SPECIAL DISCOUNT EXTENDED/ Controlled Separation/ Heart Rhythm Practice - 7/30/09

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- SPECIAL OFFER: ONSITE RATE ON MP3 RECORDINGS EXTENDED
- CONTROLLED SEPARATION/BAN
- HEART RHYTHM PRACTICE

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- SPECIAL OFFER: ONSITE RATE ON MP3 RECORDINGS EXTENDED

Each time I send you examples about how wonderful the Orlando Smart
Marriages conference was (like the two below), I get requests to please
extend the onsite discounts. Several of you said you were in Orlando but
didn't realize the discount applied only to orders placed at the conference.
Others say they can't understand why we want to penalize those that couldn't
afford to attend the conference in the first place (in this down economy) by
making it even harder to afford to listen to the recordings.

I talked to PlaybackNow yesterday and they've agreed to extend the onsite
discount for the MP3 version of the complete package until the end of
August.  

This is what I use.  I can't attend the sessions so I download all the MP3
recordings to my computer and iPod, and listen to the whole thing.  It's
wonderful - audios of ALL the workshops, keynotes and banquets. And, the
onsite rate for the FULL package is only $295 - you can get that price if
you order by AUGUST 31.

(The on-site discounts are not extended for videos or the CD audio formats.)

If you're interested, order here: http://playbacknow.com/cmfce/2009/0729/

To get the discount, go ahead and select the MPS package for $395.  Then
when you get to the cart, it will ask you if you have a promo code.  Enter
the code (759-0729) and it will change the price to $295.  - diane

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- CONTROLLED SEPARATION

Diane, 
I want to encourage you to listen to the Controlled Separation workshop. I
think it would give you a real boost and help you realize how important this
work is.  It was an amazing session.  A young woman attended and gave
testimony about how she and her husband did a Controlled Separation in 2005.
They had a 5 year old and a 2 year old at the time and her husband was
having an affair. The wife bought the book, Should I Stay or Go, gave it to
her therapist to read and then the couple did a Controlled Separation with
the therapist. After 4 months the husband moved back home. Their marriage is
on solid ground AND, they are now working as part of the BAN network to help
couples who have had affairs to help them restore their marriage. This
testimony wasn't planned by the presenter, in fact she didn't even realize
the women was going to be in the session.  Please listen.  It will give you
energy to keep rowing, which I imagine you need about now.
Elizabeth 

You convinced me.  I'll listen!  Also, if anyone doesn't realize, *Should I
Stay Or Go? : How Controlled Separation (CS) Can Save Your Marriage* was
written by Lee Raffel, founder of the amazing Controlled Separation model
and is highly recommended to anyone working with couples in the deep end of
the ocean.  You can order it new or used on amazon ($1.92 used!) here:
http://www.smartmarriages.com/app/Media.Booklist

> 706
> Divorce Prevention: Controlled Separation
> Elsie Radtke, MEd
> Help stalemated couples restore their marriage using time-limited guidelines,
> assessment, contracts, and ³active waiting² skills that put children first and
> avoid extended-family trauma.

> 608 
> Beyond Affairs: Prevention and Recovery
> Anne and Brian Bercht
> Help couples not only recover from infidelity, but make their marriage even
> stronger and how to establish a BAN recovery support group in your community.
> ¹08 SM Impact Award recipient.

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- HEART RHYTHM PRACTICE

This, by the way, is another session high on my list for listening.  I've
received several emails telling me this was a powerful session, many people
said it was their favorite and that we should make it a Training Institute
and/or keynote.  - diane

> 718
> Heart Rhythm Practice
> Jana Staton, PhD, Dan McMannis, MEd
> Teach couples a new way to reduce stress, heal old wounds, increase trust,
> optimism and connection by synchronizing heart, body & brain in a positive,
> energetic state. Couples welcome.

I was curious so looked at the session handout and here are some clips from
the handout. Session handouts are posted here:
http://www.smartmarriages.com/handouts.07.html
Though as you'll see, I have only a handful of handouts posted at this
point.  Presenters, you need to send your handouts so I can get them up. -
diane

> Heart Rhythm Practice:
> The heart works without interruption for
> 70-80 years, without care or
> cleaning, without repair or
> replacement, day and night. It
> beats 100,000 times a day,
> approximately 40 million times a
> year, and within 70 years supplies
> the pumping capacity for nearly 3
> billion cardiac pulsations. It
> pumps 2 gallons of blood per
> minute, 100 gallons per hour,
> through a vascular system about
> 60,000 miles in length--2 1/2 times
> the circumference of the earth.
> ~ from Bircher-Benner
> 
> Hormonal:
> In 1983, the
> heart was
> actually
> reclassified as
> part of the
> Endocrine
> System.
> 
> 
> The Love Hormone
> The heart is a
> hormone-producing
> endocrine gland. It
> produces ANF to
> control bloodpressure,
> adrenaline,
> dopamine, and
> oxytocin (the love
> hormone).
> ~ The Energizing Heart Nathalie Campeau, MD
> 
> Electromagnetic:
> The heart¹s
> electromagnetic field
> is 5000 times more
> powerful than the
> brain¹s.
> Our cardiac field
> touches those within
> 8 ­ 25 feet of where
> we are positioned.
> 
> Broadcasting Emotional States:
> One person¹s
> Heartbeat
> is detected
> in another¹s
> Brainwaves
> There¹s the exchange of
> energy between two people's
> hearts.
> Each of us has our own unique
> heart signature that we
> constantly communicate to and
> receive from others.
> 
> Two Clocks:
> Breath rate Heart beat
> The heart and the
> breath are the main
> clocks in the body.
> 
> Breath and Heart:
> You cannot control
> your heart rate
> directly, but by
> controlling your
> breath, which you
> can do, you cause
> your heart rate to
> follow the pattern
> of your breath,
> Connecting your breathing to your heart beat is the best
> way to bring your physical and emotional systems into
> balance.

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