What a Cyclone Taught Me About Gratitude
(photo taken by Puget Sound Energy) “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it” William Arthur Ward This week in the US, we have our holiday, Thanksgiving. And, it’s generally considered a time to reflect on what we are thankful for. For me it’s particularly pertinent this year, as we just experienced a rare storm system called a cyclone bomb here in the Pacific Northwest that left about ½ million people without power and many with severe damage from the wind and trees falling. My husband and…
Finding Joy During the (Stressful) Holiday Season: Tips for Peace & Happiness
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put together.” – John Burroughs In my most recent emails, I’ve been writing about ways to establish new habits you want to incorporate into your life in order get rid of the ones that are no longer serving you. Establishing new empowering habits supports you to feel your best self in mind, body and spirit. It really is through these small action steps, when repeated, habits are formed and thus, old habits can be replaced with these new ones you create.…
Micro Time Management Habits for a Productive Stress Free Life | Control Your Day, Here’s How
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” -Robert Collier I hope this note finds you well and that you’re feeling ready to reset, refresh, and recommit to the goals you’ve set for yourself . As I’ve shared in my past articles, I’ve been deeply inspired by the approach of working with micro habits. These small, manageable actions, when stacked together, create a ripple effect that can dramatically transform our daily routines – and eventually our lives ?. Have you started building your own habit stacks yet? It’s simple to begin: Start…
Habit Stacking – Combining Micro Habits for Greater Results – Reach Your Goals Faster
“One of the best ways to build a new habit is to identify a current habit you already do each day and then stack your new behavior on top.” -James Clear I’m loving this whole premise on working with micro habits. How about you? Have you started incorporating any new micro habits yet? If not, check in to see what might be stopping you. Perhaps you feel it’s too much to take on right now? Or, you’ve tried creating new habits in the past and failed? Whatever might be there, if you haven’t begun this…
Micro Habits Can Break the Procrastination Cycle – Break Free with Micro Habits
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson I hope this finds you doing well and you’ve chosen to press the reset, refresh and renew button as we head into Fall. If you read the last couple of my articles, I shared how James Clear’s book on Atomic Habits inspired me to create a report on Micro Habits and write some articles on how working with micro habits can be a start to changing up things you desire to change in your life.…
How Micro Habits Can Help Reduce Stress – Small Changes, Big Impact
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.“ William James I hope this finds you doing well and you’ve chosen to press the reset, refresh and renew button as we head into Fall. If you read my previous post, I shared how I’ve been reading James Clear’s book on Atomic Habits and wrote an article on how micro habits can be a start to changing up things you desire to change in your life. This is especially true when wanting to have less stress, overwhelm and anxiety in your life. Small,…