Powerful Ways to Show Love to Your Children
December 23, 2008 by
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Our children are most important to us . However, our love is the biggest gift we could ever give to our children. Here are some ways to show love that will support them in creating a more fulfilling and loving life!
- Spend Time with Your Children –Our Time is the most precious gift we can give to our children. By taking time out of our busy schedules to see what they are involved in is a precious gift.
- Be a Strong Role Model — Teach practical values to your children by modeling those values. Use words like “I’m sorry,” “please,” and “thank you.”
- Listen to Your Children – Children need to communicate their pride of accomplishment as well as their needs. If you listen to your children deeply, they will grow up listening deeply to you.
- Provide Loving Discipline — Use non-violent forms of discipline. Children need guidelines and safe boundaries without being constrained unnecessarily.
- Always be Encouraging — Encouraging words are powerful emotional deposits of confidence and self-esteem. Loving them and praising their accomplishments are all part of this process.
- Be emotionally available for your children – When your child is angry, argumentative or in a bad mood, give him a hug, cuddle, pat, secret sign or other gesture of affection he favors and talk with him about his feelings.
- Share Your Experiences with Your Children – We all have valuable, life learning stories to share with our children. Sharing these stories is a loving way to guide your children.
- Provide unconditional Love and Support — Love is an unconditional gift from the heart; This message creates a sturdy bond of trust and your children will grow to feel safe in coming to you with any problem they face.
- Own a Pet — Owning a pet can make children, especially those with chronic illnesses and disabilities, feel better by stimulating physical activity, enhancing their overall attitude, and offering constant companionship.
- Make family Time — Mark family game nights on your calendar so the entire family can be together. This encourages a strong bond that will then create a more loving, encouraging and forgiving family.
- Involve your children in cooking activities — One of the best ways to familiarize your child with good food choices is to encourage him to cook with you.
- Provide the Necessary Tools for their Personal Growth – Provide them with as much as possible by encouraging them and providing the equipment and instruction needed in this growth, whether it be educational, spiritual or sports oriented.
- LOVE is the one word that can sum up If you could sum up , all of our children’s needs, hopes, and expectations in one word, that word would be LOVE . We share love in every aspect of their lives and by doing so, this creates a guiding influence for our children for many generations.
- And last but not least…NEVER ever stop telling your children that you LOVE them.
Is Having a Life Coach a Future Trend?
December 23, 2008 by
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Life Coaching is known as a newer and upcoming career. Only until the past decade or so, many of the coaches mentioned and that we were familiar with were sports oriented.
A life coach generally works with tools and projects for individual growth and self improvement so the results are created by the clients themselves. Coaching is about finding and being yourself; who you are from the inside. This also supports the successes in your life. Being successful can mean so much more than accepting the life that you have. The more you know about who you are, the easier it will be to achieve what you want and to find what fulfills you.
Personal development has become so popular; from movies to books, to DVD’s and workshops. You see, most people don’t think with that expanded view. Instead we are taught that we need to work harder to make better results. This is old school thinking, and the world is opening up to all sorts of growth and possibilities.
When we look at personal development, self improvement, and life coaching, we have found that they integrate well together. Life Coaching is about finding a way to establish where you are in life and where you are going. Many of us have been “lost in the life shuffle” that we have these ideas and thoughts about where we want to be, but have no idea how to get there. With life coaching you gain support in areas such as your self confidence, enjoying your work, creating time for yourself or creating and living your dreams.
More and more people are learning the benefits of personal development and the increase of Happier and more loving societies are on the up rise. The internet has facilitated this also Not so long ago, having access to this information was limited to books and cds and some workshops, but now with Internet access, we have this unlimited access to all the greatest of information. This accessibility has allowed the population to research life coaching and see if it’s a fit for them and their own personal situations.
Life coaches have the access to the clients as well with the ability to advertise, creating websites, blogs and selling their personal products. This is has all been created for people who just want more out of their lives – both personally and professionally. All and all it’s a win win situation for everyone involved.
This fusion has all come together to create a new industry of life coaches. And the trends speak for themselves. As more people want to get ahead in a competitive world, they need a life coach.
Some of those in personal development are looking at the possibility in becoming a life coach. You perhaps may be in such a position yourself. And the life coaching industry now has more and more life coach certification and life coaching training that is making it easy to get into life coaching, and start your own practice.
The end result is about the impact that Life Coaching has on our society. The change it makes in one person’s life can alter their life environment forever. Life Coaching allows connection, transition, change and life altering experiences to happen. Some are more intense than others, but change none the less.. You don’t have to be stuck in a formal learning method, but can simply get help in the areas you need, and find the solutions you need now. So take action in creating the life that you really want and deserve!
Nicole Gruendl
Life and Success Coach
Nicole@NicoleGruendl.com
15 Tips for a Positive Attitude
December 23, 2008 by
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Have you ever noticed how you feel when you are around positive and happy people? How easy is it for you to maintain an angry or frustrated state when someone is laughing and smiling all the time? No matter how bad the circumstances or how frustrated things may seem, they never let things get them down. But let’s be honest, it can be a little trying at times to keep the smile on our face when things get a little tough. This is why I put together this short but effective list on how you can alter your “state” by just doing a few simple exercises!
- Take a 30 minute walk every day and smile while you walk.
- Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
- When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement:
‘My purpose is to____ today.’
- Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer.
- Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less processed food. Drink green tea and plenty of water
- Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk to make room for the new flow of energy. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
- Invest your energy in the positives in life. Don’t waste it on negative thoughts or things you cannot control.
- Say out loud “Life is good!”
- Life is too short to waste time being angry and hating anyone.
- Don’t compare yourself to others’. They have their own journey to pursue.
- Burn the new candles, use the nice bed sheets. Today is THAT special occasion.
- No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
- Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy
- Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:
“I am thankful for ___.’ Today I accomplished ____.
And REMEMBER
- Never, EVER forget to DANCE!
Nicole Gruendl
Life and Success Coach
Nicole@NicoleGruendl.com
