Make Yourself Happy First
Do you fall into the habit of taking care of everyone else in your life and then having no time left for yourself?
It’s tempting to put others first and so easily done. It doesn’t require much discipline, thought or reflection and it often goes like this: “Let me take care of this, make sure that everyone is happy and then I have time for myself to do ___________.”
The problem is, it rarely happens. By the time you are done taking care of things you lost the steam, the desire and the energy to do what’s important for you.
What Are You Destined to Be?
Are you on your life’s path?
Of course you are.
You are always on your path …
How you travel it is what makes life juicy.
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According to Caroline Myss, author of the fabulous book:
Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential, we all have a predestined path, our sacred contract that we are here to fulfill. How you reach your destination and carry out your contract is a choice you make every day. How you respond to the opportunities and tribulations you are presented with determines the outline of your path. It can be a rocky road or a smooth sailing. (more…)
Seeing Your Own Brilliance – The (Almost) Impossible Task
I talked to a woman the other day who works for a small business agency. She helps people start their own businesses. What she told me was interesting. She said that most people weren’t struggling with writing a business plan or with dreaming up a smart marketing strategy. “What most of our clients struggle with is what to build their business around,” she told me. ”They don’t know what they love doing. And our agency doesn’t know how to help them. Because, you can’t find what you love with a questionnaire or a test.”
So true. I talk to people every day who don’t see their own beauty or understand their own brilliance. It’s a dilemma many people face and it’s not something you can solve with another intake. (more…)
Got Something You Really Want? Reach Out For It.
I talk to women every day who know that they want and need change. Some of them have no idea what that could look like, others do but aren’t sure how to get there. And then there are those who know exactly where they are at, what they want to change and how to go about it.
What many of them have in common is that they are waiting.
For the right moment to arrive, for the money to show up, for the circumstances to be better, for the weight to come off, for the husband to find a job, for the kids to leave the house, for the boss to retire, for _______.
Passion is Contagious
Here is my theory: Whenever passion is present in a piece of art, a task or a finished product, you can breathe it, smell it, experience it.
For example: If you visit a restaurant and the chef who works there loves what he does, you’ll taste it in your meal. If the restaurant owner loves his restaurant, even better, you’ll enjoy your whole experience: The ambiance, the service, the selection of food and wine, the way you are treated from the minute you arrive to the time you depart. (more…)
With Freedom Comes Responsibility
I told you about my end of the year ritual and, as you may have guessed, I also have a ritual for Easter. In the spirit of the holiday it has to do with leaving behind what’s outgrown, identifying the parts of your life that need a ‘rebirth’ and letting go of old beliefs and habits that are ready to die.
For this I simply take some undisturbed time to reflect on myself and my life: What is causing me pain or stress? What conflicts keep showing up and how am I creating them? What self-limiting beliefs and habits are ready to evolve into something more mature and beautiful? (more…)
You Can’t Talk to a Man. The Way You Talk to a Woman.
If you do, you’ll end up in trouble.
How do I know? I have been there. More often than I’d like to admit. I am a relationship coach, mind you. I really should know better.
And I do. Yet, there are moments when I just plain forget. Some part of my brain takes over. And with it the urge ‘to talk’.
That’s when I know I am in trouble: “This isn’t working. I have to talk to him about it. I am sure it will make us both feel so much better.”
It almost never does. Instead of feeling better and getting things cleared up, we end up in an argument and more disconnected than before.
The Gift of Intimacy. How to Fall in Love With Yourself.
It’s a common truth: We need to love ourselves first before we can love anybody else. Or, the more we love ourselves the more we love others.
Isn’t this a catch-22?
What if we are not sure about the love we have for ourselves? Can we still love others? What if we fell out of love with ‘us’? What do we do?
How do we start the self-loving process?
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