Preparing for Christmas - cards

I was in an horry for a Diwali party here in Mumbai and had to find a card - fast. As I had painting supplies, paper and pencils at home, the fastest option seemed to do it myself!

The card was successful, so I got inspired and started crafting also Christmas cards. All you need is paper, watercolors, scissors and some glitter. These are the first ones to go:

Small things matter - Inbox background

I suddenly realized my gmail inbox looks very depressing. I had chosen a "space" theme as my background and the whole inbox looked black because the orange planets were covered by my incoming emails.

This had to change!

I chose a mountain background with a blue sky and the had an amazing surprise. The colours of the landscape are changing: sometimes it is a clear sky, sometimes a sunset, sunrise etc. Now I am looking forward to open my inbox everyday and curious to see how it looks like. And this background is certainly making me feel more positive.

Co-active coaching

Yes, because we are all AMAZING.

Last weekend I finally made one of my dreams to come true. I am still so excited about it I feel like smiling to strangers and walking feels like dancing!

I participated in a Fundamentals course in Co-active coaching by CTI - The Coaches Training Institute in London. I thought I already knew a lot about coaching after reading so many books on life coaching, maditation, mindfullness etc. but it turned out there is so much more! Coaching is about practising it, not about reading and making notes.

Coaching includes a special set of skills such as listening in three different levels and putting all the attention to the coachee, who is the center of attention. Coaching is not about the coach itself, giving answers or opinions at all, but helping the coachee to find the answers in them selves and take the next steps to make their wildest dreams come true! Believe it or not, but what I have seen last weekend this is true and amazing!

Most importantly, coaching is not concentrating on problems. I thought going deeper into problems was necessary to solve them, but concentrating too much on the problem actually keeps us in low and negative energies, which on the other hand prevents us to see the solution. Instead, coaching aims to lift people up and make them see what is really important to them by focusing on what they love, makes them feel wonderful, smile and shine. The secret is to stay in the higher energies where we have the most creative and positive view on our lives. We all are naturally creative, resourceful and amazing. Isn't that great!

There is so much more to come!

The power of time off

Great ideas for next seven years can be created during one year Sabbatical(see the link below)! I hope my soon-to-become-true three weeks holiday will make my subconsious mind work. And perhaps generate some new ideas at least for the end of this year. No pressure.

Awesome!

Check out the 3 A:s of Awesome by Neil Pasricha: Attitude, Awareness and Authenticity.

 

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Attitude: when we encounter an unwanted challenge we have two options: to be sad, depressed and miserable forever or
to continue our lives even stronger and even more positive. 

Awareness: being able to see things like you saw them for the first time.

Authenticity: be yourself what ever it takes and be proud of it!


Awesome things everyday on:

http://1000awesomethings.com/