New Connections

I had a wonderful lunch the other day with a woman who was introduced to me through another friend. Marilyn Shannon, also a life coach, has created an exciting community of life minded people who are eager to forge new connections called ReEnchant Planet Earth. Their mission states “To bring together groups and groups of people that already see the world as an enchanting place. By using tools such as stories and the iCircle we want to spread that love and energy throughout the planet.” It is so exciting meeting people who are having a great impact on the world! One passion we share in common is our belief that anything is possible to achieve.

One of their features is Thee Talking Stick Newsletter, giving you an opportunity to do just that.  To tell your story of possibility and achievement, an opportunity for self expression, to share your accomplishments and life experiences with other like minded people.  Even if you have never written anything before that you shared with others, this is a forum where everything is accepted.  It is your chance to step out of your comfort zone a bit!  You know how much I love that!

I look forward to hearing your story!

Stefanie Zizzo, Career and Life Coach, www.stefaniezizzo.com

My Favorite Month

October has always been one of my favorite months.   Everywhere I look there is evidence of natures transition in the changing of the leaves to brilliant colors and the crispness and clarity of the air.  The sunshine I crave takes on a golden hue and filters through the trees casting beautiful shadows on the turning leaves.   My best colors, to wear and that inspire me are those best found in nature this time of year that is why I chose them for my website and blog.  

What is your favorite month of the year?  Why?

Decisions

This past weekend I finally read the book Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell which focuses on decisions and how we make them.   What resonated most for me were paying attention to our intuition (our gut feelings), narrowing our choices (we often have way too many these days), and paying attention to the lens we are looking through when making our decisions (are we really as open minded as we think we are)?

My October article for my newsletter also focused on decisions – here’s an exerpt – “Every decision we make could be the pivotal one that could change the course of our lives.  From the small decisions like what we have for breakfast or the clothes we buy to the big decisions like what career we pursue and  the partner we choose, and every decision in between, has an effect on our quality of life.  Making decisions, especially in this age of vast choices, is often a painful and challenging process.  We worry about the outcome and  are fearful of the unknown.  We wonder if this is the “best” choice  and often hold out for that “perfect” choice for so long, that we wind up staying exactly where we are, in limbo.  As many of you know, one example of a big decision in my life was my choice to move to North Carolina.  The initial decision to move was easy since my husband and I knew we wanted a better quality of life.  The next decision was where to move.  That took longer as we identified what “better quality of life” meant to us.  That decision was followed by many smaller decisions such as which places to visit, when to put our house up for sale, which realtor to use, when to tell our employers we were leaving, which specific community we wanted to live in, and the list goes on.   Was the process easy?  Not always.  Was it painful?  Sometimes it was.  So what kept us going?  Our desire was strong; we knew what we wanted and most importantly, why we wanted it!”

How do you make your best decisions?

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Stefanie Zizzo, Career and Life Coach, www.stefaniezizzo.com