A resource for parents/guardians, educators, children/youth, students, children’s advocates, community leaders, couples, family facilitators and/or any individuals wanting to explore better ways of communicating and thriving in human relationships.
A Life in Pieces (ALIP), its vision and process, succeeds in improving relationships for many reasons. Testimonials such as, “WOW! The energy is phenomenal! And providing tools to assist adults to create the best world is incredible. Thanks for reaffirming the joy of being with children and the wonder and excitement they bring to our lives,” are experienced due to ALIP’s recognition and belief in innate goodness, acknowledging that moral excellence is pieced together from the first sign of life. Children, beginning life curious and loving, are ready and wanting to establish humane relationships. Paying attention to inner strengths, such as empathy and fairness, then intensifying and engaging these through the examination of their true meaning, creates relationships that imbue understanding and calm.
ALIP explores, through visual demonstrations, truths about the human brain, a critical component especially in sessions addressing feelings, emotions and behavior, as the brain is all of these combined – the brain IS behavior. And, more than any other organ in the body, it is shaped by experience and environment. When regarding emotions, feelings and behavior, especially in children and youth, the environment is decisive.
The ALIP vision, assuring safe and loving environments, generates and maintains positive choices and good behavior in children/youth and adults. ALIP is explored and solidified through workshops that utilize the ALIP versatile puzzle tool, on which words of goodwill like kind and fair, are inscribed and come to life through created masterpieces of song, art and poetry. The life puzzle, combined with a program manual, ensure the continual use of these great character descriptions by members of families, staff and students of schools, and/or leaders of communities and work places.
The results from attendees – “I feel so much better. This is just what I needed. Loved the puzzle activity! Awesome message – I am so thankful I heard you!“ ALIP proves to decrease stress with the realization that necessary life skills like co-operation and respect, do not have to be trained; they already exist in heart and mind.
ALIP is a program that offers a complete change in attitudes and behavior, extending to one’s personal and professional connections. From one grateful workshop participant: ”As soon as you started, I saw my life as a child growing up, I saw my own children and also the children I work with everyday. It helped in every way possible, both at work and at home. You answered many of the questions I had regarding negative to positive ways of life. Your information is excellent. Thank you.”
If peace in a diverse world is to exist for all of humanity, then we must embrace a universal process that will make a global population happy and successful. ALIP invites all to experience this very approach to peace and reap its rewards.
contact: lanabuoy@telus.net (780) 242-7076
