Usually when we use the word ‘stress’ we’re referring to so-called ‘bad’ stress or DIStress. But did you know there is a name for good stress? Eustress, pronounced YOU-stress, is a term coined by endocrinologist Hans Selye who studied the impact of stress on the mind and body. Eu comes from the Greek meaning well or good and suggests that there is indeed such a thing as healthy stress.
So, What Is Eustress and Why is it Important?
Well, without eustress we are not equipped to deal with excitement and/or challenge in our lives.
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Summer is a time for relaxing and recharging our batteries. But whether it’s a staycation, a trip to the family cabin on the lake or a trip somewhere exotic our clients often find it difficult to make this transition. And sometimes people put so many expectations on the holidays that they end up disappointed.
Over the summer, most (non-tourism based!) businesses move to a slower pace. We go on vacations, take longer lunches, enjoy longer evenings, long weekends and lazy Sundays – and these all give people an opportunity to slow down, reflect and enjoy life a little more.
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This reflective journaling exercise will put you in touch with what you want and need and give you a sense of replenishment, stress release and authentic well-being.
Simply follow the simple steps below for your Reflective Journaling Exercise experience: Book a ½ hour into your schedule. Call it “Time for Self-Reflection” (book this activity in and it is more likely to happen). Prepare for this self-care/self-reflection date by deciding where you will take it (at home, during a break at work, at a café, on a bench in a park…) and get your supplies ready. You will need your Read More…
Kacie was so excited she sent me this awesome postcard she created to promote her “Spring Clean Your Life” Teleseminar – using our Spring Clean Your Life Toolpack!
And I was so excited, I wanted to share this inspiring example of a coach, promoting herself, getting out there and creating a Coaching Program/Workshop using Coaching Tools & Exercises.
And who knows? Maybe you’re inspired to attend Kacie’s teleseminar…
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It’s wonderful when we can learn powerful lessons from movies. The experience can be so visceral that we feel tremendously impacted. So, there are two wonderful documentaries out there that I highly recommend you rent.
“What? What is this? I’m reading this to be a better coach. Not to build my DVD collection.”
Bear with me. The first movie is “Children Will Listen” where 100 students from Inner City schools all converged to perform a production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods”. The other movie is “Yellow Brick Road,” which follows a production of “The Wizard of Oz” with a Read More…
I was writing a teleseminar this week about ‘concretizing’ coaching – finding ways to demonstrate the value and power of coaching in a tangible way. And it reminded me of a turning point in my coaching business several years ago – a coaching program I created that got me 12 clients in 2 weeks. It literally took me ONE day to put it together – the morning to plan and outline it, and the afternoon to create the poster and words. My first new client signed up that very afternoon (my mortgage broker who had stopped in to get Read More…
As a culture, we do have a tendency to focus on the negative. That’s why I liked this timely article by Master Coach Steve Mitten. I found myself thinking not only on the question Steve asks at the end, but “What would be MY 7 Beautiful Virtues?”. Well see what you think of Steve’s virtues – and why not comment on this article with YOUR 7 Beautiful Virtues below?
Over the Easter Holiday, my local newspaper ran an article on the “7 Deadly Sins”. This term attributed to Charles Dickens refers to the biblical sins of Pride, Envy, Anger, Read More…
OK, so I felt excited to write this post after having some great discussions on LinkedIn this week.
LinkedIn really does seem to be the way forward for networking with other coaches, meeting potential clients in a professional context, sharing experiences, lessons learned, great resources and articles and having discussions. So many of us work alone in a home office so these groups are a great place to ‘meet’ like-minded people, ask questions, share ideas and/or best practices and stay inspired about our coaching community!
Here are 10 Great LinkedIn Groups for Coaches:
International Coach Federation This Group has been Read More…
And now for something a little different! With New Year upon us and many of us and our clients trying to eat more healthily I thought this made interesting reading. And I loved the parallels in this article between nutrition facts and self-help facts – I’m sure you’ve seen some of these with your clients like 1) A wish to believe the ‘facts’ that suit us and ignore facts that don’t or 2) How easily people can get stuck collecting facts and end up in ‘analysis paralysis’, 3) Don’t believe the hype! or 4) That ‘facts’ can be a moving Read More…
Why would anyone pay for a Life Coach? Never be flummoxed by this question again – read the inspiring answer that coach David Frank Gomes gave when he spotted this question on the social media question and answer site Quora.
So, Why would anyone pay for a Life Coach?
How you spend the energy we call money depends on what you value, so I might ask the same question about why anyone would spend money on a TV, as I don’t see the value in having one and have lived without one for almost a decade.
If you value exploring Read More…
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