Everywhere you look advertisements shout to us that bigger is better. Super size your order, but wait, buy now and you could have another free just pay shipping and handling and don't even get me started on "enhancements".  Whatever happened to accepting what you have and taking steps to improve on it?

Every day I hear someone reference how they are supposed to be somewhere they aren't already. Either in career, relationship or intuitive abilities. I feel like people are rushing forward to be in the future so much, they don't even know they are in the present. If you aren't present, how in the heck are you going to even know what you want? Creating a future means knowing where you are so you can move forward from a solid place. A place of clarity.

It has been my experience that finding that place of clarity can not be rushed. It would be like plowing your way through dinner, stuffing your face and not being able to taste a single thing because you are so focused on getting to the end, the journey doesn't matter. This is why I am suggesting slowing down and enjoying those bite sized pieces. The irony that I am suggesting this does not get by me as I spent most of my adult years thus far, rushing to the next thing, sure that it would all work itself out eventually. I missed so much and while I can see that now, I know I can't do anything about what is back there, but I can do something about where I am and where I am heading.

During my coaching experience, I have learned this patience and the beauty of incremental steps. I am offering a class in November on this very premise. Creating a Plan for 2015 that Rocks! A three part class, bite size pieces, that helps one decide what the heck they want anyway and takes them through the action place. The best part of all is you can do it in your jammies! Not that we would mind if you wore them here, this class is online. Yes, I have heard all of my wonderful phone and skype people!

We didn't learn to walk all at once. We had to develop muscles that helped us step by step. Sometimes we held people's hands, we cruised the furniture or we wobbled until all those synapses fired and we were off and running! I am suggesting we see ourselves as a wonderful soul that is always expanding and will keep learning whether in the physical or non-physical. We will grow and we will be fantastic if we can come to a place of understanding that it isn't about a magic word and poof! It is about savoring each step and recognizing there is no rush to the finish line

I didn't realize it at the time, but last month when I ran a 5k I participated in this premise. There was a gentleman that did his darndest to keep passing me. I would slow to walk, he would run, I would run, he would walk. We did this dance for most of the race. I joked that he was great inspiration for me and he just smiled, or grimaced, it was hard to tell. Not a big talker, I get it! Fast forward to right before the finish line, something in my awareness beyond gasping for oxygen was he needed to come in before me. I really don't feel it was a competition with me, but more with himself. I could respect that and while I had planned to pour it on at the finish to be under forty minutes (running is not necessarily fast.), I felt at that time it wasn't as important as whatever he was going through. Now, I'm not saying I wasn't important, I am simply saying I was present enough to realize it wouldn't hurt me in any way if I didn't hit my time, but I sensed he would not be nice to himself, so I changed my plan and I kept up with him but didn't pass.

Before you think I am a martyr, hear what happened as a result. The first cheering crowd I came to were cows. I kid you not. They were mooing and standing so close to the fence I bet they would have jumped it if they could. That was hysterical to me. I then got a clear view of my friends on the side line as well as my granddaughter yelling to me that she loved me. Come on! You can't beat that with a two second time difference. His need was greater but I believe my reward was just as great. I stayed present and savored the moment. Years ago I would have checked out and been thinking about how bad I felt about not hitting sub40. Years ago I didn't even skip, let alone do a 5k but my thinking would have been messed up enough not to see that, it would see what I thought was the big picture, failure, rather than, holy schmoley, I did a 5k with a cow cheering squad!



This 5k wasn't going to make my running career, nor was it going to validate me as a person, but it was one of those bite sized pieces of amazing glory that had me glad to be alive. I won't promise to hold back in another race but I will promise to be aware of my surroundings and to savor the fact we aren't running from lions, but rather to feed whatever it is in us that needs the bite size piece at that time.

What would you like to accomplish that seems much too big all at once? Cleaning projects often fall into this category. Can you break it up into smaller pieces so you can comfortably chew on it? Small victories add up to large ones and they offer more opportunity to do the happy dance! You can add cows if you want.

If you don't know what you want to focus on, join us for the class in November and get your self closer to that first happy dance.

Inch by inch, row by row, gotta help that garden grow....great song...great premise.

Be nice to you,
Vicki


How many times a day do you go through a transition of a doorway? We do it automatically and probably don't think too much about it except when it's locked or you have a lot in your hands and have to pee and can't get it to open! Then you are aware of it but other than that, not so much since it is so part of our world.

I was thinking of transitions the other day and how we are all in one, always. Whether we are traveling somewhere, moving within a relationship or shifting our career or spiritual self, we are in transition. Then there is the big transition of when we croak and transition from physical to non-physical and continue our journey in another realm. If you ask me, that is the one that is the most fun but like our births, we rarely remember how much fun it really is.

As I thought of the transitions in my life lately I became aware of how good I felt about the ones that I made consciously. They weren't always easy but they were done from a place of I want a great life and this is going to help me get there. It was then that I heard myself saying, "I choose to go through this doorway rather than being a doormat." To which I followed with, oh damn. I hadn't even realized I was serving as a doormat for others. I saw it as helping and being of service rather than being used. I am sure there is a lot of the first part but there is definitely some of the doormat that I needed to see in order to move forward in my life with choice. I can choose to decide when I want to help rather than feeling like I have to help simply because I have the ability to do so.

I could beat myself up for being the doormat and not seeing it or I can be proud that I am even aware I was doing it in the first place! I am going to choose to be proud because the other feels awful and I am not interested in self violence. I also became grateful in a short amount of time for the message that I no longer want to be that doormat. That means I will be more authentic with others and add more joy to my life.

Doormat being comes in a variety of examples. How I was acting as a doormat is not how you may act. Do you let others walk all over you? Do you do things you don't want to but because you don't want to let someone else down or feel you "should" do it? Do you continue to turn yourself inside out so someone will like you? This is about becoming aware of when you are allowing others to walk over you rather than help you transition through a doorway to a new way of being.


Becoming aware is not blame. It is being open to seeing things as having the possibility of a higher vibrational way of being. It is much more fun and easy to be who we really are, it simply takes practice to be self. To see the doorway as a choice of being a welcome invitation to change rather than an invitation to have others walk on your face!

Which feels better to you? Connect to that part of you that can determine what feels good. It doesn't matter if it doesn't feel good to another. This isn't a comparison game. What feels good to you at this time? If you need help, ask someone who is honest and will tell you if you have doormat tendencies. I can always depend on Howard to tell me if I am being taken advantage of. This used to happen a lot more than now because I have realized I can't disappoint others, if they are disappointed, that is on them, not me. He can see though, when I am not able to, when someone is authentic or when they are full of whoey. I will still feel it out for myself but more often than not, he has been right when someone had less than authentic motives.

Take some time this week to watch yourself and see when you are choosing doorways or doormat behavior. Are you walking through and making progress in a relationship or are you being passive and allowing others to wipe their feet at your expense? Don't get cranky either, you allowed this, you can change it. Take responsibility where you see it and choose to do it a different way. Voila!

Walking through a lot of doorways lately,
Vicki



Have you ever seen the reversible rain coats? The kind that are oh so schnazzy whether you wear them one way or the other? Not only do I think they are brilliant but they are a good visual for self care. One thing I have come to learn in this last year is the inside will take care of itself when you start taking care of the outside and vice verse.

I, like a lot of people, knew that it would be best for me to take care of my physical self and I even had a push to do so but I never stuck with it before this last year. It has not been easy but I've stuck with exercising several times a week and I have come to miss it if I can't get out and sweat. I know! How odd is that right? Turns out not so much. It is the reason it is suggested so much. The physical aspect of us needs that outlet. It needs to release energy and reconnect all aspects. If you don't think you have a spiritual side, agree to work out with a trainer. You will be praying to every deity in the universe to save you from the madness. Then you will praise every one, including self and said trainer if they are as good as mine, that you made it through and are grateful for the new appreciation of self.

This external care does not need to be excessive to be successful. It simply needs to be what lines up with you and your desires. I happen to like the push and the drive of an intense work out because as one of my dear friends says, it's a mind dump. It gets rid of the chaos, over thinking and chewing on things you can't do anything about anyway treadmill. All you can think of is counting the reps or hoping the next minute is the shortest in the history of time. It's a gift of oblivion while ironically, being the most focused time you spend on yourself.

Conversely, in order to get to those workout times, with a trainer or with yourself as the trainer, one has to have the inner talk about getting there in the first place. THIS can take the most courage ever because the critic will want to talk about everything else you have to do in that time frame. Committing to taking care of all of you is not an easy job but it is so worth it when you realize it helps you be a nice person and it helps you to enjoy your life and how full it is.

Recognizing that we are very complex and our amazing systems will self titrate if we listen to them is something in our very busy, over technological worlds that is necessary. Sometimes it really is as easy as going outside and playing that restores the desire to be here in the first place. I would love to see exercise or some form of play prescribed with every medication that is handed out for depression. The medicine may still be necessary for the time but when that external self is acknowledged, it starts to heal the internal self.

Do you engage in any activity that gets that heart rate up and reminds you that you are an amazing human being? Do you have a regular chat with yourself when it wants to sabotage but you hug it and assure you that the world will not stop spinning if you go for a hike, a bike ride, chop some wood or attend a yoga class? This may be necessary when you first start taking care of you. Be ready to support yourself with truth.


What if you didn't wait until the first of the year to decide you want to reconnect the physical and non-physical aspect of yourself? What if you heard that inner voice that has been talking to you and you embraced it rather than ignore or shun it? It doesn't have to be huge, take the stairs instead of the elevator, take that kayak out for one more spin around the lake, challenge a kid to see who can run the fastest and the furthest. This one is a win win, they get moving too and when they beat you, and they will, you can show grace and have a good laugh with them.

Take some time and really ask yourself what would be a good way to reconnect all the aspects of yourself. Oh, and when you feel the least like you want to get physical is when you will want to do it the most. This can reprogram the default message of I'll do it tomorrow to I will do this right now and I will get to celebrate after. As you get stronger physically, the emotional self gets stronger and the belief in self goes through the roof because you know you've done something challenging and lived through it!

Another benefit of having the inner support the outer and the outer supporting the inner is as your muscles get stronger it is a tangible reminder that you matter and only you are in charge of the health of you. That is pretty powerful and as someone who thought the first work out was going to be her last, I can tell you it only gets better from there!

You have both sides of that raincoat.  What colors do you rock? How can you support both sides right now, this week, this month?  Be willing to show off how stylish you are!

It's all about the connections,
Vicki

So, most of you are aware I receive a lot of my information in pictures and metaphors. Very often these metaphors are directly related to the person I am speaking to. We all identify with different messages and comparisons to previous experiences. It delights me when I have a reference that I haven't heard before that applies to many more than the person I am speaking to at the moment.

I was having a conversation with a friend and while we were chatting I kept seeing this fanny pack around her waist with little toy people in it. I asked her if she would be willing to take of her family pack. My head heard fanny pack, but my mouth said family pack. It does make sense as we often carry around with us our family and friends. In her case they were so portable she was wearing them as an accessory.

After we had a good chuckle about it she admitted that it was often hard for her to let go of the old roles that everyone has been playing for so many years. Some of them were no longer even in the roles that had been identified from the beginning. She no longer needed her parents permission to be wonderful, to be successful, to even be a good mother herself. Practice had her still feeling like she was in those rolls when they were no longer applicable.

I suggested that she reach around that cute little fanny pack and unhook the buckle that was there and see how that felt. Sometimes making changes is difficult and you want to take them step-by-step rather then all in one fell swoop. It was still a challenge for her to wrap her head around the fact that she could do whatever she wanted. This is a highly successful woman who has reached a high levels of professional success so she was quite aware on some level that she was capable of shifting the thought but  had a difficult time doing it. 

This was a perfect scenario for using the Belief Re-patterning that I have trained in. Often our heads get caught in old patterns so much that they have a difficult time shifting we have to help them along. It's no different than driving a five speed and wanting to use everyone of those levels. Shouldn't we want to use every level of the self that we have?

I am excited to help her shift to a space where her cognitive life lines up with her energetic self and creates a positive path for her in the future. We will meet and we will do some re-patterning around this and in a short time a wardrobe change so that she no longer carries around the family pack.

Do you have a fanny pack? Do you have a family pack? Keeping in mind family is not always those that are related, they can be co-workers, society or friends.  Do you have stickers on your fanny pack? What is inside your fanny pack if you look in there? We all have one, at some point though it's important to recognize that it doesn't go with every outfit that we have. Take the opportunity to assess what you have in your fanny pack. If they are tools and they are positive, supporting skills, then leave them there. If it is anything that is not helping you to be the best you, take it off and feel how light you can feel without it.

I have a literal fanny pack. It's the treat bag that I use when training Tank. I'm not saying it's the most attractive thing in the world, but it serves a wonderful purpose. It reinforces behavior for him that is helping him to be a well mannered ambassador of his species. Each time he responds in a positive manner or he does a command without even being asked to do it, he gets rewarded. These are not big rewards they are little tidbits that say to him you matter, you're doing a fantastic job, more of that will get you more of the good stuff. He's very proud of himself when he completes the task as you have asked.

All I'm saying here is get yourself a supportive family pack if you're going to wear one. Have some treats in it, some supplies, and if you going to wear it a lot, make it your own and please bedazzle that thing and rock it!

Checking out all the styling fanny packs out there,
Vicki



With winter approaching in the North East, thoughts have turned to heat sources. There are so many ways to heat a home, gas, electric, pellet, oil, wood, or solar powered. Regardless of how you heat, there has to be a source of ignition. Something creates the start of the heating process, a pilot light so to speak that, spreads the message to the rest of the components that warmth is required.

I believe we, as humans, have a pilot light too. It is our power center that when ignited and well maintained, can charge our life with vitality and excitement. So many people have either lost sight of their own power or have allowed another to snuff out their pilot light. This is a challenge because without that light, so many other systems do not work well.

The power comes from self esteem and a connection to your soul, that eternal part of you that KNOWS you rock!  It comes from what we think and feel about ourselves. Too often the thinking gets in the way of how we feel and creates a real issue with keeping that light lit. Another thing people run into is a disconnect between what they think and feel, so in the terms of heating, the pilot light may be lit but it isn't strong enough to switch on the furnace which leads to a not so warm winter, or a cold feeling towards self.


How is your pilot light? Can you feel even a slight glow of self appreciation? Does it need overhauling or a new one installed? As people, we can't just go to the hardware store and order a new part. We have to be willing to work with the one we have and discover what it takes to light it again. That is why I love my work. I help others to light their light.

If you were to re-light a pilot after it went out, you may need a long match or an aim and flame. Luckily for us, when re-lighting, things rarely blow up so you can get closer! One way to check your pilot light is to ask yourself if you find life fulfilling. Do you find that you look forward to the day or do you dread it? With a burnt out light, it is really challenging to find the excitement of life.

How could you light yourself up this week? Could you meet with a friend for lunch? Get that journal out and start writing again? Organize a closet?  I'm not kidding on the last one. You will be amazed how good you will feel when that linen closet is clean! It isn't just about doing something, it is about connecting to self while you are doing that light you up idea. Get that pilot light lit so you can then heat your life up with joy, purpose and delight in the fact you even have a light within.

So often in spiritual circles you will hear, shine your light and I agree with that but first you have discover that you have one and how to work with it to the best lumination that is you!

If you have a hard time with this, I am here to help with sessions, Belief Re-patterning, coaching or the blend of all three!

Shining my light at the highest wattage possible. :),
Vicki


There is popular language in the self help world that has, I believe, been challenging for people. I'm a word gal. I can feel the vibrations in words so when someone uses these terms it is the equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

One of the phrases is "I am working on myself." It took me a bit to figure out why this felt so resistant to me. It is the working word. Doesn't it create a feeling of drudgery in you as well? I love my job but the idea of working on my business can send me out to the playground and into avoidance really quickly. Suggest that I create a new avenue or enhance what I am doing and I get excited. It isn't simply a mind over matter or semantics in the word choice, there is a vibration to everything and I am suggesting we all start paying attention to that vibration.

So if work is a four letter word, what is another way of saying that for you? We could suggest play, or exploration or even application, that would work too. Give yourself the time to feel this out and see what works for you. (See what I did there? Made work an action not a judgment.) For one of my clients last week it was practical discovery.

She was lamenting on how she had been "working" on herself for decades and nothing was "working". I had to stop her and ask if that felt good to say it that way. She obviously knew it didn't but wasn't sure where to go with it. I suggested that she see herself in practical discovery.  A bit of a treasure hunt to the great parts of herself and then a plan to apply them. She likes plans which is why the working on self worked for her. It gave her a sense of action and doing something but if she was never reaching a place of the work working, what was the point?



We are eternal. We are never going to get it all done. So, why not be in a space of excitement and wonder with our own selves. We are pretty amazing you know.

I'm suggesting a softer, more compassionate way of growth. One that takes into consideration we must build on what we learned today and implement it tomorrow and carry that into whatever comes next. Build up the potential rather than see what we have as flawed and in need of "working" on.

Let's leave the hi, ho, hi, ho, it's off to work we go, to the Disney movie and sing a different tune!

Rocking out to Life is a Highway,
Vicki





You can't prove your worth through struggle. It doesn't work that way. Well, you can try but it would take a lot more effort to struggle than it would to find the less resistant energy and take that route.

The more you struggle with something, the more work that you're creating. Kind of like being in quicksand, if you get peaceful and calm you'll actually float to the top. Not that I've been in quicksand, but this is what it feels like to me when someone is fighting, fighting, fighting change rather than seeing change as inevitable and going with the flow of that.

Have you ever been involved in a project or relationship where the more you pointed out what wasn't going well, the more problems showed up? Then when you couldn't take it anymore, you threw your hands up and said, "I give up." and they started to change for the better? It is pure energy. What you resists persists. What you fight gets bigger. (Could we get the message to this on any anti campaign please? What you are fighting against will always get stronger. Find the flip side and promote that!)


Self worth follows this same pattern, well, technically everything does because it is all energy, but in this case we are talking about how you feel about yourself. The reason it's called self worth is it is supposed to come from self. So often though, I see people taking on what others have said they are worth and carrying it like they have to struggle to prove them wrong. Ummmm, nope, you could just recognize that what others think of you is none of your business (struggle) and assume the position of what I feel matters most. (worth)

You could continue to try to prove you aren't what others say you are or you could put that energy into being the best you, YOU want to be. Feel that out and see which one feels like it has struggle energy in it. When you are able to recognize the struggle energy, you can begin to shift immediately. Don't judge that you are in it, simply acknowledge and float to the top! 

Becoming aware of when you are in your own way and in some cases your own worst enemy, is so vital to shifting belief systems and achieving the life that you would like to have. 

You are worth loving simply because you are you. You don't have to earn that from anyone nor do you have to prove it to anyone. You deserve to be a happy, healthy, joyful, abundant, intelligent, attractive, funny, gifted, quiet, extroverted, artistic, talented, mismatched sock, pajama wearing, hair messy, totally eating out of the package and loving self! (add any others you want in there that I missed!)

If you don't start seeing your self worth, who is going to? SELF WORTH! Give it to self people. Be willing to say, yes, I am great, thank you very much. Most of you won't get such a fat head you won't be able to fit through the door. You will be fine and you know what? You will become the example for others who aren't quite there yet and could use help in finding their own self worth. It's a lot of fun, trust me! 

The choice is always yours, you can continue to struggle and pretend you aren't wonderful, but why would you? Be radiant, be amazing and for goodness sake, be you and add to the variety of the human species! 

Floating to the top like I'm in the pool of life, 
Vicki



As we head into the fall and winter months here in the northeast there is a knowing that we will be hibernating at least some of the time. This hibernation usually comes as a welcome thing for the first few storms anyway and is something I look forward to as often we don't stop unless some force of nature, be it Mother Nature or our own health, causes us to.

This human tendency is one that I feel we could learn to re-wire for somewhere along the line it got wired into us that stopping is a sign of weakness or vulnerability. The last time I checked, most of us aren't being chased by man eating tigers yet we keep running as if we are. I heard myself say last week, I'm going to bed early; it was ten pm! When did that become early? My body was tired, my  mind was exhausted and my soul said, come on lady, it's time for me to fly and have fun, go to sleep! Yet, the conditioned self thought I was some how packing it in early and therefore had to announce it for some reason rather then simply listening to self, saying goodnight and accepting the ease of the ending of a day.

Restoration is necessary in the human body. We must power down in order to keep going. Just because there are 24 hours in a day doesn't mean we have to see as many of them awake as we possibly can.

I was talking with a client last week and she was saying how she wanted to isolate herself from others, not engage and simply check out. I did my due diligence and asked her if she had a therapist and did she feel depressed. Her response was to chuckle and say, no, but honestly, I think I am just tired. I agreed with her. Her energy field was so low it wouldn't power a watch battery. I posed the question of do you think you may be looking for restoration rather than isolation? I love the look that comes over people's faces and energy when I suggest an alternative perspective. Almost an ahhhhhh, yeah, I just couldn't put my finger on it, that's it!

I'd like to introduce the concept that we don't have to "earn" rest time. We can embrace it and even learn to be good at it. I'll admit this one was challenging for me but since I've been looking for balance in my life, it has become easier. I can stare at the clouds for quite a while now before the voice of shoulds shows up! It takes a bit of practice but most of all it takes allowing. Trusting that the world is going to keep spinning even if we step away from the holding position and that all will be ok. Even believing that others will show up if I decide to reboot.

I am going to ask you to look at your beliefs around restoration and see where you could add some quality battery charging time if necessary. It will be different for everyone. To ask me to sit around for hours and "rest" wouldn't necessarily be recharging for me. Suggest a hike with time to appreciate the view at the top and I would be willing to do it. Perhaps even a good book to read and get lost in and I would be good. Some might need the power nap while others want a massage. Perhaps a game of golf (wear your sweater it's getting chilly) or a dinner out with the friends. Whatever brings you to that place of new energy and a revitalized view of the world, do it!

The object is to know thyself and honor what it is that fills that gas tank up, not so you can get things done but so you can feel full and centered and wanting to participate in your soul's journey. When we push others away it is often because we are so depleted ourselves we can't fathom another persons energy in our space. If we all charged ourselves like we charge our cell phones, we would be in a much more harmonious world. Doesn't that sound nice?

Next, respect the person who is asking for space for they know enough to identify the need. Give them that and see how amazing it feels to be in charge of only your own feelings. Refreshing if you ask me. :)

Re-storing my operational system, see you soon!
Vicki


....to shift how you thought about things, your beliefs, your health, your relationships, to realize your own potential and to get out of your own way? I especially like the last one because we are so good at getting in our own way. Well, there is and I am so stinking excited to say I am able to bring it to you! 



It is called Belief Re-patterning. Belief Re-patterning is a revolutionary technique that addresses how you are able to identify those beliefs that do not serve you and replace them with new beliefs that will literally open up the doors to create the life you desire.  Belief Re-patterning is an extremely effective method for creating calm, peace of mind and the ability to live your life "on purpose".  Not only will your life improve but also the quality of your relationships, resilience to challenges, and your confidence and ability to accomplish goals.

I literally tripped over this work which I translate to the universe saying "VICKI, PAY ATTENTION!"  I was walking home one day listening to pod casts I had downloaded and this woman came on talking about this technique.  At first I was annoyed because I didn't remember downloading it and still maintain there was a spirit guide who got in the way to get this to my play list.  The more I listened, the more I thought, I HAVE to learn about this.  That was over a year and a half ago and I have been training ever since.  As with any modality, I believe we go into it for ourselves first and I have definitely benefited from this work, which is why I decided to become a practitioner.

It seemed too me to be the perfect complement to readings and coaching.  It helps the person to shift, which is one of my favorite words and actions.  Speaking of words, it is HUGELY based on the language we use in combination with breath work.  I love words and am often helping people to change the words they use and to breathe, so how perfect is this?  If you can speak, breathe and are ready to move through old beliefs, you can do this!  I had been looking for something that could combine my intuitive abilities and talent for getting to the heart of the matter, with a tool kit for lasting change for my clients.  This is that method.  One session is often all it takes for significant change in a person's perspective.  One client I have worked with as part of my apprenticeship has quadrupled her business income by creating new ways of thinking.  Of course, she had to take action after but, come on, that is amazing!  I personally have been able to move through challenges around my physical health using the re-patterning.  I am so grateful.  I still have to show up but it is so much easier when that voice in the head isn't yelling at me any  longer.

This isn't just on the emotional level or a simple suggestion of affirmations, it is a twenty year tested method of creating new neural pathways in our brains.  It effects all levels of our lives and has lasting effects.  Plus, it is soooooo easy, you can take it with you and use it for any area of your life you would like to change for the better.

While I have been working with a few clients, I wasn't able to annouce it until I passed.  PHEW!  I passed.  I will continue to level up in my study of this work but it's time to bring it to the masses.  :)

I look forward to answering any questions you may have and to helping you create the life you would love to live!

Grateful to Suze Casey, the developer of Belief Re-patterning,
Vicki