Posts Tagged ‘appreciation of life’
Achieve A Balanced Working Life Part 3
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
What stops you enjoying more balance in your life? I’m choosing the word ‘enjoying’ deliberately, because so many people seem to find the pursuit of balance to be a struggle.
Many of my corporate coaching clients report difficulty in creating and sustaining a good balance between their professional life and their personal life. This tension between work and home is often given the name ‘work/life balance’. I detest this expression because it implies that somehow work is separate from the rest of life. The reality is that our lives are like casseroles, and work is one of the major ingredients.
Tags: appreciation of life, coaching tools, Dealing with Change, life coaching, life coaching tips, self improvement, stimulation and motivation, work life balance
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Achieve GREATer Happiness in 5 Steps!
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
I read a fascinating article recently about research into happiness. Scientists have identified that day to day happiness is a simple formula that has 5 ingredients. The good news is that all 5 are within our control.
Tags: achieving happiness, appreciation of life, ideas on motivation, Love your work, making positive change, personal development coaching, positive change, self improvement, self reflection, stimulation and motivation, time management
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Got the Blues?
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Today, I noticed that a number of my coaching clients seemed a little down. Some of them shared downright sadness. Since I’ve been feeling a little down myself, it got me wondering if there’s something in the air today (apart from pollen!) creating a collective case of the blues.
Tags: appreciation of life, business coaching, cause and effect, coaching, depression, emotional intelligence, Executive coaching, ideas on motivation, life coaching, negativity at work, reflection, responding to negativity, self improvement
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How to Really Enjoy Daily Life
Monday, July 12th, 2010
About a year ago, I went for a walk with a group of friends on a Sunday afternoon. I arrived for the walk tired and frazzled from the long car journey and preoccupied by my own thoughts. A friend had brought her young daughter with her to the walk, and this child transformed my day in lasting ways.
Tags: appreciation of life, being present, happiness, Love your work, Restoration of self, self improvement, stimulation and motivation, taking things for granted
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The Joys of Jet Lag
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
I’m writing this blog post at 1am, completely unable to sleep after getting back from my ‘volcation’ in CA. There is no doubt that it is very boring not being able to sleep when you want to, and when everyone else in your house is asleep, and when you know that you’re likely to be grumpy tomorrow. At first, when I sat down to write this, I thought I might write something humorous about all the things that become dangerous when you have jet lag: sharp knives, difficult math problems, driving, tasks requiring accuracy, ironing (proximity to very hot thing, ditto cooking)…and then I started to muse on the blessings of jet lag.
Tags: appreciation of life, insomnia, jet lag, rebalance, Restoration of self
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The ‘Gap’ – Part 1
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Have you ever achieved something, and the minute you achieved it you wanted something else? I sometimes think that our unending desires must be hardwired into our operating system as human beings.
Just this morning, I was out walking my dogs (where all my best thinking happens) and reflecting on some professional goals that I’ve recently achieved. I was feeling great about my work, and noticing how the changes I’ve been making are bringing about outcomes that are pleasing to me in my day to day life. Just as I was really noticing how good I was feeling, new desires stole up on me, and I glimpsed some new goals out on the horizon.
Tags: Abraham-Hicks, appreciation of life, goals, Jerry and Esther Hicks, Leadership Skills, self improvement
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We Are Who We Choose To Be
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
I was recently sent a link to this fabulous clip of Will Smith being interviewed by Tavis Smiley. Here are my 5 favourite things about what Will Smith has to say, and you can watch the video clip below.
Tags: appreciation of life, cause and effect, ideas on motivation, Leadership Skills, Paulo Coehlo The Alchemist, self actualisation, self improvement, the law of attraction, Will Smith and Travis Smiley interview
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In praise of looking
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Tomorrow I’m going to be doing one of my favourite activities – taking a day off and spending it wandering around the National Gallery in London with a like-minded friend. As some of you know, for many years I worked as an art historian with the National Trust. I was very fortunate to do the work that I did, not least because I worked closely with beautiful things all day long.
Tags: appreciation of life, ideas on motivation, Leadership Skills, Restoration of self, stimulation and motivation, what motivates you
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Kate Warren is the founder of Brightlife. She is a leader in the field of personal and professional development, and is a sought-after speaker, teacher, and coach. Kate is passionate about helping people to unlock their personal and professional potential. She is an NLP Master Practitioner, a Certified NLP Coach, a Master of Group Leadership Dynamics, and the U.K.'s first certified WealthyMind™ trainer. In 2008 her business success was recognised when she was invited to join ‘Courvoisier the Future 500’, an elite group of the 500 rising stars of British business.
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