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How to Spark Your Passion
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Passion is a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything or someone, (i.e., a passion for music or a love interest), as defined by Dictionary.com.
Your passion is developed from a combination of what interests you and the things that stimulate and genuinely excite you. The level of fulfillment and energy you have is directly correlated to the intensity you feel about what you are passionate about.
Maybe, you love decorating, gardening or cooking and lose track of time when you’re engaged in an activity you truly love and enjoy doing.
Some children seem to have an uncanny ability to hone in to their passion early on and pursue it throughout adulthood. I think my grandson first recognized his passion for drums when he crawled over and opened the cabinet where my pots and pans are stored and discovered he could make “drum music”. He’s now an accomplished teenage musician and his love for all things musical has never waned since that early stimulus.
If you are pondering how to spark you passion, here are some ideas to ignite you:
- Name five things that inspire you – Write down all of the ideas you can think of. Look for the things that inspire and motivate you. Take notice of the books you read, magazines you subscribe to, the websites you visit, your collections, hobbies and anything else that comes to mind. I have always had a keen interest in self-help books long before I became a coach and family therapist. I read everything I could get my hands on about psychology and self-help. In retrospect, my passion was there early on and it kept popping up in the things that interested me and what I was attracted to. Only you know what inspires you. Give this some serious thought but don’t dwell on it – you may have to revisit it later. Take notice of the things surrounding you. What possessions, hobbies, books, or interests are you drawn to?
- Start a discovery journal – I first heard of a discovery journal when I read Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
by Sara Ban Breathnach. A discovery journal is an excellent tool to hone in on what inspires you. You can use an artists sketch book or a 3-hole notebook or binder. Cut out pictures, colors, quotes or anything that catches your eye from magazines, postcards and gives you a feeling of joy. And after collecting for a while, you will discover that you are attracted to certain colors, styles or particular types of quotes keeps popping up. Pay attention and narrow down what really interests you and notice if you feel enthusiastic, energized, and excited.
- Be open to unlimited possibilities – Think outside the box. Expand your comfort level and be open to experiencing something different. Be bold and courageous enough to move into new territories without being afraid. Enjoy the benefit of grasping new concepts, new ideas and push your imagination even further.
Take some time today to spark your passion by tapping into your creativity, imagination and inspiration.
Gladys Anderson - Life Coach, Therapist, Author
Certified Life Coach, Family therapist and Group Coaching Specialist, Gladys M. Anderson, helps nurses, teachers, social workers, therapists and other care-giving women to set limits so they have more time, more joy and more energy for self-care. Get your copy of my FREE special report: Building Strong Boundaries to Create More Breathing Space in Your Hectic Life and stay in touch with me by email for more self-care tips.
Who Else Wants to End 2010 With a Bang?
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Summer has hardly settled into Autumn and already I’m starting to see Holiday advertisements long before I’m ready to even think about shopping, cooking, entertaining and decorating. Maybe it’s just me, but everything seems rushed and the weeks just seem to fly by.
I still have a lot to accomplish before year end and maybe you do too. And no matter how much you plan and organize, you are still adding to your to-do-list.
I don’t know about you but with a little over than 3 months left in 2010, I have many miles to go before I sleep!
So, who else wants to end 2010 with a bang?
I sure do.
And, here are some tips to give you a head start to end 2010 with a bang:
- Review your goals – Review the things you want to accomplish and If necessary, make adjustments to the goals you sent at the beginning on the year. Focus only on those goals that you can realistically achieve in the next fifty- three days.
- Create an action plan – An action plan is not your to do list! An action plan clearly details each step you will take to reach your goal. For example, you may want to finish your book before the end of year. So your plan would be to write 1-2 pages a day for an hour every day.
- Stay committed – If you are not committed to following your plan, you can easily be derailed by busy-ness, procrastination and intrusions.
- Get some rest – It’s difficult to follow your plan when you are overtired and frustrated. Don’t burn the candle at both ends or you will surely burnout and not have the energy to follow through.
- Organize – Clutter can easily cause you to be distracted and overwhelmed. Make sure your workspace is free of clutter so that you remain focused and clear.
As you approach the end of the year, keep in mind that it’s not too late to accomplish what you set out to do in January. Revise, review and reinvent how you want the last few months of the year to look. I’ll be doing the same and I would love for you to connect with me to share your progress.
Gladys M. Anderson Empowerment Specialist
Certified Life Coach, Family therapist and Group Coaching Specialist, Gladys M. Anderson, helps nurses, teachers, social workers, therapists and other care-giving women to set limits so they have more time, more joy and more energy for self-care. To get tips, start living out loud with more enthusiasm, energy, passion, and self-confidence now, get your FREE copy of Building Strong Boundaries to Create More Breathing Space in Your Hectic Life
Your life is a Sum Total of Your Responses to the Choices You Have Made
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Years ago, when I first heard the quote “our lives are the sum total of the choices we have made”, by Dr. Wayne Dyer, I quickly discounted it just as a lot of people do. Because I was so wrapped up in my “stories” about what should have happened that I didn’t see how I could possibly have been remotely responsible for how the choices I made were reflected in my life.
As I gave the quote more thought, I came to realize it had more meaning for me when I interpreted it this way – Your life is a sum total of your responses to the choices you have made. Maybe I’m taking too much liberty with Dr. Dyer’s quote but that’s a choice I get to make.
If you look at the quote as how the choices you made are connected to distressing thoughts, you take responsibility for your choices and are empowered to release the burden of unrealistic expectations you’ve placed on yourself and others.
We make choices every day, every minute and sometimes our choices don’t bring the desired results. It’s not the results that cause angst, it’s your response to it that causes stress. I made a choice to purchase one car over another and realized later that I hadn’t made the best choice for myself. Did I ruminate over it, stress over or spend time trying to figure out how I could reverse my choice. You bet I did! But, only for a short time. It was around the time I made my choice that I come across Dr. Dyer’s quote again. After that I put on my “other” thinking cap and decided I wouldn’t stress over it or question the reality of the choice I made.
Who knows, just maybe the universe designed that I would have this car and not another.
In Byron Katie’s book, Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
Had I attached to the thought that I made a bad decision, I would still be stressed, unable to appreciate the fact that I do have a reliable, safe car to drive and could have easily become attached to a stressful thought about a choice I made.
What about you? If you believe your life is a sum total of your responses to the choices you have made, how do you avoid attaching to stressful thoughts about the choices you’ve made? Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Until next time…
Gladys Anderson - Life Coach, Therapist, Author
Certified Life Coach, Family therapist and Group Coaching Specialist, Gladys M. Anderson, helps nurses, teachers, social workers, therapists and other care-giving women to set limits so they have more time, more joy and more energy for self-care.
Use Positive Affirmations To Manifest Prosperity
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Affirmations are the positive messages you send to your subconscious mind to replace negative, limiting, scarcity filled messages with new empowering positive messages.
It seems every time you pick up the newspaper or listen to the news, there’s a dour economic forecast. Soon, all the talk of economic disaster will filter into your subconscious forming limiting beliefs about what is possible for your life.
What thoughts are you allowing to roam freely in your mind about how prosperous you can be?
When you think of prosperity, do you immediately think of money? Do you worry that you won’t have enough for retirement or that you aren’t good enough…?
Having a scarcity mindset only serves to attracts more of the same. One simple way to curtail a mindset of lack is to use positive affirmations.
However, it’s important that the affirmations you allow into your subconscious mind are believable or they won’t be effective. The book, The Secret, teaches us that “we create our lives, with every thought every minute of every day”.
With so many thoughts going through your mind every minute, every day, which ones are beneficial in creating the prosperity and success you want in your life?
If I asked you to send the message to yourself “I am rich”, how effective would that be? If you don’t believe that’s true, neither will your subconscious mind! Positive affirmations must be put into words in a way that your subconscious mind won’t resist.
For example, the affirmation, “I am rich” can be rephrased in a way that is more believable, i.e., “I am open to becoming more prosperous every day”. This statement is not only more believable but it also creates a feeling of control and opens your mind to unlimited possibilities. Your mind won’t reject this positive affirmation because you are declaring you can imagine the possibility of it happening.
Here are a few powerfully positive affirmations to get you started:
- I am becoming more prosperous and successful every day.
- I am willing, ready and available to more good than I have ever experienced or imagined in my life.
- I am becoming more prosperous and successful every day.
- I use my thoughts and emotions to attract abundance effortlessly.
- I am open to the flow of great abundance in all areas of my life.
- I always have more than enough of everything I need.
- I create a better life one positive thought at a time.
- My day is filled with limitless potential in joy, abundance and love.
- Today I embrace simplicity, peace and solace.
- I expand my awareness of the hidden potential in each experience.
The more effort you put into sending positive affirmation to your subconscious mindset, the more prosperity you will attract in your life.
And, in the meantime, if you are serious about setting strong boundaries, clearing more time in your busy schedule for self-care and want to live a harmonious life then I invite you get my FREE special report, Building Strong Boundaries to Give You More Breathing Space in Your Hectic Life
Gladys Anderson - Life Coach, Therapist, Author
Gladys Anderson, founder of Coach for YOUR Dreams, is a certified life coach, licensed marriage and family therapist, writer and speaker. Gladys combines years of experience, training and a genuine commitment to helping nurses, teachers, therapists and other care giving women to set limits so they have more time, and energy to devote to self-care
It’s Always the Time to Celebrate YOU!
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Get out the candles, balloons and confetti and let’s party! It’s always the time to celebrate YOU by honoring your accomplishments! Rejoice in the things you did; the things you didn’t do; and your victories – big and small.
How many times have you worked hard to get a promotion, struggled and sacrificed to loose that final 10 pounds, or passed a class with flying colors only to let the accomplishment pass by with hardly a notice?
Were you that busy or just didn’t think it worthy of celebration?
Women are notorious for downplaying the valuable and worthwhile things we do and easily forgo the significance of rewards for a job done well. Traditionally, with the exception of Mother’s Day, women don’t commemorate accomplishments such as going through a difficult time and coming out victorious; maintaining an orderly and clean household, or throwing and organizing a party with pizazz.
Men, on the other hand, have always been encouraged to observe their achievements – promotions, fatherhood, and sporting victories. Although, women are out in the world making a difference everyday, we still need to stop and remind ourselves to breathe and pat ourselves on the back for jobs well done.
So what will you do to make sure you take notice of your successes?
If you’ve completed a class, lost weight, decluttered a drawer, organized an event, volunteered or kept a commitment to yourself – you have something to celebrate NOW. And, no rewarding yourself for the good things you do is not being self indulgent or conceited. Simply put, you Celebrate the “being” of you! by taking time to acknowledge your contributions and achievements . If you’re not in the habit of doing things to Celebrate YOU, then the following can serve as a guide:
- Buy a bouquet of flowers for yourself – this is one of my favorites and you can do this not just to celebrate but anytime you need a lift.
- Delight in a day of pampering – Give someone a chance to serve you instead of the other way around. If you usually do your own hair or nails, schedule an appointment at a salon to get the pampering you deserve.
- Toot your own horn – Plan a milestone birthday party just the way you want it. Or you don’t have to wait for a birthday. Why not plan a Tuesday party and celebrate all the good things that have happened in your life on a Tuesday or a particular date in a month.
- Treat yourself to a fun activity that you rarely make time to do. For example, plan to schedule an afternoon movie marathon. Even if you spend a Sunday afternoon watching Lifetime Movies, do that – if it’s something you enjoy.
- Indulge in some deliciously sinful dessert or some other treat you usually pass up. Even while watching the calories, you can still treat yourself in moderation.
Let’s hear all the unique and creative ways you celebrate your victories! Leave your comments here on the blog.
Gladys Anderson - Life Coach, Therapist, Author
Gladys Anderson, founder of Coach for YOUR Dreams, is a certified life coach, licensed marriage and family therapist, writer and speaker. Gladys combines years of experience, training and a genuine commitment to helping nurses, teachers, therapists and other care giving women to set limits so they have more time, and energy to devote to self-care.
How to Avoid Giving Up YOU While Giving to Others
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Do you open your gifts with wild abandonment, ripping off the paper as fast as you can or are you like me, someone who gingerly opens gifts being extra careful not to destroy the wrapping?
My friends will tell you that I savor opening gifts, delicately taking my time carefully unwrapping it, making sure I don’t rip the paper and I usually save it to repurpose, particularly if it’s attractively wrapped. For my type A personality friends, who hurriedly rip open their gifts leaving behind a trail of jumbled paper, all the attention I give to unwrapping gifts must drive them nuts.
But, I also enjoy carefully selecting and giving gifts as much as I enjoy receiving them.
The catch-22 is that most of the time, you are more comfortable giving to others than you are giving to yourself. Your families, friends, and other relationships get gifts wrapped in pretty wrapped gifts and unparalleled attention while you’re simmering on the back burner waiting for some illusive time when you will take care of YOU.
If you want to get crystal clear about how to avoid giving up YOU while giving to others, here are a few gift suggestions for you:
- Give up trying to be perfect. Give up trying to be the perfect partner, the perfect employee, the perfect hostess, the perfect parent, the perfect daughter, or perfect friend. You may never throw a party like Martha Stewart, or organize your workspace and empty empty your inbox but what you can have is the ability to accept the situation as it is. There is such a thing as “good enough” and when you’ve done your best – it’s good enough. The expectation of perfection is a recipe for burnout, resentment and frustration. Remember, someone else’s expectations of you and for you may not be your reality.
- Set strong boundaries around your energy. Take a hard look at the energy zappers in your life – TV, gossip, people who zap your energy with negativity, criticizers and complainers. Sort through these energy zappers and see which of them you can remove or at least limit your exposure to them.
- Give up having to know everything in advance before you take action. Planning is a beautiful thing but when you spend significant amounts of time trying to figure out every possible scenario before making a decision, you are actually worrying which just adds unnecessary stress to your life. Put yourself on auto-response. Auto response means you don’t get caught up in every little detail. You’re not trying to figure out every possible contingency. You do, however. make carefully thought out decisions and take responsibility for your actions.
- Don’t give up on you while giving to others. If you’re continually running on empty, putting off taking care of yourself and not doing what it takes to stay emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually healthy, it will be impossible for you to have anything left to give.
Until next time…
Gladys Anderson - Life Coach, Therapist, Author
Gladys Anderson, founder of Coach for YOUR Dreams, is a certified life coach, licensed marriage and family therapist, writer and speaker. Gladys combines years of experience, training and a genuine commitment to helping nurses, teachers, therapists and other care giving women to set limits so they have more time, and energy to devote to self-care.
The Secrets To Staying Young, Being Happy And Achieving Success
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You don’t have to get struck by a bolt of lightning or have a degree in rocket science to know the secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success as is so eloquently revealed in the story I’m sharing with you today.
I first came across the story of an 87-year old wise, determined woman while I was attending grad school. Her profound wisdom, energy and determination inspired and motivated me to keep going…
The story of this sage octogenarian very clearly illustrates what can happen when you are focused, determined, committed and willing to follow your dream.
I hope these words will also inspire and trigger you to take action NOW to pursue your dreams.
Here’s the story:
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a Smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, “Hi, handsome! My name is Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel.”
“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have
motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop.
I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up. At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her 3×5 cards on the floor.
Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order, so let me just tell you what I know.” As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began:
“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor everyday. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead, and they don’t even know it!” she said.
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn 20 years old. If I am 87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added.
“The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”
She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose”. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the years end, Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be. ~Author Unknown
Re-reading this story has inspired me to commit to another one of my dreams – writing an outline for my book! What about you? What steps are you committed to taking right now that will get you closer to achieving YOUR dream?
Gladys Anderson, founder of Coach for YOUR Dreams, is a certified life coach, licensed marriage and family therapist, writer and speaker. Gladys combines years of experience, training and a genuine commitment to helping nurses, therapists, teachers and other caregivers balance the many demands on their time and energy, create boundaries that shift balance from overwhelm to energized, and live their lives with courage, confidence and clarity.
Look Within to Find Your Way Home
Posted by: | CommentsDo you recall the characters from the Wizard of Oz?
They all thought something was missing from their lives and they just had to find the missing piece …
- Dorothy dreamed of finding her way home to Kansas
- The Tin Man thought he would be happy if he only had a heart
- The Scarecrow believed he would be happy when he had a brain
- The Cowardly lion thought he would find happiness with some courage
Just as a lot of us do, they all were looking for answers outside of themselves. And is most often the case, all we need is already is within our reach.
The characters in the Wizard of Oz thought they didn’t have what they needed to be happy.
In case you need a gentle reminder from your friendly wizard about what it takes to get unstuck, joyful, courageous, and confident, here are a few things to think about:
- When you can’t find your true self and feel lost, clear your mind of limiting thoughts. Open yourself us to the answers that are deep within you. The more open you are to receiving the answers, the more of your authentic self will be uncovered. Sometimes you may need the help of a wise wizard to get you on your way.
- Fear is a limiting emotion when it keeps you stuck thinking the same negative thoughts about what you can or cannot do. Start with baby steps until you are comfortable taking larger steps that will get the results you want.
- Live your dream. You dream is uniquely yours. No one can take away your dream or live it. If you know deep inside there is something you want to do, you may need the support of a coach or trusted friend to help you sort out all the pieces.
- Think positive, affirming thoughts to ward off negativity and doubt about what you are capable of doing.
Remember, the only thing that kept Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow from getting what they wanted was their own thoughts. Change how you think and the solutions you desire will be evident.
What thoughts are holding you back from finding your way home?
Share your thoughts, observations, and comments…I would love to hear from you.
Gladys Anderson - Life Coach, Therapist, Author
Gladys Anderson, founder of Coach for YOUR Dreams, is a certified life coach, licensed marriage and family therapist, writer and speaker. Gladys combines years of experience, training and a genuine commitment to helping nurses, therapists, teachers and other caregivers balance the many demands on their time and energy, create boundaries that shift balance from overwhelm to energized, and live their lives with courage, confidence and clarity.
No More Excuses – Turn Limiting Beliefs into Empowering Thoughts
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Do you hold self limiting beliefs about yourself and what you can do, be or have?
A limiting belief is a deep seated thought formed by family, culture, society or group. It’s a belief that guides how you live your life, either consciously or subconsciously. Often, these beliefs place restrictions on who you can become and what you can achieve. Limiting beliefs can easily morph into a litany of excuses for not moving forward in your life.
We all make excuses at some time in our lives…but the reality is whether or not you allow limiting beliefs to transform your life or maintain the status quo.
Your excuse may be that you’re waiting for the right time, the right place, right circumstances and your statements are peppered with “I don’t have enough money, time, resources”; “I’ve tried to..; someday.., etc.
Excuses only reinforce the limiting beliefs you have about yourself and your life allowing it to thrive with no sign of ending in sight.
What excuses or limiting beliefs keeps you from living your best life?
Henry Ford once said, “If you think you can…. or if you think you can’t…you’re right!” It all depends on what you believe about yourself. You can do anything you want if you believe you can!
Your thoughts are a direct route to your feelings. Your feelings affect your behavior. And, consequently, your behavior is the end result of your thoughts. It all begins with your thoughts, since you have to allow a thought for it to become a belief.
Your beliefs determine what you think is or is not possible. More often than not they prove to be self-fulfilling prophecies. Once a belief is formed, your mind works overtime to prove it right, even if the belief is something negative like “nobody cares about me” or “I can’t…”
How to change limiting beliefs to empowering thoughts:
- Be brutally honest about your beliefs by writing them down.
- List all the self-limiting beliefs you currently have, for example:
- I can’t have what I want under any circumstances.
- I lack the ability to achieve what I want.
- I don’t deserve to have what I want because of something I am/am not or have/have not done.
Challenge your limiting beliefs by asking yourself:
- “Is it always that way?’, ‘Do I ever…?”,
- “How do I know that to be true?”
- “Who/where would I be if I didn’t believe this thought?”
Once you have identified and challenged each of your limiting beliefs, you are now ready to turn them into empowering thoughts!
Use this example of an empowering thought to get you started:
I am willing…I’m ready…I’m available to more good than I have ever imagined or experienced at any time in my life
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Until Next time…
Gladys Anderson - Life Coach, Therapist, Author
Gladys Anderson, founder of Coach for YOUR Dreams, is a certified life coach, licensed marriage and family therapist, writer and speaker. Gladys combines years of experience, training and a genuine commitment to helping nurses, therapists, teachers and other caregivers balance the many demands on their time and energy, create boundaries that shift balance from overwhelm to energized, and live their lives with courage, confidence and clarity
3 Tips to Set Strong Boundaries
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Your boundary is the invisible shield you put up to protect the many demands placed on your time, energy, and resources.
Visualize your boundary as a shield that protects you from energy drainers, time takers and resource stealers. Protect your boundaries by learning to say NO.
Begin setting strong boundaries by using these 3 tips:
Practice – Practice saying NO. You always have the power to say NO to any request just as others have the power to say NO to your requests. When you say NO to a request for money, time, gifts or commitments, you are in essence asserting your power and authenticity. You get to set your own boundaries. You take charge of your time, energy and resources. If you are in the habit of saying YES when you would rather say NO, it may not be easy for you to begin saying NO. But by practicing saying NO you’ll find that you’re relieved from over-commitment, guilt, and frustration and free up time for you to engage in the activities that are meaningful to you. Saying no to things you would rather not do is like giving yourself a high five!
Prioritize – Take charge of your time – when you are asked to run the PTA bake sale and you are already organizing the class reunion, tutoring, and going to school at night, saying NO to those things that will tax your energy, time and resources will give you the freedom to make choices based on what’s most important to you. You might say something like, “Thanks for thinking of me but I have another commitment” or “I won’t be able to do “that” this time.
Taking control of how you spend your time is essential to setting strong boundaries.
Patience – Old habits die hard, especially when you have been mired in the same old pattern for years. Be gentle with yourself and allow for setbacks but keep in mind you’re in charge. Change will be difficult for the people around you too. They want you to keep doing, giving and saying yes. This is how they get their needs met. Look at the changes you are making as if it were a dance: Women are used to following in a dance, right. Just picture yourself as the leader; you’re leading the way to healthy boundary making. So when you change your step in the dance, the other person must change theirs – either they follow your lead or they don’t, but you’re still in charge. So, why not take the lead and show others the way?
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Until Next time…
Gladys Anderson - Life Coach, Therapist, Author
Gladys Anderson, founder of Coach for YOUR Dreams, is a certified life coach, licensed marriage and family therapist, writer and speaker. Gladys combines years of experience, training and a genuine commitment to helping nurses, therapists, teachers and other caregivers balance the many demands on their time and energy, create boundaries that shift balance from overwhelm to energized, and live their lives with courage, confidence and clarity.
