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Louise Morganti Kaelin is a life success coach and author who is passionately committed to the success of her clients and readers. Through her coaching, blog, newsletter, ebooks and ecourses, she provides practical guidance to others for becoming their best self and living their lives in wholeness. Louise constantly seeks to live her personal mission by helping others find their inner wisdom, truth and power, the basic element of success for living one’s life ... [More]
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- Becoming Your Best Self - 3 Healthy Ways to Reward Yourself
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] It is very important to celebrate all the wins along the way towards your goals. After all, one of the fundamental human needs is acknowledgment. It is near impossible to have others acknowledge us if we are not in the habit of rewarding ourselves for a job well done.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 3 Reasons to Live in the Present
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] The process of becoming your best self is a journey towards wholeness. Only when we are whole do we move through life with ease, purpose and success. I believe there are five steps towards wholeness.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 3 Reasons to Complete the Past
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] The process of becoming your best self is a journey towards wholeness. Only when we are whole do we move through life with ease, purpose and success. I believe there are five steps towards wholeness.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 3 Top Reasons to Plan For the Future
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] The process of becoming your best self is a journey towards wholeness. Only when we are whole do we move through life with ease, purpose and success. I believe there are five steps towards wholeness...
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 3 Reasons to Work Through Your Personal Barriers
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know the Top 3 reasons to work through your blocks? Read this article and you'll know why!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 3 Reasons to Accept Responsibility For Your Life
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Accepting responsibility for your life is the first step towards wholeness. Do you know why it's so important? This article will tell you why.
- Becoming Youir Best Self - 3 Ways to Work on Your Mental Self
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know three simple ways to work on your spiritual self, in order to bring your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual selves into integrity. This article will help you by describing them.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Trump That Negative Thought!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Have you ever had a song that keeps running through your head and drives you crazy? That happened to me on a recent car trip. When I mentioned it to my husband, he told me I needed a 'Trump' song, one that would not only over-ride the annoying song, but would also be one I would enjoy hearing repeatedly.
- 5 Signs It's Time to Work on Becoming Your Best Self
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] For most people, we don't begin life focused on becoming our best self. In fact, it's not even a blip on our radar screen through our teens and twenties. The following are some signals that it may be time to start your journey towards wholeness.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Self Knowledge is Key!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] What are the things you need to know about yourself to truly be self aware? This article will help you determine what those things are.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Voluntary Simplicity
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Recently I read a book on personal development and I apologize for not remembering which one, but it introduced me to the expression "voluntary simplicity". I am enamored with the phrase and I started thinking about what voluntary simplicity would look like. Here are my thoughts on the life changes that would constitute living in voluntary simplicity.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Living For the Moment Vs In the Moment
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know the difference between living FOR the moment and living IN the moment? This article helps you make the distinction.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Focusing on How, the Intellectual Excuse
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Did you know that wondering about HOW you can do something is really a racket to give yourself a legitimate reason to stay stuck? Read this article to find out how to overcome this!
- Becoming Your Best Self - 5 Things You Can't Do With Low Self-Esteem
[Self-Improvement:Self-Esteem] Are you aware of the impact of having a low self-esteem? Do you realize just how much of your life is affected by it? This article will point out some things you can't do with low self-esteem.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 5 More Rules of Success For Kids
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] We usually think of self development and personal growth as activities we start in our thirties. While that's probably true for several generations of people, there is no reason that kids can't focus on becoming the very best kid they can be. Here are 5 more rules of success for kids.
- Becoming Your Best Self - A Caretaker's Dilemma
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Being a caretaker involves many activities, responsibilities and sacrifices. Taking care of someone close to you, someone you love, is fraught with additional responsibilities and emotional trauma.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 8 Things to Enjoy at Any Age
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know what 8 things we get to enjoy every day throughout our life? Read the following to learn what they are.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 5 Rules of Success For Kids
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Want your kids to grow up to be their best selves? Here are some basic guidelines to share with them.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 6 Things to Do While Waiting
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] Tired of sitting in waiting rooms until it's your turn with the doctor or dentist? Here are some suggestions for how to make that time productive for you!
- Becoming Your Best Self - How to Get Ahead at Work
[Business:Careers-Employment] When we sign a contract with an employer, it is critical that we realize that we are in control of our destiny and our career with that company. Here are some things you can do to insure that you earn the promotions you want.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 4 Quadrants For Prioritizing Activities
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] In his book FIRST THINGS FIRST, Stephen Covey created a 2x2 matrix for prioritizing work. The framework breaks down the grid with important/non-important on one axis and urgent/non-urgent on the other. The goal is to work on those tasks which are important, but non-urgent.
- Becoming Your Best Self - The 5 Stages of Understanding
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] As we begin to change our thoughts and beliefs in the process of becoming our best self, there is a continuum that we all follow as we synthesize a new concept or action into our life. To be truly successful in incorporating a new thought pattern into our life, we must allow both the head and the heart to get involved. Without both emotional and intellectual understanding, most new ideas fall by the roadside.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 3 Gifts to Give Yourself
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Did you know that the best way to be generous to others is to start by being generous to ourselves? Here are three gifts you want to make sure you are giving yourself!
- Becoming Your Best Self - How to Be a Good Neighbor
[Relationships:Friendship] When it comes to neighbors, what kind are you? Here are some tips for being a great neighbor!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Choose Being Unique Over Being Special
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you have an obsessive need to be special? Understand your uniqueness and let that need go. As a plus, you'll get tons of energy back!
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Components of Self Esteem
[Self-Improvement:Self-Esteem] Do you have a low opinion of yourself? Do you feel undeserving and unworthy of all the good things in your life? Once you know the components of self esteem, you'll have a blueprint for creating a healthy and balanced self esteem.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 5 Daily Ways to Take Care of Yourself
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Are you feeling overwhelmed trying to meet all your commitments? Have you forgotten to take care of yourself first? Here are some simple activities that you can do daily to help energize and renew yourself.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 5 Phrases to Avoid For Clear Communication
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Are your words having unexpected reactions? Read this to find out why, as well as better alternatives.
- Becoming Your Best Self - How to Accept Responsibility For Your Life
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Are you ready to accept responsibility for your life, but not sure how to get started? This article will give you some tips to begin the freeing process of accepting responsibility, one of the key steps in becoming your best self.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Fear of - Embarrassment?
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] We have a tendency to lump our fears together, using the umbrella word fear to describe apprehension and nervousness that stems from any one of a dozen reasons. While fear can paralyze and stop us dead in our tracks and deserves to be looked straight in the face, it is also important to recognize the source of our fear. It is much easier to combat a specific fear than to try to control a vague and nameless concern.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Not What You Want? I Bet It's What You Need!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] How do you feel when you don't get what you want? I suggest that you did get what you need. Read on to find out more.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 3 Ways to Work on Your Spiritual Self
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know three simple ways to work on your spiritual self, in order to bring your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual selves into integrity. This article will help you by describing them.
- Becoming Your Best Self - You Figure Out What and Let God Figure Out How
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] When you want to manifest something in your life, did you know that your job is to figure out exactly what you want. Then, it's time to let go and let God figure out how!
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Ultimate Success Formula (Plus 1)
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] The following success formula is the 4-step process from Anthony Robbin's book, UNLIMITED POWER, along with my clarification of each step. This is one of those 'simple but not necessarily easy' strategies. Also, I believe there is a step in between Tony's 1 and 2, so I've added it!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Having Trouble Finding a Place to Find Quiet?
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] On Easter Monday I noticed that I was more refreshed than usual. I thought that was odd since, even though I've been out of the corporate world about 10 years now, I still practiced "Sunday Night Let-Down". You know what that is, somewhere around 6pm on Sunday night, you start thinking about Monday morning and all you need to do, effectively cutting your weekend short!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Distinction Between Perfect and Ideal
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] The very first step in manifesting our heart's desires is for us to figure out what the heck that means. It is not enough to say 'love', 'better job', or 'new house'. We have to get down to the nitty gritty of what having that object will look and feel like on a day-to-day basis.
- Becoming Your Best Self - But (Bad) - And (Good)!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know a simple way to change negative thinking so that tyou can the possibility of changing it? It all depends on the simple choice of words! Use ands, not buts!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Push Vs Pull - Pick Your Favorite Motivation
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] There are many different things that motivate us (money, love, success, accomplishment, health, etc), but regardless of the specific motivator, the bottom line in motivation is that we are pushing AWAY from something or getting pulled TOWARDS something. Find out more in this article.
- Becoming Your Best Self - You Must Believe in Abundance For the Law of Attraction To Work
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] There are many people today who wish to live "in attraction". They understand that what they focus on, either good or bad, is what they will bring into their life. This is wonderful news that so many people are joining the attraction bandwagon. It's a much healthier place to be as it helps you take full responsibility for your life, a critical component to living in wholeness.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Set a Standard - Create a Boundary
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] We all talk about standards and boundaries, but sometimes I hear people talk about them as though they are one and the same. In fact, they are two sides of the same coin.
- Becoming Your Best Self - You Need to Forget in Order to Forgive!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Is it possible to forgive someone if you can't forget their behavior? I don't think so. Read on to find out why!
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Cycle of Success
[Self-Improvement:Success] Do you know that there is a cycle of success, that there are four steps of the process? Read this article to find out what they are.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Self Knowledge - A Gentle Rain, Not a Lightning Bolt!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] We've all had them... those AHA! moments when some piece of life-changing knowledge takes place. We suddenly realize (well, not so 'suddenly' as a rule!) that something that happened many years ago is still impacting us today. And with that realization comes freedom: freedom from the tyranny of the past; freedom to be truly present today, without guilt or fear; freedom to move into our future with joy and the power to create the reality we want.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Doer Vs Thinker - Which One Are You?
[Relationships:Communication] Usually when I make a distinction, I am trying to point out the subtle differences between words and to highlight the one that is preferred (usually truer to what you mean). Today, however, while I want to point out the differences between being a doer and a thinker, my point is to show that that's all they are - just different! Neither is better or worse than the other, they are really just different styles to approaching problems, and life in general.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Click Here to Accept This Agreement
[Relationships:Communication] I was recently updating some software and I got the usual "Click here to accept this agreement" dialog box. As I clicked through 2 of these screens as quickly as is humanly possible, I found myself wondering where else I was accepting agreements without bothering to read or, worse, think about them.
- Best Self - 10 Elements to Consider When Creating Your Personal Vision and Mission Statement
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know what you should consider when crafting your vision or mission statement? Here are 10 things you really want to keep in mind while creating these critical documents.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Breaking the Worry Addiction
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Are you addicted to worry, creating stress and overwhelm in your life? Here are some suggestions to break the worry addiction.
- Becoming Your Best Self - How to Maintain Peace of Mind in Turbulent Times
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] These are crazy times we are living in. Everything seems topsy-turvy and fear is in the air. The future hasn't seemed this uncertain in a long time (at least not in my memory). Everywhere we turn, we hear bad news. Whether it's affecting us directly or our next door neighbor, it doesn't seem like we can get away from the stress. No matter the craziness, however, it IS possible to regain and maintain peace of mind. You can stay cool, calm and collected no matter what seems to be happening around you. Here are some ways to do just that.
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Sweet Compulsion - Your Life Purpose
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Are you tuned into your personal life purpose? Here's some information to help you discover yours.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Do, Ditch Or Delegate!
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] Do you have a to-do list that feels a mile long? Do your shoulders tense up when you think about tackling it? One of the best ways to navigate through such a list is to use the "Touch It Once" principle and take one of the 3 following steps with each item.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Connectivity - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
[Relationships:Communication] One day I was outside a local hospital, waiting for my mother to finish some blood work. I sat there, in the middle of rural Pennsylvania, and realized that almost every person that walked by me was talking on a cell phone. It was almost other-worldly, and even reminded me of being in a casino at 5am in the morning before most other people were awake. It was just me and all those one-armed bandits!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Eight Ways to Earn Respect
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you wish to be respected? Are you willing to earn it, the only real way to get respect? Here are eight steps to help you earn respect.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Six Top Ways to Give - And Get - Acknowledgment
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you need acknowledgment? If you're like every one else on the planet, the answer is yes! Here's some suggestions for getting acknowledged by the simple process of giving it to others.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Basket of Wisdom For Personal Growth
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Are you focused on your own personal growth and self development? If so, here is some wisdom gleaned from years of coaching to help you on your path.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Remember the Pyramid - First Needs First!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know the order in which your needs should be met? Read on to find out which needs we must put first!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 10 Reasons to Simplify Your Life
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Simplifying your life is one of the easiest (pun intended!) strategies for creating major change in your life. Most of us understand the value of simplification, yet at times we lose focus or motivation. I hope this list of 10 reasons to simplify your life will help get you back on track!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Revisiting the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] I read "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey when it first came out in 1989. I remember how much I enjoyed it and how valuable the information was as a guideline for being the person I wanted to be. Here's a recap of the still-relevant principles.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Legalize Your Emotions
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Did you know that every single emotion you have is "legitimate'? That it's OK to feel whatever it is, even the 'negative ones? What's important is not that you go to a negative place, but how long you stay there. Here are some suggestions for helping you allow your human-ness to shine through!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Develop a "Common Language" For Great Communication
[Relationships:Communication] Are you aware that you may be meaning something different than the person you're arguing with? Develop a 'common language' and many of your issues will disappear!
- Becoming Your Best Self - The 5 Steps to Wholeness
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know that there are only 5 steps to living in wholeness (being your best self)? If you can follow these simple steps, you'll be well on your way!
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Winter of My Day - Know Your Cycle to Maximize Energy
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] In our quest for self knowledge, sometimes we overlook the the most obvious details. It takes energy to focus on self growth and personal development and one of the biggest ways we waste energy is to work against the flow of our natural rhythm. Very often, we allow others (our bosses, kids, parents, neighbors) to dictate the flow of our day without thinking about our innate personal rhythm.
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Basics of Balance - How to Control Your Stress
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Many people interested in personal coaching are interested in creating balance in their lives. Balance can take many forms, such as between career and home, between people in a relationship, and between work and play, just to name a few. No matter what kind of balance you are seeking, here are some of the basic things to consider about balance.
- This Thanksgiving, Tap Into Abundance Consciousness
[Self-Improvement:Abundance-Prosperity] Many of us live in a state of 'scarcity' thinking. We find it incredibly easy to imagine the worst happening. We also feel extremely justified in feeling that way because we are bombarded daily with extremely negative and disturbing news. All of this negativity confirms our belief that, well, that life sucks and then we die.
- Turning Holidays Into Memories
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] As we approach the holidays, I've started thinking about the many holidays past. Some stand out crystal clear, while others just roll together in my thoughts. I'm sure I celebrated those holidays, but that belief is based on the fact that the date came and went, whether it stands out in my memory today or not. In thinking about what made the difference in those holidays, I have come up with some suggestions to help you turn your holiday into a wonderful memory that you can bring out at will in the future.
- Becoming Your Best Self - The 8 Elements That Allow Wholeness (Being Your Best Self)
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Did you know that focusing on eight qualities of life can help you become your best self. Read about those eight elements and why they impact your journey towards your best self.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Manifesting 101
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Have you ever noticed how some people create everything they want and others don't? Or maybe you've found that there are some things you manifest with ease and others you struggle with for years. What is going on behind-the-scenes with these different scenarios? As I work with clients (and through my own evolution) I've identified the following essential elements for successful manifestation. These ten strategies will help you create the life you've been dreaming about.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 10 Key Business Documents That Foreshadow Success
[Self-Improvement:Success] No matter what business you're in, or even if you manage a project or household, taking the time to plan where you want to go is a critical factor in creating success. Even if you don't hold to your plan 100%, the process of planning helps put you in control of the business. Each of the following documents can and will expand your understanding of the critical factors necessary to achieve your goals.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Change of Seasons - The Perfect Time For Change!
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] Did you know that even the smallest change in your environment can kick start the flow of energy. Here are a few suggestions to do just that!
- Becoming Your Best Self - 10 Signals You're Not Living to Your Fullest Potential
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know what's getting in the way of living to your fullest potential, of being your best self? Here are 10 signals you're not living to your fullest potential right now and some ideas for moving out of these 'stuck' places.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Letting Go Vs Giving Up
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Have you ever wondered what is the difference between 'letting go' and 'giving up'? There certainly seems to be a very fine line between the two. Intuitively, I know there is a different feeling between the two, but it's only recently that I was able to understand the essence of that difference.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Ten Ways to Connect to Your Inner Confidence
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Working with a variety of people from all walks of life has given me some insight into the process of success. Regardless of our background, skills, experience, or attitude, we can't be successful until we feel confident about who we are and what we're doing. It's one of those cart before the horse things, since we tend to think that being successful will give us confidence. In fact, feeling confident FIRST will allow us to experience success and the achievement of our goals. Here are some ways to connect to the confidence within you.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 10 Joys of Pillow Art
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Did you know that life lessons can come from any thing, place or person? Here is some valuable awareness that comes from pillow art!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Use it and Love It, Or Pass it On, Key to Being Clutter-Free
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] A simple way to de-clutter your home is to approach every item in it by asking these two questions: Do I use it? Do I love it? If you use it and love it, it tends to be an item that brings a sense of calmness and peace to you. If you answer both questions with a 'no', there is usually a feeling of overwhelm or unease that comes with it. It is that feeling that you are trying to eliminate when you look at your home.
- Becoming Your Best Self - An Emotional Response Primer
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] Have a good emotional response lately? Is there someone who makes you see red every time you're with them? Do you replay conversations over and over, getting upset or angry each time you do? You're not alone. Everyone I know does this. How frequently it happens, and how we handle these situations when it does, is a good indication of where we are on our spiritual path.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Feelin' Good, The Key to the Law of Attraction
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] I've been reading Lynn Grabhorn's book "Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting". It's a wonderful book on the Law of Attraction. It's an easy read and the message is simple. Everything in your life you have attracted to you. Period. It makes a lot of sense to me and is in harmony with my personal beliefs on the subject.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top Ten Business Operating Principles
[Business:Management] Operating Principles are the yardsticks by which we live. They are the 'how' behind the 'what' and 'why' of our lives. Whether acknowledged or not, all entities live by them and that includes businesses as well as individuals.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Doing it For Love (To Show Love, Not to Get Love)
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know when it's ok to be motivated by others to accomplish things? You'll be surprised at the answer!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Go Towards a Paperless Environment
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] Don't you find it interesting that we are going wireless before we go paperless? Especially since paper has been around so much longer than wires and wires are mostly invisible to us anyway. I don't feel encumbered by wires, but I certainly do by paper.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 10 Simple Ways to Simplify Your Life
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Did you know that simplifying your life can be simple? Here are 10 suggestions to do just that!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Save Time by Going Through, Not Around Your Problems
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Have you ever noticed how much time we time we spend trying to figure out a way around an obstacle? Or how much time we spend trying to avoid pain or discomfort, especially the emotional kind?
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 10 Strategies For Stress-Free Living
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Did you know that you can control your stress level? Here are some suggestions for living in a stress-free zone.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 10 Ways to Move From Manager to Coach
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Do you know what distinguishes an excellent manager from a bad one? In today's corporate environment, a new skill set is needed. This article will help you make the shift from manager to coach.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Know Your Non-Negotiables When Visualizing What You Want to Create
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] In the process of coaching, we work on the gap between where we are and where we want to be. There are a number of ways I work with clients in defining where they want to be and sometimes it's just a simple list. For example, if you wanted to move out of your current home, I would ask for everything that you want in the new environment.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Look Past the Pain For Personal Growth
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Can you remember the last time something emotionally painful happened to you? Perhaps someone you care about decided it was time to move on? Or just needed to express their truth, which somehow involved something negative about you?
- Becoming Your Best Self - Your Nose Knows
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Did you know that where your nose is pointed during a conversation can be a tip off for how it will end? Here's a suggestion to keep yourself in win-win situations!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Life on the Front Burner
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you find yourself putting everyone you know first? Here's a great tip for making your needs as important (not more!) than others.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Allow!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know what could happen if you started 'allowing' all things around you? Here's a thought provoking article to help you see the potential and opportunities.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Listen While You Speak
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Language provides the key for many of our current views and beliefs. Unfortunately, we rarely listen to ourselves with conscious attention and so we miss many clues that could help us understand our behavior. Here are three areas where it would benefit us to pay particular attention while we are speaking and some recommendations for 'correcting' them.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Be a Model - Reveal Your Essence
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know the simplest way to identify your values? This question will get to the core qualities you cherish most!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top Ten Principles to Live by (Plus 1)
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Whether it's writen out or not, we all live by a certain code. Getting clarity on what drives you makes it easier to be your best self. Read mine to get an example of what you want to craft for yourself.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Choices We Get to Make in the Aftermath of Terror
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] I am a strong believer in the Pendulum Effect, the fact that sometimes, in order to create the change we want, it is necessary to swing the pendulum to the extreme opposite end so that it may finally come to rest in a centered, balanced position. That is my explanation for the tragic events of September 11th, 2001. I also believe there may have been other ways to get to this same point, ways that would not take the same toll in human loss and suffering, yet I admit that I personally can not think of what else could have had the same world-stopping effect.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Every Day's a Party
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] If you have access to the Food TV Channel, then you are familiar with Emeril Lagasse. His winsome smile, culinary expertise and passion for cooking have skyrocketed him to the top echelon of TV cooks.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Stop Seeing Life As All Or Nothing
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you find yourself stuck with life being all black or all white? Get some insight into how you can change that point of view.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 10 Programming Guidelines That Apply to Life
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] There is wisdom all around us. Here are some things I've learned from programming guidelines.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Life Lessons - Passages
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Life lessons learned through the illness and death of my father. In the last few months of his life, my father became very 'lovey-dovey', constantly expressing his love for us, and especially for my mother. This was such a dramatic change...
- Becoming Your Best Self - More Life Lessons
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Life is about learning. Here are more life lessons I've learned over the years.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Who Do I Have to Be?
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] I recently attended a teleclass on Business Turnarounds and the instructor asked this question in many ways and in many situations. The more I heard it, the more powerful I realized it is.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 10 Suggestions For How to Find Quiet
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Looking for ways to go within, but feeling thwarted? Here are some suggestions, most of which are easy to implement no matter where you live. The early hours of the morning and late in the evening are very conducive times to go within. When the world is quiet, it's easier for us to be quiet.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Kick it Up a Notch
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Do you give much thought to how you answer the simple question of "How's it going?" You'll be surprised to find out how significant that answer really is!
- Becoming Your Best Self - What Do You Really Need?
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] There is a difference between Needs and Wants. A need is something you truly need in order for your life to feel complete. A want is something that would sure be nice to have. The best way to tell the difference is the impact of "not" having the item or feeling. If you just want it, there is absolutely no impact on your life because you don't have it.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Bolstering Beliefs
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] At some time in your life you have probably used affirmations or other positive self-talk to change an attitude, opinion or behavior. The more you have done this, the more you know that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Goldilocks Principle
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you remember the story of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears? It's quite a simple story and as an adult only takes minutes to read. What most of us do remember is the repeated theme of 'too hot, too cold, just right', 'too hard, too soft, just right'.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Quest For Quiet
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Why is it important to find time to go within and sit in silence? This articles tell you why!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Give Up Giving and Start Being Generous
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Most of us grow up strongly influenced by the concept that "It is better to give than to receive". For many of us, it becomes more than a nice sentiment, but a way of being. We take it to heart so much that we interpret it literally, and that's where we often get ourselves into trouble!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Using Your Fridge to Release the Past
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Have you looked in your refrigerator lately? Might seem odd, but I believe there is a relationship between what's in our refrigerators and how we filter past experiences!
- Simplify, Simplify, Simplify - A Tool For Becoming Your Best Self
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Just as location is the key driver to success in real estate, simplification is the key to success in life. No matter how much you want your life to change, it's impossible if there is no room for change.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Do it Just One More Time!
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] A few weeks ago, I finally went through my clothes closet. I admit I needed my husband to get me started, but after an hour (and putting things back in, then out, then in again), I had about 8 bags to go to our local charity. This felt wonderful, especially since my personal clothes closet was always so difficult for me.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Enjoy Your Life!
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Have you ever noticed that your state of mind, whether you're happy, sad, angry, fearful, feeling any emotion at all, is directly related to what you're thinking? True, there may be an external situation that's causing you to have those thoughts, but it's your thoughts that dictate how you are feeling, not the situation.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Feeling Complete
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Every now and again (if we're lucky, it's only every now and again), life forces us to become aware of its cyclical nature: the ocean's relentless ebb and flow, the budding of spring, the desolation of winter. We are confronted by inescapable facts, facts that in the hustle and bustle of every day life we are usually able to ignore. The fact that life goes on, but it also slows down, and ultimately, comes to an end.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Fear of Forever
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Have you ever found yourself with a goal in your line of vision yet unable to cross the last ten yards to the finish line? There doesn't appear to be anybody or anything in the way to stop you, and yet you just can't seem to take the final leap and get where you want to be.
- Becoming Your Best Self - 7 Tips For Becoming an Expert Listener
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Very often when we discuss the Art of Communication, the focus is on our ability to effectively convey the message we intend to convey. However, a huge piece of effective communication is the Art of Listening!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Embrace Your Numbers
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] The essence of coaching is in identifying the gap between where you are and where you want to be. There are many ways to get from Point A to Point B, and many of them ask you to suspend your addiction to numbers. However, it is practically impossible to move from Point A to Point B if you can not clearly articulate where Point A is. For most of us, that involves numbers of some kind.
- Becoming Your Best Self - An Attitude of Gratitude
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Did you know that one of the simplest secrets for becoming your best self is to be grateful for the girts you already have? Read on to find out more!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Making the Shift From Distracted to Attentive
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you often find yourself losing focus and unable to stay on point? Here are some suggestions for helping you move from distracted to attentive.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Making the Shift From Sad to Happy
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Are you feeling down and can't seem to get up? Here are some strategies for making the shift from sad to happy.
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Power of the Word And!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know just how important each of our words are? Even the little ones? Find out how adding 'and' to your statements can change your life!
- Becoming Your Best Self - How to Ensure Your Goals Remain Goals
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Do your goals stay a million miles away from you? Find out how that happens!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 10 Reasons to Identify Your Values
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know what's REALLY important to you? Read this article to find out why it's important that you identify your values.
- Becoming Your Best Self - To Be Or Not to Be - Committed That Is!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Afraid of committing to a goal for fear of failing? Read this article for some suggestions on how to work through that dilemma!
- Becoming Your Best Self - You've Got Spam!
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you know how simple it is to create the opposite of what we want? Read on to find out!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Facing Your Fear of Firsts
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Get tongue-tied in new situations? Here are some practical suggestions for overcoming your fear and getting you moving!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Fear of Firsts
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you get stressed the first time you are going to do something? Then you are probably experiencing a 'fear of firsts'! Read this article to learn more about it!
- Become Your Best Self - A 3-Step Process For Facing Your Fears
[Self-Improvement:Empowerment] Are you being paralyzed by fear? Here are 3 simple steps to help you face those fears and move into action.
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Fine Art of Refueling
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Everyone knows how important it is to keep our cars fueled at the right level to ensure safe, consistent driving. The same logic applies to our bodies and minds as well. while this 'right level' may be different for everyone, it is critical that each of us knows the optimal range for our own maximum efficiency.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Life Lessons Learned - Part 2
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Are you learning from your life experience? Here's some more wisdom I picked up from mine! (Part 2)
- Becoming Your Best Self - School's Negative Legacy - The "RIGHT" Answer
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you take forever to make a choice because you're looking for the RIGHT answer? Did you ever think that you'd regret how we were taught in school? Read this article to find out how we've been impacted and how to get unstuck.
- Becoming Your Best Self - On the Same Wavelength
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] What makes us connect quickly to some people but not others? It probably has to do with which sense we rely on most, and which one they prefer. When there's a match, it's magical!
- Becoming Your Best Self - 6 Signals You're Living in the Moment
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] How do you know when you're achieving your goal of living in the movement. Here are some signs that you are in fact grounded in the here and now.
- Becoming Your Best Self - The Bottom Line on Simplicity
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] How do you know when something is TOO simple? Read on to find out where my line is and hopefully identify yours as well.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Top 10 Non-Business Strategies For Business Success
[Business:Career-Advice] Do you know what the key principles to business success are. You'll be surprised to find out they aren't learned in business school! Instead, they have everything to do with being your best self!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Orange Diamonds
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you become oblivious to the signs you put up to remind yourself of your goals? If so, here's something to think about.
- Key to Simplicity - The Word No
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] Need to free up some time in your life? Here are some great suggestions to get you started.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Energize Your Life
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Bogged down with things you 'need' to remember? Ever realize how they drag you down. Here's an exercise to help you get back in control.
- Becoming Your Best Self - Life Lessons Learned, Part 1
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Are you learning from your experience? Here's some wisdom I picked up from mine!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Birthday Reflections
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Gosh, I'm definitely another year older. I wonder if I'm another year wiser? Let's see. What have I learned this year?
- Becoming Your Best Self - Can We Talk?
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Do you have trouble communicating with those you love? Does a conversation that started neutral on both parts end with an argument? This article will give you some concrete steps to avoid that happening in the future!
- Becoming Your Best Self - Walk Your Inner Dog
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] A number of years ago, before the spate of current "find your inner xxx" invitations so popular now, I saw an ad for a product that asked me to "Walk My Inner Dog". While I've long since forgotten the product, I never forgot the ad.
- Becoming Your Best Self - The 5 Stages of Change
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Did you know that, whatever your thoughts on almost any given area that requires action, you are in one of the Stages of Change? Find out which stage you're in when you read this article.
- Measure Twice - Cut Once and Know When Enough is Enough
[Self-Improvement:Achievement] Conventional wisdom tells us to measure twice and cut once, to double- check our work before letting it go out. I know that makes sense to all of us, yet I wonder how often we bypass this step.
- Ten Compelling Visions to "Want For" Yourself Or Others
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] We all know what it's like to want for things, both tangible and intangible. It is often the first step in moving from where we are to where we want to be. Wanting "for" someone else, however, is a powerful concept, both for you and the other person.
- Out of Sight, Not Necessarily Out of Mind
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] When we talk about clutter, we are usually talking about the clutter that we can see: the piles of paper, the messy counter tops, clothes strewn on furniture. Very often, the way we deal with that clutter is to put it inside something: boxes, closets, and drawers. Or we move it to the far corners of our universe: the garage, the attic or the basement.
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