Choosing Life My Way Blog

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.

Manifesting Abundance

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:03:53 GMT

Manifesting abundance is not about willing it into being by the force of our desire, but rather allowing it to come into our lives by learning to let go of our self-imposed limitations.

Hang In There or Just Let Go?

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:04:17 GMT

Trying to hang in there while it feels life is buffeting you around is exhausting. Maybe it is time to hang on less, and to learn to relax more into the knowing that all is well.

Feeling Life Sucks and How to Break Free From a Cycle of Pessimism

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:47:49 GMT

Believing life sucks can result in feeling trapped in a negative cycle of pessimism. Breaking free begins by seeking signs that life does not have to, and for the large part does not, suck.

Money and Happiness - Our Divine Birthright

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:19:21 GMT

Money and happiness are part of our natural birthright, and if we want to make a claim to them, we must make a decision to transform beliefs that prevent them from flowing into our lives.

Expressing Feelings in a Healthy Way

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:51:28 GMT

When expressing feelings the best goals are to eventually let go of strong negative emotions, to avoid reinforcing negative emotions of habit, and to nurture and strengthen positive emotions.

Let It Flow - Stop Trying to Will It into Being

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:52:19 GMT

To let it flow means to step back enough from trying to force things into being so that the natural momentum of life can create results that no amount of pushing and shoving are likely to achieve.

Abundance Quotes for an Abundant Life

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:45:45 GMT

Abundance quotes can help us move into a state of appreciation for the incredible abundance of the world we live in thereby allowing more and more goodness to flow into our lives.

One Life to Live So Live it Fully

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:01:43 GMT

Having one life to live means that each of us is responsible only for living our own life. We cannot live anyone else’s life for them, nor can anyone else live ours.

The Best Careers Are Many and Varied

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:18:39 GMT

The very best careers are the ones that are formed as a result of a commitment to a highly personal blueprint, rather than following a textbook formula, and are as many and varied as we are.

Selectively Observing Reality

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:08:29 GMT

Selectively observing reality allows us to direct our focus and our actions in a way that can produce the most effective results, and to avoid feeding energy to things we do not want to experience.

Best Life Quotes for Your Best Life

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:51:39 GMT

The best life quotes are the ones that inspire us to seize life and to really make our days count, rather than just going through the motions of living.

Creative Ways of Using EFT

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:44:42 GMT

Using EFT can be highly effective in releasing emotional blocks and making positive changes. Combining EFT with visualizations is something I am excited about incorporating into my coaching.

New Relationship Quotes to Help You Enjoy the Ride

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:01:47 GMT

New relationship quotes can help to make sense of the rollercoaster of emotions that new relationships often involve. Keeping a level head, and an open heart and mind, is a key to enjoying the ride.

Overcome Jealousy and Enjoy Security

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:22:19 GMT

To overcome jealousy what you need is clarity and understanding about the problem and the solution, a conscious choice to develop a better way, and commitment to the process of change.

Family Life Coaching for Improved Family Relationships

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:02:54 GMT

Family life coaching focuses on your unique circumstances, and helps you to find ways of improving your family life that are not only effective, but are also aligned with your goals and values.

Prayer for Guidance

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:02:01 GMT

This prayer for guidance can help you to open up to and trust the Divine guidance that is within you, and to let go of the patterns of thought that block you from connecting with this guidance.

Purpose Quotes for a Purposeful Life

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:13:42 GMT

Purpose quotes serve to inform and inspire us in our quest to understand the significance of purpose, create goals based on truly purposeful ideals, and live our lives with passion and purpose.

Decision Quotes to Inspire Empowered Choices

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:30:09 GMT

Decision quotes offer insight and wise advice on how to make choices – big decisions and the daily choices that have every bit as much of an impact on our lives, just in a more gradual way.