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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f4e79;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">“One With Nature: A Day in the Life of a Lobster Fisher”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"> is a nonfiction
photographic journal written by Christopher M. Meuse with photographs by CMDM.
In 2014, the author spent a day with his son, Captain Anthony Meuse, and his
crew on a lobster fishing trip on Baie Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia. The day began
hours before sunrise, and the captain’s boat, <i>Major Expense</i>, set out on
the water while it was still dark. Navigational equipment has gotten quite
sophisticated, and Meuse was able to familiarize himself with the arsenal of
GPS units, radio devices, depth sounders and sonic equipment that enable boats
to avoid collisions and wrecks and navigate the waters safely as they prepared
to set out. Lobstermen drop trawls, which are lines that have traps attached to
them, and the location of each trawl is marked by a buoy bearing the
distinctive colors of that fisherman. Meuse spent his day working alongside his
son and the crew, dropping the trawls, baiting the traps and then going through
the catch to release undersized lobsters. Meuse shares his son’s family history
as fishermen; his great-grandfather, Eugene, began his working life as a Nova
Scotia fisherman when he was 15 years old. There’s are archival photographs of
Eugene from the early 1900s. Meuse shares each aspect of his day aboard the <i>Major
Expense</i> with the reader. He also includes a number of inspirational quotes
and poems.<br />
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Christopher M. Meuse’s <i>“One With Nature: A Day in the Life of a Lobster
Fisher”</i> is a grand and glorious adventure aboard a lobster boat on a
picture-perfect day. I’ve often wondered what the life of a fisherman would be
like, and while I’m not too keen on getting up hours before dawn, CMDM’s
brilliant photography had me picturing myself aboard the Major Expense along
with the author and Captain Anthony. Meuse gives the reader a good look at the
work and effort that goes into not only getting a boat like the Major Expense,
but keeping it functioning where there are no guarantees of profits and the
work is perilous to boot (between 1999 and 2015, the Transportation Safety
Board data shows 55 deaths on Canadian boats). I was also fascinated to learn
about eco-psychology, which the author has studied, and its focus on nature’s
healing powers. <i>“One With Nature: A Day in the Life of a Lobster Fisher” </i>will
give an aspiring fisher a good idea of what the field is all about, and the
rest of us the peace and inspiration that a day of sun and sea can bring. It’s
most highly recommended.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">By Brian Medel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> Halifax Chronicle Herald</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0b5394;">Don Cherry pulls no punches. He dresses like a
19th-century dandy and talks tough about pro hockey. That is why it might be
hard to picture Don as a 15 year-old with red eyes, wiping away the tears as he
trudges home through the crisp </span><st1:place style="color: #0b5394;" w:st="on">Kingston</st1:place><span style="color: #0b5394;">,
Ont. night air after playing the worst junior B game of his life.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>“That’s a true story,” Cherry said in a phone interview from
his <st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place>
home. He has seldom told anyone that tale from his youth, but thought it would
fit in nicely in the pages of a new children’s book published in <st1:place w:st="on">Nova Scotia</st1:place>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>Cherry told about events on a snowy evening in Kingston...
where he tried too hard and played a lousy game.( Details in book ) Cherry has
tried to keep a positive attitude about everything in life ever since.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>Cherry rarely allows his name to be used in connection
with books, but this time has made an exception.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>As a result, Christopher Meuse, a first-time author, has
something few others will ever get- accolades from Hockey Night in <st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place>’s
resident curmudgeon.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>“ I’ve seen hockey books before, but I’ve never seen one
like this that hits the mark as good as his,” said Cherry.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>This children’s book is entitled, <i>“Dear Don Cherry:
Does Hockey Love Kids?”</i> It’s written from the perspective of a ten
-year-old boy and deals with the often intense emotional pressure placed on
child hockey players by their parents or coaches.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>“ I get about 9,000 offers to be in books and stuff like
that and I usually turn them down, but with this one I liked it so well, I
said, ‘Let’s go!’ ” Cherry said.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>(The book) is a fiction flavored with truisms.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>In the book, young Tony loves to play hockey, but things are
taking a strange twist. His coach wants him to be more aggressive while his dad
wants him to exercise more and give up the junk food he enjoys.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>Tony needs someone to talk to and turns to writing Don
Cherry a letter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>The star of CBC-TV’s Coach’s Corner responds with a true
story from his own youth that changes everything.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>Kids must be accepted for who they are and what they can
do, on and off the ice. That parents and coaches should not live their lives
cariously through young hockey players is the book’s message.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>Cherry agrees. “I’d like to get 50,000 of the books and
give them to every parent, that’s what I’d love to do,” he said.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>“The only word I can think of is sad, the way (parents)
yell at the kids on the ice. You know, they can see the poor kids looking up
wondering what’s going on and everything. The book, I think, tells what parents
should do- let the kids have fun.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>“I never ever liked parents hollering at kids during a
game. I know it’s tough. I had a son playing and you want to yell and scream at
them and all that, but it doesn’t do any good at all,” stated Cherry.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>The only way to win a hockey game is with a positive
attitude, former coach of the Boston Bruins said.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><o:p> </o:p>When <st1:place w:st="on">Meuse</st1:place> wanted to
included Cherry, he sent him a fax with the request, which was politely turned
down. Undaunted, he (mailed) a portion of the manuscript. Cherry liked what he
read and sent back his own reply to the book’s fictional protagonist.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">
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By Ron Barry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">(Sports editor and long-time columnist for
the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It's a story played out in arenas
across Canada- a youngster’s love for the game of hockey wavers
against the backdrop of overbearing parents, a win-at-all-costs coach and mean
words that "opposing" mommies and daddies roll off their tongues with
impunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Dear Don Cherry: "Does Hockey Love Kids?" (New
2nd Edition’s Title: "Hockey, Kids & Positive Coaching" is
one family's tale of an important lesson learned. Author Christopher Meuse
takes us to a small-town Canada-Saulnierville, Nova Scotia- where a youngster's
wish to have fun playing a game, he loves is quickly consumed by the collective
will of those around him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">They want more-so much more- from the boy that he
begins to question the very nature of the beast: Michael knows he loves hockey,
but does hockey love kids? He is torn by the puzzle...for many reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">* Is it part of the game to endure peer pressure to
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with the "real" purpose of team sports?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Of course, any human being knows the correct answers
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sports are played-any day- and witness this dark side. We all know where it
starts-in the stands. When it filters down to the bench, any hope of fun is
gone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Michael needs help, and he calls upon the most famous
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written with the hope of inspiring a positive approach to one’s journey through
life. These Messages will offer insights for parents, educators, health care
professionals and politicians that will result in increased cooperation between
all members of society and, in doing so, lead to a greater positive
co-operation between individuals and country … for the "common good"
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experiences of pain and suffering into the creation of a human being with
greater understanding, compassion and loving-kindness towards self and others.
We can learn to know and experience a life of joy and happiness. This is not an
illusion…this is a noble truth.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Christopher M Meuse</span></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 36pt;"> Yarmouth NS, Canada</span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ancestry</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal;">: Canadian, Acadian/</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Métis, Scottish Descent<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">EDUCATION</span></b></u></span></h1>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Grade 12, <st1:placename w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Yarmouth</st1:place> <st1:placename w:st="on">Memorial</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:placename></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">B.A., Saint Anne's University <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">B.A., <st1:placename w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dalhousie</st1:place> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:placename>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">B.Ed., Saint Mary's University<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Masters Eq. Educating &
Counseling with Nature: Project Nature Connect<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Certified Practitioner Level
Neurolinguistic Programming </span></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; text-indent: -18pt;">v<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Certified Master Practitioner
of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP-Counseling & Psychological Therapy)</span></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; text-indent: -18pt;">v<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Certified Master Practitioner
Level of Quantum TLC(TM) Counseling &</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Psychological Therapy</span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Certified Master Facilitator
Level in the WEL-Systems Counseling & <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Psychological Therapy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> *</span><span style="background: rgb(252, 255, 245); font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Orientation
to Organic Psychology: The Natural Systems Thinking Process</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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*Certificate in Educating and Counseling with Nature, from the Institute
of Global <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"> Education Washington D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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*Certificate in Well Mind, Well Earth, Institute of Global Education,
Washington, D.C. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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*Facilitated several distant learning Ecopsychology Courses for Dr.
Michael Cohen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Certified Hockey Coach
(National Coaching Certification Program)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Certified Recording Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Psychology of Exceptional
Children Course (Acadia University) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">I.E.I.E. Computer Course (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dept.
of Education, </span><a href="http://staff.ednet.ns.ca/imp/message.php?index=625"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Information Economy
Initiative</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Leadership Seminar: with instructor Dr.
Stephen Covey<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">v<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Project Wild Program: Nova Scotia Dept. of
Education & NS Dept. of Natural Resources<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Jerrold
Mundis <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Coaching for Writers Course, (</span><i>The New York Times former editor)</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dale Carnegie Course </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">26</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">-years
Nova Scotia Public School Teacher<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2-years sheet metal laborer
and construction worker<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2-years maintaining &
repairing apartment buildings<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">1-year laborer with local
paving company<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">25-years part time musician
and audio engineer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">4-years owning and operating a
recording studio<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Volunteer</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Yarmouth Regional Hospital (ALC & Hospice Unit)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Member of the Retired Nova
Scotia Teachers Union<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Award Winning Author: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">(<i>3 </i></span><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Canada
Book Awards)</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; text-indent: -18pt;">Books</span></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> *</span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Messages of Hope (2017)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">
*One With Nature: A Day in the Life of a Lobster Fisher (2017)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> *Hockey, Kids & Positive
Coaching<u>?</u> (2016)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> *Dear Don Cherry: Does Hockey Love
Kids (1996)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="color: #0b5394; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"> </span></i></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;">I have facilitated several online distant learning Ecopsychology
Courses for Dr. Michael Cohen, a </span><em style="color: #0b5394; text-align: justify;"><span>Special NGO Consultant to United Nations Economic and Social
Council Program</span></em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;">. (1999-2001) </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;">Dr.
Cohen received the </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;">1994 Distinguished World Citizen Award, presented by Assistant
Secretary General of the United Nations, Dr. Robert Muller</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">For more than 35 years I have had the opportunity to attend
numerous seminars, read, analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated a variety of
books related to education, and child & adult development.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">Over many years I have communicated with many doctors and
counsellors throughout North America, Europe and </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">Oceania.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">I have taught English, Social Studies, Health, and Art at the
junior high school level, and all compulsory subjects, including eight years as
a Resource Teacher (PST), at the elementary school level. I have been a
participating member and chairperson of Program Planning Teams, and overseen the
setting up and maintenance of the computer lab at Carleton Consolidated School,
where I coordinated a Grassroots Project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I have facilitated workshops regarding the value of creating a
classroom atmosphere that supports the growth of self-esteem in children</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">for the Tri County School Board, and for the Primary
Elementary Teachers Association (PETA) at their annual provincial conferences. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">I have conducted workshops, explaining the writing process,
editing, and publication of books, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">and demonstrated the use of educational
software, for these organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">I volunteered in a
unit at a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was a unit where I worked with
youth who were in a state of severe physical, mental and developmental
disarray. They were described by such terms as severe "deformity",
"dysmorphism" or "dysmorphic". They were existing at the
most severe acute phase of mental illness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I volunteered at
Yarmouth Regional Hospital (Rehabilitation Services) where I visited patients
who had limited social interaction due to mobility, loneliness, limited family
visits, or physical ability to leave their room. The Patients were waiting for
placement in long-term care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">In
2013 I experienced a powerfully positive learning and life changing event. I had
a seizure and car accident which led to a 21-hour surgery to remove a massive
brain tumor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I have had articles related to child development (self-esteem)
published in the following journals, newsletters, newspapers and web sites:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span>1. Self-Esteem Advisory Council Service –
United Kingdom</span></div><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">2. The Canadian
Association for Health, Physical Education, and Dance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">3. Child Welfare
Research Centre – University of California, Berkeley<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">4. Search
Institute: Healthy Communities, Healthy Youth – Minneapolis, MN<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">5. Child Welfare
Research Center – University of British Columbia<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">6. Ohio Leisure
Leader, Ohio Parks & Recreation Association<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">7. Mind
Publications: Behavioral Medicine Center – Cleveland, TN<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">8. Sports
Psychology Today<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">9. The South Shore
Breaker – Nova Scotia<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">10. Yarmouth Vanguard<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">11. Halifax Chronicle Herald<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">12. Atlantic Books Today<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">13. Youth Sports & Sportsmanship
Association – Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">14. Southern California Amateur Hockey
Association<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">15. Massachusetts Hockey Association<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">16. Ontario Minor Hockey Association<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">17. Minor Hockey Life<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">18. USA Hockey Officiating Program<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">19. Moms Team –The Place for Mom’s In
Sports<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">20. Florida Sports Commissioner, Coach
Jerry, Web Site<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">21. Hockey Manitoba<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">22. Capital Youth Hockey – New York<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">23. Colorado Coaches & Officials
Newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">24. Hockey Alberta<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">25. www.fastsports.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">26. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8518232988342071043/7440984872344572303?hl=en">www.askcoachwolff.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">27. Southeastern District Hockey
Association – Florida<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">28. Arvada Hockey Association – Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">29. Capital Amateur Hockey Association –
Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 107%;"><span>30. Oklahoma City Youth Hockey Association</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->
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<p align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><i><u><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></u></i></p>
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Programmin<span>g</span></u></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“NLP is used to develop strong,
predictable influence, to manage stress, pain or trauma, and to accelerate
learning and enhance performance”. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">As
a science, NLP has been recognized as one of the singularly most powerful tools
that supports rapid and profound change in human behavior”. Louise LeBrun</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“I have used NLP
techniques with individuals suffering from anxiety related disorders and have
received greater results in an hour session than some individuals were able to
receive in 14 years of therapy with psychiatrists and psychologists.” Dr. Don
Blackerby</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“NLP may be the most powerful vehicle for
change in existence...”</span></em><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Modern Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="break-after: avoid; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"> </span><strong style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The WEL-Systems® approach</span></strong><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; text-align: left;">offers “a
proven pathway to access a context for change that will do just that:
profoundly alter the way you see your 'self', your world and the way you move
through that world”. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Quantum TLC(TM) Counseling & Psychological Therapy</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> “Quantum TLC creates a powerful and
sustainable context/process for living that allows us to grow, expand and
engage our own evolution our own way and in our own time - as a way of life”!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Ecopsychology</span></b></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Ecopsychology is an emerging field that is
developing in recognition that human health, identity, and sanity are
intimately linked to the health of the earth and must include sustainable and
mutually enhancing relationships between humans and the nonhuman world.
Ecopsychology places human psychology in an ecological context and is aimed at
healing the divisions between mind and nature, humans and earth. The central
concern of Ecopsychology is the physical, psychological, and spiritual health
of both the human and non-human world and an understanding of the psychological
processes that either bond us to the natural world or alienate us from it”. (Davis
& Fields) </span><a href="http://www.ecopsych.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">http://www.ecopsych.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB">Meditative techniques used to help induce Dr. Herbert Benson’s Relaxation
Response. </span>According to Benson, “Any condition that is
caused or exacerbated by stress can be helped by a well-designed mind-body
approach. Furthermore, because all health conditions have some stress
component, it is no overstatement to say that virtually every single health
problem and disease can be improved with a mind-body approach.” Dr. <span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white;">Herbert
Benson is an American medical doctor, cardiologist, and founder of the
Mind/Body Medical Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He is
a professor of mind/body medicine at Harvard Medical School and director
emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute at MGH.
</span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/heart-and-soul-healing/201303/dr-herbert-benson-s-relaxation-response"><span style="background: white;">https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/heart-and-soul-healing/201303/dr-herbert-benson-s-relaxation-response</span></a><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Plato
once said: <i>“The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure
the body without attempting to cure the mind; yet the mind and the body are one
and should not be treated separately!”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>https://christophermeuse.blogspot.com/</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
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