Life Coach and Life Coaching Articles

There are many things you can actually do to improve your own performance at work. Basically, your success at work is determined mainly by your attitude and how you choose to spend your time. Below you will find simple ways to become a better performer at work. Set Priorities and Manage Them Well

The human mind is really a fascinating and powerful machine. It’s like a computer; give it a command to search for data on a particular subject and it will do exactly that, firing off invisible circuits to access everything it has ever learnt about that subject as quickly as possible. ...

Knowing when and how to say "no" is a constant battle for many people. This becomes especially difficult for business professionals who are looking to please and impress higher-ups. Almost from birth, the world has conditioned us to do what others ask without question for any number of reasons. ...

Everybody knows troubling times. What troubles one, might not trouble another, but one thing is certain - everybody's troubled by something. Understanding who you are and aligning yourself with the challenges that life presents is key to surviving all troubled times. If you'll develop the ...

Have you ever felt "stuck" when it comes to making decisions or stalled on a project that needs to move forward? It's an unsettling feeling that can prevent you from realizing your big ideas, dreams and goals. I'm working on my first book for Smart Women and recently, I've been feeling stuck on the title so I can relate. The good news is you have the gift of creativity and possibility thinking inside of you - we all do. These gifts have to be nurtured and coaxed a little- they don't operate like a smart phone with an on or off switch!

When your life seems out of control and you've got endless demands tugging at you from all directions, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, fatigued - and just plain stressed! Believe it or not, balancing your life does not require massive changes. You don't have to quit your job, abandon your family and escape to a remote retreat in order to feel peaceful and happy. In fact, true balance is something that starts WITHIN YOU first and foremost - no matter what else is happening in your outer life circumstances.

I spent the night at my dad's house, because my sister lives there and is going to watch B as I attend an all day conference in Austin. I get up about 5 am and lucky me, B gets up at that same time once he hears me stir. He has never woken up at this time, but he refuses to go back to sleep, so I prepare a bottle. I'm in a hurry, because I'm supposed to leave at 545 am (or that's my goal) not anticipating B to wake up (isn't that always the case though?).

Introduction It is not uncommon to find people who respond differently to the very same situation. For example, when any of us are held in a heavy traffic, most of us would react with frustration, anger etc. while few might handle the situation with strength. The manner in which we deal with even minor incidents have great impact on the progress we make in our lives and determine how we overcome the obstacles to achieve the progress. A life coach can help to deepen the self-understanding of your self.

Alice Mathews, in her book “A Woman God’s Spirit Can Guide,” writes:

Every day is a new opportunity for change. For many years after graduating with my bachelor’s degree I really struggled with my time. Always just making deadlines and procrastinating like no other. My social calendar was truly the best scheduled thing in my life. Everything else was done when I remembered it lol. But as I grew older I realized it was really no laughing matter. After achieving your childhood goals often we lose that focus. Got a degree and a good job so now it’s time to enjoy life & coast. Not saying don’t enjoy yourself, but lives are best fulfilled with intention & purpose.r

At the end of each year, I take an inventory of my life and business to shine a light on what proved to be most effective for me. Here are my top nine timely tips for women entrepreneurs who are ready to make a Big Leap in 2014: 1. Exercise Empathy - If you have a dream of making a difference in the world or desire a leadership role, empathy is a valuable tool you'll need along the way. As the great leader Stephan Covey said, "Seek first to understand." Understanding and acknowledging someone else's situation is the foundation to change.

Remember eating boiled eggs with soldiers when you weren't feeling very well? Or sitting round the campfire eating toasted marshmallows that were burning hot and oozing down the stick? Or tucking into delicious barbequed food on a hot summers day?............We have all sorts of memories and ...

Please pardon my choice of words I hope I didn’t offend you. I just couldn’t find a better word to describe what I am experiencing right now. I remember as a kid when my legs would hurt my mom would say, “Oh you’re just experiencing growing pains.” I thought, OK that makes sense, a small price to pay to get a little taller. Now as I experience them, I don’t feel the same willingness to comply as this pain, the pain of growing not taller, but wiser, brings on a whole new level of discomfort!

Maybe you shouldn’t be. Transitions – in life or in career – are tough. One of the hardest parts is the seeming attack on your identity when you no longer fill a given role, a role you may have played for years, even decades. People who have had to change careers for physical or health reasons, retirees from work to which they have dedicated years of their lives, mothers whose children have grown up and fled the nest, all struggle with this identity crisis.

In business, making sure that you are taking steps to ensure your company’s continued success is important. One of the best steps that you can take when you want to know that your staff members have what it takes to keep things running smoothly is to implement a corporate mentoring program. Rather than a more traditional training program, you’ll find that a corporate mentoring program: * Ensures that new employees ,whether they are new to the business or simply new to a specific department , know to whom they can turn whenever they have a question.

‘When the going gets tough, the tough get creative” Thomas Ediso In Part I, we saw that we needed to understand our situation, accept our situation, determine what we would like to be different and then decide what actions should be taken. We also recognized that it is our intentions and ...

When you let people down . . . .. Everyone's depending on you to come through. Your parents want you to be a success, your partner wants you to be the everything woman, your children need you to be supermom, your employer requires you to be a stellar performer, your business demands all that you have to give and your friends and extended family expect you to be available when they call.

“Are you human or are you dancer?” ask the Killers in their hit song “Human”. My question to you today is are you human or are you zombie? Being un-dead isn’t being alive. How fully alive are you really? Or are you living a bit of a zombie life, going through the motions, waiting for something to happen? Poet David Whyte writes that: “Anything or anyone which does not bring you alive is too small for you.” Are you living a life that is too small for you?

More than four years ago Time magazine reported over ten millio Americans meditate and since then the number has constantly grown. Once thought of as a ritual performed by men who shaved their heads, wore long robes and lived in a mountain cave, this mind quieting, stress relieving natural ...

THE FOOTHILLS FOCUS August 13, 2003 Forgiveness ¡V Burdens of Life DR. BESS S. PERMUT Focus Columnistnn The Creator lives close to each of us, within us. Do not allow anyone to erase that thought from your mind. Do not accept any teaching that says the Creator does not exist. The truth ...

A simple life is something I sought, and continue to seek. I love this article written by my coaching professor (literally), and think many of you will enjoy it too. As you would expect, it is in keeping with what we coach at Hope & Serenity-Coached To Success. Living Life the Simple Waynby ...

If your head is spinning with all you have to do and the feeling of too much on your plate, here’s one of my favorite quick stress relief tips. Download your brain and get grounded. Holiday stress, worries about money, the pressures of work or running your own business, managing schedules, and trying to figure out how to fit in time for exercise—all those thoughts and conce s require a tremendous amount of energy. When you get busy, or your stress level gets high, it’s too easy to fall into a pattern of chasing your to-do list and reacting to your life.

Has this ever happened to you? You’ve started a business at home or are building your business. You are getting on a roll and things are beginning to click. New marketing opportunities are showing up and clients and customers are finding you. And then, when summer starts and the kids are out of school, the progress slows and in some cases by mid-August it has drawn to a ear-bending screech of a halt!

B and I go on our second play group to a music sensory, and I'm not sure how it's going to go. The first play group with other moms and kids we went on two weeks ago could have gone better. There were about 25 moms everywhere and even more kids. I was overwhelmed, and he was over-stimulated.

Do you ever feel like you are your own reality show? Between the kids, work, and things that happen, do you think your life is filled with enough ___________ (you fill in the blank)... so much so that even if you tried, you couldn't plan the things that happen?

Do you feel stuck? Do you panic at the thought of anyone touching your things? Do you have piles of paper, and “stuff” that you never touch? Is the thought of getting things organized putting you into an anxiety attack? Do people offer to help you get cleaned up and organized ...

Every once in a while you have the good fortune to be in a room when the speaker says something so profound that you have to write it down. I always take that as a sign that I should not only write it down, but explore it further. The process of writing then becomes a journey of discovery. Quite often that exploration leads to new insights. "I am run by the need to control and to be perfect," is what she said.

This past spring I was futzing around in the kitchen while my love packed for a trip. It's always sort of stressful for him to pack; he never knows what to bring, he always is unsure of exactly what situation will come up while he's gone, and he always, without fail, packs way too much. A couple of years ago we went to Hawaii for three weeks and he packed enough clothing to start his own thrift store when we landed in Honolulu. Unfortunately, he didn't turn his excessive clothing into cash; he just lugged around way more than he needed.

If you are an over-achiever in the area of health and weight loss, it could easily be preventing the very goals that you are trying to achieve. Women who are trapped in a cycle of constant activity and “always doing more” end up being exhausted and less productive. Looking for the “perfect” solution and struggling to make changes that don’t fit with your needs and your life can create stress and overwhelm and can even trigger more emotional eating and emotional eating. Are you ready to get off the diet roller coaster and create a blueprint for success with weight loss and peace with food?r

At the end of each year, I take an inventory of my life and business to shine a light on what proved to be most effective. Here are my top nine timely tips for women entrepreneurs who are ready to make a big leap in 2013: 1. Trust Your Instincts - It's essential that you hone your intuition and become comfortable making decisions about your life and business. Set a goal to practice being present more often and listen closely to your internal voice.

Are you dwelling in the land of tranquility or the land of turmoil? Given a choice, which would you select? a). A life surrounded by peace, tranquility, and love, or b). A life surrounded by strife, turmoil, and anger? Many people will say they would pick a), tranquility, given a choice, but ...

If there is one thing that you will not often see in a resume, that will be the travel history of an applicant. Now you may be wondering why being a frequent traveler is an advantage you can actually have over other job applicants. Read on to know why. Why Are Travelers Excellent Candidates for a Job? 1. Their personal growth doesn’t have any limitations or an end.

One of my favourite summer treats is to blend an abundance of berries and vegetables from the garden into a delicious smoothie. Recently, while sipping one of my favourite smoothies, I noticed just how much smoothies and life coaching have in common. Here are some of the common qualities I discovered on my porch while savouring my smoothie. Delicious : In life coaching you are seen, acknowledged and known with your unique strengths, values and passions. It is one of the most

If you spend any time in the parenting section of the library or your local bookstore, you will find hundreds of books on disciplining and raising your children. All the leading experts have their own ideas about what works and what doesn’t. As a parent, you have your philosophy that you ...

For anyone unfamiliar with the effect of a greyhound on your teenager, read on. A little more than four years ago, we adopted our first greyhound. Her name was Amber, in reference, probably, to the tawny colored stone, which matched the shade of some of her spots. Or maybe it was her mild ...

I Just wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2008. I Have three amazing gifts for you The first is a copy of my book Universal Laws of Abundance. The book is very simply a step by step process on how to use the laws of attraction and have everything. All you have ...

SIMPLE LOGIC (The God Thing) You must wait and listen for the sound of the genuine that is within you. When you hear it, that will be your voice and the Voice of God. - Howard Thurman, American author, civil rights leader, and theologian (1899-1981) One of the great things with what I spend a lot of time at is that I hear a lot from others.

“That’s too difficult, I can’t do that!”, “There’s no point in trying because I will fail anyway.” If you find yourself saying these things quite often, then you are someone whose personal mission is to destroy your own confidence in yourself. This isn’t unusual, though, because there are many of us who are just too cruel to themselves.

NATURE OF MANn In order to understand how theories came about, it is necessary to understand the thinking of the theorists who studied the different accounts of other theorists and studied from observations and empirical evidence. Man is born with hereditary biological and emotional ...

Time to blossom "The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations." -- Julie Cameronr Ah, the expectations of others. They had a huge (negative) impact on my life, how about yours? I lived many years feeling that I had failed the expectations of others; and this certainly included my parents. Life was not great feeling like you didn't measure up. Although I accomplished quite a bit, it never seemed to be enough or in the right areas. I think many can relate. In his Idea Engineer, my mentor Dr.

The key to eating well and maintaining a healthy weight is learning to embrace a positive attitude about your unique body type. Once you establish tools to incorporate self talk of acceptance, understanding, and forgiveness eating becomes a secondary focus rather than an all consuming pattern in your daily choices. Acceptance is the beginning to losing weight today. Look in the mirror and be honest.

A stone traditionally associated with royalty and spiritual leaders of antiquity, Amethyst continues to be a popular stone among spiritual seekers. A purple variety of quartz, its regal color makes it a stone of high demand. Worn as a mark of rank for hundreds of years, it is an abundant mineral found in many locations across the globe. Amethyst manifests itself in a variety of unique structures that are particular to certain regions or mines. Available in a wide range of shades, the rule of thumb is that the deeper the purple color, the higher the grade, the more valuable the stone.

For most businesses, especially the startups, acquiring customers is one big concern. But while entrepreneurs must know how to gain new customers, they shouldn’t forget the importance of retaining the loyalty of their existing customers. This is definitely a bigger challenge, basically because it can be very costly on the side of business owners. Our goal here is to teach you some very inexpensive customer retention strategies. How to Improve Customer Loyalty

MY COACHING SHOPPING CART – Finding the right goods –Part In© 2008 Hyacinth E. Gooden-Bailey, M.A. Let us start off by making certain stakes very clear. Coaching is a conversation. It is a conversation between and among equals. The coachee is a fully capable and resourceful person, just ...

Are you fairly confident in your shoes? Do you believe in your abilities and what you have to offer? Or, do you constantly question who you are as a person? Are you your worst critic, judging every move you make? I was very lucky in that my parents raised myself and my siblings to be very ...

My 8 year-old daughter Jenna never met a sport she couldn’t master - until last week. Whether it’s soccer, baseball, basketball or skateboarding, Jenna typically does well right away. Yesterday was a very different story.

Most of us have gone about weight loss the wrong way. We view it as a "problem" that we must fight to resolve or cure. In actuality, weight gain is the result of our short term thinking and our life style choices. If you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off, it's time to make the ...

What’s true for impressions is true for meetings! If you’re a super busy professional, you’re keenly aware of 1st impressions when you’re meeting with someone new. You know that it is important to come off as clear, energetic, strong, confident, and really put your best foot forward. Hopefully, you wouldn’t come off as tired (even though you are), weak, sloppy, or even disinterested to the new person you’re meeting! That person standing or sitting in front of you could easily be: • a potential customer or client • a strong referral • a possible partner • a future “raving fan”

I admit that a gourmet chef I am not, but I do enjoy the satisfaction of a home-cooked meal when accomplished without mistakes. Recently I decided to tackle the task of the creation of banana- nut bread, something that my loved ones enjoy in both aroma and taste. Although I had ...

Positivity can do a lot of positive things in your life. Thinking good thoughts and converting the negative to something positive can do wonders in your life. That is why it is important for a person to be happy with himself or herself. How can I be happy? The first thing that you should do if you want to know how to be happy with yourself is to accept yourself. Accept everything about you good and bad. Nobody is perfect and it is but normal that we all have our dark sides. T