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Successful Relating
Fulfillment Through Connection and Community
Alice G. Vlietstra, Ph.D. Editor

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October 2006

In this issue:
1. Welcome
2. Facing the Challenge
3. Lifetree Solutions
4. Playing to Win
5. Announcements

1. Welcome
Wow. Who would have guessed it? a few weeks ago, our home team, the St. Louis Cardinals, were the regular season stumblebums. Now they are in the World Series moving into victory!

St. Louis definitely has a winning spirit and a capacity to pull together many resources to rise to a challenge. It is more than baseball, it is also about winning in the game of life. Everywhere I go, I find people consciously aware of the need to make changes to create a better world.

My contribution to the game of life is my new website, www. lifetreesolutions.com.

This website pulls together concepts and tools from a number sources to help individuals and families play a winning game in times of rapid change and shift.

2. Facing the Challenge
Today, we are experiencing a major shift in our consciousness. The challenge of planetary survival has given rise to an emerging movement of discerning, skillful, and soulful people who are working to raise consciousness about the environment, challenge outmoded thinking, and mobilize the unifying force of love.

Coming from a background in human development, I have been most curious about this shift. Over the last five years, I have been on an exhaustive quest for the concepts and tools needed to help individuals and families to successfully navigate change.

This has led to my training in positive psychology, relationship coaching, conscious evolution, mind-body techniques, and new strategies in business. Finally, the information has come together so as to provide services that can help individuals, families, and family businesses.

The result is Lifetree Solutions.

3. Lifetree Solutions
The word "Lifetree" comes from the metaphor of the "Tree of Life," which speaks to the universal themes of rebirth, immortality, and the union of male and female strengths.

I use the word "Lifetree" to represent our journey of life, the path of our own "Lifetree." Beginning with our family tree, for better and for worse. Throughout our lives, it represents our journey according to our level of consciousness.

At Lifetree Solutions, our goal is to provide the concepts and tools needed to help individuals and families raise and expand their consciousness so as to build legacies of healthy, happy, prosperous lives.

4. Playing to Win
At Lifetree Solutions, I use a two- pronged approach. The first is to build on the positive by helping you to tap into your core strengths -- right where you are, right now. We also take the time to help you relate them to your family, what was missing, and how you would like things to change.

At the same time, we also look at sources of stress and release them. I call this "blueprint release."

This word became popular through the work of T. Harv Eker. He spoke of "money blueprints" that determine our financial success. We also have blueprints for our relationships, and for our health.

When we release the negative energy from these blueprints, they become more positive. We experience ourselves as being more connected, our mindset becomes much more expansive, and we are better able to function out of our higher selves. We experience much more fulfillment, have more satisfying relationships, and are more able to win in the game of life.

If you would like to learn more, I encourage you to explore my website.

Warm Regards,

Dr. Alice

5. Announcements
Come join our support group for "A New Look at Stress." This group will help you To learn about the difference between the mindsets of prosperity and lack and will help you release your negative blueprints. This group is open to everyone and will meet on Monday November 6, and Monday, December 11. The fee is $30. Email me for a flyer, or phone me at 314-729-2855.

I will also be holding a focused five-week support group "Mind Your Money." This group will focus on releasing your money blueprints. It will meet on Nov. 13, 20, 27, Dec. 11 and 18. Email me for a flyer or phone 314-729-2855.

If the holidays create stress for you, come join us to learn how to create "Authentically Happy Solutions." This workshop will be held at the Soul Esteem Center on December 5 and 12. Call 314.ASK.SOUL for details.

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About Dr. Alice
Alice Vlietstra, Ph.D., formerly of the University of Missouri St. Louis, was first trained as a researcher in Human Development. This training provides the integrative developmental focus of her work. Currently, she works as a family psychologist, coach, and family business consultant. As a graduate of the Authentic Happiness coaching program, she is trained in promoting the positive. As a certified practitioner of mind-body techniques, AFT and NET, she is also highly skilled in understanding and releasing our blueprints from early childhood conditioning. This combination leads to high-powered strategies for enhancing our well being by advancing our consciousness.

Alice Vlietstra, Ph.D.
12131 Dorsett Road, Ste. 220
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
314-729-2855
alice@successfulrelating.com