Refocus Your Life With a Life Coach

In our complex world, it’s easy to lose sight of the most important person you really need to care for – you! Sometimes we need help to take a fresh look at our lives so we can move beyond the “same old, same old” to create the life we want. That’s where working with a life coach can help. Life coaches are professionals who specialize in helping people clarify goals in their lives and develop plans of action to achieve them. In this article we look at the techniques used by life coaches that you can use to help alleviate the stress in your life and manage your time more efficiently so that you can realize your full potential.

Managing Stress Is Step One
“Stress today is considered as much of a problem as excess weight, lack of exercise, and smoking – all contributing factors that can lead to heart attack and stroke,” according to Consumer Reports on Health. Life coaches teach people how to deal with the stress in their lives by focusing on what they can control and change versus the things that are beyond their control. This is an important first step in taking care of yourself.

Maria Lesetz, a Certified Life Coach, was diagnosed with MS several years ago. She realized that she had a choice in how she responded to this news, and today teaches others to see an MS diagnosis as a challenge that can be met. Based in Oregon, she has helped thousands of individuals lessen stress in their lives by learning how to swap limiting thoughts and beliefs for more empowering ones.

“Reducing stress is an essential step on the road to well-being,” says Lesetz. That’s why she makes stress-reduction a key part of her coaching. Lesetz recommends meditation to help students improve their overall health and achieve the goals that they truly desire in life.

The first step is for people to take some time every day to meditate so that they can visualize the life they want. “You can’t live your dreams until you’ve first clarified exactly what you want,” says Lesetz. “Meditation doesn’t have to involve difficult yoga-like contortions. It simply means putting aside a block of time to sit quietly, breathe deeply, and replace negative thoughts with positive ones. Everyone can learn to meditate – anywhere.”

Practical Hints to Managing Your Life
Life coaches recommend a structured approach to improving the quality of one’s life. Because it’s difficult for most of us to keep a host of details in our head, they suggest having a calendar handy to note errands and appointments, and they underscore the importance of checking it daily.