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Are You Developing Self-Awareness Skills? It's the CORE Way to Success

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Self-Leadership Skills.

Developing self-awareness skills is fundamental for breaking roadblocks, making progress, and achieving your goals; see how my C.O.R.E. formula helps.“In the light of calm and steady self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on your part.” ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Isn’t it true that when you’re coaching your clients, your focus is on helping them make the best of their potential, maximizing their strengths, recognizing opportunities and taking them? If you’re struggling with making a breakthrough, go back to the basics…the core of your success is that you and they are continually developing self-awareness skills.

Why is developing self-awareness skills at the core of becoming a successful leader, coach, team or individual?

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Find Your Passion, If You Want a Sustainable Business and Happy Life

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Embodied Leadership, Private Practice Advice, Self-Leadership Skills.

When you find your passion, your life is enriched and it gives you a clear direction and guideposts, as you build a business around your passion."We should always have three friends in our lives — one who walks ahead, who we look up to and follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journey; and then, one who we reach back for and bring along after we've cleared the way." ~ Michelle Obama

If you’re like other women in my community, you want to make the most of your life while making a difference in this world. So how will you know when you find your passion? The people you serve feel right, and the service you’re offering brings you lightness and joy, even if it’s hard work. 

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Don’t Be Afraid of Starting a Life Coaching Business. It's An Amazing Experience!

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Life Coaching, Private Practice Advice.

Have you toyed with the idea of becoming a life coach, but starting a life coaching business sounds too hard? Follow my journey, it’s one step at a time.“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.” ~ John F. Kennedy

A few years ago, I made a decision that has changed my life and given me so many unexpected benefits. I’ve always been fascinated with the positivity and forward-thinking stance of Life Coaching. So, in 2013, I decided that starting a life coaching business was right for me! I changed my branding, read books and took online courses to get up to speed with this growing field and to feel more confident and competent.

At times, I would feel discouraged and my own inner critic would creep in with statements like: “You were doing just fine, why did you have to go and change things?” Well, that was just fear of the unknown. And no, I wasn’t doing fine, I wasn’t fulfilled anymore. I was just afraid of making the change. 

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Agile Learning — Fuel Your Growth and Self-Leadership

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Self-Leadership Skills.

Agile learning enables you to quickly pick out what’s important, so you can apply and remember it, in a way that helps you thrive in any situation.What does learning mean to you? Over time, I’ve seen that learning means different things to different people. There are those who memorize just enough to get by and then they promptly forget what they’ve “learned”... Other people dive into a subject and get so bogged down in the details they can’t figure out how to use the information. However, those of us who are committed to self-leadership, have learned the secret of agile learning. 

What if I could walk you through a way of learning that enables you to quickly pick out what’s important, so you can apply and remember it, in a way that will benefit you for your whole life?

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How to Set Mindful Intentions — Make Your Goals Successful and Achievable

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Life Skills, Mindfulness, Self-Leadership Skills.

Setting goals isn’t as effective as learning how to set mindful intentions that help you tune into your innate superpowers for guaranteed success!We all know that every year people set goals, yet relatively few of them actually make significant changes in their lives. Why is that? I’ll let you in on a secret…when you’re setting goals you’re not fully engaging your power. Learning how to set mindful intentions instead allows you to tune into your innate superpower! And here are the reasons why I say that…

Goal setting is often based on a negative premise…”I’m not skinny enough,” “I’m not rich enough,” or “I’m not organized enough”. Do you see how each of these thoughts tells you that you’re “not enough”? How could something that says you’re a failure result in anything good? It just can’t.

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