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What a great time of the year to sit back and reflect on your goals for the new year! Let’s be honest and acknowledge the wisdom from Dr. Bruening’s quote “the new year won’t solve all problems” so we must be clear about what we want to do differently this year to overcome the problems. My colleague’s tagline for this year: “2022, it’s for you!” What do you want in 2022? When you are planning your goals for the year, it is best to think with the end in mind, envisioning yourself as if you are already doing the things that you aspire to do. Just like when you want to make something for dinner, you plan the dish that you want to make, create the menu, then, make sure you have all the ingredients and supplies to make your dish. Once you know what you want to make and you have all the ingredients, you then follow the pre-set directions from the recipe, step by step to ensure a successful and delicious dish. That same formula applies to almost everything in life; when you are st...

Watching Sun brighten A bit at a time Dawn Watching The world Come alive Again Watching Grass Blow In the wind Listening To birds Sing In the trees Listening To the Wind Roar Listening To my Refrigerator Moan Watching For hungry Cats Outside Watching For birds Of all sizes And shapes Savoring The beauty And magic Of nature Thinking Another Year is Leaving Expecting A new Year is Arriving Pondering Life Is Beautiful Appreciating Life Is Precious Believing Life is Full of Hope and Joy Kathryn's Poems (c) 2021 December Kathryn DeSouchet Self Care Poet 720-550-2264

HOW TO PRACTICE MINDFULNESS AT WORK? Life Coach Nafije Prishtina Let’s face it, every job comes with challenges due to multiple simultaneous projects, deadlines, and interdisciplinary teamwork. Challenges can motivate us but sometimes it can also cause us extra stress. Often job postings are seeking those skilled in working in a fast-paced environment. Is fast-paced a code for the stressful workplace? Those working in “fast-paced” environments and everybody else must employ mindful techniques to achieve workplace success. Everyone tells me they want to become more successful professionally and make more money. The ones who achieve this success are the ones who are mindful of what they want. Actually, these are the clients who seek my leadership coaching because they want to learn time and stress management skills and keep shining. You are invited to read my previous Mindfulness-based  time-stress management blog posts ; but today’s focus is on Workplace Mindfulness. You will learn...

Creating Mental Resilience during Hurricane Season Life Coach Nafije Prishtina We are already more than a month into hurricane season and some people are currently dealing with the impact of Mother Nature’s force. In the summer series first blog you learned how to create Mental Resilience. In the second summer series blog, you learned how to Understand and Monitor Stress. In this blog, you will find tools and opportunities to expand your abilities to cope with stress.  Let’s reflect on the previous points; that to develop emotional resilience we need to prepare mentally. Before a major event like a hurricane, you must be ready to have your resilience tested. To review Creating and Implementing an Emergency Plan click  the link  to part1 of this series! Understanding how stress works and monitor stressors for self-management is essential to riding out the storm. Refresh your memory by clicking this  link  to part 2 in the series.   Right ...

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Hurricane Season Stress Management:  Understand Stress and Monitor Stressors during a Hurricane! By, Life Coach- Nafije Prishtina In Part 1 of this “Creating Mental Resilience” series, you learned about the importance of taking time to prepare mentally for the extra stress that comes during hurricane season. Part 2 will help you continue developing the mental toughness needed to manage Hurricane Stress!   First, let’s look at Good vs. Bad Stress. It is a recurring theme in my blogs, that not all stress is bad for you. According to mental health therapist John Stiteler, if you live in a hurricane place like Florida, increased stress at this time is normal and even healthy. Stiteler said “The increased level of stress is actually healthy because it produces the hormone cortisol which provides extra motivation and energy to prepare for emergency situations." The article continues, highlighting the point that there is a difference between appropriate levels of stres...

  Creating Mental Resilience during Hurricane Season By, Life Coach- Nafije Prishtina   June 1st is the start of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Recently the local news announced that The National Hurricane Center has released the list of names you can expect to hear from meteorologists. When it comes to hurricane preparation in Florida most individuals have learned to put the shutters on, learned the importance of gathering extra food and supplies but sometimes individuals don’t understand the importance in taking time to prepare mentally for the extra stress that comes during hurricane season. Yes, prepare for Hurricane Stress!   As a new resident of Florida I had to learn about hurricane preparation the hard way. After two years living in my dream destination on the Atlantic coast, purchasing our home only few miles from the coast, Florida got hit with Hurricane Irma, a Category 5. Prior to the hurricane we watched the news as they warned us to board up w...