| Choose more "YES" in your life! When you participate | | | | applause. . . . Our most natural impulses were thwarted |
| in something that you love, you experience a natural | | | | and distorted. We were like lava channeled into plastic |
| excitement, a "passionate eagerness." This enthusiasm | | | | molds."The antidote? Step toward that YES in your life, |
| takes on a life of its own, if allowed to flourish, and | | | | find things you love doing and just do them! If you |
| seeks more "YES" experience. So, whether you love | | | | already 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. Its | | | | here are some ideas:Something physical - dance, |
| positive reinforcement causes you to be on the | | | | tennis, exercise, massage |
| lookout for other things you love doing in a very | | | | Something creative - give a party, write an article, |
| healthy, seemingly subconscious way.In fact, the word | | | | decorate a room, paint in watercolors |
| "enthusiasm" comes from a Greek root meaning "God | | | | Something visual - make art, assemble an outfit, take |
| within." Enthusiasm can be sensed as feedback from | | | | photographs, draw, plan a garden |
| our internal, Divine guidance system: "YES! Go here!"A | | | | Something tactile - knitting, clay, sailing, needlework |
| balanced and healthy life, for most people, requires | | | | Something kinesthetic - singing, weaving, gardening, |
| generous helpings of experiences along this emotional | | | | drumming, sports |
| spectrum: liking, enjoying, pleasure, fun, loving, bliss, joy, | | | | Something auditory - music, poetry, theater, being out |
| passion and exhilaration. I have worked with clients | | | | in the sounds of nature |
| whose effectiveness in their work and overall | | | | Something spiritual - meditate, pray, sing, be with a pet, |
| satisfaction in their lives increased dramatically when | | | | sit by a lake.As you do more what you truly love, a |
| they began to take better care of themselves in this | | | | joie de vivre comes into being that is truly a thing of |
| arena.But many of us have been trained in a different | | | | beauty.If you're considering hiring a coach to help you |
| direction. Our work-oriented culture tells us that we | | | | choose 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 our | | | | Marianne Williamson, A Woman's Worth |
| lists, and guess what? We never get to them. If you're | | | | Oxford English DictionaryCopyright 2003, Sharon |
| able to see this pattern in yourself, then you can | | | | Teitelbaum, all rights reserved.Sharon Teitelbaum, a |
| change it.Some of us have not been encouraged to | | | | Work-Life and Career Coach, works with high |
| trust our enthusiasm. Marianne Williamson, in her | | | | achieving women with young children, people at |
| visionary book, A Woman's Worth, points out that as | | | | mid-career, and professionals seeking greater career |
| girls, many of us were taught that our passions, our | | | | satisfaction and work-life balance. She coaches by |
| bliss, and our lusts were suspect, and that our natural | | | | phone and in person in Boston. Her newsletter, |
| exuberance was met with disapproval. She | | | | Strategies For Change, offers practical tips for |
| writes:"The lost girl is still within us - the girl who wasn't | | | | work-life success.Getting Unstuck Without Coming |
| allowed to blossom, the girl whose natural childhood | | | | Unglued: Restoring Work-Life Balance, Sharon's first |
| instincts were unnaturally capped at puberty. . . . We | | | | book, was published in 2005.A motivational speaker, |
| were treated with suspicious looks at the very | | | | Sharon also also delivers keynotes & workshops on |
| moments someone should have been turning up the | | | | work-life issues. |