30Sep 2022 by Manuela Zeitlhofer No Comments

Coaching with #ManuCoach4You

About your Coach, Getting to know your Coach
I work with people with a strong environmental conscience, who want to live a sustainable and responsible life without sacrificing what they love doing and thereby creating and strengthening their authentic self. My target group feels stuck between the responsibilities of (mid-)life, while yearning for more self-determination and connectedness to the natural world and the freedom of their younger years. There might be stress, anxiety, burn-out, and other internal or external conflicts that seem daunting. Through mental fitness training and coaching in, around and with the help of nature, I assist them in carving out time and energy to step into their full potential and experience their autonomy and authenticity. I do that by assisting them in reframing the problems into opportunities for growth. I have a long history of…
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13Jul 2022 by Manuela Zeitlhofer No Comments

Change – Perspective – growth … Obvious?

Mindfulness, Personal Development, Philosophy, Problem Solving
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. - Wayne Dyer In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. - Max De Pree Do you remember the metaphor about the two caterpillars looking at a butterfly I shared a few days ago? – It can be found at: https://creeksideinspirations.ca/two-caterpillars/ __________ Question: What change are you resisting and what might become obvious if you change your perspective? (photo by Jeffrey Dungen, Unsplash) __________ Manuela Zeitlhofer | Authenticity & Mental Fitness Coach
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29Jun 2022 by Manuela Zeitlhofer No Comments

Identity

Personal Development
“It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman [editorial comment: ...or man] finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.” ― Betty Friedan __________ What makes you unique? What does the voice inside tell you? Manuela Zeitlhofer | Mental Fitness Coach
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27Jun 2022 by Manuela Zeitlhofer No Comments

Edison and the Light Bulb

Mindfulness, Problem Solving
Failure is a natural part of the creative process! Thomas Edison, the American inventor, is thought of as being one of the most creative and intelligent men in history – and yet, the history books tell us that he attended his school in Michigan for only three months before being expelled at the age of 12 because his teachers thought he was ‘educationally subnormal’. In later years, Edison was to become famous for his saying ‘genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration’. This was certainly true for him in his attempts to convert electricity into light, one of his most famous endeavours. He was reputed to have tried and failed over 1,000 times to perfect the incandescent electric light bulb, and when advised by his colleagues…
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22Jun 2022 by Manuela Zeitlhofer No Comments

Authenticity

Mindfulness
"The final freedom is choosing to live who you are - especially when it's scary, uncertain, inconvenient, or unpopular." Kim George __________ What would you do differently if you lived every day without fear of the outcome? __________ Manuela Zeitlhofer | Mental Fitness Coach
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20Jun 2022 by Manuela Zeitlhofer No Comments

The Star Thrower

Goals, Mindfulness
Do you see your mission and your goals clearly? And how do you feel about small steps – do you give yourself credit for them, do you celebrate your small accomplishments? __________ Story: A man was walking along the beach when he noticed a young boy apparently picking something off the ground and throwing it out into the sea. As the man got closer to the boy he saw that the objects were starfish. And the boy was surrounded by them. For miles and miles all along the shore, there seemed to be millions of them. „Why in the world are you throwing starfish into the water”, he asked the boy as he approached. „If these starfish are on the beach tomorrow morning when the tide goes out they will…
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18Mai 2022 by Manuela Zeitlhofer No Comments

Coaching Boosts Your Success

About Coaching, Philosophy, Self-Reliance
I think it's not just how good you are now, I think it's how good you're going to be that really matters. … (Great coaches) are your external eyes and ears, providing a more accurate picture of your reality Atul Gawande Coaching can be beneficial at any stage of life. Coaching can greatly increase our awareness of the status quo. It can boost us into and support us in making the necessary changes, so we achieve goals (both short and long-term) with more ease and integrity. In my personal and professional life, I am striving to increase my awareness and intercept my self-critical thinking patterns. A person who is trained to assist me in becoming aware of my blind spots and move past them has made all the difference for…
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