My Favorites March 2015: Great Stuff I’ve Found Recently

My monthly      “My Favorites”    routine includes posting links to great content I ran across, to encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting for helping you to live a meaningful life.  Enjoy!

 
Follow Your Heart

  

 

Why Do We Search For More in Our Lives?

Is there a shift in the energy of the universe that is making people question this more than before? Is there a shift in me that I am hearing it more that I did? These are questions I have been pondering for a while.
Beautiful article by Hemla Makan-Dullabh; continue reading

The Calm Approach

When we are anxious, it’s because we want to be somewhere at a certain time (if we’re driving), or want something to happen the way we want it to happen (in the rest of life). But this deadline, this goal, this need … it’s entirely self created.

We create the need to be somewhere at a certain time. We create the need for things to turn out the way we want them to turn out. We create the desire for other people to act (or drive) the way we want them to act or drive.

We create our own anxiety. And so we have the keys to solve our own problems.

Leo Babauta at his best; continue reading

10 Habits Of People Who Follow Their Dreams

I like best # 9. They’ve learned to be comfortable being uncomfortable.

They don’t get stuck in having all the answers, making things perfect or trying to gain comfort by controlling everything. Instead, they’re aware that they’re not going to see the next step until they make the decision to move forward despite the discomfort.

Read all of them here

Nature Is Speaking – Julia Roberts is Mother Nature

 

Book Recommendation: Me…Jane

 

Smile, breathe, and go slowly!

Dieter Langenecker
Dieter
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Why doing nothing is not an option

Last week I attended a social event as a guest speaker with my keynote about Living A Meaningful Life.

Most people expressed their sincere interest in 1-2-1 mentoring on this topic, especially in the form of online Skype sessions. One participant though had a real concern and was wondering if online mentoring/coaching/counselling – or whatever buzzword is used – can create the same results as face2face sessions.

Well, every coin got two sides.

Finding a qualified mentor/coach/counsellor in some places can be a challenge, and in remote areas, it might just not be possible. Skype mentoring/coaching/counselling puts clients in touch with mentors/coaches/counsellors from all over the world. Mentoring/coaching/counselling via Skype also permits a greater amount of confidentiality as well as being more convenient in terms of time than conventional mentoring/coaching/counselling.

Skype mentoring/coaching/counselling enables you to find a day and time that works with your busy schedule. Because there is no travelling required to a physical office, Skype mentoring/coaching/counselling saves you the time you could be spending in traffic. Online mentoring/coaching/counselling also has the convenience of allowing you to remain in the comfort of your own home.

And, you can benefit from the mentoring/coaching/counselling services from the comfort of your favourite chair. 🙂

On a technical note, mentoring/coaching/counselling online requires only an internet connection and a net-enabled device on which you can send and receive e-mail, and use video programs like Skype.

The disadvantage?

The parties need the right environment in which to work. They need privacy and – especially – the opportunity to develop trust in each other. Therefore a decision for working together should only be taken after  1 or 2 “test”-sessions or a longer Discovery Session.

BUT!

Regardless if one prefers face2face or online mentoring/coaching/counselling, doing nothing, not to at least see if and what possibilities there are to live a meaningful life, really is not an option.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly,

Dieter

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