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“Imagine a Woman”
Empowerment Coaching and Groups
Offered by IAW Certified Coach and Facilitator
Mara Castello
My “Imagine A Woman” Story
IAW Coach Mara Castello
As a child, I learned to be a people pleaser. This lead to a “lack of self,” resulting in not loving myself because there was no one “home” to love. The “Imagine a Woman” poem inspired my own “rebirth.” I first heard it read in September 1993. From that moment, its message resonated within my heart. To this day, I cannot read the poem without a tear in my eye.
The poem’s message of self-love and empowerment, has served as an inspiration for my own journey to love myself.
As a relationship coach, I genuinely want to support women to love themselves. Because my process emphasizes that a woman must love herself first before she can have a successful relationship with a partner, the “Imagine A Woman” poem is a perfect adjunct.
My desire and calling is to share the poem’s message with women everywhere, so that they may know the same depth of freedom and joy I now experience.
The “Imagine a Woman” Poems
Read through the original Imagine a Woman I and II poems, and notice your response. Each stanza of the “Imagine a Woman” poem leads you on a journey home to yourself. Each stanza holds within it a reminder of the truth. If a stanza triggers strong emotion or longing, there’s a gift for you within the stanza. Let’s meet together in a private IAW coaching session or in an IAW group to uncover the gift of the poem for you!
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“Imagine a Woman” Empowerment Services
ARE YOU SEEKING A RELATIONSHIP and Tired Of Spending Hours Achieving
the “Perfect Look” to Attract Mr. Right… So That Then You Will Be Happy?
If your answer is “Yes,” you are not alone.
The good news is that there is a program that allows you to stop the insanity of trying the same fruitless methods over and over expecting a different result. Rather, it provides the opportunity and invites you to look “inside.”
The program is The Journey Home: Growing in Knowledge and Love of Yourself, a stanza-based coaching system created from the “Imagine a Woman” poem written by Patricia Lynn Reilly. It reminds you of the essential connection between self-love and the love of others, and supports you to experience your relationships from the inside out.
Through The Journey Home program, you will:
• Maintain clear boundaries to get your needs met.
• Be confident in your relationship choices.
• Radiate your own self-worth to attract the partner that treats you with respect.
• Be in relationship from a grounded place.
“Imagine a woman who loves herself A woman who is at home and at peace with herself. Whose relationships reflect her relationship with herself. Imagine yourself as this woman.”
When it comes to relationships, I have lived in your shoes. The “Imagine a Woman” poem inspired my own “rebirth.” From the moment I heard it read, its message resonated within my heart. To this day, I cannot read the poem without a tear in my eye.
Hearing these words helped solidify that I can be the woman I chose to be, both in relationship and in the world.
I am delighted and honored to be Massachusetts’ first Certified IAW (Imagine A Woman) Coach. My desire and calling is to share the poem’s message with you so that you, too, may know the same depth of freedom and joy I now experience.
The Journey Home consists of Six Sessions:
Session 1 Introduction: Your Oxygen Mask
Session 2 Reflection 1: Home is Always Waiting
Session 3 Reflection 2: The Breath of Life
Session 4 Reflection 3: Your Woman Body
Session 5 Reflection 4: Your Inner Life
Session 6 Reflection 5: A Vow of Faithfulness
“The Journey Home” Retreat reminds you of the natural resources for authentic living that reside within you, and how to access them daily. Imagine a woman who discovers the way home to herself. A woman who descends into her own inner life. Who reunites with her essential self and reclaims her natural capacities. Imagine yourself as this woman.
REGISTER FOR: The Journey Home Boston Area Group
Mara Castello, of Navigate from the Heart Coaching, is offering a special package price of $87,
for the first 10 women who register for “The Journey Home” group, which includes:
1. Six weekly 90 minute circle meetings facilitated by me, Mara Castello, CEC.
2. The Journey Home booklet and materials.
3. Strong WomanSpirit support on your journey home.
This is an “in person group” that meets on Saturdays.
Beginning on Saturday: 00/00/11 and Ending on Saturday: 00/00/11
Location To Be Determined.
$87 PURCHASE: “The Journey Home” Package, as described above.
$27 PURCHASE the Self-Guided Retreat Workshop booklet: “The Journey Home: Three Pathways Home”
$357 PURCHASE “The Journey Home: Three Pathways Home”
Course Materials + 6 – Private Coaching Session with Mara
There’s a gift for you in each stanza of the IAW poem. I will assist you to unwrap the gift held within the stanza of your choice using our one-of-a-kind woman-affirming coaching model. IAW empowerment sessions are conducted in-person, by phone, and via Skype. They are one hour long and take you on a journey of self-discovery to unwrap the special gift held within the stanza of your choice. Take the first step on your journey of self-discovery and schedule your coaching session today!
$ 75 for 1 hour of Poem/Stanza-Based Coaching
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Nourish Your WomanSpirit with other “Remember Yourself” Retreats
Do you need to catch your breath every once in a while, as your life spins around you? Do you long for a moment to call your own? Do you wish for quiet time, to hear that wise voice within you?
If you heard a YES in your spirit, you’re ready to experience one of the IAW “Remember Yourself” Home Retreats in the comfort of your own home or to register for one of my local “Remember Yourself” groups.
Patricia Lynn Reilly wrote the retreats to give you a time out, a quiet moment, a deep breath. To remind you of the truth about yourself when you forget. To escort you home to yourself when you lose your way. Choose from among IAW’s 6 “Remember Yourself” Retreats:
“Heal into the Present” Retreat reminds you of the expressive capacities for resilient living that are your birthright, and how to access them daily. Imagine a woman who acknowledges the past’s influence on the present. A woman who has walked through her past. Who has healed into the present. Imagine yourself as this woman.
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“Author Your Own Life” Retreat reminds you of the creative intelligence you already possess, and how to access it to author your own life and self-understanding. Imagine a woman who authors her own life. A woman who trusts her inner sense of what’s right for her. Who takes responsibility for the design and content of her life. Imagine yourself as this woman.
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“Love Your Body” Retreat reminds you of the body-loving instincts of the child you once were, and of how to awaken them in every season of your life. Imagine a woman who is glad to be alive. A woman who has released body-scrutiny and -criticism. Who celebrates her body with reverence and respect. Imagine yourself as this woman.
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“Name Your Own Gods” Retreat reminds you of your birthright of freedom and courage, and how to use this birthright to inspire and design your own spirituality. Imagine a woman who embodies her spirituality. A woman who honors her body as the sacred temple of the spirit of life. Who breathes deeply as a prayer of gratitude for life itself. Imagine yourself as this woman.
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“Relationships from the Inside Out” Retreat reminds you of the essential connection between self-love and the love of others, and how to experience your relationships from the inside out. Imagine a woman who turns toward herself with interest and attention. A woman who turns inward to listen, remember, and replenish. Whose capacity to be available to others deepens as she is available to herself. Imagine yourself as this woman.
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IAW’s WomanSpirit Empowerment Program
The IAW Empowerment Program consists of the six retreats listed above. Although each course is self-contained, the courses, in sequence, reflect IAW’s distinctive Journey of Empowerment.The retreats will empower you in all seasons and situations of your life.
Purchase the IAW Empowerment Program
Become a Certified IAW Coach-Facilitator
Join me on the “Imagine a Woman” Team as a certified Facilitator-Coach, and launch, grow, or enhance your coaching business, therapy practice, and woman-affirming ministry. The IAW team is committed to providing you with niche- specific training and supporting you once you’re certified to share your amazing gifts with the clients who need you!
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The poem resonates in the core of my being.It’s become more than a poem—it’s my mantra. Thanks for lighting our path! –Wendy
I celebrate “Imagine a Woman” today because I’ve become the woman described in the poem. Before the poem came into my life I didn’t know such a woman existed. –Linda
The “Imagine a Woman” poem is not just a poem—it is a prayer, affirmation, and daily inspiration for me. To imagine this woman, and to imagine that I am this woman has helped me on “my walk through the past to heal into the present.” —Gina
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