by Natalie Manor | Jul 6, 2016 | A Better Life, Coaching, Stress
Did you have a great holiday? Personally, I skipped the large crowds and fireworks and fought potato bugs and cabbage worms in my garden. Don’t know if I am winning yet, but the odds do not seem in my favor as of this moment. I do lots of thinking when I garden....
by Natalie Manor | Mar 9, 2016 | Coaching, Motivational, Stress
Hopefully you rarely wake up out of a deep sleep at 3:31 am. I am a great sleeper. So when I woke up at 3:31 am three nights in a row, I knew I had broken my rule of “keeping it simple”.Keeping things simple is a wonderful way to help you ensure restful sleep. Once...
by Natalie Manor | Dec 23, 2015 | A Better Life
It is the week of Christmas. Because Friday of this week is the Christmas Holiday, many people have taken this whole week off. Some to spend with family – maybe kids off from school for this entire week.
by Natalie Manor | Dec 16, 2015 | A Better Life, Coaching
We have equal time to get things done that are important to us. On the first day of January of any year, we all have the same opportunities to accomplish, plan and succeed.
by Natalie Manor | Jun 12, 2014 | Stress
LIFE SOUNDS LIKE THIS AND FEELS LIKE THIS. Remember when you were told about writing in caps and how “loud” it was in email? Well, life has gotten like that for so many of us that I wanted to share with you some turn down the volume tips – some strategies for your...
by Natalie Manor | Jan 30, 2014 | A Better Life
The snow and sleet and cold that has rocked us and seems to have bothered us more deeply than just “the weather”. We are feeling vulnerable about unexpected weather patterns. Global warming or financial crisis or housing market issues or the Catholic church with...
by Natalie Manor | Oct 10, 2013 | A Better Life, Stress
Ok, so I’ve not always been good are reducing stress. In fact, I use to be the Queen of causing my own stress. And I did not start talking about reducing holiday stress on an annual basis because I was bright enough to come up with these terrific stress reducing...
by Natalie Manor | Oct 3, 2013 | Stress
Halloween is just 25 days away, an American holiday of costuming and sugar highs. If you are smart, you have got this date on your calendar. You probably know the routine of “trick or treating” hours for your city or town – the hours that kids are encouraged to do...
by Natalie Manor | Sep 26, 2013 | Stress
This is the earliest I’ve ever written about the holidays. I usually wait until middle to late October to start my often humorous discussion of what the holidays mean and do to us. There is a little bit of September 2013 left as I begin my annual conversation about...