5 More Fears That Can Get in Your Way
Fear can stop you from making a call, requesting help, applying for a job, trying something new, or letting someone know how you feel. But it doesn’t have to.
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5 Fears That Can Get in Your Way
A big part of how we support our Coaching clients is by helping them break through the fears that keep them from taking action. Often, just by acknowledging what type of fear is getting in the way, the client can move forward.
Austerity Month
When I was young, my father led us in a family activity that helped me create a healthier relationship with money. It was called: Austerity Month. Austerity is an act of self denial as an economic measure. For Austerity Month we spent as little money as possible. We bought inexpensive groceries, we […]
Joyful Cost Cutting Tips
Cutting Costs on Shopping Any Item: Go to Froogle.com (created by Google). Type in any item and it will give you the lowest online price. Prescriptions: Get discount drug coupons by going to: InternetDrugCoupons.com or the specific drug company website (just type in the name of the drug). Groceries: Have your groceries delivered (Albertsons.com) […]
Joyful Cost Cutting
Like most Americans, my husband and I have been working on cutting costs. We recently realized that we had allowed “budget creep” to increase our spending in the past few years and that our relationship with money could be healthier. When we examined our business and personal expenditures, we found many ways […]
Be Eulogized for Being Your Best You
I don’t know about you, but when I pass I want to be eulogized not for what I did, but for who I am. Don’t get me wrong, it would be nice to be remembered for having a successful coaching practice that helped a lot of people, creating great products that enhanced people’s lives, […]
How Do You Define Success?
I recently saw an episode of “The Nanny” in which a stay-at-home mom wasn’t spending any time playing with or talking to her kids. The cameras documented the woman’s day. In the morning she made bacon, eggs, pancakes, and orange juice from scratch and then did the dishes. By the time she […]
Reducing Stress by Eliminating Your Tolerations – Part 1
We all have unpleasant conditions in our lives that cause us stress. We may try to ignore these situations, but they still affect us. If the condition could be eliminated, it is called a toleration. In this first of a 5-Part Series on Reducing Stress, I will discuss how to eliminate your tolerations to create […]
Reducing Stress by Eliminating Your Tolerations – Part 2
Often we experience stress because we have unpleasant conditions in our lives that we tolerate. These tolerations are little and big things, that eat away at our ability to be calm, like the chip in your favorite cup, the extra weight around your middle, the garage that needs to be cleaned out, or the friend […]
Reducing Your Stress Through Acceptance
In previous articles we have discussed ways to eliminate tolerations in our lives. Tolerations are situations we can change, but we also encounter unpleasant situations in our lives that we can’t change. When change is impossible, we can reduce our stress by accepting the situation. You may have a physical limitation, a monetary limitation, a […]