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Empowering Little Gestures

Last week I took my very dirty car to the car wash; I was glad that I remembered to take it in on Tuesday. Every Tuesday is “Ladies Day” at Danny’s Family car wash (link has locations) and they give me a small discount. Imagine my surprise when the cashier rang up the regular price with…
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Coaching Through Rude Behavior

I was tired from working late the day before but went into the office early to try and get some overdue actions done while it was quiet and before my staff arrived and the next 8 hours of back to back meetings started. I made the mistake of answering the phone; the male voice asked…
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Coaching To Slow Down

“Smile, breath, and go slowly” – Thich Nhat Hanh Sometimes in our world of technology and many choices of different stimulations it is easy to become overwhelmed and rush from one thing to the next. My last post on mindfulness was about being in each moment and noticing the things around you. This week it’s…
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Coaching for Mindfulness

I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite “National Speaker Association (NSA)” people, Dr. Michelle May, MD, give her speech about mindful eating this past week. She was our NSA Arizona chapter president last year and is very busy with taking her business across the U.S. and to eight other countries around the…
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Coaching to Celebrate Progress & Success

This is the fourth post in a series of using your internalGPS to navigate to your big destinations: Where are you now? Current location – Dec. 20 What are your irresistible destinations? – Dec. 27 How do you overcome obstacles – Jan. 3 Celebrating progress and success – Today Small Steps “Do not fear going…
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Quitting or Sticking Using Your internalGPS

On my recent adventure to Bali we had a planned bike ride in the mountains. It was a beautiful sunny morning and even a bit cool in the mountain breeze. We put on our helmets and did a little test ride; it has been way too long since I had to shift gears on a…
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Using your internalGPS for Strong Connections

Researchers have shown that one of the best ways to assure long term happiness on your road to success is to cultivate strong social connections. I was reminded of this multiple times on my recent trip to Bali. The culture there is extremely connected; they all work together as a village to manage their community…
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Bali Healers, Assumptions & Coincidences on Your Path

There are two Balinese healers in this town (Ubud), one is famous due to Elizabeth Gilbert’s best selling book, “Eat, Pray, Love.” Last year the workshop leaders went to him but they all had basically the same diagnosis, “You are strong beautiful woman.” Our young Balinese River Rafting Guide (we met earlier in the day)…
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Using Your internalGPS: Where Are You Going?

“Whoa!! The plane is moving!!” the small boy exclaimed in the seat behind me as we jostled around in turbulence at 39k feet somewhere over the Pacific between Tokyo and Singapore. It was just “a quick 6 hour 15 minute flight” as the pilot put it. I agreed with him after the 12 hour flight…
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Coaching For a Shift on the Road to Success

In coaching it is great to feel a shift in a client. It may be a small one that is a small step toward their ultimate goal or a big one that appears as an “a ha!” moment and changes everything. The cool thing about a shift is that it requires nothing in the external…
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