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Melanie McGhee, LCSW

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6/26/10 - 6/25/09                   Journey into Mindfulness & Intentional Wishing
Imagine 7 luscious days unfolding with ease and inspiring beauty in the south of France . . . Join a small group of uncommon women on retreat at the award-winning Arc House.  Your retreat begins in the warm atmosphere of the Arc House with wine & cheese.  Drinking in the beauty of nature and good company, you will have the opportunity to rediscover yourself as each day reveals fresh insights and new experiences.

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1/9/10                         Refresh Your Mind, Body & Spirit New Year Yoga & Reflection Women’s Retreat
Enjoy luscious time unfolding in an easeful manner as you stretch your mind, body & spirit in this one-day women’s  retreat.  Serene White, certified svaroopa yoga instructor will guide your yoga sessions and I’ll lead you in accessing your heart’s intelligence about life lessons from the previous year while discovering your soul’s wisdom for guiding your journey through the upcoming year.
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12/17/09                                       Abolish Holiday Stress & Refresh Your Spirit
In this much anticipated talk, I will share a simple and profound process for releasing stress and creating calm.  At this time of year, professional and personal demands on our time threatens to undermine the best of us as we struggle to whittle down the to do list all while wearing a smile.  This year, transform your smile into a genuine expression of ease while you position yourself for a more peace-filled holiday.

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12/17/08                “Clear Your Money Fears”  Coaching Tele-Class                                                                           In this class, I will share a  strategy for navigating this rocky economic time with relative calm and ease.
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12/11/08                               Archived Radio Interview on           Yale Devereau’s Radio Show, “Conceive, Believe, Achieve.”
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11/22/08                            Archived Radio Interview on                                     Karen Muranko’s “Straight Talk About Mental Health“ Radio Show
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9/27/08                         Learn to Relax ~ The  EASY Way  9:00 AM - Noon   University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
If you are finding yourself stressed by the demands of daily  life, give yourself a gift that blesses you everyday.  Enrich your life and learn to relax.  We will explore various methods together.  I’ll be sharing cutting edge techniques along with time-tested tools that insure relaxation.  These tools are easy to learn and easy to integrate into your daily life.  Join us for a relaxing, peace-filled morning.
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Ongoing                                         Women’s Coaching Group          In this group, we explore ways of fully engaging in the richness that life has to offer and clear the emotional, mental and behavioral blocks to an abundantly satisfying life.                                    Maryville, TN                                                                      FULL
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6/6/08                    Selfish to Sacred:  The Case for Self Care  Full day retreat leading participants to pause and explore the relationship between self care and spirituality.  Though many people consider self care to be selfish, a case is made for the sacred responsibility of self care.  Participants will explore the power of personal retreat and self appreciation.  Participants will also learn to use a cutting edge “spiritual technology” tool for managing stress and calliming inner pressures.  The day will unfold as a “mini-retreat" with my award-winning book, An Illumined Life,  serving as a resource.
University of Utah                                                              OPEN http://www.socwk.utah.edu/pace
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4/2/08                                           Discover an Illumined Life   Sometimes people move through life as if on autopilot.  Trapped in the daily humdrum of life, many people find themselves feeling overwhelmed, out of touch, and unfulfilled.  They know they want more out of life, but don’t know where to begin creating the kind of happiness they know is possible.  Exploring the relationship between personal peace and self-reflection, participants learn the four essential pillars that promote self-awareness.         
2008 ICAN Women’s Leadership Conference                       FULL                              Omaha, Nebraska 
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January 24, 2008                              Self Care for Caregivers    In this talk, I will share tips for counselors and psychotherapists on various aspects of self care as well as explore the spiritual discipline of work as a spiritual practice.                                         (Talk for Cornerstone of Recovery)                                                Knoxville, TN                                                                    FULL   
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December 18, 2007                             Easing Holiday Stress Ease into the holidays with appreciation and a peace filled heart.  In this talk, I will share effective relaxation techniques for relieving stress and discuss pointers for making the holidays of time of ease and grace.                                                                               (Talk for ETHRA Managers)                                                                            Knoxville, TN    
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November 19, 2007                               Stress Free in Three Learn the significance of recognizing personal stress cues (yours and others), understand the vital importance of taking responsibility for managing your stress, and experience an effective means of managing stress on a daily basis.                                          (Training for Speech Pathology Services of East Tennessee)                       Maryville, TN                                                                  FULL   
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November 9 - 11, 2007                               Women’s Retreat  JOY!  Playing in the Confluence of Joy, Creativity & Spirituality!  This women’s retreat will be an exploration into JOY!  We will engage in activities and conversation that are intended to blow open the doors to greater joy in daily life.                                                      Chattanooga, TN                                                                FULL
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September 18, 2007                     4 Pillars of Self Reflection        
Learn key components of genuine self acceptance, explore how to encourage self compassion in clients, discuss how to help clients learn to take full responsibility for their lives and examine the central elements of meaningful goals.

Throughout the talk, the audience will begin to appreciate the power of taking personal retreat and reflection time for themselves and their clients.                                                                                (Talk for Employee Assistance Program Counselors)                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Knoxville, TN                                                                     FULL

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