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