What kind of diva shall you be?

After looking at several online dictionaries, most do not define diva in a positive way.  That was a surprise to me! Recently, I have been sending out cards that define diva like this: “A confident, beautiful, extraordinary woman; rules her domain with style; a girl with moxie who knows what she wants.”  With such a definition, I have been thinking we should all wake up and become divas–what if we were to become confident in our body and soul? What would it take to make us into radiant and sparkling divas who have their own sense of style and feel comfortable dancing in our skin?

As you start a new week in this hot summer month, wear a little sparkle or put on some hot pink (or red) shoes and walk boldly with the knowledge that you can be a confident, extraordinary and beautiful woman–even if you are just headed for another day at the office.  And don’t forget to wear a smile so that you will start the week absolutely and positively dressed.   Feel like a diva? What is it like for you? I would love to hear!

Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

Want to explore how to become a diva? Hire a personal coach and start exploring the possibilities!

Feel the power…and find a cure!

Do you know someone in your life who has been touched by cancer? What if we put the power of all of us to work for the cure?  We have the chance.  Join me in supporting the campaign for  ”The Infinite Power of One” –and let’s prove that together, we are more powerful than cancer.
Twelve leading cancer centers are asking all Americans that can, to go online and donate $1.  I am asking you to consider doing so.  Simply log onto their sponsor, www.celebrations.com/cure to make your donation.  Then add your picture to their Healing Mosaic, which is a visual representation of the infinite power that one person and $1 can have on our health. After you make your donation, come back and share with us how it feels to have the infinite power of one and to work together to make our world a better place to live.  Thanks for joining me!

Life is Amazing.  Live Well.

Anna Grassini

Want a coach? Visit me at www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

 

Dance to your theme song

If someone asked you what is your theme song, would you know which one it is? Give it some thought.  Something from the time you were a child? An adoloscent? A young adult? What song tells something about you the way you feel right now or the way you would like to be? Is it whimsical? Serious? Loving? Sad? Happy?

If you have not thought about it before, take some time and get that IPOD out…and start listening to figure out what your theme song is right now!

Will  you come back here and share with us what is your theme song is? I’d love to know.

And so, to say it with Abba, “Thank you for the music…”.  Don’t forget the joy of dancing through life to the theme of your own tune!

Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

P.S. By the way…curious to know what my theme song is? Stay tuned…it’s from a musical…

How do you define success?

What is success for you? Is it lots of money? Fame? Recognition? Opportunity? Personal satistaction?  When is the last time that you have thought about your own definition of success and given yourself permission to evaluate your life goals in light of what is important to you? Why not take some time to do that now?

You may want to journal or you may want to talk about it with a life coach who will provide you with a safe environment to explore what the meaning of success is for you.  I love the saying that if you win the rat race, you are still a rat.  So, leave the rat race aside and concentrate fully on what it means to be…successfully you!

Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

Climbing up the ladder of success

Want to achieve something important in your life? Focus on it with laser vision. 

Visualize a ladder with your goal at the top:  you can reach the top by taking one step at the time.  But as you climb up, you must be aware of what is in your peripheral vision.  If market conditions, the economy or your life change, it may be time to take a step down the ladder or to stay put for a moment while you comprehend how the landscape around it has changed.  Then keep going up at a pace that is just right for you.  Need help getting there? Hire a good coach and don’t be afraid to have a partner in accountability that can help you keep you focussed on your goals!

Life is Amazing! Live well.

Anna Grassini

www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

Take stock of your health

How do you feel? Pretty good? Great! So, now is the time to make sure you  have a check up!  Just as you should take stock of your finances and of your life, you should take stock of your health.  After all, when we are not healthy, it is hard to live joyfully and give the best of ourselves to life.

Getting a fasting blood test  is not my idea of fun–and a regular OBYGym exam is even less exciting (do I even dare mention a yearly mammogram?), I am going to set the good example.  I took my appointment a few months back.  What are you waiting for?

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure–so this morning make those appointments you have been postponing! And once you are done, give yourself a pat on the back, and treat yourself to something healthy.  How about a walk? A run? A swim.  You tell me…share your thoughts on ways to take care of yourself! And remember, what you don’t know can hurt you!

Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

Learn something new? Now how do you implement it?

I was recently in communication with a great real estate agent in Austin, Jill Crecelius.  She and I have in common a love of books and a thirst for learning.  We also share a passion for serving people with first class service and giving a 100% commitment.  As I was suggesting yet another learning source, she reminded that first she wants to implement some of what she has learned.  Yes, indeed.  How important for those of us who are learners to be aware that we need to pause and translate the learning into real life applications!  A coach can help us navigate the process! 

I remember when I first started a real estate business, I needed a place to brainstorm my ideas and reducing them to practice.  I hired a coach…and she really helped me take off!
So, keep loving learning and books! And find someone to guide you in the process of applying it all in your life.

Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

 

Managing any choices recently?

My dad used to be said that to every problem there were four solutions. He said three solutions would be easy to find and clear, the fourth one would require some stretching. His was an optimistic way to approach problems and to deal with choices. Oh, yes, choices. Everything in life requries a choice. Some of these come easy (I will have coffee this morning, as I do every morning), some of these do not (should I move or should I stay?).
Should we not feel abundantly blessed when we have them? Of course, says our brain. No way, say our feelings. Ever looked at a number of choices that might all be decent–and yet felt that all you could think about was the burden of the regret you would feel later if you made the wrong choice?
So, I am inviting you right now to let go of the fear that you will regret something tomorrow. Take a deep breadth, and allow yourself to embrace the choices and think how change can be good.
Need help? Find a good coach to guide you through the process and let you verbalize what your feelings and your head are saying!
Life is Amazing! Live Well.
Anna
www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

 

How to get to the right decision? That is the question.

Life is too short not to make decisions with the heart.  Still, sometimes our mind and our feelings cloud our perception of what it is to follow our heart.  And there are times when our heart seems to be silent.

Take, for example, the simple task of losing weight.  There is no question that by the standards of the BMI charts, my body frame needs less weight on it that it has.  When I frame things that way, I need to lose weight.  My mind is clear–there are rational parameters that say I must lose weight.  My feelings, however, are mixed.  I used to be really really thin and fit the strange canons of beauty that magazines seem to promote.  Problem is–I was constantly sick and I had no energy.  So my feelings are mixed on the issue of losing weight.  And now to the heart.  I am simply unable to listen to what it is saying…there is lots of chatter in my brain, so much so that I can’t easily follow my heart. 

Has that ever happened to you? If it has, a coach can be the right person to help you discern what your head and your heart are saying….

Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

CoachingWomenToBetterLives

 

Making decisions with the heart

Recently, a good friend who happens to be a succesfull woman in the world of academia, spoke about decisions that are made from the heart.  What does it mean to make a decision from the heart? Give it some thought and consider it carefully.

When you come to an important crossroad in your life, it is good to consider all the facts as you have them when you are taking the decision.  What will be the consequences of choosing one path instead of another? What does the fork at the road look like? What are the options available to us? And so on and so forth.

We can rationalize our decisions, we can put them on a page analyzing the pros and cons…but at some point, I think we must inevitably take a leap.  For some, this means listening to their “gut” or intuition.  For others, taking the leap means “following one’s own heart.” As I sit at my desk writing this, I have a small glass red heart sitting right on top of my keyboard.  It sits there to remind me to make decisions from the heart.  I rarely go wrong when I listen to it. 

Need help making decisions from the heart? Hire a coach to help you visualize what the possibilities really are and shine a light on your path!
Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

Coaching You to Follow Your Heart