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30/07/2019 by Lisa McDonald

The Benefits of Pruning Your Life

A few days ago I completed the winter pruning of my roses. It’s really important to prune plants because it clears deadwood, helps to reduce disease, encourages air circulation and lets more light in. Therefore, it allows the plant to focus its attention and energy on producing beautiful green shoots, blooms and fruit for the next season. And, winter is the ideal time to give roses a good strong prune.

Time For Some Life Pruning?

Just like plants, our life needs a good pruning from time to time. We need put aside some time to take stock of our life, and to evaluate where we are going. We need to ask questions, such as:

  • Where am I now?
  • Where do I want to be?
  • What is most important to me?
  • Am I honouring what is most important to me?
  • Are my current habits supporting what is most important to me?

Start Pruning

Based on the answers to the above questions, it’s time to start pruning your life. Especially if you are tired, stuck or at a cross-road in your life and have an important decision, goal or other outcome you want to achieve.
It’s time to eliminate things that drag you down, drain our energy and cause you to shrink. It’s time to prune the areas of your life which are not supporting the direction you want to grow in.

The Benefits

Pruning your life will help bring you into alignment with what’s most important. It will help to freshen up your focus and energy. And, it will help to create more space for your life to grow, bloom and flourish.

Take a few minutes now. What part of your life could do with some pruning?

If you’d like to find out more about how I can help you with an important decision, goal or other outcome you want to achieve, click here to contact me.

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08/01/2019 by Lisa McDonald

Creating A Successful New Year

Creating A Successful New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome to a fresh new year, another 365 days of opportunity to achieve the life of your dreams!  I am excited to be back and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year holiday period.

How was last year for you?  What were the struggles and triumphs?  Did you achieve your key goals?

If it was a difficult year in some shape or form, or you didn’t achieve one or more of your key goals, then I hope that this year is better for you.  Either way, it’s time to be grateful.  Grateful for all the things you DO have in your life, and all those things that you are grateful that are NOT in your life.  It’s time to review, reflect and learn from the past your.  Then to transition into the new year.

A Fresh Year

It’s a fresh NEW year, with a fresh book of experiences for you to fill over the next 12 months.  This transition into the new year has created a culture over the years of setting resolutions.  If made with careful consideration, resolutions can help reinforce permanent changes.  However, most New Years resolutions are made in a heightened or inebriated state, which often lacks a degree of commitment.  And, as a result they often never gets started or fall away within a short space of time.

So NOW is the time to set the stage for THIS year.  To connect and energise yourself for the year.

A Fresh Vision

Take some time to create a fresh vision for the year.   Clarify your intentions, then formulate them into specific goals. 

Goals are more outcome focused than resolutions, giving you attainable milestones and time frames.  When they are set in a more conscious and committed way, your goals can keep you motivated.  Especially if they’re aligned with your highest values and aspirations.  Years ago I created my SMARTIES Formula for goal setting.  It provides a checklist of 8 essential aspects of goals setting, which you must include to set really successful goals.  Click here now to get my SMARTIES Formula for goal setting, 

Which areas of life do you most want to create results in this year:  health, relationship, family, finances, business/career, leisure,  community or other?

2019 Strategic Goal Setting Workshop

2019 Strategic Goal SettingJanuary is a great time to reflect on the outcomes you want for 2019, to write your goals and to start taking action.  That’s why  over several years I’ve run a Strategic Goal Setting Workshop:  Life Review & Planning Workshop.  Originally it was a full day where you had to travel to participate.   Last year was my first live online workshop to assist you in reviewing, goal setting and taking action on your goals in 2019.  And I’m excited to say that I’m running my live online workshop again this year.Having the live online format means I can:

  • Offer it to you at a fraction of the price of my previous offline workshop held in Melbourne,
  • And  … still have the personal connection that made those workshops so special.  Click here to find out more ...

Achieving Different Results This Year

To support you in achieving your goals this year, I’ll be continuing to share tips, tools, and insights into how you can make this a more successful year.

If you’re serious about creating different or better results this year, then it’s up to you to take action!  What next step will you take to succeed this year?

Wishing you every with creating more of the life and success you desire this year.

Warm regards
Lisa McDonald

PS If you haven’t had a look yet at my program Click here and find out more

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Today’s story focus highlights the momentum of heart felt giving, and the ripple effects that it can create.

Abdul Halim al-Attar is a Syrian refugee who was selling pens in the streets of Beirut in order to survive and support his children.  Then a man snapped a photo of his daughter …

Click here for some inspiration today – He was selling pens …

Empowering Messages

It’s a great reminder that:

  • The human struggle is a universal connector
  • The benefits of a simple act of kindness can ripple out to many others
  • We should be good stewards and do our best to multiply what we’ve been gifted

Increase Your Own Impact In The World

You can make an impact in the world through your own heart felt giving.  And, you can make an even bigger difference, by consciously creating inspiring goals and projects which focus your efforts and expand your impact, your way/s.  So make sure you set and implement inspiring goals and projects that allow you to pass on the momentum of giving.

I’d love to know how this video has impacted you by leaving a comment below.  I’d love to hear how it  touched your heart.

Remember to create your inspired life and to empower yourself today – take at least one action step toward advancing your (heart felt) goals!

Enjoy your day,

Lisa

Are you looking for some assistance in overcoming challenges, setting goals, or strengthening your capacity to achieve more of your goals?  If so, then I’d love to hear from you. Take action today by booking a time to chat about your questions, concerns and potential steps for moving forward.  Or, check out our services on our Health Pursuit website.

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Are you living the life you desire?  If not, cast your frustrations, regrets and disappointments aside.  The truth is that the mind and body have an amazing capacity to heal, transform and create!  And each day is a fresh day; another chance to change your life and to progress your life mission statement, wealth creation and other goals.

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