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Put on Your Own Mask

by DLCC Coach Ndidi Yaucher

It takes a lot of time and energy to work or run a business and, before you know it, you are spending more time on everything except yourself.

When you focus on reacting to external stimuli, you tend to miss opportunities for inner growth and renewal. Balancing your needs with your business and personal commitments can be tricky, but it is important to your overall well-being. No matter how busy you are, it’s essential to carve out time from your schedule to slow down, enjoy life and rejuvenate yourself.

Here are a few tips on how you can make time to take care of yourself. [Read more…]

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Triggers and defaults and habits, oh my!

by DLCC Coach Sharon Barbour

Understanding triggers

Thoughtfully Fit offers GREAT ways to strengthen our ability to be present, respond instead of react, and treat ourselves with greater kindness.  But just like eating our vegetables, even though we know what’s good for us we will still have Un-Thoughtfully-Fit moments.

You are not alone in this! We all have triggers and habitual ways of reacting to them. You may have practiced these reactions for decades, which can make it hard to behave differently. And any kind of stress will only increase our tendency to default to old habits.

For example, I’ve been a bit stressed lately and yesterday I felt repeatedly triggered by technology problems and deadlines. I was a babbling looney tunes character (think Tazmanian Devil) whenever one or both of my teenagers needed my attention in the midst of it all. Happily, that is not my usual way with them but when I’m super stressed, yikes! I could see myself being a nut and I could surely feel it, but I  just couldn’t change it in the moment. [Read more…]

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Understanding your impact

I think one of the hardest things about acting in ways that are not especially thoughtful is that it often brings more bad behavior in return. Let’s face it, humans are sensitive beings. We care a lot about how people talk to us, and we are a little too good at getting our feelings hurt. I have bad news – you are probably hurting others without realizing it too! And the way we behave can have a big impact on how people react. [Read more…]

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Don’t make me adult today

Even though I know how important it is to act like a grown up, sometimes I just can’t! As you might have guessed from my story last week, one of the big things that makes it hard for me to pause and think before acting is being tired. Although I have a very extroverted job, I am actually a real introvert. I love meeting people, engaging, and talking with them, and then I really love going home to my quiet home to regroup. When I do not get enough downtime, things fall apart for me pretty quickly. When that happens, I get short and snippy, and channel my inner snotty 16 year old. (This is especially likely to happen around my parents and sister – sorry guys!) [Read more…]

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The one thing ALL successful life coaching clients have

by DLCC Coach Brian Yaucher

As a life coach, I would define “successful coaching” as a powerful relationship between a coach and client that embodies trust, openness and support through thoughtful questions to help obtain the goals the client has presented. So what does this mean to anyone who might be interested in hiring a coach? Below are a few things to think about before hiring a coach to help make sure you have a successful coaching relationship. [Read more…]

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