Helene Van Manen - retreatcoaches.com
To say I love this woman is an understatement. In all she does, she embodies love, giving, creativity, earth stewardship, and gratitude. She is an empowered women who has designed a world-class coach training program specializing in retreat coach practices and she is a powerful life coach.
Exceptional Woman: Helene Van Manen, Master Certified Coach
Business Name:Mountain Coaching
Find her on the web at: www.retreatcoaches.com, www.coachhelene.com
Email:powercoach@fone.net
Phone: 719-485-2191
Listen to a ten minute interview with Helene.
Helene Van Manen MCC specializes in training Coaches and other Professionals to lead retreats. Along with training others to lead retreats, she also takes wo(men) on canyon river retreats, walking adventures and more. Her love for Nature and ecological literacy, combined with her strong mentorship skills in business, enable her to coach women who want to grow successful coaching practices and small businesses. She is a Grandmother Wise Woman, collector of songs, collage artist.
A Message from Helene: If you are feeling “called” to gather wo(men) into retreat to listen to their lives and make changes in the way the live and work, then I have created a learning path that will assist you in doing so. My ideal client is someone who has a compelling urge to want to gather women together and help midwife their lives into beautiful precious actions. I believe the world needs leaders of this type and I have created the architecture to empower you to lead retreats that will give you the means to be successful on every level doing so.
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Here is a sampling of what Helene has to offer:
Retreat Coach Calendar of Events
Earth Chants, Earth Songs: Songs to Sing to Yourself, Songs to Sing to Others - a CD of songs for use with groups, at retreats, and beyond
Favorite Quotes:
Taking a retreat is to step away from your busy daily tasks and allow yourself the space to dream, rest, create and just be. It increases your attraction factor and gives you time for the deep listening that will fuel your life, and nourish your soul.
- Helene Van Manen, Master Retreat Leader
I consider the care I give my body part of my political work. – Andre Lorde, poet

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The Woman’s Field Guide is “ the field guide” to the work I do as a Coach. Corrie took everything I love, believe, support clients to do, and do myself and put into a handbook that I will carry with me on retreat, on my walks, and into my daily activities.