BeChill Exams workshop series is for all IB & IGCSE students that want to increase their capacity to concentrate, be confident, control their emotions and improve their ability to stay calm and optimistic during the study and exam writing period. When the mind is relaxed, the body is relaxed and the brain works at its optimal level. A little adrenaline is good to sharpen the brain on examination day, more than a little can become a major block in memory recall.

REGISTRATION
To register please send me an email:annette@trulybalance.com

My two children are in University and they wrote their IB exams a few years ago and the stories they would come home with about students fainting as they were under so much pressure to attain a 7, or students crying while they waited for the exam room doors to open. 


We never really know what mental state our adolescent children might be in during this intense study and exam period. The IB is not easy, the simple thought of a large part of the overall grade riding on performance over a few hours of examination can be overwhelming. The pace of the exams can also prove to be too much.
 
If you want to be sure that your adolescent child's mental state is calm and confident during this period, enroll them in my workshop series. They will learn several Sophrology, Mindfulness, NLP and Positive Psychology techniques to keep them calm and confident with a motivated attitude. 

Exercises are aimed to help your teen build RESILIENCE and;

• have an active mind in a relaxed body
• turn off negative chatter in their brain
• concentrate more easily
• control emotions more easily
• sleep more easily and soundly
• reach their goals to the best of their ability

LOGISTICS
This 2 - 2 hr workshop series begins on Monday, April 15th. The 2nd date being Monday, April 22. The workshop will take place between 14:00 and 16:00 at the Chemin de la Source 25, 1296 Coppet.  Think of this as a two hour study break that will give them the tools to be a lot more efficient and happier during the process.

For testimonials, you can consult my website, or watch this 5-minute video http://youtu.be/RewAcRGXMFk

REGISTRATION
To register please send me an email:annette@trulybalance.com

I look forward to working with your teenager in the near future!





 

This is part 2 of this workshop series aimed at students ages 11 to 14

ALL Teens can benefit from this Workshop series aimed to help them manage both the stress of school life and the stress of exams, helping them perform at their best in a happier and more relaxed state of mind and body. The techniques taught on this workshop series are techniques students can use in all aspects of life as they are based in practices that bring the body and mind into a state of awareness that allows them to distance themselves from negative thinking, shock and the worry. Life will continue to surprise them but they will have the ability to choose to respond to life`s surprises and stressors rather then react to them or let them take over their lives.

This workshop sereis is lively and interactive with your teen learning several SOPHROLOGY  exercises, MINDFULNESS, positive psychology prinicples that are easy to integrate into their already busy lives. Each participant will receive a set of notes and recordings of the exercises for easy at home practice.

Exercises are aimed to help your teen build RESILIENCE and;

• have an active mind in a relaxed body
• turn off negative chatter in their brain
• concentrate more easily
• control emotions more easily
• sleep more easily and soundly
• let go of peer pressure
• reach their goals to the best of their ability

LOGISTICS
This 2 - 3 hr workshop series begins on May 6. The 2nd date being May 20. Workshop will take place between 13:00 and 16:00 at the Chemin de la Source 25, 1296 Coppet

If you are interested in the workshop for your teen, but the location is not suitable, please contact me and I can investigate setting up a workshop in your area.

For testimonials you can consult my website, or watch this 5 minute video http://youtu.be/RewAcRGXMFk

I look forward to working with your teenager in the near future!





 

This particular workshop series is aimed at students ages 11 to 14

ALL Teens can benefit from this Workshop series aimed to help them manage both the stress of school life and the stress of exams, helping them perform at their best in a happier and more relaxed state of mind and body. The techniques taught on this workshop series are techniques students can use in all aspects of life as they are based in practices that bring the body and mind into a state of awareness that allows them to distance themselves from negative thinking, shock and the worry. Life will continue to surprise them but they will have the ability to choose to respond to life`s surprises and stressors rather then react to them or let them take over their lives.

This workshop sereis is lively and interactive with your teen learning several SOPHROLOGY  exercises, MINDFULNESS, positive psychology prinicples that are easy to integrate into their already busy lives. Each participant will receive a set of notes and recordings of the exercises for easy at home practice.

Exercises are aimed to help your teen build RESILIENCE and;

• have an active mind in a relaxed body
• turn off negative chatter in their brain
• concentrate more easily
• control emotions more easily
• sleep more easily and soundly
• let go of peer pressure
• reach their goals to the best of their ability

LOGISTICS
This 2 - 3 hr workshop series begins on March 26. The 2nd date being APRIL 2. Workshop will take place between 13:00 and 16:00 at the Route de Tannay 26, 1296 Coppet

If you are interested in the workshop for your teen, but the location is not suitable, please contact me and I can investigate setting up a workshop in your area.

For testimonials you can consult my website, or watch this 5 minute video http://youtu.be/RewAcRGXMFk

I look forward to working with your teenager in the near future!





 

  Words and their Affect on my Body & Emotions plus Moving from Reacting to Responding

Join Annette for this great 1.5 hour workshop for you and your child. Each workshop will have a different theme where you will be able to explore and learn Sophrology, Mindfulness and Positive Psychology techniques for both you and your child. This is an invaluable workshop for both you and your child!

This month`s exercises will look at the use of high energy versus low energy words. You and your child can begin to explore dramatically changing the way you communicate to bring better responses from the body and the mind. We will also learn both dynamic and meditative easy to use exercises to centre ourselves when we feel overly reactive. 

We will start with ludique (a game), breathing exercises and then move onto either Sophrology or Mindfulness techniques that can be easily practiced at home.

 

ALL Teens can benefit from this Workshop series aimed to help them manage both the stress of school life and the stress of exams, helping them perform at their best in a happier and more relaxed state of mind and body. The techniques taught on this workshop series are techniques students can use in all aspects of life as they are based in practices that bring the body and mind into a state of awareness that allows them to distance themselves from negative thinking, shock and the worry. Life will continue to surprise them but they will have the ability to choose to respond to life`s surprises and stressors rather then react to them or let them take over their lives.

This workshop sereis is lively and interactive with your teen learning several SOPHROLOGY  exercises, MINDFULNESS, positive psychology prinicples that are easy to integrate into their already busy lives. Each participant will receive a set of notes and recordings of the exercises for easy at home practice.

Exercises are aimed to help your teen build RESILIENCE and;

• have an active mind in a relaxed body
• turn off negative chatter in their brain
• concentrate more easily
• control emotions more easily
• sleep more easily and soundly
• let go of peer pressure
• reach their goals to the best of their ability

LOGISTICS
This 2 - 3 hr workshop series begins on March 26. The 2nd date being APRIL 2. Workshop will take place between 13:00 and 16:00 at the Route de Tannay 26, 1296 Coppet

If you are interested in the workshop for your teen, but the location is not suitable, please contact me and I can investigate setting up a workshop in your area.

For testimonials you can consult my website, or watch this 5 minute video http://youtu.be/RewAcRGXMFk

I look forward to working with your teenager in the near future!





 

  Emotional Release and Better Sleep
Join Annette for this great 1.5 hour workshop for you and your child. Each workshop will have a different theme where you will be able to explore and learn Sophrology, Mindfulness and Positive Psychology techniques for both you and your child. This is an invaluable workshop for both you and your child!

We will start with ludique (a game), breathing exercises and then move onto either Sophrology or Mindfulness techniques that can be easily practiced at home.

 

  Release & Relaxation for Active Families
Join Annette for this great 1.5 hour workshop for you and your child. Each workshop will have a different theme where you will be able to explore and learn Sophrology, Mindfulness and Positive Psychology techniques for both you and your child. This is an invaluable workshop for both you and your child!

We will start with ludique (a game), breathing exercises and then move onto either Sophrology or Mindfulness techniques that can be easily practiced at home.

 

This activity is based on the Paws.b Mindfulness program as taught by the UK Mindfulness In Schools Organization. Mindfluness is a meditative practice that is non-secular but with origins from Buddhist traditions.

Mindfulness promotes well-beingIt offers knowledge and skills applicable to the child’s life

• It can be individually tailored to suit each child
• It extends the thinking skills learning It helps children understand themselves better
• It helps them to be resilient and resourceful when life is challengingSkills and understanding taught can be available throughout their school life and beyond

The feedback from children who have taken part in Paws.b is very positive. The children report enjoying the lessons and finding the learning supports them in a broad range of situations from being able to concentrate and focus more easily in school to helping them feel calmer in exams and competitions. Many have described sharing the learning with other family members and finding it helps them with their relationships with family and friends.

To register please go to the La Côte International School Website after August 15th, 2016. I am looking forward to helping your children get off to a wonderful start to this school year.




 

ALL Teens can benefit from this Workshop series aimed to help them manage both the stress of school life and the stress of exams, helping them perform at their best in a happier and more relaxed state of mind and body.

This workshop sereis is lively and interactive with your teen learning several SOPHROLOGY  exercises, mindfulness, positive psychology prinicples that are easy to integrate into their already busy lives. Each participant will receive a set of notes and recordings of the exercises for easy at home practice.

Exercises are aimed to help your teen build RESILIENCE and MANAGE THEIR PHYSCIAL & EMOTIONAL REACTIONS TO STRESS;

• have an active mind in a relaxed body
• turn off negative chatter in their brain
• concentrate more easily
• control emotions more easily
• sleep more easily and soundly
• let go of peer pressure
• reach their goals to the best of their ability

LOGISTICS

This 2 - 3 hr workshop series begins on April 17. The 2nd date being April 24. Workshop will take place between 10:00 and 13:00 at the Geneva Ecumenical Centre, Route de Ferney 150, Grand Saconnex.

Please note if you sign up on or before April 1, you will receive a 10% discount. 

If you are interested in the workshop for your teen, but the location is not suitable, please contact me and I can investigate setting up a workshop in your area.

For testimonials you can consult my website, or watch this 5 minute video http://youtu.be/RewAcRGXMFk

I look forward to working with your teenager in the near future!





 

ALL Teens can benefit from this Workshop series aimed to help them manage both the stress of school life and the stress of exams, helping them perform at their best in a happier and more relaxed state of mind and body.

This workshop sereis is lively and interactive with your teen learning several SOPHROLOGY  exercises, mindfulness, positive psychology prinicples that are easy to integrate into their already busy lives. Each participant will receive a set of notes and recordings of the exercises for easy at home practice.

Exercises are aimed to help your teen build RESILIENCE and MANAGE THEIR PHYSCIAL & EMOTIONAL REACTIONS TO STRESS;

• have an active mind in a relaxed body
• turn off negative chatter in their brain
• concentrate more easily
• control emotions more easily
• sleep more easily and soundly
• let go of peer pressure
• reach their goals to the best of their ability

LOGISTICS

This 2 - 3 hr workshop series begins on March 19. The 2nd date being April 16. Workshop will take place between 10:00 and 13:00 at the Geneva Ecumenical Centre, Route de Ferney 150, Grand Saconnex.

Please note if you sign up on or before March 10, you will receive a 10% discount. 

If you are interested in the workshop for your teen, but the location is not suitable, please contact me and I can investigate setting up a workshop in your area.

For testimonials you can consult my website, or watch this 5 minute video http://youtu.be/RewAcRGXMFk

I look forward to working with your teenager in the near future!





 

SATURDAY MARCH 19 & APRIL 16

ALL Teens can benefit from this Workshop series aimed to help them manage both the stress of school life and the stress of exams, helping them perform at their best in a happier and more relaxed state of mind and body.

This workshop sereis is lively and interactive with your teen learning several SOPHROLOGY  exercises, mindfulness, positive psychology prinicples that are easy to integrate into their already busy lives. Each participant will receive a set of notes and recordings of the exercises for easy at home practice.

Exercises are aimed to help your teen build RESILIENCE and MANAGE EMOTIONS AND THE PHYSICAL SELF IN TIMES OF STRESS;

• have an active mind in a relaxed body
• turn off negative chatter in their brain
• concentrate more easily
• control emotions more easily
• sleep more easily and soundly
• let go of peer pressure
• reach their goals to the best of their ability

LOGISTICS

This 2 - 3 hr workshop series begins on March 12. The 2nd date being March19. Workshop will take place between 10:00 and 13:00 at the Geneva Ecumenical Centre, Route dE Ferney 150, Grand Saconnex.

Please note if you sign up on or before March 5th, you will receive a 10% discount. 

If you are interested in the workshop for your teen, but the location is not suitable, please contact me and I can investigate setting up a workshop in your area.

For testimonials you can consult my website, or watch this 5 minute video http://youtu.be/RewAcRGXMFk

I look forward to working with your teenager in the near future!





 

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

My husband and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary over the holidays. Yes I was young when we married. We even dated for 6 years before we married so I guess you could say that “Dan was the Man” for me. This sort of relationship is not so common with todays younger set.  For us, I think we feel like it is our third wedding anniversary. So how does that happen?

TWO - THREE HOUR WORKSHOP FORMAT

ALL Teens can benefit from this Workshop series aimed to help them manage both the stress of school life and the stress of exams, helping them perform at their best in a happier and more relaxed state of mind and body.

This workshop sereis is lively and interactive with your teen learning several SOPHROLOGY  exercises, mindfulness, positive psychology prinicples that are easy to integrate into their already busy lives. Each participant will receive a set of notes and recordings of the exercises for easy at home practice.

Exercises are aimed to help your teen build RESILIENCE and;

• have an active mind in a relaxed body
• turn off negative chatter in their brain
• concentrate more easily
• control emotions more easily
• sleep more easily and soundly
• let go of peer pressure
• reach their goals to the best of their ability

LOGISTICS
I have two workshop series on offer, one that is comprised of 2 - 3 hours sesions and one that is 3 - 2 hour sessions.

The 2 hours session series is best for pre-teens or teens that might not be the best at concentration. The workshops are highly interactive but as well very concentration oriented. Thus these shorter sessions are on offer for younger teens or those that might find sitting still a bit more a challenge. This workshop also has a Maximum limit os 5 participants.

This 2 - 3 hr workshop series begins on Dec.6. The 2nd date being Jan. 24. Workshop will take place between 13:00 and 16:00 at the Life Motivations, Chemin du Rivage 7, 1292 Chambesy.

Please note if you sign up on or before Nov.15th, you will receive a 10% discount. 

If you are interested in the workshop for your teen, but the location is not suitable, please contact me and I can investigate setting up a workshop in your area.

For testimonials you can consult my website, or watch this 5 minute video http://youtu.be/RewAcRGXMFk

I look forward to working with your teenager in the near future!





 

SPECIAL THREE - TWO HOUR WORKSHOP SEREIS

ALL Teens can benefit from this Workshop series aimed to help them manage both the stress of school life and the stress of exams, helping them perform at their best in a happier and more relaxed state of mind and body.

This workshop sereis is lively and interactive with your teen learning several SOPHROLOGY  exercises, mindfulness, positive psychology prinicples that are easy to integrate into their already busy lives. Each participant will receive a set of notes and recordings of the exercises for easy at home practice.

Exercises are aimed to help your teen build RESILIENCE and;

• have an active mind in a relaxed body
• turn off negative chatter in their brain
• concentrate more easily
• control emotions more easily
• sleep more easily and soundly
• let go of peer pressure
• reach their goals to the best of their ability

LOGISTICS
I have two workshop series on offer, one that is comprised of 2 - 3 hours sesions and one that is 3 - 2 hour sessions.

The 2 hours session series is best for pre-teens or teens that might not be the best at concentration. The workshops are highly interactive but as well very concentration oriented. Thus these shorter sessions are on offer for younger teens or those that might find sitting still a bit more a challenge. This workshop also has a Maximum limit os 5 participants.

This 3 - 2 hr workshop series begins on Nov. 28th. The 2nd date being Dec.12  and the thrid Jan. 16. Workshop will take place between 10 and noon at the Geneva Ecumenical Centre.

Please note if you sign up on or before Nov.15th, you will receive a 10% discount. 

If you are interested in the workshop for your teen, but the location is not suitable, please contact me and I can investigate setting up a workshop in your area.

For testimonials you can consult my website, or watch this 5 minute video http://youtu.be/RewAcRGXMFk

I look forward to working with your teenager in the near future!





 

This workshop series helps teenagers through school by teaching them tools and exercises to strengthen their mental mind!

Please watch this testimonial video from past students and register your Middle School or High School student today! 



 

Life stage changes seem to loom in front of us, whether they be a two digit birthday with a ZERO at the end, a marriage, starting a family, parental passing, menopause, becoming an empty-nester. There is excitment at most of the earlier stages in life. The latter stages can cause anxiety and much inward reflection. I had my first "empty nest" experience a few weeks ago and I am still adjusting to the change in my mental, physical, emotional and spiritual energy. When a child moves into adulthood and begins their life, without your daily physical presence, it affects the whole of you. I am very aware of this change and am observing myself as I adjust to this shift.

What follows is a brief account of when the shift occured. Enjoy.

Please watch this testimonial video from past students and register your Middle School or High School student today! 
















 

A calendar new year has just begun. We spend time and energy deciding how to celebrate and who to celebrate with and hopefully we have fun or find joy in whichever way we celebrate. As well we often set resolutions for the year with gusto but often we have not really taken the time to reflect on what would we really like do differently, and when does it make sense for us to make these changes. Every 12 months we go through the season changes, work reviews, budget planning, our children`s school year calendar or our own school year calendar, wedding anniversaries, moving anniversaries, possible passport renewals and we have birthdays. So where exactly does YOUR personal new year begin?
 

For those of you that know, I am a certified Louise Hay Practitioner. Louise started "You can HEAL your LIFE" and so much more. She is world renown and I would say the GURU of Self Affirmation and linking emotions to illness.

Affirmations help us overcome fears, change thinking habits and change the beliefs we have that limit us in our endeavours. These can be small or big. I used affirmations all day long when our Architect walked off our construction site almost three years ago, leaving us with nowhere to live, rain and snow coming into our house and a construction site riddled with errors. 

Please watch this testimonial video from past students and register your soon to be University Student for this great workshop series! 













 

Please watch this testimonial video from past students and register your soon to be University Student for this great workshop series!