Ask Donna: Exhausted and Discouraged
February 3, 2012 by Donnaonthebeach
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Question: I am following my big dream and it’s been really hard work. I feel exhausted and discouraged, and worst of all I don’t feel I can talk about this as everyone keeps telling me to ‘be positive’ or give up. Maria
People who are not following their big dreams sometimes don’t understand those of us who are. Ask for the support you need from your friends – be really clear with them about how they can help you. Take a break from your big dream – when you are exhausted, the best thing you can do is relax and take a couple of days off from working on your big dream so you can replenish yourself and come back clear headed and chilled out.
Here’s the link to the podcast about the 3 Pillars: http://www.donnaonthebeach.com/blog/2012/01/dreams-to-reality-podcast-the-3-pillars/ – the 3 Pillars are self-care, energy and joy. If you’re not feeling cared for, you will feel exhausted and discouraged just because your self-care is low. If your energy is low, you have less to give your big dream. If you are not enjoying life…well, that sucks!
If you have a question, leave a comment below this post.
Love
Donna.x
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What Is Your Deepest Wish
December 14, 2011 by Donnaonthebeach
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It’s Wishcasting Wednesday. There is power in wishing – putting your wishes out there sets mighty forces into action…
Photo Credit: jdurham at morguefile.com
My deepest wish is that I am able to express my gifts in the most fulfilling and powerful way possible every day – my gifts of joy, laughter, life, friendship, love, passion as well as my ‘saleable’ gifts of writing, coaching, mentoring, inspiring, believing. My deepest wish is that I am able to live full out in every aspect of my life, never fearing to be fully who I am, never fearing that my needs will not be met as I do so, never worrying about money, never worrying about ‘success’, just enjoying being completely in love with my life, fulfilling my purpose, following my passion and having fun!
Get involved on Jamie’s blog, or leave a comment here about YOUR deepest wish. As you wish for yourself, I wish for you also.
Love
Donna.x
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What’s Your Big Dream?
November 25, 2011 by Donnaonthebeach
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The other day I read this blog post by Danielle LaPorte and it got me thinking.
What’s YOUR big dream?
What do you dream of happening in your life? What would you ask the ‘life fairy godmother’ to wave her magic wand and give you? If there were no limitations, what would you do? Do you want to write a book? Move to the beach? Make a million? Be 100% healthy? Start a business? Surf a huge wave? Be an artist? Make music? Dance? Live in a castle? Pay off your debts? Be on the stage? Swim with dolphins? Go to space? Have an animal farm? Eradicate poverty? Get educated? Fall in love with your life?
Whether your big dream will change your life or the whole world, I hope you are nurturing it, loving it and moving towards it…and I’d love to hear about it!
And don’t forget, this is what I do! I help people move their big dreams into reality, so if I can help you, get in touch!
Love
Donna.x
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Summer Coaching Special Offer
July 1, 2011 by Donnaonthebeach
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6 coaching sessions (to be taken in July and August) for £250, a saving of over £100. Places are limited, so if you are interested take action right now! Contact me with the subject line “Summer of Joy” and let’s get you moving into the joyous, magnificent life you were born to live!
Love
Donna.x
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The Process of Life
February 24, 2010 by Donnaonthebeach
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I have lost count of how often people have said to me “I’m not there yet” – as in “I’m not Queen of the universe yet”, “I’m not a gazillionaire yet”, “I’m not filling my potential yet”. Who is? Everybody has more they want to achieve, more they want to do, and it often doesn’t matter how much they have done and achieved, there is still another mountain to climb.
Everyone’s life is in process. Step by step by step we move towards what we want…and as we get closer, we discover that we want something more, something different, something else. When I started out in business, my ambition was to earn a decent living from one to one coaching. Now that vision has expanded to include an entire “empire” I’m working towards!! (See www.thefabulousformula.com for the inspiration for that ‘empire’!)
And I have no doubt that in 5 years time, my vision and ambition will have changed again. It’s a process. And by following that process, you discover sometimes that you don’t want what you though you wanted. You discover sometimes that there’s even more ambition once you get a little way along the path. And you discover sometimes that you’re on the right track.
In these days of speed web-browsing, speed food, and speed dating, we don’t want to wait, we want world domination NOW DAMMIT. Unlucky, because it’s a process! And if you ask me, that’s the fun of it – achievements don’t mean so much when there’s no blood, sweat and tears left on the path to them! Lol – you know me better than that – instead of blood, sweat and tears, make it fun, laughter and growth…
If you have not achieved everything you want in this life yet, why not give yourself a little bit of a break? It’s a process, you’re working on it, you’ll get there – I know you will. I believe in you. And if you want some help along the journey, get in touch with me to find out how coaching can help you to get clear about what you want, enjoy the journey more and set out the steps in front of you for you to take.
Enjoy the process!
Love
Donna.x
PS Did this post ‘speak’ to you – leave a comment and let me know what you’re thinking
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A Step by Step Approach
January 27, 2010 by Donnaonthebeach
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One of the biggest mistakes clients (and me!) often make is in trying to go too far too fast. They want to be at the top of the mountain instantly. However, there is some distance to climb first. Until we master teleportation, we have to travel the distance between here and there. This applies to our goals too – whether it is business success we are seeking, money, weight loss, a new job, a new/better relationship.
You have to take step 1 then step 2 then step 3. Certainly you will find short cuts, but short cuts in my experience come when you are taking step 1, 2, 3…then you find a shortcut to step 10, 11, 12. And so on. If you are focusing on what the next step is, you won’t have time to be impatient and concerned that the end goal is ‘so far away’. And all of a sudden, you will be there.
These days we’re a bit obsessed with things being instant – instant weight loss, instant success. But most of the joy of achieving a goal is in the steps you took to get there, and who you become in that journey. Despite the rise of the ‘instant’ celebrity, most successful people have taken step after step after step to get where they are. And these successful people are no more special, no more unique than you are.
If they can do it, you can do it. Start with step 1, then take step 2, then step 3. And so on. Be aware of where exactly you are going, then ask yourself what is the next step? Again and again until you’re there. And you will get there – with a step by step approach.
Love
Donna.x
PS It’s the last week of the 20% off coaching offer. Give your steps some rocket fuel with telephone or e-mail coaching – get in touch right now to take advantage of this offer.
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End 2009 With Some Sparkle!
November 5, 2009 by Donnaonthebeach
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Introducing my end of year special offer – 3 coaching sessions to help you round up your year with a bit of Sparkle!
1. What exactly do you want? Get some clarity about this year/your life, and let’s get excited about the life you want!
2. Inspired action. Nothing will happen if you do nothing (you may have noticed this already!), but you also don’t want to just run around like a headless chicken! Inspired action that is easy and fun is the way forward.
3. ENJOYING your life – what do you enjoy, what do you love to do, are you enjoying your life and how can you enjoy it EVEN MORE? Plus we’ll talk about how you ‘keep it going’ into next year and beyond.
Option 1: Cost: £120 for 3 50 minute coaching calls, plus e-mail support up to the week before Christmas (this is a 3 for 2 price!). Numbers are limited so get in touch now. All calls must be taken by 18th December 2009.
Option 2: Cost: £100 for unlimited e-mail coaching to 18th December 2009 – this is 6 weeks for the price of 4. This is a fabulous option for people who are in a different time zone, time pressed, or just want to work on themselves at ‘off-peak’ times!
To sign up for this program, contact me with “I’m Gonna Sparkle” in the subject line!
To make the most of these offers, get in touch asap!
Looking forward to talking to you.
Love
Donna.x
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10 Things I Love About You
October 29, 2009 by Donnaonthebeach
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I tweeted the other day “Finish this sentence 100 times. I love… Feels good eh?” I’ve been talking recently about getting your energy right first before you do anything – well this is one GREAT way to raise your energy. Focus on what you love. Love energy is so strong, it can work miracles – people have achieved extraordinary feats for those they love.
And it feels GOOD! So I decided to take my own advice and focus on what I love about my business.
1. I love my clients – they are fabulous, fun, open, intelligent, curious, ambitious, and they are all about enjoying their life!
2. I love talking to these clients – I enjoy all my coaching calls SO MUCH!
3. I love the way I get to share all the insights I’ve gained and help others.
4. I love that I get paid to do something I love!
5. I love hearing what people are passionate about, what they love, what their purpose is in life
6. I love coaching – it’s such a fabulous thing to help someone get where they want to be in life
7. I love the uniqueness of it – every conversation is different
8. I love the energy generated by coaching – you can really feel something being created through the coaching process
9. I love celebrating the successes of my clients
10. I love seeing people become more confident, gain their power, LIVE their life
I’ll stop there, i don’t want to bore you! But I hope you could feel the energy change as I concentrated on what I love about… And I hope that you start focusing on what you love about…everything in your life!
Love
Donna.x
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A Mirror to Your Magnificence
February 4, 2009 by Donnaonthebeach
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Video: Have you any idea how special you are, and how your gifts are needed in this world? Surround yourself with people who can mirror that magnificence back to you, both by being their magnificence and by being able to see yours.
Coaches are delighted to be a mirror for your magnificence, to find out more about coaching, go to the FAQ page.
Love
Donna.x
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Strictly Come Dancing and Coaching
October 1, 2008 by Donnaonthebeach
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Woohoo, my favourite tv show is BACK! Strictly Come Dancing…the show where random celebrities are taught to dance. I can’t tell you why I love it so, but love it I do! In fact, I’m enormously glad this year that the BBC iplayer is around, because I don’t have to stay in for the next 3 months of Saturdays!! Anyway, the reason I mention it is because in all my coaching sessions since it restarted, I have managed to mention Strictly!
And even made it relevant to the discussion at hand – in one, because of the ‘journey’ the dancers go on; in another, by noticing which of the dancers we like and why…and what that can tell us about the people we want to spend time with and work with; and in another it was about actively enjoying what you are doing.
Amazing how a show with an overdose of sequins, blisters and twinkle toes can teach one about life!
Or, you could say, amazing how obsessed I am with the show that I even use it to demonstrate points in a coaching call!!
Love
Donna.x
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