by Holly Boxenhorn | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog
Got Baggage?
Get Clear From the Inside Out
April 2014 Insights
Let’s face it no matter how “perfect” your upbringing may have been or how fortunate your life is turning out, we all have some level of “emotional baggage”. I use the term emotional baggage loosely as a means to describe the cumulation of responses to our negative life experiences. It is not the degree of anguish one experiences that is most important but rather how well aware one is of its impact on their current life and how they choose to manage it. (more…)
by Holly Boxenhorn | Feb 2, 2014 | Blog
Relationships
Are they lifting your spirits up or dragging you down?
February 2014 Insights
What better month to write about the importance of cultivating healthy relationships than February, the month we celebrate Valentines Day. The quality of our personal relationships has an enormous impact on our mental, emotional and physical well-being. Think about it, unless you are shipwrecked on a deserted island, most of us are involved in numerous types of relationships. These relationships may include romantic, friends, parents, children, siblings, coworkers, neighbors, mentors/teachers and of course the often forgotten about relationship with ourselves.
How we chose to experience our relationships can determine our level of happiness. Yet many of us never stop to consider whether as a whole our relationships lift our spirits up or drag us down. I’d like to take some time in this Month’s Key’s to Success Insights and identify those qualities that typically make up a healthy relationship while also make some suggestions on how to better manage those relationships that drain us. (more…)
by Holly Boxenhorn | Dec 2, 2013 | Blog
Reflecting On The Year Passed
December 2013 Insights
It may be surprising for some to hear but I’m not big into new year resolutions. You see as a life coach I hate to limit myself and my clients to resolving to “get going” on our life ambitions based on what the calendar says. I’d like to think regardless (winter, spring, summer or fall) that there’s no better time than the present to create positive change in our lives. I am, however, a big proponent of taking the last few days on the calendar to reflect upon the year passed as I believe it will help set the stage for greater success all through the new coming year. (more…)
by Holly Boxenhorn | May 13, 2013 | Blog
Can We Really Have It All?
Part One of a Three Part Series
May 2013 Insights
As a mother of two children and as a women’s self-development life coach, I know first hand how challenging it is for most women to maintain a place for themselves while balancing the many demands in their complex lives. I understand how a women’s dedication and commitment to others often overrides their ability to take care of themselves because I too from time to time experience getting lost in the shuffle of life. I completely get how hard it is to “have it all”. But what I have come to learn, both personally and professionally, is that having it all really just boils down to three main elements. First, and foremost is understanding and respecting each and every important aspect in your life. Second, is obtaining the right tools and strategies to navigate those aspects in your life and third is having the emotional buy-in to succeed in them. (more…)
by Holly Boxenhorn | Mar 6, 2013 | Blog
Do Any Of These Thoughts Resonate With You?
March 2013 Insights
- “I’m not ________ (smart, pretty, capable, fit, organized, motivated, focused,lucky, …) enough to pull that off.”
- “Why should I bother, how likely is it that….”
- “Life is hard and filled with disappointments, just deal with it.”
- “It is what it is, some people have it and I’m just not one of them”.
- “There’s no way I can handle/manage that. I just have to accept that myneeds are not a priority right now.”
- “I feel like I have no control over _________, there’s not much I can do about it.”
- “It’s too late in the game now. I’m ___ years old. You can’t teach old dogs new tricks.”
- “It’s one fight after another. Nothing is going to change.” (more…)
