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Coaching for Life

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People are social beings, each living their lives in society and the presence of others. It is not known that a man can live in his own, without even less a human being. Any person, the social as it is, interacts with the people he comes into contact.

The normal process of learning would be for each person to give something, an idea that a practice, an ideology, a philosophy, or the mere absence of the learning experience for the other to start the search for answers to a proper integration into the self.

Throughout the life of a human being, he will be able to share and by which, together with others. The influences subtly change it to a person in what he is during the present is what he coaching for the lives of those he was with.

Coaching for life is quite easy to understand. It is the way an individual personality, an effect with the people in his environment. The closer they are physically, socially and is probably a greater and so the transfer would have a major change in the attitude and behaviour.

Although not necessarily outrageous in the sense that it overshadowed another person, the fundamental problem, it differs and moves a person’s behaviour. It is a two-way process for the people involved and a two-way process on the individual.

The two paired way process

Coaching for life could lead to either positive or negative results to the other individual. The same applies to the same person by the people around him. Depending on what still influential, and a specific way of thinking is the subject of a wide range of possible results in terms of world outlook, attitude and philosophy in life.

Morality is only a complementary role in determining what kind of person derives from the many interactions he can throughout his life.

Like a River run dry, no new rainfall will definitely fill up the dry river bed, but the water would fill that the river bed can be murky because of the accumulated dirt, if they dried. Over time, water from the mountains, filtered and cleaned will begin to replace the muddy water once occupied.

Our characters are similar to the dry river bed. We are always an empty vessel in constant need for social interaction and quality of character education, depends on the people, the “water” that would fill us. Coaching for life is an essential part of the residence of humans, the ability to think, feel, reason and take action with the events that come our way.

It never ends

Even those who have died physically immortalized their philosophies, and of these have been affected deeply. Coaching for life may extend over the grave by the aftermath of these dead people leave that other ideas. A classic example would be the teachings of the faith through Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Buddha, religious and similar facilities on their trailers.

Several hundreds, perhaps thousands of years have already passed, and yet their words and teachings are still kept as a guide for spiritual growth and personal satisfaction.

Coaching for life for these personalities were immortalized on such large scale because of their impact on the people accept their philosophies and beliefs as their own.

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Let your destiny manifest itself to attain life Success

What drives you? What is it that defines your entire persona? What are you living for?

Unfortunately, most people have are way ward of the very purpose they exist. Can you remember those days of your youthful exuberance when you undoubtedly believe you can achieve anything? Filled with unfathomable enthusiasm and driven with a determined resolution.

            Sadly for most those days are long gone, they are the ghost of their former selves. Battered and beaten by the ravages of stress from work, society and life itself. So many haven’t dreamed in for so long that they actually don’t know what they want any longer! Don’t you think it’s time to stir up that dream inside of you? Your dreams and your destiny are not determined by “CHANCE” but by “CHOICE” It is solely your Decision.

             The life you have now is the result in direct correlation to the Choices you’ve made in the past. But, sometimes you are hindered and stuck in mediocrity because you were afraid to make a sound Decision. You are just flowing along the stream that forces of nature roll you along. The kind of cavalier “Que Sera Sera” attitude is not only inexplicable it’s repulsive and inexcusable. Isn’t it time you got involved with your own life? Isn’t it time to start living through your own Decisions and take responsibility for your actions, be it the Choices you make in your life.

             It’s your life, live it the way you see fit. It is a concept so simple yet people indignantly miss it therefore missing out how prolific it really is!

             I believe that you can attain anything in life if you act on it and persevere to achieve it regardless the hindrances looming over. It’s your Decision, it is your Choice!

             Quoting from Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland… Alice asked the cat, “Would you please tell me, which way I ought to go from here?” The cat answered, “That depends a great deal on where you are heading to.” Alice exclaimed, “Oh, I don’t much care.” “Then it really doesn’t matter which way you go, the cat remarked poignantly.

             What are you trying to accomplish with your life? What do you want to attain? It’s your Choice, you are in direct control. Take responsibility for your actions and refrain from blaming others for your failures! Make a sound judgment for your Decisions, start by getting serious and get going! Life goes on, with or without you!

 Here is an inspiring quote by Eleanor Roosevelt, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Never let anybody steal your dream or vision!

 You need to make a Decision! Don’t go on through life idly staving away when there is boatload of opportunity in front of you. It is much easier to make a course correction that it is to get started! It takes careful planning and solid preparation with corrections on the side. But before they can do that they had to make a Decision to take off first.

 How do you process a Decision?

 It is vitally important to grasps all the concepts. Never make 100% assumptions while only having 10% facts. It is illogical and impractical, you need to consider various solutions and objectively evaluate their consequences. Weighing the best and worst case scenarios, and then make sure that the Decision is congruent with your Goals, Plans and Mission statement. Lastly you must always effectively convey your judgment to your support team.

An ideal support team would be your family members, close friends, relatives who are helping out your cause, refrain from consulting with those who are dragging down.

Remember you are the architect of your life. You must be willing and able to make Choices. Your destiny is determined by Choice not by chance!

 

Life Design in the Hundred Acre Wood

Maybe it has been some time since you thought much about Winne the Pooh and the Hundred Acre Wood, but the characters who live there can teach us a lot about the choices we make, how we attempt to overcome the obstacles in our lives, and about how to live life with abundance.
Let’s start with Tigger. Here is a lovable guy full of life who loves risk, fun, and high energy activities. He often attempts things that would be crazy for others but not for Tigger.
In fact, his joy and abundance comes when he is free to bounce high, live large, and plunge head first into life.
However, I do remember one time when Rabbit was fed up with Tigger’s exuberance and decided to shame Tigger. Rabbit scolded him for his unbridled energy and lack of planning.
In response to this shame Tigger did what many of us try to do when we feel the weight of disapproval; he stopped being who he was designed to be. He tried to be like Rabbit. Now, even a bear of very little brain could see a catastrophe in the works.
Tigger became very melancholy and walked around moping. A deep depression descended on him, and the entire forest felt the removal of Tigger’s energy. Not only did Tigger need to be who he was, but his world needed him to be who he was designed to be.
Speaking of Rabbit, he had a very similar experience to Tigger. You see, Rabbit was designed for order. He organizes well and loves it when a plan comes together. However, one day, when Rabbit noticed all the attention that Tigger got in response to his energy, Rabbit decided that if he was more like Tigger then he would attract more love into his life.
What happened next was comical at best. Rabbit put springs on his feet and painted stripes on his body. He abandoned his plans and began bounding through the woods. This wore Rabbit out and didn’t sit well with anyone else either. In fact, Rabbit ended up make a bigger mess of things than Tigger ever did.
Why? Because the other characters in Rabbit’s community needed Rabbit to be the orderly, well-mannered guy he was. They didn’t need another Tigger and neither did Rabbit.
Piglet is a sweet person whose loyalty is forever and is the best friend you could ever hope for. Piglet is designed to be a companion, and he works best in the company of others.
Piglet isn’t designed to strike out by himself. Yet, one time when he didn’t feel needed, he tried just that. His self worth left him, and he went off by himself and wallowed in self pity. He ended up getting lost for a time, but when he realized that he had all the worth he needed already inside him, he went and found his friends and actually helped them save the day.
I could go on and on about how Eeyore’s depression keeps him isolated and away from real life, or how Owl’s insecurity, about his spelling, keeps him hold up in his tree rather than sharing his wisdom with more of the forest creatures. But I don’t want to forget Pooh.
Pooh is a bear who doesn’t try be something that he isn’t. He knows who he is and where he is, which is usually right where he is standing at the time.
He doesn’t wait for life to come to him but he only goes after it one step at a time. He knows that worrying about tomorrow is useless and so he lives in the moment. Because he doesn’t need love, self worth, or security from others he is free to give them away and is the glue that holds the community together.
When my daughter was born she had a quote from pooh hanging in her nursery that said, A grand adventure is about to happen. Pooh never failed to live an abundant life full of adventure and beauty. He lived every moment for all it was worth and let the future take care of itself.
We all want adventure, beauty, and abundant life. Yet few live this kind of life, and those who do are often discounted. The secret to living an abundant life is not in getting it all all right or in following some model laid out by someone else, or in appearing like you fit with everyone else, or in being free of what some label as dysfunction.
In fact many of the most abundant people in history were full of dysfunction, stood out like a sore thumb, and definitely didn’t get it all right.
The secret lies in first knowing who you were designed to be and being honest about where you are right now in your life.
Secondly, you must embrace who you were designed to be as the best you can be and trust that it is the path to your abundance and joy.
Once you learn to trust your design and your designer, then you must chart a journey that flows from your design and give yourself the freedom to follow that path as the next step reveals itself to you.

Take Back Your Life: Stop Doing Things That Really Don’t Matter

Take Back Your Life: Stop Doing Things that Really Don’t Matter (…and a lot of things really don’t matter)

I work with a lot of stressed out executives in their 30’s who feel like their, life energy, hope and joy have been sucked out of them. What we find very quickly is that they are doing a lot of things that don’t really matter instead of concentrating on the things they really do want in their lives.

What if you stopped doing things in your life that really don’t matter? How would that change who you are? How much extra time would you have available to do things you really enjoy? How would this affect your health and well-being? And, what the heck does any of this mean?

How do you stop doing things in your life that don’t matter? Well, you need to take a step back. First, you need to figure out what does matter to you. This may involve doing some serious soul-searching to figure this out. Your answers typically lay in the values you hold dear and these are often expressed in the vision you have for your life.

For example, what matters most to me is creating a better world for everyone and working with people who respect me for who I am and the work I do. I’ve actually taken it one step further to find out in detail, what I really want in my life. This way, I’m very clear about my “mission.”

Sometimes it isn’t easy to figure out what matters most. We can lose track of our life vision over time as we get pulled in a million directions and deal with life’s daily activities. In that case, consider working with a personal coach to develop clarity. I work with dozens of people in helping them to unearth their real vision.

The second step is to take a look at what you’re doing in your life. Where do you spend your time? What’s your profession, who are your friends, what groups do you belong to and what types of activities fill your days, weeks and months?

The tough step is next. Look for the disconnect between what matters most to you and what you’re doing in your life. It’s time to clean house (which could take months or longer) of anything that isn’t supporting what matters most to you. It’s time to get rid of what isn’t aligned with your vision and values. Stop investing your time and energy into people, ideas, events, and anything else which isn’t serving what is truly meaningful to you.

In the past few years, I’ve gone through the very process that I’ve outlined here. The results have been phenomenal. I have a lot more time to spend with my family and friends. I’m not overbooked with time-filling, busy-body, pointless activities. My business runs effortlessly and my life is virtually stress-free.

I defined what mattered most and then started removing everything that didn’t fit. Did this take a lot of focus, dedication and hard work? Absolutely! But anyone can do what I did. It all starts with taking the first step.

Anything worthwhile in life takes effort. You only need to have the drive and the desire to make it happen. I’m glad I took on the challenge because now I’m on a path that’s filled with daily joy and abundance. And, you can do the same.

Coaching and Psychology

Two psychologists bump into each other in the street. The first one says,

“You’re fine, how am I?”

How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but only if the light bulb really wants to change.

All very amusing and useful examples of how psychology has slipped into everyday life to the point where familiarity has perhaps bred contempt. Lots of people are dismayed by the amount of psychology that has creapt into everyday life. Whether this is the launch of latest two-part psychological thriller on television or the reports of football managers engaged in ‘psychological’ mind-games, the view is that psychology is in some ways frivolous and certainly not as important as ‘proper’ science.

Can we challenge this view? Can we look at the effect psychology has had on the study of say, personality disorder and discover a legitimate and meaningful contribution?

To begin with let’s examine what we actually mean by psychology. Psychology has been defined as ‘the scientific study of behaviour and experience’ (Hardy & Heyes, 1979). The use of the word scientific in that definition implies that psychologists do more than simply think about behaviour and its causes. Psychologists observe behaviour and make hypotheses about what causes or affects it. They then test those guesses by undertaking further observation, asking questions or performing experiments. Where this kind of scientific rigour is apparent in the field, we might expect some useful insight into so called abnormal behaviour in others.

Consider firstly the condition known as Multiple Personality; Sufferers of which have been known to develop as many as seventeen separate personalities. Thigpen & Cleckley (1954) were one of the first to recognise the unique dynamics of this disorderin their treatment of Eve White; who also encompassed Eve Black and Eve Grey.Further work by other psychologists has uncovered that the origins of this condition seem to lie in the experience of some emotional trauma at around the age of five. The theory is that suffers create a kind of fugue state in order to withstand the trauma and may continue to use this tactic until the alternative personality actually takes root. Treatment is slow and difficult,but without the psychological perspective we can expect that sufferers of this condition would have been incarcerated, outcast or submitted for endless exorcisms.

Much work has also been done around the possible causes of Antisocial Personality; sufferers of which condition are more commonly known as psychopaths or sociopaths. Chrisianses (1977) proposes a genetic cause. He looked at over 400 pairs of twins and found concordance in 69% of the MZ ones compared with only 33% for the DZ twins. Lykken (1957) created a mental maze, where subjects learn to press a correct sequence of levers, receiving shocks when the wrong one is selected. He found that sociopaths made more errors leading to shocks than ‘normals’ suggesting a Neurochemical cause, i.e. an inability to learn from painful experience. There are many other examples and many other possible causes but each presents an opportunity for treatment. Without these insights there would be no possibility for treatment and imprisonment would be the only option.

There is little doubt that we need to be wary of the cult of pop psychology. But real psychology is different. It is scientific in approach and rigorous in execution. It seeks to deal with effect as well as cause and, certainly in the case of personality disorder, offers genuine hope to sufferers and their families that their condition might be treated sympathetically even if not cured.

Speed Coaching

What is a coaching session? Does it necessitate a quiet room, with soft lighting and muzak? Does it mean comfortable chairs facing one another with two hours set aside for deep exploration? I hope not because if this were the case the average manager would not be able to utilise the simple principles which I aim to show can be used in a fraction of the time and as part of everyday working conversations.

I can understand this viewpoint and I think the coaching profession encourages it; it makes it seem as if coaching must ALWAYS occur at this level to be helpful, but it doesn’t. A trained Life or Executive coach may well work at this depth to bring about the significant and permanent change for which they have presumably been hired but the coaching manager is less concerned with causing tearful epiphanies and more concerned with restoring focus and improving performance on the job. This can be done far quicker.

Most coaching is supported by a questioning framework. I devised the coaching ARROW and although this comes with a wide range of sample questions, it can be boiled down to five:

A – Aims – What do you want?

R – Reality – What’s happening now?

R – Reflection – How big is the gap?

O – Options – What could you do?

W – Way Forward – What will you do?

These five simple questions give us an opportunity to coach at great speed. On their own they will not create fundamental change or improvement but they will create focus and mobility. These being, in my view, the desired outcomes of any coaching conversation in a work context. Let’s say you had a colleague about to make an important business pitch and you wanted to add a little coaching to the conversation. Asking ‘What do you want?’ could really get them focused on a positive outcome and ready to bring it about. It’s not dissimilar to an athlete mentally rehearsing the race in their mind as they settle into the blocks. Imagine, talking to another colleague who had just returned from a meeting that had gone spectacularly well, but they were unsure why. Exploring ‘What’s happening now?’ immediately afterwards could really bring some insight and learning to bear.

You’ll find that when your people become used to being coached in this way they’ll come with Aims, Reality, Reflection and Options already thought through. They just want to check things out with us and get some ‘permission’ from us for the way forward.

I think of this technique as Martini coaching: ‘Anytime. Anyplace. Anywhere’ I have taught the technique to managers who hardly ever see their team, but can still do some good coaching around the coffee machine, in the lift or on a car journey. Another tip is to self-coach before you settle down to tackle an important task by having the questions on a small card and working through them. It’s okay to go for the formal setting for the major converations, but never underestimate the usefulness of a quick, but focused conversation in the moment when it’s needed.

Coaching for Growth

Coaching proves to be one of the most essential components of our lives right from the day that we become aware of the environment surrounding us. Coaching is very essential for the normal growth of the child. Coaching for growth will also apply to an individual who wants to grow in his career and also for the business organization itself that wants to expand beyond the national boundaries of their country.

Coaching normally refers to the various forms of guiding, questioning, and mentoring, and is not to be confused with the more directional forms of , training and showing the correct path an individual or a group of individuals can take to achieve their goals and develop the specific skills to perform well. Coaching for growth may include personal coaching which involves one to one discussions and conversations or workshops, seminars and even presentations.( however in a non directional format) Coaching for growth in business is normally done by coaches who have specialized skills and experience working with executives and teams in order to help to improve quality, efficiency and increase knowledge.

Coaching for growth may also include personality development which helps to develop your overall personality in terms of how you carry yourself and present yourself to the world at large. You should remember that it is the impression that you create on other people that will bring you recognitions and rewards.

Coaching for growth in case of the child is normally imparted by the parents and once the child enters a particular school, the major part of coaching is undertaken by the teacher. Hence whatever the child learns during the initial stages of his life goes a long way in what he will become in the later stages of his life.

Coming back to coaching for the growth of businesses, coaching is required by all serious business organizations to run their business successfully by implementing the best and most cost effective method and strategies. Many business coaches will also help to draft a business plan after studying the type of business the organization has undertaken. Drafting of business strategies from the short term and long term of view also becomes very important. Drafting the strategies is just half the job done. It is necessary to carry out tasks that you have planned before hand. There is a huge difference between a business coach and a consultant, as a business coach helps us understand the basics of overall business while a consultant is equipped to provide advice in detail for a certain area of business.

Coaching for growth follows a certain process of ascertaining things in the present and then preparing a process of inquiry, analysis and resolution to finish tasks. The whole approach of coaching for growth is to improvise the existing methods and techniques to achieve your goals in the best way you can. Coaching stresses a lot on team work as it is the cumulative efforts of all the members of the team to carry out tasks at a brisk pace. Results under team effort are better and quicker. Coaching is necessary to analyze the current situation and follow a course of action to achieve the desired goals. However the person does not have to accept all advice of the coach. In fact if the truth be known, coaches do not give advice at all.

They used in depth, laser like and focused questions in order to elicit the correct answer from the client.

On the rare occasion when coach is asked to give direct guidance, he may do so in the form of the mentor. The client of course is free to reject any such advice.

In the end, coaching for growth stresses on mutual understanding within a team and amongst all the members to work towards a common goal. Coaching starts from the bottom working with each associate to make them realize their potential and using it to achieve incredible results.

Written by Gerard O’Donovan Founder of Noble Manhattan coaching Ltd

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Self Improvement-Let Go Of Your Past-How To Move Forward With Your Life

In order to live a full and complete life, we must learn how to let go of past failures and disappointments and not carry them with us into our future. Self Improvement : Hanging on to pain, bitterness and disappointment from a past conflict is a heavy burden. It affects your moods, attitudes, relationships, job and all aspects of your life. Negativity eats away at your self-esteem and destroys any possibility of a life free from pain. Fortunately, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel! Your future doesn’t have to be a repetition of your past. You don’t need to be destined to a life of pain, regardless of what you’ve already been through. You can lay down your burdens. It’s okay for you to be free. In fact, you deserve it! These five steps will help you move forward and find the freedom you need to begin living a fuller, more enjoyable life, regardless of what lies in your past: 1. Talk about it. Discuss your past pain, fear, disappointment or trauma with a trusted friend or family member. Fully express the feelings associated with the situation: cry, scream, or do whatever you need to do to release the bottled up emotions in a safe way.

• Self Improvement Until you really talk about the feelings connected to your past, you may not be able to move past them. Once you’ve spoken the words, release them from your mind forever. As hard as it may be, it’s the only way to free yourself from your past. 2. Use a journal. Writing in a journal is an excellent way to pour out your pain. A journal offers the safety of knowing your words are just for you and won’t be read by anyone else. Don’t worry about spelling, grammar, or even if the words follow a logical progression, simply write from the heart.

• Self Improvement Physically writing your thoughts and feelings can release your emotions so you can move past them. 3. Seek forgiveness. Many people misunderstand the meaning of forgiveness. Forgiveness doesn’t mean what happened to you is unimportant or you’re saying it’s “okay.” In fact, forgiveness isn’t about the other person at all. Forgiveness simply means that you’ve made the choice to let go of the desire to exact revenge and punishment, and you’ve found closure within your heart and soul.

• Self Improvement Forgiveness releases you from the burden of carrying the pain any longer. By choosing to forgive, you can stop thinking about the past so it won’t control your future. 4. Seek professional guidance. You can choose to get help from a life coach or therapist. The people closest to us aren’t always the best choice to help us work through our pain. It may be difficult for us to fully open up about our deepest pain or it may be hard for them to step back far enough to help us through it.

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Personal Development: Get More Out of Life

This article will outline a plan that will help you find what is important to you-and how to move in the direction of success. Personal development helps you maximize your potential in every area of your life. If you want to identify areas in your life, set goals and achieve them, follow the outline below.

First, it is important to determine the key areas that need development. This will require that you take some time to really reflect on your life: what are your dreams, goals and aspirations? Write down the top five key areas in your life that mean the most to you. Once you know what is important- you can determine if there is anything standing in your way of improving in those areas. Ask yourself: is there any room for improvement in this area? What is standing in my way of improving in this area? For example: if one of your top five goals is enjoying your occupation, make a list of what is preventing you from your enjoyment: is it the actual work? Is it the fact that you do not actually know what you want to do-you lack focus? Or is it that it just takes too much time away from your family? The answers to the questions will help you realize areas for personal development. I would suggest making a list of the areas of key improvement (top five) and keep it handy so you can refer back to it.

Now that you have identified the area for improvement, find local resources that may assist you in developing in each of the areas that you have identified. Resources can be found in books, in on-line articles, blogs, tapes, seminars, workshops, etc. The important thing is that you identify at least one resource for each key area of improvement and that it is realistic that you will utilize the resource. Personal development is one of the world’s fastest growing industries, so you should have no difficulty in identifying and listing your resources.

From the resources you have found, select one or two of your key areas and write out a growth plan. This can be done on your own using your resources, or can be done by consulting a life coach or personal development professional. It is important to develop a plan that has very specific steps that are simple to follow and detailed enough to complete. Nothing feels better than being able to see progress toward your goal than actually seeing check marks next to tasks that are needed to finish a project or a plan.

The next step is the step that makes the biggest difference in your personal development and is also the step that is most neglected: set aside one hour a day to dedicate to your personal development. This does not have to be an hour all at one time. Setting time aside in the morning and in the evening–or even on your lunch hour will work, but it takes commitment. This is the time that you will be implementing your growth plan or completing a step from above. It can also be used for reflecting and reading in the area for your development.

Finally, find a mentor or a group of individuals that you can build relationships with that are also on the same path of development. This can help you grow more quickly than any other resource you may find and utilize. Relationships with other like-minded people can bring support and guidance that is beyond anything you could ever do on your own.

Be sure to apply all that you learn. Learning is only meaningful through the use of the knowledge in your life. The key is to take action. New behaviors create new results and new successes, whereas knowledge only increases your pride and doesn’t change your life. If you are looking to change your life, take a step-determine where you can apply your newly found information-and practice it. It really IS that simple.

Coaching Changes Life Perspective!

What has jolted your life awake? For some people it is being laid off from a job, divorce, or having a baby. For some it is moving to a new community. For some people it is illness.
Illness has been my recent wake up call! When illness crept into my life, it came with intense physical pain that slammed me to the ground. I went into pure resistance. “This can’t happen to me, I am too positive of a person.” Was I ever in for a surprise. After some time of pushing against a huge invisible wall of denial, along came some old friends: the victim, the martyr, the critic, the whiner, the judge. You name it, they all came. For a time they all came at once and had a party!
One morning, after one of these parties, I realized that I had some choices to make. I decided to shift my perspective on all levels. At first, I read a bunch of books and tried to be “the perfect” ill person. This meant the repression of all who attended my parties, which of course made these folks bigger and stronger. “I can’t even do illness right!” I said to myself.
Ahhh, the victim, loud and clear! After some exhausting inner battles, I noticed that I hadn’t shifted anything at all! Since I am an optimist by nature and a coach by profession I began to use the tools that I knew. I continued reading and used only the information that deeply resonated with me. I began to notice what was working in my life and was surprised to see that much of my life was in balance. I had awesome kids, a nurturing relationship with my spouse, and wonderful friends, etc.
Then, I focused on what was draining my energy. This was challenging. I had to ask for help. Not an easy thing for someone who had based their self worth on doing it all alone! Ahhh, and there was the martyr! So, after some minor sabotaging from the martyr, I began to ask for help. The amazing thing was that my family responded positively. Yes, even my teenage sons! Asking for help turned up the volume of my inner being. I began asking “What do I need right now?” and “What do I want?” I began listening closely.
As I listened to my body and followed through with what I needed, I began to experience a deep trust in myself. I did know what I needed. My body had been telling me the whole time. I just had stopped listening! As I listened to my body, I began to notice more and more of what inspired me. I gave myself permission to redefine wellness. I gave myself permission to find the gift my body was giving me. I gave myself permission to completely change how I was living my life. I began to celebrate, to play, to explore being in joy. I expressed this celebration in variety of ways; through art, journaling, in how I communicated, etc.
I am continuing in my healing process. Some days are better than others. Most days are awesome. I continue to create my life through listening, trusting and taking action from inspiration. Life coaching sometimes helps to turn up the volume of our own inner beings. This allows the inner being become our own guide in creating truly incredible lives, no matter what has jolted us awake. Perhaps, explore what coaching can do for your life!