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Gift certificates of any denomination are available to apply to an individual Soul Coaching session or group programs with Kimberly.  Perfect for someone who is looking to connect more deeply to their mind, body, and soul in the New Year!  Please email to arrange the delivery of one of these lovely designed gift certificates via either mail or email.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT SOUL COACHING WITH KIMBERLY...

"Kimberly is the closest thing to an angel I've met in person. Working with her through even the most difficult and painful issues is always inspiring and beautiful, and I felt safe and loved through every moment. I was pretty skeptical at first, but from the moment I began program I was transformed, and it just got better and better. Kimberly, thank you so much! You've helped me to change my life, reconnect, and wake the sleeping giant inside me."
— Christian H., Music Producer/Composer

“I have found myself in the past stuck, being held emotionally hostage, unable to clear my mind or focus my emotions. Kimberly has showed me easy and practical ways to clear these blocks, and how to move to a healthier place in my life. She has changed my life.” 
— Carol Roche, Toronto, ON

"Kimberly Carroll is a divine woman on a divine journey, it was a deeply profound experience to be led by her wisdom through a soul coaching session.  Thank you Kimberly for helping me connect on a new level, my discoveries in our session have impacted the way I choose to live my life!" 
— Jennifer Blake, Supervising Teacher of the Hoffman Process 

"Kimberly: I have never been one to sit still for very long or let alone meditate and visualize, but once I heard your calming and soothing voice all that changed for me. Taking this soul coaching course at a very difficult time in my life, has changed my life for the better and will continue to do so!”
— Dale Renee, Toronto, ON

"Participating in Kimberly's Soul Coaching Program was the best gift that I have ever given to myself. I had been in a bit of a rut so to speak for quite some time and with Kimberly's guidance and support I've been able to shift my thinking and am ready to take on the world"
— Ashley Rost, Niagara Falls, ON

"With Kimberly's stellar personality, this program provided me with tools to deal with life's challenges. Overall, this experience has enlightened my frame of mind, while providing a spark to ignite my inner peace." 
— Kathy Santoro, Quality Assurance Auditor 

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Explaining the
SOUL COACHING PROGRAM…

This is a powerful 6-week journey of exploration, inspiration, action, deep healing, and transformation. Think of it as "detox" for your mind, body, spirit, and heart designed to balance, connect, and invigorate your life.

The Soul Coaching Program starts with 28 days of intensive daily work which is divided into four one-week periods with each week dedicated to one of the four elements and the four corresponding aspects of self. The rest of the program involves the processing of the material and then fully integrating it into your daily life for lasting results.

Our weekly gatherings include two soul journeys (deep guided visualizations which work on a subconscious level), life strategizing, a hands-on creative or cathartic activity, intuitive exercises, discussion, and workshopping the past week's content.

Gathering 1 — Introduction to the Program

Week 1 — Air Week - we use the element of Air to work with our Intellectual Self — developing awareness, clearing mental and physical clutter, accessing your intuition, identifying your limiting beliefs, making empowering commitments, aligning your life with your core values, exploring your soul mission, creating breathing space in your life

Gathering 2 — Culmination of Air Week

Week 2 — Water Week - we use the properties of Water to explore our Emotional Self — deep healing with early wounds, exploring energy levels, assessing relationships, releasing victim-thinking, empowering life experiences, connecting with yourself as a child, being in gratitude, creating flow in your life

Gathering 3 — Culmination of Water Week

Week 3 — Fire Week - with the element of Fire we work with our Spiritual Self — active cathartic work around fears, taking action, embracing your "shadow self", unleashing your passion, being present, taking risks, awakening your creative spirit, exploring dying, and igniting your life

Gathering 4 — Culmination of Fire Week

Week 4 — Earth Week - using the element of Earth, we work with our Physical Self — connecting with, detoxing, and nurturing your body, inspiring your physical surroundings, healing around body image issues, visioning for your future, connecting with nature and awakening the natural forces within you

Gathering 5 — Culmination of Earth Week

Week 5 — Integration Week - a structured, guided revisiting any of the program you didn't feel "complete" with to prepare you for the program Quest

Gathering 6 — Building Your Daily Soul Practice

Week 6 — Soul Practice Week - exploring and establishing a daily routine that will help continue the positive effects of the program for the long-term.

Gathering 7 — The Quest

The Soul Coaching modality was created by Denise Linn — one of Kimberly's cherished teachers!

Precious Souls!

December and the holiday season begins... So, who here would like to not have to FAKE your joy again this Christmas/ Hanukkah/ Kwanzaa? ; )  I mean, how nice would it be to feel a genuine connection with folks during the holiday family and work get-togethers instead of just gritting your teeth to get through it all? And wouldn’t it be great to actually be present to the festive lights, smells, tastes, and music of the season instead of it all being just a numbing blur of calories and hollow rituals?  

Well, this is all possible, but it's going take you committing to some serious self-care this month to keep your own gas tank filled. Yes folks -- gasp with scandalous shock if you will -- but what I’m proposing for you to avoid turning all "Grinch" this December is to put YOURSELF at the top of your Christmas list for a change!

Of course, it’s so drilled into us that the Christmas season is about giving to others that many of us wouldn’t even entertain the thought of meeting our own needs in the middle of it all.  And frankly, this mandated self-neglect is not at all exclusive to the holiday season… Year-round most of us experience crazy guilt over the idea of helping ourselves when we "should" be helping others (Moms are especially prone to this!)  Well, martyrdom may be a noble concept, but what we actually end up with is a society full of burnt-out, cranky, and unfulfilled people obligated to continually put their own needs at the back of the line.

Now, if you know me, I'm usually the one encouraging others to find a way to routinely and passionately be of service to others and the world. However, I also have learned the hard way about the importance of balancing service with self-nurturing. 

You see, I do a lot of activism work -- especially with animal advocacy -- and this means continually facing big draining issues like the billions of animals who live and die horrendously within the factory farming system. Not exactly a barrel of laughs. At one point a couple of years ago, I started to let my self-nurturing slide because I began to feel that great guilt: How could I possibly deserve joy or comfort while so many beings in this world were suffering so deeply?!  So, I stopped feeding my soul and my advocacy work came increasingly out of a place of sorrow, anger, and alienation. Of course, I began collapsing under the weight of these low vibration qualities real fast with nothing to rejuvenate me. Thankfully, a wise activist friend sat me down and gave me a "talking to". He told me that I had to find some balance between tending to my own needs and the needs of others…not only for myself, but for the sake of those I was helping. He helped me realize that I wasn’t doing my cause any favors by working from this joyless and alienated place -- that I was so much more effective in inspiring others toward change when I was in my full vibrant, connected, and empowered self. And the only way to be this self, was to nurture this self. 

Think of what they say on airplanes: “In case of emergency, apply your own oxygen mask before helping others”. That's because if you don’t suck up some oxygen you will be rendered unconscious and good to NOBODY!  Taking time to honor your own needs not only feeds you, but the joy, presence, and juiciness cultivated within you as a result of this self-nurturing will feed those around you ten-fold.

This month’s Inspire-Letter is full of self-care tips and tools so you can start nurturing yourself into the full, radiant person that is your true self..

Your oxygen mask is hanging there, wouldn’t it be stupid not to grab it?

Big Festive Hugs,

Kimberly

Certified Soul Coach
www.SoulCoaching.org

P.S. I happen to know a perfect way to put yourself at the top of your Christmas list…enroll in one of my new year Soul Coaching Programs starting Jan. 12 or 13!  I’ll even give you a head-start: I'm offering a $150 gift certificate for either my January Toronto or Online/Tele-Program to the 5th person to email me (kimberly@soulcoaching.org) with the subject line: “Gift me, Santa Kimberly!” ; )

"Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others." 
-  Parker Palmer

10 WAYS TO NURTURE YOURSELF TODAY 

1. Declare a "Hug Me!" Day to those around you.

2. Nature and solitude: Wrap yourself up in a big blanket with a steaming mug of hot chocolate and watch the sunrise.

3. Even if you're going solo, take the time to make yourself a nutritious meal full of fresh colorful ingredients and to make it visually appealing. If you usually cook for your family, once a week make it "the kids cook for the parents" day. Or...just order some healthy take-out. ; )

4. Get a massage. If you can't afford one, go to a yoga class for self-massage. "Restorative" and "Gentle" classes are the best for this.

5. Make time for a daily soul practice (which could include things like journaling, stretching, gratitude lists, meditation, setting intentions, stream-of-consciousness drawing, yoga) and keep this appointment to yourself religiously.

6. Book any doctor, dentist, physio, counselling, etc. appointments you've been putting off.

7. Go to a matinee to see the funniest movie you can and laugh your ass off in the dark by yourself. Laughter can be so self-healing.

8. Set-up a little meditation space in your home preferably with a door that closes to  create some structure around your daily meditation time.  

9. Look into the mirror and give yourself all the validation you've been longing to hear from others lately...try not to think of Stuart Smalley.

10. Take a "mental health" day and be vigilant in only partaking in things that are rejuvenating for YOU including good music, nature, naps, inspiring books, revitalizing food, nurturing movement, and affection from friends, kids, lovers, or animal companions.

"When you can lovingly be present to yourself, your presence to others takes on a deeper quality also."
- MacRina Wiederkehrlf 

Where's my massage?

These men were trying to practice some self-care by enjoying a massage chair in a chalet after a day of skiing. However, a Japanese prank show had different plans for them...

Watch Video (& make sure you watch the "Mission II" at 2:15...the best part!)

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