Dr. Cara Alana is an inspiring Life Coach and author with a Doctorate in Psychology. Her empowering approach focuses on accelerated personal and professional growth where sustainable long-term change can be achieved, resulting in tremendous breakthroughs. Equipped with training in motivational psychology, she provides a safe and soothing place of growth and empowerment. What's standing between you and your full happiness potential? Visit her website at http://www.lifefulfillmentnow.com
Ask yourself ~
Are you caring for everyone else except yourself?
Are you feeling resentful and guilty about those feelings?
Do you feel stuck or trapped?
Are you tired a great deal of the time?
Do you feel sorry for yourself? (more…)
You may be married or in a relationship of your own and your single or newly divorced friend is getting hit on left and right on her internet dating site. She tells you about each man who shows interest and it’s like high school all over again as you both obsess over what she should say in each email, what she should wear, where they should first meet. After all, she’s been out of the dating scene for quite some time. She is hungry for your advice and you eagerly give it out. Sound familiar? (more…)
I have been on the road. During the last month, I’ve traveled to Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Nevada. It is so interesting to see different parts of our nation and embrace the uniqueness and the flavor of different regions. (more…)
Many of us are conditioned to operating at the fastest speed possible. We want to be as efficient, effective and productive as possible. We are so very busy with overscheduled lives and being too busy opens the door to procrastinating on certain projects because something has to give. (more…)
Ask yourself ~
Do you constantly multitask?
Do you run out of time?
Do you feel tired and stressed? (more…)
Your own personal triggers can interfere with the way you listen to others. We all carry our own life experiences with us and it is natural to react or even overreact to what others may say.
It is easy to get lost in our own reactions but when we do that, we are disengaging from the words that the other person is saying to us. We are being confided in and yet, we disengage. Whether we drift off in our own thoughts consciously or not, the connection has been interfered with.
How do we really listen to someone when our personal triggers are activated?
We can remind ourselves that we are actively listening to the thoughts and feelings of the other person. We become mindful of staying open and flexible so that we can relax and really understand what the other person is communicating.
When someone else trusts us enough to share parts of his or her life with us, we want to honor and respect that. How else can we show that respect but by really listening to their verbal and nonverbal communications without judgment or distractions?
This week I encourage you to stay in the moment and genuinely listen in your conversations. That way you can be an active participator in the beauty of true human connection.
To Your Fulfillment,
Cara
Ask yourself ~
Do you have higher expectations of people than they do for themselves?
Do you push people harder so that they live up to your standards?
Are you consistently disappointed in the efforts and outcomes of others? (more…)
The way we listen in the conversations we have is important but this does not mean that you have to listen indefinitely to people who just want to vent. They are out there and they really do not want your answers, they just want to talk about their own problems. (more…)
Ask yourself these questions:
Do you genuinely listen to what the other person has to say without already formulating an answer in your head?
Do you interrupt the other person?
Do you think too much of what the other person is thinking of you and that gets in the way of you really listening to them? (more…)
There are people around us who are just plain toxic to our health. What can we do when we can’t get them out of our lives? (more…)
