In the spirit of Female Empowerment let's build the 3 R's: Reflection, Resilience, and Relationships
Undeniably, sooner or later, we all have to deal with life’s realities—those hard surprises and “unknowns” that can literally change everything in less than a nanosecond.
Imagine you’ve just been fired. Many of us would react to this situation in at least some of the following ways:
“I’m terrified."
"I should have seen this coming.”
“I’ll never find another job in this economy.”
“Am I going to be homeless?”
Have you ever wondered why some people eat chocolate instead of logging quality time with others?
Did you know that your consumption of dark chocolate verses milk chocolate is in direct proportion to how loved you feel; especially, on and around Valentine’s Day?
Wouldn’t that be a fabulous study to troll for why this is so?
If you’re a female, when you think about your monthly cycle, and where your emotions (and hormones) are at any given day due to what’s happening at work, in your love life, with friends, and your family; and how you never seem to have enough time to be everywhere and with everyone you want to be…It isn’t t
There are many ways to teach your kids to be strong and confident!
Read on to discover how to become more confident, stronger & resilient...and teach it to your kids!
Every parent wants to raise their child to be strong. To be able to pick her or himself up after falling, shake off a poor grade at school or a mean comment from a "friend." The ability to do this and stay focused on your inner strength is an important lesson in childhood...and actually in life. With twenty years of working with parents and children, I have found there are certain things that resilient kids do and I share 3 key ones here.
Turn your negatives into positives with mindfulness!
When dealing with life's realities, mindfulness will help you be resilient to the situations.
Living resiliently represents a whole new way of being and doing. In this way, resilience isn't just for the hard times...it's for all times. Empowering us to live, love, and work adventurously in the face of change, it builds a well from which we can draw for the rest of our lives.
Use resilience to follow through with your 2012 resolutions!
2012 is quickly approaching and many of us will start thinking of resolutions for the New Year. It can actually feel uplifting to begin a new plan such as joining a gym to get fit, writing one page a day for the next Great American novel, or more prosaically, keeping up with your inbox).
But, as most of us know, the novelty wears off as we get bored and discouraged. We’re suddenly confronted with the day to day challenge of sustaining our goals. Unexpected events throw us off course. We need to stay late at work, we can’t leave our smart phone or a relative gets sick. Disappointingly, one day of missing the goal then leads to missing the next and next day, until we feel defeated and our goal is abandoned.
The 3 critical elements of resilience can help you get what you want!
When challenges and obstacles occur, we often admire people who seem to act with ease and do or say the right things. Although we all experience trying and difficult times throughout life, what sets some people apart is not only the hardship they've endured, but the responsible way they chose to manage their feelings and emotions about it.
Relying on intuition could keep you afloat in times of trouble.
Resort to your instincts to overcome life's big obstacles.
In the world of psychology, resilience, or the ability to bounce back from adversity, is an important aspect of emotional stability. Generally, it seems that when we are young, a strong sense of self, held by protections in our environment, helps us to develop a sense of resiliency later in life. That is, some children have the good fortune of strong role models who are able to project a sense of well-being for the children, despite adversity.
Take the self-assurance quiz to see how confident you really are!
When was the last time you felt confident? Today? Yesterday? Can you even remember? There is a confidence crisis among women these days, especially in the workplace. And, of course, we all know that what happens at work affects the rest of our lives. Still, women are lacking the confidence to speak up, put forward their two cents, or be acknowledged for a job well done. Does this sound familiar to you? At first the idea seemed foreign to me. Then, I started reflecting on the women in my life and realized that yes, in fact, nearly all of my conversations among friends and associates carry within them the undercurrent of lacking the self-assurance to boldly live their lives. Who knew?!
At Mars Venus Coaching we talk a lot about relationships and relationships challenges. With the recent news of infidelity in yet another high profile man in our society we start to ask ourselves, what makes me different? How can you use what happened to Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s marriage work to your advantage? For some reason we gravitate to reading about other people’s tragedies. Why is this?
Elizabeth Edwards talked candidly with media outlets, if they agreed to this one condition.
You've seen Elizabeth Edwards on Oprah and on the Today show talking about her new book, Resilience. She's opened up about nearly every aspect of her husband, John Edwards' affair. But for her candidness, Edwards requests that the name of the other woman not be spoken.
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