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9 Things Not to Say to Your Child (or Yourself)

Have you made up your mind about what your parent’s were right about and what they were wrong about? I know there are things I definitely want to do better with my children than my parents did with me.

Only, it’s not always so black and white. I respect my parents for the way they raised our family. They did an awesome job with what they knew. Sometimes it helps to learn from others as well. I don’t think I’ve got it all figured out but I feel the list below is a good reference for me and my kids.

In this Video:

00:40 – Did Your Parents Influence You This Way?
01:22 – You May Have Been Label and Held Back Like This
01:45 – Don’t Get Stuck Trying to Keep Up With Others
02:10 – This One Can’t Be Right
03:17 – We Believe These Things Even If They Are Wrong
03:45 – Many Adults Are Stuck Because Of This Inability
04:20 – Money Beliefs You Don’t Want To Have
05:15 – Should We Be People Pleasers?
06:05 – What To Say Instead Of “Why?”
07:45 – A Shift In Energy and Outlook
07:28 – Quote from – Bob Keeshan
07:53 – Affirmation to Move You Forward

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12 Obvious Life Areas to Know, If You are Not Experiencing Life Balance

What does it mean to have “Life Balance”? Most likely if you ask any 10 people on the street, you will get 10 different answers.

We need to understand that what our life balance looks like at 25 is not what it will be when we are 55 and will be different that when we are retired. This is due to our priorities changing.

[guestpost]Our guest blogger today is Janice Bastani who is a Professional Credentialed Coach, with the International Coach Federation. She holds multiple credentials in Leadership Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, NeuroLeadership Coaching, Energy Leadership Coaching and Global Group Coaching. Janice is a credential John Maxwell Coach, Trainer and Speaker. She is a published author and keynote speaker.

Janice has been coaching for more than two decades. She loves helping others understand, why they believe what they do and why they hold that belief, for it is the key to every decision a person makes. Janice lives in California with her husband of 40 years and has two married daughters and a precious new grandson.[/guestpost]

As a professional coach, I encounter folks just like yourself who hire me to help them achieve a goal, overcome a challenge, or to solve something in their lives. The first thing I do with them is to give them a list of questions which basically ask them to get honest with themselves and rate where they are on a simple 1 to 10 scale of where they are in each area of their lives. Coaches call this a “Life Wheel”. (more…)

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7 Things to Remember When You Feel Your Life is Not Moving Forward

Imagine preparing to move forward with your plans to relocate to France in the near future, but your realize you may need to adjust those plans. This happened to a friend of mine in wake of the recent tragic events in Paris.

Upset personal plans may seem trivial in contrast with the pain and suffering inflicted on those living in Paris, but they are extremely important in their own personal way, because life has a way moving forward with or without us.

In this Video:

00:55 – Does This Frustrate You
01:10 – Tip From My Coach
01:24 – Life Has Its Seasons
01:36 – This Won’t Last Forever
01:50 – Action Step: Change Your Story
02:50 – Acceptance
03:40 – Work?
03:56 – Learn, Learn, Learn, and Grow
04:21 – Fuddruckers or an Elephant
03:48 – Quote from – Sara Ban Breathnach
04:15 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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6 Questions to Reconnect You to the Good You Forgot (and Make You Thankful Again)

It is said that we can retain only four pieces of information active in our conscious working memory at one time. With the 50,000 plus thoughts running through our brain each day, and many of those negative, it’s a challenge to remember the things good we have to be thankful for.

Life’s problems and challenges can start weighing you down pretty quickly. This is why the daily habit of pausing to recall at least three things we’re grateful for has such a powerful effect on our happiness and wellbeing.

In this Video:

00:38 – The Secret to Living a Great Life
00:57 – Where to Use These Questions
01:08 – The Magic Questions
01:24 – From Micro Vision to Macro Vision
01:45 – Going Deeper with Those You Care About
02:00 – Quote from – Melody Beattie
02:12 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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9 Keys To Easily Choosing the Life or Business Coach You Need

I was not pulling out of my repetitive life pattern, year after year, so I recently hired a coach. (Seriously, it was scaring me)

I want to give you nine insights into what I was looking for and what helped me choose the right coach in order to help you find a great coach, if that is what you are looking for at this point in your life. (I’ve been working with my coach for a month and a half as of posting this and it’s been a wonderful experience)

In this Video:

00:33 – To Shop Around or Not?
00:53 – Reliable Resource
01:18 – Original Coaching Philosophy
01:55 – This Goes Without Saying, Meet
02:10 – See Their Tool Box In Action
02.24 – Emotional Connection
02:53 – This is Paramount
03:15 – Does Giving Matter?
03:50 – Don’t Get off Easy
04:50 – Get Some Skin in the Game (No Bargain Basement)
06:03 – Quote from John Maxwell
06:09 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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How To Challenge Your Problem and Stop Feeling Stuck In Life

Sometimes family presents us with incredible joy and sometimes we just feel stuck and in pain. Do you have a marriage situation you just can’t get out of, or are you nursing a child through an illness you just can’t beat? No one enjoys feeling stuck in life.

I remember sharing a video about a woman who lost her legs to a sudden disease. Stories like that, where a person comes through and has an amazing life, in spite of circumstances can be inspiring, but what about our own situations? – Less extreme? Perhaps, but just as challenging and possibly even more painful to live with.

 

In this Video:

00:21 – When You Just Can’t Change the Circumstances
01:11 – Using Reframing on the Other Side of the Coin
01:40 – “The Good Wife” Star With Parkinson’s Disease
03:09 – The Key To Acceptance (not resignation)
03:45 – A Guided Meditation (Release Technique)
05:47 – Quote from Michael J. Fox
05:58 – Affirmation to Help You Through Your Problems

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How To Be Free From The Weakening Effects Of Stress Now

Stress get’s a lot of blame for a crazy number of illnesses leading to death. Sounds impossible to think that what we believe about the effects of stress, could be listed as the 15th leading cause of death in America. *

That means that what people think about the effects of stress is possibly killing more people than skin cancer, HIV, and homicide. *

In this Video:

00:20 – Fill in the blank “This stress is _____ me.”
00:28 – Would Divorce Do this to You?
01:28 – Tony Robbins’ new book
02:03 – Dr. Kelly McGonigal’s Confession
02:35 – If You Exercise You’ll Get This
03:04 – Live Longer With This Mental Switch
03:36 – Change Your Story From a Life of 50 years to 90
04:16 – Quote from Stephen Covey
04:34 – Affirmation to Help Convert Stress
04:45 – P.S. 2 Types of People on Rollercoasters

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4 Keys To Start Celebrating Real Personal Goal Wins Today

You know you’ll make it. You think, “It will be amazing once I get my weight down to 185 lb.” or, “When we get reach $500,000 in revenue we’ll be successful.” or, “Once I can come home at 5:00 to spend time my family I will be happy.”

It’s likely it won’t be amazing, you won’t feel successful, and you won’t be happy. I think you know why.

In this Video:

0:23 – What Achievers Consider Important
0:44 – The Pitfall of Being Goal Driven
01:23 – The Small Fix For the Big Picture
01:42 – Yep, Pull Out a Bottle of Wine
02:02 – Could These Four Keys Bring Fulfillment Today?
03:19 – This One Makes All the Difference
04:30 – Words from Oprah Winfrey and Tom Peters
04:40 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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