Be Here, Be Healthy
are we looking at our lives? What are
we looking at? What are we seeking?
What are we able to see? Some of us
are, literally, nearsighted
by sheila Pearl
while others of us are
farsighted. Our task as hu-
“The secret of health for both mind and body
man beings is to continu-
is not to mourn for the past, worry about the ously work to stay awake,
future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the
be willing to shift our
present moment wisely and earnestly.”
focus and our gaze, and to
- Buddha
expand our field of vision.
A life coach can serve
A
dam, a distinguished man in his
as a cheerleader and men-
mid-fifties, was reflecting on his
tor, as well as an account-
life. “I feel like such a failure…I
ability buddy. A coach can
haven’t really lived up to my poten-
help shift one’s gaze from
tial…my life feels like a waste!…” In-
what is not so and from
stead of indulging this way of thinking,
what one does not have,
what if he had to answer the question,
to what is so, and to what
“What if what you think is true? If this
one does have. Through
is really true, what will you do in the
it often is the role of a life coach
coaching, a person can
present moment about it?” It often is the
role of a life coach to help clients see
to help clients see what they can
learn to rejoice in life’s
little victories as well as
what they can change in their lives by
change in their lives by starting with the big ones.
starting with a change in their percep-
a change in their perceptions.
Adam now lives in the
tions. Adam realized that there was no
present moment and en-
benefit to second guessing his choices to discover new abilities, talents and
joys life with gusto and delight. We all
and that he could not change the past. simple delights which may have previ-
have that ability within us. If your life
He, instead, realized that he needed ously eluded us since our focus had
reflections have been pessimistic, seek
guidance in living in the present mo- been on judging the past, rather than
a way to help you move away from that
ment and living with joy. on enjoying the present.
negativity to joyful, conscious living.
Many of us look at our own lives Many people feel angst when they
in the same manner. We might look reach mid-life with the perspective that
Certified Life Coach Sheila Pearl, MSW,
back and wonder if our decisions were their life was wasted. If we dig a little
has had her full-time practice for over
the best ones. We find ourselves toil- deeper though, we can uncover the
seven years in Newburgh and over
ing over things we have said or done, truth of where some of that angst comes
20 years in Franklin Lakes, NJ. She is
and accomplished or failed to accom- from. Perhaps getting older brings out a
a co-author of Wake Up Women: BE
plish in our personal and professional fear of being alone. Perhaps not having
Happy, Healthy & Wealthy, co-author
journeys. By learning to purposefully, attained a level of success that friends
with Laura Moritz of The Winning Con-
and with clear intention, let go of these, seemed to have reached brings up feel-
nection, and the author of Still Life: A
we can begin to see each new day as ings of failure.
Spiritual Handbook for Family Care-
a fresh beginning full of possibilities. All of life–for each of us–is a mat-
givers. Visit
SheilaPearl.com for more
Each moment becomes an opportunity ter of perspective. Through what lens
information.
natural awakenings March 2010
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