Teaching men to talk

I have found many women are dissatisfied with the quality of the conversations that they have with the men in their lives.
I wrote a book Train Your Man to Talk and have been pleasantly surprised that several women have purchased it and found it useful.
With the feedback that I received, I have revised and added more to the book.
By publishing it as an e-book I can sell it for less than $10
There are no shipping charges and you can start reading it immediately instead of waiting for it to arrive in the mail.
That way you can have that much less of the loneliness and frustration that you feel when your man just remains silent when you desire him to talk.

My journey up to 100 kg and back

I enjoy doing life coaching however I was not being as effective as I wanted in coaching clients who wanted to lose weight.
I decided to get my own weight up to 100 kg so I could share from my own experience.
I learned so much, and am now able to effectively talk with almost anybody about the topic.
What really shocked me is that the way I grew my fat belly was so similar to the way many people attempt to lose weight.
Doing plenty of exercise, having only two or three meals each day, feeling hungry nearly all the time and often eating fattening foods instead of healthy food.
Simple tasks like putting my socks on, tying my shoelaces and riding my bicycle were so much more difficult with my belly in the way.
I was breathing heavily doing tasks that would normally require little exertion.
I could feel the stress on my knees, ankles, wrists and hips and was concerned about getting serious injuries if I tripped or fell.
My blood pressure had become high.
At 100 kg my body mass index (BMI) was greater than 30 which most people classify as obese. I felt fatter knowing that.
Returning to normal I was so glad to again enjoy just foods that make my body feel good and to not feel hungry nearly all the time.
In less than 3 weeks I was down to 92 kg.
I was getting impatient to lose weight and at 89 kg I noticed that my body was taking a long time to recover from intense exercise and injuries as I was not eating enough to recover quickly.
I decided that losing weight is not worth having as a goal.
I replaced it with the goals of gaining health and eating more healthy food.
I was amazed that a short time after focusing on these new goals I noticed a further decrease in my waist measurement.

How to achieve a lower percentage body fat

I did not write a book about this topic.
As I did my research I discovered that it would probably not be worthwhile for me to do so.
I found that most people who have a lower percentage body fat as one of their goals also have conflicting goals.
Can you imagine the internal turmoil of having that conflict?
I also noticed that much of the information about how to reduce your body fat percentage is wrong and a lot of the remainder is misapplied.
I have tried some of it myself and regularly measured a trend in the opposite direction as I applied it.
It was an interesting experience for me though I did miss the pleasure of seeing some definition in my abs.
So much so that I am again having a lower percentage body fat as one of my goals.
All the methods that I use for measuring my body fat percentage are again showing a consistent trend to a lower percentage.
Then I began to think about how I could use my skills and ability to be of assistance to those who genuinely are interested in having a lower percentage body fat.
Sales and marketing are not my greatest strengths and my target market is besieged by many powerful marketers.
Many have purchased products that have not worked for them.
I know what I offer is customized to the unique needs of each individual client and it does work.

How to get your man to talk

Each time I hear a woman complain that her man does not talk, I want to do something about it. So many women say they do not know what to do about the problem many think they have tried everything they can think of.

I have written a book "How to get your man to talk" for women to use as a resource in dealing with the lack of quality conversation with their partners.

I am thinking of also writing a book for men who complain that their woman talks too much, however it is actually not about making the woman talk less.

I encourage people to be responsible rather than blaming their partner or themselves for any lack of quality in their relationship.

Success Coaching

I returned to Australia, desiring to return to the United States as soon as possible.
I was able to earn some money doing the same type of work that I did before. However I was very dissatisfied. I really want to work with people instead of working on electronic repairs and installation my own.

I assisted on some of the Success and You seminars and then trained to be a success coach. Having been trained in counselling, I already had many of the necessary skills for coaching. I still needed to learn to promote my services.

I very much enjoy coaching and have received much positive feedback from people who have received coaching from me.

I assisted on the communication course at Landmark Education, and as usually happens from assisting I got a breakthrough in personal effectiveness. I received benefits in communication, enrollment and self confidence and have done several more coaching sessions with clients.

I am continuing to train and develop myself to provide an even higher standard of coaching for my clients.

What is freedom?

"I can be free to do whatever I want at any time" may be a valid answer if it were not for the fact that other people exist.
As our actions impact on other people, a way of managing that impact may give us more freedom than an unstructured society would allow.
Rules (laws) can be part of the structure.
There are many people in this world and there is a large probability that at least some people may conflict with any rule that is created.
Looking at history, societies have failed when they have attempted to live without rules. Some societies have many unjust and repressive laws.
I am learning a lot about the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence. Both of these documents were originally designed to limit government so as to ensure that the people are free from repressive and unjust laws.
I am currently enjoying my experience of living on a farm in Lindsay, California USA until August 20, 2007.
I do feel shocked to discover that the state of California has so many laws and restrictions on what we can do on the farm. It is not at all surprising to me that so many people will simply disobey most environmental laws.
Many of these laws are designed by people who live in the cities. They have possibly been made without considering the needs of the people who live in the country.
It seems to me that we value controlling others more than we value our freedom. We are allowing ourselves to be more and more controlled. We are even signing away our sovereignty, binding ourselves to foreign law-making bodies without any firm guarantee that we can retain our freedom.
I care about people and I also care about our environment. I do not want to be unnecessarily suppressed, controlled and restricted. I prefer to be free.
There may be some very good reasons for refusing to sign international treaties such as the Kyoto protocol agreement.
I believe that we need to be educating the people in this world rather than making laws to control them.

Helpful hints

I started digging a post hole just after sunrise. I was looking forward to having the trellis built to grow some grape vines. I did not realize that the water pipe was under where I was digging. Water began to gush out of the hole that I had dug.
I immediately turned the water off at the meter and dug the hole around the pipe I had damaged. As I dug, I thought about installing a tap where the water pipe was broken. I went to the store to buy fittings to repair the pipe. They did not stock fittings big enough for the pipe, and directed me to the agricultural supplies store.
As I selected the necessary parts, a customer in the store recommended different parts to make the repair much easier. I am so glad that he did, as the ground was hard, and he saved me from spending a lot of time digging a bigger hole.
He had repaired broken pipes before and knew about how to do it easily, and had taken the time to tell me.
I am now thinking about how I could assist people in their lives, just as the customer at the store did for me.