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Routine Reboot

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For me, September is always a month of year that I consider as a time to reboot or reevaluate my life and activities. For me, it is a time that I can open myself up to change just as the season does.

As I was thinking about the fall, I thought about routines. We shift into different patterns usually with the start of school or end of vacation times or change in weather.

Routines have always been a way for me to ensure that I am meeting my commitments and goals…doing what I say I will do. And, for me, with the busyness of life, it keeps the important at the forefront since I can get overtaken by the urgent. Give me a routine any day.

So, I have dusted off my routine calendar and updated it.

Are you ready to create a routine that will get you unstuck? Are you ready to achieve your goals? Are you ready to keep commitments to yourself? Life coaching can help. Contact me to find out how.

Mission Accomplished – Gratitude Challenge Completed

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Yesterday was the final day of my 21-day Gratitude Challenge that started on August 7. I wanted to share how this challenge went for me. In a word…GREAT! By doing this for a shorter time, I was able to complete it every day since it felt very doable.

As always, doing this practice provides many benefits to me. And recently, scientifically validated benefits of gratitude have been published. So, you don’t just have to take it from me.

Through the work of researchers like Robert Emmons and Martin Seligman, we have learned that the virtue of gratitude is more than just saying, “thank you.”

Numerous studies are demonstrating how gratitude journaling can increase one’s happiness. Others show that inflammation in one’s body can decrease through the practice and attitude of gratitude. Each study offers insights into how a person can improve their overall health and well-being. [Read more…]

Gratitude, Mindfulness and Meditation

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Gratitude allows us to notice the many blessings we have and distracts us from the many troubles that we face. Mindfulness helps us react to our troubles with grace and acceptance. Meditation is the habitual process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts. Together these practices nurture a happier self.

For the last four months, I have been working to ensure that I mediate most days. Not only for self-care, but to intentionally support my resiliency by adding some peace and calm into my life daily.

Mindfulness is the awareness of “some-thing,” while meditation is the awareness of “no-thing.” There are many forms of meditation. Finding a method that works for you daily will provide the most benefit.

Ten-minute mindfulness meditation made easy:

  1. Settle in. Find a quiet space…
  2. Breathe. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and relax…
  3. Stay focused on your breath. Thoughts will try to pull your attention away from the breath…

I will set a timer before I start my meditation so I can just be. If I can, I will try to meditate more than one session a day but find that at least once and during my morning routine, helps me start my day on a positive note.

Try it if you don’t already do it.

Mission Focus- Gratitude

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Besides my focus Word of integrity for 2021, I decided this year to take each month and focus on one of my mission statements.

The focus for August is I engage in self-care daily including meditation, prayer, self-improvement reading and keeping commitments to myself. I regularly craft or do projects for enjoyment.

With that in mind, I have decided to do a 21-day gratitude challenge this month. Will you join me?

Starting today through August 28, I plan to write down three things I am grateful for at the end of each day. I have my gratitude journal at the ready and an alert set on my phone to help me keep my commitment.

I am looking forward to how my life will be enriched by this practice. Join me?

If you need some inspiration for this challenge, try some of the online challenge calendars or prompts such as this one: http://gratitudechallenge.com/downloads/gratitude-calendar.pdf

 

The Importance of Integrity

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I am more than halfway through my year with integrity as my focus word.

I wish I could say that I have been working on this daily or even weekly, but if I did, I would be lying.  Life gets in my way, yet I keep recommitting to this because not only is the idea/goal of my annual word focus something that I believe in there is also the reality of life and that we need to keep trying.

There are so many reasons why integrity is important for us and in life in general. While integrity does still exist today, it is not as prevalent as it was in times gone by. Integrity could be defined by saying it is the type of person you are in your inner self when no one else is looking. It is the essence of who you choose to be when hard choices press you and there are some choices that may not be as moral. Let’s talk about some reasons why it is important. [Read more…]