Happy 2019 to you

When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives. 
Iyanla Vanzant

Happy New Year! I hope your festive season was all that you hoped to be.

I certainly had an interesting time with lots of excursions to unexpected places like doctor’s surgeries, chemists and testing places. It was definitely not what I planned for my break from work. A nasty stomach virus laid me low but I’m on the road to recovery now.

It did make me realise once again that we don’t know what is in our future. We can only make plans and hope as well as enjoy every moment.

The New Year does seem like a time to start afresh – forget the old and bring on the new. You might be tempted to make lots of New Year’s resolutions. That’s fine. My suggestion is to remember that resolutions require habit changes so a definite process is required to make lasting new habits. It is not an overnight transformation. I only wish it was so!

My strategy is to have a theme for the year, and I explore what it means and discover how I can incorporate it into every day. Peace is my theme for this year as the quote above.

One factor that chases away peace for me is too much stress in my life. You cannot feel at peace with life if you are out of sorts with your world or feeling like you are going to come unstuck.

One of the tools to outsmart stress that I learnt through my training to be a brain based executive coach is the Healthy Mind Platter.

Feasting on this platter every day allows me to keep my stress at the optimum level which hopefully then allows me to have peace in my heart and mind.

I will be running workshops throughout 2019 about this tool with the first one on 15 February 2019. There are practical every-day things you can do to keep your stress levels manageable.

Also, remember I am an executive coach so if you need someone to be on your personal advisory board for 2019 then please reach out.

All the best for 2019.