We have all been there. 5:30 rolls around, and that alarm is getting louder and louder. All you can think about is how bad you slept, and how nice it would be to drift off for another hour. You worked out yesterday anyway, and you’ll just eat light today to make up for it. BAD THINKING! Here are my top 5 ways to avoid hitting snooze….

1. Go to bed earlier and be consistent - Let’s face it, not may of us our are getting our 8 hours of sleep for many reasons. Either you have work to do, your kids are keeping you up, or you just can’t wind down fast enough to get to sleep at a decent hour. As with just about everything else, consistency is key here. Try to get everything you need done 30 minutes to an 1 hour before you need to go to bed. Additionally, try to go to sleep at a consistent time (or close to it) every evening. Going to bed at 9:30 during the week and 12:30 on the weekends won’t help your case on Monday and Tuesday. (more…)

Many people start their exercise program with good intentions. Most often it starts in the New Year when you become aware of the Christmas over-indulgence catching up with you. Your clothes don’t fit as well as they did a few weeks early and so you embark upon a diet and with that you often attempt an exercise regime to maximize the benefits.

But soon you feel your exercise motivation slipping. The gym is no longer as attractive as it was and the car seems so much easier than walking. You need to re-discover your workout motivation. But just how do you do that? (more…)

The bottom line in life is that we all will come across situations which irritate and anger us. The mark of a mature person is HOW we handle those situations. It is imperative that we have skills in our back pockets that are available to us when we need them. These ten simple things you can do to calm yourself down will help you to gain mastery of yourself, your emotions and your health. However, they won’t help unless you practice them every day, until they become your automatic response in any irritating or angry making situation. You will make mistakes, you will forget to practice but as soon as you become aware of this, just start again right from where you are.

Deep Breathing Wherever you are right now, just become aware of your breathing. Gradually change your breathing, until you are breathing in through your nose and out through your nose as you imagine your breath going all the way down below your belly button and emptying out from there. Allow your shoulders to drop and allow the tension to fall away from your body on the out breath. (more…)

The following Spiritual Life Coaching exercises, if practiced regularly, can help you to become conscious of your ego, create a space between your egoic mind and your pure consciousness, and begin your path toward self transcendence:

When you find yourself desiring material things, consider it. Then ask yourself, “Do I really need this? Or do I want this because it bolsters my ego?” If the answer is the latter, then let the desire go. (more…)

Building a business is a fantastic and challenging experience. You can wake up exhilarated to begin your day and go to bed feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. The key to success is to maintain a positive, “I CAN DO IT!” success driven mindset.

Easier said than done, right? Here are 5 key strategies that will help create, enhance, and sustain the confidence of Success Driven Women who have chosen to achieve their dreams by leverage their personal and professional mindset. (more…)

Here is a list of things that you can do to focus better on outcomes and get your life working the way it should. Here is a list of things that you can do to focus better on outcomes:

1. Think about the result you want before entering the situation. As you go to work mentally play out how you want the day to go. Repeat it out loud over and over again. Hear yourself affirm it;

2. When phoning others or when your phone rings, say out loud that you intend and expect for the best, most positive out come. Keep your tone upbeat. (more…)

I do a lot of work with people around their goals. Setting goals puts you in the driver’s seat, giving you the power to transform your life or take a company to another level. Successfully setting and executing goals is not rocket science but there is a tried and true way that works for my clients and me. Sticking to this program guarantee’s success. It doesn’t matter whether your goals are personal or they are used to direct a large enterprise, the steps and the pitfalls are identical. I’ll take you through a quick tour. If you like, you can identify a goal of yours and do a test run of the system.

The steps to executing goals are simple, unambiguous and easy to follow and should be practiced every day. Skipping one step increases the odds that you won’t realize your goal. (more…)

What is it about yourself that draws other people into friendships or a deeper relationship? Are you fun loving, pretty, smart? Perhaps you have no idea why people like you and it’s time you take a good inner look at yourself. You may discover you need to learn how to build self esteem. A healthy person should be able to come up with at least 3 or 4 reasons people are attracted to them and more is better. Here is a list of 5 suggestions to help you on this journey. The road may be unfamiliar and rocky causing you to stumble every few feet or you may be somewhat familiar with it and just need a reminder.

1. When you stumble, get right back up. The truth is you can be familiar or not familiar with how to build self esteem, but even the more experienced stumble. Life throws things at us every day to test our self esteem. No one is exempt from these tests. Learn to roll with it. (more…)