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Stress Management

Tax Preparation = Easter Egg Hunt?

April 4, 2009

Does the date April 15 stress you out? Does locating the paperwork needed to prepare your taxes seem like you’ve gone on an Easter Egg Hunt? Do you put off preparing your taxes because you just don’t want to deal with all the papers? Which person are you? 1. I have a system set up [...]

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The Hazards of Clutter

March 24, 2009

Physical and mental clutter can: • Burden your mind. • Make you feel tired. • Keep you in the past. • Confuse you. • Affect how people treat you. • Make you procrastinate. • Cause disharmony • Put your life on hold. Clutter causes anxiety. It distracts you. And it does cause stress. This can [...]

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Are You Ready For Change?

March 7, 2009

Most of us who have experienced the snow and cold of this winter are definitely ready for the change to spring. But are you ready to make a long-term change in your habits? Studies have shown change happens in stages: thinking about change, planning change, making change and maintaining change. Acknowledging where you are in [...]

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De-Clutter Your Life

March 3, 2009

In your pursuit of finding more time, have you considered your mental clutter and how it may be stopping you from achieving your dreams? Mental clutter is all the stuff you have swirling around in your head including personal and professional obligations, beliefs, goals, to-do lists, should-do lists and worry. Is your mind filled with [...]

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Me Time

February 28, 2009

In my previous post I talked about eliminating wasted time. The intent of finding more time is to spend that time on yourself so that you can decompress, focus on your priorities and achieve your dreams. Here are a few more ways to gain some me time by zipping through your to do list: Streamline [...]

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Are You Wasting Time?

February 24, 2009

“Time is usually wasted in the same way every day.” ~ Paul Meyer Do you ever find yourself saying “I don’t have time” or “If I only had more time I would…”? For some reason you feel that you have no control over how your time is spent. WRONG! Look at how you spend your [...]

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The Three “Cs”

February 17, 2009

Did you ever wonder why you were having difficulty implementing a change in your life? Do you wonder why some changes are easier than others? I would propose that change is easier to implement when the three “Cs” are present: 1. Control 2. Challenge 3. Commitment Control means that you feel that you have a [...]

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F.E.A.R. – False Expectations Appearing Real

February 7, 2009

Are you setting yourself up for failure because you are paralyzed by fear? Is fear keeping you from living the life of your dreams? When you find yourself fearful here are some tips to help you move forward: List your successes and accomplishments. Ask yourself what is the worst thing that could happen and will [...]

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Positive Affirmations: Reprogramming Your Self-Talk

January 27, 2009

Positive affirmations are one way to reprogram your self-talk. Positive affirmations can be thought of as self-fulfilling prophecies. In theory frequent thoughts represent goals that the subconscious mind strives to actualize. So what we most often think about (tell ourselves) comes true. Our emotions, perceptions and behaviors are shaped by our most dominant thoughts. Here [...]

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Changing Negative Self-Talk: Part 2

January 20, 2009

Because I think this such an important topic, I wanted to identify a few more ways we talk to ourselves negatively and address a more positive approach. Overgeneralizing Taking a similar instance or occurrence and applying it to other situations leads to illogical conslusions. Instead identify exceptions to your thinking such as “Just because I [...]

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