Become the person you were born to be
- become who you were meant to be -
Empower & re-invent yourself
Rebuild your life with:
* Holistic Life Empowerment Seminars and workshops
* Attending Motivational Presentations and Lectures
* Engaging in personal Retreats
Or through Counselling/Coaching: to heal and regenerate, renew
and expand your full Human Potential skills through The
Healing Circle of Dawn Cove Abbey's various dynamic,
professional programs and services.
Available anywhere
- become who you were meant to be -
Empower & re-invent yourself
Rebuild your life with:
* Holistic Life Empowerment Seminars and workshops
* Attending Motivational Presentations and Lectures
* Engaging in personal Retreats
Or through Counselling/Coaching: to heal and regenerate, renew
and expand your full Human Potential skills through The
Healing Circle of Dawn Cove Abbey's various dynamic,
professional programs and services.
Available anywhere
Dawn Cove Abbey's Healing Circle Recovery and
Empowerment programs & services come in three different
formats:
Seminars & Workshops, Motivational
Lectures/Presentations, and Support Counselling -Coaching
All Seminars, Workshops, Presentations and Lectures are based on
the common theme of "Awakening" from darkness and dysfunction
to light & healing - see "The Awakening", and may your journey
take a different path - a less travelled one.
These are all available to groups as small as 10 people.
Empowerment programs & services come in three different
formats:
Seminars & Workshops, Motivational
Lectures/Presentations, and Support Counselling -Coaching
All Seminars, Workshops, Presentations and Lectures are based on
the common theme of "Awakening" from darkness and dysfunction
to light & healing - see "The Awakening", and may your journey
take a different path - a less travelled one.
These are all available to groups as small as 10 people.
- Church Groups * Educational Institutions
- Service Clubs * Recovery Programs
- Your home (motivational "party")
- Business Organizations * others
Topical Healing Circle Workshops - Retreats
Workshops: teach specific skills people lack, where learning occurs through your active involvement and participation.
Workshops: teach specific skills people lack, where learning occurs through your active involvement and participation.
- Skills are taught in groups, in a supportive environment, modeled by instructors, and practiced through class activities, role-plays,
and homework. - The goal is for you to practice/use these skills in the real world of daily life.
| The "secret", which is not a secret, is that you can connect to, and resonate with, a positive wavelength any time you want to. What you think about and dwell on, is what you multiply for yourself. |
Healing Circle workshop and seminar conductor, facilitator, Life coach and
counselor/counsellor, and motivational speaker, Klaas Tuinman MA, LSC has 30 years
accumulated professional experience in facilitation, speaking and counselling.
During that time he has helped thousands find new directions in their lives, empower
themselves and expanding their potential and personal tool/skill set of life skills.
counselor/counsellor, and motivational speaker, Klaas Tuinman MA, LSC has 30 years
accumulated professional experience in facilitation, speaking and counselling.
During that time he has helped thousands find new directions in their lives, empower
themselves and expanding their potential and personal tool/skill set of life skills.
| Healing for rebuilding and maintaining connections, and discovering and awakening to your true self |
| Dawn Cove Abbey's Healing Circle: a stopping-point for those on a healing, growing journey to self-renewal and empowerment. Helping people build: Better Lives - Better Relationships - Better Families - Better Friendships - Better Careers Providing assistance in Recovery and Healing, through: * Seminars * Workshops * Retreats and * Personal and Group coaching/counselling and lectures Helping "victims" become Survivors "People who really want to heal will find a way; those who don't, will find an excuse". |
| New Beginning Mental, Spiritual, and Emotional Empowerment Healing Circle Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach Online Healing Circle Seminars, Workshops & Retreats for Better Lives, Relationships & Families |
| Undoing core Irrational beliefs - Reinventing Yourself & Awakening the Child Within |
| Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach Online Workshops & Seminars - for your New Beginning |
Healing Circle Seminars, Retreats and Workshops
A Healing Circle is a voluntary gathering of individuals concerned with promoting healing and offering healing intention on the theme for
which the gathering came together for. The format may be a seminar, a workshop or a retreat.
A healing atmosphere is created by placing chairs in a circle and preparing a display in the center of the circle that is promotes positive and/or
inspirational feelings (and by playing soft music that makes meditation, if used, easier).
The display may include candles, flowers and other items that each person has brought which have deep meaning to them, and which will
help increase spirituality and promote the healing process for which the gathering is taking place.
Usually, once the circle is established, the facilitator will begin with opening remarks and perhaps distribute a reading. Sometimes, a member
of the group will offer an inspirational reading or thought for the day.
After the reading, group members are invited to place their healing concerns, for themselves or others, in the center of the circle silently or out
loud. As concerns are offered, a symbol for the concern such as a small stone, bead, feather, or some other item, may be placed in the circle.
The positive aspect of a circle is that there is no one at the “head” of a table – instead, the facilitator is also an “equal” participant.
A Healing Circle is a voluntary gathering of individuals concerned with promoting healing and offering healing intention on the theme for
which the gathering came together for. The format may be a seminar, a workshop or a retreat.
A healing atmosphere is created by placing chairs in a circle and preparing a display in the center of the circle that is promotes positive and/or
inspirational feelings (and by playing soft music that makes meditation, if used, easier).
The display may include candles, flowers and other items that each person has brought which have deep meaning to them, and which will
help increase spirituality and promote the healing process for which the gathering is taking place.
Usually, once the circle is established, the facilitator will begin with opening remarks and perhaps distribute a reading. Sometimes, a member
of the group will offer an inspirational reading or thought for the day.
After the reading, group members are invited to place their healing concerns, for themselves or others, in the center of the circle silently or out
loud. As concerns are offered, a symbol for the concern such as a small stone, bead, feather, or some other item, may be placed in the circle.
The positive aspect of a circle is that there is no one at the “head” of a table – instead, the facilitator is also an “equal” participant.
His audiences and groups come from all walks of life: people from chronic unemployment situations, people working to recover
from addictions and dysfunctional backgrounds and lifestyles; to people in other areas of life who were facing challenges of their
own and were searching for personal growth, healing and recovery in their own way. All of them sought increased empowerment and
personal fulfillment.
As well as facilitating and speaking, Klaas also offers counseling/coaching/counselling – primarily online – as support and follow-up
to the workshops, seminars and lectures, as well as a clinic for folks experiencing difficulty in their lives: general counseling
coaching/counselling.
When he is not engaged in these activities (or his hobbies) he composes and creates motivational and inspirational articles and items
in his photo-audio studio: DawnStar Multi-Media Studio.
One of these productions can be found here on site (Daily Morale Boosters) Inspirational "snippets"- they provide a daily "morale
boost" - they are free, and meant to be shared.
from addictions and dysfunctional backgrounds and lifestyles; to people in other areas of life who were facing challenges of their
own and were searching for personal growth, healing and recovery in their own way. All of them sought increased empowerment and
personal fulfillment.
As well as facilitating and speaking, Klaas also offers counseling/coaching/counselling – primarily online – as support and follow-up
to the workshops, seminars and lectures, as well as a clinic for folks experiencing difficulty in their lives: general counseling
coaching/counselling.
When he is not engaged in these activities (or his hobbies) he composes and creates motivational and inspirational articles and items
in his photo-audio studio: DawnStar Multi-Media Studio.
One of these productions can be found here on site (Daily Morale Boosters) Inspirational "snippets"- they provide a daily "morale
boost" - they are free, and meant to be shared.
SEMINARS
Seminars: are a different Healing Circle way of acquiring new skills and
information where there is less participation on your part than in a
workshop.
Healing The Wounded Child Within series
Empowering yourself (re-inventing yourself) through building Self-
confidence and Self-worth
1. Why We Attract The People We Do Into Our Lives
2. FEAR - Seminar
a. Stinking Thinking - Irrational Fears & Beliefs
b. Fear of Emotional Intimacy
(learn about this barrier, and how to overcome it)
3. Grief-Bereavement (Death / Divorce) Seminar
4. Guilt - the paralyzing emotion: Dealing with guilt constructively
Seminar
5. Building Trust - Seminar
6. Blended Families Seminar
Seminars: are a different Healing Circle way of acquiring new skills and
information where there is less participation on your part than in a
workshop.
Healing The Wounded Child Within series
Empowering yourself (re-inventing yourself) through building Self-
confidence and Self-worth
1. Why We Attract The People We Do Into Our Lives
- A look at why our relationships either didn't work, or aren't
working. Perhaps it is not "them", but something in us we need to
address.
2. FEAR - Seminar
a. Stinking Thinking - Irrational Fears & Beliefs
- Dealing with Irrational/Negative thoughts, where do they come
from, and how can you stop them?
b. Fear of Emotional Intimacy
(learn about this barrier, and how to overcome it)
- What is it?
- Why do so many people fear it?
- How does one risk enough to overcome the fear and develop
emotional intimacy?
3. Grief-Bereavement (Death / Divorce) Seminar
- Dealing with your bereavement, divorce/separation & grief: their
stages are almost the same: learn about the stages, feelings -
coping.
4. Guilt - the paralyzing emotion: Dealing with guilt constructively
Seminar
- covers ownership & responsibility & appropriate &
inappropriate guilt - learn to free yourself from the heavy burden of unnecessary guilt -
stop the paralysis and indecision.
5. Building Trust - Seminar
- Learning to trust (again)
6. Blended Families Seminar
- blending/merging two families successfully
WORKSHOPS - Continued
3. Stress Management Workshop
4. Creating/Building A Healthy, Functional
Relationship or Family Workshop
5. Assertiveness vs Codependence Workshop
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Human Spiritual Potential Workshops/Retreats
Meditation - Contemplation Workshop
The Search For Meaning In Your Life: Spirituality
& the Sacred Within Workshop
3. Stress Management Workshop
- Causes & Effects of Stress
- Managing Stress
- Deep Relaxation Techniques
4. Creating/Building A Healthy, Functional
Relationship or Family Workshop
- learn effective family/relationship building skills
5. Assertiveness vs Codependence Workshop
- (learning to lead a balanced, self-determined life).
- Excellent for overcoming shyness
- Excellent for overcoming codependency
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Human Spiritual Potential Workshops/Retreats
Meditation - Contemplation Workshop
- A workshop to introduce you to effective
meditation, and - Stilling the inner "noise"
- Using discussion, introspection and guided
imagery - You are led to a new inner realm you did not
know existed.
The Search For Meaning In Your Life: Spirituality
& the Sacred Within Workshop
- Exploring the "spiritual/sacred" dimension of life
- Learn how to get in touch with your inner self
(inner child)
Motivational/Inspirational Lectures / Presentations
Lectures: are dynamic, inspiring presentations: Ample opportunity is provided for a Question & Answer period.
1. "Re-connecting the separated pieces: straight-talk to Your Wounded Inner Child"
Learning to Reconnect to yourself and others & Recovering your Inner Child
A powerful presentation to instill hope
2. The Codependency Sickness Myth
Dependence, Codependence & Inter-Dependence Presentation
3. Walk the Talk - or Sit Down
Lectures: are dynamic, inspiring presentations: Ample opportunity is provided for a Question & Answer period.
1. "Re-connecting the separated pieces: straight-talk to Your Wounded Inner Child"
Learning to Reconnect to yourself and others & Recovering your Inner Child
A powerful presentation to instill hope
- You are not "sick"
2. The Codependency Sickness Myth
Dependence, Codependence & Inter-Dependence Presentation
- These are three of the most misunderstood concepts people have (also see co-dependent)
- You are not suffering from a sickness
- Learn about the differences, the challenges and strategies for being successful in becoming "free".
3. Walk the Talk - or Sit Down
- A presentation to bring you back to solid ground. Live what you already know deep inside - some people simply "talk
the "talk". This lecture challenges you to "walk the talk - or sit down" (Walk the Talk)
What You Will Derive From It all.
You will:
and will learn to
You will:
- activate, regenerate and expand your potential
- empower yourself
- transform your life through healing and recovery
and will learn to
- build stronger personal relationships
- increase your sense of self-worth (self-esteem)
- stop self-defeating and self-sabotaging behaviours
- build self confidence - set goals - solve problems
- be the person you always wanted to be: re-invented
- and much more
Holistic Life Empowerment Skills involve:
- Motivational/Inspirational Lectures, Seminars, workshops, and
Programs for helping you acquire life empowerment skills in all
aspects of your life, and - the actual process of learning to "live smarter - not harder".
- Lifeskills: provides a "tool set" (or "skills set") for your life, and
the transformative journey you will undertake to empower
yourself.
- Life Empowerment is about acquiring life empowerment skills.
The Workshops & programs here are adapted from the
Saskatchewan New-Start Model, in which I trained as facilitator.
- It helps develop coping and living skills for daily life in the crucial
areas of: Self, Family/Home, Work, Community & Recreation;
including the Spiritual.
What you think about is what you multiply for yourself
Begin to think new things, and go about life in a new way - today!
See the "Inspirational Morale Boosters" selections page.
Expand your potential and empower yourself to transform your life quality, motivation
and relationships - resonate to a positive wavelength!
Release your innate healing energy to empower yourself, and move beyond fear, hurt,
uncertainty, discouragement, dysfunction, doubt, insecurity, obstacles and despair:
unplug from the negative, and connect to the positive instead - today!
Whether you are a “victim”, or in transition in your life, or whatever stage you are on in
your life journey, you can transform the quality of your life – starting today.
Today IS the first day of the rest of your life - New Beginning!
There are topical motivational lectures, seminars and workshops here to help you make
that breakthrough.
Take a journey of self-discovery, healing, empowerment and growth and expanding
your human potential.
Begin to think new things, and go about life in a new way - today!
See the "Inspirational Morale Boosters" selections page.
Expand your potential and empower yourself to transform your life quality, motivation
and relationships - resonate to a positive wavelength!
Release your innate healing energy to empower yourself, and move beyond fear, hurt,
uncertainty, discouragement, dysfunction, doubt, insecurity, obstacles and despair:
unplug from the negative, and connect to the positive instead - today!
Whether you are a “victim”, or in transition in your life, or whatever stage you are on in
your life journey, you can transform the quality of your life – starting today.
Today IS the first day of the rest of your life - New Beginning!
There are topical motivational lectures, seminars and workshops here to help you make
that breakthrough.
Take a journey of self-discovery, healing, empowerment and growth and expanding
your human potential.
Refusing to settle for, or accepting things as they are, is the mother of motivation and increased empowerment!
The Life Empowerment Skills Motivational Lectures/presentations and Seminars, offered here, are motivational and focus on
empowering yourself holistically to overcome the obstacles created by your past - for groups as small as 10.
The Seminars and Workshops not only recharge you, but provide you with skills for increased empowerment in the crucial
areas of life shown in the diagram at the right.
The goal is to enhance, or increase your "empowerment", - to bring healing, and to help you become more successful in leading a
balanced “empowered” life: in all of the “areas”.
The Presentations/Lectures, Seminars & workshops feature follow-up & support counseling/coaching/counselling.
The Life Empowerment Skills Motivational Lectures/presentations and Seminars, offered here, are motivational and focus on
empowering yourself holistically to overcome the obstacles created by your past - for groups as small as 10.
The Seminars and Workshops not only recharge you, but provide you with skills for increased empowerment in the crucial
areas of life shown in the diagram at the right.
The goal is to enhance, or increase your "empowerment", - to bring healing, and to help you become more successful in leading a
balanced “empowered” life: in all of the “areas”.
The Presentations/Lectures, Seminars & workshops feature follow-up & support counseling/coaching/counselling.
| Various Skills - sample: Tools or Skill sets (more detail below).
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| If you always do, what you've always done; You'll always get what you've always got. How is what you're doing working for you? If it's NOT working for you - CHANGE SOMETHING - help is available here - Call or Write today to schedule a Seminar/Presentation or Workshop |
About Skills and Tool Sets (Detail).
COMMUNICATION - Talking & Listening Skills:
SELF (Inner, Self-directed) promotes and develops "emotional literacy")
Interpersonal Skills ("other directed")
BEING ASSERTIVE (ASSERTIVENESS) (Inner - Self-directed – Balanced, Self-determined)
COMMUNICATION - Talking & Listening Skills:
- Oral/verbal Skills (including giving & receiving feedback)
- Self-Disclosure - revealing things about yourself (e.g. "private face" - "public face")
- Approach "problems" with more confidence
SELF (Inner, Self-directed) promotes and develops "emotional literacy")
- Values, beliefs, attitudes, interests, skills, temperaments, traits, needs, preferences etc, which describe self.
- Perceptions of self that others have of us - with self perceptions to identify similarities and differences.
- Identify and list instances where own behaviours were not in accord with planned/intended behaviours.
- Describe behaviours (the things done to show feelings/emotions that seem to describe yourself and which are a
result of your own self concept/self-image. - Health Education: from eating healthy, to sex education
- Peer Pressure & Victims
Interpersonal Skills ("other directed")
- Developing an awareness of others, Stress Management (including Leisure), and raising Self-Worth (self-esteem),
and other social skills. - Fitting-in, building a relationship, marriage or family.
- World/Cultural: cultures, poverty, education, unemployment/employment, environmental and political issues of
the world.
- Music & Arts, Sports, food, religions, languages, national dress, wonders of the world, animals, crime, health and
urbanization. - Equality: understanding sexism, racism and other forms of oppression
- Using in-class situations as learning models and situations, we help to instil improved interpersonal skills through
analysis, discussion and practising the concepts learned in the various workshops/seminars).
BEING ASSERTIVE (ASSERTIVENESS) (Inner - Self-directed – Balanced, Self-determined)
- Identify emotions, especially negative ones such as anger, fear, depression, lack of confidence and anxiety.
- Accept emotions as natural.
- Accept that conflict is sometimes necessary and that it can result in positive outcomes.
- Consider feelings of others and adjust style and goal of interaction accordingly.
- Anticipate/determine possible objection of others and design approach accordingly.
- Take a stand based on your position.
- Describe your position on an issue - what you feel, believe, want.
- Control emotions during conflict (anger control/management).
- Use skills of "fighting fairly": admit feelings; ask/let another person describe his/her feelings; paraphrase; examine
assumptions; reach mutual resolution. - Building Self-Confidence & Self-Worth (self-esteem), etc
| Articles & Brochures: The Articles and Handouts employed in the workshops, seminars and presentations have been adapted for use outside those setting - and are available for purchase. See Abbey Publications. Dawn Cove Abbey Empowerment Outreach is a registered business in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Head-quartered in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia NS Canada, the Workshops/Seminars are available anywhere For further information or inquiries about a seminar or workshop in your area for your group, organization - write or call - PHONE: (902) 740-6237 See Contact-Fees-Info or EMAIL: outreach@dawncoveabbey.org or me directly at fr_klaas@yahoo.ca |
| Distance Counseling/Coaching/Counselling - anywhere - anytime In-person Counselling By Appointment Only: Counselling by email and/or telephone anytime (Contact-Fees-Info) Empowerment Seminars, Workshops and Lectures anywhere (Including all regions of Nova Scotia: HRM, Digby, the Valley & South Shore, Amherst - Truro - Cape Breton). |
| Dawn Cove Abbey Outreach Healing Circle Seminars, Retreats, Workshops and Presentations A Unique Approach They are presented on an "invitation" basis - we travel to where we are invited (available for small groups - see below). |
Dawn Cove Abbey Empowerment Outreach - New Beginning - - Online
| Inner Child, Stress & Anger Management Workshops, Seminars & Retreats - Joy In The Journey |
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- For people who have problems managing anger and aggression
- and for those who live with someone like that.
- This workshop will help you develop an understanding of
what causes anger and aggression; it will help you acquire
skills for coping, and to help reduce the frequency and
intensity of anger and aggression - learning to make new
choices.
- You will be actively involved
- Lively question/answer and debate sessions