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Indistinct Personal Boundaries As A Stressor

2010-02-22T10:20:00.000-05:00

If you are someone that hasn't set well defined personal boundaries for yourself, you could be adding to your stress and impacting your health negatively. Here is a quote from the book, When Your Body Says No by Gabor Mate, MD:

..."There are ongoing negative effects on the body's hormonal and immune systems, since people with indistinct personal boundaries live with stress; it is a permanent part of their daily experience to be encroached upon by others. However, that is a reality they have learned to exclude from direct awareness."

Through awareness you can take better care of yourself holistically; define what is necessary for you to live with less stress; and determine the actions to take that will lead to others learning and respecting your boundaries.
If you would like some help with this, I’d be happy to coach you through this.
...Your Luminosity Coach

Is leadership your passion or just your job?

2010-02-15T12:22:00.001-05:00

Are you clear? Aware of the words that you use and the different perceptions of them throughout the organization. Only with clarity and a keen understanding of the people/talent at all levels, will you be able to unite those who are working toward the organization's mission and vision of your company.

James Kouzes and Barry Posner: "There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing."

I would add to that: Not only clear communication is necessary, but the ability to inspire in others the desire, mission, and vision.

This is where leadership training and coaching can make a significant difference in persons ability to lead,become clear, know their strengths and weaknesses in the role, and move toward greatness.

....Your Luminosity Coach

Pre Valentine's thinking..

2010-02-08T12:19:00.001-05:00

With Valentine's Day right around the corner; and considering Appreciative Living has been my theme of late, I've chosen this quote for today:

“Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.” Unknown

If you have been hurt, it's hard to open yourself up again. So much so that when you do even if just a little, you may be "looking" for the hurt again. That which we look for we usually see manifest. Look for the joy, look for the love and look for the laughter and these things will likely surround you giving you the courage to open yourself up to be loved again. By doing this every day over the next week, you may find your Valentine's Day to be remarkable!

..your Luminosity Coach

Are you standing by a precedent based solely on its existence?

2010-01-14T09:18:00.001-05:00

It's interesting how often we hear, "Well, we don't want to do that for this person or business as it might set a new precedent." The old precedent may not be so great, but because it stands, we tend to stand by it without regard for positive change in place of it.

Clara Barton (1821-1912) American Civil War Nurse and founder of American National Red Cross said it best in this quote, "I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past."

What precedent might be better off removed from your thinking, your life, your work?

....Your Luminosity Coach

A little courage goes a long way

2010-01-04T10:33:00.000-05:00

"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." Charles DuBois

I've been spending time with the most courageous women I've ever met. She is in constant pain and yet she is giving to everyone around her through her courage and laughter, prayers, and her faith in her Self. I hope you'll take a moment to step out and help someone today, whether it be a stranger, friend, or yourself. Have the courage, take the time.

Please affirm the healing, that Millie will take to her feeding tube or that she be released from it and be able to gain strength and become nourished through liquids. Thank you,

...your Luminosity Coach, Dianne

Do you trust yourself?

2009-12-15T07:00:00.001-05:00

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” Golda Meir

If we can't trust our Self, then who can we trust. Start looking for the You that will unfold into joy if you only let it. Then you will see that you're ability to trust will increase and the wisdom that follows is truly liberating.

...your luminosity coach

A great way to start the new year!

2009-12-14T12:03:00.000-05:00

If you live and work in the Atlanta area, Please join me as I facilitate a workshop based on Jacqueline Kelm's book, Appreciative Living. Follow the link above to learn more.

...your luminosity coach

Reinventing Yourself

2009-12-11T08:59:00.000-05:00

"I am not a has-been. I am a will-be." Lauren Bacall

Ah, Love that woman's voice, and the way she thinks. Start from where you are right now, and create the you that you really want to be. You can't move positively through life's wonder-full nature if you focus on what you were or what you haven't been. Begin reinventing yourself by focusing on how you bring joy to the world and you will find that you have a life that brings joy to you.

...join me starting in mid January for my Appreciative Living work shop here in Atlanta. Details to follow..

....Your Luminosity Coach

Are you seeing stars?

2009-12-04T12:47:00.000-05:00

"Two men looked out of the prison bars; The one saw mud; The other saw stars." Frederick Langbridge

Are you seeing stars? If not, what prison has you so captive? There's generally something holding us back from our greatest potential. Look for what might be holding you back from yours..stare it in the face, break it down for what it really is, and move it out and away from what you know needs to be done. Set yourself free to see the luminosity; your luminosity!

...your luminosity coach.

Are you focused on the "aim of the art"?

2009-12-02T16:05:00.001-05:00

"Art is innate in the artist, like an instinct that seizes and makes a tool out of the human being. The thing in the final analysis that wills something in him is not he, the personal man, but the aim of the art." Carl Jung

In an assessment I took today for personal growth and understanding, it was stated that this quote would probably make complete sense to me as it relates to my style of creativity. Considering I never thought of myself as creative, this was a surprise. Albeit, after reading it through again, the quote resonates me; with my purpose..my aim: to create an experience for those whose lives I touch to be inspired by their own Greatness by harmonizing with the One Voice - not their inner critique. Ironically, I now see my creativity. Does this quote resonate with you?

How does multi-tasking show up in your performance?

2009-12-01T08:50:00.001-05:00

One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other. Chinese Proverb

Multi-tasking has been touted as such a necessary thing in our society. And yet, how often I hear from my clients that everything doesn't get completed and/or completed to the level of their highest work/performance. So much so, that setting goals is difficult and/or the goals are unrealistic.

Today, test your ability to single focus. Complete an entire activity before moving to the next one. Put your phone and email on "do not disturb" during this process. See how you feel, what more you complete, and at what level of satisfaction. Let me know how that works for you.

...your luminosity coach

How do you nurture your dreams?

2009-11-27T07:00:00.003-05:00

“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.” Lao Tse Tung

We so often get caught up in all of the "must dos" that we don't think to take time to nurture our dreams, which nurtures us and those we love. It's so easy to listen to others and our own inner critique dismiss our dreams. Even when we see them begin to manifest we question and doubt. They're YOUR dreams - go for 'em with optimism and solutions!

...your luminosity coach

Safe travels...with an emphasis on gratitude.

2009-11-26T07:00:00.001-05:00

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” Maya Angelou

Wishing you safe travels and a very Happy Thanksgiving. Where ever home is for you this Thanksgiving - may you be and feel safe.

...your luminosity coach.

Who knew? Mark Twain was a life coach!

2009-11-25T07:00:00.002-05:00

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” Mark Twain

...he left out, the first one...'of greatest priority'. Overwhelmed comes from a perception of reality, it may not be the reality at all. Take a deep breath and get started.

...your luminosity coach

Don't be afraid to try something new!

2009-11-24T07:00:00.001-05:00

“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.” Unknown Author

If you have a dream, vision,or great idea - just start from where you are and take it one step at a time. Don't just stand there...

...your luminosity coach

How can I produce happiness today?

2009-11-23T09:09:00.000-05:00

“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.” Helen Keller

Look for opportunities today to provide a little happiness for someone. It's contagious! ..your luminosity coach.

Take a break from judgment

2009-11-17T17:54:00.000-05:00

"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe." Dalai Lama

Judging takes from us pure energy and time. Give yourself a break from your own judgments this week starting with your inner critic. Become aware of when you start to criticize yourself internally, lovingly tell that part of your innerself that it no longer serves you, and move to a place where your inner coach resides - hang out there for a while.

...your luminosity coach

Are you the change you wish to see?

2009-11-16T10:59:00.000-05:00

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi

It seems it's our human nature to complain about what we don't have or what is wrong.
And yet, our lives improve exponentially when we focus on what is right and how to be what is needed to make it even better.

Your coach's perspective: If you want more success in your endeavors, more clients or more quality ongoing engagements from your clients, more from your teams, more from your employers, more from your relationships, more from your body, more from your bank account...You must give more quality you to it, more inclusion, more support, more fluid and gracious giving, to see the outer changes take place.

Be the change. ...your luminosity coach.

You have a great vision? How are you at the implementation?

2009-11-13T08:57:00.001-05:00

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” Oscar Wilde

I had lunch yesterday with some very remarkable woman; all coaches (the four of us) at all different phases of our business practices. One has a fascinating marketing background and shared how she is always seeing a need well prior to the rest of the world and that never stops her! Instead she moves forward excited about doing something that has never been done before. Not only was she contagious with her enthusiasm about her current concept, but she had a very detailed understanding of how she was going to execute on it.

One can easily get stuck in "the world isn't ready for this yet" when a great idea comes to mind as well as get caught up in nay sayers' opinions. Whatever your vision is, stay in action - that is how great visions are implemented. Give yourself permission to do a little day dreaming this weekend!

...with appreciation for your interest,

...your luminosity coach

Are you a fanatic?

2009-11-10T07:00:00.004-05:00

“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.” Winston Churchill

Dig deep and see when this might be you. When the opportunity arises, allow yourself some flexibility. See if you can stop long enough to really listen and then either change your mind or change the subject. See what grows from there...

Your luminosity coach.

Have you pulled out your courage lately?

2009-11-09T16:05:00.000-05:00

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill

If you're a client of mine it's likely you've got a stretch goal on your plate. Pull up the courage to keep the eye on that prize and move toward it!

This is the time of year we start planning our holiday parties, family gatherings, and New Years Eve Plans. Keep that planning going...but don't forget to plan for how you intend to reach that stretch goal! Create a list of things you can do right now, this week, and the last months of the year to reach it. Look at that list everyday and move with it. And if it has to carry into next year or is a goal for next year...plan the year out carefully. Categorize everything you can do to make it happen and decide how much of each is required. Then back into the year by month based on that.

Need any help with that...call your luminosity coach!

All the best! Dianne

Have you failed enough to succeed?

2009-11-06T10:18:00.000-05:00

"I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is precisely why I succeed." - Michael Jordan

Go ahead, get out there, do what you love, inspire yourself, be your best, and if you miss the mark of your dream, do it over and over again! You will succeed. Have a great weekend!

Your Luminosity Coach
www.luminositycoaching.com

When The Body Says No

2009-11-04T16:03:00.000-05:00

Today I’m feeling a bit under the weather due to a cold. I was asking myself if this was a direct result of my recent stress level – quite high. I realized that my body was just saying, “no more, now rest.”. So, I have taken some of today to do just that. I wanted some simple reading so I googled “when the body says no”…And what I found was a book by the same name and the author is Gabor Mate.
I read the first few pages of the first chapter which spoke of a girl named Mary who became ill with the disease Scleroderma. It was as if I was meant to read it to remind myself how blessed I am with my own health and how unimportant the things we stress over are. It’s so very important to give yourself the permission to say no to stress and yes to health. I immediately called my sister who’s story is the story of Mary in the first chapter - without the foster care part. We laughed and cried at the irony. I pray that more people just say no - so that there is only ease and no longer dis-ease.
I’ve shared a couple of excerpts below from the book:
“Perhaps her body was doing what her mind could not: throwing off the relentless expectation that had been first imposed on the child and now was self-imposed in the adult – placing others above herself.” …”When we have been prevented from learning how to say no, our bodies may end up saying it for us. I cited some of the medical literature discussing the negative effects of stress on the immune system.”
If you decide to buy this book…please go through my web-site. I’ll donate the proceeds – whatever they are to help patients with Scleroderma. http://luminositycoaching.com/Contact_Us.html

emotional intelligence

2009-11-02T12:18:00.000-05:00

"Experience is not what happens to you - it's how you interpret what happens to you." —Aldous Huxley

Check in with yourself today and see how you are interpreting your experience(s). Could there be a more positive interpretation? Take yourself there.

A thought to take you into the weekend. See the sparkle!

2009-10-29T14:03:00.000-04:00

"To the illumined mind the whole world sparkles with light" Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man I wish I'd said that! This is what happens when you open your mind to possibilities for yourself and others, regardless of the doom and gloom we hear and even manifest in our world when our focus is only on that. It's difficult right now not to be sucked in by all the negative talk and the negative things that are happening in the world. Unfortunately we hear little about the huge amount of good and good fortune taking place. We need each other now more than ever to keep our minds open to positive manifestations in our lives. Spend less time this weekend watching or reading the news. Focus on being grateful for everything of beauty and all that you do have. Then you will truly sparkle as will the world around you. ...your luminosity coach!

Are you a Leader of Inclusion?

2009-10-29T07:00:00.004-04:00

Gallup poles show only 29% of the US workforce as
engaged...

Great leaders get people to be excited about and committed to their organization’s mission and vision.

Then why are there so few great leaders out there engaging their workforce? Much of it is lack of training, coaching, or mentoring. One type of leadership for engaging employees is:

Inclusion Leadership: Whether employees feel like an insider or an outsider impacts on their level of engagement. Effective leaders know that everyone on their team has strengths the team needs to be successful, and they know how to get the best out of each person.They understand that people with different personal values can work together effectively when they commit to the same values about trustworthiness and standards of work performance.

The fully engaged employee is one whose needs and values are aligned with their work and their organization.

When are you most engaged as an employee?

Four Types of Leadership by by Puran Bair

2009-10-29T07:00:00.000-04:00

I found this on the internet today. It so resonated with me that I felt compelled to share the whole piece. I hope it stirs the kind of leader in you that the world needs, today:

There is a conception of a leader as a person who sees what others don't see, who exposes a new paradigm to answer questions that can't even be expressed in the old mind-set. One who understands the profound truths that clarify and simplify reality and can communicate these liberating visions to others through dialogue and presence.
This view is one-fourth of leadership, but since those who hold it are excellent communicators, it gets considerably more press than the three other types of equally-valid leadership.
There is also leadership in a situation that everyone already understands but which few can face. On the battlefield, there is the leader who raises his head and charges into the oncoming fire to blaze a path for others to follow, inspiring those who are frozen in fear and unable to do what they know they must. After an airplane crash in the Potomac river, a man jumped into the freezing water to swim out to passengers and tow them back to shore. They were uninjured but too shocked to swim half the distance he swam. There is the woman who galvanizes a community to action against the pollution they all know about but have passively accepted. This leadership is also evident in the businesswoman who inspires the company to a higher standard of quality: it's the courage to do what's hard but known, instead of the insight to do what's simple but unknown.
There is another kind of leadership that knits together a group of people who could not get along with each other without the leader's harmonizing influence. This is not a hierarchical leadership that explains a theory to the ignorant masses or shows extraordinary courage in a crisis. This is a leader who might be invisible to the group, until he or she leaves, whereupon the group falls into divergence. This leader operates like the heart in the body: the head gets all the credit, but the heart establishes the heart-rate on its own from polling the organs and muscles directly, independent of the brain.
The last kind of leader is one who is very conscious of leadership, accepting the burden of it not for any glory or fame, but simply because they must; it is their responsibility. A leader of this type is dependable; he will carry you across the river on his back; he will hold you safe so that you do not drown. She will take your thorny faults and hide them under her own coat, even through they scratch her skin, until they are eventually rubbed smooth. This leader's path is not detachment; it is attachment; it is duty, and he will not fail you.
The path to developing leadership is to first recognize which kind of leader you are, and then perfect it. Next, stretch to develop a neighboring style of leadership, integrating it with your own.
In this development, some concepts are useful, but most important is the practice of meditation. The meditation that develops the power of the leader is not regarding the world as impermanent from a detached observance. It is a meditation of love, in which one identifies with all that is. We do not aspire to experience no thought; we aspire to experience all emotion. One does not find one's self by elimination, but by inclusion. Our chief problem is a narrow self-concept; the truth about ourselves is that we are infinite, eternal and perfect. To become fulfilled, which is our purpose in life, we must incorporate the eagle, the lion, the rabbit and the snake -- that's how we overcome ignorance, anger, greed and jealousy. We submit the mind and ego to the service of the heart, with love.
Our practice starts simply: put your hand on your heart, then you will speak differently. Now breathe through your heart, in time to your heartbeat. Use your breath to exchange love with the world. In a few more steps, you'll be sending out a powerful magnetic pulse that is literally broadcasting peace into the world. This is active, Heart Rhythm Meditation, and it's more effective at handling stress than any other kind of meditation. It's also more beneficial for the physical heart, and we can prove it medically. Most importantly, it brings a person into a closer connection with and more profound understanding of others. It develops creativity, not just clarity. It powers responsibility and the courage to take action, not just compassion. This is the meditation of our time. This will shift our culture from the mind to the heart.

What type of leader are you?

2009-10-28T07:00:00.008-04:00

"You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership." Dwight D. Eisenhower

I actually laughed out loud when I read this quote. Instantly I had a visual of an old boss of mine in a meeting - there were only four of us attending (we were the top sales managment). He was telling us, "you have to bang the information into their heads" (meaning our sales teams)...all the while he was banging his own head into the wall behind him. Why did we all sit there stunned and let this man go on? Job security, or just shock - guess I'll never know. If I knew what I know now, I would have coached him to become a better leader, even if I were "coaching up" as we call it. ...Be sure to be a non-abusive leader! And those in the presence of an abusive leader do what you can to share with this person that he/she should not lead in this fashion - show them their stregnths as a leader so they move toward those in times of stress rather than "hitting people (or themselves) over the head."

Attachment and Leadership

2009-10-27T09:18:00.001-04:00

"Leaders shouldn't attach moral significance to their ideas: Do that, and you can't compromise." Peter F. Drucker

What is attached to your ideas? ..moral significance? ego? the best for all concerned? a positive outcome?.... or just the idea.

Monday's as Funday's

2009-10-26T07:00:00.024-04:00

Monday's sure have gotten a bad wrap over the years. They've been proven to be the heart attack day, the worst rainy day of the week, and more. All this negative press for this day that just exists like every other day. It's how we think about it; how we point fingers at it; how we have programed ourselves to believe in its power. How silly we've been about just another day of the week.

Since it's quite true that we can talk ourselves into anything ~ Why not talk ourselves into "Monday is a Funday!" Find the fun in everything you do today, even in the "have to" do's. And if you can't find the fun, add something to it to make it fun, even if it's just enough to make one corner of your mouth go up into that smile just between you and you! You are so much fun to be with! ~ and who knows that better than you? ~ even on a Monday!

Think about how many other things you give your power away to and come up with a few ways to reframe them! Have a great day! ...your luminosity coach...

What a great event!

2009-10-22T22:15:00.001-04:00

This evening in Johns Creek, GA, Emory Johns Creek Hospital Hosted its third annual Ladies Night Out in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to celebrate its new Breast Center. Ladies Night Out was held at the hospital and was open to the community. The event included free glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure and bone density screenings, as well as consultations with doctors from a wide variety of specialties, and we exhibitors dedicated to better health and well being of women.

What an honor it was for Luminosity Coaching to have been invited to have a table! The crowd was amazing, they drew nearly 200 people from the Johns Creek and surrounding area. The pictures attached are of our table and the surrounding tables as we vendors were preparing for the crowd. I intended to take more pictures but the minute the doors opened it was non stop conversations with interesting women committed to their health and well being. I saw some friends and made some new ones. Kudos to Emory Johns Creek Hospital and the Jr. League of Gwinnette for making this happen!

Come See Me Tomorrow Evening!

2009-10-21T15:04:00.000-04:00

I will have a booth at the EMORY JOHNS CREEK HOSPITAL'S THIRD ANNUAL LADIES NIGHT OUT facilitated by the Junior League of Johns Creek and Emory Johns Creek Hospital! Please read the following announcement and I hope to see you there. I'll be raffling off 3 free coaching sessions!!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

EMORY JOHNS CREEK HOSPITAL HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL LADIES NIGHT OUT

FREE SCREENINGS

Address is:

Emory Johns Creek Hospital

6325 Hospital Parkway

Johns Creek, GA 30097

Exact location:

Suite 109 of the Physicians Plaza, which is adjacent and attached to Emory Johns Creek Hospital.

Johns Creek, GA – Emory Johns Creek Hospital will host its third annual Ladies Night Out in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to celebrate its new Breast Center. Ladies Night Out will be held at the hospital and is open to the community. The event will include free glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure and bone density screenings, as well as consultations with doctors from a wide variety of specialties. Physicians from the Breast Center, including mammogram and imaging specialists, and breast surgeons and oncologists will be on hand to talk to women about breast health and the range of technology and treatment options now available to them. Emory Johns Creek Hospital now offers its patients the latest technology in breast biopsy techniques, through MR guided biopsy. Performing a breast biopsy in real-time, guided by MR (magnetic resonance) imaging is an important advance in the diagnosis of breast cancer.

In addition to the Breast Center physicians, there will be cardiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, podiatrists, ophthalmologists and surgeons available for women to talk to about a wide range of health related issues.

“We look forward to this event every year. It gives us a great opportunity to meet women in the community and talk with them one-on-one,” said Beverly Miller, Director of Community Relations for the Hospital.

Vendors:

Advanced Perceptions, Inc.

Angels At Your Feet

Beijo Bags

BJ Chorale and Gwinnett Choral Guild

Center For Advanced Dentistry

Discovery Toys

Easy Living Services

Element Diet & Fitness

Fixin2Tidy

Junior League of Gwinnett and North Fulton Counties

Laura Mercier Cosmetics

Liberty Mutual

Luminosity Coaching, LLC

Mary Kay Cosmetics & Skin Care

Massage Envy

Newcomer Women's Club of Northeast Suburban Atlanta

PartyLite Candles & Gifts

Premier Designs, Inc.

Proactive Physical Therapy

Self Defense Atlanta

Shorter College

Stella & Dot Jewelry

Ultra Organized, LLC

World Financial Group

Physicians:

Kirstie Cunningham, MD – OB/GYN

Dori Kasparek, MD – OB/GYN

Jeff Kovacic, MD - Orthopaedic Surgeon

Milan Patel, MD - Ophthalmologist

Andy Jimerson, MD – Plastic Surgeon

David Hayes, MD – General Surgery

Carla Crawford, Carla, MD – Gynecologist

Donald Culley, MD - Urogynecology

Gary Siegel, MD – Pain Management/Anesthesia

Sabrina Harrison, MD – OB/GYN

Deepa Nagarajan, MD – Internal Medicine

Kelly Day, MD – Internal Medicine

Betty Anthony, MD – OB/GYN

Zack Charkawi, MD – Family Medicine

Tanya Pandya, DO – Family Medicine

Shereen Timani, MD - Dermatology

Jackson Slappy, MD – Breast Surgeon

Micky Mishra, MD - Cardiologist

Suresh Ramamurthy, MD - Cardiologist

Dimple Raina, MD - Gastroenterologist

Ahad Khan, MD – Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery

Michael Williams, MD – Bariatric Surgery

Emory Johns Creek Hospital boasts a staff of more than 600 physicians in 43 specialties and provides a full range of services to area patients, including emergency, labor and delivery, the area’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, advanced surgery and diagnostics, bariatrics, sleep studies and the Heart and Vascular Institute.

For more information, please visit emoryjohnscreek.com

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Address is:

Emory Johns Creek Hospital

6325 Hospital Parkway

Johns Creek, GA 30097

Exact location:

Suite 109 of the Physicians Plaza, which is adjacent and attached to Emory Johns Creek Hospital.

We all have leadership roles and leadership skills

2009-10-21T10:05:00.000-04:00

How do you see yourself as a leader in your daily roles and activities? Do you want to be a better leader? Do you want to polish your understanding of leadership and improve your leadership skills? Lot's of thought provoking questions this morning. Hope you've had your java! Enjoy your wonderful Wednesday!
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." Jonn Quincy Adams
"I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." Ralph Nader

Women Making a Difference

2009-10-20T16:14:00.001-04:00

I just got back from an association meeting in the legal industry. It's made up of a wonderful group of women who really care about their part in the legal industry from educating their members in their field and working to create support for breast cancer research and other ways of giving back. In my networking to support associations that make a difference, I am just so overwhelmed with gratitude and joy for the business relationships women are forging. Also the power behind women who come together to support each other in our work for a better Corporate America, to increase the learning in our industries for both small and big business, and the mentoring and coaching going on that isn't even labeled as such. Women supporting women is a wonderful thing to see and to participate in. Are you supporting yourself and other women by getting yourself out there and learning how your unique qualities and experience may be useful to groups like these. Find an association or group that is appealing and just allow yourself to show up to a meeting or two and watch how you can become the power for positive influence. We all have it!

...not to exclude the men that are also moving to become the power for positive influence. this was just what surfaced for me today and I thought I'd share it...

Let me know what surfaces for you today...

2009-10-19T10:24:00.001-04:00

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still." Franklin D. Roosevelt

Do you have a favorite quote that keeps you moving forward? What do you do when you feel stuck?

Quote to take you into the weekend..

2009-10-16T17:43:00.000-04:00

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. --- Think about what your new path could be over the weekend. Have a safe one and recharge!

Were you aware...

2009-10-16T13:42:00.000-04:00

...that a DiSC online or paper assessment is a tool that is about you and for you so that you make the choices that will bring the results you want? By holding a specific situation in your mind and think about how you are feeling, thinking, and acting in a situation you then take a deep breath, relax, and talke this forced choice assessment. Once you've taken the assessment, a DiSC report is generated letting you know your highest DiSC demension(s). Here's where it gets really interesting. Based on a study, approximately half of the people you interact with won't share your high dimension. So don't you think we should all know our behavioral tendencies and how to adapt to the tendancies of others? This does get the best overall results in any given situation.

If you'd like to know more about DiSC and learn more about yourself. Please contact me.

Personal Growth

2009-10-15T09:22:00.000-04:00

"If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?" Rumi

Wow, doesn't that just say it all! Observe your irritations. Attempt to learn something about yourself through the process. Ask yourself, Is this something that always bothers me? Why does it bother me? Would I be more at peace if I just let it be, knowing that MY peace is what is being affected when I don't let it be? Try this today...perhaps make it a practice of your self mastery.

Masters of Toltecs

2009-10-14T11:28:00.001-04:00

"There are three masteries that lead people to become Toltecs. First is the Master of Awareness. This is to be aware of who we really are, with all the possibilities. The second is the Mastery of Transformation - how to change, how to be free of domestication.The third is Master of Intent. Intent from the Toltec point of view is that part of life that makes transformation of energy possible; it is the one living being that seamlessly encompasses all energy, or what we call "God". Intent is life itself; it is unconditional love. The Mastery of Intent is therefore the Mastery of Love."

From the book The Four Agreements by Don Miquel Ruiz

Quieting The Mind

2009-10-12T21:31:00.000-04:00

Become even a little more aware of yourself, you'll notice a constant reality: our minds are always chattering...inner dialog, commentary, judgment.. Who is talking to whom, and why? With our attention taken up by this nonstop inner chatter, we cannot hear our own inner wisdom. As we become more relaxed and aware, we understand that the "normal" way the mind works is trance like, unfocused, and chaotic, whereas the quiet mind has qualities of sobriety, clarity, and steadiness.....Our senses are sharp, colors and sounds are vivid - everything seems eternally fresh and alive....mind expansion! ...paraphrased from Russ Hudson.

Eating Consiously

2009-10-12T14:25:00.001-04:00

"When we eat sensibly and get sufficient exercise and rest, our emotions are steadier and our minds are clearer, and our trans formative processes go much more smoothly." Don Richard Riso

It takes practiced conscious awareness to hear what your body is telling you. Relaxing, meditating, listening - these are all practices to move you toward better self awarenes and greater personal growth.

Quote for the day

2009-10-09T10:13:00.000-04:00

"At the heart of it, mastery is practice. Mastery is staying on the path." George Leonard

Stay on your path, for clarity and awareness. That will lead you to the right action necessary to achieve your professional, personal, and spiritual goals! Throw in something that you've never done this weekend, just for fun! And call me if you need some help with setting the practice of mastery in motion!

Experience Your Present Moment

2009-10-08T14:13:00.001-04:00

We tend to be moving from moment to moment so quickly that our life seems to be speeding by. Stop today, as often as, you can to actually be aware of the instant that you are in. Look for the good in it, the sounds in it, the joy in it. You may find that you'll breath slower, see things more clearly, and calm.