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Shelley Stile - who has written 10 posts on Life Coaches Blog.

Shelley Stile is a professional Life Coach, visit her website at Life After Your Divorce today.

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Cultivate Awareness and Change Your Life: Lessons from the Rainforest

Thursday, March 27, 2008

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The rainforest in Central America taught me a wonderful lesson: if you can quiet yourself and truly focus your attention on your surroundings, you will see a multitude of things that were seemingly invisible. To view the wonders that the rainforest offers takes increased attention and awareness. The obvious analogy to life is that heightened [...]

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Reconnecting with your Teenagers

Monday, March 3, 2008

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The week or so before the holidays was hell on wheels at my house. The task of raising two teenagers as a single Mom and all its attendant responsibilities creates a good deal of tension within our four walls. Any parent of a teen will understand. Too often I get the feeling that my life [...]

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The Cost of Being Right

Monday, January 28, 2008

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A person who had been surrounded by their peers now sits alone, safe in the knowledge that he or she is right in their viewpoint, even though they have alienated everyone around them. Some of us will sacrifice almost anything just in order to be the last one standing. One of the highest prices we [...]

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The Inner Work of Creating Positive Change Part 2

Friday, December 7, 2007

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Awareness, as mentioned is of utmost concern when effecting change. When we are living our lives in a state of true awareness wherein we are truly conscious of our actions, we can free ourselves from reactive, self-defeating behavior and realize our personal best. Unfortunately, although we may think that we make conscious decisions, in reality our [...]

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The Inner Work of Creating Positive Change Part 1

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

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Contrary to a widely held belief that people do not change, I submit to you that people do change and often in dramatic, life-altering ways. I say this with full confidence as I have witnessed it happen time and time again. Creating positive change in your life is totally possible. You can change yourself and [...]

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The Good Life Part 2

Thursday, November 29, 2007

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Values. What are the things to which you attach value? What is important to you? If you had to create a list of the top five things that you value, what would they be? Would it be money, possessions, power, stature and authority? Would it be love, family, integrity, freedom and compassion? Or a [...]

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The Good Life Part 1

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

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I was listening to the MSNBC on the radio when a feature came on entitled, ‘The Good Life’. They proceeded to discuss a $14,000 dessert being offered in Sri Lanka that included, amongst other things, an aquamarine. No kidding. This is how MSNBC characterizes the good life. It struck me how in our culture we [...]

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How Gratitude Can Change Your Life

Monday, October 29, 2007

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Thanksgiving is right around the corner, the holiday that has its origin in the Puritan’s tradition of giving thanks for a good harvest. The Puritans weren’t the first in this regard. Many religious and societal traditions are based in the concept of gratitude. What all these traditions may or may not have known is that [...]

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Conscious Living: The Key to Positive and Lasting Change

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

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Conscious: aware of one’s own existence, sensations, thoughts and surroundings; aware of what one is doing. Unconscious : without awareness or cognition; occurring below the level of conscious thought; not consciously planned, realized or done; the unconscious: the part of the mind containing psychic material that is only rarely accessible awareness but has a pronounced effect [...]

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Getting the Most out of Life

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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What happens when a sense of dissonance is ignored? More likely than not, it will result in a life filled with regret and bitterness. You deserve better: you deserve to get the most out of life. A good friend of mine, Pat, has been married for about twenty-three years. She and her husband have three [...]

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