This planner was created to focus on your plans and schedule for every day of the year. But before you get to work on that, there is an assessment and pages to answer questions like: what’s important to you?
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A beautifully designed simple planner with plenty of white space . . .
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It often seems that along with turkey and mashed potatoes, Thanksgiving can bring some family drama. Most of the time drama is nothing more than a story we create in our own mind . . .
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You know that situation where you hear of something for the first time, like a new restaurant or someone's name or even a word you've never heard - and then you hear about it or see it everywhere? For some reason, once it's been drawn to your attention, it shows up all over the place?
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"You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with” - Jim Rohn
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Why do you own your own business? Why do you teach school? Why do you stay home with your kids? Why do you (insert your life here)?
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Bobbie is a wife and mom of 2 boys, ages 7 and 10. She is in the process of starting her own business. She made a conscious and financially difficult decision to leave her corporate job because it all felt like too much. Bobbie felt she couldn't be present with her family because she was overwhelmed with work. Everyone in her family was running at a frantic pace and she just had to make a huge change to make it stop . . .
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I am obsessed with organizing and spent a ton of time and (joyful!) effort designing closets from Ikea for our new home. But when it came time to pick up my Ikea order and put it together . . . well I just couldn't muster the energy to get that done.
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My kids and I recently moved to a new house and I was absolutely overwhelmed with the whole experience, in a good way. Well, I was overwhelmed in the bad way too at times (!!), but mostly I was overwhelmed with the love and support I felt from so many people. My brother and dad renovated the house. My sister & brother-in-law put together kitchen cabinets and hung new lights . . .
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This summer, based on some inspiration from my friend and fellow Life Coach Colleen O’Connor, I took a trip all by myself. It was an amazing experience! I asked Colleen to write a guest post today about solo travel for women in hopes she can inspire you, too. Thanks, Colleen, for sharing with us today!
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Imagine you are making a quick run to the grocery store to pick up a hostess gift on your way to a friend's house for dinner. While you are inside, you look out the store window and see that, out of nowhere, it's pouring rain. Torrential downpour. You weren't expecting it to rain . . .
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Picture the slice of calm to be the lemon in a drink. It's not the main ingredient, but it can change the flavor of the whole thing. Adding a slice of calm to a plain-glass-of-water kind of day can make all the difference. It can give it a little pep, make it feel more colorful and special and relaxing.
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Imagine you woke up this morning and found out that you didn't have to work, or take care of your kids, and weren't allowed to do any housework. Also, in this imaginary day, it's impossible to feel guilt. Tell me what you would do with your day.
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I once got some very wise advice from a female executive in my former corporate world, and I never forgot it. With regards to how to do it all, she simply advised "outsource that which is not memorable." This made so much sense to me as a busy working Mom. Making chocolate chip cookies with my kids is memorable. Washing, drying, folding and putting away their clothes is not. Cooking for my family, memorable! Doing the shopping to get the required groceries, not memorable!
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“Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry – all forms of fear – are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.”
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Shame: the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging – something we’ve experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection. - Brene Brown, Daring Greatly
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At the end of July, I was reflecting back on the month (thanks to a two page spread "reflect on your month" page in my planner. I would aspire to do this sort of thing without the planner, but it wouldn't happen!) One of the questions is who or what inspired you in that month. My cup runneth over from inspiration, it seems!
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Imagine a scenario where you send your 7 year old upstairs to get dressed for church, and she comes back in an outfit that meets the requirements (no running shorts or tank tops), but doesn't match and includes tall boots in the middle of summer . . .
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In 2016, I made the decision to walk away from the corporate world and become a Life Coach. For about 6 months while I was doing my training, I told almost no one about it. I mean, who leaves a successful and lucrative career to start a life coaching business? How many Life Coaches actually succeed? What is life coaching anyway?
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Today I had one of those days where I was going, going, going . . . all day long. I am putting the finishing touches on an online class I'm offering starting in August (click here if you want to be notified when the sign up opens!) and recording a video for the intro. I had the pleasure of chatting with clients, and taking my kids to the library*. I wrapped up the day with meeting a friend for dinner, cleaning up after my puppy for the 18th time today, and folding laundry.
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