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14 Practical Methods To Combat Stress
A stress- free lifestyle could very well do wonders in eliminating depression. Here are some practical methods to combat stress:
1. Express Amusement And Be Happy.
Laugh hard and loud. If you don’t have a sense of humor, find someone else...
Accessing Your Spiritual Guidance
For the last 35 years, I have been working with individuals, couples and families, as well as business relationships. I have 8 published books on relationships and healing, some of them best-sellers. In the first half of my career, I worked as a...
Coping with stress and turning back the hands of time.
Stress comes in many forms, workplace stress, family stress,
grief over loss of a loved one, etc... Some can be avoided, but
as we know, many cannot. Some people handle stress better than
others, and some even thrive onit.Regardless, stress takes...
Proactive Medicine
Proactive medicine on the other hand aims to maintain
homeostasis. That is, it aims to maintain health on the
physical, mental and emotional levels. The principle behind
proactive medicine is prevention is better than cure. In
traditional...
What to do when your self-confidence declines.
When your self-confidence declines, you become afraid to meet
life challenges and lack the desire to interact with others. You
feel knocked out and defeated. You lose the enthusiasm and
excitement to take action. This could have resulted...
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The Power Of 'Coaching Distinctions' For Enhancing Your Life
Having been a professional coach for over 16 years, and having
been in over a dozen coaching relationships as a client during
that time, I've had the opportunity to examine what makes
coaching so powerful and effective. It's my personal view that
one of the most beneficial tools that can enhance a client's
life is coaching distinctions. You can think of a coaching
distinction like a lens through which you look at life, and in
the process life shows up differently. For example, when my
mechanic, Dale, looks under the hood of my car he sees a whole
different world than I do. I see mostly dirt and oil and maybe
the oil dip stick and radiator cap. But because Dale has many
more 'engine distinctions' he's the one I'm going to call on if
my car won't start in the morning. In short, the more
distinctions we have AND USE, the more powerful and effective we
can be in our lives.
WORKING IN vs. WORKING ON YOUR LIFE Now, let's look at a
specific coaching distinction that you can begin immediately to
use in your own life. It's actually modified from a business
distinction I first heard about from Michael Gerber, author of
THE E MYTH. In THE E MYTH (www.e-myth.com) Michael points out
that one of the major blind spots that keep many entrepreneurs
stuck in growing their business is that they spend almost all
their time 'working in their business' and almost no time
'working on their business.' I've found this to be true for many
of my clients in regards to their own lives. They're living in
their lives, often frenetically so, but rarely do they devote
any real quality time in 'working on their lives,' and it shows
-- Big Time. Does that sound familiar to you? Try on this
distinction right now to see what you see about your life. And
in case you need a bit more clarity on the distinction, let's
see if we can further distinguish between 'living in your life'
vs. 'working on your life.' Living in your life - You are
awakened by your blaring alarm in the morning after a restless
night of sleep because you were worrying about _______ (fill in
the blank). You rush to get yourself ready for work, pumping
yourself up with coffee, and catching just a bit of the morning
news that verifies once again to you that life is going to hell
in a hand-basket. You fly out the door, drive to work, where you
quickly look at your to-do list,
rushing around to meet
deadlines, etc. You finally finish your day, not at 4 or 5 pm
but more like 6 or 7. You drag yourself home, prepare dinner,
turn on the TV so you can veg out for a couple hours, before
dragging yourself to bed, to start the whole process over. OK,
granted this may be a somewhat exaggerated example, but
truthfully I find for many people it's a pretty accurate
reflection of their daily lives. So, what's missing in this
scenario? Any time for "Working On Your Life" -- What I found is
often the missing element that will make a huge difference in
the quality of your life is carving out time for working on your
life, or as I like to call it, purposefully playing on my life.
This can include: * Working with a life coach which provides you
with an excellent support structure and focus * Daily time for
meditation, prayer, or reflection * Regular journal writing time
* A weekly meeting with yourself where you're specifically
evaluating how to live more on purpose, then taking actions
consistent with that self coaching session * Quarterly or twice
a year retreat time like an extended weekend or longer. Now, I'm
not saying you need to do all of these, at least not at first. I
do highly recommend you pick at least one of them and 'carve
out' the time for it. And I use that phrase, carve out,
intentionally. If you wait to find the time, you won't. You'll
need to commit to giving yourself this gift, and while it may be
one of the most valuable gifts you give yourself, don't be
surprised if a part of you resists accepting it. (That's your
Inherited Purpose trying to maintain control of your life.
"Ignore that little old man behind the screen.") Accept the gift
from yourself.
©2005 Brad Swift of Life On Purpose Institute, Inc. This article
can be reprinted freely online, as long as the entire article
and this resource box are included.
About the author:
Dr. Brad Swift founded Life On Purpose Institute in 1996 with
the vision of creating a World On Purpose by assisting people
like yourself to clarify their life purpose & live true to it.
Determine how on or off purpose your life is with the fun &
insightful Self Test at:
http://lifeonpurpose.com/_forms/self-test.php?source=ezart
Inspire yourself with a fr.ee subscription to Purposeful
Pondering Ezine: http://lifeonpurpose.com/
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