Updated:  05/19/2008

Contact Info:  516-647-6674 or lynn@coachingbylynn.com

Newsletter

Volume 2, Issue 2

“The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations."  - Julie Cameron

Are you enjoying your summer?   What do you have planned for August – work or fun?

Create a Fabulous August Schedule for yourself weaving work and fun into each day. 

Live your life by choice according to your values and what brings you fulfillment.

Summer is my favorite season.  I love the long days and hot temperatures.  I guess that I was imprinted as a child with the summer recess from school.  You work hard from September to June and you have July and August to play.  I daydream during winter about going to the beach or sitting in the warm sun or playing in my garden.  I was ready for this summer – full of anticipation.  This summer I would have time to play and enjoy each day.  I have a stack of books that were calling me to spend some quality time with them. I wanted to spend time with friends that I have not seen in awhile.  I longed to be outside and have the freedom to choose what I would do spontaneously each day.  Have you ever felt this way? 

My challenge this summer was dividing my time between my business and summer playtime.  No matter what choice I made – business or play - I thought that I should be doing the other. I lost my focus and it seemed that summer would be over and nothing would be accomplished either for my business or my summer fun activities.  July was spent spinning in place.  I realized that I had placed myself in a situation that now required me to look closely at what I wanted for the remainder of the summer.  How was I going to have a fabulous August?  How was I going to weave business and pleasure into each day in August?  How about designing a Fabulous August Schedule for Lynn!  Each day would have a mixture of work and play and time allotted randomly during the week for spontaneous trips to the beach or museums or nature walks or just having a moment to reflect – quiet time.  For August, I have planned my work in playful places (i.e., my business meetings are held in summery places – botanical gardens or parks - and I write correspondence and magazine articles as I sit in my garden).  I also am examining the “shoulds” I was saying to myself.  “Shoulds” are distractions that command our attention.  ”Shoulds” are phrases we say to ourselves thinking they apply absolutely to us, but are really the thoughts and agenda of someone else.  The idea that I “should” be working rather than playing or vice versa has nothing to do with how I feel or believe my life is to be.  It is an idea that was stated to me by someone else that I chose to adopt.  I now choose to live my summer according to what I value and what brings me fulfillment.  Making choices based solely on what I want to do is my summer mantra.   

Does all this apply only to summer?  Absolutely not!  Being able to live my life by choice according to my values is an intention that I now have in place for each day of the year.  What about you?  How do you want your August to be?  How do you want your life to be? 

Coming in September Two Weekly Workshops

Marvelous Monday Morning Women’s Club where women come together via a 1 

hour Teleconference Call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, to interact and set their attitude 

for the week.  We laugh and share, and create our weekly adjective for ourselves [sassy, 

vibrant, beautiful – You get the idea].    

We talk about a different topic each week like:

·        Setting an intention for yourself to hold during the week, 

·        Creating excitement in your life, 

·        Getting in touch with your passion,

·        An Attitude of Gratitude, or any suggested topic.

There is no cost to join the Club, just the cost of the phone call.  Let’s get together and 

start the week with a smile, the pleasure of being together, and a plan for the fabulous week 

ahead. 

If you are interested in joining the Marvelous Monday Morning Women’s Club, give me a call 

516 565 5361 or send me an email lynn@coachingbylynn.com.  

Sunday Evening Women’s Dream Team where women come together during a 1 hour 

Teleconference Call at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time to share their dreams and set action steps for 

the week ahead to realize those dreams.

What dreams are you holding in your heart?  Isn’t it time to make those dreams come true?

There is no cost to join the Dream Team, just the cost of the phone call.  Let’s get together and 

support each other realize the dreams we hold in our hearts.  

If you are interested in joining the Sunday Evening Women’s Dream Team, give me a call 

516 565 5361 or send me an email lynn@coachingbylynn.com 

AUTHOR. . . .  AUTHOR

I co-authored a book with 14 other coaches - The Essential Coaching Book:

Secrets to a Winning Life from the Professional and Personal Coaches of the 

United Coaching Associates.  

It is available on my website http://www.coachingbylynn.com/Books_To_Buy.htm.  

I contributed 2 chapters to the book:

1.    Chapter One: Starting the Journey, Setting Your Intentions

2.    Chapter Two: Finding The Real You, Finding Your Life Purpose

It was a wonderful project to be part of and to also see our efforts come to fruition 

in published form.

Savor the Present all you women of substance,

Appreciate every gift that comes your way,

Relish the laugh, touch, and union,

Value the message, opinion, and words,

Delight in the partnership and independence,

Take pleasure in the sharing of a song or dance.

Be aware of everything you want and desire.

Ask for it and it shall be yours.

Enjoy what is – Because

In the blink of an eye what was treasured most can be swept away.

When you are left with the memory, could you say I savored it all?

Are you left wanting for more; are there regrets?

Savor the Present as if there were no tomorrows.

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