I was born and raised in Satellite Beach, Fl that was a special part of the world where nature was interwoven in every aspect of our lives. It was and still is a small community on a barrier island that provided a cut of life where small businesses and families worked together and could peacefully meet their needs. My childhood wasn't a peaceful place, however, without the nurturance from nature and beauty of wildlife to bring in the breaths of fresh air, I don't think I would have of found my way to be who I am today.
As I grew into being a woman and mother, I spent all of my time working hard to create a reality that was different from the one I inherited and that was modeled for me. No matter I tried; what class I took, meditation, diet change, exercise or energy treatment, I still wound up back being the person I didn't want to be. I was recreating the exact model I was shown in childhood. After getting married and having children, I could feel myself slipping into a dark place that I feared I would never return from.
After many years of working and searching for answers, my path led me to Conscious Systems (CS) which allowed for me to finally find trusted solutions that I had spent the last 20 years searching for. All of the efforts combined with the knowledge I gained from CS, allowed for me to fulfill my goals to living an authentic life. The most valuable thing I now know after spending a relentless journey for answers and tools is the importance to incorporate the considers of the physical, energetic and spiritual realms of consciousness that can have a tremendous effect on the outcome of a goal or dream. My time spent studying with Dr. Mark Dunn's courses and being a patient taught me how to factor in these three considerations. As I assess and troubleshoot the situations needing attention in my life, I am able to manage my goals and better address situations that arise that are preventing fulfillment of my goals.
I am also here to defend and protect the unique interconnected fabric that humans, plants and animals share so that our future generations have a resourceful way to manage in the world. I am also here and to hold space for others who are seeking effective strategies and solutions to fulfill their personal, professional, family and community goals. My commitment is to provide support truth, a calm space, context, guidance and support you in choosing solutions that will bring you closer to knowing and trusting your own inner wisdom. I admire each person on their journey and am happy to assist you in any way that I can.
Business Coaching & Consulting
Insight AVL offers business owners, executives and employees individualized and group coaching services to support professional development and business growth goals.
Executive Coaching
Team Coaching
Resolve Complex Conflicts
Sales & Marketing Concept Development
Starting a New Business
Find a New Job or Career Path
Fortify Your Web Presence
Setting Clear Boundaries & Consequences
Transitioning From Corporate to Entrepreneur
Business Infrastructure Development
Workshop Creation & Materials Development
Talent & Skill Development
Setting Clear Manageable Goals
Sales Planning & Training
Leadership & Team Development
Eliminate Repetitive Patterns and Problems
Life Coaching
Life on a regular basis gives us opportunities to achieve, align with spirit, overcome our challenges, develop and transform ourselves, our lives and our connections with each other. I am here to guide you in articulating your goals, hold space for you to review your situation and support you in developing your best plan for fulfilling your desired goals and dreams. Your habit of going within and trusting your inner wisdom leads to creating a balanced and fulfilling life.
Developing Emotional Honesty
Spiritual Transition
Create work life balance with family
Discovering your purpose
Balance work and family
Set personal & professional boundaries
Reduce stress
Start a new career or business
Receive support with personal growth and transformation
Develop strong self reliance and confidence
Prioritize goals and responsibilities
Eliminate reoccurring problems
Discover your passions & values and live them out
Have a deeper sense of purpose and spirituality
Transform anger into power
Increase productivity and financial security
Increase fun, happiness and passion for life
Parent, Family & Youth Coaching & Consulting
Raising a family in today's world can be tough as so much continues to change in how we connect, communicate, support and spend time together as a family unit. It can feel stormy as we try and navigate through the many decisions families face today in meeting our needs while shaping our future for our children to live in.
Whether you are seeking support as parent(s), co-parents or a family, we work together to identify your top goals and create a realistic action plan for fulfillment and resolve. Parents may also enroll in my workshops for additional information and strategies on how to create the family you desire.
Develop Your Parenting Strategy
Interpret Your Kids Language Without Words
Develop Your Family Interconnections
Dealing With Complex Behaviors
Resolving Complex Family Conflicts
Knowing When to Protect vs. Encourgage Your Kids
Setting Clear Boundaries & Consequences
Raising A Non-Tech Child in Tech World
Holding Your Line As A Parent
Strategies For Your Kid When They're Being Harrased
Strategies for Complex Situations and Pressures
Teaching Your Kids To Defend Themselves
Creating Peaceful Co-Parenting Relationships
Animal Wellness Practitioner
I believe animals are sponges in the environments of humans and sometimes can pick up energies and patterns that don't belong to them and get stuck in their bodies. To insure the success of a session for, animal sessions require one separate coaching session with the pet owner prior to the session with the pet. **This policy does not apply to animals that are currently being held in shelters and/or foster care.
Energy Wellness & Balancing
Just like humans, animals too need to balance, remove stuck energy and ground their energetic bodies to help live a healthy balanced life. Animal energy work is suggested as a supplementary practice along with your chosen traditional veterinary care.
Conscious Energy Treatment
There are treatments for animals who need more than muscle and energetic support. This treatment involves the assessment and removal of consciousness patterns and structures that are effecting the animal's health, behaviors an overall wellness. The form of treatment aligns the animal's body with it's own energetic infrastructure. This treatment works well with existing protocols from your vet of choice, before and after surgeries, with medications and addressing stubborn behavior issues.
Animal Communications
If only animals could speak! Well, actually they can and they do. It's just not English. Animals communicate on different energy frequency levels to express their desires, upsets, needs and frustrations. This often times can help a pet owner and animal have a much better relationship by understanding how to better relate and communicate with each other. I can interpret your pet's communications and also teach you how to listen for what they're trying to tell you. It's a fascinating gift and opportunity to assist and teach in this area so feel free to reach out to me if I can be of assistance in this area.
Treatments For:
Pain Management ( Must be in person)
Alternative Energetic Support
Stubborn Injuries or Illnesses
Traumatic Experiences
Behavior Challenges
Communication Interpretation
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Miami equine program grooms business executives
An equine-assisted learning program helps CEOs and other executives overcome business obstacles.
BY HILARY LEHMAN
Michelle Salerno has only known her student a few hours, but already has some penetrating insights into her psyche.
Salerno says Maria Carrillo of Miami, a 56-year-old sales coach for AT&T, is intimidated by ``powerful male energy.''
She asks Carrillo about her husband and father, looking for the root of the problem.
And how does she know all this? A horse told her.
Shakespeare, a 1,600-pound Arabian mix, helps Salerno teach sales professionals like Carrillo how to overcome fears about leadership or learn how to work as part of a team.
Salerno's conversation with Carrillo took place during an ''equine-assisted learning'' program at Hunting Horn Stables in Miami, where she conducts leadership training and team-building exercises using horses. Clients from big businesses like Sara Lee and AT&T pay up to $900 to find flaws in their leadership techniques.
Salerno said horses have been used before to ''train'' humans, but they're often used in work with children, gaining prominence as a therapy for autistic children. Salerno also does some similar work -- she's licensed to provide behavioral redirection training with children and families -- but the work she does with professionals is all her own.
Cathy Pareto, who runs her own financial planning and investment firm, Cathy Pareto & Associates in Miami, said the program has affected the way she works. A big take-away for her has been communication -- she's learned a lot about how much conveys to people with her body language.
Equine-assisted learning programs are based on the idea that horses can sense what a person is thinking and feeling. If the student is fearful or calm, angry or loving, a horse will react in a like manner, Salerno said.
''They are . . . mirrors,'' she said.
Horses don't care if someone is a CEO or drives a fancy car, she said. They don't listen to cajoling or threats. The intimidation tactics that might work in a business setting don't work here, she said. Working with horses forces people to think about the effectiveness of their own techniques with humans.
All that matters when a businessperson is standing in front of an 1,800-pound animal is raw leadership skill.
''However good you lead is how good that they'll follow,'' Salerno said.
Salerno wasn't always the corporate equivalent of a horse whisperer. Since 2004, she's been conducting customized emotional fitness training for corporations and individuals in her MPowerMentor programs. Before that, she was in software sales and management for 10 years.
The horse program is a relatively new venture. She started the program in August and did her first training session in October.
When Salerno started horseback riding with trainer Monica Gerritsen, she realized that many of her MPowerMentor techniques could be combined with Gerritsen's horse program.
Typically, Salerno and Gerritsen do two to four trainings a month, Salerno said. Ideally, she said, they would like to do two to three every week.
Rates range from $295 to $895 per day or per program, depending on what students want to do and the length of the program. There are half-day, full-day and multiday options.
In all the programs, Salerno assesses what the participants came in to work on, and gives each person a follow-up call a week later.
Salerno also offers a mastery program for advanced students who want to keep working on a specific exercise. Those one-hour sessions cost $150.
She and Gerritsen developed the leadership program, along with components that help with empowerment issues, team-building and redirecting children's behavior.
While other programs exist using horses for therapy or team-building, Salerno said the hands-on aspect of using the horses to teach leadership skills sets her program apart.
Participants in the team-building exercise groom the horse and take turns leading it around, making sure it doesn't eat grass -- which means it doesn't respect the leader -- and follows direction. They're instructed to lead the horse around a ring, getting it to speed up, slow down and turn.
They learn horses don't respond to touch or commands, but pay attention to body language.
''A horse isn't a puppy,'' Salerno said. ``It won't come if you stand and call it.''
While Salerno said the feedback she gets is unanimously positive, one of the participants in the team-building exercise wasn't so sure.
Carrillo, the sales coach who was taken aside when a horse shied away from her during an exercise, said she doesn't see how it affects her work.
She works from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. most days, she said, and while she was with the horses she was only worried about what her numbers would be at the end of the day.
Horses aren't relevant, she said, especially when she's being told that men intimidate her. She works mostly with men and has been married for more than 20 years.
Salerno later said she meant Carrillo is intimidated by situations out of her control, which Carrillo said she could accept.
In this economy, people need feedback and help now, Salerno said. They need personalized tools to help them overcome their obstacles, she said.
Horses provide the answers people need to help them change, she said.
Whatever people dream of becoming, she said, ``The horse makes you be it.''
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