Joyce Persily, C.E.C.
Founder,
Progressive Life Coaching

516-239-8993
Email Joyce
or visit her website:
www.progressivelifecoach.com

Joyce Persily is a Certified Empowerment Coach. Trained at IPEC, Joyce is among a small population of coaches recognized by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). ICF maintains the highest standards and ethical guidelines of professional coaches. Joyce has lectured at Pace University, published numerous articles, and has appeared on Life Coach TV.

Joyce coaches adults who are seeking to attain a more desirable life by helping her clients:

• Identify their goals
• Recognize and work through
  fear barriers
• Create an action plan
• Step outside their comfort zone to reach their full potential

Coaching Services

• Personal Coaching
• Empty Nest Coaching
• Workshops & Seminars
• Motivational Speaking

For a complimentary telephone consultation to understand how the coaching experience will benefit you please email Joyce or call her at 516-239-8993.

How great would it be if we could all accept each other just as we are? This month's assignment, "you choose to accept it," is to recognize when you are judging people according to your own values, and to challenge yourself to let go of those judgments. After all, who says my way or your way is the right way?

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If you are interested in a complimentary telephone consultation to understand how the coaching experience will benefit you please contact Joyce.

Today's Quote
"Everyone's Crazy Except You And Me....And I'm Not So Sure About You."
~Lionel, author

“Normal” Is a Very Big Playing Field
Most of us live with an internal struggle. Each of us yearns to be different, special, an individual. At the same time, we don't want to lean too far out of the tree--we also want to fit in, be accepted...be normal.

But what does it mean to be normal? Even experts struggle with the word; medical textbooks use words such as "usual" and "not ill" and "conforming to a cultural norm." However, what is usual to one group of people--tattooing, to give one example--may be completely weird and repulsive to another group. Does that make it normal or abnormal? Read full story here.

Top 10 Routine Maintenance Points
We do routine maintenance checks on our cars to keep them running well, and regular physicals to check up on our bodies. It's also a good idea to perform routine check-ins with our minds and hearts to see if we're keeping on track with what we want to do and create with our lives. Here are ten areas of inquiry.

1. Am I asking for what I need? Do I act as my own advocate?

2. What do I want? Go to full story.

Announcements

September 24, 12:30 PM 
Diet Center
120 East 56th St. Suite 1030, N.Y., N.Y.

As Diet Center Fall Wellness Series begins, we will be discussing a technique called "Reframing" that will empower you to stop sabotaging yourself and become your own advocate on your weight loss journey. What have you got to LOSE by joining us!

Relevant Reading
The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, by Jack Canfield & Janet Switzer

The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships That Will Change Your Life, by Riane Eisler

The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World, by Marti Olsen Laney