Tag Archives: stress management

Grouchy Children

By Elise | Published: February 16, 2012

The thing about kids is that they are people too.  They have many of  the same needs as everyone else, which include: Needing much more sleep than they get  (Check to see if your kids are getting enough sleep here.) Needing many more hugs than they get Needing people to me much more patient with [...]

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Hello exhaustion my old friend…

By Elise | Published: February 6, 2012

My husband possesses a skill that I lack.  He is able to function without sleep for an extended period of time.  I cannot do this. This came in handy in 2005 when we had an infant that would not sleep for more than 3 hours.  I do not honestly remember much of that year.  I [...]

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Peaceful Child

By Elise | Published: January 25, 2012

My daughter came home from school last night in a tizzy.  She got in a tiny bit of trouble with her teacher, and it hurt her feelings.  On top of that, there was the mountain of homework.   The poor child was freaking out about getting it done so much so that she was practically [...]

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Releasing Frustration

By Elise | Published: January 5, 2012

I am really, really, really frustrated.  I had a nasty cold the week before Christmas, and I got hurt the day after.  I’ve been down for a while, and I’m getting sick of it. I really want to re-fill my bird feeders, do laundry, make bread, vacuum the living room, and make dinner.  Domestic crap [...]

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What is a coach anyway?

By Elise | Published: November 30, 2011

Suddenly people around me are becoming more curious about what it is that I do exactly anyway. Coaching is hard to explain.  We celebrate successful sports coaches, but many people still cast a wary eye towards life coaches.   The term new age, weird, and freak come to mind a lot apparently.   Yesterday, I heard [...]

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Handling days or weeks like this

By Elise | Published: November 21, 2011

It is a super-busy week here full of working, cleaning, hanging out with children and preparing food of course. It can be tempting to neglect self-care during these times.  After all momma said there’d be days like this. I figure I have two choices as a plan of action this week. Neglect myself.  Focus on [...]

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Rolling with stress

By Elise | Published: November 18, 2011

My website has been having trouble for the past week or so.  It has been going down for an hour a few times every day for a week or so.  I had emailed my hosting company and told them about it, but by the time they responded it would have fixed itself. Then they stopped [...]

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Complaining, Greasiness and Space for Peace

By Elise | Published: June 9, 2011

Just in case you think I’m perfect, let me reassure you that is not the case – at all.  I have been complaining to myself about my massive to-do list for the past week.  Also, I’ve been complaining to everyone else I see.  Basically, I’ve been spending a lot of time feeling overwhelmed, frozen, and [...]

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Summer Blues

By Elise | Published: June 7, 2011

Grouchiness has overcome my home.  I am grouchy.  The children are grouchy.  It is hot. I am working on accepting all of this as part of the summer process.  Accuweather.com tells me it is 93 outside at this very moment.  The thermometer in my backyard registers 110 in the sun and 98 in the shade.  [...]

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The To-Do List Gets a Makeover for Summer

By Elise | Published: June 3, 2011

As a Soul Coach, I am always encouraging my clients to celebrate what gets done and let the rest go.  This is a radical concept, and even though it feels really good to do, it can be hard to put into practice. If you are like me, in the morning you make a to-do list [...]

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