8A The Daily Sentinel • Tuesday, March 9, 2010 .... NO COST In-home Nursing Care Uranium Miners • Millers • Transporters HEALTH & WELLNESS Nuclear Weapons Plant Employees or Contractors We proudly provide care in your own home Making difficult decisions all about perspective at NO COST* to you for the following T his was my first coaching appoint- “Can you do a headstand?” I asked out of ■ How would a 5-year-old see this situa- patient groups: Uranium Miners, Millers, ment with Margie, whom I had met the blue. tion? in yoga practice. Margie gave me a look that asked, “what ■ What would your dog do in this situa- Transporters and Nuclear Weapon Plant She had approached me after class with does that have to do with anything?” tion? Employees and Contractors. questions about life coaching. I responded by saying, “I know an exer- ■ What will this look like a year in the Margie filled out the Wheel of Life ex- cise that might help you to gain clarity on future? ercise from my Web site, which is a quick your decision.” ■ What would it look like to jump in with • 24-Hour Nursing Care way to visually “Do I need to be able to do a headstand?” both feet? • Long Term & Short Term Nursing Care see what areas of she asked. By exploring these perspectives, Margie life may be out of “No, but if you have a reference of what was able to see her decision from a variety • Assistance with EEOICP & RECA balance. it feels like to be upside-down, it might of viewpoints. We then talked about which From the exer- help. If you’d like to go into a headstand, one held the most energy for her. Margie Comp programs cise, I could easily I’m all for that,” I said. “It sounds like if decided she should move. • Enrolled with the Department of Labor see what was out of you could make a decision about moving, Her action steps focused on what she balance: her physi- then you’d have more information about needed to do to get her house on the mar- S F HERI ISHER cal environment. doing the maintenance on your house, ket. “Tell me what’s right?” She said her action steps and the ac- going on with your She nodded. countability would help her to keep from physical environment,” I said. “Let’s take a look at your decision to getting stuck. 1-877-259-9001 “There are a couple of home mainte- nance projects that may need to be done move from different perspectives,” I sug- gested. “Imagining you’re in a headstand, Coaching challenge: When stuck in inde- cision, seek other perspectives. Answer the soon, but I’m not sure I’m going to stay what does this decision look like from an questions above or make up ones that are in the house. With economy the way it is, upside-down perspective?” relevant and eye-opening for you. however, it may not be the best time to “An upside-down view reminds me that Sometimes our inability to make a deci- move. So I keep NOT deciding, and I stay in moving can make me feel like my whole sion is because we are working with the the house.” world is turned upside-down. I don’t like same set of facts. “What’s pressing you now to make a that much chaos,” Margie said. By varying your perspective, you may decision?” I asked. We talked more about what upside-down discover new facts and add new dimen- “My friend, who is a Realtor, says the meant to her, helping her step into that sions to your decision-making process. market is at the perfect point to buy a perspective. ■ house. 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