Encouragement
Winning the Inner Game teleseminar
Today we had our “Winning the Inner Game” teleseminar, presented by the Mediation Marketing Institute. I neglected to tell you all about this event and I apologize. Good news is that you can still sign up and receive the mp3 of the calls. And yes, it will be calls–plural–because we had some technical difficulties and will have two recordings. Also, we will be having the second part of our interactive teleseminar in January. More on that later. So click the above link to get signed up for this FREE resource and we will keep you posted.
One thing I really like about partnering with Kristina Haymes is that good mediators are very holistic and self aware. What she values as a mediator fits in with our quest here at Interplay to explore the mind/bocy/spirit connections. There is a lot of congruence with values and purpose. It has been delightful for me to interact with these fabulous people going out to mediate the world’s problems. Quite important work, imo. Thanks to all you mediators!
I haven’t posted much lately due to traveling and not wanting to be on the computer. I was jogging on the beach quite a bit though and this past week went hiking in the beautiful mountains while our dog, Rocco, romped around in the snow. So the computer just wasn’t calling me!
How is everyone else doing? Are the holidays a good time for your spirit or a difficult time?
Peace to you,
Michelle
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Coaching Corner: Tolerations
I’m starting a new section of this blog called “coaching corner” which will include entries that contain ideas I would tell my amazing coaching clients. This way I can be even more eclectic! Yep, that’s me, the eclectic enneagram 7…Now, on to our topic for today: getting unstuck
How would you like to wake up every morning exited about your day, full of anticipation of living your dreams? How would you feel knowing that you didn’t even have to be in stuck mode? You know what I mean by stuck.
You have been meaning to do (Fill in the blank) forever and just haven’t gotten around to it. It is hanging the curtains, getting that article written, going to the gym, starting that healthy eating lifestyle. It is whatever that exists in your life that you are tolerating. The late Thomas Leonard named these particular energy drainers in our lives tolerations because we put up with them either actively or passively. Just because you have tolerations in your life—undone projects, negative relationships, etc.—doesn’t necessarily mean that you are surely stuck. It does seem that if your toleration list is long that the sheer energy drain can throw you into stuck mode in another area of life. Could it be that because you are constantly putting energy into a toleration area in your life, you don’t have energy left for your dreams?
What is keeping you from living the life you want? If your resources are available to you, what keeps you from using them? Bad habits? Start some good ones then. Lack of time? Adjust your schedule. Everyone can find snatches of time here and there. Work with someone to uncover your hidden time blocks (a coach, therapist, friend). Lack of money? This is a big issue for many people. There are many programs and people that can help you change your spending habits and increase your income.
There are practical tips galore to take care of any area in your life. There is a self help book for any topic you can think of. But, if you do not change the belief systems that are driving your behavior, you’ll end up in the same old place after a while. One name for this is “limiting beliefs”. Once you deal with your beliefs that need to be changed—and change them—you will have a different life. (We will discuss limiting beliefs more in depth later on).
So if you believed that you have worth and should be lovingly taken care of—truly believed this all the way through your core—would you treat yourself differently? More lovingly?
I’m just asking.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Thought Catchers
Thought Catchers
You’ve probably seen people hanging “dream catchers” from their rear view mirrors. Lately, I’ve been using my own twist on this Native American concept and using a “though catcher.”
Picture yourself, tired, overwhelmed, fighting the latest cold bug. Feeling great?
Your body is telling you that changes are needed, but if you mind decided to focus more on the current lack of the situation your body is probably going to cave. It will succumb to the cold and you inability will most likely increase. Have you had enough of this pep talk?
To stop the decline, get out your thought catcher. What does it look like to you? A big butterfly net? A trash can? Your mother-in-law? A spider web? Mine is a giant hand, lightening fast, that can hold a thought, crush it like a fly and send it away in the wind. No, I’m not generally a violent person, but I’m learning to be miracles with what does not nurture and encourage me!
Recently, feeling under the weather concerned noticing about finances and noticing all of the undone projects around my home, my thoughts were getting hasty. “You’ll never make it. What if he doesn’t get a job? You’re always fighting some health issue or another…” on and on. Except it didn’t go on and on. This time it was different. ONE thought came trying to create a pity party and I snuffed it out. Then I countered with an encouraging thought, talking to myself aloud. Things like you are surrounded by beauty.
God will take care of you!
You are gifted and talented!
You will make it!
Look at the progress you have made already!
You get the idea? Change your thoughts and you change your life. So create a thought catcher and get relentless.
You deserve it!
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