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Spa breaks for action!
Spa breaks for action? Sounds like a mixed metaphor,
doesn’t it? Well, yes, taking time to nurture yourself,
relax in a supportive environment and just be for a few days
each month can contribute lots of space for new ideas and
creativity to flow. Come to think of it, you can organize a spa
break within each day or each week also!
In this busy Western culture of ours, the doing thing comes
automatically to most of us. Taking down time for rest and
relaxation seems lazy and or unproductive, when, in fact, it is
actually a way to regroup, refuel, and renew energy for the next
projects.
Have you clarified what you’d like to be doing by the end
of this year? Are you on track in that direction? Is there
something niggling at your inner creative space that wants to be
born as you are reading this?
As life coaches, we take so much pleasure in supporting our
clients into the next phase of their lives. Whether it be to
change careers, purchase a vacation home, create a piece of art,
write and publish a book or some other dream unique to them, we
have the privilege of walking along the path as cheerleader
mostly, sometimes mentor and sometimes task master as they move
ahead one small action at a time. What does this have to do
with the spa you might ask? We know that taking time to nurture
yourself (whether it be your inner artist, inner speaker, inner
gardener, inner politician or the inner thing unique to you)
provides exactly the space from which clarity can flow.
Are you ready to be clear? Would you like to decide which of
the many ideas you have is most aligned with your purpose?
Speaking with a life coach can provide needed clues. That is
the reason we’ve chosen to offer a no cost conversation
with the coaches the first Monday of every month. It’s
our pleasure to support others and facilitate a virtual
community over the telephone where people support each other
(sign up for our mailing list to receive more details, or click
the link on our website). And, in the meantime, if it’s
not feasible to leave home to attend your favorite spa today,
create a spa environment by setting aside a couple of hours in a
relaxing space where you can be uninterrupted, have paper handy
and just sit. Breathe. Appreciate. Count your blessings.
Ideas will flow and you’ll see that taking a spa break
really does lead to authentic action ideas (even if it’s
just taking out the trash first to clear the path).
Regardless of the season of the year, you can always invent a
reason for a new beginning, a fresh start, a variation on your
theme. Yes – you can live the life of your dreams. Yes – you
can bring forth that contribution you are uniquely suited to
do. Saying, Yes to it all is a start and, in addition to the
many active ways you say yes, consider the spa break as well.
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