Happy October! In this Issue...
* October Meeting - Friday, Oct. 12, 7- 9 PM
-- Board Nominations
-- Pain Management - Member Round Table
* Veterans Day Events Update
* World Hypnotism Day Update
* Rising water floats all ships
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BOARD NOMINATIONS

Our next meeting is coming up Friday, October 12 at 7 PM at the South
Snohomish County PUD Auditorium. This month, we will be taking
NOMINATIONS for the 2008 Board of Directors. We will hold elections
at the November meeting. According to our bylaws, EVERY position is
open for re-election every year! If you are a current NGHWA member
and enjoy attending the monthly Chapter meetings, you're invited to
participate on the board. You can let us know at the meeting, or in
advance via email. If you have any questions about what any of the
board members do, please feel free to contact any of us.

NGHWA BOARD: President: Lauren Archer - lauren@...;
Vice-President: Jackie Foskett - jackiefoskett@...;
Secretary: Cheryl Chamberlain - hypnodoubt@...; Treasurer:
Ayhan Yavuz - info@...; Event Coordinator - Kent Ogletree -
kent@....

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OCTOBER MEETING: MEMBER ROUNDTABLE ON PAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

After board nominations, we will share ideas, questions, techniques
and resources for pain relief and pain management. Please bring your
examples, stories, favorite processes, techniques, scripts, and
questions.

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VETERANS DAY EVENT UPDATES

As you may recall from the last email announcement, we are joining
forces by asking individual members of NGHWA to host free mini-
seminars for military personnel and their families in the weeks
surrounding Veteran's Day.

We're making great progress: The press releases are being finalized,
the public service announcement is being produced, and the website
already has 4 live events, 1 phone-in event, and 1 free download
posted. Check it out at http://www.nghwa.org/member-events. We will
be sending the announcements to the press sometime next week, so
please get your event information to us as soon as possible. You can
send your information to Lauren@... or
KateWells@.... Thanks to everyone who is hosting an event
and/or has been helping behind the scenes with this process.

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WORLD HYPNOTISM DAY UPDATES

Be sure to visit www.worldhypnotismday.com and sign in to receive a
password to the members area. You'll get lots of free information,
free downloads, and email updates. This is the time to start planning
your events for January!

NGHWA is hosting a Hypnotherapy Resource Forum at Evergreen Hospital
on January 12 from 9:30 to 3:30. While all of the presenter positions
have been filled, there are still opportunities to have a display
table to sell wellness-related products (must be pre-approved), and
there are still volunteer opportunities. Contact
Lauren@... for more information.

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RISING WATER FLOATS ALL SHIPS

Think of our Chapter as an amazing vehicle -- it can take us so many
places. It offers opportunities for us to continue our education. It
provides a place for us to meet other practitioners so we can
collaborate on projects and share ideas. It provides a forum each of
us can use to increase awareness of the profession of hypnosis
throughout the greater community. There are more than enough clients
out there for all of us, and we are seeing fantastic results as we
gather together in a spirit of cooperation, not competition. As we
continue to create a strong community of professionals, working
together to provide greater service, we "raise the water," if you
will, floating all of our individual ships higher.

Please consider participating in one of our collaborative projects,
like the Veteran's Day program, or World Hypnotism Day. If you have
any ideas about how to make our chapter better, please contact me, or
any of the board members, with your ideas.

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That's it for this month. Our next meeting is
Friday October 12 - 7 to 9 PM
South Snohomish County PUD Office
21018 Highway 99, Edmonds WA 98026
Remember to visit our website, www.nghwa.org for meeting locations,
member events, and more.


On behalf of the entire NGHWA board, we hope to see you at
the next meeting.

Warmly,

Lauren Archer Finkelstein
www.Lauren@...
425-881-7082