Creating Change
Using life's opportunities to reach your goals, solve your problems, and live your passion
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 CREATING CHANGE
Introduction
SPECIAL FEATURES
Create your own poem for change
Fill in the blanks for a tanka (an easy poem format)
The "I am" poem helps you describe who you are today
CHOOSING TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE
Introduction
 Perspectives on Why and How People Change
Introduction
Transformation now (or maybe later)
What motivates people to change?
Eleven questions that lead to change
Inner mirrors and closets begin the day
Your mirror and closet: Habit or catalyst for change?
Create your own poem for change — Special Feature
The Journey of Change and Transformation
Introduction
To be the best you can be, it helps to know who you are
Learning from wise Ben Franklin
Reviewing the fabric of your life
Removing the mask that hides your true self
The power of the Serenity Prayer
Breaking fear's hold of the future
Steps to letting go of fear
Keeping your eyes on your goal
Exploring effects of life-changing events
Setting Your Compass
Introduction
Are you following your dreams or someone else's?
Meeting your friendly inner advisor
Memories and questions uncover purpose and passion
What are your highest priorities?
Following your soul
Creating your reality — manifesting your dreams
Right brain goal setting
Who are you?
A life coach self improvement idea: Set SMART goals
Doing your own set: Operating honestly from you own perspective and do you own set
Safety first: Creat an environment in which risk and honesty can grow
Paddle with the current
How we become what we are not— excerpt from The Mandala of Being
HOW TO REACH YOUR GOAL
Introduction
Special Feature: The "I am" poem helps you describe who you are today
Developing a Healthy Ego
Introduction
What does a healthy ego have to do with self-esteem?
Affirmations for self-respect and self-control
Preventing ego from destroying love
Unhooking the Velcro Syndrome
Essential Qualities of the Human Spirit
Introduction
The important role qualities can play in your life
Putting qualities of the human spirit into practice
Developing qualities over a period of time
These qualities can help you thrive in a chaotic world
Lessons of a Recovering Perfectionist
Introduction
Lesson 1: Perfectionism is a pain in the butt
Lesson 2: Giving up control isn't the end of the world
Lesson 3: Be careful in drawing lines in the sand, cement and backyard
Lesson 4: Sometimes you have to get out of the water
Lesson 5: It's never too early to take a good look at one's perfectionistic tendencies
Lesson 6: Diagnosing perfectionism
A Reader's Comment: A View of Perfectionism From "a Ole Farm Boy"
Using Symbols of World Peace and Personal Transformation
Introduction
A cloak of persuasion
Creating a symbol for difficult situations
Seat belts, safety nets, and bungee cords
Bring lots of friends with you
Close encounters with strangers
Making time for zippers
Learning to Forgive
Introduction
Letting go of regrets
Five kinds of guilt
Forgiving yourself and others
Letting go of tension by forgiving others
Lightening your load of guilt by forgiving yourself
It's never too late to forgive
Asking for forgiveness
A father's apology to his son
Opening the heart after you've been wounded
Forgiveness and acceptance of our parents
Photos of person as a child can be a tool in forgiveness
IMAGERY FOR TRANSFORMATION AND HEALTH
Introduction: Images and Symbols: The Glue of Habit, the Lubricant of Change
Part One: Opening Both Sides of the Brain
Chapter One: You need both sides of your brain
Chapter Two: Our images can get lost in our "backpacks"
Chapteer Three: Techniques that help you access images
Chapter Four: A manual of guided imagery and other techniques
Chapter Five: There is no one who doesn't have images
Chapter Six: How symbols are created
Chapter Seven: Why imagery techniques work
Chapter Eight: Guidelines for experiencing an imagery exercise
Chapter Nine: Let cds and tapes be your guide
Chapter Ten: Breathing essentials
Chapter Eleven: Easy relaxation techniques
Chapter Twelve: Common techniques when beginning an imagery exercise
Chapter Thirteen: Turning images into action
DO YOU NEED A PERSONAL COACH?
Introduction
Exploring Coaching as a Support System
Introduction
The evolution from therapy to personal life coaching
Your personal life coach: a modern day mentor
Media articles about coaching
Is personal development coaching for you?
What role does advice play in life coaching?
Questions to ask your life coach
How to create a perfect life
Life coaching success stories
Expanding Creativity and Innovation
Introduction
Exercising for Optimism
Clear a Path for Creativity
Who is this Inner Critic? How'd it get into my Head?
Invite the Inner Critic to Leave
What Are You Creating?
Getting Unstuck
Creative Tension
Mentors
Managing Time and Work
Introduction
Design a personal operating system
Prepare for success
Clear a path at work
Can you manage time?
The time of your life
Does time stand still?
Ten minutes, ten toes — no problem!
Clear a path for inner wisdom
Finishing something versus being complete about it
Communicating Honestly
Introduction
Clear a path for communication
The art of listening
Success and communication
De-escalate a conflict
Preventing interpretation from getting in the way of "Just the facts, ma'am . . ."
WHEN TO USE PSYCHOTHERAPY
Introduction
General Information on Therapy
Looking through more than one window
What motivates people to change?
Resources for general mental health issues
When should you go into therapy?
Self-tests and quizzes
Personality types/psychological types
Therapy referral services
Alternative therapies
Finding the Right Therapy for You
Attention deficit disorder/Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Bipolar disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Codependency
Depression
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Panic disorder
Schizophrenia
Suicide
RESOURCES FOR CHANGE
Introduction
Recommended websites for creating change
How we select our resources
Increasing couple intimacy: resources for couples and therapists |
