Theyear is ending in just around the corner. It is already the month for us toanticipate the upcoming year and welcome it with arms wide open. The time forus to reflect and reminisce the good and bad things that had happened and usethem as a weapon for another year approaching. In the spirit of apprehendingthe new year, here are some useful tips to assist you to create another magicalyear; Visualize, the new year that is about to begin and you must have agameplan on how you should seize it. Breathe and focus then take a step back tosee the bigger picture and plan on your steps. Ask yourself, be curious on howwould you face everything. How will you end this year? How would you begin thenext? What are the things that’ll bring glimmer to the days to come? How wouldyou face the darkest moments? What matters and what doesn’t? Set objectives,prioritize what you want. Choose the things that matter and think about whichor who will help you have a better year. Be bold and think about what you wantto do, experience, and have in each area of your life. Motivate yourself andjoin workshops. MOTIVATE Shanghai will uplift you and make you become the bestversion of yourself this 2019!

What is truly important for me at my job? When would I be able to say that I feel truly satisfied with what I do? Am I using my innate gifts and talents at my current job? If I did, what would be the right career and right position for me? What would I need to overcome to get there?

These are some of the questions which will be addressed during our Improve Your Job Satisfaction by Maximizing Your Potential workshop!

As creator of Find Your Joy Factor and Live Your Ideal Life courses, and author of the Beyond the Fairytale book series, Ivana helps creative, independent professionals identify their True Calling and discover their unique power and potential in life, relationships, and business. She has also published articles and videos on these topics and is a popular speaker at conferences. When she’s not coaching, working on projects, or finding new ways to live her true calling, you’ll find Ivana spending time with her husband, and doing what she loves: writing, reading, traveling, and working on projects that inspire her. Shanghai became her home in July 2018.

Sometimes it seems to take great effort on our part to create a shift. Other times it is almost as simple as flipping a switch. In this talk, Andy will share some of his 18 years of training experience as to what works in bringing about behaviour change. Everyone will also learn the key steps of how to break a piece of wood with their bare hands… Waa Paa!!!

Andy Clark is Training & Development Director at ClarkMorgan Corporate Training. He has authored the book “The World Is Yours” designed to build the critical skills staff need to be successful in international business. As a lecturer at Jiaotong (Shanghai), Tsinghua and for the University of Western Sydney and working as an IELTS examiner he has built a solid understanding of the training challenges. He has worked both for TAFE Australia and the British Council to run teacher training programs for university lecturers and middle school teachers. A qualified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) ‘Master Trainer’, Andy has been training Fortune 500 companies in China for the past 18 years. In 2008 Clark was awarded ‘Most Outstanding New Trainer’ by the Hong Kong Management Association. Having lived and built offices in six of China’s largest cities he has gained extensive experience of what it takes to be successful.

This session asks the question “As an advanced society, are we valuing the right things as success symbols?”, with the aim of illustrating why wellness is critical to success. We explore the idea of reducing toxins both in the products we use and in our states of minds.

Firstly, participants are expected to complete a mini checklist of how conscious they are of the many things that deplete their energy in their daily lives. Examples and stats are given to illustrate how many advancements in today’s society are subconsciously negatively affecting our state of mind. Then, a parallel is drawn between developed and underdeveloped communities to compare and contrast the differences between incomes but similarities in negative health outcomes. Next, we look at how the head, heart, and gut work together to support healthy emotional and mental states and how this is being negative affected by today’s fast paced modern society. The emphasis is on “modern” and “advanced” and how these developments are ironically working to suppress healthy states. Finally, practical tools are provided to help reset and bring the body back to balance to promote sustainable wellness and support ongoing success. The workshop concludes by giving a practical approach to maintaining wellness in our daily lives.

Melissa Ngui is a brand strategist and social entrepreneur with 14 years brand management and product development experience having managed international brands such as L’Oreal, Maybelline, Garnier. Her passion for using business to solve social issues has allowed her to work on projects in USA, LATAM, India, Kenya and China. In 2015, she left corporate life to pursue projects that empower marginalized groups through financial and mobile connectivity. She then founded a boutique consulting company providing brand strategy to social enterprises and coaching professional women to set up and run purposeful businesses. Most recently, she has partnered with Doterra as a wellness advocate because she has an avid interest in natural medicine and holistic health after visiting many poverty stricken communities that suffer from disease. Melissa holds an MBA (with a focus on Social Entrepreneurship) from Hult International School of Business and is currently pursuing a Diploma in Aromatherapy and Natural Medicine. She hopes to use her professional experience to empower women to use business to improve their circumstances, and to find natural solutions to support their health. She enjoys learning about different business models, spearheading on-the-ground pilot projects, travelling to remote places, and DIY projects.

INVESTMENT

Early bird: 150 RMB / workshop (includes dinner and drinks if booked by
11am the Sunday before)
After Sunday 11am: 150RMB, drinks only
Advance reservation is compulsory through Yoopay
Tickets may not be available at the door

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October workshops | Grounded like a tree

I think that Shanghai is the loveliest and most fun city in the world. At the same time, life can be overwhelming here: the large crowds, heavy traffic, excessive noise, strong odors, lights in the night, extreme weather, being so far away from home and the demands of daily life are not always easy to cope with… 

As a highly sensitive person, I was struggling in Shanghai with the intense environmental stimuli and I did not know how to find peace enough to calm my anxiety in the middle of such a crazy, populated city…

Luckily realising that I’m a high sensitive person and some grounding techniques helped me to find the harmony I needed to enjoy such a wonderful city:

• Feeling connected to the earth with every step I take. This allows me to take distance from my thoughts and focus on the present moment. Since I started this practice, I’ve noticed that my spine is straighter and that I walk with more confidence.
  
  
• Journaling: Evernote is a safe space where I can write the crazy thoughts going on my mind, whatever I feel and think in that moment knowing that I’m not going to be judged.

• Attending MOTIVATE Shanghai workshops: They are the highlight of my week, where I feel 100% alive and get the encouragement and motivation I need for the rest of my week!

WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN’T A GOOD STRATEGY  

Mila Dorosh, Executive coach & Business trainer
Tuesday, Oct 9th, 7pm-9pm

A good strategy will determine success of your enterprise, no matter whether it is high-tech company or NGO. I see a lot of business owners struggling to form a strategy but nevertheless running their businesses and investing money and time without reaching the results they were hoping. Even big multinational companies often confuse terms strategy, vision, mission and business goals. During this workshop we will gaze into what a business strategy actually looks like and what is the difference between good strategy and bad strategy. We will check examples of successful strategies and see different types of bad strategies and how they affect the companies that implement them. We will discover types of power that a good strategy will bring into your business, what are major obstacles for people developing their strategies and how can you start working on a successful strategy of your own.

Mila is ICF-certified (ACC) and WABC-certified coach, specializing in individual and team coaching for team leaders and high potential performers. Mila is not however just a dedicated coach professional, she has been using coaching in real life throughout her career to open the minds of her team members and build efficient and effective businesses. Mila has also been a guest speaker for American, British and European Chambers of Commerce and Tongji University School of Economics and Management and is currently serving on leadership teams of The Shanghai Coaching Circle and Motivate Shanghai community organizations. Mila has conducted trainings and coaching sessions for companies like Accenture, Air Liquide, Bayer, Daimler, Nike and Volkswagen to name a few. 

WOMEN’S HOLISTIC PSYCHOLOGY ®  

Karina Blancarte, Holistic Psychologist M.A.

 Tuesday, October 16th / 7pm-9pm

According to The Mayo Clinic, Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is a severe, sometimes disabling extension of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Although regular PMS and PMDD both have physical and emotional symptoms, PMDD causes extreme mood shifts that can disrupt your work and damage your relationships.

PMDD is considered a mental disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disease (DSM-5), however, the causes of PMS and PMDD have not been found.

As a matter of fact, Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a medical condition that affects some women of childbearing age. More than one in three women suffer from PMS. One in 20 suffer so severely that their lives are seriously affected. 

The lack of understanding and information about what women’s cycle is, is affecting thousands of women causing frustration, discrimination and self-judgment creating an inner and outer lack of balance that most of the times ends up in severe depression affecting women physically, emotionally and mentally.

With the speed we live on a daily basis there’s been acceleration on the levels of depression and anxiety and other mood disorders. Many of them have turned to medication for relief. The use of anti-depressants has increased nearly 400% since 1990. 

The talk is designed to cover: A shift in the perception of what women’s cycle is. Understanding the energetic (Energy Psychology) point of view of women’s cycle providing information about the advantages of it, breaking with stigmatized patterns as well as hints to use it as a tool for a balanced and mindful lifestyle. 

Karina has completed her M.A. in Holistic Psychology and is currently a Ph.D. candidate from The International University of Professional Studies. She is the owner of The Holistic Center, which provides psychotherapy, Reiki Treatments and Yoga Classes. Her extensive yoga, meditation, and scientific research have taken her to the Amazonian jungle to test and explore the ancient traditions, environmental healing medicine’s impact and to The Himalayas to learn the ancient yoga practices reviving wisdom of yogis. She has delved into science to decode the power of inner energy and mastered personal and social transformation, successfully taking people from suffering to loving, appreciating and unleashing their potential in life. 

EASILY GIVE A GREAT SPEECH ABOUT ANYTHING

Mark Skinner, Public Speaking Coach

Tuesday, October 23rd / 7pm-9pm