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

516-239-8993
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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.

Many of us are so busy taking care of everyone else that we often forget to take care of ourselves! We put everyone’s needs before our own, and have valid excuses for why we do it (not enough hours in the day, everything else is more important, etc.) Often, when I ask my clients to make a list of their priorities, they usually put themselves at the bottom of the list, or fail to even put themselves on the list at all!

By learning to re-prioritize and set some clearly defined goals, including finding some “me time,” it’s amazing how much more energy and patience they have to then take care of everyone else. The following article will help you tune in to your body and identify its needs. If you would like further help to get started, please call me for a complimentary coaching consultation session, and I would be happy to help you create an action plan designed specifically for you!

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Today's Quote
"In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."
~Robert Heinlein

Listening to Our Bodies: They Know More than We Do!
The body holds much of the information we need to function at our best, but too often we ignore its messages and plow ahead with what our minds tell us. Perhaps because we're not taught from early on to pay attention to internal messages as well as external demands, we frequently ignore our body’s communications.

So we take another extra-strength aspirin rather than investigating what's causing our head to ache. We use more caffeine or sugar to give us a lift when we feel tired, rather than hearing our body’s message about needing rest or recognizing our fatigue as an early symptom of burnout we’d do well to heed. A look at our pets may be all the message we need about the value of naps.

Read full story here.

Top 10 Things to Say to Yourself

Often the things we say to ourselves we wouldn't even think of saying to another person. We blame, shame, call names of the meanest sort, nag, belittle and bully ourselves through self-talk.

What if, instead, we were more gentle with ourselves, asked ourselves questions and listened to the responses. What if we treated ourselves as we treat a best friend, someone we love dearly. Here's a Top Ten list of loving things to say to yourself.

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Relevant Reading
Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation, by Mike Robbins

Provoking Your Brilliance: Remembering Your Inner Wisdom and Moving from Confusion to Clarity, by Machen MacDonald

The Secret of Transitions: How to Move Effortlessly to Higher Levels of Success, by Jim Manton