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Here is a part of me I have never openly shared. It's not something I like to talk about. It makes me feel very vulnerable to share so publicly. Why am I sharing then? I suffer from agoraphobia. Phobias of any kind can really affect quality of life and work productivity. For some it is so severe, it is debilitating. People who suffer from agoraphobia may experience it in different ways. For me, it is the fear that there's no easy way to escape or get help when in a very open space that 'appears' detached from the rest of the world. This video was shot yesterday in Grand Junction, Colorado. Fully surrounded by mountains. The perfect setting to trigger a panic attack in this situation. Applying the following three SIMPLE techniques have helped me tremendously deal with the situation. Any of these three on their own work. When applied together they work like magic.
So I share them here with you hoping that it will help you if you deal with a similar situation. If you find this video helpful, feel free to leave a comment. xo
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Why it is important to take time for simple pleasures, especially when you are very busy.
This was such a fun interview! Judi Ruth Meredith asked me some tough questions... Written by Francesca Anastasi For quite a long time, I have been wanting to write about this topic. It keeps coming up in conversations I have with other instructors and performers, as well as appearing in discussion groups on social media. 
This is a repost from my other blog which I am moving here now
This is a repost from my other blog which I am moving here now
Interviewed by Magnificent You women's conference keynote speaker Maureen McGrath.
One lucky winner won two tickets to the September 24-25, 2016 conference.
This is a repost from my other blog which I am moving here now
Interview on 'The Soul of Business and Life'
Recently, I was interviewed by Milena Cerin, of PowerUp Coaching and a best selling author and powerful coach. In this upbeat interview you will find lots of information, including how to live a VIP lifestyle no matter what, the gift we are all born with and dealing with negative people.
To listen to the interview click the play button on the image.
This is a repost from my other blog which I am moving here now  Recently the kitchen got new appliances. After they had been installed and the delivery crew had left, I realized that the fridge door handle was on the opposite side (compared to the old fridge). I didn’t think too much of it. “I’ll get used to it”, I said to myself; “Not a big deal.”
But now, every time I went to open the door, I would automatically reach to grab the door handle where it used to be, only to be reminded that now the handle was on the other side. Bear with me, please … this is really not about the fridge but rather to illustrate a point… two points, in fact. The interesting thing here is that the new fridge is the same brand as the old one. When it first arrived, looking at the inside configuration from the other side (the side from which I was opening the door), I thought, "This fridge is bigger than the previous one and… oh my goodness… the inside layout is so different! - this could take some getting used to.” I had arranged the food in the same areas I used to do in the old fridge, just so that I have some sort of familiarity with my system (aiming for efficiency and making it easier to find things.) It’s enough that I am now doing the ‘martial dance” with my arms every time that I try to open the door on the old side. A few weeks went by and I was still reaching for the handle on the wrong side of the fridge. To the rescue came a technician to switch the door handle back. Guess what happened: Even though the door handle was now where it used to be, I found myself going to the opposite side! Unaware, I had been in the process of creating a new habit. So now the door handle is back on the same side as it had been for the last four years. Here is the really interesting thing: Once the door handles were changed back, I realized that the fridge on the inside is exactly the same as the fridge before. The inside layout is exactly the same as the old fridge (with a slightly bigger capacity). This made me reflect. The exact same item, with the exact same layout on the inside, looked completely different when I opened it from the other side. A different angle meant a different perspective. Which made me realize that this applies to so many things in life and in business. We're used to doing things a certain way and so we do things the same way. Maybe we just need to take a moment to step away and look at our lives, our businesses and ourselves from a completely different angle. It took a fridge door to make me think of the importance of perspective, and also of breaking habits. So there are two “aha!”s here: 1. We already know it takes a while to create new habits. It’s important to be aware that, with repetition, the new habit is forming even if it may not seem so for a while, even though you may be still be pushed to go a different direction in the meantime. Stick with it. It will come. 2. The same things can look very different and very fresh from a different angle. From time to time, take a moment to step away and look at your business--and yourself--from a new and completely different point of view. It will pay off.
This is a repost from my other blog which I am moving here now.
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