Life Lessons from
Maripat Abbott, CPCC
Life Coach
| A WOMEN’S RETREAT ~ AUGUST 21-23 | |
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During this retreat, you will experience:
Space is limited to ensure deep connection. Click here to register and learn more.
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Please join me for my first women’s retreat, held in a lake-front private home where you can draw upon the serenity of natural surroundings to connect deeply with yourself and other like- minded women.| Prosperity Tele-seminar | |
| Overcoming Underearning Tele-seminar
Would you like to recession-proof your mind? If so, then I invite you to join me for a tele-seminar based on Barbara Stanny’s book, Overcoming Underearning®: A 5 Step Plan to A Richer Life.
You’ll find more details about the class experience here.
A graduate of the series had this to say:
“I am so grateful that Maripat offered a tele-class to accompany reading this book. I had read parts of the book on my own but it didn’t really become relevant to me until I took the class. It was great to have some accountability. There is something about having a group of people also checking in each week that makes it easier to keep your commitments to yourself. I’ve done many workshops and read many books regarding personal finance and this feels like THE one that we’ll be talking about years from now as a turning point for our family. I highly recommend that you take the tele-class. Reading the book on your own doesn’t even compare!”
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This 5 session series will help you become proactive during these uncertain economic times rather than reactive, by diving into the inner and outer work necessary to achieve prosperity. There’s no better time to move into a place of power, not fear, around your financial future.| Life Lessons from the Garden |
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Consider the dandelion. Reviled by many as an insistent, bothersome weed, it nevertheless continues to proudly display its pert, bright yellow self in lawns and gardens everywhere, thriving in the face of adversity. Where, in our own lives, do we face adversity? How do we carry ourselves through it: head down, beating ourselves up or feeling defensive and resentful? Or head up and face open, like the dandelion, sure of our intrinsic worthiness, knowing the gifts we offer to the world? For those who know how to look and wait, the garden teems with other such life lessons. As spring awakens this year, turn your awareness to the wise teachings of your garden. If you don’t have a conventional garden, a container garden on your porch or potted plants in your home still offer valuable lessons. Here are a few: It’s OK to be imperfect. Trying to grow the perfect rose, or the perfect cabbage, is an exhausting, never-ending quest for flawlessness. “Imperfect” roses are still beautiful and “imperfect” cabbages still burst with flavor, just like we humans. With our myriad imperfections, we still contribute our own beauty and zest to the world. Pruning improves growth. Removing old habits that don’t serve us opens new possibilities for growth in areas that do serve us. Pay more attention to your health than your appearance. As author William Longgood wrote, “Over fertilized plants may be beautiful but are otherwise useless, like people whose energies are devoted so completely to their appearance that there is no other development.” Regular maintenance is important. Isn’t it so much harder to clear an overgrown jungle of a garden than to regularly pull encroaching weeds? Think of the clutter that can accumulate in our houses or the overwhelm or illness that can result from too little self-care. Have faith. Plant a seed, water it, and trust that it will grow. Similarly, believe that the shifts you make in your life, the dreams you hold dear, will fully blossom if you nourish and protect them. Don’t be afraid to try new approaches. The garden is an incredible laboratory for experimentation. What new approaches do those old problems in your life need? Trial and error is one of life’s best teachers. Not trying is the domain of hopelessness. Take care with predators. It doesn’t take long for predators to damage the result of your careful cultivation, in the garden and in life. What toxic relationships, substances and emotions are feeding on your energy and taking away from what you have to give to others? Eliminate them. Transform your trash. The compost heap turns rotting plant waste into a treasure pile of rich, organic fertilizer. What negative patterns in your life can you work to transform? When we do the hard work of breaking these patterns down, the results are often rich and beneficial. Everyone is unique and needed. Everything in nature has a function that is interdependent. As famous naturalist John Muir said, “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”Rock, plant, bird, bee-even bacteria in the soil-all occupy a vital place in life. What is your purpose, your gift to the world? Who do you depend on; who depends on you? Take the time to notice the little everyday miracles in your gardens and in your life. |
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the Garden
