From Horse Whisperers to Wellness: Noticing a Change Toward Wellness Using

Hi Folks,

The Visual Wellness Plan will be a single session Webinar on February 1, 2012. During the webinar I will review the VWP Manual, expanding on the text and diagrams; adding little bells and whistles here and there. For example, one of the first diagrams in the manual is...

Showing how we can start the process of helping people identify Who (and what) they want to move toward in life. The manual then marches through many more diagrams, culminating in the VWP. Along the way we cover all of Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT), get into a mindful state without talking about mindfulness and move toward what the Horse Whisperers call "The Feel" for noticing and responding to a change toward wellness.

Over the next few blog posts I will highlight some sections of the manual.

The price of the webinar is $35.00, which includes a free copy of the Visual Wellness Plan manual. If you can't attend the webinar, I will be recording it and you can buy the recording for the same price.

You can also buy the manual for $9.99. Both are available by Clicking Here.

The Visual Wellness Plan using ACT - the Matrix

Hi folks,

I've turned ACT - the Matrix into a Visual Wellness Plan (VWP) and written a step-by-step manual. I kept it short (27 pages) so it's easy to download and print. The Visual Wellness Plan goes a bit beyond the usual treatment planning of the Matrix and expands it into noticing Toward and Away behaviors for wellness. It's aimed at Primary Care and other health settings, and it's very nice for collaborating with people struggling with weight, diabetes, chronic pain and such. The plan includes many pictures of the electronic whiteboards that I use in this blog that look like this:

Therefore, the manual is much like my presentations. The VWP is generally written from the point of view of someone collaborating with another person to create a wellness plan. However, it can easily be adapted for self help.

The basic sequence of

1. Who's important to you?
2. What are the internal barriers to moving toward who's important to you?
3. What behaviors do you use to get rid of or manage the internal barriers? and
4. What behaviors could you do to move toward who's important to you?

form the foundation for the Visual Wellness Plan. The VWP manual shows how I expand on each of those themes to help people create their VWPs.

I will be doing a Webinar on the VWP on February 1, 2012 at 5pm EST USA. During the webinar I will talk through the manual.

Be well,

Kevin

P.S. The manual is an ebook and available for $9.99, just Click Here.