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Maureen Miller - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Maureen Miller received her B.Ed. at University of Calgary.
She went on to start work on a University Diploma in Statistical Research Design and has switched to a B.A. in Psychology
She has formal training with and graduated from Coach U.
She is certified by International Coaching Federation (ICF). This process includes logged hours coaching clients, qualified training and a final oral exam.
She has over 900 logged hours of coaching experience with small business, start up businesses, ... [More]
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- The Smell of Purple
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] He was in his room too long. I was getting cocky about dealing with his behavior and somehow this must be God's way of reminding me: nothing is predictable with this young man. My son had what a lot of parents will recognize as a melt down.
- The Dying Art of a Housewife
[Home-and-Family] My life is a long list of "things I want to be when I grow up". I wanted to originally be a Marine Biologist because I wanted to live on Vancouver Island. How bizarre is that considering where I live now! But no matter how many paths I wandered down I always came back to "the family". In every endeavor I took part in, my family was always there in the back of my mind.
- No Such Thing As Irresponsibility
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] I was talking to someone when I came up against this comment. It was in connection to "fun" or "having fun" and "irresponsibility". I'm not sure why it is, but as adults, we tend to link those two words together.
- The "Michael Jackson" of Socks
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] I was washing my son's clothes the other day when I came across what he had done to his socks. He's in his 20's now but sensory integration - how things feel when they touch his body in any way - has always been a part of his disability. He had neatly cut off all the corners of the toes.
- My Son's Greatest Disability
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Someone in our support group had mentioned that the greatest disability our children had was: they didn't "look handicapped". With some disabilities it is visible and with others once a child moves or behaves a certain way it becomes visible.
- What's a Magic Chuckle?
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] I can't even remember where I heard the phrase but it has saved my sanity more times than I can think of. But here is the best definition I have of it.
- The First Time
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] I remember, so clearly, the day I was told my child had a disability. It was an explosion of emotions. Some emotions were conflicting which didn't make acceptance occur in a smooth motion.
- Advocacy 101 - 9 Steps to Advocating Your Child's Needs
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Ah what we, parents of disabled children, could teach lawyers about this topic. Here's what I've learned.
- Confessions of a Handicapped Parent
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] It came to me in a flash! I was trying to think of a name for an article I was writing. I wanted it to be for parents of disabled children and I wanted it to be short. If I just said "handicapped parents", then someone might think it was for a parent with a disability.
- No Such Word As Normal
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] The whole concept of what is "normal" shifted dramatically when I discovered I was the parent of a child with a disability. I touched on it briefly before. It's all a matter of perception and if what I experience has always been that way for me then it is "normal" for me.
- A Gift From God
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Like a lot of parents who have a child with a disability, I belong to a support group. In this group, all the parents have a child with the same disability. Sometimes the support group touches on this subject.
- No Such Thing as Keeping Your Options Open
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] You may think you are free but you aren't. Keeping your options open is the furthest thing from freedom.
- To Goal or Not to Goal - Part 2
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Just when I thought I was finished with "goals" my client teachers me something else. I was conducting a workshop on boundaries and standards and as usual I learned a lot from my participants.
- No Such Thing as a Stay-At-Home-Mom
[Home-Based-Business] I bet you think starting a business and taking care of a family is a piece of cake. It takes a lot of planning, organization and patience
- No Such Thing as an Unfair Fight
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] Unfair fights just don't need to happen. Follow these guidelines for some happy arguments!
- No Such Thing as a List
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Lists are the best know tool I know to "beat myself up" for what I don't accomplish.
- No Such Thing as Making Yourself Wait
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Falling into a trap of believing you don't deserve special treatment? You're wrong. You deserve to be treated like a precious object every day of your life!
- No Such Thing as Do-It-Yourself
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Sometimes you are your own worst enemy. When it comes to change this has never been truer.
- No Such Thing as a Quick Fix
[Self-Improvement] Everyone thinks that a personal development course will radically change who they are.
Not necessarily.
- No Such Thing as the Self-Help Industry
[Business:Small-Business] So is there really such a thing as self-help? There is a booming business being made from people's beliefs that there is. Maybe it should be exposed!
- Choices and Perspective
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] An amazing thing happens when you make a choice and change your perspective. You become incredibly attractive.
- Things I Have No Control Over
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Take control over you life and see what happens!
- Workplace Gap
[Business:Management] How to use the right questions to inspire your staff.
In your workplace, are you a manager with a smart group of people and they aren't responsive to your ideas or suggestions? If you are then there you are experiencing a workplace gap.
- What Next
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] How to make a shift from self-absorption to living a life...
When did I make the shift? When did parties get to be…. not as much fun. When did I decide that I would rather just sit around a table with a few glasses of wine talking with friends than go out and get incredibly drunk and be incredibly hung-over the next day? When exactly did it stop being...
- No Such Thing as Procrastination
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] Another in the series of debunking self-help
- To Goal or Not to Goal - that is the Question!
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] A discussion of whether goal setting is important
- No Such Thing as Life Balance
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] What do you believe? Is Life Balance just a label invented by the Personal Development Industry?
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