| Close your fist tightly. Now let the fingers relax and unpeel. This is letting go, and it’s sometimes the thing we need to do to move forward in our lives with vitality and confidence. But how to let go can be the difficult part. Read on the feature article this month for some tips on letting go, as well as a Top 10 with some surprising sources of stress, a quiz to test your self-esteem, and the regular features. For comments, questions or responses to this newsletter, please click here. Messages using the reply button will be deleted. Feel free to forward this newsletter; if this was forwarded to you, you may subscribe here.
Letting Go: Great Idea. How Do I Do It?
Hot shot kid in a too-fast car cut you off this morning; it’s noon and you’re still seething? Clerk at the grocery store wouldn’t let you in his express line because the guy behind you ... full story here
Sources of Stress
Ask people why they’re stressed, and they’re likely to say that it’s these infernal deadlines or too much work and too little staff, or perhaps... full story here
 How Healthy Is Your Self-Esteem?
Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves. Self-esteem is more than self-confidence; it is the belief in ourselves that says we have the right to be successful and happy. It is a feeling of being worthy and ...full story here
Recommended Reading
The Gift of Change: Spiritual Guidance for a Radically New Life, by Marianne Williamson
The Inner Manager: Mastering Business, Home, and Self, by Ron Dalrymple, Ph.D.
The Excellent 11: Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire and Educate
Children, by Ron Clark
Today's Quote
“Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.”
—William H. Sheldon
Clients Share Coaching Experience
"I started the coaching a year ago, I was unsure when I started exactly I wanted to create in my life other than more happiness, as at 50 years old, I felt like I was just going through the motions of being a mother and a wife.
Within the first three sessions we had identified what my story was and why it was keeping me stuck and unmotivated in my life, within 6 months, I transformed my relationship with my husband and my children and was able to get back in touch with myself, and take responsibility for my own personal happiness.
Through rediscovering my passion for art, my creativity was unleashed and I now own my own art studio where children of all ages come and honor their creative selves while I honor mine.
I cannot believe how much my life has changed and feel truly blessed that I chose to start coaching when I did"
—Melanie Wilson, Artist, San Diego, CA
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