Amanda Aarons - helps you put your ....
Hi I am Amanda and have been happily married to Gavin for the past 20 years. We are parents to a stunning 18 year old boy Josh and a gorgeous 16 year old girl Danni, they are an inspirational handful. We are an interesting bunch, who are fun, exciting, constantly developing and moving the goal posts. Our hobbies and interests are varied and our time spent together is always special. We have recently immigrated to New Zealand and the transition, whilst it has had some unexpected challenges, has been a time of strength, growth and togetherness for us, it has toughened us up and made us pretty resilient.
I am a Fine art graduate and ICF aligned coach, with 20 years experience, teaching and practice. My long term goal is to study further from next year and as I continue on my journey I hope to share with you and nurture you through some of the experiences you are going through right now. If there are any specific issues you would like coaching on lets talk about them, bring them up and lets give them a go, I would be honoured to try and help. If you would like personal help I do one on one coaching, workshops, and telephonic and skype coaching can be arranged, so if you prefer some one on one time get hold of me on lifeinperspective@xtra.co.nz or check out my website on www.life-in-perspective.com.
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Treating my self to retreat!
Feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, I really felt I needed a break. Recognising that the timing was way off I decided to create the opportunity and make it happen anyway. I had learnt about reframing, a concept in life coaching whereby, to put it simply, one looks at the glass being half full instead of half empty. I took it to a whole new level. I realise it seems petty nutty, my mother worried, but it worked. I am okay with nutty if it works and this did, it changed my perception, I’ve shared it with a few people who have adopted it and now I share it with you.
My energy levels were at an all time low, so was my mood, I decided to go on retreat, a sabbatical. I wanted peace and quiet, time out, replenishing. I needed to regroup. Building a business and planning to study, I was not going anywhere any time soon, my hubby is in the process of starting a business, my teens are very much in school with many demands and I have a home and life to run. What I did realise was I did have some time available and I was now going to restructure and use it in a way that was going to rebuild me.
Being relatively new here, each drive is breath taking, each spot is new and beautiful, this Island is magnificent, it occurred to me that this would be the exact place many people would pay huge sums of money to retreat to naturally, it is indeed, a huge retreat or spa. On reviewing my day I realised I have time when my kids and hubby are at school and work. It is the perfect quiet, to think, to meditate and to regroup. I realised by setting up some structures and organising my day in a way that resembled a schedule, I could create a ‘retreat’. So daily I enter my ‘retreat‘.
I am working on a morning routine, something I never had before, I decided there should be body, mind and spirit dedicated activities, so the day begins with a cleansing glass of water, a 30 minute cycle, body eat a good, healthy breaky, meditate for 15 minutes, spirit, and write in a gratitude journal to clear and centre your mind.
If this is going to take a long period of time, get up earlier (some retreats are a little stricter than others, time wise), this has the added benefit of resolving the night routine and getting to bed earlier (recommended by most spas and retreats). If you have never done it before it takes a bit of self management but you can do it. It will make all the difference. I am following a similar bed time routine too, it helps round off my day.
I treat each event of my day as an activity, on offer at the resort: a walk near the sea, perhaps there is a painting or writing session on offer, even coaching a client is an event that has been scheduled in. I treat it as if the management at the resort are offering a smorgasbord of fantastic adventure filled opportunities. A bath becomes a luxury event at the spa, bubbles, oils, creams, manicures, pedi’s, fluffy warm towels from the dryer and fresh cut flowers. I am even using soap I bought as a gift for someone else on me!
Shopping, laundry, cooking etc are all retreat outings or communal activities that require participation. I simply resume family life feeling, relaxed, rejuvenated and even energised. I am coping better, and when ever I need it you can find me back on retreat.
I hear you, maybe I need to up that medication, or maybe it is even too high a dose, but the results speak for themselves, I’ve lost some weight (as one might at a spa), I feel energised, I’m sleeping better, and I have a much better outlook on days I didn’t feel like facing before. It is all about perception and attitude and I m choosing a retreat holiday attitude, I invite you to spend your days pampering yourself on retreat!
By the way off the subject, keep an eye out for my E-booklets, they are looking fabulous and you will be able to change your life from home, one aspect at a time, at your pace, the life coaching skills will be yours.
Relationships, health and weight loss, finding your life purpose, changing careers, immigration help.
Coming soon. I am working really hard to get you a magnificent package.
In the mean time join me on face book Life In Perspective. Go on and click ‘Like’ that way you will be accepted and receive any updates.
www.life-in-Perspective.com or 09 5754647 Amanda Aarons let me know how retreat in your neck of the woods works, I would love to know that I’m not the only nut in New Zealand
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