Archive for October, 2008


Laugh at the Voices in Your Head!

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

A good friend of mine and I were commiserating this week about growing older and how often we feel so differently than we actually look.  She and I both have naturally curly hair that we’ve crimped, curled, dyed and styled to look as good as it can.  Even with all that work on our outsides, it sometimes does not begin to penetrate the committee of voices inside our heads who say—in real life—we actually look very frumpy with our bubble hair-do’s and not as much like Catherine Denuvue as we would like to believe. (more…)

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Coach Lynn Kindler to interview Joel Zeff (National Speaker and Humorist) this Thursday, October 23 at 3pm

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

This Thursday, October 23 from 3-4pm EST, I’ll be interviewing Joel Zeff, who is a Humorist and National Speaker, about his book “Make the Right Choice: Creating a Positive, Innovative, and Productive Work Life”. 

Joel has been on many, many shows including Donny Deutsch, so The Coaching Commons is thrilled to have him join us!  This is an opportunity you will not want to miss!

In “Make the Right Choice”, Joel shares his experience and insight on creativity, communication, teamwork, passion and fun.  Joel connects to his audience with humor and since I seem to collect funny people in my life, I’m hoping y’all will join us for this live webcast interview.

As the host of Book It: words for the soul, which is part of www.coachingcommons.org, our interviews are conducted over the phone in a conference call format.  In order for you to be able to hear the live interview and HOPEFULLY, participate in the call, please go to the coaching commons website, click on the “Uncommon Conversations” tab in the upper right corner and scroll down the new page when it comes up to find the write up about Joel at the Book It site.  Look to the right hand side of the page for the place to sign up.  Once you’ve signed up you’ll receive, by email, a phone number to call in for the show.

Of course, the live show will be recorded for those who can’t join us so that you can listen to it later—but please do try to join us–I’d like to experience Joel in action with a live group of people and his improv!

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Things you can do while waiting for either wings to help you fly or ground for you to walk on:

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Here in the United States we are going through a collective consciousness raising that is none too comfortable for most of us.  Many of us have lost our jobs or are experiencing the fear of losing our jobs, many of us have lost our homes, and many of us are experiencing a shortage of customers/clients asking for our services. We need to take a collective big breath and know that the problem in front of us is never as great as the support behind us. We will be okay. We will come through this. More...

Here are five ideas we can consider to help ourselves:

1.                  Take a deep breath. In fact, slow down enough to take ten deep breaths allowing yourself time to inhale and exhale.  This will not only slow down your heart rate but give your brain time to assimilate what is going on and time for you to connect to the day that is in front of you.

2.                  Find at least three new things that you can be grateful for everyday. I’m serious, there is always something you can be grateful for and I believe that an attitude of gratitude helps you to see what is possible instead of what is not.

3.                  Take a moment to look around yourself right now. What is going on in your physical environment? What is going on inside of you mentally?  On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate the importance of what is going on?  How can you bring things down to a dull roar so that you can do what you need to do?

4.                  Are you willing to consider support from someone or someplace who can help you find an objective view point for the next best action step(s) you can take? IF so, who are they?  Are you willing to ask for the support you need?  If not, what is preventing you from moving forward and how can you remove that block?

5.                  Clean out a closet or drawer. I’m serious. Take every stitch of clothing out of your closet and create three piles: a.) what you love and have worn in the last six months; b.) what you haven’t worn in a year but can’t bear to part with and c.) What needs cleaning or mending?   Then sweep/vacuum/dust out your closet.  Put back only those items that you have worn and will likely wear again in the near future.  Think of a local charity or friend who would love some of those clothes that you haven’t worn in a while.  Take your clothes to the cleaner or tailor or hand wash them and sew them yourselves—do not put anything back into your closet that is not wearable today.   This is a really simple task, but it tends to help clear away the cobwebs in our brains so that we can think clearer. Seriously. Try it!

 

 

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