New Coffee Table Book Offers Inspiring Enlightenment Messages by Laurie Zinn
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ictoria A. Vetere, PhD, HC, is life coach, consultant and speaker. Through her business, Enlightened Life Coaching, she helps individuals, couples, and businesses navigate through the changes, stresses and strains that life brings. She now also has another resource to offer those who need direction - her new coffee table book entitled, “Enlightenment Appetizers: A Taste of Enlightenment in Everyday Life.” “Enlightenment Appetizers,” published in June of 2015, is a compilation of six years of articles, insights and teachings from Vetere and although she describes the book as a “recipe for enlightenment,” it is anything but a cookbook. Much like appetizers, the magazine-style book includes short articles about relationships, consciousness, health, work and spirituality, and many other topics. The book offers a powerful blend of psychological principles, quantum science and broader perspectives. Vetere wants to make the concepts of energy science accessible, understandable, and practical for both the people who study them, and for those who are not familiar with these concepts. “I wrote it this way because people don’t have time to study, so I wanted to condense the principles and put them in a conversational, palatable mode,” Vetere says. “I want people to become intrigued, and hopefully get a nugget they can use quickly.” “Enlightenment Appetizers” contains references from the major thinkers and writers of our time, full-color pictures, and a link to her lighthearted web course, “Energy Science 101: How Life Really Works.” The book is available for purchase on her own website, but also at Amazon.com,
Balboa Press.com, and the Polaris location of Barnes & Noble. Vetere always knew she wanted to help people. She was immersed in the field of enlightenment since she was a teenager, recognizing it as a guiding light in her own life. She earned a doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Cincinnati, a master’s degree in kinesiology/sport psychology from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English from the University of Pittsburgh. Further credentials include a Certificate of Women’s Studies from the University of Pittsburgh and earned Basic and Advanced Certifications in Holistic Coaching from the Journeys of Wisdom Holistic Coaching Institute in Columbus. Vetere started her business, Enlightened Life Coaching, in 2004 after spending over 15 years working in the field of psychotherapy. She explains that there is a precise difference between a coach and a psychotherapist. “Coaching is enhancement. While we do reparative work to some extent, it’s not clinical,” Vetere says. “If you have symptoms and struggles that are signifi-
cantly interfering with your functioning, that’s clinical. If it’s just gardenvariety stress and strains and worries, that’s different. That’s coaching.” Her clients can choose to work with her in a number of ways; she referes to them as “Paths to Enlightenment.” They can engage in coaching, read her blog, listen to her “Chai Chat” radio show on Blog Talk Radio, or read her book. Whether her clients meet with her in person, talk by phone, or communicate via Skype, she offers them a safe, neutral place where they can talk about their challenges. She said some clients consider coaching part of their self-care, like brushing their teeth or taking a shower. “There are people who come to accomplish a goal, and then there are people who come to self-realize, to really stay on a path of enlightenment, unfolding and continuing to develop who they are,” Vetere says. “Then there’s the hybrid of that, where some people will be working on something, will disappear for a year or two, and then come back.” Clients come to her from as close as Columbus and as far away as New Zealand and Czechoslovakia, but no matter where her clients come from or what they need, the one constant is that “it’s always new.” “With every client, each time we meet, it’s an adventure,” Vetere says. “That’s what I love about this work.” For more information, visit EnlightenedLifeCoaching.com or BlogTalkRadio.com/ChaiChat. Laurie Zinn is a Columbus-based freelance writer and the owner of Line-By-Line, a digital content management service for websites, blogs, email marketing and social media. Connect at laurie@line-by-line.us.
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