Live and Let Live

What a mom believes is love for her child is ridiculous over-indulgence to you.

What you think is easy and manageable may be hard and unmanageable to someone else.

What you believe to be an appropriate and timely way to respond to emails is a distraction and splitting of focus to another.

What you think is organized is someone else’s version of chaos.

What scatter-brained is to you may be creativity to another.

What over-ripe banana is to you may be perfectly sweet and delicious to someone else.

What you consider ho-hum boring and downright uninspiring could be stimulating and fantastically awesome to another.

Self-Awareness, Relationships, Outlook on LifeChristine MeyerNovember 6, 2015 Comments

To All of You Who Have Ever Felt Responsible for How Someone Else Feels (which is probably just about everybody on this planet)

It started when you were young. When your parents became parents. And when theirs became parents. Long before that, still.

They were bigger than you. You had no hair, no teeth, could only see vague colorless shapes, couldn’t sit, couldn’t feed yourself and pee’d yourself.

No wonder they thought they were more full of wisdom than your diapers.

You were their sole responsibility and they took that responsibility seriously. It was their assignment to show you the way, to guide you, and to hold red flags up to all of the things you should watch out for.

According to the World Book of Parenting - they the parents, were here to teach you lessons.

Relationships, Outlook on LifeChristine MeyerOctober 30, 2015Comment

Playing Your Position in the Game of Life - Part Deux

I started this post last week and it got so long, that I divided it into two parts.

If you missed the first segment, here's the link:

http://www.christinemeyercoaching.com/blog/2015/9/30/playing-your-position-in-the-game-of-life

As discussed in the first post, sometimes you can feel like you're in the zone of the game and other times, you can feel like you're tangled in something that seems more like a full-on wrestling ready-to-take-you-down match.

Whichever game you're playing, you have much more control over your position than you may think.

Here are more approaches for you to consider:

Self-Awareness, Outlook on Life, Following Your PathChristine MeyerOctober 16, 2015Comment

Playing Your Position in The Game of Life - Part 1

We're all in this game that we call life.

Sometimes it feels like a game gone-right, and sometimes it might feel like a joke-gone-horribly-wrong.

Either way, you're playing your position.

You're the player - which means you're the perceiver, you're the thinker, you're the feeler, you're the receiver and you're the reactor.

All of that affects how you play the game, how you approach the game, what you get out of the game, and how the game plays out for you.

No matter what game you're involved in, there are some game plays that'll help you play your position with a winning attitude.

I started this list and it got so long that I decided to present it in two parts. Part 2 will be featured next week.

Outlook on Life, Following Your Path, FreedomChristine MeyerOctober 9, 2015Comment

I Hate Turnips and Why It's Ok Not to Like Something

I hate turnips. I've never liked them. I don't want to like them. I don't plan on ever liking them. They're like eating ear wax to me. Don't ask...I must have stuck my finger in my ear at one time and made that conclusion.

While I'm all about changing perspectives, taking different approaches to life, reconsidering things from a different vantage point and changing my mind, I don't foresee any change in my attitude about turnips.

There are plenty of other choices that offer an array of rainbow-colored vegetables that I enjoy the tasty-taste-of.

So why make myself like turnips when I don't like them?

Outlook on Life, Following Your PathChristine MeyerOctober 2, 2015 Comments

Never Mind the Bucket List. Make a F*ck It List

You may have one of those lists full of things that you want to be, do, lick, have, sniff, squeeze, see, play-with, drive, live-in, and possess that you've thrown into a bucket. Said list represents things you want to experience before you stop breathing for good.

I'm all for a good Bucket List if that fancies your tickle. I want you to do all of the things that your heart desires in this lifetime and beyond, so I've created a F*ck It List that just may help you while on your way to fulfilling that Bucket List.

Outlook on Life, Following Your Path, Freedom, Self-AwarenessChristine MeyerSeptember 25, 2015 Comments

Are You Standing in the Way of Your Highest Potential?

You talk about not settling for less than you deserve.

You talk about not settling for less than what you want.

So why settle for less than you can feel?

Insist on feeling good.

Your highest potential is found in this moment in the way that you feel. It’s much less about the things you achieve or the things you do and more about feeling your best right now in this moment.

Outlook on Life, Self-Awareness, Following Your Path, FreedomChristine MeyerSeptember 18, 2015Comment