Testimonials Caitriona Reed and Michele Benzamin-Miki are co-founders of Five Changes and Manzanita Village.Contact Us, NLP Coaching and Training, Neuro-Linguistic Programming Hypnotherapy, Certified NLP Coaching and Practitioner training program in California
They have trained and mentored evolutionary leaders, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and spiritual seekers for three decades.
We always look forward ?to the cooler months when we can throw on a dress with leggings or tights, boots, socks, and boots because it is the ultimate comfort office-wear. Leggings are warm and comfortable, versatile and cute; they are a? staple item for your fall and winter wardrobes.The range of their experience, and their lifelong research,
blends contemporary brain-science with ancient mind-tools for deep personal, energetic, mindset change.
The depth of their wisdom, and their perspective as artist and poet, makes them uniquely suited to support and mentor smart, creative, visionaries who march to the beat of their own drum
Cait has worked with award-winning entrepreneurs, environmental activists, artists, poets, and visionaries .. including a White House staff member.
Michele has worked with conscious entrepreneurs, front line activists, gifted artists and visionaries of all kinds who are passionate about their work and have a strong desire to create positive impact in their communities and in the world.
Certification in Soul-Work NLP; a streamlined version of Neurolinguistics and trance-work, the most brilliantly effective communication and integrated personal transformation skills. Learn the core skills that will allow you to be massively effective with your clients, as well as to create exponential growth in your business and personal life.
A yearlong group program that includes revolutionary personal-change tools for clarity, direction, and for being and expressing your vision for what’s possible in your life and for the world
NLP Coaching and Training, Neuro-Linguistic Programming Hypnotherapy, Certified NLP Coaching and Practitioner training program in California 760.782.9223
You are at the cutting edge, highly creative, and motivated – a visionary, an artist, a healer, an evolutionary leader. Your passion is to make your vision real. The world we all long for also includes your thriving life and business. Win-win is the only option.
Do you believe in the magic of a bigger vision for what is possible? Is it is time for you to commit to a new level of success and influence .. with full-on energy and creativity? Then this is where our conversation can begin.
We each work with a small number of individual clients. We customize the program to best address your needs. Please contact us for details.
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reawakening indigenous intelligence
.. for the world we long for
Testimonials
Changes that are deep and meaningful
I cannot thank you enough for the amazing winter retreat we had. I’ve done dozens of weekends with different human potential programs, and life always seemed to chew up the breakthroughs afterward, which is to be expected I guess.
This time, the changes are deep and meaningful. Life looks very different to me in the best kind of way. I always lose mental and emotional baggage, but this time, I left a loaded steamer trunk behind me, and I can easily flow into a happy meditative state at almost any time.
Darya Teesewell Poet, Photographer, Visionary www.daryateesewell.com
Attracting new clients
Caitriona has helped me navigate some extremely challenging business situations. I had some issues that could easily have derailed me moving forward in my business, and because of the work we did I was able to stay on task. I feel a contagious sense of peace and ease that is actually attracting new clients.
Andy Spyros
Serial Entrepreneur and Business Owner
www.andyspyros.com
Awakening to fullness of being
I am grateful beyond words for the remarkable work of Caitríona and Michele. No spiritual teachers I know bring a broader, more relevant range of knowledge, experience, and well-honed skills for awakening us to fullness of being. While thoroughly schooled in ancient traditions, their work is fresh and bold, igniting both courage and joy for meeting the challenges of today’s world. For over a decade my own life and teaching has been enriched by their adventurous creativity and passionate respect for life.
Joanna Macy
Environmental activist, author, speaker, and scholar.
www.workthatreconnects.org
Phenomenal Results Rapidly!
I have had the pleasure of co-facilitating a training alongside the brilliant Caitriona Reed and I can say, hands down, that she is one of the most brilliant NLP practitioners I have had the pleasure of working with. The inclusion of her years of meditation training create an experience of safety, ease and play in the training that moves participants to phenomenal results rapidly! If you’re thinking of using NLP to support you in your efforts to be a better leader (or a better human being) please consider studying with Caitriona and Michele!
Scott Mills Ph.D
‘Brain Wizard’ and CEO of Sark International
www.scottwmills.com
There’s no greater resource for putting your incredible mind to work for you.
If you’re tired of sabotaging your big dreams and subtly (or nor so subtly) blocking your own way forward, Caitriona and Michele are the people you need to see. They have tools, unlike any other I know, to ‘re-wire’ your automatic thinking, to help you get more of what you want in a way that positively impacts your business, your life, and the difference you can make for others. There’s no greater resource for putting your incredible mind to work for you.
Jim Niswonger
www.enlightenedprofits.com
Shift the way you see the world
There’s an elephant in the room when Caitriona and Michele are around. People should know how brilliant and effective these two loving beings are at changing lives, teaching skills that will literally shift the way you see the world, and removing the obstacles of a lifetime.
Julia Stege
Brand Channeler and Magical Marketing
www.magical-marketing.com
My suggestion to anyone seeking change and growth is to grab one of them while you can.
Duane Alley
Trainer and Public Speaker
Brisbane, Australia
My work with Michele was extraordinary! I am more alive and connected to my life and work, and more confident of my creative capacity, than I ever dreamed was possible.
Tomas Jacobi
Musician and Composer
Santa Monica, California
I had the honor of serving as Caitriona’s coach for over two years and now SHE is coaching ME! I chose Caitriona because her command of the tools and perspectives she teaches and embodies is brilliant! She is poetry in motion! Caitriona’s ability to teach is exquisite. I learn multitudes from her in each session. I couldn’t recommend Caitriona as a coach, trainer, and teacher more highly!
Tracy Monteforte
Cofounder and Owner www.wtpowers.com
McKinleyville, California
In my 23 years of personal and professional development work, I have been extremely fortunate to have seen some of the greatest motivational speakers of our time. I can honestly say that Caitriona is by far one of the most captivating, entertaining, engaging and inspiring speakers and storytellers on the circuit today. She has an amazing knack for blending the breadth of her experience with the depth of her knowledge in a relaxed, easy-to-understand delivery. She’s hip, funny, dynamic and has her finger on the pulse of today’s current trends. Her work is not only inspiring but life-changing. I personally experienced a fundamental shift in my thinking in just minutes! If you are looking for a speaker for your staff, clients or community, Caitriona is the speaker for you!
Liora Mendeloff
CEO and Founder Women’s Speakers Association
Los Angeles, California
You helped me turn my life around.
Julia Kondratiev
Teacher
Ensenada, Mexico
I’m truly happy to be alive. That biggest proof I can offer as to how effective Michele is can be seen by the fact that I am alive. For many years I lived in a state of such severe depression that I often wanted to end my life. These days, I’m truly happy to be alive, and my life is rich and full of new goals and plans.
Renée D. Maxwell
Martial Artist, Psychologist. Rock Drummer
Los Angeles, California
It took only one session with Caitriona for me to make a quantum leap to an entirely new level of achievement and self-confidence.
Mushim Ikeda
Diversity Trainer and Facilitator and Zen Teacher
Oakland, California
Only people who have owned their dark nights, and really looked into their sadness, shame and anger, can create the space for TRUE tangible acceptance like you two amazing souls have done. I have been in this ‘self-help-transformation’ business for over twenty years and you are up there with the very best. Thank you for all the beauty you have co-created with the universe.
Rev. Elizabeth O’Day
Co-founder Soulworks
Paauilo, Hawaii