Sheri
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I realized a couple of the links above did not work try these:
https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/wingate/greenwood-village-colorado/wingate-by-wyndham-greenwood-village-denver-tech/overview?CID=LC:WG::GGL:RIO:National:13222&iata=00093796
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Sorry for the delay in my response, I have been out on/in/with the land we will be questing at, with the latest EBI Cohort of NCC students! Can’t wait to get back there in less than a month!!! Wow, this is really happening – SOON. @annetteturner & @soul-gonzalez , I should have space for the two of you in my “Flow”, my Subaru Crosstrek. Assuming once we get gear in for each of us we will fill her up, I don’t think she’ll have room for more than 2, in addition to me.
Hotels near me may be cheaper, BUT may cost to get a ride there as the distance is not likely to include free shuttles to the airport, but you might ask? or ask what the cost would be? The Denver Super Shuttle seems affordable – https://www.supershuttle.com/locations/denver-den/. You could look into Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Denver Aurora/Parker (closest hotel to me at Southlands, near E-470 & Smoky Hill Rd). These others would be more on the way and appear to be cheaper than hotels near the airport … Wingate by Wyndham Greenwood Village/Denver Tech, GreenTree Inn Denver Tech Center, Sleep Inn Denver Tech Center. These are just a few of the options but I tried to pull the more affordable ones. Let me know if you have questions or if I can assist with locations of things. (That goes for anyone traveling in to Denver!)
I am near E-470 and Smoky Hill Rd, if that info helps you with locations. We will be traveling southwest about 4 hours to get to Gunnison.
My cell, for convenience is 303-349-7110, texting is good. Looking forward to journeying this adventure with each of you!!
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Was great to spend the week with you all in Gunnison!
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Hi All! Sheri here, member of Cohort 18 and mentoring with Cohorts 21-23. I am in Colorado, south east Denver about 30 mins S-SW of the airport. I will be driving to the Quest and (assuming I can keep my packing to a minimum) I should have room for a few others! It is not convenient for a trip through Boulder (an hour+ NW of me) on the way to Gunnison, so I would recommend those riding with me stay at a hotel near the airport, if coming in for an overnight and we connect there then head down. It is a 4 hr drive SW to Gunnison and we are due to the City Market around 12:30, so want to be on the road bright and early on the 6th. Let me know if you are interested in one of my seats and when you are arriving, where staying, etc.
So excited for this adventure with you all!
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We just completed Day 5 of your Foundations Intensive and I am so impressed with each of you. How you are embracing this new-to-you information, opening to the personal growth through the vulnerability of being coached and jumping in with both feet eager to get started on your new path! BRAVO! Just a couple more days, hang on, and take care of you. This is a lot and it is normal to be feeling both exhausted and enlightened! You got this & we got you!
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Hello Cohort 21! I am so excited and honored to journey with you this year. Holding space for all that is to come during this life changing time of growth and discovery. Breathe deep and lean in, you are where you are meant to be. Definitely Suez, that connection is important and we will do the best we can with what we’ve got, holding hope for in-person soon! Good to see you again, Jackie, and feel your energy here. Congrats on being back in TX and best wishes on getting settled in.
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SUMMARY POST:
My takeaways from this Guiding through grief module. Whatever the state of my client I need to show up holding a safe space, ready to accept, acknowledge and embrace them wherever they are in the moment. Allowing them to be in the driver’s seat, determining if we back out of the parking spot or just sit right there. With them in the power seat of putting the foot on the gas certainly provides them the control of the agenda removing me from that responsibilty.A friend posted this morning how hard it was 7 years ago to say goodbye to her mom, and how the weeks leading up to it were some of the hardest and darkest of her life knowing the inevitable was coming. She is finding peace knowing she did everything she could and was there with her mom till her last breath. I noticed I had several reactions to this post. I felt for my friend and her loss. I felt for the loss of her mother, a woman I had met many (25+) years ago and was taken back to that time and place. I put myself in the shoes of my friend and thought about how someday I will be there, mourning the loss of my own mother’s passing. That “someday” feeling, and this is where it got odd for me because as I entered that thought I had a part of me brush it aside almost like I won’t feel that way, it’s no big deal. Another flash of a thought that I am trying to grasp at, not sure exactly what it is or means. Different reactions than I would expect. Which, out of curiosity, I sat up pondering where that came from and why? Leading me onto a learning edge? Time to work through my parts to discover who is quick to brush those feelings aside. Write things off as no big deal? I can handle this.
My awareness now of this reaction has me clearly seeing and feeling those emotions are not going away but rather building up. I sense the need to transform them before I transmit them, as I have all so familiarly done in the past. (Can you say Grand Canyon??) What does that need to transform look like for me at this moment? I am aware that could be different based on the situation I find myself in, the feelings themselves, my personality and the parts involved. Do I journal, process orally, just sit with it for a time? Many options and I am only one person.
One of my takeaways from this module is how there are no rights or wrongs when working with grief. Everyone, every instance is unique. Even within myself, with different losses, the story behind them, the place I find myself in at the moment, my surroundings, expectations, all impact instantaneously how I react or respond in that moment. Even my response in this moment affects my actions in the next. We spoke of holding space for the client to be, however that looks for them in that space. I also think it is important that we give plenty of room, room to move and feel and ponder. Plus permission to feel the feels, whatever they may be, reminding them there is no right or wrong. Our society seems quite inept at dealing with grief as a whole. Informing our clients, educating them, providing a safe place and permission to be open to feeling, crying, being angry. Even providing them the shoulder for the tears, the space to act out and through the anger – tearing up paper, braking sticks, kicking or throwing stones. That is a gift we have to offer.
As gentle as we are asking ourselves to be with our clients, remember to offer that to yourself, too. This journey has been wonderfully informative and growing experience and I am honored, and grateful, that I got to walk it with each of you! Thanks for the memories.
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What a juicy bit of conversation regret and grief. Will be pondering this more but my first thoughts…could regret be a stage of grief OR vise-versa? When does regret happen or how is it defined? Wishing you had handled something differently. Could it be seen as a loss of the potential you wish had happened? It almost feels like an opportunity to rewrite a story. How would you do it differently, if you could have a do-over? Is there any reason you couldn’t take a new path and end in the same place you would have had you done it as you wish you had? What would that path look like? How would you get there? I am visualizing a hike up a mountain and realizing, upon reaching the top, that I meant to be on the top of the mountain next door. I took a wrong turn. Does that mean I can’t still get there? It may mean hiking the saddle between, but usually doesn’t mean starting back at the trail head. What have I learned on this path that may benefit me in crossing over to the other peak? Maybe it is a timing thing? Too late to get the peak before the bad weather moves in (a total Colorado thing!) So is there any reason why you can’t head back down the mountain with the new knowledge gained from the first attempt and try again? There may be a valid reason. Maybe as they say that ship has sailed, but maybe in hindsight somewhere in the future you will realize it was what was meant to be. Have they ever had regrets to then in time, come back around and realize it worked out for the best? I know I have! So much here to get curious about! It is exciting. Thanks for bringing this into the conversation.
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Amanda, I appreciated your comment about witnessing people walking around life without anchors, based possibly on their / their families disconnect from a church, and the realization that nature may be able to play that role of anchoring to purpose in life, along with insight and vision of how your role as a nature connected coach may guide people with nature to healing and purpose in life. I am curious to see how your path along this thread continues to unfold before you as your curiosity continues to seek this guidance. It is a joy to witness your journey of discovery. Thank you for sharing.
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Sue, I too sensed the power and strength, or maybe certainty is a better word, in your post. For instance, the belief you hold in nature connections ability to be “both a powerful change agent and Medicine for healing.” I also see your desire to be true and authentic in your offering,”to be living in alignment and embodying the knowing that we have received through these practices.” A clarity seems to be forming for you.
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Cynthia – Right On! I felt the “Joy Radiating” with this statement and the clarity that you are in touch with. Hang on to this…“When I feel connected to all that is, loneliness dissipates, and joy radiates from me. As my reverence and gratitude for all life amplifies, things begin to fall into place and I embrace an intuitive knowing that the path I’m walking is perfect and exactly where I need to be. The more I can live from this place, the more I will attract what I want in my coaching practice and how I want to be as a coach.“
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“Uninterrupted and undisturbed nature takes care of itself.” What a beautiful quote to ponder, Amanda. Especially when one considers we are nature. I just heard in another venue recently that maybe the best thing to do sometimes is to just BE, and let the situation take care of itself. I find it comforting that nature knows and does take care of itself, now we just have to get us out of the way which seems easier said than done!
Holding you and your friends and family in loving care during this difficult time. Here if you would like to talk. HUGS.
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Rachel, what a beautiful image you provided me when you mentioned how your clients seem to expand when in nature and that nature holds them, meeting them right where they are, however they are feeling and whatever they are bringing. I love the feeling that paints for me. Thank you.
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Shari, it is a gift to hear your voice in this thread. Your life experience and description of the nature connection is such a beautiful visual. Thank you for sharing. I am excited to hear your pull to work with the adolescent age group, providing them opportunities for connection to nature and growth in awareness and love of self. Good to be with you here.
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Matt – Thanks for bringing up the “stuck in their story” piece. I have also noticed a shift in how I perceive that spot now. I used to think the same thing, let’s get out of this story…but I am now realizing that it is all a process and if they are still in the story that is where they are at. A helpful gauge to where they fall on the stages of change. I have also found myself being more intentional about asking, is this the story you want? How would you rather this story end? How might you rewrite it? In the case of grief, as you mentioned, the story cycle feels like a replay more to help overcome any disbelief and to process that this has actually happened. While rewriting the ending of a story in many cases of grief that is not possible, however, we can write how we move forward, how we accept or embrace the change in our life.