| I want to make your life easier. I am sitting here organizing my “to do” lists and reviewing my goals for the month. I have several sheets of computer paper that I fold up into 12 blocks and write intentions. Each sheet holds a different life aspect; one being personal, one for my life with my kids, one for business, and one blank one as I need to spend more time dreaming… Wellness is a hot topic in January and I want to help you succeed with your intentions so… Here is a link to a free guided meditation on staying active and being healthy http://bit.ly/wellnessaudio It is only 10 or so minutes so you can use it easily. If you enjoy it let me know and remember you can always dig a little deeper into meditation and mindfulness by working with me! Schedule a phone consultation here https://amymccae.as.me/focussession Some other options for seeing me and improving wellness include: March 7 at Resolutions and Beyond from 9-12 (details to come) March 27th at A View on State Your Second Season- Midlife Reinvention Summit 12:30-6:30 I AM SPEAKING HERE on how to reduce stress and sleep better with natural remedies and mindfulness based practices. http://www.yoursecondseason.com/ April 3rd at Western Community College Health and Wellness Event (details to come) Would like to learn more about programs that support you or your organization? Let’s chat! https://amymccae.as.me/focussession Sending you positive vibes and tons of gratitude, Amy McCae Corporate Wellness Trainer, Life Coach, Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, AND more. http://www.amymccae.com |
Tag: goal setting
New Years Resolutions: Do you have what it takes?
“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” Robin Sharma
The last day of 2019 is here! The end of the year and the end of a decade are the perfect time to reflect. Did you accomplish what you set out to this year? What were you doing ten years ago?
As a coach my job is to help you gain clarity and confidence allowing happiness and peace of mind. (All the while improving your relationships, wellness, and success).
There are many avenues to success as well as different perceptions and ideas on what success means. There are some specific traits that can be of help. (See below). And then there is notion that having someone (Life and Executive Coaches) validate you, hold you accountable, ask the right questions, and provide the proper resources and training leads to success.
Some of the most successful people in the world hire coaches to support them. A study conducted by the International Coaches Federation found the following:
99% Working with a coach was rewarding
96% Would do it again
65% Helped their work performance
80% Improved their confidence
When it comes to traits, I have witnessed those who are successful are willing, committed, and decisive.
Willingness is the ability to learn new ideas and accept change. You must be able to process new ideas as well as implement new strategies. This means being vulnerable, resilient, creative, and open-minded.
Commitment comes when you are truly passionate about something. People that set goals because they think they are suppose to will eventually fail in staying committed. When you believe in something and the end result matters to you then you will do whatever it takes.
Decisiveness means you have the ability to make effective decisions. This requires confidence. You won’t be sitting around wondering “what if.” You can evaluate a situation and take the lead in choosing the next steps. You know and you consciously and confidently choose.
Do you have what it takes? Do you have the support you need?
Set up a free phone consult now https://amymccae.as.me/focussession
Email me at creativewellness@cox.net
Wishing you your best year yet!
Amy McCae
Life and Executive Coach. Mindfulness Meditation Teacher. Holistic Wellness Expert.
Wisdom or Perfection? Goal Setting Ideas for the Never Satisfied.
With the holiday season officially over and the New Year fast approaching goal setting is a hot topic. It is almost common knowledge that January is the busiest month of the year for gym owners. Many of those gym goers are no longer making it to workout by the time March rolls around. (5 Steps to goal setting success with peace of mind at the bottom).
If you have a Type A, driven personality the idea of setting new goals and planning can be an exiting time. However, if you never feel satisfied and expect or demand perfection from yourself or others you may be looking back wishing and wondering if you could have done more or tried harder.
” The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” Carl Rogers
It makes zero difference what your goals are from fitness to business to relationships. If you do not accept yourself where you are as well as accept who you are you will be fighting an uphill battle to achieve what you seek. You may never feel peace and happiness on the journey or you may reach the goal and still seek more AND more…
Perfectionism is a way to protect yourself from actually looking deep into who you are. Perfectionism is a distraction that allows you to stay so busy that you never have to stop and pay attention to what you really need or want OR FEEL. Perfectionism is also in the eye of the beholder so if you are seeking to please others or working ridiculously hard to prove to others you are worthy you are never going to feel satisfied.
Wisdom is being mindful of who you are and making conscious choices in line with your values to achieve happiness and success in health, relationships, and business. It is knowing the difference between pleasing others and pleasing yourself. Wisdom is accepting yourself exactly as you are now. It is from this space that all goals and dreams become reality and do so with ease.
So… how do you accept yourself where you are and set goals that allow you to feel happy and satisfied?
- Get a planner that you love. (I can’t have one with flowers or designs and it must have monthly and daily and the days must be across the page starting with Sunday) Who knew? But… this works for me.
- Choose only 1 or 2 areas of life to work in. You can use a Wheel of Life worksheet to rate and to determine which is best. When you commit to change one the rest will follow, its natures law.
- Evaluate your Core Values. Use worksheets to determine these if you are unsure. Choose your goals based off what you love and are passionate about. Journal about your childhood passions if you are struggling to remember. Setting a goal that doesn’t matter to you or is something you think you “should” do will never bring you true satisfaction.
- THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT STEP! Practice finding joy. Practice being appreciative. Seriously revel in the moments that feel good. I am not a gambling woman, but I would bet that if you take the time to notice your thoughts you will find a pattern of regretting or rehearsing the past in your mind or fearing and wondering about the future. What if instead you thought about what was good right now? You can start this easily… right now… Each day find joy in where you are or what you are doing. Each day find moments, even if brief, that you feel satisfied. Sit in that satisfaction and soak it all in. Even if it seems silly or small. It is not…It is easiest to start this by practicing when you first wake up or when you go to bed. I don’t care if it is basking in the sunlight shining through the window for one minute when you wake or snuggling the softest pillow appreciating that you have a soft, warm bed when you go to sleep at night. You can try this out while driving, while cooking, while working. Just find moments to be happy, joyful, and satisfied and more will come.
- THE OTHER SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT STEP! Be kind to yourself. Give to you. Take some time to meditate daily. You can not always be in state of “doing.” You must have quiet and space to be open to receiving. Even if it is as simple as two minutes of mindful breathing. The clarity, peace, and awareness this brings can alone can be transformational.
Wishing you a joyous and satisfying new year!
Amy McCae
Certified Life Coach and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher
Free phone consultation https://amymccae.as.me/
Amy McCae is a Life Coach and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. She is passionate about healing and helping others and especially about mindfulness and emotional intelligence.
Amy spent her childhood dreaming of being a doctor only to watch her other die of cancer when she was 20. Her life took an entirely different direction after that and she spent much of her 20’s sick with chronic illnesses.
One day Amy was too sick to take care of her newborn baby and she had to crawl to the phone to call for help. Amy then went on a quest to heal and looked in places she never knew existed before that day. AND she healed largely through fitness, nutrition, and meditation.
The experience allowed her to rediscover her passion for healing and helping others. Amy now holds numerous certifications allowing her to be of support to individuals and organizations. Mindfulness Matters is an accredited 8-week online course rooted in science and inspired by her desire to help others develop emotional intelligence (especially leaders and those struggling with self-doubt and overwhelm). Please contact Amy for more information and to sign up!
Excellence in Love: Five Practices for Creating Authentic Relationships
Through my life experience and through my Holistic Life Coaching practice, I have learned that at the heart of all healing is the desire to find love and to be loved. When you walk around critical of yourself or blaming another for your pain you lose site of who you are and you lose your dreams. When you choose to embrace who you are in all that you think, speak, and do you are in a powerful position to create authentic relationships filled with love. You gain peace, joy, and even better health when you are authentic in all that you do. Join me Saturday, April 18th at 12:00 CST as part of an online summit to learn more about five practices that create loving, authentic, relationships making for healthier and happier lives. I’m live afterwards to answer your questions. Free gift, discounted Kick Start Session, and special Life Coaching package available to listeners.
You may sign up for the FREE Your Vibrant Life:Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise summit here: http://www.yourvibrantlifesummit.com/?ap_id=Truth101
The summit includes 42 top speakers sharing their secrets to health, wealth, relationships, success, gratitude and so much more. You can purchase the recorded audio for ONLY $27 now through Sunday only. Once the summit ends the low price of $27 rises to $67.
To learn more about me please visit my website http://www.amymccae.com
Love to you all,
Amy S McCae
Holistic Life Coach
Your Vibrant Life Summit: Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
One of a kind virtual summit begins Monday, April 6! Over 40 speakers sharing their secrets on health, wealth, relationships, success, confidence and so much more. All speakers will be giving away free gifts and discounts and will also be live after the interview to talk to you. If you want to thrive in your life, are seeking transformation, and want to be empowered then this summit is for you. Read the details and join here : www.yourvibrantlifesummit.com/?ap_id=Truth101
My interview is Saturday, April 18 at 12:00 Central Standard Time. I will be discussing five practices for creating authentic relationships. I have realized that love and relationships, including the ones with ourselves, play a vital role in healing. I believe that when we align who we are with what we think, speak, and do that we are incredibly powerful and create the love, peace, joy, and even health that we desire. Listeners will receive a free Core Values worksheet, a discounted Kick Start session as well as a discounted package deal to dig deeper.
Looking forward to talking to you!
Amy McCae
Transformational Life Coach
creativewellness@cox.net
You Are What You Think
Somedays you know you would like to say something yet the words don’t come. Today I really wanted to write a blog that was inspiring and motivational and related to the power of your thinking. No words came to me. In my quest to fulfill this desire I went looking online and found the following poem:
You Are What You Think
If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you want to win but think you can’t:
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you will lose you’re lost;
For out of the world we find
Success begins with a fellows will;
It’s all in a state of mind.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger and faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
Author Unknown
I think this poem states very simply the power of your thinking. Change your mind, change your life! Want to learn more about the power of your mind and how to create a happy and healthy life? Contact Amy for information on individual sessions or upcoming classes!!!
Amy S McCae
Wellness and Lifestyle Coach
http://www.creativewellnessomaha.com
Creating Health and Happiness
There are only three things that can make your dreams a reality; your thoughts, your words, and your actions. If you desire healing in any form and want more joy in your daily life then you would be wise to consider changing your thinking, speaking kindly, and taking action steps to reach your goals.
Let’s consider the mind, my favorite subject, for a moment. Deeply rooted in your subconscious are beliefs that help create your reality in the physical world. Some of this was learned, some of it decided before you came here, all of it accessible and able to be changed for your greater good if you choose to utilize certain practices such as meditation.
As for speaking, your words also have creative energy. Speak kindly of yourself and others. Use words that feel good. My sense of humor tends to be on the side of sarcasm and I would do well to find a way to be more positive in cracking jokes about myself.
Action. Yes, you will have to actually do something to get something. Although, there is good in stopping and just being. You will need to have clarity on a goal as well as what steps you will need to do take to achieve success. The goal and the steps will need to be clearly defined and realistic.
I believe that the way to creating health and happiness begins with knowing yourself. You need to know what you are passionate about, you need find clarity on what you really want as well as what it looks like and feels like, you need support, encouragement and love, you need believe in yourself, and you need to trust that all is well.
There are five basic principles for creating a healthy and happy life; awareness (self-empowerment at its best), acceptance (somewhat more challenging), attitude (yes, you have a choice), action (do something), and acknowledgment (gratitude). Utilizing these five principles will change your life. Knowing how to use them is key.
I offer online, phone, and in person coaching sessions that can show you how to use these principles to change your life. I am available to teach these to organizations and am teaching a class on November 6 on how to use these principles to manage stress. Please register online at http://www.intuitiveomaha.com for the November 6th class and please visit my website at http://www.creativewellnessomaha.com
Many Blessings
Amy S McCae
Wellness and Lifestyle Coach
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