Choose Yes

Choose more "YES" in your life! When you participateapplause. . . . Our most natural impulses were thwarted
in something that you love, you experience a naturaland distorted. We were like lava channeled into plastic
excitement, a "passionate eagerness." This enthusiasmmolds."The antidote? Step toward that YES in your life,
takes on a life of its own, if allowed to flourish, andfind things you love doing and just do them! If you
seeks more "YES" experience. So, whether you lovealready have a life filled with that, Go You! - and take it
to garden, write fiction, travel, or have breakfast in bed,to the next level. If you do not know where to start,
the actual doing is so rewarding that it changes you. Itshere are some ideas:Something physical - dance,
positive reinforcement causes you to be on thetennis, exercise, massage
lookout for other things you love doing in a verySomething creative - give a party, write an article,
healthy, seemingly subconscious way.In fact, the worddecorate a room, paint in watercolors
"enthusiasm" comes from a Greek root meaning "GodSomething visual - make art, assemble an outfit, take
within." Enthusiasm can be sensed as feedback fromphotographs, draw, plan a garden
our internal, Divine guidance system: "YES! Go here!"ASomething tactile - knitting, clay, sailing, needlework
balanced and healthy life, for most people, requiresSomething kinesthetic - singing, weaving, gardening,
generous helpings of experiences along this emotionaldrumming, sports
spectrum: liking, enjoying, pleasure, fun, loving, bliss, joy,Something auditory - music, poetry, theater, being out
passion and exhilaration. I have worked with clientsin the sounds of nature
whose effectiveness in their work and overallSomething spiritual - meditate, pray, sing, be with a pet,
satisfaction in their lives increased dramatically whensit by a lake.As you do more what you truly love, a
they began to take better care of themselves in thisjoie de vivre comes into being that is truly a thing of
arena.But many of us have been trained in a differentbeauty.If you're considering hiring a coach to help you
direction. Our work-oriented culture tells us that wechoose yes, contact me for an initial consultation at no
should be accomplishing more, not enjoying more.charge.Sources:
Many of us put our own needs and desires last on ourMarianne Williamson, A Woman's Worth
lists, and guess what? We never get to them. If you'reOxford English DictionaryCopyright 2003, Sharon
able to see this pattern in yourself, then you canTeitelbaum, all rights reserved.Sharon Teitelbaum, a
change it.Some of us have not been encouraged toWork-Life and Career Coach, works with high
trust our enthusiasm. Marianne Williamson, in herachieving women with young children, people at
visionary book, A Woman's Worth, points out that asmid-career, and professionals seeking greater career
girls, many of us were taught that our passions, oursatisfaction and work-life balance. She coaches by
bliss, and our lusts were suspect, and that our naturalphone and in person in Boston. Her newsletter,
exuberance was met with disapproval. SheStrategies For Change, offers practical tips for
writes:"The lost girl is still within us - the girl who wasn'twork-life success.Getting Unstuck Without Coming
allowed to blossom, the girl whose natural childhoodUnglued: Restoring Work-Life Balance, Sharon's first
instincts were unnaturally capped at puberty. . . . Webook, was published in 2005.A motivational speaker,
were treated with suspicious looks at the verySharon also also delivers keynotes & workshops on
moments someone should have been turning up thework-life issues.