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I know the feeling… Things just aren’t lining up the way you want them to. They aren’t falling into place as you had hoped. Or maybe it’s not happening fast enough. I am sure we all experience this from time to time. So what should you do?

The first thing I do is to change my mindset. When I feel myself getting frustrated or when I start to feel the anticipation coming on, I find it is best to stop and remember that my agenda is not always the best agenda. Everything happens for a reason and the Universe has a perfect schedule in mind even if it doesn’t always feel that way to us.

Sometimes it is necessary to just stop the frustration, or the anticipation, or whatever you would describe the feeling as, and look at the bigger picture. When we try to force things to happen according to what we want and our schedules, we are missing the full picture. The Universe holds more knowledge than we can ever imagine from our own limited point of view. Sometimes we just need to surrender, let go, and know that all is as it should be. When the time is right, it will happen, and if it doesn’t than that is also right. That is not an easy thing to accept oftentimes, however when you do embrace that thought, you will experience a sense of peace.

When I change my mindset and allow in that belief that all is as it should be and that the Universe knows what is best, I immediately am able to release the tightness in my body and let go of the stress. Doing so also allows you to get in a flow with life so that you are no longer fighting an uphill battle, and instead you are flowing with the beautiful stream of life. For more information about getting in the flow, you can also sign up for one of my free teleclasses called Get In The Flow. Just go to: www.FaithsTeleclasses.com for more info.

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Faith Zimmerman is a Life Transformation Coach and her passion is helping people move from just enduring life to being exhilarated by life! She uses a holistic approach and assists her clients in balancing their mind, body, & soul, bringing wholeness into everything they do. Her clients learn to release their personal power, create true freedom where they once felt stuck, and flow with life in a joyful way. They are then able to set and reach goals that are a true expression of their authenticity and life purpose. Faith offers FREE tele-classes on topics similar to what you see above. Sign up for free at: www.FaithsTeleclasses.com

Faith Zimmerman, CCC, PCT
Radiant Life Strategies
PO Box 59 Hatboro, PA 19040
267-708-0890
faith@lifecoachfaith.com
www.lifecoachfaith.com

Being a mom certainly comes with its stresses, so this Mother’s Day, make sure you take care of you! As mothers, we often try to be “Super Moms.” We give and give and do and do, and sometimes we wonder when someone will give to or do for us. This mother’s day, continue to give and do, but this time, give to and do for yourself. Remember to nurture yourself so that you can be all that you have to be for those little ones who need you so much. Here are some tips to help manage your stress:

1) Tell yourself that motherhood is all about the journey. It is an uphill battle when you push against the natural flow of life and motherhood. Stop, take a deep breath, relax your shoulders and jaw (the 2 places where most stress is held), and just “allow.” You will then find the stress dissolving. Be in the present moment with your kids and remember that this moment is all you really have. This can help put things into perspective when you are ready to fly off the handle.

2) Ask yourself, “Would this matter if I were to die in five minutes?” That may seem
harsh, but it helps put things in perspective. Stress can be managed by controlling your thoughts, so the more you ask yourself thought-provoking questions like these, the more you will be able to see what really matters. When you are thinking in terms of what really matters, you will naturally let the stress go.

3) Focus on solutions, not problems. Did you ever notice that when you focus on the problems, you dig yourself deeper into overwhelm and frustration? On the other hand, when you focus on creating solutions, the problem will rectify itself much easier. This also sets a very good example for your kids in handling problems that come up in their lives because they will learn to not just get lost in the problem and to come up with solutions that will easily solve their problems before those problems stress them out.

4) Know your limit. Take some time beforehand to determine your breaking
point. Instead of being caught off-guard when high levels of stress hit, develop a plan to reverse that path beforehand. That way, when you feel stress coming, you can bring yourself back to center before your world crashes around you.

5) Give yourself some extra padding. You have a better foundation to live from when you are well rested and cared for and you will naturally handle stress with more ease. Make it a habit to take time to nurture and care for yourself. You can only care for those little ones when you are well-cared for yourself! This is so important!

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Faith Zimmerman is a Life Transformation Coach and her passion is helping people move from just enduring life to being exhilarated by life! She uses a holistic approach and assists her clients in balancing their mind, body, & soul, bringing wholeness into everything they do. Her clients learn to release their personal power, create true freedom where they once felt stuck, and flow with life in a joyful way. They are then able to set and reach goals that are a true expression of their authenticity and life purpose. Faith offers FREE tele-classes on topics similar to what you see above. Sign up for free at: www.FaithsTeleclasses.com

Faith Zimmerman, CCC, PCT
Radiant Life Strategies
PO Box 59 Hatboro, PA 19040
267-708-0890
faith@lifecoachfaith.com
www.lifecoachfaith.com

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We tend to go through life doing, doing, doing. We go to work, we run errands, we host holiday parties, we do house work and yard work. We do so much that who we are ends up becoming what we do in our minds. If I were to ask you who you are, you would most likely answer that you are a mother, a husband, a sales associate, etc. But that is not who you are! That is what you do. Those are only roles that you play.

Learn to be more focused on being instead of doing. We do do, do but we forget to be. I find that even when we read self-help books and listen to motivational CD’s, we read and we listen, but we don’t really experience them for ourselves. We don’t give them time to become part of us before moving onto the next thing.

When you focus on being, you will see life from an entirely new perspective. You will view life through the eyes of your soul, not just through your personality. Suddenly, the world become a different place. You are no longer wrapped up in the illusion constructed by the egoic mind, but are instead awakened and experiencing the beauty of life. Things will flow easier for you because you will be more in touch with your true self, since being naturally draws out your soul identity instead of your ego identity.

Focus on doing tasks with more mindfulness. We can’t get away from the many things we have to do, but we can change the way we do them. Add more “being” into them and life becomes more enjoyable.

Also learn to think of yourself in terms of who you really are, not what you do. Your soul will thank you for it!

Faith Zimmerman is a Life Transformation Coach and her passion is helping people move from just enduring life to being exhilarated by life! She uses a holistic approach and assists her clients in balancing their mind, body, & soul, bringing wholeness into everything they do. Her clients learn to release their personal power, create true freedom where they once felt stuck, and flow with life in a joyful way. They are then able to set and reach goals that are a true expression of their authenticity and life purpose. Faith offers FREE tele-classes on topics similar to what you see above. Sign up at: www.FaithsTeleclasses.com .

Faith Zimmerman, CCC, PCT
Radiant Life Strategies
PO Box 59 Hatboro, PA 19040
267-708-0890
faith@lifecoachfaith.com
www.lifecoachfaith.com

Do you take some time each day to “stop and smell the roses” as they say? In this hurried world we live in, we rarely take the time to look at the beauty that surrounds us. This affects us and leads to more stress in our lives. Noticing the beauty around us has a calming effect on us, therefore it is a natural stress release. When we go through our days hurrying from one activity to the next, never stopping to have those calming moments, the stress just builds up until we want to pop. So it is necessary to add in these calming moments throughout your day in order to break up the stresses. It helps to neutralize them.

All this means is that as you are walking to your car, you take notice of the gentle breeze on your face and you hear the beautiful song coming from the birds up the trees. When you are working on your computer, you stop for a brief moment and you feel the warm sun shining in through the window. When you are doing yard work, you feel the earth energy and really experience the beauty in the flowers and trees. It’s about becoming mindful as you go through your day. Don’t just do each activity without noticing all the wonder that surrounds you.

When you begin to add this mindfulness into your life, you will naturally feel calmer, as I mentioned before. You will also begin to see the oneness of everything, and you will know that everything is interconnected. We come to this earth and we forget that we are connected to everything that exists. This is because everything, and I mean everything, is made up of energy. We are made of energy. The computer you are looking at is made of energy. The rocks on the ground are made of energy, as are the flowers, trees, the food you eat, the books you read, the oven, the table, the grass, the driveway, even your thoughts, your words, your feelings, and your actions all carry an energy. I could go on and on because literally everything is made up of energy. Therefore, we are all united by that fact.

The beauty of oneness is that you are not alone. When you can really grasp this point, you will notice things flowing more easily in your life because you will begin to allow the energy of the Universe to help you through life.

This is a small sampling of one of the components in my Get In The Flow program called “Get Awareness.” If you want to learn to say good-bye to stress and flow with life, this program will help you do just that. Come to one of my FREE teleclasses for an introductory course. Sign up at www.FaithsTeleclasses.com .