Do you have a self-care program?
Yesterday in a life coaching session with lets call him Les, we had a discussion about the high level of stress that Les was feeling. Les is a high profile attorney. He’s very successful and is driven by what he has to do to make sure that it stays that way and to support his family in the way that he wants. Of course there are office problems that contribute to his predicament.
There is a certain frustration and hopelessness in his life. It’s like he is on a treadmill and he doesn’t see how he can get off. To add to his challenge he has two teenagers that are acting out and he has no way of controlling them. Les, like most of us, has a need to feel like he is in control of his life.
I told Les that most likely, twenty years from now, he will have many of the same concerns, unless he implements some changes in perspective now. Sure the kids will be out of the house. But he’ll still have career concerns whether or not he is in the same career.
Les needs to focus on his self-care and give it the same type of commitment that he gives to his career. Although Les intellectually realizes the importance of a self-care program, implementing it is the challenge. It’s a challenge for many of my life coaching clients. Les has to make the commitment to his self care as if it was a commitment to a client. And it’s more important.
Self-care has to become an integral aspect of your life. Meditation is at the heart of such a program. I know; I was a busy trial lawyer racing from one courtroom to the next until I got into meditation. Even though I was just as busy, I wasn’t stressed. I learned that I could be busy and relaxed.
In the next blog we’ll explore what else you can do to develop a self-care program. Think about what it means to become impeccable.
JOURNEY ON
MARK
Throughout his life, Mark has always made a practice of taking a leap of faith whenever he heard the call for something more. His life has been an unfolding journey of discovery. A former trial attorney for 30 years and musician, he integrates what it takes to be successful in the world with the inner wisdom unfolded to him through years of yoga and meditation. Whether coaching one-on-one, speaking to groups, or leading a retreat, he shares his message that regardless of our life’s circumstances, we can find more joy and meaning in our life. He is a sought after speaker and coauthor along with Zig Ziglar and Brian Tracy and other experts in the book 101 Great Ways to Improve your Life. Mark’s new book, Dancing on the River…Finding Joy and Meaning in the Midst of Change. mark@inspirepossibility.com 415.453.5016