, visions and encouragement from those who’ve been there and have made it to the other side. Non‐judgmental fellow travelers who are also on a path, make the journey more fun and interesting. Happiness is often the by‐product of meaningful work combined with interactions with like‐minded people.

Ready to start the transition you know you want to make, but want support as you begin the process? You aren’t alone.

Join career coach, Daisy Swan, and a small group of men and women who are similarly choosing to transition. This ‘Transitioning’ group series is designed to bring people together who are in career and life transition; transition travelers will meet six (6) times, learning useful techniques to explore options for new careers, jobs, lifestyles, and ways of relating to their life. We’ll utilize assessments that help each person understand their strengths, motivations and personality, to help in finding the clearest steps to their new path. Mindfulness meditation will be introduced as a foundation practice to increase intuition, creativity, and joy, while minimizing stress and anxiety.

Career and job search tools will be provided; additional activities and exercises will encourage creative thinking and new insights. Each member of the group will be held accountable for ‘doing the work’ they choose to help them move along their chosen path of exploration. Group members will also receive one hour of coaching time with Daisy. The group is limited to ten (10) people; men and women of all ages are invited.

Wednesday Nights, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM; meeting May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and June 5.  Meetings will be held at Daisy’s Marina Del Rey office (4132A Del Rey Avenue, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292).

$399.00: Includes MBTI; a copy of Daisy’s e-­book ‘Secrets From a Career Coach’s Office’, as well as other valuable handouts and one hour of individual coaching with Daisy.

‘Transitioning’ Group ($399.00 for all 6 meetings):

PLEASE NOTE: We will schedule more groups to meet any additional demand. If you receive an error message when you try to register for a group, that means that it is full – please send us an email to let us know that you are interested in the groups, and we will form additional group series.

For more information, please email [email protected].

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Mindful Livelihood: Body, Speech and Mind

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(an InsightLA program led by career coach, Daisy Swan)

How do we incorporate mindfulness into our work so that we are living and working most authentically and true to ourselves?

Modern life often has us feeling conflicted about who we’re being as we pursue our careers. Or we feel completely out of alignment and wonder what we can do to change this. In this three‐hour workshop we’ll discuss how to incorporate mindfulness into our daily lives and into the transitions and complexities we face in our working life. Mindfulness meditation will be included in this program.

Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013

Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Location: InsightLA Euclid (1539 Euclid St., Santa Monica, CA 90404)

Registration: Sliding scale from $50 to $100

Please pay at the highest level of the sliding scale that you can afford. This helps InsightLA to make sure those who pay less can attend. Whatever you pay above the lowest end of the sliding scale is a tax‐deductible donation to InsightLA. Please email or call InsightLA ([email protected]) to arrange for work/study or reduced fee (less than $50).

Click here, to register for this program: http://www.insightla.org/1193/mindful-livelihood-body-speech-and-mind

For more information, please email [email protected].

What, exactly, is all this business about “Mindfulness”?

If you missed our January 9 teleconference, “A Brief Introduction to Mindful Living”, you can still listen in on what transpired during the call!

Please review the brief description of this informative teleconference below, and if this sounds like something that would benefit you, you can download a copy of the entire call’s recording, here.

January 9 “A Brief Introduction to Mindful Living” Teleconference Recording – it’s FREE!

A Brief Introduction to Mindful Living: FREE Teleconference

PLEASE NOTE: This event has already occurred.

We invite you to join Daisy on Wednesday, January 9 at 12 noon (Pacific Time), for a 30-minute teleconference to learn a little more about what mindful living really is – and why Daisy, and the excellent group of professionals mentioned below, are coming together to offer our “CREATING A MINDFUL LIFE” Half-Day Interactive Workshop (to be held on Saturday, February 2).

What does “Mindfulness” have to do with helping you to move forward in your career and personal life? Lots.

We’ll talk about why mindfulness has become such a buzz word throughout companies like Google and Pixar, as well
as elementary and high schools, colleges and medical schools, and in doctors’ offices.

This program will also be recorded in case you’re not able to be on the live call, so be sure to register even if you
think you’ll be busy at this time!

Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Time: 12 Noon (Pacific)

* Call-in details and further information will be emailed to participants once they have registered for the call.
Any questions, please email [email protected].

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“CREATING A MINDFUL LIFE”: Half-Day Interactive Workshop

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Please join Daisy Swan and a group of wonderful experts in wellness, mindful mental health and even relationships and parenting, for “CREATING A MINDFUL LIFE”, a half-day interactive workshop, on Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, in Daisy Swan’s Marina Del Rey Office.

Our February 2nd workshop will address new and effective ways to start 2013 off right, so that you too, can live a balanced and fulfilling life. We’ll share ways to:

– Create a healthy narrative and vision to change your story, and open yourself up to new work and life opportunities

– Nurture wellness for disease prevention and increase life force to overcome stress

– Cultivate mindful practices to create connected and compassionate relationships at home and at work.

All for the affordable price of $69.00 per person.

Please join us for this dynamic workshop and inspiring panel discussion, some light refreshments and likeminding. As with all of Daisy Swan & Associates’ events, there is a strong potential for meeting highly creative, intelligent people of all ages and LifeStages, through the networking portion of the event.

February 2nd event guests may opt-in to be included in, and receive, a contact listing of all attendees, for post-event networking purposes.*

Date: Saturday, February 2, 2013

Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Location: Daisy Swan’s Marina Del Rey Offices (4132A Del Rey Avenue, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292)

Just $69.00 per person:

Special thanks to our workshop sponsors!

Organic Energy Bars from GoodOnYa

Workshop Panel Experts Include:

James Houston, L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. began studying martial arts in 1977, and began teaching yoga and meditation in 1979. After working as a surgical technician for 11 years, he went on to study Asian Medicine, earning a Master of Oriental Medicine degree in Los Angeles. James completed an internship in Beijing in 1988, and holds a Doctorate in Oriental Medicine from Kowloon, China. James is past Department Chair in Acupuncture at Emperor’s College in Santa Monica, and has also been an examiner for the California State Board Examinations. You can learn more about James and his practice at:www.westlakecenterforhealing.com.

Lisa Grady is passionate about teaching the mindfulness practice she has embodied for over 18 years. As the owner of Gradymoore & Associates, she has successfully created and marketed mindfulness-based programs for 16-plus years, with applications ranging from education and non-profit to corporate wellness and mindful parenting. Lisa’s training includes: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Professional, under Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn; Mind-Body Medicine under Dr. Deepak Chopra; and clinical training in Mind-Body Medicine at New England Deaconess Hospital and Harvard Medical School, with Dr. Herbert Benson.

What People Are Saying about Daisy Swan & Associates’ “CREATING A MINDFUL LIFE – Half-Day Interactive Workshop”:

“This [1/2 day class] has helped me focus on what’s important to have a better quality of life.” – February 2013 “CREATING A MINDFUL LIFE” Half-Day Interactive Workshop Participant

“In a very short amount of time you have tools to create a calmness, and way to refocus.” – February 2013 “CREATING A MINDFUL LIFE” Half-Day Interactive Workshop Participant

For more information, please call 1-877-872-3929 or email [email protected].

* Event attendees may submit their contact information for an ‘opt in’ networking list; it is not a requirement that all event attendees submit their contact information to this listing.

A NEW Workshop! “Listening for Your Calling”

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There seems to come a time when many of us stop, take a look around, and realize that we don’t really know what we’re looking for – but we know that something needs to change. I looked for that “something” throughout my twenties, made some big decisions, and remarkably found “it” as I embarked on what turned out to be my calling. Many, many of the clients with whom I work are looking for their calling…that work that provides them with a life, more than just “making them a living”.

Call it finding your passion, your bliss, yourcalling. Call it what you will, it can be tricky to know what it is that really sparks you and beckons you to follow, especially when life is so demanding and distracting. But when you find “it”, you’ll have a long and fulfilling path to follow.

I’ve been considering the antidote to this scramble to find the thing that makes our heart(s) sing. So on Thursday, October 18, I will start a new workshop called “Listening for Your Calling”. This six-week class will provide the following:

• Techniques to unearth interests and passions that have been buried by experience and doubt
• Tools to dismantle mental barriers, to move towards what you really want
• Strategies for exploring and identifying your innate strengths, and managing weaknesses
• Avenues to quiet internal chatter and external noise that keeps us from hearing what’s most important
• Assessments that provide helpful and practical information
• A FREE copy of my e-book, “Making Work Work: Secrets from a Career Coach’s Office”

I put so much of my energy into answering this question of how to discover our calling. The honor and challenge of being a guide to others on this journey, is my calling.

I hope you’ll join me and the others in this class, to make the most of what you’ve got to offer. I’ll be sharing with you the things [often very personal] I did to recognize my own path. And you’ll have the opportunity to hear how others are similarly moving forward to find what works for them.

“Listening for Your Calling”

$289.00 per person fee includes all six (6) weeks:

Meeting Thursdays, October 18 and 25, then November 1, 8, 15 and 29, from 7:15 PM – 8:30 PM.

Fee includes all materials, light refreshments, and one copy of Daisy’s new book, “Making Work Work: Secrets from a Career Coach’s Office”. (Payments may be paid in two installments, if necessary.)

Meetings will be held at Daisy’s Marina Del Rey office, located at 4132A Del Rey Avenue, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. Free and plentiful parking is available.

PLEASE NOTE: We will schedule more workshops to meet any additional demand. If you receive an error message when you try to register for a workshop, that means that it is full – please send us an email to let us know that you are interested in the event, and we will form additional ones.

For more information, please email [email protected].

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Are you unhappy as a lawyer and ready for a change,
or do you know someone who is?

If you missed our July 31 “Lawyer Makeover” Panel Teleconference, you can still listen in on what transpired during the call!

Please review the brief description of this unique teleconference below, and if this sounds like something that would benefit you, you can purchase a copy of the entire call’s recording, here.

July 31 “Lawyer Makeover” Panel Teleconference Recording, just $25.00:

If you have any questions, concerns, or problems purchasing the recording, please contact [email protected].

“Please share with Daisy and the panel that the call was phenomenal experience to participate in and has energized my decision to find a better way to use the law degree and years of legal experience I have acquired!! Thanks again…another great Daisy Swan effort!!!” – Laura, July 2012“Lawyer Makeover” Panel Teleconference Participant

Lawyer Makeover: A Panel Teleconference

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Many attorneys – of all ages – are facing burnout and joblessness. We see this all too often. Many just don’t know what other options are available to them, or how to make a career or job transition. They don’t know how to manage the potential financial issues involved in such a transition, leaving them feeling powerless and confused. Are you unhappy as a lawyer and ready to make a change, or do you know someone who is?

Our Lawyer Makeover Panel Teleconference will introduce you to panelists who can help you to envision and uncover exciting career paths, while offering the essential, practical information to begin or continue your transition. Unearth meaningful career options within, and outside of, the field of law; receive networking pointers from attorneys who have successfully transitioned; learn how to manage your law school debt, and discover how to market yourself in your new role. The panel of experts will address your questions with tips and resources.

This program will also be recorded in case you aren’t able to be on the live call, sobe sure to register even if you think you’ll be working late!

Hosts: Daisy Swan, MA, CPCC and Brooke Loesby, JD

Panel Members Included:

Brooke Loesby is a young attorney who had a plum position at a top tier law firm, but chose to step out of the path of stress in this arena, and into the realm of helping other attorneys find new paths. Brooke is now Assistant Director of Career Services at Loyola Law School. Brooke’s past work-life as a lawyer at a large corporate law firm, left her unfulfilled and uninspired; she examined her interest in counseling, healing and spirituality to determine a new route. On the July 31st teleconference, you will hear about all of the new projects she is putting in place that combine her various interests and skills into a satisfying career.

Eileen S. Freiburger,CFP is founder and President of ESF Financial Planning Group, a Fee-Only Financial Planning firm. Eileen brings a unique background to her financial planning practice: She speaks from experience about the complicated financial service and banking industry having spent almost 28 years in the field, working for companies such as Charles Schwab, City National Bank, CalFed/CitiBank and Great Western Financial Services/WAMU. Over the last 10 years her own, independent firm has helped thousands of business owners and families as they work through their own financial planning process and personal spending priorities.Eileen is a frequent guest on Bob McCormick’s “Money 101” on KNX 1070 and KFWB, and will once again be a guest on Bob’s show July 20th, during the 9 AM slot on KFWB 980. She has also appeared on TV’s “The Larry Elder Show” and PBS’ “A Place of Our Own”, as an expert on investments, budget and financial planning issues. Eileen has been a panelist at USA Today’s “Financial Planning For Retirement” Seminar, and has been a featured guest on NPR’s “MarketWatch Radio” show. Additionally, she has been featured in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, has conducted several “Money Makeovers” for Money Magazine, and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times. She has also been included in articles for AARP, the Wall Street Journal,CNN and many other consumer publications. Eileen also contributed several chapters to the book “Investing in an Uncertain Economy For Dummies”.Eileen is an active member of NAPFA, the National Association of Professional Financial Planners and had previously served on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Financial Planning Association.

Blair Schlecter was born and raised in Sherman Oaks, California and received his undergraduate degree in political science and history from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. During his undergraduate years, he studied abroad at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England. Blair graduated from U.C. Hastings College of Law in 2004. He practiced law for seven years at the firm Hurrell Cantrall, LLP, where his practice focused on appellate law and defense of claims against municipalities and private companies. Blair recently transitioned from a traditional litigation practice to the entrepreneurial world, and is now the owner and founder of the Law Offices of Blair Schlecter (www.legalwritingandappeals.com), with a focus on appellate law and legal research and writing. The firm works with small firms and individual lawyers who are busy and would like assistance with their law and motion practice.

Dana Gomez graduated from Pomona College in 2000, with a B.A. in Sociology. She worked for three years in Los Angeles as a paralegal at the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, before heading to law school at Pepperdine University, from which she graduated summa cum laude. While at Pepperdine, Dana served as the Lead Articles Editor for the Pepperdine Law Review, and also had a public interest internship with the Women’s Law Center in Los Angeles, as well as holding a summer associate position at O’Melveny. After law school, Dana returned to O’Melveny once again, where she spent almost four years practicing corporate law as a member of the Project Development and Real Estate practice group. Looking for a way to combine her interest in the non-profit world with her experience in the corporate sector, in August 2010 Dana successfully transitioned when she joined Teach For America’s Los Angeles team, as the Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations.

Chris Woodward is the president of Henry Woodward Communications, a Manhattan Beach-based corporate marketing and public relations firm. She creates successful campaigns for companies across the Western United States. She has spent more than two decades representing companies in a wide range of industries, including health, finance, insurance, architecture, engineering, real estate, law, recreation, high technology, and aviation. Four years ago, Chris created My PR Tools to bring the benefit of her expertise to professional service firms. She helps professionals get up and running with proven, highly successful marketing and PR activities to get maximum exposure in their target market and build their book of business.

* Call-in details and further information will be emailed to participants once they have registered for the call. For more information, please email [email protected].

Are you unhappy as a lawyer and ready for a change, or do you know someone who is?

If you missed our July 2012 “Lawyer Makeover” Panel Teleconference, you can still listen in on what transpired during the call!

Please review the brief description of this unique teleconference below, and if this sounds like something that would benefit you, you can purchase a copy of the entire call’s recording, here…

July 2012 “Lawyer Makeover” Panel Teleconference Recording, just $25.00:

If you have any questions, concerns, or problems purchasing the recording, please contact [email protected].

Lawyer Makeover: A Panel Teleconference

PLEASE NOTE: This event has already occurred.

Many attorneys – of all ages – are facing burnout and joblessness. We see this all too often. Many just don’t know what other options are available to them, or how to make a career or job transition. They don’t know how to manage the potential financial issues involved in such a transition, leaving them feeling powerless and confused. Are you unhappy as a lawyer and ready to make a change, or do you know someone who is?

Our Lawyer Makeover Panel Teleconference will introduce you to panelists who can help you to envision and uncover exciting career paths, while offering the essential, practical information to begin or continue your transition. Unearth meaningful career options within, and outside of, the field of law; receive networking pointers from attorneys who have successfully transitioned; learn how to manage your law school debt, and discover how to market yourself in your new role. The panel of experts will address your questions with tips and resources.

This program will also be recorded in case you aren’t able to be on the live call, so be sure to register even if you think you’ll be working late!

Hosts: Daisy Swan, MA, CPCC and Brooke Loesby, JD

When: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, from 6:00 – 7:30 PM (Pacific)

July 31st Teleconference, just $25.00 per person*:

* Call-in details and further information will be emailed to participants once they have registered for the call. For more information, please email [email protected].