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Reframing Resolutions

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There’s something appealing about a New Year’s resolution. I am giving myself another chance. How cool is that? We normally want others to give us just one more chance! How appealing it is to take responsibility for my life and what better way than to give myself another chance.

It’s a redo. Or maybe a repeat. A redefine? It’s a re-solution! Why should one solution be the only solution for my life? I am a changing and dynamic human being. Each day is an opportunity to re-solve my life.

By doing this, I am taking responsibility. The finger points back at me, right? I redirect my thoughts to the only person that I can control. I can control myself, my thoughts, my actions. 

A good place to start is with my thoughts. I have the power to reframe any thought that comes into my head to be a useful thought. Have you ever, for example, felt deep sorrow for a loss in your life? Did you spend months, maybe years, mourning that loss, dwelling on the impact it made on your life? The exciting thing is that I have the power to decide to transform those thoughts, when the time is right for me. I reframe a thought of “my life is empty because he/she/they is no longer there” to “I have an opportunity to find and make new friends. I now have the time to seek the company of people who nourish me.” Or even, “I now can devote time to nourishing others.”

What thought is begging to be reframed in your head? Sometimes we need a little help sorting through and untangling these thoughts. Call or email me to schedule a complimentary coaching session.

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Is a New Year’s Resolution Right for You?

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Do you feel like you’ve tried just about everything to get your life into balance? Every book? Every website? Every service – from massage to chiropractic to acupuncture? Maybe this year will be different. I will set a goal. It will be realistic but not too easy. There has to be a stretch so that the goal feels like I really accomplished something. This year I will do it right.

What would it look like to step off the New Year’s Resolution hamster wheel? What would it look like to live everyday feeling good in your skin? Can you imagine waking up feeling refreshed from a good night’s sleep and your first thoughts are of gratitude for another day full of opportunity?

I am reminded of a saying about life: pain is inevitable, suffering is not. Each day brings a challenge of some sort. It might be physical or emotional pain. It might be a difficult relationship. It might be a thorny workplace problem. What would it be like to wake up NOT dreading the challenges of the day? 

Every day. Yes, every single day – not just the days in January – it is possible to wake up and take on the day with confidence. I can take inventory of my life. I do have internal and external resources to draw upon.  I can create a plan that brings balance to my life. I don’t have to worry about getting it perfect. 

I will choose to live my very best life every single day. That is the only resolution I need to make.

Choose to flourish. Call or email me to schedule a complimentary consultation.