Celebrate Yourself!

As we come into the final stretch to the end of the year holidays, remember to celebrate yourself. We spend so much time running around buying gifts, preparing dinners, attending parties, that by the time we reach the new year, most of us are burnt out.

Make this year a different experience. Commit to celebrating yourself starting now. What does that entail? What does it mean saying "yes" to, and what does it mean saying "no" to? Be kind to yourself. Be conscious of what you are choosing as each event and offering is put in front of you.

Wouldn't it be nice to enter the new year refreshed, alive, and ready...rather than burnt out, tired, and needing a holiday!

The Only Thing That is Constant is Change

t's been said that the only constant is change! How do you deal with change? Do you embrace it? Does it excite you? Do you look forward to the opportunities that it provides you? Or do you resist it? Does it bring up fear and anxiety?

We live in a world where change is happening faster than ever. Technology is changing faster than ever, our climate is changing in front of our eyes, our bodies, are changing, our relationships are changing...Change challenges our ability to stay present. Change challenges our expectations. Change asks us to be flexible.

As you deal with the changes that you are choosing, or changes that you are being asked of you, remember that the process of change involves these four principles:

Awareness and acceptance are the first steps to creating and integrating change in our lives.

Understanding what holds habitual behavior in place is key to doing things differently.

Improvement means making a new choice and replacing old behavior patterns with more effective ones.

Reinforcement emphasizes that practice with feedback brings improvement.

Whether you are dealing with addictive behaviors, or yo