Archive for Coaching
Simplicity Makeover Program
Posted by: | CommentsI am working on a comprehensive program that will help people simplify many aspects of their lives. It should be unwrapped this month. Is there anything you want to make sure I include?
Set Up for Failure
Posted by: | CommentsDo you make sure you can’t win? I was discussing this with a client today.
We sometimes think only huge activities can move our goals forward, but they are so difficult to achieve we will feel like failures if we don’t make it.
But, the small actions don’t seem like enough. Whoppee if we succeed. It was because it wasn’t worth anything.
Do you see how this is setting ourselves up for failure?
If you feel you need to spend an hour in the gym every day to achieve your health goal and miss a day, you feel awful. But, those 6 glasses of water you drank achieving your tiny goal, didn’t seem to do anything. So even though you succeeded you feel like a failure.
I think it is time to celebrate all the little successes that will let us reach our bigger goal.
Plans for the Next 3 Months
Posted by: | CommentsThis past weekend I was discussing with my family things we might do this coming season – autumn for us. I’ve noted lately that some of my goals have been really dry. I thought instead of thinking goals I would think of things I wanted and my family wanted.
So here is what we came up with:
- Reread the Thursday Next series
- Have sparkling apple juice
- Get cider
- Play with life skills with the kids
- Read the newest Harry Potter
- Celebrate my Dad’s, Father-in-Law, Sister-in-Law, Aunt and my birthdays
- Go biking
- Go hiking
- The Declutter Club
- Finish the 2008 calendar – still playing with the theme, declutter or something else?
- Play checkers and Sorry
- Feel healthy and energetic
- Learn more about prayer to go along with the series at church
- Make soup, stew and chilli
- Go to a craft show
We’ve already made caramel apples, bought HoneyCrisp apples at the Farmer’s Market, made soup, went to a craft show and had candy corn.
What do you want to do?
Coaches are For Everyone
Posted by: | CommentsAfter years of obscurity, coaching is finally getting media attention.
CBS wrote an article on how people are using coaches as outside help in all areas of life. Including a fellow Family Manager Coach, Phoebe Coles.
With so many demands on our time, people are looking for help getting where they want to go, faster. And the personal attention helps people move forward on their goals.
Article: Life Coaches are for Everyone
Video: CBS News
If you are interested in coaching yourself you can find Coaching FAQ and a Coaching quiz at EncouragingCoach.
If you are in the West Michigan area and are looking for a Family Manager Makeover you can visit:
Interview with a Former Client
Posted by: | CommentsOne of my favorite clients, Holly, has really been spreading her wings. She is part of a blogging community that wants to make connections with people.
Holly interviewed me for the site, and you can read the interview here:
And here are the seven themes of Create a Connection
Next Declutter Group Starts Oct 1
Posted by: | CommentsIs Clutter Overwhelming You?
Quit waiting for your home to get decluttered on its own. Get a handle on the clutter in your house by working together, breaking it down and following a simple guide.
Join Certified Family Manager Coach, Beth Dargis of My Simpler Life as she coaches you to enjoy a more serene home.
LIMITED SPACES – Starts Oct 1,2007
http://www.enc ouragingcoach.com/programs-decluttergroup.htm
Weekly Simplicity Tips
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1. Make a list of things to think about before you commit to them.
2. Turn off the cell phone some evenings.
3. Keep negative media off – you can be informed without being mired in negativity.
4. Declutter old newspapers and magazines – newspapers stay no longer than a week, magazines go the day the new one arrives.
5. Keep umbrellas in all your vehicles and by the front & back door.
6. Outsource, delegate or trade one disliked task.
7. What hobby sounds fun to try?
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I am setting up my spring list of clients. If you would like one-on-one coaching in simplifying your life read Getting Started with Coaching:
http://www.encouragingcoach.com/coaching-started.htm
If that sounds good than you can set up a free exploratory session to see if we fit well together here:
http://www.encouragingcoach.com/coaching-free-session.htm
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Get your Weekly Tips and Declutter Calendar here:
Fully Alive
Posted by: | Comments“Simplicity is the examined life richly lived. It is asking ourselves what’s important, what matters. We all think that someday we’ll start living. But few of us feel fully alive.” -Cecile Andrews
If your idea of a good day is just making it through it, it may be time to ask yourself some questions. What’s important to you? What matters in your life? Who do you love? Where is your passion? What will make you feel fully alive?
Take some time this week to write/draw/paint some answers to these questions.
Weekly Simplicity Tips
Posted by: | Comments1. Don’t rush today.
2. Line up your annual checkups.
3. Spend 10 minutes this morning in quiet.
4. Look at your entry, does anything need freshening up?
5. Write down action steps for one project.
6. Try to save $10 on groceries this week.
7. Have a time limit on your chores.
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Weekly Simplicity Tips
Posted by: | Comments1. Put up your new calendar.
2. Have only one in box for papers to sort daily or every other day.
3. Break down a project you are procrastinating on, to the smallest next action possible.
4. Get into the habit of clearing your desk every day.
5. Take care of one pile of paper – decide what to do with every piece.
6. Plan on the one thing you will do tomorrow – no excuses.
7. What do you enjoy about your life right now?
