Author: nancyjmiller
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Tapping the Butterfly Hug
Tapping (EFT) can be an excellent resource for releasing stuck emotions, relaxation, relieving stress, and self-soothing. Tapping isn’t for everyone. There are many other methods for releasing tension and stuck feelings including visualization, mindfulness, talking, and inner dynamics. I’m sharing a few tapping exercises I enjoy and find helpful. These are exercises you can do…
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How I Use NLP Strategies to Manage Anxiety and Uncertainty
Iceland mountains from the yacht A cancer diagnosis, surgery, and dental procedures can cause different levels of anxiety. Being prepared with NLP techniques will help with the stress of routine or unexpected procedures. The NLP techniques of association, dissociation, reframing, anchoring, and using submodalities helped me de-stress and prepare for medical procedures. I get nervous about surgery since…
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What I Learned About My Wants and Needs From Packing for a Layover in Iceland
I found it challenging to keep my packing light for the variable late September weather in Iceland. I mostly failed and needed to drag a large suitcase around. Fortunately, I was not alone and didn’t need to pull the heavy suitcase up and down all of the stairs on my own. There were stairs everywhere,…
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When Time Is Illusive
Time can feel illusive. Five minutes seems like an eternity when doing work that is boring. When I had a filing job many years ago, I would look up at the clock, and I was shocked that only three minutes had passed. When I am doing the counseling and coaching work that I love, an…
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Nurture Your Friendships and Watch Them Bloom
Have you noticed that kids love to plant and pick fruit and vegetables? Maybe we adults aren’t so different. The excitement and anticipation of planting a vegetable and expecting a result based on what was planted. Then picking the colorful vegetable is a delight. But what about all of the watering in between the planting…
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A New Year with a New Life
When your life is turned upside down, you can make plans for a new life with new growth. This year my life was turned upside down and inside out. The big change began on Christmas eve and culminated on Christmas day. After much questioning, my husband revealed he was moving out that week. Were there…
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Know Your Audience to Build Traction in Your Business and Career
We each have a voice and something important to say. Who is it you want to speak to in your articles, stories, or posting? Until you know your audience, you won’t know how to connect and effectively communicate your story. In the past we may have made more connections by phone, in person, through resumes,…
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A Career Growth Model Leading You to Joy in Your Life and work
Creating abundance in your life and work is a process. Career Growth is a process that leads to abundance when you have a model for success. You can begin where you are and use Maslow’s model to see where you want to grow in your life and work. Awareness of your wants and needs are…
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Unwrap Your Feelings with Journaling
There are many simple ways you can improve your mental health. One way you can improve your mental health, reduce stress, and ease anxiety by noticing your feelings while journaling. As you write in your journal and note your feelings, you acknowledge your feeling, you can soothe your feeling, or take needed action as a…
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Design a Purposeful Life with Meaningful Work
The reason for working may seem obvious. You want to get paid. But there are many other reasons for working besides money. Hunger in your heart, mind, or stomach will motivate you to work. Here are just a few motivators. Play: You love doing the work whether it’s the process, accomplishment, or just being and…
Nancy J. Miller, M.S. Creative LifeWork Design 