The Road Ahead: What Will You Do Differently This Year To Celebrate and Succeed? Changing the way things are done can bring opportunities for great celebratory success yet physical and emotional reactions to change can be scary and irrational, resulting in “failures”, a decrease in quality and a loss of production. CHANGE CAN BE SCAREY […]
Author Archive | Julia Bowlin
Sad After The Holidays? You’re Not Alone…
How to Cope with the Post-Holiday Blues A trail of brown needles leads out to the curb where the Christmas tree, once fragrant and green, lies wilted and dying. Unplugged are the brightly colored lights and, along with the treasured decorations, boxed up and stored away. Gone too, are family and friends. And where so […]
WINTER BLUE BLUE BLUES
This time of year there are SO many reasons to get the sadness blues: getting sick from all the viruses so much less daylight feeling disconnected from people and feeling nobody gets you memories reviewing of lost loved ones and missed opportunities stress from the holidays What is one supposed to do??? “Winter is […]
Embracing Conflict During the Holidays
Embracing Conflict At Beth and Jim’s house, the dining room had become a war zone. Exhausted after a long day of work, all they wanted was to find some comfort from each other. Instead, an argument about household chores had escalated into a full-blown yelling match. Conflict shows up when what we want […]
Not Enough Time in the Day? 3 Steps to Complete That Task
Get Clear On Where You’re Going Have you ever felt that there’s just not enough time in the day and as a result you feel overwhelmed and your “to-do list” keeps getting longer? Most often, when we run out of time for projects or pursuits, the reason is that we’ve spent a lot of […]
How to Interrupt Negative Patterns
When unfavorable situations, actions and emotional conflicts happen again and again in your life—same scene, different characters—there’s a good chance you are in the presence of a negative “pattern.” Some examples: picking the wrong lovers/partners, constant conflict with co-workers, chronic debting, people-pleasing. At best, these negative patterns cause frustration. At worst, they cause […]
Tip #16: A Life Out of Balance Comes With a Price
Consistently living life out of balance – at a frantic pace — comes with a price. Not only for the people who are experiencing the imbalance, but also for the people they care about, and the organizations they serve. Did you know that companies lose between $200 – $300 per person annually due to work […]
Tip #15: Three Questions That Make a Big Difference
Each day we make choices that influence our pace and quality of life, and often we are completely unaware of the choices we are making and how they affect our life balance. So often we are operating from habit, instinct or need. While it’s a good thing that we don’t have to think about every […]
Tip #14: Is it a Dream or is it Real?
Having a balanced life feels like an elusive dream for many of us and every year it is high on the list of things to change. There is no doubt that our lives are filled with demands pulling at us from many different directions, sometimes with no end in sight. But as you enter into […]
Tip #13: The Year to Reclaim More Time for Yourself
Life balance is something that we all aspire to. And every year we resolve that this is going to be the year where we gain control of our life instead of it having control of us. Imagine living a life in which your time is your own and where your opportunities for fun and enjoyment […]