BE AWARE OF YOU
Build the awareness habit.
Being self aware is a learned skill. One might think that they are automatically aware of their mannerisms and voice inflections; those things that have such a huge impact on how we are perceived by others.
The following quote from IDEA Engineer (Dr. Randin Brons) is a great way to put perspective on things! Self Awareness is a habit!
"It is difficult to see the picture when you are inside of the frame." -- Author Unknown

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CHOICE-CLEANED (sobered) UP, LOCKED UP, COVERED UP
or Broken Up
I don't know when I first heard this, but since I have chosen a process of life recovery and the coaching profession, the truth of this "choice" has become very real. I hope that those of you who have taken the time to read this really reflect upon the choices. You are reading it for a reason. Either you or someone you care about has the above choices TODAY!
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WHERE TO FIND SERENITY
I'm sitting here on a rainy Thursday morning, at peace with the world.
I was to have played in a golf tournament this morning, and was quite looking forward to it. In days a decade and a half ago, having the event cancelled by rain would have ticked me off and disrupted serenity. So would have many of the other major set backs I have faced over the past fifteen years. Over that period serenity had been disturbed briefly for short bursts, but not for any extended p... Read More

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IN PRAISE OF DIFFERENCES!

My Life Coaching mentor, Dr. Randin Brons, Has once again hit a chord with this week Idea Generator. Celebrate differences.

"Souls don't have races or sexes or religions. They are beyond artificial divisions." -- Brian Weiss

Intolerance of differences always exists in people who don't know who they are, people who don't have a strong sense of their own authentic self; the soul within.
Intolerance is rooted in fear.
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MORE ON THE GOD THING
I am not, today, a religious person, but to move from a low start point to a life I love today, I had to understand what god is to me. It is safe to say, at my lowest hour, I was spiritually bankrupt. I was the centre of my own universe and I tried to control all within it. For a long period it seemed to work; then it flew apart leaving me with a life without centre.
I believe in the psychology of the 12 steps and a concept of a Higher Power as you personally under... Read More

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