Forward Strides Life Coaching

Who do you know that does this, they walk in a room and instantly the mood changes for the good. You know when they are there, things are going to be good, it'll be fun, they'll get the party started. Have you ever been at an event and someone walks in the room and you can feel the shift happen? Be that shift where ever you go! Especially today with COVID and all the fear and stress everyone is feeling, next time you are at the grocery store, walk around with a smile on your face, smile at people. If you are wearing a mask, smile with your eyes, compliment someone, help someone get something off the shelf. Try it and see how things change...

This can be so hard to do! The other day someone cut me off, they turned left right in front of me, I had to slam on the breaks and they gave me the finger! I was so fired up and realized about 10 minutes down the road I was still ranting and raving all alone in the vehicle! I had just let that person consume me for 15 minutes of my life for no reason at all, someone I'll never see again, we were all safe, nothing had happened. Why couldn't I let it go? Then I had to talk t...o myself for another 10 minutes to calm down and let it go. Sometimes we don't even realize that we have let someone ruin our day. Next time you feel irritable and worked up, take a second, take a couple of deep breaths and think about when your day took a turn for the worse and see what started it. Can you let it go and carry on with your day or is it something bigger you need to deal with before you can carry on? See more

Sometimes we forget when we look at someone that is successful now and we want what they have or we want to be who they are now, that they struggled and failed in the beginning. We usually don't see all the hard work, the painful failures, the loneliness, being tired all the time, not going out and partying and having fun while all their friends are out together, the sacrifices that are made in the beginning to become the success you see today! Keep on going if you are in that journey now or get started today if you haven't taken the leap yet!

This is something I find a lot of people struggle with, myself included. I hear all the time.... What if they get mad at me? What if they won't talk to me? I can't do that they are family!... What will they think? I don't want them talking about me! There are so many different pieces that play a part in this topic, but it is something that will take time for you to understand, to accept and to move forward with, knowing that you cannot make everyone happy, you cannot control how others will react or feel towards situations. But what you can do and what you can control is how you will react in a situation and how you will feel. As long as you are not harming anyone and you have no malicious intent, you must do what is right for you and your family's health and happiness. Pick you, you're all you got! See more