Life Balance

I'm taking a look right now and seeing where in my life I may be a bit out of balance.
How am I doing when look at the critical areas in my life?
Work....well I eill admit right now I am abit out of balance in that I am working at launching my coaching business and working a day job as well as launching an additional business.

O.K. work....needs attention. As the next few weeks go by I will be transitioning out of the family business and I must admit I am excited. I have been there the last 12 years and it is time for me to move on. to answer the call of my dreams and desires.
I have always incorporated coaching in the daily business of selling furniture and working with couples decorating their homes.

I just dream of focusing on my coaching in a deeper way and reaching people in larger ways, sharing my purpose and helping them to determine and then live their purpose.

I realize though if I get burned out by over work it means the other areas of my life suffer as well.....health, spirituality,relationships, and yes even financial.

Life is short as I learned this week. A friend not that much older than I lost his fiance this week, suddenly and tragically. A life was cut short well before her time.

I knew my life was drifting out of balance...this was just an additional wake up call.

Dancing with the Stars

O.k...here goes I am practically holding my breath as I watch Dancing with the Stars. It is so hard because I think both contestants are great. I have to admit though I truly enjoy watching Mario dance he is so intense. All the professional partners are just astounding and I must say I am a little jealous.

I always wanted to be a ballroom dancer and yet it wasn't in the cards for me. At least not in this lifetime. That of course is not to say that I can't learn ballroom dancing.
In fact it is still on the list of things to do before I die.

I nudge my husband about it all the time and truth be told he is even more into the show Dancing with the Stars than I am.

Every time I bring up learning ballroom dancing though I get a "we'll see".
I think it is going to take every coaching tool I have to get him see what a wonderful opportunity it would be for both of us.

But the fact still remains that this gal ain't getting any younger and I won't be able to enjoy it at the full level I would love to....but you bet I can still have a lot of fun.

I must say though that I am noticing more people have fun on the dance floor...actually doing dances and not just mindlessly moving back and forth.

If I keep seeing people around my age taking up ballroom I think the dance floor will be a more interesting place. I am all for that and I am looking forward to when I actually have a little spare time to work on learning some of the moves.

I don't think I will be asked to participate in Dancing with the Stars but I will learn a skill I can enjoy for many years to come....Go Mario!

The People I Get to Meet

As a coach I have the chance to meet some wonderful and interesting people. They teach me so many things and I also learn about places I have not yet had the opportunity to visit.

One of the nicest people I have worked with as a coach is an incredible woman in Sydney, Australia. I have had the chance to work with her and on top of it remain friends after our formal coaching had finished up.

We both hit it off I believe because we shoot from the hip and both have a pretty good sense of humor... these are helpful qualities in coaching and in life. And as a coaching client she was fearless....ready to tackle any issue head on and open to new things. When a client comes to coaching with those qualities in place the energy is phenomenal and progress is usually fast and steady.

During coaching with both began a friendship and I learned a lot about life in Australia She learned a little more about life in the USA...Sally has had an opportunity to live here before...I however have not had a chance to even visit Australia as yet.

It is on my things to do before I die.

So anyway here we both are... able to keep up a great friendship thanks to the internet and skype.....sure we could always have e-mailed but it is so much fun to hear another friend's voice.

When I made the decision to pursue life coaching I don't think I fully recognized all the additional benefits I would receive. Life today offers the opportunity for coaching to be a world wide endeavor as our world begins to effectively shrink via the internet.
For me that is just one more reason this is the best 'job" ever.

Halloween

Well in the U.S. last night was Halloween. I am always amazed, not only with the elaborate costumes for the kids but for the incredible bursts of creativity that the adults show. Not only in their decorations but in letting down their hair and having fun.

Wouldn't it be great if we had some other times of the year when we could really be so playful,drop our serious facade and just have fun....with each other and with our kids.
At Halloween it always seems that we are all on the same side...we are all tapping into our inner child.

Even if you are not someone who is "in" to Halloween...it's hard not to smile as you look at the decorations and costumes...It still taps into some kind of a memory of a time when we could make believe have fun and were encouraged to do it.