Fusion Retreat - November 2020 - See what the attendees had to say

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Fany B. - 90 Day Program

Sam A. - 90 Day Program

27th of August 2019

From a very young age I suffered like everybody from what I call emotional accidents and I battled to find a way out but it was what I call now Mental Dabbling “Fooled by my mind that was letting me believe that I was always strong enough and that I could surpass any obstacles, today at 52 I succeeded in many of my dreams but as I  got older I realised that something was hurting me and blocking me. So I decided to stop the do it myself practice that I called the Mental Dabbling of self help where I read self help books, listen to podcasts on how to do it yourself self help, I decided to get professional help I bounced around from psychologists to psychiatrists where they prescribed medications for this and that. I spent a lot of money and time and nothing seemed to help my suffering that was taking over my life.

Until the day I decided to try one more thing that my friend told me about, it was a program called “The 90 Day Intensive”.

From the first 45 minute session where I talked together with coach Jean Tawa, I felt good, I felt a connection with her and I decided to work with Jean, as the sessions went on my life started changing like waving a magic wand, session after session I felt subtle changes started happening in many different areas of my life. I was curious and motivated awaiting each session every week. As I got close to finishing my program I realised how gentle and subtle and fun Jean made our time together the difference between Jean and other therapists that I have had before is that Jean loves her job and loves humanity.

In a way I feel born again with new tools for a healthier happier life ready to face new challenges.

   Many thanks for this program and many many thanks to coach Jean Tawa.

           Love and Peace.

                 Sam A.

Eva R. - 90 Day Program

December 8th 2019 

An amazing coach. I enjoy our talks, always genuine and coming from the heart, with a lot of wisdom, intuition and tools that she passes to you from the heart. Jean has been a great help on many levels and been always there whenever I needed her. She helps you get to the core reasons, while giving you the tools to learn about yourself and create a change, a transformation in yourself and all while putting things in perspective.

In addition, she’s super fun and a bundle of beautiful energy. Love you Jean!

Eva. R.

Lawrence S. -

90 Day Program

27th August 2019

You could say I was sceptical going into the 90-day program. I thought I already knew everything about food, how it effected my body, what I needed to do to be healthy and how I needed to live. All I had to do was work harder, which had proved too much for me to keep up with multiple times before, but I thought if I could just work even harder it would eventually stick. Keep trying what I know is right and push for the rest of my life and I’ll be fine. There was no easy solution in my mind. I had been struggling with poor eating habits and being overweight since I was 9 or 10 years old (I am currently 26). I had lost a significant amount of weight once before but put it back on. I was always hovering around 110-130 kilos, binge eating regularly and being quite disappointed with my health and appearance. I had decided to make a big change 9 months before going into the 90-day program, 2 months of which I slipped away from my routine and put on weight... again. It was then I knew that I still needed some help. 

Starting the 90-day program I explained my situation to Jean who was very receptive, took it all in without judgement and made me feel comfortable to open up about my situation. I generally did not talk about my eating habits to other people as I was worried they would stop me eating what I wanted (unhealthy foods), and how much I wanted (way too much for any human). So, I kept it in and ate at my own will. Jean did not seem like a threat to me being free to eat what I want, so I opened up. We were off to a great start.

The first few weeks I was still sceptical, the small steps Jean explained in our sessions were so easy to implement in my life and so little to me, that I thought it would be hard to see a big impact, but the way Jean presented them they seemed so easy I thought: why not. And in fact, they were very easy to adopt. Little did I know, huge positive change was creeping up on me and I would not be able to stop it until it was too late, and my life had been changed for the better. Jean enticed me with small positive changes like you would trick a wild dog into a kennel with treats. Me, like the dog, would not know what happened until the door was slammed on my old, destructive habits and I was trapped in my new, healthy lifestyle. The first month I made the small changes, trying to chew more, increase meal times, eat healthier foods (when I can, nothing too serious Jean would assure me). Easy and small changes were the key words. First it was taking a few deep breaths before meals. Ok, I can do that. Now try and make every meal at least 20 minutes long. Ok, I can do that too. Now make every meal a magic plate, ok I am already including those ingredients in my meals. Hold on! How did this happen? All of a sudden, I had been eating healthily, slowly and in a very relaxed state for weeks. Then I realised what was happening and SLAM, I was trapped in the cage of positivity. Jean changed my habits before I knew what had happened. But, unlike the wild dog, I welcomed this change.

Jean kept going with the small, but effective changes. She didn’t shift gear when I increased my enthusiasm, making it harder at this point could have scared me off, as it had happened many times in the past with me. The first few weeks of the new gym program are great. Then you stop going for some reason? Not with Jean. Our sessions were overflowing with positivity and still very, very easy. It was not hard to attend like a new gym program is. It was a casual conversation once a week. Easy. How could that change anything? Well, it did. Big time. Jean knew exactly what I needed. She knew what would scare me off and she adjusted the plan accordingly. Often, on the fly. She must have been improvising but given how smoothly it flowed there was no way of knowing for sure. It felt like a completely customised program made just for me. Addressing my individual needs in a way that worked perfectly for me.

Now, she had my attention. I kept going with everything we learned. As Jean taught me about the parasympathetic state, I realised that was what I had been trying to achieve in my life with the small changes and I was already well on the way to living in this state. I felt great. My exercise was improving, my meals were always healthy and other parts of my life began to improve as well. Even things I never discussed with Jean. No aspect of my life was immune to the positive impact Jean had on me. 

Before I knew it, we were coming to the end of our sessions. As we started to reflect it became clear that the changes were huge. Often without me even realising, it was that easy. Things were going into auto mode, I didn’t have to make such a conscious effort anymore. These small changes were becoming second nature. The training wheels were taken off without me realising and I was doing it all by myself. Jean made sure it all happened at the right time as not to startle me and make me fall off my bike. I made the analogy that I was already on my bike learning how to ride by myself and though I was doing well. I was going in the right direction but very slowly. The front wheel was shaking, and I was trying very hard to push in the right direction, often having to put my leg down for support. I just didn’t know how to ride, although I thought I did. Jean came up, taught me an easy way to ride and gave me a huge push in the right direction. If I came into the 90 days as a wobbly learner, about to fall at any moment, barely moving. Then I left the 90 days as a highly skilled, confident bike rider, moving so fast in the right direction that the wind is blowing my hair back and I have a huge smile on my face. Ready to join the Tour de France.

The answer for me is no longer to slowly struggle for the rest of my life with the chance of falling and hurting myself. Jean gave me a plethora of tools to make my life easy, positive and healthy.

And for that I thank you, Jean.

You are great at what you are doing and you are going to positively impact many, many lives.

Your happiest client,

Lawrence