Love Snow White
I am on my way back to Hungary to visit my daughter and her family for the holidays.
On one of my trips to Budapest, I took my granddaughters to see a production of the fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Children’s theater in Budapest, is worthy of a Broadway acclaim.
The Queen is the fictional character in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale and ranks #10 in the American Film Institute’s list of the 50 Best Movie Villains of All Time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years%E2%80%A6100_Heroes_and_Villains
In the story, the Queen is extremely beautiful, but very vain. When her magical mirror tells her that Snow White is the fairest one in the land, her envy and jealousy and lack of self love, prevents her from knowing the truth and sends her into a rage.
The truth….even for the Queen, was that she was never able to claim her own beauty and she became bitter, resentful and tried to destroy Snow White.
Snow White, on the other hand, was in love with everything! She sang and danced through the forest, as she did through life. Not only did she love herself, but she saw the beauty in the birds and the animals and even all those funny little men.
Give yourself permission to “act as if” you have the attitude of a beautiful fairy book character and begin believing that you are the fairest in the land.
When you are looking in the mirror in the days ahead, you will find yourself smiling a hundred times more than frowning. You are not the wicked Queen or King, but a loving, capable, sensible, strong, compassionate, precious person. And with your permission, that lovely amazing self is reflected back.
Laugh a lot, Love a lot and Listen to your heart!
Be well and stay that way!
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Rescue Remedy!
No matter what the season, self care is a vital part of loving yourself. Too often the stress becomes hysterical and you begin to compromise your health and your well being.
This post is simply a reminder that paying attention to stress is the first step in making healthy choices to balance your life and move towards personal power.
Over 60 years ago, Dr Edward Bach, recognized the need for an emergency treatment to help people cope with such everyday stressful situations and created Rescue Remedy. Check out the website:
RESCUE
If you feel like you’ve “had enough”, follow these simple tips to restore focus and regain inner calm wherever you are:
Relax – Take 10 deep breaths. Inhale deeply and exhale slowly.
Exercise - Learn some basic yoga techniques or just take a 10 minute walk.
Smile - Think of a happy time. It is near impossible to keep frowning while smiling and laughter stimulates the production of mood enhancing endorphins.
Calm – Let your imagination take you to a calm and tranquil place that exudes peace, serenity and beauty.
Use Your Lunchbreak – Take time out for yourself. A walk in the park, especially if it is sunny, can do wonders for your mood. It will help you work more efficiently in the afternoon too.
Escape – If you are able to, walk away. Removing yourself from a stressful situation can give you time to restore some perspective.
Know that you are one of the most significant people in the lives of the children you teach.
Practice “Excellent Self Care” …for your sake and for all those who love you!
Including yourself!
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More create tips on how to take care of yourself!
Love the Choice!
If you think of love as a CHOICE
and not a feeling, then give
yourself permission to make a
decision to actually love yourself
unconditionally.
Perhaps this might be the first step
in learning to be in love with you.
Brian Tracy, who is one of the leading
authorities on development of human
potential and personal effectiveness,
says there are four types of choices.
1. The choice can only be made by you..
the Commander and Chief.
2. The choice can be made to delegate
the decision to someone else.
3. The choice where “No Decision” can
be made because the outcome would be
so severe that the consequences could
possibly cause death.
4. The choice is so obvious that the
decision is a “No Brainer”!
And a fifth type of choice can be made in
consolation with someone who knows the situation.
I am here as your coach and consultant.
We all need to choose to love the person
that we are at this very moment.
This falling in love with yourself will
be the most important, life-changing and
fun love affair you could ever have!
Imagine that the only person you need
to please is yourself.
You truly are amazing, very special,
unique and deserving.
Choose to love your precious self and
give the gift of becoming happy and
at ease in your life.
Take a look at the tips and hints on
my site: http://lysscentral.com
Just do it! Make it a CHOICE and love yourself.
Be well and stay that way,
Gena
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Love a pat on the back!
I am grateful for “Skype”.
This amazing technology has helped me stay in touch with my granddaughters who are still in Budapest, Hungary. Thanksgiving gave me the opportunity to visit with them while they had a festive dinner. As my daughter cleared the kitchen, the girls put the computer on the floor so I could join their make-believe play.
The holiday season inspired Selah to re-create an early American scene with pilgrims, farm animals, crops, campfires and Native American Indians. This was not an on-line computer game. We were engaged in actual imaginary play and together we were pretending to have conversations as the figures talked to each other.
My granddaughters were thrilled to have their Nana with them in real time, just not in real space. We laughed and giggled together as I made silly statements while they moved the figures around on the stage they had made out of a pizza box.
All of a sudden the picture on my computer screen began to shake and I became alarmed, thinking I might lose the cyberspace connection.
“ Whooo…you guys” I said “ what’s happening… my picture is moving.”
The youngest, Aliya, appeared in the screen and smiled.
”Oh, Nana”, she said, “I am just patting your back.”
If you are reading this, then simply imagine that I am patting you on the back for just being You!
There is nothing to do, nothing to accomplish, nothing to proclaim, nothing to prepare, nothing to wish for….just be you and know that you are loved.
As you learn to love yourself, pat yourself on the back with enthusiasm and gratitude, and do it often.
Love the HomeWork!
Falling in love with yourself has been the ongoing theme
for all of these coaching tips. Some of you are still asking ….”but, how do I do that”.
“How do I love myself, when I don’t feel good about who I am,
or not happy with something about me and maybe even hate some things about myself.”
I would add…you don’t know how to love yourself, YET!
Would you consider doing some homework?
That’s right, homework on how to love yourself.
There is research to support the fact that homework does
make a difference in skill development.
New knowledge is only about 5% of the learning.
The practice of skills and abilities will help you
become a competent, capable, expert at “loving all aspects of yourself”.
I am not talking about narcissism or self adoration, being selfish
or hogging all the attention. But, rather a genuine sense that you
have preciousness about you that shines, regardless of what you think.
My wish is for you to “want who you are, so you can begin to know what you want”.
Create a plan of action and begin to incorporate the skills into your daily routines
and habits.
Here is an article that just might help with your homework assignment:
http://www.wikihow.com/Love-Yourself
Let me know how you do. No report card…only you can evaluating your progress.
Trust the process, have some fun and love yourself along the way.
Be well and check out the website: http://lysscentral.com
Love the BREAK!
Last week the clocks changed
back and we procured a delicious
hour of time.
I surveyed a number of people
and asked what they planned to
do with that 25th hour in the day.
“Extra sleep” was the answer more
often than not!
Does that mean we are a nation
suffering from sleep deprivation?
These email posts have become a
weekly routine for the past year
and instead of sleeping, I decided
to fracture my customary ritual of
writing to you.
There was no coaching reminder to
love yourself last week.
Instead I used the long day to
breathe more fully, incorporate
some self care activities,
reaffirm the commitment to
practicing self love and
relished the break.
I was surprised by myself
when I realized that I did
not feel guilty at all!
You can always pretend that the
clocks are giving you an extra bit
of time. Delegate yourself as the
recipient of an extra hour
or even a few minutes of kindness
and self care.
Loving yourself can become
your priority if, and only if,
you take yourself seriously
and do the things that make
you feel good.
Be well and stay that way,
gena
P.S. Visit the website for the
entire year of coaching tips!
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Love a tint of PINK!
Here in New England almost over night the maple leaves
exploded into brilliant shades of yellow, orange and red.
As I was driving down the street, I was chatting with myself
over the fact that in all my life here I don’t know if I had ever seen such
intense, lustrous, sparkling, gleaming pigments from fall foliage.
The landscape looked like a magical wonderland.
It wasn’t until I removed the new sunglasses I was wearing
that I realized my reality of glorious
color had been altered by the “pink tint”
in the lenses of the glasses.
The world looked more beautiful with just
a tiny bit of extra zest and I smiled
as I played with the change in my perception.
When you truly are in love with yourself,
the world can be like wearing glasses with a ‘pink tint”.
Everything is more brilliant, encouraging,
safe, exciting and ready. The universe is ALWAYS poised to support your
wishes, wants, hopes and dreams.
What matters most is how you see yourself.
This falling in love with yourself will be the most life changing and fun love affair you will ever have.
Smiles,
Gena
P.S. For your extra enjoyment:
My granddaughters spent some time re-creating the story PINKALICIOUS by Victoria Kann. The Pink tint in my sunglasses reminded me of their delightful enthusiasm and innocent wisdom from a simple story of self love.
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Love Daydreaming!
Our natural ability to daydream is
no longer considered “a lazy,
non-productive pastime”.
Science and research has validated
that daydreaming can be extremely
constructive and support individual
success and productivity.
Brilliant minds have developed
amazing ideas just by daydreaming
about their challenging subjects.
Psychologists have estimated that
we daydream between one third and
one half of our waking hours.
It’s time to take claim to your
right to daydream and produce movies
in your mind for splendid health
and well being.
By loving yourself you can choose to
daydream about what you would like to
happen in your life.
Daydreaming is the stuff that reality
is made from.
If you have a headache, daydream
that you are pain free.
If you are late, daydream
that your timing is always perfect.
If you are over weight, daydream
that you feel good in your slim body.
If you are angry, daydream
about feeling compassion,
calm and in control.
If you are frustrated, daydream
that everything is making sense.
If you are hungry, daydream
that you would like a glass of water.
You get the idea….
You can choose what you want to
daydream about.
Make your daydreams wonderful,
delightful, glorious visions
that will sustain and assist your
effort to love your precious self.
Read more about Daydreaming at:
http://bit.ly/pBgFa
Dream on!
Smiles,
gena
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Love your Valise!
What happened to the small overnight
traveling bag called a valise?
A French description originally used
back in the mid 1500’s, a valise is
hard to come by today.
In order to feel comfortable, we require
too much stuff to fit in a small valise,
even for an overnight trip.
“A get-away”, usually requires a bag for
clothes, a bag for shoes and boots, a bag
for cosmetics, a bag for reading material,
a bag for your computer, a bag for beach
paraphernalia and if you are like me,
a bag for your pillow!
When you are very young, you don’t need
much to feel comfortable in a new place.
This image says it all:
http://www.fotosearch.fr/bigcomp.asp?path=IGS/IGS115/EV018-039.jpg
If you only had a small valise to carry your
most precious self, what would you pack it with?
My suggestion is to stuff it with:
affirmations of self love, thoughts of possibility,
actions that would honor your ability,
feelings of self worth, ideals for anticipated successes,
and images of dreams and aspirations for your future.
It’s your bag, pack what works for you!
You only need a tiny bit of fanciful hope to
change your life!
I wish you a glorious today so that tomorrow
will be laced with the gratitude of yesterday.
Gena
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Love Your Stuff!
Being a passenger on a road trip
gives you the opportunity to glance
at the billboards along the way.
One huge sign caught my eye and my
interest. In big red letters it
simply said ”We Love Your Stuff!”
I smiled and wondered if it was an
ad for a storage bin or a promotion
for a new Broadway play?
If someone else can love your “stuff”…
why can’t you?
In baseball, “stuff” can be used to
describe a pitcher’s repertoire and his
ability on the mound.
Roy Hallady, of the Philadelphia Phillies,
showed his “stuff” when he pitched his
second no hitter of the season, in the
National League playoff’s.
Baseball players don’t hide their ’stuff ‘
in a storage unit, they simply flaunt
their talent and do what they do best,
play ball.
What’s your “stuff” made of and have you
come to love and honor who you are,
so you can know what you want.
Whether it’s your ’stuff’,
your ’schick’, or your ’style’…
it is time to learn to love
all aspects of yourself.
So, go show ‘em what you’ve got…and
love your precious self!
Smiles,
gena
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