Using Your Nose to Lower Stress
Imagine for a minute a warm spring day. You are standing in front of a lilac bush covered with blooms. The sweet scent fills the air as you breath deeply. Our sense of smell is one of the most overlooked ways to lower stress. We are just now beginning to research the effects of certain […]
Join Me for a Year of Delight!
Happy New Year! Many years ago I stopped making New Year’s Resolutions. Not because I think resolutions are a bad idea but because I didn’t find it fun anymore. Instead of resolutions I select 1-3 essence words that describe what I want to feel this year. The truth about New Year’s Resolutions is that we […]
Say Whatever You Want and Still Keep Your Job!
Working with corporate employees I often hear, ” I really wanted to say this but of coarse I couldn’t.” So where do all those unsaid words go? For some people they end up feeling like a lump in the throat, as one of my client’s experienced. Others of us tuck our unsaid words and emotions […]
Does it Really Matter? A Simple Question that Will Reduce Stress Now!
Picture this, you are sitting in a work meeting and a topic comes up. You share your opinions about the topic and a direction that you feel should be taken. To be honest you don’t care a whole lot about the topic or have strong feelings on a coarse of action. You just shared to […]
Tis the Season to be Frantic…
You already have a busy life and then come the holidays. Now you get to add baking, parties, gift shopping and guests to the list! So my gift to you and your gift to yourself is to take just 15 minutes to be quiet and enjoy this meditation. You deserve it! Remember this about […]
De-Stress Now!
Sometimes after a busy, stressful day we just need a quick fix. Take a deep breath, put in your headphones and enjoy! Have an Amazing Monday! (and everyday.) Leanna Fredrich, Stress Management Coach, Adv. EFT, Adv. Psych-K [email protected]
Are You Taking Yourself Out of the Game?
Is your mind taking you out of the game of life? Recently I was working with a soccer player. He told me that he had a very high standard for himself. In fact I do believe he used the word perfection. While we as a society applaud a person with such lofty goals, those much-approved […]
Stop Beating Yourself Up!
Recently as I was innocently going about my daily activities out of nowhere came a memory. Not one of those soft, fuzzy, warm memories that makes me smile. Oh, no, it was one of those embarrassing, crawl in a hole and never come out kind of memory. As my self-esteem plummeted and I cringed inside […]
10 Ways to Bring Summer to Work
The grass is green, birds are singing, flowers blooming and where are you? Stuck in your office with mounds of work, your feet shoved into shoes when all they want is to be barefoot on the warm ground. If summer has gone way too fast and it feels like you have spent it cooped up […]
Why Is It So Hard to Be Happy?
Recently I was driving to a workshop I was presenting at. I’m driving on a road full of cars motoring along with me. Then it happened… A car beside me cut me off and then had the audacity to honk at me because I was too close! I was instantly angry for the rest of […]