Rest & Rejuvenation

Establishing an Evening and Morning Routine

Posted by reallifee on Apr 2, 2011 in E Tips, Encouragement, Health & Wellness, Psychology, Rest & Rejuvenation, Schedule Makeover, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Evening and morning routines help you feel your best and in control of your days. When you’ve been burning the midnight oil trying to finish a big work project or household chores, it’s only natural to want to catch up on your lost sleep. The problem is, your new day is off to a slower, later start, and your body-clock is out of whack. Before you know it, it’s 11:00 pm, and you’re once again chained to the computer, or trying to find some semblance of relaxation in front of late night T.V. before you have to get up and do it all over again! -Talk about a vicious cycle! Fortunately, small steps can help you gain control of your waking and...

Making Exercise a Realistic Part of your Routine

Posted by reallifee on Mar 10, 2011 in E Tips, Encouragement, Health & Wellness, Psychology, Rest & Rejuvenation, Schedule Makeover, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Exercise: You know you should do it. You even want to do it. Despite good intentions, it can be all too easy to skip this healthy activity for “more important” commitments. The reality is, exercise is one of the most important things you can do for physical and personal balance. The below routine is one person’s strategy to help you power down at night so you can power up in the morning and get your day started out right! Let the balance begin! For more information on achieving a brilliant life of balance, and to learn more about award winning life coach and entrepreneur, Elizabeth Grace Saunders, please visit ScheduleMakeover.com Elizabeth’s...

Letting Go of Negative Associations

Posted by reallifee on Mar 1, 2011 in E Tips, Encouragement, Psychology, Relationships, Rest & Rejuvenation, Schedule Makeover, Uncategorized | 0 comments

The thought-provoking advice and down-to-earth encouragement in Elizabeth Grace Saunders’ Schedule Makeover™ newsletter (recent issue below), is an example of the positive feedback you can expect to receive from Elizabeth in your personal quest for work, life, and organizational balance. To receive regular updates on fresh time management strategies and to learn more about her unique Schedule Makeover™ process, please visit ScheduleMakeover.com. Your associations with “organized people” may make time management advice hard to swallow. Let me explain… When I go to a new restaurant, or I’m in a new place, I try to eat new foods....

Comprehensive Travel Check List for Preparing for a Trip

Posted by reallifee on Dec 9, 2010 in E Notes, E Tips, Resources, Rest & Rejuvenation, Schedule Makeover | 2 comments

I help my Schedule MakeoverTM time coaching clients break down multi-step activities into lists so that they can move forward on them without feeling overwhelmed. (David Allen does a great job of explaining why this technique is so effective in Getting Things Done.) As a special holiday gift to you, I’m sharing my personal travel check list, including bonus tips for international trips. Bon voyage! Elizabeth’s Preparing for a Trip Check List If Driving: Make sure oil changed and any car maintenance done. Make sure up-to-date auto insurance in wallet and car registration stickers on license plate. Confirm address. Get directions or check that comes up on your...

Time for Prayer & Meditation

Posted by reallifee on Sep 30, 2010 in E Notes, Encouragement, Health & Wellness, Psychology, Rest & Rejuvenation, Schedule Makeover | 0 comments

This is a guest post that I wrote for ActivPrayer.org ( a great resource for people wanting to combine spirituality and health and wellness). “I used to enjoy meditating, but I just don’t have time anymore….” “I pray for a couple of minutes before bed…if I don’t fall asleep.” “I feel like my mind is constantly spinning. I don’t know where I’m going or what to focus on next.” “Sometimes I just snap at people. I don’t want to act like that, but I’m not sure how to change…” Do any of these phrases resonate with you? If so, read on. As a time coach, I’m an expert at helping people who are stressed, overwhelmed and frustrated to feel...

E Note-In Praise of Routine

Posted by reallifee on Jul 23, 2009 in E Notes, Encouragement, Health & Wellness, Psychology, Rest & Rejuvenation | 0 comments

Celestial Seasonings® tea boxes have a way of speaking to me… this was on their Perfectly Pear™ White Tea: “What is it about my daily rituals? Why such pleasure in repetition? Well, it occurs to me that I might just be practicing… being me. Those cherished creaks in the old floorboards. The precise angle of the winter sun cheering my kitchen. Assembling ingredients for a dish I’ve made hundreds of times. A novel position my cats have adopted, lost in their midday dreams. Each nuance resonates with a kind of timeless wisdom, and I realize thiat it is these humble putterings–nothing fancier–that have allowed me, finally, to know...