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Thursday, 7 July 2016

Transformation by Letting Go

In this International Coach Federation (ICF) Blog article, Carolyn Hamilton-Kuby a Coach, Public Speaker and Corporate Trainer shares a “letting go” experience during a series of workshops that resulted in a transformation for one teen …

July 5th, 2016: “Itsy Bitsy Letting Go Can Lead to Transformational Change

In speaking of the mindfulness attitude of Letting Go, in “Full Catastrophe Living,” Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, shares that “…Cultivating the attitude of letting go, or non-attachment, is fundamental to the practice of mindfulness…Letting go is a way of letting things be, of accepting things as they are.”

This mindfulness attitude is demonstrated in coaching as we accept people “as they are” with “non-attachment” to their agenda or story, letting go of advice-giving, etc.

In my experience, demonstrating this level of presence as coaches cultivates the attitude of letting go, which can be applied in and outside of coaching conversations. Read more

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Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Abundant Living in the Moment

Dr. Joe Vitale, motivational speaker and author, has said many times, “The fastest way to get where you want to be is to be happy with where you are.” This is so true!

The more “good vibrations” you send out, the more good things you attract back to you to be happy about. One of the best ways to be sending out good vibrations consistently is to live in the moment. What does this mean? It means that you remain in the now. You treat each moment as the precious thing that it is and enjoy it to its fullest. You immerse yourself fully in the moment.

Living in the moment can:

Reduce stress
Relieve worry about the future
Eliminate anguish about the past
Enable you to brush away distractions and focus on your task at hand
Bring more passion to your relationships
Allow to you leap toward achieving your goals faster than you ever thought possible
Let you enjoy the peace, happiness, and contentment of a fulfilling life

Here are some things that can help you live in the moment:

Enjoy the simple things in life. Take time to notice what’s around you. Take time to enjoy the people in your life.
Of course you make plans for the future, and lay out goals, but never get so caught up in pursuing your goals that you cease to enjoy the present. Your life is your journey. Enjoy what you’ve got when you’ve got it. Otherwise, you might wake up some day and realize that you missed living altogether.
When you make a mistake, learn something from that moment and move on. Look for the silver lining. Practice finding the good, even when things don’t go as expected. Many times, you can even get something better than you had planned, if you just open your mind to the possibilities that there is something good to be discovered.
Eliminate time spent waiting. Avoid just sitting around and waiting for things to happen to you. Take advantage of your time by making it productive. Use it to listen to motivational audio books, share delightful insights with the people next to you, plan your day, or read something that educates, inspires, or relaxes you.

There’s a Zimbabwe proverb that says, “If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing.” Like the proverb, living in the moment lets you live with excitement instead of mediocrity. Living in the moment takes some practice, but the more you do it, the easier it gets. Practice and soon it will become a habit that changes your mindset and helps you live a life full of passion, joy, and happiness.

Conscious living, just like living in the moment, involves being aware of what’s around you and choosing to make the most of what you’ve got, but it takes things a step further. Conscious living brings in the added factor of making certain choices that can bring you the life you desire.

Conscious living is living on purpose. You choose how you want to live your life and then live that way.

Steps to Conscious Living:

Set priorities in your life. Decide what’s most important to you and live according to these priorities. What might be more important – eating take out while watching TV for a couple hours or having a sit down dinner with your spouse to share about your day? You decide. Maybe there is the occasional day you need to loaf, but if your marriage is a priority, you will make room for that in your life.
Choose to have an optimistic attitude. As we’ve already seen, this conscious living choice can have an enormous impact on your life.
Simplify your lifestyle. Put the things into your life that you want there, according to your priorities, and eliminate the things that merely serve to clutter it up and cause confusion and stress. Life is complicated enough! Why complicate it further with things you don’t even want? A hectic lifestyle can be a major cause of distractions and stress.
Live according to your principles. Remember, when you live consciously, you’re choosing your life. Let your principles guide you in making your priorities and decisions. Above all, get clear on your values, standards, and principles so you can be true to yourself.

Living consciously gives you a chance to start demonstrating the life you desire. You may not have as much money as you’d like, or you might want to lose some weight, or you may be seeking your soul mate, but following these strategies puts everything in motion.

With conscious living, your thought processes are emitting energy harmonious with attracting what you want and your actions are in accordance with them. Rather than spending your time focusing on your lack, you spend your time and energies choosing your life and living it to the fullest, thus attracting more good things in return.

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Perception is Reality in Abundant Living

Are you thirsting for a better, more fulfilling life of abundance? Even as the world systems seem to be erratic and out of control, the life you really desire is still possible!

Surely you’ve heard the axiom, “If you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you’ll keep getting what you’ve got.” In order for things to change, you need to do something differently.

Doing things differently starts with a change in your thoughts. Actions flow from your thinking, so if you re-examine your thoughts and beliefs, and align them with your true, deep down desires, you may find some discrepancies that need adjusting.

Just wishing for something you want can actually push it farther and farther away from you. Real change requires a change in thoughts and actions.

We don’t attract what we want in life so much as we attract who we are. There is an old proverb that says “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he”. So who we are is an extension of how we think.

When you demonstrate the life you want, you’ll attract it back toward you. Granted, you can’t just leap from here into your dream life in a single step, but you can build the bridge that enables you to cross over in the shortest possible time.

Begin by asking yourself, what do I really want? If there were no barriers and you could have whatever you wished, what do you want deep down in your core? Take a look at your finances, your relationships, your career, your spirituality, your physical health. What’s missing? What are you longing for that you are not experiencing? Drill down to the real desires beneath the surface. A surface answer might be “I want a Mazerati”. The real answer might be “I want to really move in life, I want to drive cars with no maintenance issues that are paid for and I want to flash my personal style and enjoy fun things!” Maybe those are not your personal values. Maybe your answer would be more like “I want fulfilling work that doesn’t take me completely away from my wife and children yet adequately provides for our needs.”

Your Perception is Your Reality

Is your glass half full or half empty? How you perceive the events in your life – both big and small – not only shows your underlying mindset about your life, but also plays the most important role in whether you ever reach your goals.

Appreciating the simple things in life and the good feelings that go along with it cause your brain to send out energy that vibrates in harmony with good things, and attracts more good things back to you. A glass half empty mindset causes one to not only miss out on the simple pleasures of life, but your mind sends out energy that vibrates in harmony with dissatisfaction and lack. What do you think you’ll attract back to you? More things to be unhappy about and more lack!

This also explains why wishing for something too hard can push it away from you forever. When you’re wishing for something you don’t have, you’re focusing on your lack of it. Focusing on your lack of it only attracts more lack of it back to you!

The key to abundant living is having gratitude for what you have, and expecting the things you desire! Shift your mindset to being that person that good things flow to and flow from. More to come on the subject of Abundant Living in future posts!

Monday, 27 June 2016

Make a Successful Day Routine

In this International Coach Federation (ICF) Blog article, Suzanne Muusers, a Financial Advisor Coach and Business Plan Consultant shares some tips on how a good morning routine effects success outcomes for your day.

June 25, 2016: 4 Simple Steps to Make the Most of Your Day.

Every day has a beginning and an end. The sun rises. At noon, the sun is high in the sky. When the sun sets, evening begins. Have you ever wondered whether having a great morning routine would make a difference in how your day ends?

What are you doing to begin your day in a positive manner? What’s your morning routine?

Over the years, I have come to view the early morning as a time to get myself settled, visualize the day, and become motivated to work on my coaching business.

Here are four ways professional coaches can make the most of their day: Read more

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Friday, 8 July 2016