Exercises in life coaching are even more interesting and have an impact when they are integrated to a more global approach
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Where are you with your needs ? Yes, I am talking about NEEDS. You know, those which make us be an animal. Assess them: Which quantity and wich quality do you give to those needs in your life ? Give yourself one week and write your results down on a piece of paper Most important, do not forget that there is certainly no absolute result. We all have our own needs depending if we are a female or a male, depending on our age, depending on the phase of our life we are in and simply depending on who we are ! Some of us need more, some of us need less .... like for anything in life ! But experiencing a lack of one (or more) of those needs will lead to tiredness, sadness, lack of energy, irritability, and even agressivity sometimes Reorganising your needs at what is the right level for you will help you feel more alive and ready to move further on If you have a partner, it will make a huge difference if each of you knows the other needs' level and respect it. If you can find a way where both of you can express their needs without agressing the other, it will make an enormous change in your couple's life ! have a thought about it ! So, what are our animal needs ? Here they are : ° Sleep ° Food ° Sexual activity Here are others which are not necessarily for what is strictly the survival needs of our species, but so important to feel alive ! ° Physical activity ° Communicating ° Listening to music ° Write here what makes you feel alive, happy, full of energy : do you know ? Realising what it is and using it more would help you put a smile in your life ! Do not wait until next week or even tomorrow; give yourself some time (what a gift it is nowadays !) Do it NOW ! A very interesting exercise ... Strength reminders ...... For most of us, our idea of ourselves is not what it could be. We have a tendency to be our worst critic, without being our own best cheerleader and champion! Spend this time redressing the balance ! What do my friends, my colleagues admire me for ? What were my best times this year ? What difficulties have I overcome and learned from ? What are my favourite qualities ? What accomplishments am I proud of ? What do I just LOVE about me ? Resource from Coach talk.net Another pretty interesting one ... Have a piece of paper handy. For one week, on one side, write down all the positive words you say or think about yourself like encouragements, congratulations, nice words; on the other side of the paper, do the same, but with all the words with a negative connotation. At the end of the week, count how many words / phrases you have on the positive and on the negative side. So ? Encouraging ? Worrying ? Surprising ? The aim of this exercise is to stop for a while and think on our capacity to support, encourage, motivate ourselves ... our capacity to believe in ourselves. Animals in general, human beings in particular, move on better and faster if they are encouraged and recognised for their value. Who does that for you ? If somebody plays this role in your life or did play that role, I am sure that you know how important it is or has been and all positive benefits that you gain(ed) from it. Learning how you can become your best friend would make a huge difference ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our values, Our beliefs Our values, our beliefs define who we are and what we do. They are our “personal North Pole”. Our values and beliefs have developed throughout our life; beginning with the important adults of our childhood then depending who was important for us, friends, colleagues, life partner . . . They are what we believe in, what we consider important to respect Our values frame our thoughts and behaviours It is useful to check if our values are really ours and not our families’, our partner’s, our friend’s . . . Once we have defined what they are; all of a sudden, the choices we have to make become easier and naturally logical as they are congruent with who we are Here is below an exercise which can take you a few minutes or a few hours and which is beneficial to do from time to time You will find below a list of values; Feel free to use it or ignore it; to add words or withdraw a few; Make the list yours if you decide to use it 1/ Read the list once then select 5 words; don’t think too long 2/ Write down your “definition” of those words 3/ Rank them from the one which is the most important to you to the one which is the least. If not easy, you can take two words, rank them; then take a third one and chose its place among the first two and so on with the five values. Don’t think too long; make a choice; this choice is not definitive 4/ Ask yourself if those values are those you want in your life (not the ones you have in your current life; that is the following step) . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . Achievement – Spirituality – Creativity – Dignity – Ethics – Family – Friendship – Wisdom - Adventure – Freedom – Growth – Happiness – Health – Honesty – Honor – Humility – Love - Beauty - Independence – Individuality – Integrity – Hope –Justice – Kindness – Peace - Risk – Knowledge – Leadership – Power – Pride – Fun – Respect – Security – Self-esteem – Self-discipline – Faith –Community – Strength – Intimacy – Renouncement – Trust – Truth – Couple – Work – Curiosity – . . .
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