Meet 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 Use Your Strengths To Create A Resilient Life
Resilient people don’t shy away from difficult or uncomfortable situations that they know they must deal with to create the life they want. Take Susan for example. She came to me recently to talk about wanting to go from full-time to part-time work as a massage therapist. While she’s clear on her why — more time for travel and family — Susan is anxious about dealing with her client’s reactions when she invites them to move on to other practitioners. There are a lot of nuances to making this sort of transition, but two main areas are involved. The logistics of Susan’s schedule changes and the...
Read MoreI Found A Tick and Other Reasons To Become More Resilient
It’s just a little, little thing, a tick, but, oh, how it focuses the mind. I found a tick on my forearm this past weekend, while I was down in West Virginia. (Or, West By God Virginia, as it’s more rightly called.) The first thing I did, without even thinking, was to start breathing deeply. I felt my belly and my feet. I probably said, “Oh, S#it” a few times, too. Just some things to get over the initial stress reaction. Because you see, I have chronic Lyme disease in my central nervous system, which they didn’t discover until after I’d had it for at least 2 years. So there are still...
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 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...
Read More3 Experts Weigh In: How To Make Time For What Matters Most
There are a few simple questions you can ask yourself — even on the go — that will help you take back your time for what’s really important to you. Summer is such a busy time it can be hard to make time for what matters most. Even the long summer days don’t seem to be enough for the extra time we all need and want. Between traveling, house guests, kids activities, the lawn and garden, home repairs, and unique outdoor activities, it’s easy to just go, go, go and start to feel uncentered and pulled in too many directions. This week I’m sharing the advice of 3 expert authors, each with a unique...
Read MoreAsk Me Anything! 2 FREE Ways To Connect — Facebook And Phone
I love to connect with people for Q&A, so I started doing Facebook LIVE on my Facebook Page a few months ago, testing it out under the radar. Could I figure out decent lighting? Did I have anything of value to say? Would I be nervous and flub up? The results of 24 incredibly fun and inspiring Live Videos — I LOVE DOING FACEBOOK LIVE! And I hope you’ll use this fact for your own personal gain! I’m Live on Facebook every Thursday morning at 9am on my Facebook page, Your Spirited Life & Business to answer your questions about — • Getting unstuck, overcoming overwhelm,...
Read MoreHow To Stop Fear Of Failure From Stopping You: 7 Strategies For Moving Forward
I’ve been dragging my feet lately about some things I need to do for my business. Ways I need to put myself out there, risks I need to take to bring my business to the next level. I could tell you it’s because I’m really busy or because Mercury was in Retrograde and both those things are true. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was also afraid of failure. Does this ever happen to you? You have a great idea — something new to offer in your business, or maybe you want to try a new hobby, or go for a new job — and you think about it all the time, but you don’t do anything about it. You’re...
Read MoreOverwhelmed? Scattered? The Truth About Navigating Life With Ease
Ever feel overwhelmed? When there are so many important things to attend to, you can wear yourself out trying to take care of everything and everyone — leaving you feeling scattered and exhausted. And often your own self care — and your hopes, and dreams — get bumped off your To Do list all together! But don’t despair — everyone feels like they can’t keep up with their own life sometimes. That time is flying by and important goals always get put on the back burner. And that feeling balanced and centered will never happen. I’ll let you in on a little secret: the elusive feeling...
Read MoreFeeling Stagnant? Surprising Ideas For Getting Your Motivation Back
Can I share something with you I don’t usually like to admit? I lost my motivation. I tend to “overload my plate”, neglect my self care, and then have to recalibrate every once in a while. This time I’ve been on “all out” for so long I didn’t even see what was happening. I finally got the message when I realized how stuck I’ve been on moving a few projects forward. Have you lost your motivation, too? Do you ever feel like you: Can’t seem to make progress on things you really care about? Feel like you’re going in slow motion? Can’t see clearly what needs to be done or how to do it? In this...
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