Dee Petersen

Dee Petersen lives in West Jefferson, North Carolina, USA. She was born in 1946. Dee is a Lead Coach for Total Success Institute (TSI) and a Wellness Consultant. Her work experience has been 37+ years as a Registered Nurse and Educator. She has been coordinator for a community college nursing program, a director of nursing for a local community hospital, the coordinator of a local hospice program and the practice manager for a physician practice. She began her work in the healing arts in 1968 upon receiving a BSN Degree from UNC Chapel Hill; and later received a MA Degree from Appalachian State University.  

Dee has personal experience as a cancer survivor since 1991. Since that time she has become a student of alternative/ complimentary approaches to health and wellness. Through her own healing process, she developed a deep awareness of the profound relationship between the body, mind and spirit in maintaining health and well being. Currently, she is the president of her own multifaceted business, Great To Be Alive, the purpose of which is to inspire and assist others to a healthy balanced life. 

Dee affiliates with Total Success Institute as a personal success coach. In addition, she was hand picked by Bob Proctor (an internationally acclaimed best selling author, speaker, personal growth coach) as one of a select few to facilitate powerful personal growth programs on the principles of prosperity.  She has used the principles of prosperity thinking in her own healing as well as her personal and financial life. Dee also utilizes the Brain Gym® modality to enhance her work with wellness clients. She received certification as a Brain Gym® Instructor and Consultant in 2004.  

Dee feels that she is transitioning to the 2nd third of her life. The first third involved a traditional nursing career, lots of volunteer work in the areas of cancer and terminal care/hospice, a personal experience with breast cancer in 1991, experience with three network marketing companies that market wellness products, a divorce after 11 years of marriage, and a new marriage in 1980. Dee is a family person and enjoys a wonderful relationship with her husband, Walt, who has been a true blessing in her life, and her son’s family (three grandchildren).  She enjoys the privilege of working out of her home office in the mountains of North Carolina.  For fun, she enjoys playing with the two amazing family canines, nature walks in the mountains, rides on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and restful get-a-away weekends at B & Bs and special secluded places. 

Dee is also committed to the well-being of her community. The primary focus of her volunteer work has been in the area of breast health education since 1994 when she joined the Southern Appalachian Leadership Initiative Against Cancer (SALIC) and started the Ashe County Women’s Cancer Support Group. In 1997, she received the Volunteer of the Year Award in Ashe County for her work in this area.  Prior to establishing her own wellness business, Dee was employed as the Project Manager for the Blue Ridge Cancer Coalition, a five-county coalition with the purpose of “saving lives through cancer education and prevention”. Dee is actively involved in her church and is a graduate of the Ashe County Leadership Challenge in her local community.  

Dee’s goals for the future are to focus totally in the present moment as she consistently works toward financial independence through the expansion of her Great To Be Alive business.  This will allow her to focus her energies on her major goal of facilitating a “center for health and well-being” in the area where she lives. 

TSI has been transformational for Dee. In her own words: “I feel truly alive and engaged in living ‘on purpose’ as a result of the work I have done with TSI. I have emerged from this work truly a new human being after uncovering and discovering how I have held myself back from becoming the person that I was created to be. I value myself for what I have to offer and I am able to take calm focused action toward my intentions for my life – rather than sinking into the immobilization of overwhelm as I had previously done.” 

“I took TSI Basic 101 in February of 2004 and the Intermediate 201 in the spring of 2004 followed by the Advanced 301 course in the summer of that year. I learned about TSI from Joyce Porter. Cliff Stockamp was my lead coach in all three of the TSI courses. The skill and effectiveness of these TSI coaches is evident in the results described below.”  

“I rate my experience with TSI a “10” based on the results that I have created. TSI is the most powerful personal development program I have ever experienced in the way of results seen as actual positive changes in my life.  I have been studying personal growth and development for over three decades and have aspired to be a personal growth facilitator and even received certification for the same.  I received more in 6 class hours with TSI than in any previous endeavor. I learned that personal growth has everything to do with a transformation in the actions that I take and not with what I know in my head and discuss confidently with others.”  

Dee shares the following very tangible results she has produced in her life, as a result of participating in the supportive TSI community:   

Career: “I totally transformed my career and left my corporate job June 30, 2004, to pursue my 4-year-old dream and start my own business in wellness consulting and coaching.  I decided to pursue the coaching track with TSI and fulfilled the dream of becoming a Lead Coach in May of 2005.”  

Financial: “I completely revised my family financials, established a system for monthly monitoring and identified creative ways of decreasing expenses in order to eliminate debt from our financial picture.” 

Family: “With TSI, I have developed increased self esteem and self respect and have increased integrity in my relationships with family and friends. My husband describes me as having more self confidence in my abilities and taking actions that I would not take before. I have taken all four of my significant family relationship to a new level of sharing and trust – my husband, mother, sister, son and his family.”  

Social: “I have found the courage to step up and tell the truth with compassion in challenging situations. I have established new healthier friendships and contributed to my community through new volunteer efforts in the business arena and in the area of wellness education.”  

Physical: “I have adhered to an aggressive wellness plan and achieved my ideal weight and set an example for my wellness clients by maintaining my health and well being through all of the changes I have made.”  

Personal: “I faced my fear and literally climbed to the top of a mountain that I would not have had the courage to do before.” 

Dee identifies her life purpose to be the empowerment of herself and others to be totally well, grow, create, succeed and reach full potential. What works for Dee is life-long learning and personal development. She fosters a team environment of supportive people that encourage and hold her accountable for her actions. She has become a permanent part of the TSI coaching community in order to ensure her continued growth and change and to provide value to others.  Dee welcomes new TSI clients to an exciting journey and highly recommends the process to anyone who chooses to give themselves the gift of development, self awareness, GROWTH, CHANGE and RESULTS in the key areas of their life – with TSI, not growing is not an option!