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Is It Time to Reset Your Life? How to Pay Attention to Holiday & Year End Signals

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

 

When it's time to reset your life, rather than needing a Major Life Reset that’s hard to do, learn to mindfully make adjustments daily through gentle course corrections.

“It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self-love deficit.”~ Eartha Kitt

Why does this year lead many to wonder if it’s time to reset your life? The flurry of activity during the holiday season is kind of like a snowstorm — it blows in with gale force, disrupting our regular flow and leaves us feeling a little worse for wear. Plus the changing season — darker days of winter here in the western hemisphere — contribute to the holiday/winter blues.

Have you noticed that when a snowstorm hits, you often have to fiddle with the radio dial to get the station to come in more clearly? (Yes, some of us still have radios with dials!) The storm disrupts the regular flow of radio signals. Life is like that too. We stay in touch with our truest self by looking for signals that mean it’s time to adjust “our dials”. 

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Make Your Own Happiness by Intentionally Refreshing Your Joy

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Self-Leadership Skills.

Happiness isn’t something you find; you make your own happiness by giving it life and nurturing it until it becomes a flame that ignites you.Have recent upheavals changed the way you live? As you reflect on what’s most meaningful for you, have you created new personal or family traditions and rituals that bring you peace and joy? Or do you find yourself longing for what’s missing in your life? It’s not surprising if you feel disconnected and disoriented when you consider the year we’ve just experienced. When you tack on the darker winter days, many struggle to find happiness.

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Embodied Past Experiences — Our History Lives Inside of Us, the Future is in Our Hands

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Embodied Leadership, Self-Leadership Skills.

We often think of our past as something behind us, a series of events that have come and gone, leaving only memories in their wake. However, as a somatic therapist and coach with over two decades of experience, I’ve come to understand a profound truth: our past experiences aren’t just behind us—they are  inside us.

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Embodied Business Practices: A Success Guide for Women in Business and Leadership

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

A Success Guide for Women in Business and Leadership. Tired of working for someone else and want to start your own practice? My Embodied Leadership training helps you focus on what works. Are you looking to grow your influence and make a deeper impact in business and life? Success isn’t just about mastering technical skills or strategies—it’s about how you show up, lead, and navigate challenges. That’s where embodied business practices come into play.

Can you relate to Amanda’s story?

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Embodied Empowerment — Take Yourself & Your Business to the Top!

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Embodied Leadership, Leadership Skills, Self-Leadership Skills.

Embodied Empowerment is the key to mastering skills and behaviors so they become almost automatic.Embodied empowerment is often associated with self-development… but have you considered how the principles of embodiment can help entrepreneurs, coaches, and leaders make their businesses more successful?

Mastering ourselves leads to mastering our business. But here’s the inside scoop: mastery comes from embodiment — your body instinctively knows how and what to do, without you telling it. 

But this in no way comes automatically. It takes practicing a process often until it becomes part of who you are and how you show up. Don’t you agree that if it’s worth having; it’s worth the work?

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