I’ve made a personal study of it and here are some of my favorite facts  on happiness and gratitude.  Enjoy!:

Happy people generally are more forgiving, helpful, and charitable, having better self-control, and are more tolerant of frustration than unhappy people.

A 30 percent increase in one spouse’s happiness boosts the other spouse’s happiness, while a drop in one spouse’s happiness drags the other down.

Did you know that the brain is stimulated by surprise.

Research shows that acting in an outgoing, talkative, adventurous or assertive way makes people- even introverts-feel happier.

Making and sticking to a decision is a source of happiness because it gives you a sense of control, of efficacy, of responsibility.

At time of financial stress, taking control of your finances- even symbolically- can boost your mood because you’re taking steps to control and improve your situation.

Gratitude is important to happiness.  Studies show that consistently grateful people are happier and more satisfied with their lives; they even feel more physically healthy and spend more time exercising.

Gratitude fosters forbearance- it’s harder to feel disappointed with someone when you are feeling grateful toward him or her.

Gratitude connects you to the natural world, because one of the easiest things to feel grateful for is the beauty of nature.

Studies show that happier people are more likely to help other people.

Happier people are more interested in social problems.  They do more volunteer work and contribute more to charity.

One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy.

One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself!

A small child typically laughs more than four hundred times a day, and an adult- seventeen times.

Laughter can boost immunity and lower blood pressure and cortisol levels and increases people’s tolerance for pain.

Often a laughter response to someone’s  exasperation turns the situation around.

Yeats:  ”We are happy when we are growing”.

Samuel Jackson: “The business of the wise man is to be happy”.

Publius Syrus: “No man is happy who does not think himself so”

Saint Therese:  I take care to appear happy and especially to be so.”

A story from Saint Therese:  p.264 The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Tolstoy: ” Nothing, can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.”

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You will learn about components of happiness and productivity and how to apply it to your own circumstances. You will learn how to implement and adapt the strategies to your own life on an ongoing basis. Eileen Lichtenstein is a Peak Performance Success and Certified Career Coach. Her goal is to promote Optimal Wellness and Productivity in your life. Using goal setting, accountablity and stress and time management, she has helped and guided countless individuals and business executives, educators and financial experts – empowering all to achieve their dreams and goals. Stress Mangement: During this course Eileen will take you through her amazing Stress and Time Mangement techniques so you can learn how to be happier, communicate more effectively and find the balance in your life you are looking for. Aging is the body’s reaction to environmental and psychological stress. How we deal with stress profoundly affects the way we look and feel. Eileen gives you several very effective techniques to deal with stress in your life. Effective Time Mangement: You will learn to recognize what isn’t working in your life and will be given the tools to assist you in the awareness necessary for your transformation to leading a balanced life. Emotional Freedom Technique: You will learn beginning Emotional Freedom Technique, also known at EFT/ tapping, so you can use your own body’s energies to remove negative emotions. It has been called the modern version of ‘acupuncture without the needles’ and ‘acupressure without pain’. Cognitive Distortions: Cognitive distortions are exaggerated and irrational thoughts which can hold us back from our true potential. Eliminating these distortions and negative thoughts can improve mood, reduce stress and discourage such maladies such as depression and anxiety. During this course Eileen will walk you through these Cognitive Distortions so you can maximize your potential. How To Break The Conflict Cycle: Eileen will show you how to break the ‘Conflict Cycle’ and how to ‘Access Your Best Communication Style’. If you are ready to make the 6 week commitment, you will leave this course with: increased confidence improved self-esteem a healthy and well-adjusted mind and body Your Business and Your Life: This course can start turning your ailing business – or life – around. Even if you’re doing well, this course will propel you to a higher level of success and happiness! Thinking about becoming an entrepreneur? Looking for a career change, a reinvention? And if you are simply feeling overwhelmed with life, “sandwich generation” or parenting issues, this program will help get you get unstuck, be fearless andCreate Optimal Happiness & Productivity! What You Will Learn:  How to reduce stress Personal Goal Setting Overcoming Obstacles Setting limits Relationship building and effective communication How to get and stay inspired What You Will Gain:  Increased Self Confidence Peace of Mind Balance Higher Income Potential A Feeling of Well Being and Improved Health A Better Understanding of Your True Capabilities The time is now: Start taking your personal or professional life to a higher level of success and satisfaction. In this course Eileen takes you through her personal journey of accomplishment while showing how you too can achieve the same peace and balance she has achieved in her own life. About Eileen: I’ve overcome obstacles in areas of my life… After battling colitis for many years, I found a holistic approach to healing myself that worked wonderfully together with my medical care. My participation in modalities incorporating positive thinking, affirmations, relaxation breathing, exercise and stretching were instrumental to my conquering colitis and became part of my Moving Meditation® Fitness audio program. 16 years ago, I was involved in a pedestrian accident in which my right foot was run over by a van, which left me with five breaks in a bone in my foot. During my recovery I was asked by a local physician to help write a curriculum for a new stress-reduction program he was developing. He encouraged me to read John Kabot-Zinn’s Full Catastrophe Living” and Herbert Benson’s “The Relaxation Response”, which turned my negative attitude towards recovery around and were catalysts to my healing and I was able to teach Hatha yoga for this course within a few months. I was dealing with a severely broken foot, which had huge amounts of tissue damage. During this time of healing, with my prognosis unknown,I decided to become a trained bio-feedback therapist as well as work in that field in order to have career “back-up” because of my unknown prognosis. The mind-body connection, the autogenic and relaxation training plus counseling techniques contributed significantly to my own healing; a powerful reinforcement of the power of the mind-body connection. I was also greatly impacted during this time by professional training at the Omega Institute with Dr. Kabat-Zinn, who founded the Center for Mindfulness Based Stress-Reduction Programs at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. The training was pivotal in integrating all the work I was doing and clarified my goal to be trained as a professional coach. I then went on to the Corporate Coach University, a branch of Coach U and recognized by the International Coach Federation. Since then I have been and continue to be inspired by the impact people can have on their lives when they choose to manage and reduce stress. I am honored to be a part of that process in anyway that I can. This is What People Are Saying About “How to Create Optimal Happiness & Productivity” and Eileen’s coaching: “Eileen’s interactive program is both enlightening and motivating. Eileen truly partners with you as your Peak Performance Success and Career Coach as she takes you step-by-step through her process of achieving success.” - Dawn Abraham, Life and Business Coach www.motivationalwhisperers.com “Anyone who wants to achieve his or her potential will benefit by taking this course. It’s down to earth and will empower you to achieve your dreams.” - Ted Fattoross, CEO/Founder www.joinnetworkplus.com “Eileen is truly an amazing life coach. She is great to work with. If you are looking to reach goals that you think are almost impossible to attain, whether career or personal, … She will get you there…and quickly!”  - Susan Brozinsky “Eileen Lichtenstein’s wealth of experience and knowledge of executive coaching combined with the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) have created a positive life energy within me to help get on the road to achieving my goals and dreams. Thanks Eileen!” - Dr. Bruce Kesten, Kinesiology Chiropractor Are you ready for your life to be transformed? Join Eileen now for this 6 week course and get ready to Create Optimal Happiness & Productivity! Eileen Lichtenstein, President Balance and Power™ Inc., is a Peak Performance Success Life and Career Coach and the author of “SOAR! with Resilience™: The Interactive Book for Overcoming Obstacles & Achieving Success” Click here for more Courses

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Happy Holidays!! Three last minute gift ideas and time managements tips: Peak Performance Success Life Coaching and Career Coaching Gift Certificates A great gift for anyone on your list! A one hour phone or Skype session, or in person in Wantagh, Long Island or on your site.   balanceandpower     Life balance challenges resonate with everyone. Most of us find the “hurried life syndrome” difficult to manage. Time management frustrations, including finding time for yourself, using it to your best advantage and procrastination are high on the scale.  Is your time cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?   You can claim your power in the midst of chaos and movement by carrying your stillness with you…and you will make right choices, have enough time to make the important things happen, and be emotionally available to others. Antidotes to the “Hurried Life Syndrome”: Cultivate a “big picture”, even if it’s a work in progress. Combine tasks. Be able to shift priorities. Allow more time than you think is necessary for everyone and everything! Say “no” without guilt.  Designate tasks and responsibilities. Exercise, eat well and get enough sleep. Practice relaxation exercises. Be positive and bring intention to your actions. Listen to your intuition, trust the choices you make..you’re usually right! Take time to play, laugh and love!                                  CLICK ON Daily Om above            Courses : Create Optimal Happiness & Productivity Create Optimal Happiness & Productivity by Eileen Lichtenstein 6 Week Course (1 lesson per week) How much do you want to pay?  $100.00 $40.00 $25.00 $10.00 $5.00 $1.00    (This is the total amount for all 6 lessons)     Are you ready for your life to be transformed?    Are you ready to reduce stress to optimal levels?    Can you imagine being happy most of the time?    Are you ready to make some personal shifts and see your career soar?    Learn how to get and stay inspired    Can you imagine being surrounded by positive people and creating optimal relationships? Welcome to How to Create Optimal Happiness & Productivity - You are about to embark on a transformative journey of self-development that will guide you to amazing levels of happiness and abundance in your life. You will learn about components of happiness and productivity and how to apply it to your own circumstances. You will learn how to implement and adapt the strategies to your own life on an ongoing basis. Eileen Lichtenstein is a Peak Performance Success and Certified Career Coach. Her goal is to promote Optimal Wellness and Productivity in your life. Using goal setting, accountablity and stress and time management, she has helped and guided countless individuals and business executives, educators and financial experts – empowering all to achieve their dreams and goals. Stress Mangement: During this course Eileen will take you through her amazing Stress and Time Mangement techniques so you can learn how to be happier, communicate more effectively and find the balance in your life you are looking for. Aging is the body’s reaction to environmental and psychological stress. How we deal with stress profoundly affects the way we look and feel. Eileen gives you several very effective techniques to deal with stress in your life. Effective Time Mangement: You will learn to recognize what isn’t working in your life and will be given the tools to assist you in the awareness necessary for your transformation to leading a balanced life. Emotional Freedom Technique: You will learn beginning Emotional Freedom Technique, also known at EFT/ tapping, so you can use your own body’s energies to remove negative emotions. It has been called the modern version of ‘acupuncture without the needles’ and ‘acupressure without pain’. Cognitive Distortions: Cognitive distortions are exaggerated and irrational thoughts which can hold us back from our true potential. Eliminating these distortions and negative thoughts can improve mood, reduce stress and discourage such maladies such as depression and anxiety. During this course Eileen will walk you through these Cognitive Distortions so you can maximize your potential. How To Break The Conflict Cycle: Eileen will show you how to break the ‘Conflict Cycle’ and how to ‘Access Your Best Communication Style’. If you are ready to make the 6 week commitment, you will leave this course with:   increased confidence   improved self-esteem   a healthy and well-adjusted mind and body Your Business and Your Life: This course can start turning your ailing business – or life – around. Even if you’re doing well, this course will propel you to a higher level of success and happiness! Thinking about becoming an entrepreneur? Looking for a career change, a reinvention? And if you are simply feeling overwhelmed with life, “sandwich generation” or parenting issues, this program will help get you get unstuck, be fearless andCreate Optimal Happiness & Productivity! What You Will Learn:    How to reduce stress   Personal Goal Setting   Overcoming Obstacles   Setting limits   Relationship building and effective communication   How to get and stay inspired What You Will Gain:    Increased Self Confidence   Peace of Mind   Balance   Higher Income Potential   A Feeling of Well Being and Improved Health   A Better Understanding of Your True Capabilities The time is now: Start taking your personal or professional life to a higher level of success and satisfaction. In this course Eileen takes you through her personal journey of accomplishment while showing how you too can achieve the same peace and balance she has achieved in her own life. About Eileen: I’ve overcome obstacles in areas of my life… After battling colitis for many years, I found a holistic approach to healing myself that worked wonderfully together with my medical care. My participation in modalities incorporating positive thinking, affirmations, relaxation breathing, exercise and stretching were instrumental to my conquering colitis and became part of my Moving Meditation® Fitness audio program. 16 years ago, I was involved in a pedestrian accident in which my right foot was run over by a van, which left me with five breaks in a bone in my foot. During my recovery I was asked by a local physician to help write a curriculum for a new stress-reduction program he was developing. He encouraged me to read John Kabot-Zinn’s Full Catastrophe Living” and Herbert Benson’s “The Relaxation Response”, which turned my negative attitude towards recovery around and were catalysts to my healing and I was able to teach Hatha yoga for this course within a few months. I was dealing with a severely broken foot, which had huge amounts of tissue damage. During this time of healing, with my prognosis unknown,I decided to become a trained bio-feedback therapist as well as work in that field in order to have career “back-up” because of my unknown prognosis. The mind-body connection, the autogenic and relaxation training plus counseling techniques contributed significantly to my own healing; a powerful reinforcement of the power of the mind-body connection. I was also greatly impacted during this time by professional training at the Omega Institute with Dr. Kabat-Zinn, who founded the Center for Mindfulness Based Stress-Reduction Programs at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. The training was pivotal in integrating all the work I was doing and clarified my goal to be trained as a professional coach. I then went on to the Corporate Coach University, a branch of Coach U and recognized by the International Coach Federation. Since then I have been and continue to be inspired by the impact people can have on their lives when they choose to manage and reduce stress. I am honored to be a part of that process in anyway that I can. This is What People Are Saying About “How to Create Optimal Happiness & Productivity” and Eileen’s coaching: “Eileen’s interactive program is both enlightening and motivating. Eileen truly partners with you as your Peak Performance Success and Career Coach as she takes you step-by-step through her process of achieving success.” - Dawn Abraham, Life and Business Coach www.motivationalwhisperers.com “Anyone who wants to achieve his or her potential will benefit by taking this course. It’s down to earth and will empower you to achieve your dreams.” - Ted Fattoross, CEO/Founder www.joinnetworkplus.com “Eileen is truly an amazing life coach. She is great to work with. If you are looking to reach goals that you think are almost impossible to attain, whether career or personal, … She will get you there…and quickly!”  - Susan Brozinsky “Eileen Lichtenstein’s wealth of experience and knowledge of executive coaching combined with the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) have created a positive life energy within me to help get on the road to achieving my goals and dreams. Thanks Eileen!” - Dr. Bruce Kesten, Kinesiology Chiropractor Are you ready for your life to be transformed? Join Eileen now for this 6 week course and get ready to Create Optimal Happiness & Productivity! Eileen Lichtenstein, President Balance and Power™ Inc., is a Peak Performance Success Life and Career Coach and the author of “SOAR! with Resilience™: The Interactive Book for Overcoming Obstacles & Achieving Success” Here’s a great INTRO to EFT:   “SOAR! with Resilience™: The Interactive Book for Overcoming Obstacles & Achieving Success” [Available as Hard Copy, PDF and Kindle] This powerful interactive book will change your life! At last there is a book that interactively takes you through all the components of success. Eileen Lichtenstein waves a wand of magic with this inspirational book & it will leave you spell bound! A must read for anyone struggling to take their personal or professional life to a higher level of success and satisfaction. Eileen has created a book where she is “your” business, life, parenting or transition coach – partner! Eileen takes you through her personal journey of accomplishment while showing how you too can achieve the same peace and balance she has achieved in her own life. Inspiring Her inspiring book gives you real life examples of how she guides her clients to success through her own experiences and years of training as a successful life and spiritual coach. As if that’s not enough, this amazing book is chock full of inspirational quotes from some of the top self help guru’s of our time. Interactive Eileen’s interactive exercises that are sprinkled throughout the book are delightfully easy to follow while guiding you step by step through her process to success PURCHASE HERE: balanceandpower   Let’s Connect: Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter Join my group on Linked In: The Balance & Power Network Facebook Interactive FanPage: Balance & Power, Inc. Facebook Profile: Eileen Morganstern Lichtenstein Motivational Whisperers Keep Soaring! Eileen Lichtenstein CEO, Balance & Power Inc. 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I revisited this quote recently, and came up with Change Mindset for Change Timeset.  If you are time challenged it really helps to change your mindset.   Really…

So, taking one thing at a time, and trust that your bigger picture still is viable.  You know what you have to do; when you are time challenged it causes stress and wastes time.

It’s  easy to wrap your mind around change mindset for change timeset ; at least that’s what I think.

Maybe it’s time to cross things off that list tackling one at a time (and stop procrastinating) one step at a time and not multi- tasking.  I am hearing and reading that even though some of us love to do that it usually backfires.

Perhaps some things on the list can be tossed if time is an issue.  Remember, “Time, time, time  is on your side.” – The Rolling Stones

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Visualize what you want. Your subconscious can’t tell the difference between a real and imagined event. When it “sees” what you want to achieve, it will find ways to make your dreams come true.  The same works regarding stress.  “Act as if” and visualizing “it” daily works wonders.  For instance, if you are stressed that you are overweight and a goal is to lose 10 pounds, visualize your self at that weight- in those clothes.  Act as if you are already losing the weight and do not go on the scale.  Simply smile, exercise and eat well to “maintain” your lost weight.

Here’s another example: You know you need a vacation and can’t imagine taking the time off. Well, do exactly that in your mind, and in real time act as if you are going- soon!  Perhaps you want to “mind map” the visualization and look at it throughout the day: Write the word vacation in a circle on a paper and draw lines of branches and paths that are the details of the vacation connecting to the circle.  You may use colored pencils and markers- make it a fun activity.  Mind mapping is a great tool to fast forward any visualization into reality.

Let me know how visualization and mind mapping work for you! and you may contact me for a complimentary coaching consult: www.balanceandpower.com 516 623 4353

1)  EFT for Holiday Stress Relief:

Before you get started, choose a number 1-10 (10 the highest) your perceived rate of stress on this topic

Here is my simple tapping script for this:
 

Set up phrase (karate chop or massage on upper chest).

-Even tho I am feeling soo stressed about going to __ for the holidays, I fully and deeply love & respect myself

-Even tho I know this happens to me every year and it’s ridiculous to become so stressed, I fully and deeply love and respect myself.

-Even tho I know the holidays are about gratefulness & peace (inner and outer!)) and I feel full of dread, I know I can get thru this.

round of tapping (see points in link above): so stressed with holidays

round of tapping: being grateful

round of tapping: get thru it!

check in with your stress level about the holidays and I bet it’s much lower.

2)  Caregiver EFT Holiday Stress (add on to above or stand alone)

Set up phrase:

-Even tho I feel like I’m being pulled in 10 directions and may be losing my mind I fully and deeply love and respect myself.

- Even tho I’ll feel guilty if I don’t visit, am not with ___on TG, I fully and deeply love and respect myself.

- Even though I really want to spend TG with__ and I’m having dinner for (or going to)____, I fully and deeply love and respect myself.

round of tapping: 10 directions

round of tapping: losing my mind

round of tapping: guilt

2 rounds of tapping: I’ll be OK

round of tapping: ____ (subject of caregiving) will be fine

round of tapping:  once a year

Now, check in with your stress level about the holidays and I bet it’s much lower. Repeat this everyday.  You may substitute words as needed. Visualize positive celebrations, take time for yourself and keep up the gratefulness lists. 

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• Are you ready for your life to be transformed?

• Are you ready to reduce stress to optimal levels?

• Can you imagine being happy most of the time?

• Are you ready to make some personal shifts and see your career soar?

• Learn how to get and stay inspired

• Can you imagine being surrounded by positive people and creating optimal relationships?

Embark on a transformative journey of self-development that will guide you to amazing levels of happiness and abundance in your life. You will learn about components of happiness and productivity and how to apply it to your own circumstances. You will learn how to implement and adapt the strategies to your own life on an ongoing basis. (read more..)

Register Here for Eileen’s OM Course:
Create Optimal Happiness & Productivity

Here are a few of mine and I’d love to see yours!: (comment below)

Summer:

Walks on the beach and on boardwalk

Kayaking

Bicyclying

Hangin’ on my deck with family and friends

Dinner – drinks outside on  my deck or elsewhere

All the time: 

Movies & theater

A good book

Music

Meditation

Family-friends

Travel

Fun work-outs (Zumba!)

Facilitating workshops and one:one coaching

The internet

Business Networking

What activities and people inspire you?

Contact Eileen now for details:
516 623 4353
eileen@balanceandpower.