Phyllis Reardon M.Ed
Life Coach
Check out my Self Love Challenge at the end of article.
February month and Love is all around…or is it?
February has been designated as the month to tell those we love just how much we love them. It is a big sales time for chocolates, cards and frilly clothes. Red is everywhere.
Love is an abstract. We can’t actually see love, what we see is the external actions of Love. So as humans we need a reference point to know where love comes from. We are told or we have come to understand that love comes from our heart. So the Heart symbol gets lots of media attention during February…Valentine’s Day.
Building on this, heart & stroke associations work to get their message out about heart health.
Is there a connection between love and heart-health ?
I believe there is.
Loving Self leads to a healthy heart.
The most important Love to focus on is Love of Self. If we don’t love our self we can’t possibly love someone else. Loving self, accepting self, nurturing self are necessary for a healthy self and a healthy heart.
1. If we don’t love our self we are filled with self hate which leads to Stress.
2. If we don’t accept our self we filled with self doubt which leads to more Stress.
3. If we don’t nurture our self we will suffer from lack of sleep and nutrition which also causes a Stress.
Stress can cause high blood pressure and heightened levels of cholesterol.Therefore lack of Self Love will cause physical Heart problems. So yes Self Love will keep you healthy.
Let’s start this month with a big heaping of Self Love.
What are you going to do to Love yourself today?
I invite you to make a list of how you will Self Love. It would be neat to create a list, here on the Blog, of your Self Love activities for everyone else to see. No names included, unless you say so. Please email me and I will begin the Blog List. Share this Blog with friends and family so they can join in.
Let's start a Self Love Challenge.
My email phyllis@coachphyllis.com
Have a Self Loving day. You deserve it.
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Monday, February 1, 2010
Life Coaching Activities for Women at Work. Lower Stress and Live Longer. Work Is At the Heart of Stress. Be Your Own Valentine
Work Is At the Heart of Stress.
This is day one of February,the month that is chosen by heart and stroke organizations to highlight the degree of cardio vascular disease, especially among women. Most articles and advice focus on healthy diet and exercise, all most important. As a women coming from a family with a history of heart disease, my Mom had her first heart attack at 62 and a fatal one at age 70, I have had to be very cautious my whole life with choices I make that may negatively impact my health, so yes, eating properly and staying active are key.
There is another extremely important factor that I think is missed by some in the medical community, as it is not dircetly related to the "body," not seen as physical or biological and that is how we think and see the world. Our thought processes and perceptions can greatly influence the levels of our stress thus having impact on increasing or decreasing heart disease.
Eating well and exercising are key, but so is down time. Time to stop your thoughts, be quite, relax, breath deeply, take time out, meditate.
Life Coaching Activities to Reduce Life Work Stress
1. Repeat this: I have full control. It is up to me. No one else is to blame for my stress.
2. On a piece of paper note daily/weekly activities(work, family, you time). Note how much time is set aside for you.
3. Now note how you use this You Time. Are you relaxing your body and mind? Are you having quite time for you? Are you lowering stress? Are you relaxing?
4. If you don't take the You Time you will deplete your energy stocks and become stressed. Think about your cell phone battery.....how many bars do you have??
5. Stress is a killer. Lower your stress, lessen your risk of heart disease.
As we begin this month of Love, make a promise to your own heart that you will be true to it and protect it. Begin each day with a peaceful thought. Make your heart your very own Valentine.
Your heart will love you for it!
Have a great day,
Coach Phyllis
www.coachphyllis.com
phyllis@coachphyllis.com
This is day one of February,the month that is chosen by heart and stroke organizations to highlight the degree of cardio vascular disease, especially among women. Most articles and advice focus on healthy diet and exercise, all most important. As a women coming from a family with a history of heart disease, my Mom had her first heart attack at 62 and a fatal one at age 70, I have had to be very cautious my whole life with choices I make that may negatively impact my health, so yes, eating properly and staying active are key.
There is another extremely important factor that I think is missed by some in the medical community, as it is not dircetly related to the "body," not seen as physical or biological and that is how we think and see the world. Our thought processes and perceptions can greatly influence the levels of our stress thus having impact on increasing or decreasing heart disease.
Eating well and exercising are key, but so is down time. Time to stop your thoughts, be quite, relax, breath deeply, take time out, meditate.
Life Coaching Activities to Reduce Life Work Stress
1. Repeat this: I have full control. It is up to me. No one else is to blame for my stress.
2. On a piece of paper note daily/weekly activities(work, family, you time). Note how much time is set aside for you.
3. Now note how you use this You Time. Are you relaxing your body and mind? Are you having quite time for you? Are you lowering stress? Are you relaxing?
4. If you don't take the You Time you will deplete your energy stocks and become stressed. Think about your cell phone battery.....how many bars do you have??
5. Stress is a killer. Lower your stress, lessen your risk of heart disease.
As we begin this month of Love, make a promise to your own heart that you will be true to it and protect it. Begin each day with a peaceful thought. Make your heart your very own Valentine.
Your heart will love you for it!
Have a great day,
Coach Phyllis
www.coachphyllis.com
phyllis@coachphyllis.com
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