Chris Ackermann

Who or what Inspires you?  Little kids – especially really little ones, before the bigger people in their lives start telling them they “can’t” do things, and the bigger people who got sick of being told they “couldn’t” do stuff and went and did it anyway – without them we’d never have gone to the moon (or anywhere else for that matter).
What is one thing that is unique about you? I’m a massage therapist that doesn’t do “massage” 🙂
What is your why? (Why do you do what you do?)  I want to help people heal their bodies, because there were and are people who help(ed) me.  pay it forward
What is one thing you struggle with?  Patience! Especially with myself!
What do you like to do for fun?  Go riding – horses, motorcycles.  Sometimes bicycles.  Be outside, even if I’m mowing the lawn or shoveling snow.
What does Faith mean to you?  Keeping going even when everything looks dark and hopeless, because you believe that the light will come
When did you learn about God and how has he worked in your life?  I was raised Roman Catholic,  and I took it literally when I was taught that God was everywhere because I did and do find evidence of God/Spirit/Source/Essence or whatever you choose to call that in everything.  The sky, the trees, the creatures of the earth, the earth itself, the immensity of space – we are made of star dust and we are a part of it all.
How is God or your faith apart of your life personally and in business?  I don’t connect with a sore back, I connect with a person with a soul who may have a sore back and whose journey is a part of my journey.  We both have something to learn from each other, because we are all a part of each other.  Don’t understand this?  Watch the movie Avatar!
Your favorite scripture or quote?  I already gave you one, two more that come to mind right now:  “All creatures great and small, the Lord God made them all” and the other is a short dialogue from Avatar:  “Grace:  ‘so you just thought you’d come out here and see what happened.’  Jake Sully: ‘Maybe I got sick of Doctors telling me what I couldn’t do’ ”
What is something you are grateful for or are celebrating?  I am very grateful that I am alive.  There’s a story behind that,  I’ll share that when I speak in October.  Because it’s not WHO I am, it is something that happened to me that changed my life in a huge series of instants that started one day about 17 years ago.

Anything you want to say to inspire, uplift, or encourage others?  Don’t give up!  DO ask for help if you need it – there is no weakness in asking for and receiving help, instead there is great strength and growth.  There is only weakness when you are too stubborn to let people help you.  People are the on the ground eyes, ears and hands of God…..  Anybody ever hear the Song of St. Francis of Asisi?  We are all healers, in our own ways with our own gifts. A soapbox moment:   Oh, and with all the garbage going on in the world today, before you bash anyone, take a deep breathe and remember that we are all human and for Christians (and most any other religion on this planet) humans are made in the image of God (Read Genesis people!)  I know I’m not the only person who knows that bringing some people down brings us all down.  Leave your racial fears, your zealot religious beliefs, and your hate of anyone different than you behind and be decent already.  All of the major religions I know about taught this:  Christ, the Buddha, Mohamed, Hinduism, the Taoists, yes, even the Jews.  What little I know about Native American beliefs is that they also view life as precious.  Wake Up People!

PS:  Do you know of a person with pain who might be interested in Bodywork at Time To Relax?  Feel free to share my website and contact information.  Thank you!

Chris Ackermann, LMT WI#10828-146
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1290 Hosford Street Suite B
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It doesn’t mean you don’t honor yourself. The world portrays submission negatively. Submission is not as much an “action” as it is an “attitude.”  Submission boils down to a having spirit of amenability. It means being soft, receptive, responsive, and agreeable. Because of the misconceptions surrounding the definition of submission. An amenable woman is “leadable” as opposed to “ungovernable” She’s responsive to input and likely to cooperate. Amenability is part of the three-fold womanly disposition, which includes gentleness, calmness, and amenability—which works itself out in a married woman’s life in submission to her husband.
It’s extremely hard to let my husband lead as I like control and from my past its makes me feel safe. I haven’t trusted a man ever. Not even my own Dad.  I use to think submitting in a negative way but it’s making me happy and healthier. I really struggle with this as I can be sassy and am very independent.
So “what it looks like” on an on-going basis, is that I am soft, receptive, and agreeable toward my husband. I love responding to his lead. I respect who God created him to be as a man—and support his efforts to provide godly oversight for our family. I respect the position of responsibility that goes along with being a husband and father. “Respect” is probably the best word to describe what submission looks like in my marriage.

For me, submission is one of those things that is far more easily identified by its absence rather than its presence. I know that I am struggling with it when I am critical, impatient, defiant, and “snarky” toward my husband—when I refuse to cooperate and am unresponsive to input, when I rush in and take control, when I fail to “provide space” to allow my husband the opportunity to be a man and provide godly oversight for our family. In other words, it’s not readily apparent to me when I’m submitting, but it’s painfully obvious to me when I am not. I sense that I am disrespecting/ disregarding my husband, taking control, and pulling against him rather than for and with him.
God designed this so that we are happy and live a fulfilling life in a marriage.  Not that the husband is in charge or should demand to be submitted to or served. Husbands are called to love and respect their wives too! Husbands should never demand it’s a choice. So I need to focus on being humble with a quiet spirit so my son can learn how to be in a healthy marriage.

What does this mean to you?

Shawnah Breault as our speaker for tomorrow’s event. Last call to register by noon today!!!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inspired-networking-september-connect-tickets-27088665929

We are here. We arrived with all our stuff in a pod. While staying in hotels for over 5 weeks. It was hard staying in hotels but great too. I gave birth to our first son during those 5 weeks while relocating to Clearwater, Florida. My husband and I had decided to move to focus on our family and to follow our dreams of living by the ocean. Some people may say we are crazy I say why not?

Life is to short. Everything in life is just circumstances. People are so wound up in their perfect bubble lives. Live a little or a lot!!  It’s been a great learning experience. Met some great people and we realized that you don’t need a lot to be happy. Stuff is just stuff. We sold most of our stuff to start fresh. It feels better. Now to make this nice size apartment ours. We plan to rent here for a year. Get familiar with the area before we have another baby and buy a home. I plan to have a Spanish Mediterranean style home with a circle driveway along the ocean. That is if God allows it and that is his plan for us of course. A girl can dream can’t she. Dreams do come true!!

Truly God has been with us every step of the way and he wants us to be here we know it. For what? Not sure but we are excited. God’s got some plan. I plan to spend quiet time reading God’s word and spending time with him to learn why we are here. I do believe I am to focus on having a gentle quiet spirit and to uplift my husband before anything else. Then baby and last business. I feel lighter and less stressed being here. The next chapter of our lives as parents and living in Florida is off to a great start.

Im starting a mom’s networking group and a family oriented evening connect. I plan to also start an Inspired Networking group in clearwater and online. I’m going to blow up Legalshield out here as well. I love networking and bringing value to other’s. Yes of course all after I focus on my family and home first. 

I highly recommend anyone who really what’s to learn their truths and why they do what they do to speak with Linda Rasch and work with her. She loves working with leaders who are mission driven and who wants to make difference in the world. I’m so impressed I want to learn how to do what she does. I only recommend people I know, like, and trust!

Www.yourvibrantbrand.com
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I like to uplift and encourage people that live their life towards a mission and cause to serve and add value to the world. This Woman is a perfect example and deserves the daisy award. An award that nurses can be nominated for!!! Let’s show Bobbi some love!!!!

OUR STORY

It was 2:15 on a early Monday morning and my water had broke.  Nope it wasn’t pee my water had broke yikes!!  As I screamed at my husband we need to get to the hospital that’s where all the excitement and emotions began. Since that moment my life has been changed forever. I am now a very happy mommy to a beautiful baby boy named Vincent Jeffrey Littlejohn with a new friend named Bobbi Wanish. Baby Vinny was delivered at Morton Plant Hospital on August 14th 5lbs 110z at 7:51am.  It all came so fast as he was 36 weeks and 2 days only. I am sure you can understand my anxiety level when I tell you that my husband and I were in the middle of relocating from Hudson, WI to find a new home in Clearwater when baby decided to arrive. We were staying at an extended stay hotel that wasn’t the cleanest place or ideal to bring a new baby home to. We knew there was a possibility, but I guess we thought he would come after we found our home.  That just wasn’t the case!

The hospital and staff were amazing and the experience was unforgettable. Everything from the team who helped bring him into the world, to the food, the cleaners, the few awesome nurses, the hospital views, all the way down to the very informative and helpful staff. This hospital is exceptional! Even though I was extremely happy with the service and support Morton Plant provided there was one nurse who stood out about the rest.

Bobbi Wanish a bright eyed, cheery, positive woman who loves to serve others! The moment I met her I was sleep deprived and had been given a ton of information and was having a lot of anxiety. I also felt uncomfortable with all the people who needed to come in or room. I hated how many people saw my boobies! I am a very private person when it comes to my body. I don’t like when people tell me what to do as well and was a little snotty back to a few people. There is no excuse and I felt bad. Poor Bobbi’s first encounter with we was a sad one. During shift change Bobbi and the other nurse got reprimanded from me. “Ok listen here! I demanded. I want you to knock first. If I have my do not disturb sign up don’t disturb me. I need everyone to slow down and give me some space.”   I was feeling overwhelmed and like I couldn’t breast feed. Baby Vinny had lost a lot of weight and had some jaundice. I was really nervous and stressed. I had also had a few nurses that didn’t seem to want to connect just be there to do their job and get out. Not Bobbi, she is the complete opposite. Bobbi must of known it from my remarks and said ok no problem I will come back. Please don’t worry I am here to help you and make this easy.  You are amazing and are a natural at this and left the room.  Next time she came in she brought a warm blanket and extra pillows for me.  She kept giving me encouraging words and asking me questions instead of instructions and telling me. Although the other nurses were helpful, she was the only nurse who acted like she loved her job and she cared.  She went over and above to help me and was uplifting and encouraging.

I am sure any new mom or dad would agree that you need that encouragement.  I started crying because she made me feel like we mattered.  I even told her you should be a motivational trainer for the hospital because some of the nurses act like they hate their job or that you don’t matter.  They act very insensitive and like they hate their life. She listened to me and I trusted her.  I had the privilege to request her the next day. I believe we had 3 days together. 

I was also feeling overwhelmed because the hotel we were staying at wasn’t the greatest and it smelled like dog pee.  Bobbi was so kind to offer to watch the baby in the nursery so that we could find a better hotel to bring him home to. She told my husband and I to take a few hours go enjoy some fresh air and grab some food.  We did just that and it made a big difference. We came back and there was Bobbi holding Vinny and somehow had gotten him to eat a little more than he was before.  She definitely has a way with babies. Vinny really liked her and felt comfortable with her too.  She helped us throughout the rest of our stay and explained why they had to do things like the car seat test 3 times and why the baby should stay another day just to be safe because he had lost so much weight. We also had time to get to know one another and shared some common interests.  Bobbi kept telling me she loves her patients and loves her job. She had a skip in her step and a smile that doesn’t go unnoticed.

While at our stay not only did we need to relocate to a different hotel my husband and started his new job. He had to take mandatory training that was only offered every other month so he had to take it. I was worried because I didn’t want to stay at the hospital alone for 2 days.  Once again Bobbi to the rescue she was able to talk me through that and even fed the baby one feeding in the middle of the night.  Finally the day we were able to take Vinny home she was there will big smiles and hugs.  We even exchanged numbers and I gained a new friend as well as becoming a new mommy.  There needs to be more Bobbi’s!  This woman is amazing and I am so thankful to have had her as our nurse. I will never forget the way she served us.  I was so thankful I asked to have her picture taken with my son and I gave her a gift as well to show my appreciation.  She is very passionate and inspiring.  Her work ethic and charm should not go unnoticed and I believe she is made to teach others how to treat patients! I know being a nurse isn’t an easy job.  Nurses are life savers literally and Bobbi was our life saver!

Please give Bobbi the daisy award she deserves it because it wasn’t just me that she serves but many and she really cares! She deserves to have the company she works for go the extra mile for her!  Life is so special and we are all made for a purpose.  I truly believe she lives out her purpose every day!

Let’s give a warm shout out to our fabulous Spotlight Speaker for the month of September Shawnah Breault.

Shawnah is an inspiration to many mompenuruers and has a story that will touch your heart.  She is a woman of faith and is well known in her community. She is determined to help as many families she can. We are excited to learn more about you and why you do what you do.

I am a Mompreneurs of 3 boy. A US Marine, a Hockey player &
an adventurous almost 4 yr old.
I believe in practicing COURAGE (every single day)
I believe in telling our messy, complicated Beautiful Stories.

I believe Nothing is wasted & EVERYTHING SHAPES US.
You never know who you can Impact, Empower & Inspire along the way
We are all part of something BEAUTIFUL, something BIGGER, something deeply,
profoundly, astonishingly….good.

Learning how to deal with conflict properly will significantly change the health and length of any relationship. Speaking from personal experience I promise you this is something you will want to embrace and an area you will want to grow in! I’m still a work in progress.

I will google or watch videos on doing so when in an argument.I hate feeling less than and have little patience.
I’m praying God changes my heart and I can slow done and look at the real heart of the matter.

It truly comes down to asking yourself why are you angry, upset, or arguing? What really is the heart of the matter?  I personally like control and respect. That is opposite of what calls us to do. He calls us to show love, be compassionate, and have patience.  What do you struggle with? How do you have successfully resolved conflict?

This has been a huge experience and change that Jesse Littlejohn and I are going through. We had it in our hearts to move to Florida and took the leap of faith to move before we had baby. We did and said we trust God he is in control. We get out to Florida and bam 2 weeks later baby comes. It was a fast delivery. Now baby Vincent is here. True blessing. Currently we are living in a hotel until Jesse gets a job offer letter so we can apply for a home. He is on his way to the orientation of his new job. God has looked out for us with all the cheap hotels and getting unemployment!! The baby shower AnnaandAlex Davenport put on for us helped us have everything we needed for baby and more. We have support from friends close and far. Our focus is God first, Marriage second,  then baby, then jobs!!!! We are excited to see what is in store for us next. We do everything to Glorify God. We are not perfect. Jesse and I have a lot to change but we are taking it day by day. We are determined to succeed at marriage and serving the most important God!!!! Thank you Jesus for everything. Change my heart so I want to serve my husband with a gentle quiet spirit and a mom who brings up her children to love and serve God. I want to inspire others to do what you created them to do and to serve you so they can experience a true love and life.