As we wrap up the More Energy = Better Relationships series we are going to close with a focus on our work relationships. Have you heard of the book “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman? It is a great book that looks at the five main love languages people speak and receive and the concept that if we speak the wrong language people will not feel or receive our love as we intend them to. More recently [...]
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5 Ways to Improve the Quality of Our Marriages
5 Ways to Improve the Quality of Our Marriages
If you take only one thought away from today’s blog, it would be a quote that our guest contributor Shawn Stoever says, “the best time to nurture the health of your marriage is before problems even start.” Shawn shared with us great insights on improving the quality of our friendships (4 Ways to Improve the Quality of Our Friendships) and I am thrilled today to look at the topic of marriage. what would you say is the single greatest piece [...]
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4 Ways to Improve the Quality of Our Friendships
4 Ways to Improve the Quality of Our Friendships
Were you able to invest in your energy this weekend? Personally, I was intentional to get quality sleep and spent quality time with friends who inspired and encouraged me. Both Saturday night for dinner and then Sunday for lunch John and I were blessed to have meals with friends who filled us up. Today we are moving forward in this concept that More Energy = Better Relationships. We have looked at what happens to our relationships when we [...]
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How Do We Get More Energy (physically, mentally, emotionally)
How Do We Get More Energy (physically, mentally, emotionally)
If More Energy = Better Relationships, how can we get more energy? Because the different areas of life can be interconnected, an investment in one area inevitably will have a positive affect on other areas of life. Energy can be either zapped or increased physically, emotionally, relationally, spiritually and mentally. Today let’s explore ways that we can increase our energy through our physical, mental and spiritual health: Physically we can increase energy by: Eating every 3 – 4 [...]
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8 Questions to Assess Your Energy
8 Questions to Assess Your Energy
Before we jump into the different areas of our life that, with an investment, will allow us to have more energy let’s take an assessment to identify which area of our life would provide us with the greatest return. Below is a list of questions to answer with a 0 – 3 answer (Scale: 0 = never, 1 = occasionally, 2 = often, 3 = all the time) ASSESSMENT TOOL TO IDENTIFY ENERGY DRAINERS AND ENERGY FUELERS I [...]
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More Energy = Better Relationships
More Energy = Better Relationships
Our relationships thrive or suffer based on the investments that we make in them. Investing in relationships requires us to have energy. What happens to our relationships when we run on empty – low energy – for a long period of time? Low energy = inability to invest (though intentions may be good) in the relationships that matter to us = relationship suffers and is not able to reach it’s full potential. On the flip side: More Energy [...]
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How to Get Out of a Rut
How to Get Out of a Rut
Monday we listed out some potential areas of life that we may find ourselves in a rut – preventing us from experiencing 100% of our life. Today we are going to look at those areas in further depth and see if we can take the challenging to add some creativity and adventure to at least one area. Our list included: Food, Driving, Exercise, People and Pace. Here are some ideas based on each area of life: Food: try [...]
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How a Rut Can Keep Us From Fully Experiencing Life
How a Rut Can Keep Us From Fully Experiencing Life
“In the same way we have heard the idea that we only use 10% of our brain, I think we only live 10% of our lives.” – McNair If you missed the blog Recapturing Your Creative Spirit – you probably want to click over and read those. McNair is a creativity guru, and inspiration to many. On a call with him a few weeks ago, we talked about the importance of creativity and ways that creativity can be [...]
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Importance of Play
Importance of Play
Click here before reading, for an inspiring video from Nike. This commercial is not new, but since the day I first saw it, it has inspired me. Play. I find that it is so much easier to be consumed and focused on a “to do” list, than getting lost in playing a game or having an adventure. Nike has such a great way of communicating a concept in very few words, and this video is an example of [...]
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The Health of Contentment
The Health of Contentment
There is a powerful truth that waits daily for us to acknowledge it, contentment. Just as we talked about the deadly poison of comparison, contentment is a powerful truth that we have opportunity to access each day. Contentment is not complacency. Contentment does the best with what it has and at the end of the day sits down and knows that it held nothing back. Complacency quits and feels good about walking away. I never want to be [...]
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