Whispers of Wishes

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic self…..and you are here today ready to stand up hear and acknowledge them, to make something great of them

Check out my post over here today –

http://martinimomma.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/foreshadowing-in-the-story-of-life-1.html

Upcoming Tele-Seminar Series: Engineering YOUR Life

Attention Women: How to Put Yourself First and Engineer Your Best Life

Three Week Tele-Seminar from the Comfort of Your Own Home

The dawn of a NEW YEAR has always been a time for reflecting on the past, yet more importantly, looking forward to the upcoming year. It’s a time to reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make. It is a time to resolve to follow through on those changes. Do you or someone you know start each year with a list of resolutions?

Do you or someone you know fail annually on fulfilling these personal commitments? Do you ever question WHY they don’t work? Why don’t they stick??? How would you like to ring in a NEW YEAR – 2010 with realistic goals and better still, have the tools to make them a reality?

Did you know that people who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t? Imagine the personal possibilities. Be accountable! Sadly, according to John C. Norcross (University of Scranton) more than 40 to 45% of American adults make one or more resolutions each year; however, by 6 months less than half are honoring them.

WHY? I will show and teach you introspective ways to push past the failure.

In this Tele-Seminar, I will help you to explore:

 • Your current life and happiness scale

• Your values and Future Self

• What makes a habit?

• Setting realistic and obtainable goals

• Learning to say YES and NO

• Provide tools of inspiration and motivation

If you’re curious and want to live your best year EVER, then you truly NEED enroll in this upcoming 3 week tele-class now—space is limited and it’s filling up quickly.

If you have any additional questions, please contact me at kath@inspiredbykath.com

Price: $75

Location: The comfort of your own home (you can dial-in from anywhere)

Date: November 24, December 1 and December 8 Time: 8:30 – 9:30pm CST

You will receive worksheets and a comprehensive list of resources to supplement your learning in this class.

About the Facilitator: Kathryn Gompf is a former Engineer who has designed her life to be exactly what she wants. She has a homemade MBA obtained through the trials and joy of owning a retail boutique and is trained as a Professional Coach through The Coaches Training Institute (CTI). In her spare time, she enjoys hanging with her two kids, husband, and dog, running marathons, ‘clean’ cooking and beer.

Just BE it!

I think the Nike slogan Just Do it was made for people like me.  I like to get things done.  I always have a To-Do list.  I love a good challenge.  I live my life in perpetual motion and when something gets in my way I evaluate and move past.  This is how I deal with emotions too.  I feel them and move on – one might argue that it is too quick but it is my way.

It seems like the universe is shouting out to me these days to take a walk on the other just and experience just BEing.  Here are a few of the signs:

Sign #1 – The Principle of Process:  This was one of the topics we covered during my coaching class this month.  This was the homework:

Homework #1: For two hours, simply BE. Notice your process during this practice, and your reaction to it.This will look and feel different for each person. Find out what simply being means for you. Note any temptation to do something or fit this into something you already know, like journaling, meditating, or even reflecting, and bring your attention back to simply being.

I resisted this practice like crazy.  I found it too hard to just BE and kept defaulting to an activity, a list, or a plan. I was a fidgeting toddler with an attention disorder.  I could not just BE no matter how hard I tried and IT SCARED ME!

Homework #2:  In your coaching over these two weeks, listen for where your clients avoid being in their experience.  Take them into their experience and deepen it. Go beyond your own comfort zone in being with where they are, whether this takes five minutes or the whole call. Do this with at least five clients

This is so very hard for me and I need to master the Principle to BE of better service to my clients.  I want to get going, take them away from the pain or lead them to an action that will serve them.  Some clients just need to stay and feel the feelings – good, bad, or other.  They don’t need a plan.

Sign #2 – Inspired by Others :  Our recent interview with Wendy got me thinking about meditation.  The author of The Happiness Hypothesis states that he believes that meditation is as powerful as Prozac (and she is in favour of Prozac if required).  Meditiation or any quiet time and solitutde is so lacking from our world these days you can help but wonder the effects.  Brandi told me you can get meditation videos on You Tube - now isn’t that funny?

Sign #3 – November’s Martini Momma’s Bookclub Book – Today we received this email from this lady…

“I have been having a really hard time picking a book for November and I have finally decided.It’s a ridiculously easy and short read… but it influenced me and I am re-reading it to gain a little momentum. And who couldn’t use a little more momentum these days?” Kal
 

The book is DO by A.C. Pin


I laughed because I am trying to SLOW down but then saw this…

I am starting with this one – BE by A.C. Pin

Looking back it seems funny that I used to sign-off this blog BE this, BE that when it really is something I need to BE with more.  I am off to practice:)

Just curious…What is your slogan? 

The Burden of Choice

I found this wordpress post and found it so interesting and challenging.  Choice is both an blessing and a challenge in my own and many clients lives.  What are your choices?  What or who do you base them on?

http://gettingmyvoiceback.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/the-burden-of-choice/

Have a read – so cool!

Run to a New Perspective

This morning I headed out for a short 20 km run. It is amazing the value of perspective! A short run because it is 10 km shorter than my last 2 week runs. A whole hour that I will be home sooner to spend the weekend with my family. This is was my current perspective! If you asked me at the beginning of training in May, my perspective would have been different. A 20 km run is a long run almost a half marathon, 2 long hours of running – which I only really ‘peak’ to run once each year in June! The perspective of a non-runner might be that I am crazy! Each situation has many different perspectives and you can choose to see the situation through the lense of each of them. Where are you stuck in your life that needs to you to look through a different perspective? I challenge you to try changing you perspective for just a week – the impact can be astounding!

Listen to the Coach

Check out this article in Saturday’s Winnipeg Free Press…

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/listen-to-the-coach-career-counsellor-can-improve–your-employment-game-52752447.html

This is why I do it!

I am sharing this with permission from one of my clients.  It is a joy and always inspiring to work with such amazing clients!

Hey Coach,
 
This one pushed me hard. Forced me to dig deep. Led me to places I didn’t think I could go.
http://tinastree.blogspot.com/2009/07/delayed.html
Have a look. It didn’t turn out the way I had first thought. It turned out so much better. At first I believed I would point out five technical perfections of my images. Instead, I’ve seen into her sweet eyes. She reached out to my heart. This story is so much more what I, and my photography, am all about.
 
The simplicity of thanking you resonates far beyond what the echos of these words offer. Your talent, your natural skills, your perception, your creativity all contribute to making you an incredible Life Coach. I could not be happier that I came across you when I did. Anyone up for some solid coaching, soul-seeking, challenges, and direction should contact you without hesitation.
 
Always,
Kristina

Don’t Worry Be Happy

We all aspire to be  happy in all aspects of our life. The latest studies show that happiness is no longer a simple by-product of circumstances but that half of our happiness comes from our genes. The other 50 percent is within our own control.   What are you doing to maximize your happiness? A coach can help you find out WHAT makes you happy and HOW to get to the place.

Here are a few great reads on happiness…

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

-Jonathon Haidt

The How of Happiness:  A New Approach to Getting the Life you Want

-Sonja Lyubomirsky

Thanks! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make you Happier.

-Robert A. Emmons

Have a great long weekend!  Rain, Rain Go Away!

Salt of the Earth

A value is personal and unique to each individual.  It may be called the same thing but within the definition and break-down is specific.  Have you spent enough time thinking about your values and the priority they have.  How hard are you working to ensure that in this life you honor them fully?  When do you step on your values?  An example of this is often with the value of family.  It is a value of many and who we all want to be surrounded with at the end of life yet so many of us let career, financial, and material success be a priority.

One of my own many values is salt of the earth.  This is a personal label that represents for me the art of living genuine and real.  It is about trying to age gracefully, eat as healthy as possible, keep fit and breathe in the fresh air that inspires life.  It is about trying to focus on the important things not “things” and enjoy the moment.  It is being truthful, fair, and honest.  It is showing my kids that kindness and grace as most important.  It is a membership in the church of good karma.

I work hard to keep this in my fore-thoughts as I live my life.  I am not perfect and there are most definitely times that I stray from salt of the earthbut I am conscious about this desire and importance of this value so I focus much energy here.

What are your values?  Where do you focus your time?  Where are you falling short?  What can you do to change and re-align?

If the CEO of Google is doing it…shouldn’t you?

Check out this cool article on why you hire a coach….
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0906/gallery.best_advice_i_ever_got2.fortune/14.html