What does it mean to be the artist of your life?  It simply means it’s your life, and you are responsible for it. Who you are, how you communicate, choices you make each day are all part of the canvas of your life. What you draw on your canvas, what colors you use, and how you use the empty spaces in your life to fill your life’s canvas are your responsibility.


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Most of us have time to relax during our day, no matter how limited the time is.  What you do in your downtime is just as important as what you do for work, how you interact in your relationships, and how you spend your money.  Spare time is great to explore what you know you like to do or learn something new.


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Listening is a beautiful gift we CHOOSE to embrace — a way to get to know ourselves. It is the ability to inquire how you are feeling, doing, reacting in your life, and figuring out what would make you happy.  Listening reduces stress, helps you heal yourself, and provides opportunities to create what you want in life.  


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What is work?   Our first reaction is that it is something we must do in order to receive money.   Work can be paid work or unpaid…it’s about the need to give our time over to an external driver – employer, child, spouse, volunteer, older parent.  How much energy are we willing to give to others, in exchange for money, because it is expected of us, or to take care of a loved one?


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Finding the time isn’t just the actual time.   It’s finding the belief that we are worth the time.   Maybe we have a hidden feeling that says, “I can’t get what I want,” which has nothing to do with time.  Instead of believing we are worth the time, we complain that there is not enough time.


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How many reactions do you have in a day about other people’s behaviors, words or actions?   How do you react if someone walks ahead of you through a door and lets the door slam into you or a family member who gossips about you?  I know I spend too much time telling myself stories about what other people do. What about you?  Do you spend a lot of time judging and talking about other’s behaviors?


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Oh, all the drama that gets played out each day in our lives. The stories we spin about what is happening to us or others permeates and consumes a lot of energy. Usually, the stories we tell are not gleeful but rather full of “woo.” We repeat the same storylines day in and day out and don’t know how to change the headlines. Where does all this drama come from and why do we want it? Does it make us feel more alive?


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