Your Uplift - January 2024

Patricia's Resiliency eNewsletter

January 09, 2024

Table of Contents

One: On a Personal Note

Hard Stuff:

Several of my counselling clients requested an all encompassing receipt for their 2023 payments. Goodness, I procrastinated and procrastinated some more. I know what procrastination means. It tells me I lack motivation to do a task I dislike and not in my comfort or strength zone. In this case it tells me my zen place is not working with figures and numbers.

So I had a conversation with myself about the distress I was creating by not doing a priority task. With my Wise Adult Self panties pulled up I told myself, “You are a capable, responsible seniorpreneur. You can delegate the task to someone else, pay for it to be done, or do it yourself. Regardless, how it is completed I promise you will feel relieved and proud.” I chose to do the task myself and guess what? Once I made the first micro-step it went well . . . and yes, I felt relieved and proud of my accomplishment.

So, when was the last time you had a good chat with yourself to move beyond procrastination to complete a job you dislike or make an important decision, or have a difficult conversation? ❤️🐞

Uplifting Stuff:

  1. To bring in the New Year I tried to create a meaningful-to-me and to you, message and rhyme. It didn't hit the mark. So I asked AI to help. It still did not hit the mark. Then I asked my dear husband, Les Morgan to help and here it is! What do you think? Do you have a verse to add?

  1. Six months ago a Return to Center reader experienced a tragic event. Then, last week, I was heartened to receive this message, “There are so many things that trigger my emotions! Loved your book! . . . I have implemented many of the strategies! I especially use the one . . . ”

I thought of the philosopher, Hillel’s quotation, “If I am not for me, who will be? If I am not for others, what is the point?” I feel full to have ‘a point’.

Based on insights from the Polyvagal Theory, Return to Center:
Simple Strategies to Navigate Distress, Depression, and Disconnection, offers a straightforward and easy-to-understand exploration of the critical role human connection, the autonomic nervous system, and emotional intelligence play in our overall well-being. To learn more, or order, CLICK HERE.

Here’s to your continued resilience in 2024!
Patricia ❤️🐞

Two: Patricia’s Blogs/Articles

stop procrastinating

The self-help leader and author of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill  wrote, “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”  Does this ring a bell for you? If so, CLICK HERE.

book, Fault Lines

In Fault Lines, Pillemer explores the complexities and challenges within family dynamics, delving into the various strains of relationships. The book highlights the impact of societal changes, cultural shifts, and evolving norms leading to fractures and tensions.

Pillemer interviewed more than 1,300 Americans and discovered that 27% of them were living with family estrangement, and . . . CLICK HERE.

speak up

During the research phase of writing my book From Woe to WOW: How Resilient Women Succeed at Work I gave women audience members a survey. I asked:

  1. What is the worst work-related experience you’ve endured?

  2. How did you cope?

  3. Looking back, what did you . . . CLICK HERE

Three: Video SPOT!

example of EMDR therapy

2. Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved: TEDTalk by Esther Perel (21.30-minutes)

infidelity

3. Canadians Don’t Procrastinate (Humor with Brittlestar: 56-seconds)

Canadians don't procrastinatee

Patricia’s Videos

People Blame Others

3. Stirring a Pussy Cat (51-seconds of fun)

stirring a Pussy Cat

Four: FREE ONLINE Opportunity with Patricia

Presentation Skills 101

Speak poorly and word will spread! Speak well and word will spread!

In this session, you will have the opportunity to:

1. Identify Ineffective & Effective Presentations 

2. Identify Your Audience  

3. Establish Your Credibility  

4. Name Your Objectives  

5. Collect Your Content   

6. Structure Your Content

Leave with dozens of ideas to improve your content and delivery. 11am – 11.55 am, MDT Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Free and Open to the Public. Part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series
To Register CLICK HERE
Questions: Email Manisha Khetarpal at [email protected] or call 1-866-585-3925

Five: More Opportunities for Resilience

Presentations — In-Person or Online
Keynotes/Workshops: CLICK HERE.

Presentation Skills: For those who want one-on-one time to develop a speaking business or simply a specific message and how to effectively deliver it. CLICK HERE.

Therapeutic Counselling: Can be delivered online globally and in person in Canada. CLICK HERE.

Publications: Reduced prices are available for quantity orders. To learn more about Patricia’s books CLICK HERE.

Please let me know how I might be of service at 403-830-6919 or [email protected] 

Your Spunky Seniorpreneur, Patricia