Seminars and Workshops

Interested in getting a small taste of what coaching is all about? Then sign up for one of our seminars or workshops. Participating in Arbutus Coaching’s seminars or workshops is a great way to get a taste of coaching. In our inspiring and interactive workshops, we'll help you pinpoint what’s working and what isn’t in your personal and professional life and give you a number of tools for change.

Workshops include:

• A balanced life - Participants rate the major areas of their life in terms of satisfaction and answer the question, "What do I want and what do I need to do to make it happen?" Little changes can make a difference and changing one area of your life will impact all of the other areas.
• Time management - How are you spending your seconds, minutes, hours and days? If you're like a lot of people, you just think you don't have enough time in the day to get everything done. In this workshop, find out how you can make time for the important things in your life.
• Goal setting, using SMART goals - Learn how this simple formula can help you maintain your vision and sustain motivation.
• Change your thoughts and your life will change- This workshop will introduce you to the cast of characters inside your head who are all too eager to share their negative opinions about you with you. You'll leave this workshop knowing what their scripts are and with the tools to keep them in their place - on mute on the back burner. This knowledge makes creating the life you desire much, much easier.
• Self Care 101 - The relationship you have with yourself is the most important relationship you'll ever have. How is your relationship going? Are you treating yourself as well as you deserve to be treated? Do you take time to nurture yourself? Are you good at setting boundaries? Learn how to take better care of the most important person in your life, you. By doing so, you'll increase your personal success and happiness.
• Creating your future with vision boards - Having a clear vision of what you want in your life is one of the most important steps to getting it. Learn how you can speed up the process by creating a vision board, as mentioned in the movie and book The Secret.
• My cancer treatment is over, what's next? This workshop was presented at the Canadian Breast Cancer Network's National Conference for young survivors in Toronto in Nov., 2007 and is being presented on March 27 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Victoria. In this workshop designed specifically for cancer survivors, you'll get the opportunity to celebrate your courage and look at the characteristics that helped you get through this difficult life experience. You'll then create a vision for your future, which may or may not be different than the plan you had for yourself before cancer.

Workshops specifically designed for your business or organization are also available. To discuss tailoring a workshop specifically for your group or organization, call (250) 388-6108 or email kathy@arbutuscoaching.com. Seminars and workshops, like coaching, are all about meeting life’s challenges head on, growing possibilities and helping you live your best life.

Comments from participants about Arbutus Coaching Workshops:

• Thank you so much for such an awesome workshop and book, but especially the book (Live Your Best Life Now! The Cancer Survivor's Guide to Creating a Happy and Meaningful Life) because it goes into so much more depth than you had time for in the workshop. This is EXACTLY what I need at this time, EXACTLY. Elizabeth Knox, photographer, Montreal.
• I had one of the most powerful experiences of my life during the future self visualization you did during the workshop. After doing it, I could see that I would be happier, lighter and better off if I left my husband. I needed the experience in your workshop to get me there. I'm emailing you because I thought you might enjoy knowing that you impact people in truly profound and wonderful ways, even if you don't get to 'meet,' them. Greatest thanks, April Skala.
• Thank you, your passion shone through the entire workshop. A.K., Victoria
• Thank you so much for this, you have a wonderfully positive, genuine, inspiring essence. J.P., Victoria
• It was most worthwhile, an abundance of information and tools. C.V., Victoria
• The evening was wonderful. You are a great facilitator and obviously doing what you love. S.H., Victoria
• The workshop was very inspiring and motivating. T.L., Victoria
• I like your style and the subject matter was interesting. F.B., Victoria
• Thank you Kathy, for opening my eyes and ears. D.D., Sidney
• Thanks so much for your knowledge Kathy. I really enjoyed meeting other women who were open, humorous and survivors. A.B., Victoria, cancer survivor.
• I learned that with some effort, it's possible for me to change things in my life, to live passionately and joyfully every day. S.J., Victoria
• Thanks for the opportunity to let go of 2006 and embrace 2007 with intention. It was a great evening of learning. M.S., Langford, at a New Year's resolutions workshop
• As a result of your workshop, I've had a realization that I now need to work with, thank you Kathy. D.C., Metchosin.
• It was great to share with other people, to discover that we are all searching for ways to be more successful in achieving our goals. P.T., Victoria