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Warmly,
Robin Albright
Pres/owner of Zinger Zanger, Inc.
www.zingerzanger.com
Monday, November 23, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
A hand picked moment from Zinger Zanger
I've been sick this week and to my delight, I handled it a bit different than past illnesses. This life coaching gig that I've stepped into is influencing ME, as well as my clients... and I love it.
As I work with clients, I often ask them the question, "What is your body trying to tell you?". This week, I stopped and asked myself that question. I knew the answer! My body is screaming for rest and NOT just an hour of email time or an hour to sit with my eyes peeled to some random TV show. My body was requesting an hour of pure, peaceful rest. My tendency, like most is... OVERDRIVE. I will stay up until the wee hours of the morning cramming in as many tasks as possible, gearing up for the next day of to-do lists. Recognizably... I have plenty to do! However, this time I chose differently. I chose to listen to my body.
Here is the hand picked moment that I'd like to share:
I escaped the web of 21st century communications by merely walking out to my backyard. I sat in my meager lawn chair, propped my feet up with a second meager lawn chair, closed my eyes and experienced a moment. With my eyes closed, I felt the sun. I'm convinced that the sun has great healing powers-with all of that energy and huge doses of vitamin D-how could it not. I beckoned it's healing power, asking it's help to rid me of my congestion. I felt it. As if God's hand slowly waved a warm, healing power from my head to my toes... a car wash trickling with beams of sunlight slowly canvasing my body - it was divine!
Next, with my eyes closed, I listened and focused on sound. I heard a competition between nature and mankind. Crickets, birds, the buzz of a nearby electrical box, the brakes of a semi stopping at a nearby stop sign, a motorcycle cruising by... all competing to be heard. It was nice to sit back and listen to something other than the thoughts in my head or the other various stimuli inside a busy day.
It's amazing how the sun and these surrounding sounds fashioned my background until I chose to bring them front and center. For one moment, I was in the moment... unlike now as I reflect back on it.
My point in writing this... we have this unique ability to create. We can create the moments that separate our lives from the rat race, that take our souls soaring above the chaos, that give our hearts time to rest. We have that ability as creators. We are amazing individuals...naturally creative, resourceful and whole.
Is your body aching to rest? Is it summoning you to create a hand picked moment to unwind? Listen and gather the gifts. I did.
As I work with clients, I often ask them the question, "What is your body trying to tell you?". This week, I stopped and asked myself that question. I knew the answer! My body is screaming for rest and NOT just an hour of email time or an hour to sit with my eyes peeled to some random TV show. My body was requesting an hour of pure, peaceful rest. My tendency, like most is... OVERDRIVE. I will stay up until the wee hours of the morning cramming in as many tasks as possible, gearing up for the next day of to-do lists. Recognizably... I have plenty to do! However, this time I chose differently. I chose to listen to my body.
Here is the hand picked moment that I'd like to share:
I escaped the web of 21st century communications by merely walking out to my backyard. I sat in my meager lawn chair, propped my feet up with a second meager lawn chair, closed my eyes and experienced a moment. With my eyes closed, I felt the sun. I'm convinced that the sun has great healing powers-with all of that energy and huge doses of vitamin D-how could it not. I beckoned it's healing power, asking it's help to rid me of my congestion. I felt it. As if God's hand slowly waved a warm, healing power from my head to my toes... a car wash trickling with beams of sunlight slowly canvasing my body - it was divine!
Next, with my eyes closed, I listened and focused on sound. I heard a competition between nature and mankind. Crickets, birds, the buzz of a nearby electrical box, the brakes of a semi stopping at a nearby stop sign, a motorcycle cruising by... all competing to be heard. It was nice to sit back and listen to something other than the thoughts in my head or the other various stimuli inside a busy day.
It's amazing how the sun and these surrounding sounds fashioned my background until I chose to bring them front and center. For one moment, I was in the moment... unlike now as I reflect back on it.
My point in writing this... we have this unique ability to create. We can create the moments that separate our lives from the rat race, that take our souls soaring above the chaos, that give our hearts time to rest. We have that ability as creators. We are amazing individuals...naturally creative, resourceful and whole.
Is your body aching to rest? Is it summoning you to create a hand picked moment to unwind? Listen and gather the gifts. I did.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Pool of Uncertainty or The Land of Passion
Tonight I'm finding myself in a bit of a conundrum. It's this place of questioning the constant push to sell, sell, sell. It's almost as if the world is churning and groaning... creating a place of insecurity and fear and it's tough not to jump into this big pool of uncertainty. Every so often, I dip my toe in and it's cold. There are plenty of opinions to support the need to push and fight to the front of the line and several desperate faces to keep me company. But really, is that where I want to end up? Is that where you want to end up?
There is another place to stand. It's the land I began my journey from. Let's call this land PASSION and when I find myself there, I find little need to push myself anywhere other than where I already am. In this Land of Passion, support comes from deep within and exudes a glow/a shine/a sparkle that draws others to it. From here, there is no need to fret because the details work themselves out as I focus on what I have, not what I don't have. Standing here feels warm. I can move forward at a pace that sustains the drawing peace that works so well.
In writing all of this, it's obvious to me that I openly point towards the Land of Passion as where I'd prefer to stand and live. I'd love to say that I'm not budging! I'm planted firmly and won't move from this land. We all know, however, that life is full of it's ups & downs, it's pushes and pulls, it's yings & yangs, it's zings & zangs... so I'm not making any promises. I will however give it my best effort to remind myself what is important and what does work best.
So, if you should happen upon Ms. Zinger Zanger and her toe is dipped in the pool of uncertainty, if she appears to be pushing or pulling and ranting the words, "sell, sell, sell"... if she has that desperate look on her face... just say the word, "Passion". As you remind her, perhaps it will inspire you to remember it as well and then others will catch on and then we can all dance in the glow of the draw.
There is another place to stand. It's the land I began my journey from. Let's call this land PASSION and when I find myself there, I find little need to push myself anywhere other than where I already am. In this Land of Passion, support comes from deep within and exudes a glow/a shine/a sparkle that draws others to it. From here, there is no need to fret because the details work themselves out as I focus on what I have, not what I don't have. Standing here feels warm. I can move forward at a pace that sustains the drawing peace that works so well.
In writing all of this, it's obvious to me that I openly point towards the Land of Passion as where I'd prefer to stand and live. I'd love to say that I'm not budging! I'm planted firmly and won't move from this land. We all know, however, that life is full of it's ups & downs, it's pushes and pulls, it's yings & yangs, it's zings & zangs... so I'm not making any promises. I will however give it my best effort to remind myself what is important and what does work best.
So, if you should happen upon Ms. Zinger Zanger and her toe is dipped in the pool of uncertainty, if she appears to be pushing or pulling and ranting the words, "sell, sell, sell"... if she has that desperate look on her face... just say the word, "Passion". As you remind her, perhaps it will inspire you to remember it as well and then others will catch on and then we can all dance in the glow of the draw.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
cost -vs- worth
Have you watched the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic yet? Definitely a chick flick in so many ways, but this movie had a beautiful underlying cause around choices and how they define you. While we all make choices every day of our life, how often do we actually intentionally own how our choices affect us and those around us. The way I see it, we can have a strong and infectious passion that drives our presence, but it can be fogged by so many things. We have this delicious & shimmering life force, the essence that shares love and carries us through the dimmer and questionable parts of life. Our choices can make our life force murky... and cause the brilliant stream that connects one to another to flicker and maybe even compromise the connection. This force recognizes the force in others, but when our concentration is on other things ( new shoes, new dress, new purse, new sofa, new blah blah blah... ) the connection falters and begins to drift away. Other things take its place and that shimmering life force is all of a sudden tarnished with the absence of life and cold bling bling. In the movie, the guy points us to the difference between cost and worth. Before every dollar spend and every decision made... take a few minutes and ask yourself, "What is the cost and what is it worth?". Today, I had a list a mile long of things to do. I'd not been able to do much for the past few days... family obligations, etc... This morning, my mom, asked me to accompany her to Wal-mart and help her grocery shop, pick up meds, etc.. I wanted to say "no" simply because I had so many things that I felt behind in. I stopped and measured the cost and worth of the situation. I know that my mom is 85 years old and there's no promise as to how long she will bless us with her smile and wisdom. The cost is nothing compared to the worth.
Should you be someone that makes choices and second guesses them... as we all do. Should you be someone that looks back on choices gone bad and beat yourself up time and time again... as we all do on occasion. Know that you are one of millions. We're all human and can't expect to get it right all of the time. It may help, however, to stop and give yourself a minute to measure the cost -vs- the worth when you're torn between "should I" or "shouldn't I". And if you've not watched the movie CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, treat yourself to a movie. It definitely leaned in favor of "worth" in my book!
Should you be someone that makes choices and second guesses them... as we all do. Should you be someone that looks back on choices gone bad and beat yourself up time and time again... as we all do on occasion. Know that you are one of millions. We're all human and can't expect to get it right all of the time. It may help, however, to stop and give yourself a minute to measure the cost -vs- the worth when you're torn between "should I" or "shouldn't I". And if you've not watched the movie CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, treat yourself to a movie. It definitely leaned in favor of "worth" in my book!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Life is what you make of it!!!
I'm sitting here watching my husband sleep and loving watching him. This life has been, thus far, the best yet! I've had ups and downs, keeping me interested and living in the moment. I've felt so very loved, had fantastic parents, great glasses of fantastic wine, beautiful & remarkable children, great friends, amazing relatives, fabulous experiences, moments of over the top creativity and there's nothing that I can think of that I'm missing! I'm so extremely thankful! I am a "certified" life coach and love what I do! I love speaking in public. I love writing what's in my heart. I love the people that are in my life. I am so very fortunate to be who I am and living where I do... doing what I do. This is me, with my arms lifted in the air... thankful and appreciative for all that is in existence!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Put some Zing in your Holiday!
While we all desire a warm and toasty holiday season, full of good cheer and love, it's easy to step into 'DO' mode and forget to create the moments as we hope they can be. This is such a busy time of the year and we really do have to make the time to design it special. Here are a few "holiday traditions" that may be fun to try this year.
~Find Christmas short stories (either children stories or not) and read one per day/week between now and Christmas. Great for the family or just you.
~Take a gathering of food related ornaments and decorate a tree in the wild for the animals. If your small and furry, food is tough to come by at this time of the year.
~Create a WINTER SOLSTICE tradition on Dec. 22nd (the longest night of the year. Have dinner by candlelight or a bath surrounded by candles or light luminaries using brown paper bags, sand and candles.
~For the children: Create a Santa's workshop in a room in your home. Help them spruce up old, out-grown toys and give to a charity.
~Invite family from afar to enjoy a remembrance candle with your family. Pick a night close to Christmas and encourage family households to light a candle in remembrance of each other... bringing everyone together even if they're miles apart.
~Create a global wish list... pulling together ideas on how you or your family can live greener or positively influence our world. This is particularly useful if you'd like to encourage a sense of community with your children.
~Once gifts are opened, create a wrapping paper battle. Weapon of choice is, of course, balled up wrapping paper wads.
~Roll out brown paper on the table this year and have everyone draw a Christmas item or write an inspirational saying. Now you have an instant table cloth... personalized for the season.
~Paint your windows with acrylic paint (Christmas trees, snowmen, etc...)
~Once Christmas is over (sometime in the first part of Jan.), to avoid the post-holiday blues... create a snowman party. Serve snowball shaped food, build a snowman, enjoy white-hot chocolate, etc...
Create your season! Enjoy it. Happy Holidays from Zinger Zanger, Inc.
~Find Christmas short stories (either children stories or not) and read one per day/week between now and Christmas. Great for the family or just you.
~Take a gathering of food related ornaments and decorate a tree in the wild for the animals. If your small and furry, food is tough to come by at this time of the year.
~Create a WINTER SOLSTICE tradition on Dec. 22nd (the longest night of the year. Have dinner by candlelight or a bath surrounded by candles or light luminaries using brown paper bags, sand and candles.
~For the children: Create a Santa's workshop in a room in your home. Help them spruce up old, out-grown toys and give to a charity.
~Invite family from afar to enjoy a remembrance candle with your family. Pick a night close to Christmas and encourage family households to light a candle in remembrance of each other... bringing everyone together even if they're miles apart.
~Create a global wish list... pulling together ideas on how you or your family can live greener or positively influence our world. This is particularly useful if you'd like to encourage a sense of community with your children.
~Once gifts are opened, create a wrapping paper battle. Weapon of choice is, of course, balled up wrapping paper wads.
~Roll out brown paper on the table this year and have everyone draw a Christmas item or write an inspirational saying. Now you have an instant table cloth... personalized for the season.
~Paint your windows with acrylic paint (Christmas trees, snowmen, etc...)
~Once Christmas is over (sometime in the first part of Jan.), to avoid the post-holiday blues... create a snowman party. Serve snowball shaped food, build a snowman, enjoy white-hot chocolate, etc...
Create your season! Enjoy it. Happy Holidays from Zinger Zanger, Inc.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Post Certification Exam
Today was a big, beautiful day! I took the long awaited coaching certification exam. Whew! I began taking classes in Sept. of '07 and now, finally I stepped across the threshold and onto the "other" side. What's here on this other side? Hmmmmmm... a knowing that I can do anything that I put my mind to. Granted, I've not passed yet and won't know whether I have or not for at least 2 more weeks... but I know that I can accomplish ANYTHING! Where did I find this new found streak of confidence? This is how it came about: Last night I didn't sleep much (nerves, I'm sure). This morning, I slipped out of bed and got dressed, knowing that my exam was only 3 hours away. I ate, drank coffee from my favorite pink cup and began preparing. I knew what I wanted for myself: To stand in my best which included... showing up with intuition, curiosity, playfulness, clarity, honesty and being in the moment. So I began stepping into just that. I proceeded to pray, repeat affirmations, held one of my favorite rocks (and connected with the energy), Rocky-punched the air (expelling off all of my anxiety), did this great "reprogramming" exercise that a friend-coach told me about, created and printed a page of ROBIN ALBRIGHT, CPCC (my title once certified), drank lots & lots of water, and designed "success" in my head. Success, to me, was merely doing my best and doing that intentionally... being in the moment and fully aware of it.
Before I knew it, it was 11 AM and TIME. I dialed in and proceeded to "do my thing". I finished two hours later and was amazed. I stood exactly where I wanted to stand. There were no gremlins around and I had so much fun. I could feel my nerves, but I dipped into that place of KNOWING and pulled from my own NATURALLY CREATIVE, RESOURCEFUL AND WHOLE self. It was absolutely amazing! I'm still in awe. We really can create our world! It works. :-)
After, I called my coach. She celebrated with me over the phone. We did that whole Rocky triumph stance. You know the one at the end of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone standing there... arms in the air...jumping up and down. It was great. We included our celebration by sharing the idea of drinking a cup of celebration hot chocolate and sent each other pictures of our hot chocolate moment. What a successful day. I'm pleased, thankful and look forward to what's next!
Before I knew it, it was 11 AM and TIME. I dialed in and proceeded to "do my thing". I finished two hours later and was amazed. I stood exactly where I wanted to stand. There were no gremlins around and I had so much fun. I could feel my nerves, but I dipped into that place of KNOWING and pulled from my own NATURALLY CREATIVE, RESOURCEFUL AND WHOLE self. It was absolutely amazing! I'm still in awe. We really can create our world! It works. :-)
After, I called my coach. She celebrated with me over the phone. We did that whole Rocky triumph stance. You know the one at the end of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone standing there... arms in the air...jumping up and down. It was great. We included our celebration by sharing the idea of drinking a cup of celebration hot chocolate and sent each other pictures of our hot chocolate moment. What a successful day. I'm pleased, thankful and look forward to what's next!
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