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OPEN HEART 💖 OPEN MIND
Live, online 12-week course
Two new cohorts starting: Late September
September 17: evenings
September 18: mornings

Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to BE
Create a Life of Meaning and Purpose

The greatest gift you can give the world
is to live your destiny.

I recently took Ocean’s Open Heart 💖 Open Mind course, which she promised would change my life — and it did! I wholeheartedly recommend this course. Each week I was surprised by what I learned and the insights I gained.”  — SH, Registered Nurse

OPEN HEART 💖 OPEN MIND — LIVE YOUR GREAT LIFE!

The Open Heart 💖 Open Mind course is a three-month immersion that provides you with a clear path to realize your dreams and desires. Backed by science, this course is a synthesis of psychology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, meditation and spirituality. This course provides theory, journaling, discussion, and, most importantly, action steps that you can immediately apply to your daily life.

The premise:

Our lives are created from the stories and beliefs we learned from our families, schools and society. It is a story of fear and lack. We are taught to play small, stay safe and find security. We learn not to make a fuss and that our wants, desires and needs don’t matter.

To some degree, this strategy worked. You are safe, you have a job and you are well fed. But maybe you are burdened with anxiety, guilt, shame or debt or a sense of just going through the motions—feeling empty. You realize you are living out a strategy rather than living your life.

Open Heart 💖 Open Mind is an invitation to reclaim your life. It’s an opportunity to critically examine your narrative and discover what it is you truly want from life.

The course is about developing a mindset to experience life as full of opportunities rather than a mindset of fear, lack and survival. You will realize you are the architect of your life and you have the power to change. The course is a radical reframing of what you thought life is to what you truly desire. It’s a shift from surviving to thriving in your life.

With mindfulness meditation, we realize we are not our stories or beliefs. With practice, we connect to a deeper current of life. AND if we are courageous, we will listen. We allow this impulse to guide us. When this happens, you are living life. You are living your destiny. (While mindfulness meditation will be a foundational tool, this is not a mindfulness course.)

Enormous possibility exists within you. Will you say yes to your potential?

What you will LEARN:

In this live 12-week online course, you’ll learn:

💖 MINDSET: develop a mindset to embrace change, take risks and grow
💖 How your early childhood experience informs your current life
💖 The neuroscience of beliefs: how what you think literally creates your reality
💖 The politics of power
💖 Learn to say “No”—to stop being a people pleaser
💖 The healing power of a group to be seen, supported, validated and to belong

What you will DO:

💖 Create a vision of your life that is aligned with your purpose and passion.
💖 Harness the power of your emotions to get you into a peak state of mind
💖 Galvanize your will, strength, and power and apply it to your life
💖 Repair childhood wounds
💖 Manage fear and the inner critic
💖 Connect to your essence
💖 Meditate: take control over your mind

You will find Magic when you :

💖 Stop living on autopilot.
💖 Break free from limiting unconscious habits (boring but safe)
💖 Move out of your comfort zone of safety and predictability

Magic only exists for those who present to see it.

Benefits:

💖 WAKE UP EXCITED ABOUT YOUR LIFE!
💖 Love your work and get paid well.
💖 Enhance self-esteem: Feel worthy of all good things
💖 Feel confident, make decisions with ease
💖 Love yourself and improve your personal and professional relationships
💖 Create a morning routine that ensures your success for the day
💖 Assert healthy boundaries

Learn more:

If you’re curious about how this course can help you,
If you’re ready for a change (even if you are scared),
Let’s set up an orientation phone call.
*Please note that this course is not suited for those who have active trauma or are in active recovery.

Please email counsellingwithocean@gmail.com to set up a time.

Make 2024 your best year yet!

Testimonials

“I experienced so much personal growth through this course. I feel more empowered, more compassionate to myself, and less alone in my struggles. I had never done work like this in a group setting before, and I was both nervous and skeptical to try, but it turned out to be incredible.  I underestimated the power of group work. I highly recommend participating! For me, the experience was motivating, inspiring, and healing. It was so worth it.” — CF, counsellor

“I recently took Ocean’s Open Heart 💖 Open Mind course, which she promised would change my life – and it did! It works on many levels, integrating heart, mind, and body. It brought together an amazing group of people. I had no idea of the power of being seen and heard in a group like this. The group dynamics were transformative and magical.
We each created a vision for our lives, and now I have an evolving map to guide me on my journey. It is not an abstraction, an idea like “being happy,” but rather a living document I am excited to work on – for Ocean taught me I have been living my life and reacting to events based on old scripts I was taught, not based on my true self how I am today. That harsh voice in my head that tells me I am not good enough and not worthy of love is quieting as I learn to speak to myself as I would speak to a dear friend. I am being kind to myself in a way I have never been, and this is allowing me to feel my own gentle power and the positive influence my own light can have on others.
. . . I’m learning I don’t have to control everything to feel safe. I am learning what it is to be human: complicated, imperfect, beautiful, passionate, messy, adventurous. All of it is okay, it is me.”  — SH, Registered Nurse

“I was non-committal about the course — I had one foot in and one foot out. But each week, I was surprised by what I learned and the insights I gained. Over the 12 weeks, lessons and insights kept percolating. By the end of the course, I had turned my life in a completely new direction! Because of this course, I now believe I can trust my dreams. Very powerful. I am beyond grateful to Ocean and the course.” — NH, Director, Province of BC

INTERESTED IN THIS COURSE?
Please contact me to set up a phone call at counsellingwithocean@gmail.com

 

Joy from the Inside Out – SOLD OUT

Elevate your JOY—a 4-week journey inspired by the Book of Joy.

Take your understanding and practice of joy to the next level. In collaboration with BCalm(British Columbia Association for Living Mindfully), I will be offering a 4-week online course, “Joy from the Inside Out.” This course draws from the wisdom in the Book of Joy by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Joy from the Inside Out offers a deeper exploration of joy and practical exercises to add more joy to your life.  Although not a meditation course, meditation is foundational to the course. The content has been carefully curated; you do not need to read the book.

Course highlights

  • Each week is designed to provide a holistic understanding of joy, covering perspectives from neuroscience and Buddhist psychology.
  • Guided meditation.
  • This course is practical. It moves beyond theory with practices that cultivate joy despite life’s inevitable setbacks.
  • Inspired discussions and community support for shared insights.

Week 1: Exploring the Nature of Joy

Introducing the 8 pillars of joy
The neural correlates to joy

Week 2: Mind Set

Discover how cultivating the proper perspective can be a transformative force. Learn practical strategies to shift your mindset towards joy in the face of challenges.

Embodied Meditation: Immerse yourself in the power of embodied meditation, experiencing joy through mind-body unity.

Week 3: Generosity (a new twist)

Experience the heart-opening pillar of generosity as we delve into the joy of giving.  Learn how acts of kindness and compassion bring joy to others and create a deep sense of fulfillment within yourself.

Week 4: Pillar of the mind: acceptance

Discover the liberating power of acceptance and how it can pave the way for a life filled with joy, resilience and a deep sense of inner peace.

About the facilitator:

Ocean Lum, MA, has been leading mindfulness courses since 2013.  She is an ardent and devoted student of Buddhism and has practiced meditation for 24 years. As a registered clinical counsellor and a seasoned yoga teacher, Ocean brings a wealth of knowledge to her facilitation. Her classes synthesize neuroscience, psychology and spirituality.  They are designed to be practical and applicable to the challenges of our lives.

What people are saying:

Ocean’s approach is fresh and daring– while also amazingly tender and gentle. Ocean’s class and the community created in the process were of significant value to me. She provides a great environment to explore growth, to be inspired by ideas, and to gain perhaps an unexpected perspective or new understanding of life, self, and others. I highly recommend her joy course! – L. Betts, musician

Register

This virtual class will be every Wednesday evening for 4 weeks between January 24 and February 14 from 5:30-7 p.m.

Cost:

BCalm members: $196 + GST

Non-members: use coupon code EARLY BIRD 10 until January 5 for a discounted price of $220.50 + GST
Non-member price after January 6 is $245 + GST

Discount codes cannot be combined.

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