Our Amazing and Pregnant (7 months!) Marketing Manager, Nichola Thomas, helped us give birth to the very first (possibly the first in the world) business card sized brochure.

Put it in your wallet, stick it in your pocketbook, slide it in your shirt pocket - have it always "at the ready" to show others or even give it to others. Right now, if you want to spread the word email Adam at adam@option.org and ask for up to ten copies so you'll have enough for family, friends, business associates, etc.

These dynamic accordion-fold business card brochures are super informative, lovely to look at and just so much fun to share. Remember, email Adam to get your copies.

You'll love them... everyone loves them!

According to a recent report from the National Association for Business Economics, many economists now believe that our current global recession will be over by the end of the year.

Does this mean that all those affected by the econonomy - everyone, essentially - will somehow, automatically become happy by the end of 2009? Of course it doesn't. According to survey results from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, happiness levels in the US have, unsurprisingly, been on the decline since long before the current recession began.

Many of us are already aware that our happiness isn't tied to the economy or any other external factor, but is instead something that we create ourselves. With the right tools and techniques anyone can learn to choose happiness regardless of fleeting things like economic stability.

Option Institute programs are designed to help you become happier, stronger and more loving, regardless of what happens in the world around you. Taking an Option Institute program this year will help ensure that you can remain happy next year, and the next, and every year after that, regardless of what the economists say.

Overcoming Chronic Fatigue

Ellen suffered for 11 years with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. After 1 week at The Option Institute, she climbed a mountain and was never so sick again. Ellen is now a Certified Option Process^® Mentor-Counselor and has attended Fearless, Couples Course, Group Facilitation Training, Mentor Certification, The Happiness Option, and Wide Awake.

Liz's depression rendered her unable to work. When her partner came to The Option Institute, Liz saw such a profound change that she came herself and has never looked back. She is strong and fully employed with a new lease on life and medication-free. She has attended Fearless, Calm Amid Chaos, Exceptional Woman, Radical Authenticity, Optimal Self Trust, and Wide Awake.

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Make Choices with Absolute Confidence

"Optimal Self-Trust has opened my eyes and ears to the voice of trust which always lay within me. The experiential manner of teaching is groundbreaking, deep, moving and compassionate. This experience has led me to be larger and dream bigger!"
-Edward J. Yoerger, Oceanographer, Louisiana

Your inner voice can be a source of amazing strength, wisdom and guidance - but only if you hear it!

Too often, our inner voice is drowned out by anxiety, self-doubt and fear. We arrive at decision-making moments - in our everyday lives, our relationships, our careers - and question our instincts and intuition. What if I go for that new job and don't get hired? What will happen if my great new ideas completely fail? What if I leave him and then never find anyone else? Am I making a big mistake? Who am I kidding? What was I thinking?

Wouldn't it be great to silence such questioning and replace it with the nurturing, confident inner voice that resides in us all? Optimal Self-Trust will crank up the volume of your inner voice letting you hear the wisdom it can offer. By liberating your inner voice and listening to its guidance, you can make better choices and live the life you want to live.

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Indestructible from the Inside Out

"I have had the most wonderful transformations and 'ah-ha' moments over the last two weeks. I have realized behavior patterns and beliefs that no longer serve me, and I am so grateful that I choose now to let them go. I am taking ownership of my life and will be learning to explain myself to myself from this point on. Thank you!"
-Kerry Kenna, Clinical Specialist, New Jersey

Our quest to change how we feel inside often begins with attempts to change the outside: we diet, we exercise, we change our wardrobes, hair-styles, houses and jobs. We even try plastic surgery.

However, no matter how many push-ups we do, how many protein shakes we consume, we're never quite prepared for the heavy lifting that comes with the everyday tribulations of money, relationships, health and the general uncertainties of life.

Inner Strength is an intensive two-week fitness program for your mind and soul that will help you to develop Herculean capacity for whatever comes your way.

Read more about this extraordinary program here.

Totally reconstruct yourself from the inside out!

"Grand Summer Sequence was the most amazing six weeks of my life! It was like summer camp for adults, or maybe more like, boot-camp for the mind. The uninterrupted sequence of programs gave me time to do much more than scratch the surface. I was able to deeply and clearly decide who I was and what I wanted from life. And the changes that I made actually stuck! I stretched myself and lived with complete authenticity in a way I never imagined I could. I am now a profoundly different person than I was before, and I will keep what I've learned and accomplished here alive for the rest of my life."
-Julia Dougherty, Consultant, California

A summer vacation... that lasts a lifetime. Five weeks that will change your life. A complete makeover for your soul.

Choose a one week program or a package of summer programs and, whatever you call it, your summer will be extraordinary!

Grand Summer Sequence provides the perfect opportunity both to get away from it all and to totally reconstruct yourself from the inside out by deeply examining and retooling every aspect of your life.

The depth of personal discovery and change is without equal, and an uninterrupted sequence provides an intensified and enhanced learning experience. Add to this the beauty and splendor of summer in the Berkshires and you have a perfect environment for rejuvenation, reflection, growth and friendships that'll last far beyond the time you spend here.

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You'll want to come back again and again...

Our blog is constantly changing. What you see today will surely differ from what's on it tomorrow. To ensure that you don't miss a thing please add a bookmark to the webpage: http://www.option.org/blog. You'll be glad you did.

The Option Institute blog features contributions from all your favorite Option Institute teachers and staff! Every day there is more timely and exciting content to view.

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I was thinking how celebratory and kind most of us are to ourselves on our birthdays. Once a year, you get to allow yourself to do what you want, enjoy doing something you don't ordinarily do, party, and just plain feel good. After all, it's your birthday - a time to dance.

What would happen if we only took one day, a different day from our birthday, like tomorrow, and decided to treat ourselves like it was our birthday ... like we were someone to focus on, love, and just plain feel good.

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Last month Bears established his own Facebook page! In the weeks following, so many deep, heart-warming, inspiring, exciting and fun comments flooded in from the Facebook community. If you haven't already, come join the community! - if you're on Facebook search for "Bears Barry Neil Kaufman" to find his page. If you don't have a Facebook account, get one so you can become part of a growing Option Institute extended family and community. This is one easy, super way to stay in touch.

Also, we're now on Twitter - www.twitter.com/OptionProcess - follow us for regular announcements of items, events and people happenings. Another great and easy way we can hold hands.

We want you to be part of our family in every way possible... and we want to be part of yours. We are excited by the new landscapes we've occupied to enable us to reach out and continue to hold hands together, talk to each other, support each other - and be on point to grow, make our love big and live extraordinary lives.

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