For years I was … Continue reading "You are your own Sunshine" Purpose-driven learning I drew a childlike painting of a girl just standing with open arms enjoying the sun and she is happy. This was one of the reasons that I always struggled with … Continue reading "When Coaching Happened in 3 Minutes" You are your own SunshineĪ couple of years ago, in one of the workshops, I was asked to draw how you want to see yourself or what do you want your life to look like. I have always believed that wonderful things take time to manifest. I have never felt comfortable with this idea of time. It is said that “One minute is enough to change your attitude and in turn, it is enough to change your entire day”.
Recent Blogs When Coaching Happened in 3 Minutes Of course, I do not know what life has planned for my future, but I know I am doing what I can to make it comfortable and fun. And I am creating a habit of signing up for a new course every quarter There are other things on my list to create good possibilities for myself over the next 20 years, and I fully intend to get to them too. The individual members may change over the years, but the community, bound together by a shared interest in healing, will surely stay. I have joined a holistic health program to bring my diabetes under control, I am working on creating a Reiki community that will help all members of the group, including myself. And I am happy to say I have already started the journey. Working backwards from 20 years into the future, I came up with a list of actions I need to take now, within the next 5 years, and so on. In addition to financial stability and a sense of community, I added physical health and new learning to the list – physical health because this needs more care as one grows older and new learning to keep the mind agile. Some of these questions led me to change my 9 top priorities others got me focusing on what I need to do right away to get where I want to be 20 years hence. And then a couple more arose – what about safeguarding my mental health and enjoying a sense of community, which studies show is a large part of one’s happiness in later years? But what about health – will that deteriorate over time and can I do something now to minimize that decline? How about financial stability – how will I ensure that if and when the years push me to reduce work? And if I want all these things to be able to live well in the long term, what do I need to do today? The things that are most important to me today, such as my peace of mind and work satisfaction, will likely remain so into my 70s. For me it became more about quality of life in the later part of life. Of course, the issues will be different for people at different stages of life – someone young may want to plan ahead to get that perfect job, or start their own business, or start a family. But as I looked further ahead, and especially as I looked 20 years into the future I realized my priorities would need to change with – shall we say – advancing middle age! I have a very good idea where I want to be in 5 years. I consider myself a fairly self-ware and quite purposeful person who knows where she is headed. When I first saw it, I thought it was no big deal.
It gave me a tool to move forward in my own life in a systematic way – as well as being a concept that can be used with coaching clients. My coaching course introduced me to another kind of wheel: the wheel of life.Ĭoming towards the end of the course, the wheel of life was the perfect finish. As a Reiki practitioner, or energy healer, I channel much of the energy through the major chakras.
Until I learnt to coach, there was only one kind of “wheel” in my life: the chakras, or energy centres of the body, which are sometimes visualised as whirling wheels.