Friday, 17 March 2017

                                            Canada Book Awards   
   

"Hockey, Kids & Positive Coaching (Parenting)" has been chosen as a Canada Book Award-winner!                                                                    











                                
Review Rating: 5 Stars*****

Reviewed By Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite

Christopher Meuse's inspirational sports novel for children and adults, “Hockey, Kids & Positive Coaching (Parenting)”, is a marvelous cautionary tale that applies to any team or competitive sports that kids get involved in. It's a perfect reminder for parents who may sometimes find themselves venting a week's worth of frustration at work during their son or daughter's Little League soccer or hockey game. And while a talented young athlete may want to be guided and trained for a professional sports career, parents and coaches should always remember that their critical responses and behavior during practice and games can have a devastating impact on how those young athletes feel about themselves and their performance.

“Hockey, Kids & Positive Coaching (Parenting)” is a gentle reminder that things can get out of hand sometimes, and it's a good thing to step back and remember what children's sports are all about. This well-written and fun-to-read book addresses an important issue for children, coaches and parents, and it's most highly recommended.                        
                              (5 out of 5 STARS*****)






-----------------------------------------------------------------




*******************************************************



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

                           Christopher M.D. Meuse

 

 

 

 

PERSONAL

 

Contact Particulars:     Christopher M Meuse

16 Chestnut St.

Yarmouth NS, Canada

 

 

Date of Birth:              September 20, 1951

Ancestry:                     Canadian Citizen, Acadian/Métis Descent

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

v  Grade 12, Yarmouth Memorial High School

v  B.A., Saint Anne's University

v  B.A., Dalhousie University

v  B.Ed., Saint Mary's University

v  Masters Eq. Educating & Counseling with Nature: Project Nature Connect

v  Ph. D. Candidate

v  Certified Practitioner Level Neurolinguistic Programming (Instructor Reg Craig, Maritime School of Social Work, Halifax NS)

v  Certified Master Practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP-Counseling & Psychological Therapy: Partners in Renewal, Ottawa)

v  Certified Master Practitioner Level of Quantum TLC(TM) Counseling &

      Psychological Therapy

v  Certified Master Facilitator Level in the WEL-Systems Counseling &

      Psychological Therapy

     *Orientation to Organic Psychology: The Natural Systems Thinking Process

      *Certificate in Educating and Counseling with Nature, from the Institute of Global 

  Education Washington D.C.

      *Certificate in Well Mind, Well Earth, Institute of Global Education, Washington, D.C.    

      *Facilitated several distant learning Ecopsychology Courses for Dr. Michael Cohen

v  Certified Hockey Coach (National Coaching Certification Program)

v  Certified Recording Engineer

v  Psychology of Exceptional Children Course (Acadia University)

v  I.E.I.E. Computer Course (Dept. of Education, Information Economy Initiative)

v  Leadership Seminar: with instructor Dr. Stephen Covey

v  Project Wild Program: Nova Scotia Dept. of Education & NS Dept. of Natural Resources

v  Jerrold Mundis Coaching for Writers Course, (The New York Times former editor)

v  Dale Carnegie Course 

 

 

                                                           

 

 

CAREER EXPERIENCE

 

Ø  26-years Nova Scotia Public School Teacher

Ø  2-years sheet metal laborer and construction worker

Ø  2-years maintaining & repairing apartment buildings

Ø  1-year laborer with local paving company

Ø  25-years part time musician and audio engineer

Ø  4-years owning and operating a recording studio

Ø  Volunteer Yarmouth Regional Hospital (ALC & Hospice Unit)

Ø  Member of the Retired Nova Scotia Teachers Union

Ø  Award Winning Author: (3 Canada Book Awards)

 

Ø  Books:

    

           *Messages of Hope (2017)

                 *One With Nature: A Day in the Life of a Lobster Fisher (2017)

           *Hockey, Kids & Positive Coaching?  (2016)

           *Dear Don Cherry: Does Hockey Love Kids (1996)

 

http://lofeexpublishing.blogspot.com/

 

 

I helped raise three wonderful children: 1 daughter and 2 sons.

 

I have facilitated several online distant learning Ecopsychology Courses for Dr. Michael Cohen, a Special NGO Consultant to United Nations Economic and Social Council Program. (1999-2001) Dr. Cohen received the 1994 Distinguished World Citizen Award, presented by Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, Dr. Robert Muller

 

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.

 

Over an eleven-year period I supervised, guided and mentored an individual diagnosed with severe social anxiety, OCD, depression, psychosis and schizophrenia. This was one of the most powerful learning experiences in my life! It led to years of research and study related to possible causes, and a variety of modalities used to treat these conditions, as well as communication with many doctors and counsellors throughout North America, Europe and Oceania.

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.

I have facilitated workshops regarding the value of creating a classroom atmosphere that supports the growth of self-esteem in children for the Tri County School Board, and for the Primary Elementary Teachers Association (PETA) at their annual provincial conferences. I have conducted workshops, explaining the writing process, editing, and publication of books, and demonstrated the use of educational software, for these organizations.

 

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.

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.

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.

I have had articles related to child development (self-esteem) published in the following journals, newsletters, newspapers and web sites:

 

1.      Self-Esteem Advisory Council Service – United Kingdom

 

2.      The Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, and Dance

 

3.      Child Welfare Research Centre – University of California, Berkeley

 

4.       Search Institute: Healthy Communities, Healthy Youth – Minneapolis, MN

 

5.      Child Welfare Research Center – University of British Columbia

 

6.      Ohio Leisure Leader, Ohio Parks & Recreation Association

 

7.      Mind Publications: Behavioral Medicine Center – Cleveland, TN

 

8.      Sports Psychology Today

 

9.      The South Shore Breaker – Nova Scotia

 

10.  Yarmouth Vanguard

 

11.  Halifax Chronicle Herald

 

12.  Atlantic Books Today

 

13.  Youth Sports & Sportsmanship Association – Colorado

 

14.  Southern California Amateur Hockey Association

 

15.  Massachusetts Hockey Association

 

16.  Ontario Minor Hockey Association

 

17.  Minor Hockey Life

 

18.  USA Hockey Officiating Program

 

19.  Moms Team –The Place for Mom’s In Sports

 

20.  Florida Sports Commissioner, Coach Jerry, Web Site

 

21.  Hockey Manitoba

 

22.  Capital Youth Hockey – New York

 

23.   Colorado Coaches & Officials Newsletter

 

24.   Hockey Alberta

 

25.  www.fastsports.com

 

26.  lofeexpublishing.blogspot.ca/

 

27.  www.askcoachwolff.com/

 

28.   Southeastern District Hockey Association – Florida

 

29.  Arvada Hockey Association – Colorado

 

30.  Capital Amateur Hockey Association – Ohio

 

31.  Oklahoma City Youth Hockey Association

 

                             

 

 

 

                      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

                                        Neurolinguistic Programming

 

 

“NLP is used to develop strong, predictable influence, to manage stress, pain or trauma, and to accelerate learning and enhance performance”.  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

 

“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

 

https://www.nlpca.com/DCweb/nlpeducationamagnificentop.html

 

 

“NLP may be the most powerful vehicle for change in existence...” Modern Psychology

 

https://louiselebrun.ca/whatis/

 

 

 

WEL-Systems Counseling & Psychological Therapy

 

 

The WEL-Systems® approach 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”.   https://wel-systems.com/what-is-wel-systems/

 

 

 

 

 

Quantum TLC(TM) Counseling & Psychological Therapy

 

 

 “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”!

 

https://wel-systems.com/what-is-wel-systems/

 

 

 

 

 

Ecopsychology

 

 

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)     http://www.ecopsych.com/

 

 

 

Practitioner of Guided Imagery and Relaxation Techniques

 

Meditative techniques used to help induce Dr. Herbert Benson’s Relaxation Response.  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. 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.  https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/heart-and-soul-healing/201303/dr-herbert-benson-s-relaxation-response

Plato once said: “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!”