Helping Your Kids Thrive At Home
Shari, a mother of two, and I talked recently, and our session quickly turned to how her kids, 11 and 4, are handling being at home — and how Shari and her husband are doing as well. Together we created a list of ways to help her kids thrive during the current stay-at-home order. Take Charge Of Your Current Situation Our new normal of physical distancing is going to be with us for a while. If you’ve been limping along or holding your breath for the order for a return to school, stop kidding yourself. Don’t wait a moment longer to create a new way of living at home that helps you...
Read MoreCurbing Corona Anxiety
Yes, it’s an overwhelming and stressful time. But you can curb your anxiety around the coronavirus, even when so much is unknown and unpredictable right now. What’s the open secret of how to do that? Lean in, use your tools (or get some), and face this situation, and yourself, head-on. Here’s how: Feed on Facts, Not Fiction Stick to a few trusted news sources for information and stop believing everything you read on social media. Stop continually trolling for new details about the virus every hour; check-in no more than once or twice a day. Know your limits and take a news...
Read MoreMeet Kaila And Learn From Her Resilience Journey
Today, in Part 3 of this series about resilience, we’ll explore the most critical choice you can make to keep yourself steady, and ready to handle life with grace and patience. You’ll meet Kaila and learn about the challenges she’s mastering as she recovers from a long season of high stress and becomes more resilient. Kaila’s Story Kaila and her husband were thrilled to welcome their first child into the world last year. Born prematurely, their son developed some serious health issues that led to months of long days and sleepless nights. Thankfully, little Daniel is doing much better...
Read MoreHow To Define Your Ideal Customer So They Can Find You
To reach your ideal customer — the people who need your services the most — and help them find you, you have to be able to define who that person is. I know what you’re thinking, you work with all kinds of people on so many types of issues! I hear that from business coaching clients all the time. But if you’re marketing to everyone, you’re reaching no one. You’ve got to define your ideal customer so you can speak directly to them, and so they are more likely to see themselves working with you and getting the benefits and results you can provide. Here are 3 ways to define your ideal customer:...
Read More12 Reasons To Start The Holistic Life Coaching Certification This Summer
Do people come to you for advice? Do you have bodywork, aromatherapy, or yoga clients and students and want to know how to talk with them about issues in all areas of their life? Are you looking for something to pull together and give structure to everything you offer? Do you want to help people live happier, healthier lives? If you said yes to any of these, you might just be called to train as a life caoch. Here are 12 great reasons to bring together your knowledge, experience, skills, and life purpose to inspire transformation and growth in yourself and others with the Holistic Life...
Read MoreMaking Decisions You’ll Love Tomorrow
Decision making is such a beautiful process in human beings. I’m honored to help people make decisions that they feel good about. Here I’ve collected some ideas and tools that make it easier to be happier with your decisions. Because that’s really what we’re all looking for — not just a decision that we’re happy with in the moment, but a decision that we feel happy with tomorrow and the next day and the next. Warren Buffet’s 10-10-10 Rule Billionaire investor Warren Buffet’s asks three questions before he makes any decision, which he calls the 10/10/10 rule. He asks, “How...
Read MoreHow To Ask For The Next Appointment
Know that feeling of really being in the flow of a great session with a client? You’re connecting on a deep level, breakthroughs are happening, you’re feeling so good about the healing work you do… And then the session ends and it’s time to say goodbye… but you really want them to book another appointment and don’t know how to ask for it. And it gets > A-W-K-W-A-R-D < … Asking for the next appointment doesn’t have to derail the positive flow between you and a client. Here’s how to ask, in a way that doesn’t feel sleazy or salesy. • Summarize and affirm the work and give homework...
Read MoreAre You A Falcon, A Chickadee, Or A Bird Of Paradise?
Imagine yourself as a bird: are you a falcon, a chickadee, or a bird of paradise? Your answer might give you insights into how you’re strong in creating the life and business you want, and ways you might need to bring in some fresh energy. Each bird has unique and valuable qualities and traits, and you might identify with one or more very strongly. But is there one bird nature you’re completely disconnected from? Strengthening it may help you balance your life and achieve your goals. What can you learn from each of these beautiful birds? And how do you unite the powers of each to create a...
Read MoreHow To Apply Smart Strategies To Book More Clients And Students
Want more clients and students but not sure what strategies to use to reach people who will love your work and also be committed to their own health and wellness? When you’re steeped in doing sessions, teaching classes, and creating products, it can be difficult to make time for promoting your practice to new people. But claiming that “business owner” role is important, in order to keep your practice, and you, vital and thriving. The beginning of the year is one of the best times to promote wellness work. Ride the high tide of people’s interest in their health all the way through spring,...
Read More5 Big Little Strategies For A Better Year
You turned the calendar to January, and now you’ve got the opportunity for a fresh start to create a better year. Clean slate. Like a stretch of new fallen snow just waiting for you to make your mark. And I’ve got a different take on some big little strategies for a better year for you. This is the time when we’re usually urged to THINK BIG! Make GRAND PLANS! Set MAJOR GOALS! But chances are you just got hurled back into your busy life after the holidays. Work, school, house, kids, business, deadlines, bills. Who’s got the luxury of trying all kinds of new strategies? Who has the head...
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