Monthly Archives: February 2011
Hard Conversations? Script, Please!
People are often called to do uncomfortable things. Hard things. There are difficult discussions to be had – what Susan Scott calls Fierce Conversations. As coaches, part of our work is often helping someone expand their comfort zone to create … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, comfort zone, conversations, personal development, self-improvement
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Emotion or State of Being?
There are a couple distinctions emerging within my coaching practice that are too eye-opening to not share! My clients often want more in their lives. More happiness, more satisfaction, more love, more money, more connection with a lover, more more … Continue reading
Natalie’s Question of the Week, 2/14/11
Two days after my 53rd birthday, and today, Valentine’s Day, let me ask you, how often do you recognize the things in your life worth celebrating? I’m betting you could celebrate everyday, heck, SEVERAL times everyday.
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. Mother Teresa Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to … Continue reading
Memory Foam and Your Emotional Set-Point
I got my new mattress this morning. It’s memory foam, and I’m looking forward to it. Apparently, it will shape to my particular contours, bounce back, then remember my contours. I may not have the science right, but I’m counting … Continue reading
Enjoying Life in the Comfort Zone
Cato and Catie are enjoying the sunshine. Life in the Comfort Zone doesn’t always have to be this quiet, but it can always be this easy.
Susan’s Question of the Week 2-12-11
Just a simple question this week. It’s one that sits on my desk, never out of sight: What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
Hey, YOU!
How much enjoyment do you want from life? If you answered “moderate” to “phenomenal”, what is your current enjoyment/satisfaction/fulfillment/success whatever-you-want-to-call-it quotient? (If you answered “none”, you can stop reading here.) With yourself? The direction of your life? The people in … Continue reading
Administrivia – Drowning in Email and Other Stressors
Over the past few days, it seems like every one of my clients is buried in administrivia. They have piles of magazines and brochures. There are over 500 items in their email in box. Newspapers are piling up unread. There … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, clutter, comfort zone, email, self-improvement, stress
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What if?
What if you got rid of your “What ifs”? Let me clarify about the “what if” energy to which I’m referring. There is the hopeful, expectant, filled with possibility and power, curiosity generated “What if”, as in imaging a desired … Continue reading
