M. Nora Bouchard

Coach, Meditator, Story Teller

There are always people around us who try to off-load their inner shadows onto our shoulders. They blame us for their failings. Often, we inadvertently take on these messages and hold them as our own, as if we were fully responsible. This guided meditation shows you how to build your shield of protection that will keep you safe from the emotional harm directed toward you.

Build a shield of protection with guided meditation to avoid taking on others' emotional harm by off-loading their inner shadows onto us.

Protecting Emotional Boundaries

The body is a wonder. In addition to all the wonderful things it does for us, it also speaks to us. It tells us through whispers of stress or tension and sometimes through shouts of anguish and pain. Our bodies tell us when our lives are out of balance. They give us clues as to what will help us regain that balance. This guided meditation provides a quick and thorough bodily inventory to help you pinpoint what might be off. Relax, enjoy, and listen to what your body is telling you.

This guided meditation helps to identify bodily stress and tension, providing clues to regain balance and harmony in life. Relax and listen to your body.

Your Body Speaks Truth

We are energetic beings made of light. Yet, it's easy to forget and lose sight of this truth. This gentle guided meditation reminds you of who you are. The green light mentioned in this meditation comes directly from your heart chakra, the energy center devoted to love and connection.

A guided meditation reminds us of being energetic beings made of light and encourages connection through the heart chakra's green light.

Spreading Your Inner Light

Day by day, we find ourselves distracted by the tasks before us. We forget about the small bits of joy we used to experience daily as kids. This quick meditation reminds us of the simple, carefree joy we used to have while sitting with a friend. Remember. Enjoy!

A quick meditation reminding us of the simple joy we used to have while sitting with a friend, encouraging us to remember and enjoy.

Rekindling Joy

Asking for help is never easy for any of us, and taking that first step to asking for what we need opens a whole new world for us. It gives us a chance to BE different. It is often the one lesson that needs to be learned so we may remain vulnerable, open, welcoming, and loving. Listen as I share the hilarious story of how I learned to ask for what I need in a very public and embarrassing way.

Asking for help allows us to be vulnerable and learn a valuable lesson; a humorous story illustrates this point.

Lessons Learned: Ask for Help

How is it we lose track of joy as we grow older? How is it we forget to find it in the simple things? Snow angels, for example. I bet you can remember falling into the snow, feeling the crisp air around you, the sky, bright blue or dotted with stars. And feeling, for that moment, joy. Allow yourself to relive that moment, here and now. Enjoy!

As we age, we forget the joy found in simple things like making snow angels; relive those moments now and rediscover the feeling of joy.

Remember Joy? It Remembers You

It is easy for us to look to others for wisdom, but we have our own. This gentle guided meditation will take you on a journey that connects you with your own eternal wisdom and insight. Relax knowing the answers you seek will come to you because they are already within you.

Connect with your own wisdom through a guided meditation and trust that the answers you seek are already within you.

Discovering Personal Wisdom

Relax and create a space surrounded by golden light. This gentle guided meditation helps you create a safe space as it prepares you for a journey into your future, your near-future. If you have concerns or worry about what the day might bring, listen in.

Guided meditation creating a safe space surrounded by golden light, preparing for a journey into the near-future to ease concerns.

Anticipating Your Day

Take a relaxing journey in your mind to your secret hideaway of dreams. Float toward the dreams you've forgotten and experience their wildness once again. Or fly toward the dreams you've made manifest, enjoying your sense of accomplishment. This guided meditation reminds you of your innate creativity and drive. It rekindles your sense of agency and ability to create whatever surfaces in your dreams. Enjoy the peace, the wonder, and the memory of what may have been forgotten.

Guided meditation rekindles creativity by journeying to forgotten dreams and reveling in accomplishments, reminding of innate ability to create.

Creating Our Dreams

Enjoy this relaxing guided meditation as you explore the abundance all around you. Our lives are filled to the brim, yet we forget to acknowledge this. There is plenty of air, water, music, and love. We only need to ask for it. This meditation takes you on a mental journey to the sea where you will experience the abundance of the blue ocean. You have all you need to for this journey - your imagination and breath. Come join us to learn again how all is provided for you.

Relaxing guided meditation on abundance; reminds us of the plenty of air, water, music, and love around us. Takes you on a mental journey to the sea.

Your Sea of Abundance

"Keep a green bough in your heart and the singing bird will come." This Chinese proverb reminds us to keep hope alive. Through this peaceful meditation, you will manifest your own green bough and singing bird and come to know exactly what they represent for you. Listen and generate hope for whatever it is you are wishing for.

"Chinese proverb encourages keeping hope alive through peaceful meditation to manifest desires and generate hope." (113 characters)

Keep a Green Bough (Hope) in Your Heart

We all experience epiphanies. This is the story of one of mine - the one that broke open the world for me. Twenty years ago, I learned first-hand that there is indeed the sixth sense. Listen as I share my first experience in an "intuitive reading" and hear how my inner skeptic was banished for good!

Author shares her first experience in an "intuitive reading" and how it helped her believe in the existence of the sixth sense, banishing her inner skeptic.

Going Beyond 5 Senses

Each evening, as we prepare for bed, we transition from one day to the next - from what was to what will be. Listen to this gentle, relaxing meditation as you honor your day and welcome a new sunrise.

Transition from day to night with a gentle, relaxing meditation to honor the day and welcome a new sunrise.

Your Bridge to a New Sunrise

We convince ourselves that we know so much and that knowing protects us. But we miss out on something wonderful when we always insist on "knowing." We miss out on the unexpected! The surprises in life! This meditation takes you to your private beach where a surprise awaits you. Come along and relax, and remind yourself how much fun it is to NOT know.

Let go of the need to know everything and embrace the unexpected surprises in life with a guided meditation on a private beach.

Embracing the Unexpected

Nothing like an evening walk through a sleepy little town to help you nod off. With this relaxing meditation, you will find yourself sliding into slumber as you wander through your sleepy town. In no time, you'll find yourself dreaming of parks, libraries, ice creams, and calm rivers, all the while safe in your comfy bed.

Take an evening stroll through a sleepy town to fall asleep with this meditation, dreaming of peaceful places and staying cozy in bed.

Your Sleepy Little Town

Your future is yours to create. Sometimes the first step is the hardest because we fear we may make a "wrong" choice. But what would you do if there were no wrong choice? What would you choose? This quick meditation lets you see the light and dark sides of every option.

Overcome fear of making wrong choices, and explore all possibilities with a quick meditation that shows light and dark sides of every option.

What is Next for Me?

This short coaching session plays with the concept of balance by actually getting you to physically balance yourself! Have some fun and learn that maybe, just maybe, the way you are handling work/life balance is something to be proud of!

Learn about work/life balance through a fun physical exercise in this short coaching session and discover your own successful approach.

Balance To Be Proud Of

Is your mind stuck on repeat? Can't quiet the thoughts spinning round and round in your head? Want to quiet the noise and rediscover peace? The answer is not in your mind, it is in your heart and your body. Listen to this quick life coaching lesson and learn how to tame your monkey mind once and for all.

Discover how to quiet your mind and find inner peace by listening to this concise life coaching lesson.

Taming Monkey Mind

Language is powerful. And we must recognize how we wield that power. One word, in particular, is rarely inclusive and rarely attached to anything other than a critique - a hurtful one at that. Listen to this quick life coaching lesson to learn how the word "should" limits us - and how life becomes real when we resist using it!

The word "should" is rarely inclusive or positive, limiting us in life. Language has power and we must be mindful of how we use it.

Inclusive Language: No More Shoulds

This quick lesson offers quick tips on how to make your language more connective, more inclusive. Switching out one negative word for a better, more powerfully accurate word is one way of making your communication stronger and more positive. Enjoy!

Tips for stronger, more positive communication through inclusive language by switching out negative words for more accurate ones.

Inclusive Language: No More Buts

Language is powerful: it creates a future, describes a past, and opens up possibilities. But if we use it poorly, our power is diminished. One word that can diminish our power, faster than others, is the word "Why." Listen to this quick life coaching lesson to learn how together.

Language is powerful, but the word "Why" can diminish our power. Learn why in a quick life coaching lesson.

Inclusive Language: No More Whys

As leaders, we are familiar with the feeling of unanswered questions - big gaping holes of information or direction. I call this the Void. The Void is the space of uncertainty that we fill with our greatest fears. As leaders, we know this place exists, but no one ever tells us how to deal with it. How do we avoid the Void? This short chat describes the Void in more detail and offers practical suggestions for dealing with it!

Leaders face the Void, an uncertainty filled with fear, but practical suggestions for dealing with it are offered in this short chat.

Avoid the Void

We talk a lot about authenticity these days, especially at work. We want people to be real and genuine. But how? And how do we remain authentic even while we lead others? This chat provides insight using a simple model of Body, Mind, and Emotion. And, with a short meditation, you remember what authenticity feels like for you!

Learn how to be authentic at work with a Body-Mind-Emotion model and a short meditation to remember what authenticity feels like for you.

Being An Authentic Leader

What does it mean to engage your team? This quick chat lays out the key elements of engagement and offers up some tough questions you need to ask yourself as a leader of a team.

Learn how to engage your team as a leader by understanding the key elements and asking yourself tough questions.

What Is An Engaged Team?

Join Executive Coach Nora Bouchard as she shares with you another key element of Positive Psychology: Working from strength. When we apply our strengths, we naturally re-energize ourselves. This makes sure we use our strengths again and again. But what is a strength and how do we know what our strengths are? This recording gives you more than a few ideas to ponder!

Discover how working from your strengths can re-energize you with Executive Coach Nora Bouchard's Positive Psychology tips on identifying your strengths.

Use Your Strengths!

Do you lead a team at work? Are you under the impression that your job is to keep your direct reports happy? Think again. This short track explains what happiness is and why it is not your responsibility to keep everyone happy. I also include some great questions to ask to help you assess how happy your team actually is!

This track explains why it's not a leader's job to keep their team happy and provides questions to assess team happiness.

Who Owns Happiness At Work?

We all need to trust, no matter how difficult it is. This short lesson introduces a simple and effective trust model that you can use at work and at home. Enjoy as Nora Bouchard reveals the 4 key components that help us recognize what trust is, why we trust some, and we don't trust others.

Learn a simple trust model with 4 key components to recognize why we trust some and not others, and apply it at work and home.

A Trust Model

Listen in as Nora tells you the secrets about trust, what it is and how to repair it in situations at work. (To be honest, you can use what she shares in any life situation!) Enjoy and learn!

Learn secrets of trust repair in work situations (applicable to life) from Nora; listen in to discover what trust is and how to rebuild it.

Repairing Trust

How often do you notice the beauty that is in your life? It's easy to bypass the daily respites offered by nature. This meditation reminds you to seek the beauty that may be missing.

This meditation prompts you to appreciate the beauty in your life, which is often overlooked in daily routine.

Noticing Beauty

There are specific distinctions that exist between these two emotional states: inspiration and motivation. Listen to this short lesson and learn to choose what it is you really want when you work with your team.

Learn to differentiate between inspiration and motivation when leading a team.

Inspiration or Motivation?

This relaxing meditation takes you on a personal journey of acknowledgment, love, letting go, and creating space for relationships that no longer serve you. Settle in as Nora Bouchard shows you how to appreciate the obsolete relationships of the past and to create space for something new in the future.

Meditation to acknowledge, let go and create space for new relationships with Nora Bouchard.

Letting Go Obsolete Relationships

Have you ever thought of flying away while you slumber? This relaxing meditation helps you break through the retained stress of the day until you are as light as a caressing breeze.

Escape stress with a meditation that helps you feel as light as a breeze, perfect for those wanting to fly away in their sleep.

Breezy Sleep Meditation

Sympathy and Empathy are often confused. Light two candles and learn how to discern the difference - to make a difference in your life and in the lives of others.

Learn to differentiate between sympathy and empathy to improve your life and the lives of others by lighting two candles.

The Flame Of Empathy

Have you ever envied little kids who fall asleep soundly during a car ride? You were like that once. Relax and fall off to sleep as this recording reminds you of a time when you did the same thing. Breathe deeply, stretch out and get comfy as you take this Sleepy Car Ride. Night night little one.

Relax and fall asleep like a child during a car ride with Sleepy Car Ride recording, reminding you of peaceful childhood moments.

Sleepy Car Ride

Everyone seems to talk about strengths, but about 70% of us don't know what our strengths are. This track introduces you to a great definition and offers up questions to help you identify and begin to understand your strengths and the strengths of others! Enjoy!

Track helps identify your strengths & those of others with a great definition and useful questions, as 70% of people are unsure of their strengths.

Introducing You To Your Strengths

Many relationships have been saved by Gary Chapman's book, "The 5 Love Languages." In it, he taught us how we each demonstrate love in different ways. He did the same, with his colleague Dr. Paul White, in "5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace." This track introduces you to the 5 languages and discusses the importance of showing appreciation at work.

"The 5 Love Languages" author Gary Chapman's "5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace" teaches 5 ways to show appreciation at work to improve relationships.

5 Work Languages

The 4th of 5 Languages to show appreciation in the workplace. Based on the book by Gary Chapman and Paul White, this track explains how acts of service at work create a positive environment where no one feels alone.

"Acts of service in the workplace create a positive environment where no one feels alone" - a summary of the book by Gary Chapman and Paul White on the 4th language of appreciation.

Acts of Service

This track introduces the use of Quality Time as a way of showing appreciation in the workplace. Based on the book by Gary Chapman and Paul White, "5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace" drives home how important it is to notice and spend time with your team.

"Quality Time" praised as effective way of showing appreciation in workplace, according to "5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace" by Chapman and White.

Quality Time

Based on the book, "5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace," this track introduces you to Words of Affirmation. We think we know how to give compliments, but do we? Nora Bouchard shares with you some great examples of how to show your team you appreciate them.

Learn how to show appreciation in the workplace through Words of Affirmation with Nora Bouchard's great examples based on "5 Languages of Appreciation."

Words of Affirmation

Based on the book, "5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace" by Gary Chapman and Paul White, this track introduces you to the importance of finding small gifts and mementos for your team. Each token makes them feel noticed and appreciated.

Track emphasizes on the significance of small gifts for team members to make them feel appreciated based on "5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace" book.

Tangible Gifts

This is the last of 5 Languages to show appreciation in the workplace. Based on the book by Gary Chapman and Paul White, this track offers up suggestions on fun and respectful ways of using touch to show how much we appreciate those with whom we work.

"Last language of appreciation in the workplace: using touch to show appreciation, according to Gary Chapman and Paul White's book."

Appropriate Touch

We need office politics. There! I said it. As much as we dislike using politics to move our agendas forward, it's absolutely necessary. This track introduces you to the value and importance of politics and helps you imagine a different way of perceiving and using it.

Office politics is necessary to move agendas forward, and this track helps you perceive and use it differently.

The Values of Office Politics

This fun track shares two stories - both about cars - to demonstrate that we need to be careful about what it is we ask for. More often than not, the Universe has something better in mind for us...if we give ourselves a chance to receive it!

Be careful what you ask for as the Universe may have something better in mind - a message conveyed through two car stories in this fun track.

Tracks by M. Nora Bouchard