Do you choose a word of the year?

I've been selecting a word of the year for about 8 years and what I've found is that my word gives me permission to explore new ideas. I love the process and how it's evolved over time!

I started choosing a word by myself, with my last year's calendar in front of me so I could remember my main projects, life events, celebrations and struggles. Over the years, I started inviting my friends to join me and that evolved into what is now the Celebrate You™ movement. We start with a year-end review and intention-setting retreat in January and continue the monthly gatherings--including monthly topics and tools to live an authentic life and a workbook to hold all the content .

Here's a 2 page worksheet to get you started on your word!

And a link to the recording that accompanies the worksheet: "How (and Why) to Choose a Word of the Year". The recording includes instructions on how to use the worksheet, a guided visualization that will help you find your word and a challenge--find a safe place to share your word: maybe at your family's holiday gathering or in another supportive environment.

Here's another resource--a Facebook live with me and Mary Anne Radmacher with ideas on choosing a word to guide your year. (Please forgive me looking at my phone screen at the beginning. My job was to make sure we were live, and my phone said we weren't. I was a little worried... )

Watch what happens when you take the conversation to this level of authenticity!

I'd love to hear from you. What's your 2018 word?

Words to explore:

Intuition
Abundance
Health
Connection
Self-compassion
Boundaries
Savor
Self-care
Truth

Try it--the next time you've got family or friends around the dinner table, start the conversation. "I'm thinking about choosing a word of the year for next year. Who's in?" You might just be amazed at what happens next!

For more information about Celebrate You™ groups and how CY renews our commitment to our word every month, click here.

A life coach is a neutral person who listens to your hopes and desires and asks questions that focus on aligning your deepest values (your foundation) with your life.

Are you living on purpose? My job is to notice a lens that's cloudy and help you gain clarity--maybe your purpose used to be clear and it could now use some shining up and clarifying. I can make observations about your power source and take steps to make sure you're filling yourself up with energy that's sustainable, so that your light can shine for others.

In addition to self-maintenance, there are environmental factors for the lighthouse--there are rough, stormy periods where the waves come right over the shore and pound you, there are foggy periods of low visibility, there are long stretches of calm weather where you wonder if you're even needed. These are circumstances you can't change in your life. We are human and we all go through rough stretches. Our values or life purpose may get unclear, we may even feel undervalued or unneeded. While we can't change the circumstances around us, we can examine and change our thoughts that cause us pain.

Through all of this, I can compassionately notice and observe and question.

Do you choose a word of the year?

Watch what happens when you take the conversation to this level of authenticity!

I'd love to hear from you. What's your 2018 word?

What does a life coach do?

A life coach is a neutral person who listens to your hopes and desires and asks questions that focus on aligning your deepest values (your foundation) with your life.

Your job is to tell your truth and compassionately make changes as you see fit.