CHOICES Magazine
Spring 2021 Encouragement Issue
Online Article Archive
4 Ways to Use Dreams to Promote Your Success
Everyone in the world has dreams of some sort, but very few turn these dreams into successes. This isn’t because it’s impossible to make your dreams a reality, but rather, they simply just don’t know how to use their dreams for their benefit.
The Little Engine That Almost Couldn’t!
Most of us have read or at the very least have heard of the famous children’s story, “The Little Engine That Could,” written by Watty Piper, published in 1930, and is now considered an American folktale. Its message, filled with wisdom, is hard to repudiate by anyone who picks up the book and reads it.
Choose Harmonious & Supportive Relationships
Most of us have that one person we can always count on. You call him or her when you’re nervous about a job interview, frustrated with a family member, or even grieving the loss of a loved one. They always seem to know the right thing to say to make you feel a little better about the situation, a little more confident in yourself, and a little less lost in your sadness.
What the World Needs Now is You
Spring is here with determination and hope that it is time to move forward with as much safety and health as possible.
Eight Healthy Choices for Improving Your Health
It’s Spring 2021, a new season ---a new year—a new decade! I LOVE a fresh start, be it a new day or a new week; and spring of a new year is the ultimate fresh start! As a fitness and nutrition coach, it’s really important to help my clients understand that NOW is always a good time to start new. Nothing is permanent, we can change anything about our lives. How empowering is that?
The Path of Least Resistance
What are your life intentions? Your goals? What motivates you toward achieving these ideas? Life presents steppingstones. Each of these sturdy pathways guide us toward realizing our life’s path.
5 Tips to Maintaining Your Goals on a Daily Basis
Making goals is often extremely easy compared to keeping and achieving them over a long period of time. The best way to maintain goals is by checking in with them, and yourself, on a daily basis.
The Top Five Ways Your Habits Can Make or Break You
How you act and what you choose to do in every situation has an immense influence on your overall happiness, well-being, and success in life. And when it comes to changing your life, the most effective way to do that is to focus on developing or eliminating habits that may be influencing your well-being.
Invest in Yourself – Find a Mentor
Mentors can be an incredible means of investing in yourself. Mentors are typically experts in their sphere of influence, but, at the very least, they are people more knowledgeable and experienced than you in a particular area.
A Final Note
Who told you life was going to be easy? There are lots of troubles, irritations, and pains in life. Things happen. Things go wrong. People don’t always do what we want them to. Don’t depend on other people for your happiness.
Manage Today’s Uncertainty by Staying in the Present
We all face seasons of life filled with uncertainty. It’s a feeling of being unsure or having doubt regarding a specific situation or set of circumstances. It is important to find ways to manage uncertainty and a great way to go about that process is by making a conscious choice to stay in the present.
How Emotional Intelligence Helps You Achieve Goals
Emotional intelligence, also known as EQ (emotional quotient) refers to one’s ability to understand, utilize, and manage one’s own emotions in healthy and positive ways as a means of effective communication, empathizing with others, alleviating stress, conquering challenges, and defusing conflict.