Playing - July 2002

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Playing -July 2002

Volume I, Issue 8

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1. Welcome to Live Your Best!

2. Playing: 5 tips in 5 minutes

3. Opportunities & Resources

4. Invitation to Live Your Best!

5. Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information

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Dear Live Your Best Subscriber,

Welcome to our July issue. Thanks for joining us.

We continue this month with our new format-

5 coaching tips in 5 minutes.

As we move into mid-summer, what could be a better

focus than finding time to play?

I hope you enjoy this issue, and I'll see you again

in August.

Warmly,

Rachna

*Please feel free to pass this issue along to people

that you care about!*

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Playing: 5 tips in 5 minutes

By Dr. Rachna D. Jain

Play! What does this word remind you of? Times from

your childhood? Maybe time spent with your kids?

When was the last time you played??

Why is play important? Well, first, and most

importantly, it's fun. And, next, it's good for you.

(Really, really, good for you.)

How can you get more play into your life?

1) Revisit your childhood.

Spend a few minutes reviewing what you loved to do

as a child. Was it climbing trees? Fishing? Swimming?

Making furniture forts? Camping in the backyard?

Whatever you used to do, pick 2-3 activities you

would like to bring back into your life. And then

start doing them!

2) Revisit adulthood.

Are there activities you'd really love to try

that you don't make time for? Pottery? Hiking?

Wine collecting?

This month, take an action to learn more

about an activity that interests you.

3) Leave open space in your schedule.

If you'd like to play and relax a bit more,

leave some open time to do so. Block out a

few hours to yourself this week. Make the

most of that time- do something fun.

4) Play with the kids.

If you don't have children, borrow them for a

few hours. Allow yourself to be absorbed in

spending time with them. It's often a lot

of fun to see the world from the perspective

of a child.

5) Find your "flow".

"Flow" is a state of optimal experience. What

gives you "flow"? Most often, flow can be found

when you're doing something you love- time seems

to stop, and you feel all absorbed in your task.

I find this, often, when I go rock-climbing.

Where do you find your "flow"?

Spend some time in "flow" this week.

So my five minutes are up- see you next month!

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Opportunities & Resources

* Are you or anyone you know working on a dissertation?

If so, check out my new book "Get it Done! A Coach's Guide

To Dissertation Success". You can read more about it, and

order it, by pointing your browser to:

http://www.excelwitheasecoaching.com/get_it_done_.htm

This book is also available for sale on Amazon.com.

* Get it Done! Dissertation Coaching Groups Now Forming.

Coaching groups are a cost-effective way to create high

impact results. If you're working on your dissertation

and could use some coaching, and group support, you

can get more information by emailing:

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Next groups begin in September, 2002.

* New Coaching Arena

I am pleased to announce that I am completing the

process of certification as a comprehensive career coach.

Watch this space for some exciting career coaching

updates in August.

* Many therapists have thought of becoming coaches. Are you

one of them? If so, check out this new training program

geared specifically for licensed therapists who want to

coach: http://www.comprehensivecoachingu.com/transform.htm

If you're a therapist and would like to receive an article

on what to look for in a coach training program, send an

email to:coach6-21088@autocontactor.com

* To subscribe to my other newsletter, Excel With Ease,

email coach6-15502@autocontactor.com.

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Invitation to Live Your Best!

This month, I invite you to have a lot of fun.

We all have big dreams inside us. Let your dreams

out to play!

If you'd like to learn how coaching can help you

play your way to greater success, contact me for

a complimentary coaching consultation.

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