Note From CCC's Founder Dena Patton Hi Ladies!
Welcome to Chat, Chew and Chocolate. To find more balance, fun and me time in your life I encourage you to get involved with your local chapter and check out our weekend retreats. I want to personally invite you to join me for a very special weekend. Three times a year I host weekend retreats for our members and the upcoming retreat is Oct 1-3 where we have Ali Vincent (NBC Biggest Loser) and Martha Beck (Oprah) at the Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa. This retreat is designed to help you reconnect to your heart, purpose & goals. Details at www.CCCRetreats.com. This retreat is limited to 20 women and we only have 6 spots left. We are offering these last spots to our members ONLY at a major discount of $925 (value $1300). Questions call me 4802824242. Register at www.CCCRETREATS.com. Have a blessed day and remember to add some ME TIME to your week!
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Tips on Balance One of the biggest reasons we say yes to others (when we don't want to) is because we don't know how to honor our own limits and boundaries. It takes practice to say no, but it also takes practice to actually HONOR your own boundaries when you are faced with someone's requests. You might feel guilty or obligated but if you practice 'boundaries first' you will be living in balance. As the quote says, 'we have to pick our fights', well the same goes with saying yes. If you always give to others and never check in with yourself/your boundaries/your limits, then you are heading for X (fill in the black with lots of negative words like, illness, stress, heart disease, mental distress, overwhelm etc). Check your to-do list (yes go grab it I'll wait)....check to see if your name is on the list? hmm. Start there.
Below are 10 tips on how to create boundaries that will bring you more balance, ease and joy in your life:
* 1. Honor yourself by setting realistic limits for yourself
* 2. Practice saying no (gracefully) by suggesting another time that works for you
* 3. Practice checking 'in' with your boundaries before you say yes to anything
* 4. Protect your most important areas of your life by setting boundaries around them (like a fence around a garden)
* 5. Try not to get consumed in 1 or 2 roles (i.e. business owner, wife, mother) step out of that role daily
* 6. Invest in your future by keeping yourself balanced, healthy and focused on what is important
* 7. Practice coming from your center. Your center is the most powerful place and when you get pulled in a million different directions you end up farrr from your center and 'winging' it, which is exhausting.
* 8. Promise not to 'should' on yourself. Eliminate the word should from your vocabulary
* 9. Train people to honor your boundaries by honoring them yourself, first
* 10. Surround yourself with people who empower and honor you and your goals
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