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About Jodi-Anne

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Overview
Jodi-Anne has been facilitating leadership development and personal growth workshops since 2002. The workshops are designed to help people to understand why they have become who they are & how to release conditioning, beliefs and repetitive patterns that do not serve them. Participants are helped to uncover their strengths, life purpose and ways to actualise this in their lives.

Jodi-Anne understands how difficult the healing process can be. She was raised in an alcoholic, emotionally and sexually abusive dysfunctional family that left her with extremely low self esteem, an inability to trust others and strong armouring to protect herself. She was filled with rage and grief.

To cope with her pain she became a study-a-holic and work-a-holic. Initially she focussed on how to obtain behaviour change for sustainability, later she focussed on healing her self and learning about the healing process, spirituality and consciousness. An exploration of the eco-psychology field revealed the interconnections between unsustainable behaviour and woundedness from childhood pain. Jodi-Anne now combines insights from all of these fields to help individuals heal and live simpler, more sustainable lives doing what they love.

Jodi-Anne has walked a long journey of self discovery and healing to reach a place of forgiveness, self acceptance and self love. She now delights in helping others along their own path to peace and happiness. She has just published a book summarising her experience and explaining the healing journey. Her book is available for purchase as an e-book (PDF) or as a printed book. Click here for more details. 

Qualifications & Training
* Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Health)
* Post Graduate Diploma in Natural Resource Management
* MIT Guided Study Program in System Dynamics
* PhD (Obtaining behaviour change for sustainability not just raising awareness) 
* Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training.
* Diploma in Professional Counselling (Major in Abuse Counselling)
* Psych-K (Basic & Advanced), Thought Field Therapy (Algorithm Level), Reiki 1 and 2 


The link between personal growth and sustainability

I have recently written a book about my experience of the healing journey and how I believe this links to sustainability. It is my belief that a large amount of the competition, consumerism, ill health, addictions, dysfunction and unsustainable behaviour that we see in families and society is largely due to the unhealed wounds that we carry from our childhoods. Instead of being happy loving experiences many children grow up in homes where they are not cared for adequately - addictions, child abuse, absent working parents, family breakdown and separation - are all sources of pain. As a result many children grow up with low self esteem and measure their self worth through extrinsic means - by their clothes, electronic gadgets, cars, houses and career success. To feel good about themselves they continually buy new items that they don't really need, leading to wasteful and unnecessary consumerism. To numb their pain they escape their emotions through addictions such as alcohol, drugs, shopping, eating, exercising, sex or work-a-holism.

People who are defining themselves in these ways will not voluntarily change their behaviour to be more sustainable. Their behaviour is part of their defense mechanisms. If they stopped using their addiction (such as consuming or working so hard) they would need to face the pain they have inside, their shame, their sense of not being good enough or okay as they are. To do so is very painful. Most will either not change their behaviour or if they do they may start using a different addiction to mask their pain. To get more sustainable behaviour we need to help people heal. Then they will have an intrinsic sense of self esteem, where they can accept and love themselves as they are. Then they will no longer need to compulsively consume (or over work or use addictions to cope). They will be able to relax, enjoy life, live more simply and sustainably. This will help improve the functioning not only of individuals but of families, society and the sustainability of the planet. This has been my personal experience and I hope to help others find peace through my book and other services. My book is available for purchase as an e-book (PDF) or as a printed book. Click here for more details.

 

Jodi-Anne's education for sustainability publications (downloads available for free!)

 
   
 

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