Love Yourself - IT MATTERS

Self-Discoveries

Experiment

Does this situation sound familiar? On January 1, 2008 you made a New Year's Resolution to start eating healthy and exercising. Now it is February 1, 2008 and you are still promising yourself you will start exercising and eating healthy tomorrow. Don't give up hope! According to Dr. Steven Kraus, author of "Psychological Foundations of Success," only 15% of the people who make New Year's Resolutions actually keep them.

The good news is we can start changing our habits anytime we want. Let’s get started! The key to change is taking small action steps and being kind to ourselves at the same time.

Plan of Action

  • Determine whether your New Year's Resolution is really important to you or to make others happy.

  • List the benefits of accomplishing your goal.

  • Vision what life will be like after accomplishing your goal.

  • List all the action steps to ensure your goal becomes a reality.

  • Pick only one to two action steps and focus on them for awhile.

  • Then continually add one or two more steps when you feel comfortable with the progress you are making.

  • Work with a buddy and support each other.

  • Everyday be KIND to yourself, acknowledge your accomplishments and evaluate the lessons you are constantly learning.

  • Your Action Plan is not written in stone and if you feel changes have to be made, you have permission to change them.

Now it is Your Turn!

I invite you to create your Daily Action Plan or use the Love Yourself Daily Action Plan. Please let me know about your experiences and how the Daily Action Plan helped make your 2008 New Year's Resolutions a reality. I am available to support you in anyway. You can contact me by sending an e-mail to helen@loveyourselfcoaching.net.

All of us at Love Yourself Coaching thank you for the inspirational messages, business you've shared with us and look forward to continue working with you in 2008.

Helen

New Opportunity

Monday Setting Your Intentions Action Call

Do you make resolutions every January 1, only to find you've forgotten them by February? Are you struggling with food issues? Do you have life goals you have yet to meet? This year, take action on your New Year's Resolutions! It's easy when you get support.

The Monday Setting Your Intentions Action Call will help you make progress in your goals and keep those resolutions.

Join me and a group of other successful entrepreneurs, business owners, coaches and consultants in setting and announcing your intentions for the week and the steps, large and small, you plan to take during the course of the week.

Mondays Setting Your Intentions
Action Call Series

Monday, March 3, 2008
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm (Eastern) and
10:00 am to 10:30 am (Pacific)

Cost: $49/month
(Includes: Weekly Calls, Group E-mail Support
and One Time 30 Minute Private
Coaching Session With Helen Burton)

Click here to view details about the call.

On-Going Opportunities

Monday Morning Wake-Up Action Call

The Monday Morning Wake-Up Action Call Series has started. The calls focus on solutions for a variety of life issues. Everyone on the call is taking small daily steps to experience change in their lives. Please join me and other successful entrepreneurs, business owners, coaches and consultants in setting and announcing your intentions for the week as well as the steps, large and small, that you plan to take during the course of the week.

Monday Morning Wake-Up Action Call

Monday, March 3, 2008
at 7:30 am – 8:00 am (Eastern)

Cost: $49/month
(Includes: Weekly Calls, Group Email Support
and One Time 30 Minute Private
Coaching Session with Helen Burton)

Click here to view details about the call.

 

In This Issue:

February 2008

 

Losing Your Best Friend

My husband and best friend, Bob, had a massive heart attack on Saturday, January 5, 2008 and passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2008. Bob's final wish was to be buried in England. We brought him back home on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 and he is buried with his family. He was a very young 72 year old, still working, playing tennis and very active.

The best part is that he did not suffer, surrounded by love from his family and died with dignity. As someone told me he had an angel's death.

I realize today that I have been blessed with the most loving and caring family and friends. They have been by my side since January 5, 2008. I feel so loved and supported. I wonder why it takes a hardship to realize what you have.

What really helped me cope was focusing on the opportunities instead of the negative. I looked at the fact Bob was not suffering, had 15 of our family members and friends sending him love and his favorite classical music playing on the iPOD speaker. The room felt so peaceful.

Today is a new day and life goes on. I feel Bob is in my heart and I have received a beautiful gift of being married to him for 21 years. He taught me how to love another person, share my thoughts and not be criticized, how to love classical music and English history. The list goes on and on.

My Grandson, JJ sent me the following poem:

TOMORROW

when tomorrow starts without me, and i'm not here to see, if the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me. i wish so much you wouldn't cry the way you did today, while thinking of the many things, we didn't get to say. i kno how much you love me, as much as i love you, and each time that you think of me, i kno you'll miss me too. so, when tomorrow starts without me, don't think that we're apart. for every time you think of me, i'm right here in your heart.

WE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSING AND THINKING OF YOU!!!

-Johnathan Hinshaw-

Helen Burton

Helen BurtonHelen Burton is a Love Yourself Coach who works with individuals who are tired of struggling with food to help them Get Off the Diet Merry-Go-Round and into the life you want instead of the life you were given. 

Through one-on-one coaching, group coaching and workshops, Helen offers tools and techniques to empower individuals to start enjoying their lives again. 

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