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More Breathing Room!

September 21, 2018 By Barbara Mencer

When you become successful, you almost inevitably face a challenge … a limitation.

There are only so many hours in the day … and only so much of you to go around.

So how do you fit everything into your schedule without compromising your performance … and risking eventual physical and mental breakdown?

It’s an important question because too many people, especially the overachievers among us, think we can continue to push the limits of our endurance and not suffer any serious consequences.

But so often, here’s what happens.

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Filed Under: Business Development Tagged With: balance, featured, self care

Unwelcome Change

May 2, 2016 By Barbara Mencer

business breakthrough institute on change

A sense of permanence … it’s something we all need in our worlds.

After all, you have to have some terra firma on which to plant your feet … some things you can count on remaining constant from day to day, week to week, year to year, or it all becomes too chaotic … too debilitating.

But here’s the thing. That sense of permanence is an illusion. All it takes for that truth to hit home is for some unwelcome change to come along to put what seemed so sure, so count-on-able, in doubt.

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Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: balance, change

Finding A Smile

January 25, 2016 By Barbara Mencer

My life is full. Very full. I run my own thriving business. I’m a wife and mother, and I’m co-raising my two grandbabies. I’m helping my parents navigate their golden years, which are turning out to be less than golden in some ways. And, I’ve had to deal with some very volatile situations involving people very close to me.

Recently, a friend asked how I manage to keep a smile on my face, even when I’m exhausted from juggling all the balls of life. She’s knows I’m a glass-half-full person by nature, but she was wondering how I’m able to maintain that perspective when it’s comin’ down by the bucketful.Read More

Filed Under: Life Coaching Tagged With: balance

Tick Tock

December 16, 2015 By Barbara Mencer

Tick Tock.

Whoops … there went a fraction of your life.

Whoa … there went another. A tiny fraction to be sure, but … gone forever.

Let me just say thank you for spending these moments with me. I mean, I know you have a lot of necessary and important things to do.

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Filed Under: Business, Life Coaching Tagged With: balance, life coaching, Time Management

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