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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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Being Spontaneous or Predictable — Which Do You Prefer? Do You Yearn For More?

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

When life is overwhelming, predictability gives stability like an anchor that keeps you from totally losing it.Predictability is safe. Some say it’s boring. Being spontaneous may be scary or thrilling. Predictability or spontaneity — which makes you feel most alive? Or do you need both?

When life is overwhelming, predictability gives stability like an anchor that keeps you from totally losing it. It creates calm in a world of chaos. At times like these, you’re tapping into the benefits of predictability:

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Parts Integration – How to Stop Self-Sabotage and Cultivate Internal Harmony

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

Use my Tea Time exercise that’s based on NLP Parts Integration Technique to create internal harmony and end inner conflictPart of you wants to, part of you doesn’t  — so you turn an opportunity down because it feels safer…but you then regret that decision. Learn why you experience feelings like these and how Parts Integration Techniques can help you create internal harmony and balance so you never miss out on an opportunity again!

Too often we’re plagued by self-sabotaging behavior. For instance, you want to lose weight but you keep turning to that carton of chocolate ice cream for comfort. Or you want to be a successful manager, but you rub people the wrong way, or unwittingly create drama so you’re always putting out fires.

Self-sabotaging behavior occurs when different “parts” of your self are conflicted. You want success, but a Part of you doesn’t believe you deserve it. You want to be healthy and fit, but a Part of you self-medicates unhealed emotional wounds with comfort food.

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Elevate Your Life: Build Meaningful Connections that Help You Grow

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Great Circle Community, Stepping Forward, Women in Leadership. No Comments on Elevate Your Life: Build Meaningful Connections that Help You Grow

At the heart of the retreat experience lies the opportunity to build meaningful connections with others and oneself. For the past 17 years, I have had the privilege of attending a very special retreat. Each year, as I return to this sacred space, I am reminded of the profound way it helps me build meaningful connections, personally and professionally. I want to share with you some of the invaluable gifts that this annual retreat has bestowed upon me, in the hope that it may inspire you to seek out similar opportunities for growth and connection in your own life.…

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A New Way of Thinking Unlocks Your Full Potential For Happy Success

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Creative Thinking, Dream Big - Start Small, Transform Your Life.

If you’re dissatisfied with life, a new way of thinking is the first step toward creating a new action and way of being that brings you happy success.In 2006, I chose the name “Neways” for my business, because I was overflowing with the desire to offer women new ways of thinking, acting and being in the world. Today I’d like to share more of my story.

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results‘” (Albert Einstein). The truth of this statement resonates with us on a deep level because we’ve all done it!  We get stuck in a rut and we don’t see any other way of doing or being, hence our dreams remain out of reach. 

If what we’ve learned and practiced in the past isn’t serving us, it’s time to take a step back and assess why it’s not working. We must look for a new way of thinking that supports a new way of acting. 

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