Yikes! I’ve submitted my story to Wake Up Women

Its gone!  I have emailed the final draft of my story to Wake Up Women for their new book, “Wake UP Women, BE Happy, Healthy & Wealthy.”  Whew - its great to have the story written and off my desk. I know there will be editing changes to come, but most of my work is done – well, except for the marketing! Its exciting to be a step closer to being published. It is a bit of a scary step, and I know I will be pleased with the results.

The book is scheduled to be published in October 2008. I’m told the publishers want to have a mock-up completed by early September so they can take it to the Emmy’s!  There are celebrity authors who have written stories for this book and the Emmy’s provides an opportunity for some of the celebrity authors to be photographed with a copy of the book in their hands.  That will be fun to see.  (I don’t even know, yet, who all of the celebrity authors are.)

My story will be in the “Relationships” section of the book, and I’ll publish a couple of excerpts here in the coming months (once the editing process is complete).  Watch for further information; the cover of the book is to be available in the next few weeks, and I’ll be happy to take pre-orders!

Fun Time with The Power of Leveraging Your Relationships

On April 16, 2008, my coaching colleague, Jennifer Britton and I delivered a workshop called The Power of Leveraging Your Relationships for the Greater Toronto Chapter of the International Coach Federation (ICF-GTA) in Toronto, Ontario.

We had a great time and had lots of positive feedback about a tool we used called a MetaSkills Wheel, which was developed and is a trademarked product of the Center for Right Relationship (CRR).

When we spend time consciously reviewing and evaluating the relationships we are in, both our personal and business lives, we discover that each relationship has its own power. Discovering and tapping into this power is the point of Relationship Coaching.

A MetaSkill is defined by CRR as a “philosophy, attitude or intention someone brings to a situation. It is an intentional stance from which a situation or event is viewed. It is using that intentional stance as a gateway through which to enter consideration of a person, event or situation. It is the atmosphere that shapes the ‘who’ that will engage… It is the spiritual art of relationship.”

The tool provides a way to view a particular relationship through a specific lens. In this particular exercise, we named seven ’intentional stances,’ which were Respect, Collaboration/Partnership, Commitment, Playfulness, Inquiry/Awareness, Deep Democracy and Heart.

If you were to look through the lens of each of these ‘intentional stances’ at an important relationship in your life, what would you notice?  What might be new for you about your relationship?

If you are curious and would like more information about Relationship Coaching, please drop me a line at trilogy@pathcom.com.

Warmly,
Jennifer

Welcome!

Welcome! This is an exciting start for me. I’ve been thinking about blogging for a while and was recently invited to co-author an upcoming book written by women coaches, which is to be published by Wake Up Women this fall! So I have decided to create a web presence.

Watch this site for more news about me, Jennifer Morgan, and my coaching practice.

Check http://wakeupwomen.com/ for news about the upcoming book, to be published in October 2008.