How
to Improve Your Listening Skills
Use Listening to Improve Your Relationships
Listening skills play an important role in stimulating
exchanges. When it comes to empathic listening, we
do not vie to be heard, nor do we take turns speaking.
Rather, we are there to motivate and cheer the other
person on.
Legalize
Your Emotions
How to Handle Negative Emotions
We often do more harm by trying to not feel
negative emotions than by allowing them expression.
Fear
of Firsts
Do You Dread First-Time
Pursuits?
Have you ever noticed the surge of energy that usually
accompanies first-time pursuits? This can be positive
or negative. "Negative" fear usually stops
us from doing what we want to do, what makes sense
for us to do, and what takes us closer to our goals.
Shaping
Up: How to Create a Plan that Works
By using these seven steps you'll be able to live
a healthier and happier life, stick to your plan,
and look better than ever!
Women
and Investing
Be the Captain of Your Financial Life
According
to the National Center for Women and Retirement Research,
as many as 9 out of 10 women will be solely responsible
for their finances at some point in their lives. The
consequences of such circumstances can financially
cripple many women.
Budgeting-
The "B" Word
Are
you tired of asking your
bank account to give you more than it has to give?
Today is the day that the torture becomes history.
Take up your pencil and prepare to balance the budget.
How
Do You Feel About Yourself?
Recognizing
Signs of High and Low Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is the foundation of your life. If you
do not like parts of your life, you have the power
to rebuild that foundation.
Blog
Topic:
Work-Life
Balance —Creating Boundaries
For You To Follow
Blog
Topic:
Work-Life
Balance —Creating Boundaries For Others
To Follow
Blog
Topic:
How
To Get A Handle On Time —Don’t
Let Time Ruin Your Work-Life Balance
How's
Your Emotional Intelligence?
You Can Help How You Feel
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the silent partner
of rational intelligence—equal in importance,
yet frequently overlooked and rarely schooled or tested.
Concentration:
Getting into Flow
People who are performing in a state of flow make
difficult tasks look easy and natural. They are focused
and attentive, but completely relaxed.
Be
an Effective Listener!
The
scarcity of good listeners is self-perpetuating; if
you didn't have good listeners to learn from and models
to emulate, you probably didn't master this "master"
skill.
Boost
Your Self Confidence
Here is what I know to be true:
1) Everyone feels inadequate at least some of the
time
2) Everyone is afraid at least some of the time
Tips
for Beating Stress
Learning
to manage stress can make a strong positive contribution
to success and personal well-being. Stress isn't necessarily
the enemy.
Are
You an Abundance Thinker, or a Scarcity Thinker?
I've noticed when people speak,
some talk about and appreciate what they have in life
and think about what they need and want in life—others
talk about what they don’t have. Which are you?
How
to Get Out of Your Own Way
5
Strategies for Thinking Outside the Box
Stop thinking and doing things the same old way!
Relating:
Quality Time Together
A
couple who cannot play together are unlikely to stay
together. The pressures on each person’s time
are considerable, and being able to create time for
your partner among the myriad of tasks and conflicting
expectations is far from easy.
Know
Your Learning Style
People
learn in different ways. Just as we prefer different
hair styles, clothing styles, managerial styles, and
music styles, we also feel much more natural and comfortable
acquiring information in ways that fit our preferred
"styles" of learning.
Financial
Freedom
Take it from Suze Orman: Almost all of us have, at
some level, fears or anxieties about money. Looking
these fears in the eye is an essential step toward
freedom—financial freedom. Do you want to take
this first step?
Get
Organized!
Organize
Your Computer
Organize
Your Filing Systems
Organize
Your Home Office
Organize
Paper
Organizing:
Time Management
Organizing:
Time Bandit
Organizing
Your Year
Organizing:
Are You Ready for a Change?
Organize
Your Closet
Organize
Your Kitchen
Get Organized: PILE, Don’t File
Are
you a right-brained person who lives and works in
a left-brain world where papers MUST be filed or else?
Stop apologizing and learn a method of organizing
that will work for you!
WomensMedia's
Managing Conflict Series:
by
Dianne Schilling
- Recognize
Conflict
Styles and Strategies
- Conflict
Management using the strategies of Abandoning, Avoiding,
and Dominating
- Conflict
Management using the strategies of Obliging,
Getting Help, and Using Humor
- Conflict
Management using the strategies of Postponing and
Compromise
- Conflict
Management using the strategies of Integrating and
Collaborating
Success
Through Personal Connections
Here are 11 guiding principles and numerous suggestions
to help you create, cultivate and reap the benefits
of success through personal connections. Could you
use a quick refresher course?
Are
You Living the Life You Want?
Tired of not getting what you want in one or more
major areas in your life? Are you living a life that
is not exactly as you planned? Have you given up on
what you used to want?
Change
Your Patterns of Procrastination and Reclaim Your
Life Energy
"I can’t believe I let it go this long!" Sound familiar?
Professional coach Brook Montagna guides you towards
a positive change.
Simple
Secrets of Happiness
There actually is a biology of happiness. The good
news is it determines only 50 percent of your mood.
The rest is up for grabs. Find out how things like
activities and attitude influence the other 50 percent.
