From Head and Heart to Hand Part 2

No picture today so I have more space to write! A book about journaling that I find very helpful is Journal to the Self by Kathleen Adams. In it there is a section titled The Journal Toolbox.

Here are some suggestions or as she calls them, "springboards" to help get you started:

There are 2 kinds of springboards: statements and questions. Each statement or question will be a beginning idea that you can then elaborate on: What was the best/worst part of my day? My job is maddening! Things I can do on a rainy day. Today I feel ___ years old! I'm proud of myself for...Today was a ____ day. You can generate a list of springboard statements and questions on the first page of your journal to reference each time you begin a new entry. Try coming up with your own springboard statements.

Remember there is no right or wrong way to journal. This can be an exerise that will be fun for you! All you need is a piece of paper and a pen. Enjoy!!

From Head and Heart to Hand

Have you ever considered starting to journal? Journaling can be a powerful transformative tool to use to help you get a glimpse of your inner self. It can help you to better understand where you are in life, how you got to where you are and where you might want to go!

Why journal? Because it may be the only time you give your "self" a chance to be heard. To be listened to. To express what you think, feel and know. Who does that for you? Who can do it best for you? YOU!

Ira Progoff, Ph.D says this about journaling: " Spiritual contact is the awareness of the profounder meanings of life which can only be experienced in the silence of privacy". So, why not try to take what is in your head and your heart, through your hand and onto a piece of paper and see what you have to say! Next blog I will show you ways to jump start journaling.

take a snapshot

Taking a big picture snapshot of how fulfilled you are in different areas of your life is a great way to see how things are evolving for you. What may have been fulfilling for you 5 or 10 years ago may not be the same for you today. In the following areas of your life, on a scale of 1-10, how fulfilled are you in the areas of nutrition, personal and professional development, your physical environment, relationships and communication, spirituality, mind-body connection and movement, exercise and rest? What would a fulfilled life look like for you?

Once you take notice of what areas of your life you would like to rebalance, you can begin to move from stuck to possibility and from possibility to action!

Sunset at Compo Beach

This is one of my most favorite places in Westport. When I need to relax, this is where I go. You'll either see me drinking my starbucks or reading, journaling or listening to a meditation CD. And my most favorite time to go is at sunset. In fact, I'm going shortly , this time with a Five Guys hamburger and fries. Even health coaches have their moments....many of them actually!

Honoring our values

Honoring our values will sometimes lead us to a fork in the road~

Which way should I go? What path should I take?

Take the road that keeps you on course to living your values. Will this choice/experience/decision honor my value of honesty? Freedom? Humor? Adventure?

Honoring our values is rewarding and fulfilling, but not easy to do. First you need to get clear on what you value in life.

Describe the values you see being played out in your experiences. Are your deepest values present?

Happiness

These words are from the book Eat, Pray ,Love. Thank you Abby for sharing!

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it. You strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel the world to find it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings.

It is all those things. But does it have to sound so hard? I suppose it is, and it isn't. If you don't have it, it's worth the effort! If you do, what a blessing!

need some inspiration?!

Okay...do you need a little inspiration? You will surely find it here when you listen to Aimee Mullins. I just discovered her on ted.com. She's amazing. She has so much to teach us.... enough said! Go!

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