So on that note, let us introduce how a life coach can help you with your overall health picture. A life coach is like an advocate for your goals. He/She holds you accountable, maps out a plan, helps you bust through barriers that are keeping you. from success, and can refocus you when you lose your way . Tompkins Wellness Center has its very own Life Coach - Angela Tompkins was trained at the Coaches Training Institute and had her own coaching practice in Texas.
For old times' sake, we will post one of Angela's articles that was printed in a Dallas-area regional magazine a few years back. This might be a good read for you around the busy holiday season:
An Unplanned Day
Baseball
games, dance lessons, a 50-hour work week, PTA meetings, night classes and
helping your daughter sell her girl scout cookies…Does this sound like
you? Are you a victim of SCD (schedule
complexity disorder)? I can help. Read on…
First of
all, SSTTOOOPPPPPP! Breathe a few deep
breaths and take a good look at your life…maybe it is captured on a
calendar. What things on your schedule
are absolutely necessary? Which are
extra-curricular? Who or what is
controlling your precious time? Are they
worth it? Will these consuming
activities give you the nuggets of fulfillment and satisfaction that money
can’t buy?
Next, think
about the last time you and your loved ones sat around and did absolutely
nothing. How long has it been that you
went outside at night and stood in awe of the stars? When did you sit around and enjoy a
home-cooked meal where you actually looked at each other instead of the
TV? (Oh and holiday feasts don’t
count!) What was the last day that your
calendar was blank and you did not plan a single thing for that day? Been awhile?
It’s about time…
Now, it’s
time to pick up your planner, your calendar, what have you, and plan an
unplanned day. That’s right…wipe one day
out of the month absolutely clean. Highlight
the box that surrounds that day on your monthly calendar as if you’re guarding
it with your life…because you are!
Finally,
it’s time to beef up your defenses so that that precious day that you’ve
reserved stays blank. Anticipate what
forces could threaten the simplicity of an unplanned day? What is the plan of action if the enemy –
duty or responsibility – attacks during a weak moment? How are you going to keep that day open for
the spontaneous possibilities that only an unplanned day can hold?
I beg you,
don’t fall into the planning trap and pollute that day with pre-conceived
activities. The rule is this…on that
day, you must only do what you want to do at that moment. No obligations allowed. Those can wait until another day…
