Choosing Life My Way Blog

Integrity Quotes and Living Authentically

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:24:05 GMT

Integrity quotes provide guidance for living authentically. The essence of this is coming to trust your inner guidance, and to make choices in every moment that align you with your deepest values.

Family Love and How It Impacts Our Lives

Tue, 08 May 2012 12:16:42 GMT

Family love, whether it is the love between parents and children, siblings, extended family members, or for the family as a whole, is a powerful and often complicated form of love.

Making Peace with What Is

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:04:58 GMT

Making peace with whatever you are currently experiencing is the fastest way to not only feel better now, but to create future experiences that match your increasingly positive outlook.

Attitude Quotes - How Your Outlook Shapes Your Life

Wed, 02 May 2012 04:44:38 GMT

Attitude quotes from some of the world’s great thinkers shine a spotlight on what a difference our attitude makes. Literally, our outlook determines whether our lives feel more like heaven or hell.

How to Love Yourself and Why It Is Vital

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:15:45 GMT

How to love yourself is an issue that so many of us struggle with at some point in our lives, and returning to our natural state of pure love is more a matter of unlearning than learning.

Feelings Quotes Highlight the Importance of Emotions

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:46:51 GMT

Feelings quotes reflect on the importance and place of emotions in our experience of life and give insight into ways of understanding and validating our feelings.

How to Make Friends More Naturally

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:38:48 GMT

How to make friends is a question that is well worth answering. Friendship is a wonderful part of life, and a lack of fulfilling connections can contribute to feelings of isolation or loneliness.

Life Coaching Works!

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:49:41 GMT

Life coaching works because with a mutual commitment to your success, whatever success means to you, the synergy created far surpasses anything that an individual usually achieves alone.

Losing Focus on Your Goals and How to Realign

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:56:07 GMT

While losing focus is a very normal thing to experience, catching this loss of focus before we veer too far from the path we want to be on allows us to refocus more easily and get back on track.

A List of Strengths and Weaknesses Is a Powerful Tool

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:16:17 GMT

A list of strengths and weaknesses can help you to see how many of the skills you are using and developing in a particular job can be translated into many other areas of your life and future career.

Sibling Relationships and How to Make Them Work

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:59:03 GMT

Sibling relationships can be among the most influential and long-lasting relationships in our lives, but expectations frequently color our perception of how they are and how we think they should be.

Family Quotes and Understanding Family Dynamics

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:24:37 GMT

Family quotes offer some wise words that can help us to understand the dynamics of some of our most basic, and yet often most complicated relationships.

New Way to Pay for Coaching Sessions

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:54:10 GMT

For my Australian clients (and anyone else who prefers to pay in Australian dollars) I am delighted to announce that you can now pay for your coaching sessions using Australian dollars.

Feeling Rejected and Wondering Why – Amanda Answers #11

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:32:40 GMT

Feeling rejected is something that most of us experience at some point in our lives. Understanding the dynamics of this situation, and how to move past it form the basis of this article.

Amanda, What Are Your Religious Beliefs? – Amanda Answers #10

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:35:50 GMT

My religious beliefs, and most importantly how these impact my work, are something I get asked about from time to time. My response to the following email from a reader addresses this subject.

Is It Too Late for My Life to Improve? - Amanda Answers #9

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:54:41 GMT

Wondering if it’s too late for life to improve? The only thing that takes time is aligning yourself with the life you want by getting into a mindset where you truly believe that this life is possible.

How Long Does It Take for Affirmations to Work? - Amanda Answers #8

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:39:35 GMT

How long it takes for affirmations to work is simply a matter of how long it takes to be able to hold a consistent feeling of positive expectation without countering it with doubtful thoughts.

Overcoming Addiction One Moment at a Time

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:56:53 GMT

While overcoming addiction may seem beyond your reach, take courage from the fact that while it is certainly an intense and challenging experience, it can be done, and you can do it.

Loser In Love? - Amanda Answers #7

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:56:42 GMT

Being a loser in love would imply that the game is over, and this is far from the case. By feeling and knowing what you don’t want, you gain greater clarity about what you do want.

A Conference Speaker with a Passion for Empowerment

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:31:10 GMT

As a conference speaker, workshop or seminar leader, my greatest value to you is my passion for helping you find and follow your own passion.

Marriage Quotes for Insight and Understanding

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:00:24 GMT

Marriage quotes offer some good advice on how to keep a marriage happy and healthy, and some insights into what marriage is really all about.

What Love Means - Amanda Answers #6

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:42:44 GMT

What love means in the deepest sense is being so tuned to our inner perfection we are only able to see what is good and right in ourselves and others, including the ‘imperfections’ we often perceive.

Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:54:57 GMT

To change your thoughts can literally change your life; both immediately in terms of feeling differently now, and longer term in creating your external reality in a way that pleases you.

Developing a Parenting Style That Works for You and Your Family

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:55:43 GMT

Developing an effective parenting style includes setting positive and realistic expectations, communicating effectively with your children, and creating boundaries for acceptable behavior.

Getting Over a Breakup - Amanda Answers #5

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:56:50 GMT

While getting over a breakup can feel like being in a long dark tunnel at times, trust that there is light at the other end, and you can come through this time stronger and wiser.

Setting Boundaries and Reclaiming Your Life

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:43:44 GMT

Setting boundaries allows us to interact with people in ways that are in alignment with our values, validates our needs and desires, and allows us to maintain our autonomy and personal space.

Dream Quotes to Keep You Dreaming

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:09 GMT

Dream quotes can encourage us to keep dreaming, and to recognize the power that comes from keeping our dreams alive and vivid in our minds and hearts. Dream it, decide it, dare it, do it.

Actions and Results - Where to Focus and Why

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:04:45 GMT

Actions and results are inextricably linked, but understanding the relationship between them, and creating a mindset that focuses on enjoying the actions allows the results to flow naturally.

Controlling Emotions - Amanda Answers #4

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:09:56 GMT

Controlling emotions rather than being overwhelmed by them can be done by avoiding over-identifying with feelings, learning to understand and process emotions, and taking things one step at a time.

The Art of Selfishness - Why We Should Put Ourselves First

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:58:39 GMT

The art of selfishness starts by recognizing that making ourselves happy is one of our primary responsibilities. It is only in fulfilling this duty to ourselves that we can truly be of value others.

Master Your Destiny Pictorial Interpretation

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:40:12 GMT

I have such a treat to share with you today. Super-talented graphic artist, Ali Najafi has created a pictorial interpretation of the four steps presented in my audio series, “Master Your Destiny.”

Honesty Quotes Give Perspective and Clarity

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:26:50 GMT

Honesty quotes can help us gain perspective about honesty. In seeking to live consciously and truthfully, it is important to consider the shades of gray that are inherent in life and in honesty.

Changing Profession - Amanda Answers #3

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:48:45 GMT

Changing profession is the basis of this question from Luciana in Chile. She is finding it hard to keep her focus on her vision. My reply shares some points about mindset and practical actions.

New Facebook Page for Choosing Life My Way

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:52:36 GMT

To create a more vibrantly interactive experience I have launched a Facebook page for Choosing Life My Way. Let’s share thoughts, tips, quotes, affirmations and news on what’s happening!

The Difference Between Wanting and Intending

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:22:21 GMT

The difference between wanting and intending may sound like a minor variation, and that seeking to understand this difference is splitting hairs, but this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Success Quotes to Inspire and Encourage

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:30:29 GMT

Success quotes give us encouragement to keep trying and remind us that success is largely a result of persistence. They can also give us a clearer perspective on the true meaning of success.

Effective Ways to Manage Stress

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:54:49 GMT

Ways to manage stress are vital in the fast paced world we live in. What is effective is to create a personal ‘toolbox’ of techniques for managing different types of stress in different situations.

Transcending Boundaries - Amanda Answers #2

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:21:05 GMT

Transcending boundaries begins by ceasing to fight against them, and instead, focusing on harnessing the power of our thoughts to create instant mental freedom and to attract more physical freedom.

Master Your Destiny - 4 Steps to Living the Life You Truly Want

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:27:33 GMT

Free four part audio training series Master Your Destiny. In this program you will discover the vital steps to transforming every area of your life and empowering yourself to live joyfully.

Troubled Family Relationships - Amanda Answers #1

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:53:07 GMT

Troubled family relationships form the first question to be addressed in Amanda Answers. The question is from Carol in Kenya, and I trust that she and others will benefit from the answer.

Giving Up On Love - When and When Not To

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:46:51 GMT

Giving up on love can be a viable and healthy short-term option if it is just long enough to allow your heart to mend, and not so long, or so vehemently, that your heart will harden.

A Spiritual Healing Prayer

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:50:38 GMT

A spiritual healing prayer helps us to open the channels for the pure energy of love and light to flow freely into our lives, assisting the return to radiant health that is our natural state of being.

Friendship Quotes for Understanding and Appreciating True Friendship

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 07:32:35 GMT

Friendship quotes offer wise advice about how to be a good friend, how to recognize true friendship, and how to create mutually fulfilling and supportive connections in our lives.

Releasing Negative Energy - Two Powerful Techniques

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:58:55 GMT

Releasing negative energy allows us to return to our natural state of being; one of peace, joy, and harmony. Negative energy is created by thoughts and feelings, and unless released creates blockages.

Change Quotes for Navigating the Changes Life Brings

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:44:11 GMT

Change quotes offer insight into the ever-evolving nature of our world to help us navigate the changes life brings and choose to create the changes we want.

Self Honesty and Living Authentically

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:38:13 GMT

Self honesty can help us to recognize when the way we are thinking, feeling, or behaving is pulling us out of alignment with who we really are, and to make more conscious choices.

Depression Quotes for Insight and Encouragement

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:35:56 GMT

Depression quotes can help us gain greater understanding or a different perspective on this distressing condition, know that we are not alone, and catch a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.

Direction in Life - Why You Should Look Where You Want to Go

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:04:12 GMT

A direction in life gives you a clear picture of where you want to go, and focusing on that direction allows you to move swiftly and surely towards the life you truly want to live.

Forgiveness Quotes for Letting Go of Anger

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:30:30 GMT

Forgiveness quotes can help us to understand the importance of forgiveness in creating our own emotional freedom and wellbeing. By letting go of the past, we can move forward freely and joyfully.

Wisdom Quotes from Inspired Thinkers

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:18:58 GMT

Great wisdom quotes help us to understand and appreciate that much wisdom comes from our own inner guidance, and from looking with an open and questioning mind at the world around us.