The New Year is a time for celebration and looking forward, making it the perfect time to bring more happiness into your life. This edition’s topic is The Pursuit of Happiness: finding peace, joy, and true happiness in your career, relationships, and spiritual life. I hope you find at least one idea to inspire and encourage you. Warmly, Melanie Ott… [Read More]
Focus on the Future
Happy Thanksgiving from Leap Forward Coaching! (Cultivating Generosity)
Thanksgiving evokes emotions and actions of gratitude – from expressions of gratefulness shared at the family dinner table and decorations bearing reminders to “Give Thanks” to feelings of plenty as we survey harvest’s bounty and the blessings in our own lives. Thanksgiving is also the perfect time to express generosity, both personally and professionally. This… [Read More]
Cultivate Lifelong Learning
September 2011 Lifelong Learning: Cultivating a Spirit of Curiosity and Intention Greetings! Welcome to the Leap Forward Coaching e-newsletter. Our topic for this edition is Lifelong Learning: cultivating a spirit of curiosity and intention for personal growth, to achieve your most meaningful goals, and your most fulfilled life. I hope you find at least one suggestion,… [Read More]
Purpose, Passion and Potential
Spring 2011 Purpose, Passion and Potential: clarifying your life purpose, springing into action on your most important goals and dreams, to achieve well-being and your most inspired life. What gets you out of bed in the morning? Who are you? Who do you want to be? How do you want to be remembered? What is… [Read More]
Transition
Spring 2010 Transition: preparing for transition phases of life and seeking to achieve different, more meaningful life and career goals. Change can be frightening and an invaluable opportunity for growth. Change introduces us to opportunities we may never have experienced and a positive outlook is the key to converting adversity into a constructive experience. Preparing… [Read More]
Focus: Using Technology Wisely
Fall 2009 Focus: using technology resources wisely, filtering information, and cultivating attention. Is modern technology and its increasing demands to filter information and cultivate attention driving you to distraction? Texting, email, Facebook, and Twitter can be helpful in connecting with others but they can also destroy the peace and quiet needed to think, to process,… [Read More]