Empower Newsletter – December 2010

Welcome to the December, 2010 edition of the Empower Newsletter.  I hope you enjoy it.  As always any feedback or suggestions for future content is appreciated.

Did you know?

‘we make our beliefs up!’

Beliefs are a feeling of certainty about what something means. Beliefs are not facts. You may hold your beliefs as absolute reality, but when you deconstruct them and challenge them, you may see that they don’t hold any water. Many of our beliefs are simply conclusions we have drawn based on our experiences as children. One thing that is constant is that at the time we chose any belief, no matter what that belief may be, it made sense at the time.  Therefore, no belief is stupid, or bad, or even wrong.  Beliefs serve a purpose and sometimes our lives change so much that our old beliefs no longer serves us, in fact they may be holding us back or keeping us stuck. An example of a limiting belief around health is ‘healthy people are independent and independent people are lonely’.  So if a person had this belief, and didn’t want to be lonely, they probably wouldn’t be too healthy.  This is not right or wrong for this person, it is just what they believe. Self-limiting beliefs are false interpretations (negative thought patterns) that hold you back.  And you keep holding on to them because making excuses and staying the same is a lot more convenient than changing, isn’t it? Change requires hard work, effort and leaving your comfort zone. Do your beliefs serve, support, nurture or challenge you?  If not, why hold onto them?

A great read

Awaken The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins Reading this book has encouraged me to explore my motions.  One of Anthony’s many theories is that ‘emotion is created by motion’.  He believes that ‘everything we feel is a result of how we use our bodies, even facial expressions’.  It is amazing how good it feels when I walk around with a smile on my face.  Instead of all strangers walking past me without any interaction at all, some of them smile back at me.  It is quite funny, sometimes I even see people do a double take.  It is almost like they don’t believe what they think they saw and look again.  It is an amazing feeling to know that you have made someone smile, and my perception of that is I have made them happy, just by walking around with a smile on my face.  Pretty powerful stuff!

It is an inspirational book which is clear, straightforward and designed to get you to your own personal best.

Events Schedule

Chicks in the City Chicks in the City is a group for women to connect.  Basically it’s all about hanging out with women, meeting new friends, socialising, finding like-minded women to chat to or even making long lasting friendships.

The inaugural gathering will be January 2011.  The venue will be published in the January 2011 edition of the Empower Newsletter.

Quote of the Month

Focus on thinking, talking and writing about the reality you want to create – Jack Canfield

Affirmation Corner

‘Friendship’ Affirmations I am blessed with more friends than I could ever imagine and/or I am the type of friend that I would like to have

What I have learnt about myself One of my beliefs was that researching was a waste of time as only practical outcomes were a productive use of my time.  On a logical level, I knew I had to research to find out what I wanted/needed to know.  I would never have guessed that I had been holding myself back for so long with this disempowering and limiting belief.

Bring on Google!!!!!!!

Di Browne T: 0427 026 935 E: di@coachtoempower.com.au W:www.coachtoempower.com.au

Empower Newsletter – November 2010

Welcome to the November, 2010 edition of the Empower Newsletter.  I hope you enjoy it.  As always any feedback or suggestions for future content would be appreciated.

Your feedback

Thank you to everyone who sent in feedback for ‘Chicks in the City’.  The response was great.  Chicks in the City, for those of you that may not know, is a group I am planning to start for women to connect.  Basically it’s all about hanging out with women, meeting new friends, socialising, finding like-minded women to chat to or even making long lasting friendships. The plan is that it will be free and open to all females.  The rest was up for discussion.

The majority suggested we get together monthly for about 1½ hours on a Wednesday night around 6.30pm somewhere in the Inner West where they serve coffee and wine.  Suggestions re the agenda tended to be around inspirational stories. I am a strong believer that if you get a room full of women, there isn’t anything they wouldn’t know.  We are such a great support for each other to share our ideas and experiences. As soon as I decide on a suitable venue I will let you know where and when.

Please email any comments to di@coachtoempower.com.au

Did you know?

Serotonin Serotonin is the “feel good” neurotransmitter of the brain.  High Serotonin levels are responsible for us feeling happy, relaxed, calm, motivated, and at peace with our lives and our role in the world.   High serotonin levels may also help you to lose weight.  There are people who have a low serotonin level that find that eating sweets, especially high GI refined carbohydrates like cakes, doughnuts and pies, triggers intense cravings for more sweets.  Engaging in long, deep conversations with one or two other women is one of the best ways to raise serotonin levels.

Which basically means hanging out with women helps us feel happy and lose weight.  Yahoo!!!!

Quote of the Month

What we focus on is what we get to the exclusion of everything else – Unknown Author

Events Schedule

Chicks in the City Group Stayed tuned for further details

Affirmation Corner

‘Living’ Affirmation I participate in every area of my life, enjoying my great vitality and health. Affirmation Corner A Great Read Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers Susan describes dynamic techniques for turning fear into personal power and action.  She explains there are no right and wrong decisions, just opportunities for growth. Following the techniques in the book she believes you will develop trust in yourself where you will be able to say: WHATEVER HAPPENS TO ME, GIVEN ANY SITUATION, I CAN HANDLE IT! Remember, feel the fear and do it anyway!

Di Browne T: 0427 026 935 E: di@coachtoempower.com.au W: www.coachtoempower.com.au

7 Keys to Stepping Up

The 7 Keys to Stepping Up by Di Browne

Why Step-up?

To improve your franchise and to improve your ability to function in the world which will improve your results.

What is stepping up about?

To me it is realising that life has challenges built in. We can’t control that but we can control how we respond to it. It’s about being responsible for your results which means letting go of denial, blame or excuses.

Taking responsibility for your results and non-results, will give you a far greater opportunity to change those very results.

It is by being resourceful that we take ownership for our results. Being resourceful is about what’s within us. That is, resources are things around us such as time, books, computers, phones and schedules. Resourcefulness is our thinking (moods, attitudes, beliefs, values, and our ability to embrace challenges and become resilient). It’s your thinking that creates your results. So when you change your thinking, it changes your results.

7 Keys to Stepping Up

1. Start with the end in mind – know why you are there and what you want to accomplish. Whatever you start know the direction in what you want to head. Know where you want to be. Know why you want what you want. Focus on where you want to be. Set a clear and specific outcome.

2. Don’t complain unless you have a solution or you want to hear a solution – it will just bring about more of what you have already got. People who struggle to step up usually find it easier to lay blame or complain. Ask yourself ‘what can I influence or control?’ We cannot control anything external to us. We can change our thinking, view point, beliefs, approach and focus. They are within your control. Pay attention to your dialogue with others and your internal dialogue and language. You can change it.

3. Ask more of yourself today than you did yesterday – keep stretching yourself. Every decision we make is shaping our future. Our future is arriving whether we want it to or not. So why not make sure you get what you want.

4. Choose your thinking – we have over 60,000 thoughts in one day. It can be the same thought over and over again. How we think shapes our lives, it determines what you will give your attention to which then determines your results. Stop beating yourself up and/or blaming others. Visualise the results you want because what you focus on is what you get.

5. Shape beliefs that will shape your ideal destiny – beliefs like, there is always a way and I can find a way.

6. Choose to do resourceful emotions –emotions we do on a consistent basis are the ones that shape our lives. Emotions such as happy, sad, energetic, flat, depressed, angry, awesome and playful. Are they empowering or disempowering. Let go of the unresourceful emotions you feel on a consistent basis.

7. Persist – the definition of excellence is to follow through to completion. Stepping up is not only about what you start but what you finish. Believe that it is possible because you will get what you expect. Eg, Placebo effect. I wonder how your results will change when you use the 7 keys to stepping up.

www.coachtoempower.com.au

di@coachtoempower.com.au

Phone 0427 026 935

Empower Newsletter – October 2010

Welcome to the October, 2010 edition of the Empower Newsletter.  I hope you enjoy it.  Any suggestions for future content and/or the ‘Chicks in the City Group’ (see below) would be appreciated.

Your feedback

I am planning to start a group for women called ‘Chicks in the City’ with an aim to connect women who live in Sydney.  Basically it’s about hanging out with women, meeting new friends, socialising, finding like-minded women to chat to or even making long lasting friendships. The plan is that it will be free and open to all females.  The rest is up for discussion. Your feedback on the following questions is not only welcome, but appreciated.

What day of the week will we meet? What time would suit you? How often will we meet?  Eg., weekly, fortnightly, monthly Preferred location? How long? Venue? Eg., would you like coffee and/or alcohol available to purchase?  The agenda? Eg., two volunteer speakers (5-10 minutes, speaking about their life stories). How often would you be willing to come along? Any other suggestions?

Please email all answers and suggestions to di@coachtoempower.com.au by 30 November 2010.

A Great Read

I have just finished reading ‘The Success Principles’ by Jack Canfield.  It is one of the most inspiring books I have every read.  Not only does it show us that the success principles are something we can all use and implement, it also helps to make us aware of where our focus is and where it needs to be to achieve our goals and dreams.  I highly recommend this book if you would like some extra help to get what you want.

Quote of the Month

Nothing has meaning except the meaning we give it – Author unknown

Events Schedule

Chicks in the City Group Stayed tuned for further details

Affirmation Corner

Forgiveness Affirmation I release myself from all the demands and judgements that have kept me limited.  I allow myself to go free – to live in joy and love and peace.  I allow myself to create fulfilling relationships, to have success in my life, to experience pleasure, to know that I am worthy and deserve to have what I want.  I now go free.  In that process I release all others from any demands and expectations I have placed on them.  I choose to be free and I allow others to be free.  I forgive myself and I forgive them.  And so it is. – Jack Canfield.

Di Browne

Coach to Empower

T: 0427 026 935

E: di@coachtoempower.com.au W: www.coachtoempower.com.au

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