{"id":682,"date":"2015-06-19T12:28:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T12:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebeingpractice.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2015-09-17T12:33:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T12:33:39","slug":"tip-three-for-people-with-hectic-lifestyles-who-want-to-make-positive-life-or-career-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karendeeming.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/19\/tip-three-for-people-with-hectic-lifestyles-who-want-to-make-positive-life-or-career-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip three for people with hectic lifestyles who want to make positive life or career changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you have a hectic lifestyle and want to make positive life changes but precious little time to make them?<\/h2>\n

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Over the next few months, I\u2019ll be sharing with you the mindfulness, self help and personal development techniques and tips that helped me to:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 escape the corporate cage, that is, my well-paid secure job and hectic lifestyle in London<\/p>\n

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\u2022 move from London to live in the idyllic countryside and do my dream job as a successful Psychotherapist, Coach and Mindfulness Teacher helping 1000s of clients at my Liverpool Street and Harley Street Practices and nowadays at my online, Bristol and Somerset Practices sometimes advising film Directors, such as Mike Leigh, on the authenticity of film narratives.<\/p>\n

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Though I am now doing my dream job, living in a delightful Somerset village and have many tools at my disposal, life is occasionally still tough so I\u2019ll also send you some tips to help you remain motivated, and focused when you are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, lost or you are falling victim to \u201dl\u2019m too busy and don\u2019t have enough time\u201d and procrastination trap.<\/p>\n

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For those of you who didn\u2019t get the opportunity to read tips one and two of my blog for people with hectic lifestyles who want to make positive life or career changes see:<\/h2>\n

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see my blogs tips one\u00a0and two\u00a0for people with hectic lifestyles who want to make positive life or career changes<\/p>\n

Tip for week Three<\/h2>\n

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Sometimes, especially on Monday mornings, I\u2019m aware that I wake up greeted by the thought of my to do list the size of the London Square Mile. Nowadays though, instead of allowing myself to become overwhelmed and depleted by this, I grab my journal, located on my bedside table, and begin my morning pages.<\/p>\n

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What are morning pages?<\/h2>\n

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Morning Pages are a self development tool generally recommended for artists, musicians and other creative people when they supposedly experience creative blocks. It was first developed by Julia Cameron in her book the Artist\u2019s Way. Having said that, it can also be helpful for those of us in other professions too, I have found this technique beneficial in both my corporate jobs and in my work as a Psychotherapist and Self Development Coach.<\/p>\n

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Is there a recommended structure for morning pages?<\/h2>\n

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A general rule of thumb is to write down, first thing in a morning, the stream of thoughts and feelings that pop up in your mind in that moment. Some weeks this takes up one page of A4 paper or others three or more.<\/p>\n

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