- Do you have to force yourself to get out of bed each
morning?
- Are you often overwhelmed?
- Are you exhausted much of the time?
- Do you feel numb and disconnected
from your life?
- Are you confused about what to do next?
- Are you having a difficult
time making a decision?
Whether you are stuck
at the end of a phase of your life or having trouble starting a new phase, the 101 ideas in this booklet are sure to get you rolling again.
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by Carol McClelland, Ph.D.
$7.00
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Most people are stuck because they've gotten into
the habit of looking at their situation from one point of view. Every time they try to move forward, they find themselves walking
down the same unworkable path they've walked down before. With
each pass their frustration mounts.
The key to getting unstuck is finding new ways to look at your
situation. Asking new questions and finding new viewpoints often
elicit new answers. Rather than looking for the answer to your
dilemma, start looking for new questions to ask yourself.
The 101 ideas in this eBooklet invite you to shift how you
see yourself and your situation. Some ideas encourage you to
take action while others show you how to look within for new
answers. To get a feel for how the eBooklet is written see
the Table of Contents and Excerpt
below.
To download your copy of the eBooklet, click
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| Your New Beginning Starts
Now |
First Things
First: Stop
What Stuck Looks Like
Where Are You Feeling Stuck?
Paradigm Shifters
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| Preparing
Yourself for New |
Wake Up Your
Body
Reawaken Your Senses
Quiet Your Mind and Soul
Conquer Your Overwhelm
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| Welcoming
New In Your Life |
Try New Things
Invite New Input
Challenge Your Mind
Unleash Your Creativity
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| Making
New Connections |
Follow Your
Intuition
Make a List
Ask Yourself New Questions
Write Your Way to New Insights
Evaluate Your Options
Brainstorm a New Answer
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| Taking
New Actions |
| Reaching
Out For Support |
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| Paradigm Shifters |
One
of the main reasons people feel stuck is they
have gotten into a habit of seeing their life
and situation from one perspective. As a result,
each time they try to look at solutions they run
into the same brick walls they’ve been seeing
for months, or possibly years.
A key to getting
rolling again is shifting how you view yourself,
your life, and your situation. Each idea in this
section invites you to transform your perspective
in small but significant ways. As you implement
these ideas, you begin opening the door to fresh,
new perspectives.
- Give yourself the gift
of time. Rather than forcing yourself
to take action immediately, give yourself some
time—a week, a month, six months—to
be with your situation to evaluate your options
so you can identify your present needs and find
new ways to create what you want.
- Refuel your body, mind
and spirit. Rather than pushing yourself
to be productive, ignoring your physical and
spiritual needs, begin to listen to what your
body is saying and do your best to give it what
it needs. Bottomline: If you feel tired, sleep,
nap, or rest. If you feel spiritually hungry,
read, think, or pray. Even if it doesn’t
feel like you are making any immediate progress
with these actions, investing in your well being
is something that will pay great dividends over
time.
- Focus more time, attention,
and energy on what you enjoy.
Rather than spending all your resources searching
for “The Answer” to your situation,
refocus your attention on what excites and interests
you. This significant shift in focus enables
you to turn away from what is not working and
toward what does work.
- Discover as much as
you can about yourself. Rather than
continuing to see yourself as you are today,
begin to explore what you enjoy, what you dislike,
how you function best, what makes you uniquely
you. When you come from your true nature, it’s
easier to see new options and make confident
choices.
- See your procrastination
as a valuable message from your soul.
Rather than wasting your precious energy getting
mad at yourself for what you aren’t attending
to, listen to yourself with as much honesty
as you can muster. What is it you don’t
want to do?
- Honor your own pace
as you move forward. Rather than setting
expectations or listening to what others think
about your progress, trust yourself to know
how fast or slow you need to go to feel whole.
- Focus your attention
on the essence of what you want in each situation.
Rather than setting your sights on a predefined
outcome or solution, which may be unnecessarily
limiting, focus on how you want to feel about
the situation. By being open to how things may
unfold, new solutions can appear.
- Be adventurous.
Rather than limiting your behaviors to what
you’ve always done, experiment a little.
Branch out. Try new things. Who knows how broadening
your horizon may enrich your life?
- Minimize the should’s
and have to’s you live by. Rather
than continuing to live by outdated, limiting
“rules” that have been a part of
your life for a long time, begin to question
their value. Create new guidelines and values
to live by that are more in alignment with who
you are today.
- Be gentle with yourself.
Rather than forcing yourself to be happy or
productive right now, accept that you are right
where you need to be today. Honor yourself by
making choices that nurture you.
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| Preparing Yourself for
New |
In
all likelihood, your life has become a bit limited,
a bit constricted, and a bit stale over the last
few years. Perhaps you’ve pulled in to protect
yourself, to meet someone else’s expectations,
or to perform the tasks you had to at the time.
To open
up to the new solutions you are craving, you must
open to life once again. Use the tips in the next
four sections to reawaken your body, reacquaint
yourself with the richness of life, calm your
mind, and address the long to-do list that may
be monopolizing your attention.
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