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Just before I took my training in NLP I had a one of those brains that constantly switched a positive assertion into a unfavorable one. My childhood years full of sarcastic and harsh critical remarks had led me to think that to be cynical was to be wise. This mind-set towards myself and others ... Views: 1545
If you desire to be successful in anything - and I mean anything, be it business, career, relationship - here are the two most important principles you must know!
(1) Successful people are those who do the things other people are either unwilling or unable to do - or both.
(2) Successful ... Views: 1188
Coaching, like therapy, and other forms of self-improvement has it's detractors or skeptics who question the need for coaching and the benefits. In fact, EVERYONE benefits from having a coach because no matter what kind of genius you are at what you do, a coach can offer you perspective, ... Views: 1672
Essential Time Management
By Kamila Harkavy
There’s something about the end of the year: whether it’s that business slows down, looking at the year in review – what went well, what didn’t, what could be improved or different; or that people start thinking about the New Year and making a ... Views: 1409
Amidst the yards of fabric and the glitter of jewels, the 81st Academy Awards might seem an unlikely place for 40-somethings or sandwiched boomers to look for role models. After all, the red carpet doesn't exactly represent the clothes in our closets or the figures reflected back to us in the ... Views: 1158
Are you stressed?
Do you have ongoing bad mood and you feel like the whole world is your enemy?
Do you feel under tremendous pressure that is hardly bearable?
Do you hear your family and friends complaining of the bad treatment they receive from you?
It is now time to act.
How?
Look at the ... Views: 1798
I want to talk with you about one of the most impactful, powerful, and highest leverage things that you can do to make this year a success.I’m talking about something that all of the top performers in any field do. I’m talking about a coach. Someone in your life, whether it’s a mentor, a friend ... Views: 1724
Are you still waiting for your circumstances to change before you’ll allow yourself to be happy? Most of us have preconceived ideas of what would make us happy, and those goals are in our future thus we refuse to be satisfied until those things happen.
Have you ever noticed that even when ... Views: 1414
There are several practical steps that you can take to begin CONSCIOUSLY manifesting miracles in your life:
They include: Vision, Desire, Expectation and Action.
1. VISION: Before you can manifest anything, you must first become aware of exactly what you wish to attract. A crystal clear, ... Views: 2252
Do you insist on screwing up your weight loss efforts and making sure you stay overweight and unhappy forever?
Here’s 5 ways you may have been doing this:
1/ WEIGHING YOURSELF EVERY DAY: It is completely unnecessary and you will only be disappointed and frustrated. When you step on the ... Views: 2594
Have you faced these situations in your life?
1) You attended training / education programs (seminars, workshops, boot-camps, tele-seminars, etc.) or you bought info-products – with the intention of implementing your learnings and so be able to grow and succeed…
2) Or, you had great ideas ... Views: 1665
Success can be elusive and often feels like a moving target. What's more is that it can also be a matter of perspective. Your opinion of being successful is different than your friend's or coworker's definition. But what is most important to know when actually talking about creating success is: ... Views: 1065
Dear friend, I felt drawn to do something different today. I therefore will be sharing with you some of my inspirational quotes which I have used over the years to buoy my spirit when I was faced with the numerous challenges that life presented to me. I trust that they also bring you comfort and ... Views: 2696
How often have we lost our focus, allowed others and circumstances to erode our confidence, lost our authentic voice in the midst of pleasing others, delayed pursuing our passion, and feel stuck in less that joyful lives? As women, we tend to push our dreams aside risking frustration, anger and ... Views: 960
Have you ever gone through following phases in your life?
When things did not go the way you’d like them to …..
When you felt that it was difficult time of life…..
When you found situations tough to deal with….
When negativity clouded the positive vibes………
I know a lot of people reading ... Views: 673
Two months ago I published 10 ways you let fear get a hold of you. I continue this exploration with 9 Conditions of Fear.
As a Life Coach, my intention is to demonstrate the conditions that make fear more favorable. In phase III of the Inspired Action Coaching process my coaches and I work ... Views: 1025
How well can you read your pet’s behavior? Most owners know when their animals are stressed, and usually, when they are sick. But, how many people trust their intuition when it comes to their animal’s well being and health care? In this post I will share some amazing animal stories which ... Views: 1848
If you are tired of falling short of the mark for that weight loss or fitness goal, or if every year you say you are going to start saving for your dream vacation, but never take the time to fill out the direct deposit form to have that money go in the bank, you are not alone. Many people fall ... Views: 1485
One day I was curious what the dictionary’s definition of ‘wealthy’ is. So I found that ‘wealthy’ meant “having a large amount of money or possessions.” Another definition I came across for wealthy is “having an abundance or great quantity of something.”
Growing up being wealthy meant you ... Views: 759
Are you ready...
...To step into your greatness?
What is it that you must be and do to feel fully alive?
We all yearn for aliveness. It is essentially what our personal journey in life is about. To feel and be fully alive.
Aliveness is the experience and the expression of the ... Views: 812
Simple : Just keep doing what you are doing.
Manifesting is not think and wait. When Law of Attraction is moving successfully in your life, you are in action. You are alive. You are inspired. You are thriving.
You are naturally in action all day every day.
Most people think manifesting ... Views: 1760
“Since 1972, women's overall level of happiness has dropped, both relative to where they were forty years ago, and relative to men. You find this drop in happiness in women regardless of whether they have kids, how many kids they have, how much money they make, how healthy they are, what job ... Views: 1120
If you are, you might be hindering your advancement as well as the progress of others. It is okay to want things and to acquire success, but sometimes, we allow our personal goals and ulterior needs and motives to get in the way of overall growth. How, you ask? Just look around you, we are ... Views: 1854
How to overcome your inner battle
We’ve all been at various points in our lives where we fight our inner demons to determine which way to turn to achieve success. These inner battles are actually quite necessary because they are what lead to both a spiritual healing and emotional healing ... Views: 1698
I once was asked to teach a class called "Getting Paid What You're Worth." A lot of people signed up to take the class. They all felt that they were not making the kind of money they deserved to make; most told me they had NEVER done so!
They were all women, all bright, articulate, feeling ... Views: 1262
Wouldn’t it be great if there were a foolproof way to know if you’re lined up with your life purpose, the whole reason you’re here? Actually, there is a way to figure out whether your life is headed in a good direction that’s going to be pleasing to you and in sync with your life purpose or not. ... Views: 1401
What if today could be your first day ever of consciously choosing and creating happiness? The great news is...that it can. Whether happiness is a science or art, why not bring it back where it belongs, to your life and work at the present, rather than postponing it to some hypothetical future ... Views: 1223
“Expert? I’m no expert. Yes I’ve had training and have been doing this for a while, but I’m not an expert.”
Stop right there!
Many coaches have complete confidence in their coaching abilities, yet they still are unable to see themselves as experts. They say “there are others who have ... Views: 1342
“Speak well to yourself because your deep mind is always listening”
I remember one evening at a boot camp session, when a fellow boot camper working out right beside me managed to slightly vex me, to put it nicely... her self-talk, which she let out for everyone to “enjoy” went on something ... Views: 4444
In 1996 Elaine Aron created the term “Highly Sensitive Person” or HSP to describe and study a big part of the population (and also higher animals) that has different ways to deal with stimuli, information, thoughts and emotions. This term is neither metaphysical nor spiritual, is very practical ... Views: 2682
As soon as we commit to making our personal growth and development a priority it can seem as if all our old patterns and limiting beliefs come out of the woodwork in their attempts to maintain the status quo. The voices in our head get louder and it can feel like an all out battle is going on in ... Views: 1482
In The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Dr. Gary Chapman, the author states that research has found that, while conversing, the average person can only go 17 seconds before interrupting or interjecting their own thoughts. Seventeen seconds!
One ... Views: 1889
How would you like to find out how your brain is wired so you can change it to suit you and help you accomplish your goals? That’s what submodalities can do for you. They are an amazing and powerful part of how you organize your experience of life. We don’t often notice it, but when we think ... Views: 2307
Changing Lives through Coaching
It was a Friday night and my phone rang at 10:00 pm. On the other end of the phone was a stranger to me in person, but a familiarity in emotion. Stephanie had gotten my phone number from my website and was desperate to get some help. She asked for me and it ... Views: 1152
The truck was packed to the brim. The other two trucks accompanying us were also full. We were on our way to a remote lake near Lake Tahoe in California. We'd been planning this trip for a month but my mate had been talking about it for over a year. Loon Lake was the destination and he wanted to ... Views: 1085
A Spiritual Life Coach is involved with Spirit as well as with issues in normal life. Your Spirit is with you and cannot be totally separated from the rest of your being. It cannot be stolen from you, nor can you split it off when you do not like a response that you receive from your spiritual ... Views: 839
Conscious consciousness ....is key!
Every second of our day is about making choices. The choices we make are integrally related to our decision making. How aware are we, when we say yes, to the consequences of that decision?
I have a client who told me that she believed that she only had ... Views: 3388
Are you feeling overwhelmed by 24-hour cable and Internet news, with vivid pictures, highlighting the dreadful effects of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Japan? These horrors have pushed the world's psyche into overload, causing increased levels of anxiety. If you're ... Views: 1627
Stress is something that comes with everyday life. It's not something that we can eliminate completely or need to avoid at all costs, but there are ways to manage stress so that it doesn't consume you. The holidays are almost upon us and even though it's a happy time we all know that it's also ... Views: 930
Did you know that no matter how challenging life could be, there is a way to keep your balance, vitality and enthusiasm in the dance of life?
You can do it by connecting to your core. But what is your core? Your core is your true powerhouse and it is the essence of who you are. It is the ... Views: 2134
DECISION MAKING
Are you decisive? They say that is a good quality in a leadership role.
Work roles aside, how DECISIVE are you where it comes to your personal life and its choices?
It is true that we all make decisions in different ways. There are those that like to know a lot of ... Views: 1410
Life skills have been defined by WHO as “abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life”. They represent the psycho-social skills that determine valued behaviour and include reflective skills such as ... Views: 24020
People often poke fun at the thought of having a magic wand. I don’t think there’s anything funny about making your life hard. We each have a magic wand called intention. You have to clarify your request and then make the decision that it will be so.
I’m one of millions (probably even ... Views: 1499
How do you envision your relationship in five years? Ten years? Twenty years? Many times we have a plan and a vision for other areas in our lives, like our career, business, or finances.
It is much less common to have a clear picture in our minds of what we envision our relationships ... Views: 1589
DOES IT STILL PLAY FORWARD?
The biggest limiting factor in many lives today is the past, plain and simple.
In the “co-creative process of life recovery” that I deeply believe in, a huge part of the coached journey is taking a very hard and detailed look at the past and fully getting things ... Views: 1303
This month requires a certain circulation of energy so that things don’t get stuck. There could be a tendency for you to become mired in the quicksand of the instinctive center, afraid to move forward, sideways or backwards. You could be like a deer in headlights, frozen in fear and not knowing ... Views: 2812
Why is it that some people achieve seemingly impossible things while others shy away at the smallest challenge? Why is it that only a tiny percentage of the world population go on to accomplish some extraordinary things in their lifetime, while the rest simply tick along from birth to ... Views: 4883
As a life and career coach, the number one question I'm asked by prospective clients is "How long is this going to take?" When I reply, "I don't have a clue, but you do," people get a little freaked out. So, I remind them about each of our roles in creating a life and career they love.
Mine ... Views: 985
Isn’t that what some people say to you when you want to try something new?
Especially if it rocks their boat. Especially if it changes their universe.
“It won’t work.”
“You can’t do it.”
“It’s never been done before.”
“You’re thinking of doing what?”
Or, (laughing and pointing ... Views: 1638
On the journey towards greatness you must go fishing for elephants. The bigger the better. Knowing where to fish and which bait to use takes experience and when an elephant bites it can be a long fight to reel it in. And then, it's time to kill it.
Fishing for elephants can be a long-winded ... Views: 2967