{re} Treat Yourself: The Lifestyle Redesign Getaway for Working Mothers (April 13-14)

Posted on March 3, 2012 by admin

Are you a busy mom feeling frazzled, overwhelmed and lost in the process of juggling career, family and home? Do you laugh at the thought of “me” time? Do you live for the weekends so that you just breathe? If so this retreat is especially for you…

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Moms who juggle a career and home are almost always frazzled, pressed for time and constantly searching for that elusive “work-life balance.” We can easily lose ourselves in the process. While that perfect balance may be as likely as finding Big Foot, there are certainly some refreshing techniques and helpful hacks that can ease that overwhelming feeling and allow you to enjoy your days, your work and your family. 

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We’ll be sharing those refreshing techniques at {re}Treat Yourself: working moms edition, a 2-day lifestyle getaway at a luxuriously relaxing AAA Four Diamond resort, treating you to life design sessions on:

  • time management
  • fitness, relaxation, and self-care
  • personal style
  • easy entertaining
  • cooking and meal planning
  • home and office organization
  • parenting
  • relationships
  • workplace techniques

A carefully selected team of talented professionals will walk through each aspect of the life of a working mom and leave you armed with thoughtful and practical solutions. We’ll also have downtime to rejuvenate our minds and bodies with some pampering and to complete at least ONE of those nagging projects that you never seem to have time for.

Give yourself the gift of 48 hours to focus on you. Your family will thank you. Your work will thank you. You will thank you.

{re}Treat Yourself!

All-inclusive retreat package includes 1-night deluxe guest room accommodations, sanity-saving sessions, lunch on Friday and Saturday, Breakfast on Saturday, wine soiree, 15% discount on services at Spa Minerale on Friday, and gift bag.

Location: Lansdowne is a AAA Four Diamond Resort, on the bluffs of the Potomac River, where stylish guest rooms meld with country manor comfort. It’s got spa serenity and pulse-quickening play on world-class golf courses. Intimate dining and endless local attractions. The resort is 30 miles from Washington, DC and minutes from Dulles International Airport.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN     Spaces are limited.

For more information Contact: Stacey Ferguson stacey@justicefergie.com

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Navigating the Heroine’s Journey-Listen Now to this On Air Discussion

Posted on March 1, 2012 by admin

If you missed my discussion with host Dennis Tardan and Alianna Maren, author of Unveiling: The Inner Journey on the role of the Heroine’s Quest in women’s lives today click HERE to Listen.

Dennis Tardan Producer/Host of “Conversations with Dennis Tardan”

Are you on the Heroine’s Quest? Listen to this discussion on the feminine path and key archetypes and learn how to leverage your most powerful aspects as you navigate the heroine’s journey to self actualization!

Me & Alianna at a Vision Quest Retreats Event

What is a Heroine’s Quest? -By Alianna J. Maren, Ph.D.

Dorothy, when she went to the Land of Oz, was on a Heroine’s Quest. So was Lyra in The Golden Compass. So was Sarah in the movie Labyrinth. We enter into a Heroine’s Quest when we leave the safety and comfort of our mother’s home, and our father’s protection, and venture forth on our own.

We can begin a Heroine’s Quest at any time in our life. Taking on a challenging graduate degree program is a form of Questing. So would be joining any branch of the Armed Services, or even joining the Peace Corps. While these typify the Heroic Quests of the young woman, we also can start new Quests as mature adults. If we leave the safety of an established job to start our own business, we are Questing. Even if we begin a new venture within our existing company – if we introduce a new program or launch a new marketing campaign of our own design, we have some sort of Quest happening.

Unveiling: The inner journey

Questing is when we leave the known and safe confines of what has defined our lives up until now. This is how we go from being a “Princess” to being both “King” and “Queen” in our own lives. And as shown in the recent book, Unveiling: The Inner Journey by Alay’nya (the nom de plume for Alianna Maren), we need both the “King” or “Emperor” aspect (building structures, having well-defined plans and objectives) and the “Queen” or “Empress” aspect (nurturing and care-taking) as healthy adults.

When we begin Questing, we don psychological armor and venture forth. We access our inner Warrior mode. This is an important and validating stage. However, it is also a transition stage. As we progress, we need to learn to relinquish the ego-validation of Questing and the thrill of being a Warrior, and move on to the more established and grounded roles that come with governing and nurturing our new kingdom.

Many Paths, Many Feet: An anthology of women’s stories

Dr. Cutts, in her short story Book I of The Adventures of Princess Isabelle: The embryo goddess and the morho, in Many Paths, Many Feet, uses Princess Isabelle as a figurative character depicting her own Quest initiation.

If you are a woman pursuing your Vision on the Heroine’s Quest join our tribe at the Vision Quest Retreats face book page

If you are a Woman Business Owner come play with us every Wed. at Women Owned Business Wednesdays; a 24 Hr Happy Hour where you meet cool people and win cool stuff!

Much continued success and well being in 2012!!!

Nicole

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Bring Your Body to Work Day Part 2: Office Yoga Techniques

Posted on February 28, 2012 by admin

Being embodied at work can lead to greater success? Being more aware of and able to control your body increases emotional intelligence, your ability to manage stress and leads to greater well being. Watch this video to learn 3 simple office yoga techniques to help reduce stress, increase concentration and invigorate you during any work day.

Please join us on the Vision Quest Retreats Facebook page Feb 29 from 8-9 PM EST for the next Powerful Women ONLINE Networking Event where we will discuss the benefits of being embodied at work.

If you are a woman pursuing your Vision on the Heroine’s Quest join our tribe at the Vision Quest Retreats face book page

If you are a Woman Business Owner come play with us every Wed. at Women Owned Business Wednesdays; a 24 Hr Happy Hour where you meet cool people and win cool stuff!

Much continued success and well being,

Nicole

P.S. To learn more about somatic success coaching techniques click Success Coaching or drop me a line at Dr.Cutts@VisionQuestRetreats.com to set up a FREE 30 min consultation.

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Is Prescription Drug Abuse an Epidemic?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by admin

I had a great discussion with MC Lyte, Loni Love and Angelique Perrin, the hostesses of Cafe Mocha radio this week. Tune in to Cafe Mocha this weekend to learn more about…The Problem-Prescription Drug Use/Abuse. Why are we seeing this problem? Are doctors to blame or do we all play a part? What can you do? To protect yourself? To protect your children? To get help for you or your loved ones?

How to listen:

Click http://www.CafeMochaRadio.com.  The times and days are listed on the right hand side. If you click on the link, it will take you to an affiliate station where you can listen live. Cafe Mocha is heard in DC and on the web on http://www.WHURWorld.com Sundays 6p-8p est.

You also have 3 chances to catch the show on Sirius/XM 141. Saturday 1p-3p, Tues & Thurs 10am-12pm.

P.S. The segment in which I’m featured airs in the second hour.

NOTE: If you or someone you love has questions or feels they may have a problem with presrciption drugs visit http://www.na.org/

…oh and feel free to leave your comments on the issue on this page

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It’s “Bring Your Body to Work Day” (everyday)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin

How does being embodied at work lead to greater success? What is the connection between success, emotional intelligence and being more aware of your body? Watch this video to learn more…

Please join us on the Vision Quest Retreats Facebook page  Feb 29 from 8-9 PM EST for the next Powerful Women ONLINE Networking Event where we will discuss the benefits of being embodied at work.

If you are a woman pursuing your Vision on the Heroine’s Quest join our tribe at the Vision Quest Retreats face book page

If you are a Woman Business Owner come play with us every Wed. at Women Owned Business Wednesdays; a 24 Hr Happy Hour where you meet cool people and win cool stuff!

Much continued success and well being in 2012!!!

Nicole

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You Deserve a Break (Through) This Year!

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

Please enjoy this video as you prepare for your breakthrough…

I hope you can join us for the discussion tonight from 8-9 on Vision Quest Retreats Facebook Wall because the first 25 participants will be entered to win 2 Tickets to see the DC Rollergirls this Saturday in DC!!

Success Coaching and Power Networking Event January 25 8-9 PM EST

Discussion Questions

1) What big thing(s) are you planning on doing in 2012?

2) What sort of things hold you back from accomplishing your goals i.e. procrastination, fear, bad habits, negative thinking?

3) What are some ways you have broken through the above blocks in the past? Share your experience of what has worked for you and others.

At Vision Quest Retreats we specialize in therapy and success coaching aimed at women who want to live extraordinary lives.

 

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Dare to be Different!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

What did you want to be when you were a little girl?

When helping my Success Coaching  clients uncover their Vision of Success (the work that they are most passionate about and desire to perform in the word) I sometimes ask them “What did you want to be when you were little?” This can often reveal clues that point to what they are truly passionate about. Sometimes these dreams are long buried, covered over by time, life experience and well meaning others who may have talked them out of what they truly wanted and who they truly are. I call being your authentic self and living your passion “living from the inside out”  versus “living from the outside in” which is what you do when you conform to expectations, desires and dreams of others.

from “The Different Drummer” 1983-1984 Stone Ridge Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

When I was a little girl if you asked me what I wanted to be my answer was often something like this…”an artist, tennis player, doctor” even then I wanted to do it all. While not a professional tennis player I have accomplished 2/3 of these goals.

There are also clues as to our true personalities in the ways we acted and felt as children. Kids are often honest and unafraid. Isn’t that we are all striving to be? Well the other day I received a gift from my past from an old friend. She came across a poem published in our school’s literary magazine that I had written in 1983 when I was 13 yrs old and it seems I was on this Vision Quest thing from an early age; urging others to live an authentic and adventurous life. I entitled the poem “Dare” I’ve included it below because it’s a good reminder for me about who I am at my core and because I hope it urges you to not only Dare to be different but to remember who you were and are meant to be. Oh by the way, please excuse my misspellings! (did we not have an editor?)

If you are a woman pursuing your Vision on the Heroine’s Quest join our tribe at the Vision Quest Retreats face book page

If you are a Woman Business Owner come play with us every Wed. at Women Owned Business Wednesdays; a 24 Hr Happy Hour where you meet cool people and win cool stuff!

Much Continued Success & Well Being XXOO,

Nicole

Nicole Cutts, Ph.D., CEO Cutts Consulting, LLC & Founder Vision Quest Retreats

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How Your Relationship with Money Impacts Achieving Your Vision of Success.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by admin


How Does YOUR Relationship with Money Impact Achieving Your Vision of Success?

Many believe that a lack of money can hinder you from manifesting your goals but can being financially successful also hinder you from living your true purpose? Consider the difficulty in leaving a job in which you make a lot of money to pursue a vision which may not “make you rich.”

Your relationship to money, your beliefs about prosperity and abundance, and how these things intersect with your Vision of Success is one of the many internal dynamics that you must sort out in the course of living your vision. By “sort out” I mean increase your awareness of then shed any beliefs that are limiting.

Like any relationship, your relationship with money can exhibit varying degrees of health through your behavior.

For example, how can you manifest a dream that entails having great wealth if deep down you see wanting/having money as somehow negative i.e. evil or dirty?

Likewise an ego-driven focus solely on making money may lead you astray from your authentic self and true purpose.  Greed may help you to ignore your core values such as compassion and altruism.

Journal Exercise: What are my beliefs and attitudes about money?   To explore how beliefs about money may be impacting how you are living (or not living) your Vision of Success write your answers to the following questions?

1) How important is making money to you and why?

2) What messages were you told by your parents/family about having money? (Was money valued, vilified, shunned or chased after and put above all else?)

3) Growing up, compared to those around you in your community, were you considered poor, average, or rich?

4) How has your childhood economic standing shaped your attitudes and earning or spending habits today? (Perhaps you are afraid to have money so you spend extravagantly and stay in debt. Or maybe you are afraid to ever go without so you consume and hoard money/things.)

5) Now ask yourself, how any of the above may be affecting your ability to achieve your vision of success? (Are your fears or paradigms around money creating self-limiting beliefs that may be keeping you and your vision small? Is a drive to be “rich” or comfortable keeping you in a well paying job that you hate because you aren’t living your true purpose?)

6) What beliefs do you wish to shed or change? (Listen to your intuition)

Next Step: The next step is to rid yourself of any self-limiting beliefs so you can exhibit your true personality and manifest your greatness.

Easier said than done? Yes but remember the vision quest is a journey.

Please Join Vision Quest Retreats on Facebook Wed. Jan. 18 from 7:30-8:30 PM EST to Join the discussion at our next Powerful Women ONLINE Networking Event

A few resources you may find helpful as you explor how your attitudes about money relate to how you are living your vision are:

Success Coaching with Dr. Nicole Cutts of Vision Quest Retreats

My girl Suze Ormon’s.

The Courage to be Rich: Creating a Life of Material and Spiritual Abundance 

Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny

The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying

and by Olivia Mellan Money Harmony: Resolving money conflicts in your life and relationships

If you are a woman pursuing your Vision on the Heroine’s Quest join our tribe at the Vision Quest Retreats face book page

If you are a Woman Business Owner come play with us every Wed. at Women Owned Business Wednesdays; a 24 Hr Happy Hour where you meet cool people and win cool stuff!

Much Continued Success & Well Being XXOO,

Nicole

Nicole Cutts, Ph.D., CEO Cutts Consulting, LLC & Founder Vision Quest Retreats

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Following Your Bliss

Posted on January 9, 2012 by admin

A little vlog post I made based on a dream…

Watercolor of Dream Butterfly Reptile (Cutts, 2001)

If you are a woman pursuing your Vision on the Heroine’s Quest join our tribe at the Vision Quest Retreats face book page

If you are a Woman Business Owner come play with us every Wed. at Women Owned Business Wednesdays; a 24 Hr Happy Hour where you meet cool people and win cool stuff!

Much continued success and well being in 2012!!!

Nicole

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Vision Quest Retreats Highlights 2011-Happy New Year!!!

Posted on January 2, 2012 by admin

A little video update of 2011 highlights I did while in Key Largo over New Year’s week.

P.S.

For pics of the the Key Largo trip click Vision Quest Retreats Key Largo Album

Much continued success and well being in 2012!!!

Nicole

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If you are a woman pursuing your Vision on the Heroine’s Quest join our tribe at the Vision Quest Retreats face book page

If you are a Woman Business Owner come play with us every Wed. at Women Owned Business Wednesdays; a 24 Hr Happy Hour where you meet cool people and win cool stuff!

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