Below you will find information for upcoming workshops, lectures and special events. Please call or email me if you have any questions or if you would like to register for a workshop. Unless otherwise noted, drop-ins are always welcome.

This workshop is based on the Law of Attraction. Our thoughts and feelings are powerful magnets, by which we attract people, opportunities, circumstances and outcomes into our lives. Here you will be given practical tools to use to attract prosperity in all areas of your life.

You will learn to use the Law of Attraction to:
- Shift your thoughts around money to increase wealth
- Stop attracting things you don’t want
- Clarify your goals and strategies
- Deliberately create what you want

Recommended Reading:
- Ask and It Is Given, Author: Esther and Jerry Hicks
- The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent, Author: Esther and Jerry Hicks
- The Power of Intention, Author: Wayne Dyer
- Law of Attraction, Author: Michael J. Losier
- Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting, Author: Lynn Grabhorn
- Power vs Force, Author: David Hawkins

Music By: Gary Richardson

Gary Richardson, a well known musician in the greater Portland area and a genius for setting the tone, will be providing the music for the guided meditations.

Happy For No Reason
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
- Aristotle

This 5-week course, based on the book "Happy for No Reason", by Marci Shimoff, is about creating happiness from the inside out. You will be given simple, practical steps for experiencing a deeper, more permanent state of happiness, regardless of your external circumstances. You will put into practice the seven steps of building your inner Home for happiness and raise your happiness set-point so that peace and well-being are established as your everyday reality.

In this highly experiential course you will learn to:
- Expand your ability to experience happiness in all aspects of your life.
- Discover how to make your thoughts your allies.
- Create a vision to live by.
- Make happiness a priority.
- Create inner –outer harmony in your life.

Authentic Communication
A training in Nonviolent Communication based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg

Would you like to...
Express yourself and listen to others without blame or judgment?
Break patterns of thinking that lead to arguments, anger, and pain?

The purpose of this six week training is to introduce you to the practice of authentic communication, based on the teachings of Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D. During this interactive workshop, you will see how the practice on Nonviolent Communication creates deep connection and inspires trust, respect, and understanding that leads to life-enriching relationships.

By the End of Our Time Together You Will:
- Learn to communicate more effectively.
- Enhance and deepen your personal and professional relationships.
- Experience giving and receiving empathy.
- Identify, experience, and communicate feelings and needs.
- Learn to act in harmony with your values rather than reacting from habitual triggers.

Prosperity Group Coaching – Create the Life You Love
Are You Ready to Bust the Lie of Scarcity Once and For All?

This is an experiential group coaching program that utilizes the power of intention, the Law of Attraction, and manifestation principals, as well as activities to gain clarity so you can create abundance and prosperity in you life.

You will learn tools/processes that will help you:
- Awaken your Prosperity Consciousness and let go of the great lie of scarcity.
- Break through your own barriers of limited beliefs and old patterns.
- Become a Deliberate Creator.
- Raise your own level of attraction.
- Learn to live the biggest and best version of yourself.
- Feel a greater sense of peace and joy no matter what is happening around you.

What does the Prosperity Group Coaching include?
* Six, 90-minute group coaching sessions. (two sessions a month)
* Three, 30-minute one-on-one coaching sessions. (one session a month)
* Email support between group sessions
* Tools and resources to dramatically change your life

Benefits
Group coaching offers the added benefit of bringing people together on a regular basis to share strengths, goals, and accountability. You’ll get the experience of working with a coach combined with the ability to learn and grow from the experience and wisdom of others, all at a significantly lower cost.

Group size is limited to 6-8 participants to maximize participation and learning.

If you are ready to create prosperity, manifest your desires and join a group of like-minded people to help you focus and create accountability reserve a space today.

Prosperity Group Coaching - Morning Sessions
Dates: Tuesdays, October 7, 21, November 4, 18, December 2, 16, 2008
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Meadow Wind, 100 Gray Rd, Falmouth, ME,
Cost: $450.00 (Payment plans available.)
Includes: Three 30-minute, one-on-one coaching sessions to be scheduled at your convenience.

For more information and to register, please contact
Deborah Bergeron 207-797-9007 or email:  Debcoaches@aol.com

Prosperity Group Coaching - Evening Sessions
Dates: Mondays, October 6, 20, November 3, 17, December 1, 15, 2008
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Meadow Wind, 100 Gray Rd, Falmouth, ME,
Cost: $450.00 (Payment plans available.)
Includes: Three 30-minute, one-on-one coaching sessions to be scheduled at your convenience.

For more information and to register, please contact
Deborah Bergeron 207-797-9007 or email:  Debcoaches@aol.com

Women in Transition - Making Change Work for You

Life is about change. Join Certified Life Coach Deborah Bergeron as she helps you to develop a focused picture of how to write the next chapter of your life. Come together with other women for this rewarding session and explore life's many choices and probe the courageous question posed by the poet Mary Oliver: "What is it you want to do with this one, wild, precious thing called your life."

Learn new tools and strategies to::
- Discover what you really want.
- Choose actions that connect to your values.
- Relinquish what no longer serves you.
- Express your creativity.
- Embrace your journey .

Cultivating Balance and Self-Care in Your Life

Do you have too many responsibilities and not enough time to enjoy life?  
Life is a balancing act and only you know how it feels internally when the balance is off.  Learn to recognize the signs and what you can do about it.  

If you are ready to reorder your priorities and focus on what's really important, this interactive workshop can help you:
- Take responsibility for, and become the creative force of, your life.
- Learn to make self-care a top priority.
- Learn to say NO! and draw clear boundaries.
- Discover the things that bring meaning, passion, and purpose into your life.

Click Here To Register Online: www.gcvce.org

Contact: Gorham Adult Education
Phone: 207-222-1095
Status: Open for registration

20th Annual Wellness Conference
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Harraseekett Inn - Freeport, ME

Key Note Address by Deb Bergeron, "Attractring the Life You Want."

Click Here to Download Brochure/Registration Form

Maine Women's Journal - Recently Published Articles
To view a recently published article please click on a link below.

"The Practice of Gratitude" (Spring, 2007)

"Is Your Inner Child Keeping You Broke?" (Winter, 2006)