Wanna Get Naked?

Book Review, Relationships, Self Care & Life Balance No Responses »
Apr 022010

I bet the title got your attention didn’t it? The real question is do you want to Get Financially Naked? For most, the answer to this question is no…it just seems to scary. The topic of finances becomes a hot button for many relationships. Many times those hard questions get swept under the rug until after the wedding bliss settles and couples find themselves at  odds when money issues start appearing. Decisions like, do you have joint or separate accounts? Are expenses covered equally or is one of the couple primarily responsible? If you have children, do you pay for their college? The list of financial questions continue…

Get Financially Naked, written by Manisha Thakor, MBA, CFA, and Sharon Kedar, MBA, CFA is one of the newest books I was asked to review. This is a great book to help avoid the financial stress that can destroy even the best relationship. Use this guide to peel away the layers and get to the naked truth in your committed, long-term relationship. This financial guide will help you:

  • Take responsibility of your own finances: Only once you can take responsibility of your own finances can you achieve healthy finances with your honey.
  • Uncover your current financial beliefs that guide your decision making.
  • Do it with your partner, you’re a team now!
  • Talk money with your sweetie…how about a little financial foreplay.
  • Discover your financial compatibility: are you going to argue at every turn about how to spend money?
  • Ask the hard questions and take five steps to financial success.
  • Make your money work hard for you, instead of always having to work hard for your money!

Use the many great worksheets and questions included in this book to guide your journey as you create an open, healthy dialog with your partner. This book can help you keep the love alive and avoid the financial pitfalls in your relationship. You will find this book is a small investment for the potential rewards it offers. Get a copy for yourself today!

xoxo

Angela, The Goddess Next Door

PS – If you find yourself personal struggling or challenged in this arena, consider how you may be sabbotaging your finances. Let’s talk about how Transformational Life Coaching can help you tap create personal and business success and turn your finances around.

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Mind Spinning? Try This...

Inspired Living, Self Care & Life Balance 2 Responses »
Feb 192010

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by your thoughts or emotions?

If so, try practicing mindfulness. What is it?

Mindfulness is an amazing practice of observing without attachment.

This technique helps stop a racing mind, obsessive thoughts and feelings of anxiousness. Whether running late and stuck in traffic or dealing with family stress, you can use this technique anywhere and anytime.

Once you feel comfortable with the basic steps, you can expand your skill by using the techniques in other ways.

5 Simple Steps to Mindfulness:

  1. Find something around you to focus on.
  2. Observe what you see.
  3. Describe only the facts (I see a black clock, the clock has a white background, the clock has numbers 1 through 12, the clock has a second hand, etc)
  4. Describe in detail what you see without judgment (judgment is emotion based, positive or negative; something that people may not agree on i.e. ugly, favorite, delicious , stinky)
  5. Continue until anxiousness or racing thoughts pass.

When engaging the logical part of the brain, it moves you out of your emotional mind. This is a great technique when you need to calm yourself down to think more rationally and make better choices.

However, it’s important to deal with your feelings. Once you are able to become more objective, take the opportunity to process your feelings and work through what caused your reaction.

Once you are able to use the basic skill of mindfulness, you can expand your practice.

Other ways you can use mindfulness include:

  • Observing food preparation and eating
  • People watching
  • Observing the changing landscape
  • Observing your own reactions without attachment. (more advanced skill)
  • Meditation
  • Guided Visualization

When you are able to simply notice how you react to situations, you increase your self-awareness and ability to respond. Mindfulness also enhances your overall experience.

Have fun practicing and living more mindfully in all areas life.

xoxo

Angela, The Goddess Next Door

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Wanna Smell the Stress Away?

Product Reviews, Self Care & Life Balance 1 Response »
Dec 132009

vali sleepHave you noticed how certain scents bring back old memories? The smell of fresh baked bread takes you back to grandmas house when you were a kid. How about the smell of a certain cologne an old boyfriend use to wear. Our sense of smell is very influential in our brain processing.

For thousands of years a method of healing called aromatherapy has been used. Aromatherapy is revered because it allows the therapeutic properties of plants to improve our physical, emotional and spiritual well being. Over a decade ago Vali, the owner of Essence of Vali, began focusing on the study of essential oils and homeopathy. Ever since, her desire has been to make a difference in the way people care for themselves and to educate them to the effectiveness of using plant essences.refresh vali

Whether you are looking to improve your sleep with ‘A Bedtime Ritual’, want to spritz yourself with a Botanical Mist, or enhance your experience with a Massage or Bath Oil, Essence of Vali has high quality products you will love. Each essence has a different benefit such as: balance, relief, refreshment, comfort, detoxification or calming peace. I was very impressed by the skill in which the essences have been blended. Various scents have different notes. When blended properly, the various scents can be smelled individually as well as the collective. This is what you get with Essence of Vali. There are lots of essence blends to choose from so check out all of their amazing products at their website and place an order with Vali by email at valiben@aol.com or at the Cosmetic Mall.

xoxo

Angela, The Goddess Next Door

 

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