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THE
JOYGRAM™
from Peggy Joyce, PCC, The Joy Coach™
Volume 2, Number 4, July 2003
Circulation: Ever-Growing
Subscription is free. Sharing is encouraged. See the end of The
JoyGram for subscription info.
Notice:
I reserve the right to change my perceptions as well as my weight
and hair color. What you can count on is openness, an unabashed
belief in a beneficent Creator, and the ability to see another point
of view.
ANNOUNCING
NEW COACHING FOR GOD SCHOLARSHIPS
The scholarships have been a great success, for the recipients and
for me. On August 1, 2003, I will give three more scholarships so
if you want to send an application for the next round, please do
so soon. The deadline for getting an application to me is July 21,
2003. These scholarships are NOT based on financial need. The qualifications
are readiness to make God the center of your life and willingness
to ruthlessly change anything that does not demonstrate that.
If
you want to have a Coach for God, send a short email to Peggy@thejoycoach.com
telling me from your heart what you feel makes you an ideal recipient.
Each scholarship will include a written inventory, a 90-minute intake
session, and twelve 30-minute coaching sessions (once a week for
three months). The scholarships will rotate and your application
will be kept on file for the next round unless you want your name
withdrawn. Examine your readiness closely: I am challenging. I am
looking for spiritual revolutionaries who are ready to Get Over
It and Get God!
GETTING
OVER IT
A new website for The Joy Coach and Coaching for God is in design
and construction phase. More about that later. I've
been looking for a simple one-line hook that will create curiosity
and call people to action. As a result, I've become rather like
the cat who hears blah-blah-blah-blah when someone is talking to
them. There were too many ways to say something that's really quite
simple...
Get
over it.
How
many times have you thought that, or said it, when you're tired
of hearing stories or excuses or complaints? "Well, you just need
to get over it!" Do you suspect that someone may be thinking that
you ought to get over it? What exactly does "it" mean? And when
you know what it means, how do you do it?
"It"
is anything that is getting in your way, holding you back, keeping
you stuck, or leading you up a garden path. It is reacting instead
of responding. It's playing victim or helpless or stupid. It is
the judgments that you hang onto. It is the spin doctor in your
mind that never rests and never tells the truth. It's pretending
that you don't know or that you're not capable or that it is someone
else's fault.
The
best way to get over it is to embrace the present moment. Become
a child again: Stop. Look. Listen. Become the observer of your mind,
your body and your emotions. When you get uncomfortable or unconscious,
stop. Look at your feelings, your posture, your behavior. Listen
to your thoughts. Are you obsessing about the past or worrying about
the future? Then choose again. Stretch. Breathe deeply. Focus on
the activity at hand. Meditate. Nap. Recharge.
The
second best way to get over it is not to take yourself too seriously.
The
only life you have is now. Get over it and get your life.
GUIDES
TO GETTING OVER IT
The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle. Eckhart is a modern
mystic who has discovered and effectively teaches how to live in
the present moment. This is the perfect how-to book for getting
over it.
Loving
What Is, by Byron Katie. This book is a wonderful guide
for undoing and living without judgment. Katie is a masterful teacher.
Radical
Forgiveness, by Colin C. Tipping. Another approach to undoing
the judgments that hold us in the past and cause us continued pain.
The
Art of Possibility, by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin
Zander. The Zanders offer twelve transformative practices that are
presented in delightful anecdote style. I can't read this one enough:
three times so far.
JOY
COACHING
- Revolutionize
your career or your business.
- Transform
your life.
- Topple
the structures that no longer serve you and replace them with
life-enhancing, joyful supports.
Contact
me for a free thirty-minute consultation and details about
various coaching packages.
COACHING
FOR GOD
In nearly every religious and spiritual tradition, the Divine -
which I am choosing to call God - promises guidance, wholeness,
sustenance and protection. Coaching for God provides you with a
safe space to explore your beliefs about God, to discover where
you are unconscious to the Sacred presence, and to wake up to living
your life at one with the Divine. Coaching for God is non-doctrinal.
I am an ordained non-denominational minister and a long-time student
of A Course in Miracles.
Contact
me for a free thirty-minute consultation and other details.
Copyright
2003, Peggy Joyce. All rights reserved. The JoyGram may be distributed
or reproduced as long as the copyright and a link to http://www.thejoycoach.com
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