The Power Collaborative

PROGRAM: The Power Matrix  for Dogs and their Owners

More and more we’re recognizing the importance of the our bond with our pets.

Our partnerships with our dogs can be a gateway for living fully, joyfully, and on purpose – for us and for our dogs.

Dogs are valued for their companionship, unconditional love, and service to humans. Yet, too often we’re using them  as a band-aid, or even a drug, rather than a gateway that serves us and our dogs most beneficially. And, not only do we lose potential benefits, but we can actually harm ourselves and our much loved companions.

The Power Matrix for Dogs and Their Owners is a unique program that helps us use our relationship with our dog partners consciously to grow, regulate our nervous system, and handle the tough stuff of life.

We get dogs because of how they make us feel. Some say they make us a better person, or even that their dog saved their life. But, we’re short-changing ourselves and our dogs. While we use them to feel better, to cope with stress, even to help us bear the unbearable, we aren’t growing as much as we can, we’re not increasing our mental and emotional capacity. And, our dogs are often flooded by our emotions and overwhelmed by our stress, negatively affecting their health, quality of life, and even their longevity.

The Power Matrix for Dogs and Their Owners uses our relationship with our dogs as a gateway for a better life for us and our dogs. It doesn’t replace dog training but it does help us pick the best trainer and approach to training for our dogs and for us. It helps us hone our intuition to know what’s best for our dogs and advocate for them when necessary. And, it helps us be most effective in following through with relationship-building activities, training, and advice from our trusted trainers and veterinary professionals.

The Power Matrix program goes beyond training to address other crucial factors that will greatly enhance not only the relationship we have with our dogs, but will also enhance the quality of our life and that of our dogs. (Contact me for more information)

PROGRAM: The Power Matrix: Programs for Dog Trainers 

The Power Matrix for Dog Trainers takes relationship-based training to the next level. This is for trainers committed to optimizing what’s happening on both ends of the leash.

This program is unique in the way it focuses on the dog trainer: helping you to be super effective, enjoy the training process, as well as the process of building and maintaining a successful business.

The Power Matrix for Dog Trainers helps reduce trainer stress, avoid or recover from burnout,  and keep your joy and enthusiasm. It helps you build your business in ways that feel aligned with you and your values.

To succeed in today’s highly competitive market, where people are very concerned about where they spend their money, you need more than the usual skills and techniques of dog training. You need a holistic approach that covers not only the best ways to train dogs and help owners understand their dogs better, but also addresses the challenges you face as a trainer, and a crucial factor – the relationship between you and the dog’s owner – your client.

For lack of know-how, or personal issues, dog owners may despite their best intentions, create problems for their beloved dogs. Or, they may be faced with problems not of their making , but they don’t know how to fix them. Frustrating for trainers, is the seeming resistance of the owners to follow the trainer’s advice. The Power Matrix for Dog Trainers helps you not only strengthen the relationship between owners and their dogs, but also the relationship between you and the owner…which makes training way more successful and changes the quality of life for the dogs, the owners, and also you the trainer! Bonus, it leads to happy clients, raving fans, and referrals for your business.

Despite studying dog training for years, I’m not a dog trainer.

However, I’ve worked with the human animal bond for decades:  I was on the first advisory board for the Human Companion Animal Bond at the Animal Medical Center in New York City, serve as a consultant for veterinarians, use my dogs in my psychotherapy and mentoring practices, and work with families dealing with pet loss or other issues involving their dogs.

Dogs, and our bond with them, is my passion. As a psychotherapist  and mentor with over 100K hours of experience, I’m on a mission to use our relationship with our dogs as a powerful gateway, to help us and our dogs to live fully, joyfully, and on purpose. I’m excited to help you,  the trainer, because you hold a very special role in that journey. (Contact me for more information)