Psychologist Shares Tips on How To Follow Through on New Years Resolutions

The Key Is Being Able to Create Me-Time to Focus on Yourself

Bellingham, WA – (December 7, 2009) – Many professional women start the year with big New Year’s resolutions to create more balance in their lives.  Most will not succeed in reaching their goals.  According to Melissa McCreery, psychologist and coach, the missing ingredient often is being about to carve out time and space for yourself, or “me-time”.

To help women to get more “me-time”,  McCreery is offering a free telephone-based seminar, New Year’s Jump Start: How To Ditch the Overwhelm and Bad Habits That Drain Your Energy and Hold You Back in Life and Business, on January 13, at 2 p.m. Pacific time.

“For many busy women, struggles with weight, stress, overwhelm, and “too much to do” aren’t the result of not knowing what would help.  The place where many savvy women get stuck is figuring out how to implement the tips and strategies they’ve learned when there life already feels so full and busy and maybe even overwhelming.”

The New Year’s Jump start seminar is designed to help women learn how to create the time and space to make changes.  During the seminar, participants will learn:

  • Why their personal goals and dreams are crucial to their success in business and the rest of their lives.
  • The number one mistake that keeps many savvy women stressed and overwhelmed and how to avoid it.
  • A trick for leveraging your strengths and increasing your personal effectiveness
  • How to get out of overwhelm and move into action.

Here are some tips from Dr. McCreery on how to overcome overwhelm and thrive in the New Year:

Your time and energy are valuable. Spend a day or two noting how you spend your time. Take note of the activities that drain you or that you don’t enjoy. Consider what you could delegate, ask for help with, or say “no” to.

Make a list of the activities that rejuvenate you or help you manage stress.  Start scheduling small windows of time(as little as ten minutes) that you can devote to these things a few times a week.

Don’t fall into the “all or nothing” trap. Be realistic and make sure you consider your other responsibilities and time constraints. A small change that sticks is more valuable than an attempted drastic “life overhaul” plan that only lasts a few weeks.

Plan for real life. The unexpected will happen. Consider how you will deal with bumps in the road and expect to readjust your game plan along the way.

Dr. McCreery is the founder of Too Much on Her Plate (www.toomuchonherplate.com). A clinical psychologist and certified, accredited coach, she helps women overcome the overwhelm and create balance in their lives.

For more tips, and to register for the seminar, go to http://www.TooMuchOnHerPlate.com

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