Aurelia Williams

Wife, Mother, Friend, Coach

Feel Empowered and Happy About Yourself

In a search for happiness, many people look for it in other people and not within ourselves. Many people feel that things like money, a better job, better relationships..etc will make them happy. In reality, to find true contentment you must look inside yourself and learn to be your own best friend. That means you have to trust, love, and care for yourself just as you do the people you consider to be close to you.

Following are steps that you can incorporate into your life that will help you to feel more empowered and happy about yourself!

* Begin to lift yourself up, not put yourself down. If you don’t like something about yourself, work to change it. If you can’t change it, simply accept it. Don’t beat up on yourself with negative self-talk. You’re not likely to change for the better when you fill yourself with negative thoughts.

* Give yourself positive rewards. When you do something that you are proud of give yourself a small reward. Try not to wait for others to praise you because you may grow resentful if the praise doesn’t come. Pat your own back, it is a great feeling that can stay with you for a long time.

* Forgive yourself. I doubt that you would keep scolding a child over and over for making a mistake so don’t do that to yourself. Give yourself the gift of forgiveness when you make a mistake. After that, work to figure out what lesson you can learn, and use it to make better choices the next time around.

* Enjoy your successes. Most people can remember all of the details of depressing, painful or even embarrassing events that happened many years ago. What if you did the same thing with all of your wins? Try to remember all of the triumphs and accomplishments that you’ve made and keep that memory with you and think about it at least once a week.

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I offer wonderful support, guidance, motivation, encouragement and mentoring via online instant messaging, e-mail or telephone. I coach individuals on a wide variety of topics such as how to lead a more organized life, stress and time management and also how to reach a variety of goals. If you are interested, simply visit my site and look at the Coaching Packages that are available. I also have a few short Audio’s there that you can listen to.

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Here are your
5 Steps to create a better attitude

Enjoy!!

Aurelia

September 6, 2006 - Posted by Aurelia | Self Esteem, Uncategorized | | 10 Comments

10 Comments »

  1. This was great Aurelia. I’ve been blogging lately on my obsession on being perfect and this was the perfect reality check.

    Comment by Shannon | September 6, 2006 | Reply

  2. PS- You’ve just been BlogJolted by me so check back… (and thanks for checking out my blog too!)

    Comment by Shannon | September 7, 2006 | Reply

  3. I think the one that tends to get ‘blown’ over is to forgive ourselves. This one doesn’t come easily as we’re our own worst critics, but I’m also amazed at how often a memory of a past mistake will surface in a relevant situation. I’ll think to myself, “Darn! I thought I cleared that one out!!”

    Hugs,
    Holly
    http://www.hollyscorner.com

    Comment by Holly Schwendiman | September 7, 2006 | Reply

  4. Hi there… great blog. I linked to it and hope my readers like it as much as I do.

    Redthebarber.
    http://www.redthebarber.com

    Comment by Redthebarber | September 7, 2006 | Reply

  5. Excellent ideas…thanks for this practical and informative post. I referenced it on my blog at Lessons from the Scrapbook Page! Keep up the great posts!

    Comment by Tasra Dawson | September 7, 2006 | Reply

  6. Aurelia, I really loved this post! I agreethat we can keep so many memories of things we’d rather we hadn’t done or things we wish we’d done better. Forgiveness is very important.The other hard trick is to let go of the emotion that the memory brings. I’ll be sure to mention you in my blog.Thanks again for the positive blog. Sharon

    Comment by Sharon Cornell | September 7, 2006 | Reply

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  8. Aurelia~

    Hi! I’m a member of the blogjolt too! I really, really enjoy your blog and have it bookmarked. You really are inspiring and thank you for this post about finding your own happiness!

    Ellie

    Comment by Ellie McFadden | September 8, 2006 | Reply

  9. just exactly what i need! not just in life but also in blogging, especially since we’re just starting out i think i need to be reminded to enjoy my successes even the baby steps of increased traffic, and give myself positive rewards when i do have a good week in blogging. thanks Aurelia! being part of blogjolt is great.

    Comment by Grace | September 12, 2006 | Reply

  10. very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
    Idetrorce

    Comment by Idetrorce | December 15, 2007 | Reply


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