Reducing Stress

Posted on December 09, 2011 by Lucy Ridgeway, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.

We are living in a fast-paced world where it seems difficult to find time for ourselves. When you work with a life coach, you are forced to slow down and give yourself and your life the time and attention that it needs. Through her assistance, you begin to uncover what is truly important to you, what might be causing stress in your life, and the goals that will bring purpose to your life.
There are a number of significant life goals that life coaches work with to help you understand which unaligned goals increase your stress levels. Here are just a few of the goals that might need consideration.
1. Uncluttering your life A cluttered life deletes the energy that you could be using for more productive activities. Uncluttering means getting rid of all the old thoughts, habits, patterns, relationships’ and junk that is draining your energy.
2. Balancing your life. Chances are, your life is not balanced if you feel that you are stuck in a rut, tired, or dissatisfied. You may be overburdened, and need to cut back? Or it is possible you are spending your time on the “nonproductive” activities.
3. Improve Your Relationships. Our relationships can be our greatest source of joy, or our biggest cause for stress. When your thoughts, activities and choices are not aligned with who you are, what you value, and what you envision for your life, the result is stress. A Life coach can help you by improving your relationship skills, whether it is communication, conflict resolution, parenting or character building. Learn to make your relationships a priority by taking the action necessary for growth.
4. Health. Our health is our single most important resource. A life coach can help you define a health and wellness plan that works for you. He/She will help you understand why you sometimes sabotage your achievements, hold you accountable to your objectives, and celebrate your triumphs. Coaching will guide you to specific stress management procedures for taking care of your health.
5. Finances. Does money stress you out as it does many people. Working with a coach will help you to sort out your finances, set up a plan to get out of debt, make more money in your business, or simply organize a budget to spend and save more wisely.
6. Get Organized. Are you overwhelmed with disorganization in your life? Perhaps you don’t know where to start. A life coach will help you get started, get organized, and stay organized.
So many people say to themselves’ “I should be able to understand which goals are causing my stress level increases.” These people are too embarrassed to seek help, and so they go on suffering believing that everyone else understands the impact of unaligned goals. The truth is lots of people need help, and the good news is the help is available. If you’ve never tried working with a life coach, give it a try. Life coaches are for ordinary people. A life coach might become a new best friend, partner, champion, trainer, sounding board, supporter, mentor, co-designer, beacon and wake-up call all wrapped up in one individual.