Anne-Marie Lafleur – Wellness Coach
Define Wellness in Your Life
How about I start… for me, wellness is something that is blooming, imperfect but as close to it’s true essence in every given moment.
Wellness is connection to our self. Feeling and living what is there, now , whatever it is.
Listening, paying close attention, being interested in one self as we would like our loved ones to be towards us.
Honoring, growing, playing, learning and finding solutions to make it a worthy and pleasant path for ourselves, our loves ones, our community.
About Anne Marie Lafleur
I am a middle aged woman, wife, mother, friend, daughter. I was a paramedic for many years in montréal.
While I was doing that, I decided that I wanted to help people in a deeper way. I was deeply touched by many of my compatriots sharing how little support there was for so many moments in our line of work where we meet destiny, faith, death and so much more. I believed that even if we got paid to execute this passion of ours, we needed to be able to be human, to have moments of hardship and where someone could hear our humanity so we could go back and do our job a little lighter or surely, with less bagage.
I did 3 years of NLP. 1500 hours in a condensed and intense reprogramming laboratory with a great teacher (Lisa Tremblay). I just loved it. I find the human mind to be so fascinating anf fantastic. And the part that I loved the most in being a paramedic was always the stories, the people, the sharing and the connection.
I had an office, I started my small business. took specific trainings to help people with trauma, my buddies in the front line and any and all people.
Then covid hit. I felt compelled to be on the front line. Remember in the beginning, being a paramedic and being in the same room as another human being was not so compatible. I could just be a paramedic. I loved Coaching but I love my passion more. Until my body decided otherwise. Injury upon injury, I was no longer able to be that paramedic anymore. So here I am 
My Services
Become your own home. Love to be with you, connected to the person you are inside no matter the state. Be a safe place for yourself, Be your loving embrace, Be the one person on which you can count to love you. Always.
Be interested. Want to clarify your intention, your reason for getting up in the morning.When something happens, be curious about your motivations, your needs, your strenghts and your challenges.
As Captain Jack Sparow said “We have our heading!!” Where are you going? What needs are your trying to fullfill? How could you finally get where you’ve always wanted to go? I’ll help your figure it out.
As the musical group RUSH has written in it’s song FREEWILL, “If You choose not to decide, you still have made a choice”. I believe that not making a choice is imprisonning you to the defautl position in your brain, that is to say your life will either be as your parents or exactly the opposite. To have it any other way, you need to decide and follow through.
Let’s Grow!
Growing is part of life. Or it should be. Changing in life. Questionning what used to work for us and doesn’t any longer. I would further say that seeking what we really want is quite healthy. Not always, not everything.
Being Happy
Could we say that the pursuit of happiness it what drives most addiction? Being in a constant state of happiness does not happen naturally but creating true connected moments of joy emerging for the bottom of your shoes…now that is amazing.
Fulfilling Potential
What else could you be able to do? Have you ever wondered? Have you explored a new talent, a new task, a new activity? No matter if you liked it or not? What did you learn about yourself? What else could be interesting?
Making Changes
Changing happens, whether you want it or not. Are you aware of how truly difficult it is to make lasting changes. The requirements are discipline, constance, determination (I am sure you knew about those). But did you know that your best ally is intrinsic motivation and reflexion everytime you get stuck in stead of giving everything up all the time.
Finding Balance
I would say that finding balance requires help, yeah, with me for instance.
If you learn where you are, if you observe with a lot of goodwill what dosage of which activity suits you best in what circumstances, you might create momentum. You will get off balance, life happens. I find that the secret sauce is knowing how to create that stability again to be back on our merry way!
My Philosophy
Together We Will
I can help you in many different ways and areas, the common denominator is YOU.
First we will sit. Probably breathe a little. Ground ourselves. Be present. And talk about you. I am so interested in hearing what you need to say, sort out, balance, direct, clarify, feel. Let’s just pretend for a moment that you are calling upon a friend for coffee and a chat. I will listen, and look. Oh yes, I love to make those associations between what you say and how you say it. And with that, I will help you get where you want to go.
Hearing yourself, just being heard makes such a difference. And I will accompagny you towards your destination, your goal, your hearts desire. I will be there when you are stuck, you will not be alone. I have some very cool tools, techniques, exercises if you feel like it, or not. I’ll be there for you.
