Sunday, December 20, 2009

Congratulations Get Up Girls! Fall 2009



What an amazing 9 weeks we shared with 9 amazing women!

We laughed, we dreamed, we explored and found out some wonderful things about ourselves in the process. Women in our groups always tell us how much they receive from being in our program, and truly the gift is ours as well! We leave each week inspired and excited about what is possible, and feel a deep sense of fulfillment from being a part of each woman's transformation.


We end our nine weeks with a
bittersweet sense of completion, and gratitude for the time we spent together and the bonds we've shared. Get Up Girls, we celebrate you, your success and your journey!

Thanks to ALL the amazing women that have taken our Get Up Girl 9 Week Signature Coaching Series! We are about to enter our third year of doing this work and we are profoundly grateful to you and your commitment to yourselves. We are blessed and look forward to another powerful year of growth and expansion.

Wishing you and yours a Joyful Holiday and a New Year filled with Love and Delight! ~ Margalit & Shannon

'Get Up Girl opened up new doors in my life. I have learned invaluable lessons and have been inspired to take my business and personal life in bright new directions. The support and wealth of knowledge I have gained from the workshop will last a lifetime. I genuinely recommend Get Up Girl to all women, it will change your life like it has mine!'

– Eileen Aghekian, Owner of Swim Academy







Monday, December 14, 2009

4 Tips to Staying Sane During the Holidays























Get Up Girl Alaia Williams, of One Organized Life, shares 4 tips to staying sane during the holidays.

How is December treating you? This month tends to bring a lot of hustle and bustle - and stress! I encourage you to pace yourself to avoid becoming overwhelmed.

What can you do to avoid holiday overwhelm this year?

1) Make a list of priorities - what's really important for you to accomplish between now and the end of the year?

2) Create goals that support your priorities.

3) Don't bite off more than you can chew. There is only one of you - create bite-sized action steps to help you achieve the goals you set. Don't be afraid to delegate and defer!

4) Set aside time every day to work on your goals.

Though balance can't always be achieved in all aspects of our lives, now is the time to make sure your responsibilities are handled and that you make time for the people who are most important to you. Don't be afraid to say no to the 15th party invitation you receive this holiday season if you need to wrap up business and spend time with family. But on the flip side of that - don't forget to allow yourself some fun and relaxation time.

I've chosen to attend only two holiday events this month so that I can continue to work on wrapping up the 2009 goals I set for myself. Updating my contact database, creating outlines for my 2010 presentations, and streamlining my schedule will help me leaps and bounds come January 1st. But I can tell you this - I had a blast at the Freelance Frolic last week and I am really looking forward to my friend's holiday party on Thursday!

What's your plan?

Alia Williams is the founder of One Organized Life that offers a variety of professional organizing services that help you make sense of your space, improve work flow, and increase productivity. She can be contacted at:
alaia@oneorganizedlife.com
877-660-4738 ext 701

Thursday, December 10, 2009

You Make Me Feel Lovely










See what Nadine Fawell has to say about feeling lovely, letting go and new beginnings.

By Nadine Fawell

For the title of this piece, I am quoting a student of mine, who is one of the sexiest women I have ever met. The first time she walked into class, I thought *wow*. This is a woman who experiences herself as beautiful, and you can see by how she moves that she is moving in the innate sensuality of Life. It’s very powerful.

When I knew her better, I told her this. And she replied that yes, she does experience life in this way, and it’s interesting because it has removed her need for another to help her experience her loveliness. She also said that when we say to someone, after sex, for example, that we love them, what she thinks we are really saying is this:

Interesting. Because when we are in intimate relationship, be it with a friend, a lover, a child, what we are mostly seeing is the version of ourselves that this person reflects back to us. This is why relationship is so important for self-learning. Everyone will show you a different aspect of yourself. All are valid. Even in abusive situations, once you can step back and look clearly, you may see something there. I had an incident a few months back where someone was incredibly verbally abusive towards me (don’t panic, it wasn’t my husband!), and it gave me a lot of insight into some old, no longer useful, patterns of behavior and thinking that I still have, which is why I allowed the person into my life in the first place. And, for a long time, allowed them to treat me in this way. No more, though, and, hopefully, if I can keep my eyes open to it, not again.

But I feel that I had to have that particular connection in order to learn about boundaries and self-respect and choosing my battles. So I am grateful. Because although I see those parts of me that aren’t so pretty reflected in this person’s words, I love me anyway. I think I am as good as I can be.

As I have said before, over the last few months, my spiritual practice has sustained me in a deep, deep way, as have my friendships and connections with those I love and who love me. I believe that I ended my marriage in the best way I could, that I behaved as best I could. This gives me great relief. I am not saying I behaved perfectly, but I did behave with compassion and kindness and forethought. Because things could have unfolded very differently, and if they had, I would have been more hurt, and so would my husband. So this ending, even, has given me cause to say that I feel lovely. And even at the end, a beginning. I love and I am loved.

Which brings me to beginnings. I can think of no more powerful time of Shakti, Life, flowing, than the way it does between two people who are attracted to each other. Shakti is always in us, of course. It is the Divine that animates us and is always, always present, even when it feels like it isn’t. If we weren’t with That which made us, we wouldn’t be alive. Simple. But so much easier to feel when you are in a room with someone and the love hormones are flowing. Sharing food, sharing touch, talking, laughing. And sometimes, that flows into something long-term. Deep intimacy. Where the deepest learning of Life happens. And sometimes, where new Life is made. The Ultimate Union.


This article was originally published on FindBliss.com

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Nadine Fawell has been teaching yoga for five years. She has logged about 3000 hours of experience, both in group and private settings. Her main influence, both as a teacher and as a practitioner of yoga, comes from the Krishnamacharya lineage. She has travelled to India twice to study with TKV Desikachar and his teachers at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram and now considers Mark Whitwell to be one of her most influential teachers. Check out her blog at: http://nadinefawell.net/

Friday, December 4, 2009

It's Time For a Monthly Review














It's a new month and it's time to get re-focused!


Each month in our Get Up Girl Women's Coaching Group we encourage taking the time to do a Monthly Review. I know for myself that whenever I make the time to do this exercise I get enormous value from reflecting on what is and isn't working in my life at the moment. It also assists in clarifying what is really important in my life right now, which supports making better decisions in how I use my time. And it only takes a few minutes. Clear intentions = wiser choices = less stress & more ease.


Best of all, a Monthly Review is an opportunity to appreciate yourself and experience gratitude for the blessings in your life. We often forget to acknowledge how much we do accomplish, and appreciate who we are. So make a cup of tea, get a pad and pen, sit in your favorite chair, and take some time to reflect and re-focus.


Monthly Review Exercise:
It's important to write your answers down.

1. What worked this month?


2. What didn't work?


3. What am I most proud of?


4. What am I grateful for?


5. What still needs more improvement?


6. What do I want to focus on for the coming month?


After doing this exercise, use the insights you've gained to support yourself in making SMART Goals for the month. Remember to keep your goals Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and with a Time Frame. Then take your goals for the month and break them down into doable Weekly Action Steps.

Congratulations! You're ready to take on December with more clarity, grace and ease.
Make it a great month!

“It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.”
– Roger Babson


The Monthly Review is taken from our Get Up Girl workbook (copyright 2009), 'Your Time is Now'. To purchase a copy or to find out more contact us at info@getupgirl.org. Or website: getupgirl.org

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