Instructor, Roger Nix, NMMNG Certified Coach

• You are very sensitive but have learned not to show it
• You are afraid of your feelings
• Your fear of anxiety limits you — you either quit or don’t try
• You have designed your life to avoid anxiety — your life is small
• You have designed your life to be busy — your life is chaotic
• You think but don’t act, or you act but don’t think
• You need a lot of external validation but you try to not let people see this
• You get the concepts of No More Mr. Nice Guy but don’t do the exercises

• Examining the roots of your anxiety
• Creating inner calm through breathing and muscle relaxation practices
• Introduction to several methods of meditation (you choose the ones that work for you)
• Training in Mindfulness practices — meet the nonjudgmental observer
• Making peace with the voices in your head and dealing with mind chatter
• Cleaning up toxic environments and relationships
• Looking at diet and exercise and how they affect moods
• Discovering the value of self-validation
• Defining your intentions and living with purpose

• Regulate your anxiety
• Focus your attention
• Be comfortable with others
• Emotionally connect with others without fusion
• Stick with the process — be patient and persistent
• Relax your body
• Quiet your mind
• Allow emotions without overreaction
• Relabel experiences in a positive and truthful way
• Let go of external sources of validation and medication
• Live with clear values that are yours not someone else’s

Fierce Relaxation Lessons

Lesson 1: The Root Cause of Anxiety

Lesson 2: The Relaxation Response

Lesson 3: The Practice of Mindfulness

Lesson 4: Bringing Meaning To Your Journey

Instructor

About Roger Nix

Roger Nix is a group facilitator, author, life coach, and teacher.

Roger was a real estate developer for over twenty-five years. In 2008, after several years of leading groups and counseling men as a layperson, he became a full-time life coach.

Roger brings overs 20 years of experience in working with addiction and anxiety issues. In 2011 he became a Certified “No More Mr. Nice Guy” coach. Roger has worked directly with Dr. Robert Glover in co-leading men’s groups.

Roger has personal experience in dealing with his own anxiety, addiction and co-dependency. He has successfully integrated healthy ways of living life and dealing with the problems we all have. Roger is committed to supporting men in the process of discovering an authentic self.

Roger currently lives in the Seattle/Bellevue, Washington. He conducts workshops, teaches on-line classes and leads men’s groups throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Roger has a degree from Eastern Arizona College and has studied Psychology at Antioch University in Seattle. He graduated form the Coaches Training Institute of Vancouver, BC, Canada.