Chocolate-loving Life Coach Lynn Cutts’ mission is to change the world for the better, one person at a time. At http://www.ManageYourMuse.com, she shares free tips, articles, games and newsletters to help you realize your dreams. Lynn offers one-on-one coaching, group coaching and self-guided programs to help you create your own boundless life. Lynn is certified by the Coaches Training Institute, and is a member of the International Coaches Federation.
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Celebrate Togetherness, Not Resentments When we get together with family, especially during this hectic time of year, we often find old childhood hurts, feelings, and reactions popping up. We regress; we even lose some of our identity as independent adults. The end result is that a holiday that is supposed to be a celebration of gratitude, fellowship, and giving becomes an ordeal.It doesn't have to be that way. Here are a few quick...... Similar Editorial : CELEBRATE A CHILD by Arleen M. Kaptur. | Source : Goal Setting Lesson Plan
Make It Easier To Change Those Habits 1. No focus. Instead of concentrating on one behavior, and working with it until it sticks, many people try to make too big a change all at once. For example, they decide they are going to go on a diet, start exercising and give up smoking all at the same time. Trying to do all that becomes overwhelming, exhausting, and confusing. It’s an almost guaranteed road to failure. Instead, focus only on...... Similar Editorial : Make Weight Loss Easier by Alien. | Source : Encouragement Words
Hate That Chore? Change Your Mind March (and April) bring income tax season. For most people, the entire process is a nasty chore, from gathering the information to filling out the forms, to paying the taxes. And while chocolate helps, it’s not enough. Which brings me to the topic of this essay: handling the tasks we hate. We all have them, whether it’s taking out the trash, paying the bills, getting up in the morning (for some,...... Source : Inspirational Teacher
Let The Holidays Be Ah, the holidays. That sleepless time of the year. That season when we become so frantic and panicked and worried about everything we've got to do that we forget to enjoy the process. That season of giving. And shopping and wrapping and shipping. And decorating, cooking and cleaning. Meanwhile, the challenges of everyday life continue.Every year, no matter how much I vow to not get caught up in...... Similar Editorial : Holidays in the Sun by Krishan Bakhru. | Source : Raise Self Confidence
Holiday Intentions Over the course of the last 2,000 or so years, we've managed to cram our three biggest holidays into the space of about six weeks. We don't spread them out so that we can savor each event. Instead, we choose a time of year in which the weather is likely to be lousy (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), and cram parties, travel, feasts, and loads of stress all into a short period of time. No...... Similar Editorial : Holiday De by Deborah Shelton. | Source : Raise Self Confidence
Completing Unpleasant Tasks We all have tasks we don't enjoy doing, but they have to get done. Whether it's doing our taxes, cleaning out the refrigerator, or filing that pile of papers, these are the chores we dread. So we end up putting them off over and over again, until the "To File" pile threatens to avalanche onto the floor, or the science experiment in the back of the fridge develops legs and walks away.Usually when...... Source : Children Self Confidence
The Gift Of Listening How often do we sit down and listen to our loved ones? The vast majority of our conversations with others occur while we are doing something else. We're driving, or cooking dinner or tidying up. We're watching TV or listening to both kids and the dog. We're preoccupied with our own thoughts. Or we just tune the conversation completely out. Our mental processes go like this: Hmm, I like that song...... Similar Editorial : Improve Your Listening Immediately by Stephen D. Boyd. | Source : Children Self Confidence
Playing It Safe Perhaps you play it safe with the kind of things you create, sticking to one topic, outlet or style. Maybe you avoid uncomfortable issues in your work, situations that get just a little too real, or a character that's a little too like you. Or you have this fantastic idea that you're waiting to do because, "You're just not good enough yet." Maybe you limit yourself to local venues, or don't charge...... Similar Editorial : Playing the High by Sam Subramanian. | Source : Self Esteem Women
Our Internal Clutter Meanwhile, our days are crammed with too many commitments, a lack of clear goals and priorities, uncompleted projects. We spend each day running as hard as we can just to stay in place. Nothing ever feels done. Sound familiar? Well, you're not alone. Millions of people are in the same boat.OLD TAPES. We carry a lot of old emotional baggage around with us. It's as if we have a constant film loop...... Similar Editorial : Clutter Control by Lorraine Pirihi. | Source : Self Esteem Women
