Empowering Mums Blog | Cheshire North West UK

Resolutions You Can Actually Realise

Tracey Wall — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:08 +0000

Goal setting is a valuable way to plan for your future, its direction and your happiness. Planned effectively, goals give you a purpose and a target to work towards, helping you realise the life you truly want to lead. At the start of a new year, we often set resolutions on the spur of the moment with insufficient thought about what it is we want to achieve or how we will go about doing so.

Here are some great tips to help you set the realistic goals you truly want to achieve and motivate you to make them a reality.

Set clear goals with precise objectives, which will add value to your life and your happiness.

Break your goals down into manageable tasks – it is far easier to tackle one step at a time than an entire goal all at once.

Create a plan of action that will help you to achieve each task and objective, and will motivate you to attain your overall goal.

Set goals that relate to improving each aspect of your life, such as:

Family relationships
Home environment
Work options
Financial objectives
Wellbeing and mindset
Health and fitness goals
Self-care, personal development and growth

Commit to your goal and acknowledge the benefits it will bring to your life.

Create a to-do list so you can work on something that takes you towards the achievement of your goal each day.

Be positive and believe in your ability to achieve your deepest desires and ambitions.

Visualise how you will feel once you have reached your goal, use this to inspire you to keep taking action towards achievement and success.

Avoid becoming overwhelmed by your goal. Remember the goal will improve your life, therefore it should not add any sense of anxiety.

Ask others to help you to achieve your goal through motivation, encouragement and enthusiasm.

Enjoy the success when you achieve your goals. Realise how great you are and celebrate your new happiness!

Should you like to learn more about effective goal setting, we have produced the motivational How To Create Achievable Goals And Recapture Your Inner Sparkle! e-book to help bring confidence, balance and joy into your life! This e-book will encourage you to re-assess your life and to make changes that will enable you to live in accordance with your core values and life-long goals. For more information about this invaluable resource and to purchase your copy, please visit http://bit.ly/t644Gh and make 2012 the year you truly sparkle!

Start your journey today – achieve confidence, balance and joy.

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Looking for an easier, more fulfilling and happier life in 2012?

Tracey Wall — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:06 +0000

Calling ALL mums who want to enjoy an easier, more fulfilling and happier life in 2012!

Could your life be better, happier and more enjoyable? Take our quick quiz and find out!

Q: How many of the following ten statements apply to how you feel about you and your life?

1. Since becoming a mum I’ve completely lost my identity and sparkle.
2. I’m constantly exhausted and on the go, there just aren’t enough hours in the day.
3. I secretly worry what others think of me.
4. I’m a master at comparing myself unfavourably with others.
5. Following childbirth, my get-up-and-go got up and went!
6. I long to have the energy to do things that make me happy for a change, without the guilt!
7. I’m feeling a little lost and directionless right now!
8. I long to be brimming with confidence so I can embrace opportunities.
9. I constantly put everyone else’s needs before my own.
10. I didn’t think being a mum would be this challenging!

How many statements did you relate to? Even if you ticked all ten, don’t worry: you’re really not alone in feeling this way. Being a mum is hard work! Yet, no matter how worn out and weary you feel it is possible to reclaim your oomph and bring some fun and direction back into your life!

Imagine instead being a mum with:

Indestructible self-belief
Super confidence for every situation
An ideal work/life balance that works for you and your family
More time to spend nurturing and enjoying your family
Quality time just for you
A calm and organised home environment
A guilt-free life

Think how great it would be to have one of the UK’s leading coaches for mums show you exactly how you can achieve all this to create a happier, easier and more fulfilled life!

Well, now you can and for much less investment than you might think! Tracey Wall, founder and director of Empowering Mums, has created and developed CLASSIE Mums Club for mums who want to achieve an easier, more fulfilling and happier life without having to pay a fortune for it!

Meet Your Coach

Tracey’s skills as a confidence and self-esteem expert have helped many mums transform their lives. As a certified professional and personal development coach and a certified advanced confidence coach, Tracey certainly has the credentials to bring confidence, balance and joy to your life!

Tracey’s specialist solutions support and nurture mums to embrace and enjoy the challenges of motherhood with great confidence and self-belief. She will help you to practise self care as a priority; manage your time and work-life balance; nurture good partner/child relationships; manage important life changing events; successfully return to work; and start up and grow a home business. She will help you to transform and create a fulfilling life according to your own core values.

If you have dreams and aspirations for a better life and you are determined to achieve them in 2012, you’re in the right place and Tracey invites you to read on…

Ambitions, Dreams, Desires: How To Achieve Them All

Tracey Wall — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:11:01 +0000

Life as a busy mum can often feel mundane, monotonous, overwhelming and exhausting. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do something for you: something that will inspire, motivate and fulfil you? Well, you can! Life is what you make it and here are some great ways to help you achieve your deepest desires and lifelong goals.

Believe In Yourself
You must value yourself, believe you are worthy of your goal and have the confidence to make it a reality. Ensure the goal will improve the quality of your life and will bring fulfilment to your entire being. Visualise what the realisation of this goal will mean to your life and hold on to this thought – use it to motivate your success.

Remain Positive
In order to achieve your greatest goals, you must have a positive and optimistic outlook. If you doubt yourself, you will fail. Negative thoughts will work against you and continually throw obstacles and challenges in your way. Realise you can achieve your goals with drive and enthusiasm.

Be Passionate
Allow your passion for your goal – and how the achievement of it will make you feel – fuel your self-belief and determination. Allow your passion to empower you to maintain focus and provide clarity of purpose. Enthusiastically embrace every step that will take you closer to success.

Don’t Limit Your Goals
If you’re unhappy with a number of areas in your life, create a plan of action to improve your situation. Do not settle for second best in any aspect of your life. Set goals that will help you achieve and maintain your happiness.

Celebrate Your Achievements
Throughout the journey to achieving your goals, celebrate every small victory along the way. It is important to realise when you have overcome allowing negative thoughts to rule your decisions: this is a tremendous achievement and should be celebrated. Give yourself the acknowledgement you deserve when great things happen and use this as a way to move forward to attaining your entire goals.

Start your journey today – achieve confidence, balance and joy.

Your Wish Is My Command!

Tracey Wall — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:00:32 +0000

I have listened to your feedback and have created some exciting new programmes, products and services for 2012 that will delight you!

I would like to thank you for the overwhelming response to the survey distributed at the end of 2011. It really helped me to understand and clarify what it is you need and want in 2012!

I am proud to introduce new supportive and inspiring materials that will be launched throughout the year to support you on your journey towards achieving great confidence, balance and joy!

CLASSIE Mums Club
For mums who want to enjoy an easier, more fulfilling and happier life in 2012! CLASSIE Mums Club is an inspirational seven-month supportive action-packed programme for mums who want to achieve lifelong aspirations and make a positive and lasting difference to their lives. It is for mums who want to solve the challenges they face, often on a daily basis, once and for all! Think how great it would be to have one of the UK’s leading coaches for mums show you exactly how you can achieve all this to create a happier, easier and more fulfilled life! Well, now you can and for much less investment than you might think! Don’t miss out: sign up at http://bit.ly/sQ1uWM today!

The Coaching Clinic
I enjoyed receiving your comments so much that I would like to hear more about the aspects of your life that you find most challenging so I can provide the right support that will enable you to banish frustration, uncertainty and unhappiness from your life forever! Sound good? The Coaching Clinic will offer you the essential support you need.

I’d love you to take part in further seasonal surveys, each centred on particular topics such as de-cluttering, life balance and many others raised by mums in our survey, so I can respond and provide the solutions that relate directly to your needs. From the survey responses, I will collate the key challenges faced by mums just like you and provide solutions via the Empowering Mums’ blog each month, anonymously of course. The Coaching Clinic is so dedicated to providing the support you need, I will also be running call-in clinics each month, offering you the opportunity of complimentary 1:1 laser coaching sessions with me, giving you the chance to discuss a particular challenge you may be facing.

Tea With Tracey
In 2012, I will be launching ‘Tea With Tracey’. I will be hosting an informal group for mums, where you will be able to meet other like minded mums, share experiences, discuss and find solutions to overcome your challenges, and support and learn from each other, all whilst enjoying morning tea! Each month I will be hosting an interactive workshop, which focuses on a particular topic and I will be inviting guest speakers to join the group to further add to the morning’s enjoyment! Keep an eye out for an invitation for you and your friends to join me when I announce the launch of ‘Tea With Tracey’ in 2012!

#WOW!
Keep an eye out for #WOW! on Twitter! I will be providing weekly motivational tweets to offer you even more support with super tips, latest exciting news and much more. I’d love you to get involved on Twitter by sharing your thoughts and experiences with me and other like-minded mums! Follow @TraceyWall_UK!

So there you have my forthcoming 2012 new products and services: further details will follow when each is launched through 2012. I will be creating and enhancing more products and services throughout 2012. If you have a specific topic, challenge or query you would like me to explore, please email your thoughts to enquiries@empoweringmums.co.uk.

Wishing you confidence, balance and joy!
Tracey

2012: It’s Time For You To Sparkle

Tracey Wall — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:05 +0000

Do you have aspirations for a better life?
Do you wonder where the real you went when you became a mum?
Do you need to find time for you?
How would achieving your greatest goals change your life?

So many mums feel trapped by their situation and view their lives as a constant cycle of kids, work, washing, cleaning and errands. Life can seem monotonous, tedious and without focus. Isn’t it time you took control and did something for you that would give you immense fulfilment, satisfaction and pleasure?

If you have lifelong goals that will improve your happiness and wellbeing, whilst boosting your confidence and self-esteem, we can help you to become the woman you truly want to be!

We have produced the motivational How To Create Achievable Goals And Recapture Your Inner Sparkle! e-book to help bring confidence, balance and joy into your life! This e-book will encourage you to re-assess your life and to make changes that will enable you to live in accordance with your core values and life-long goals.

The effective goal setting and action planning exercises and techniques outlined in this e-book will inspire you to achieve your innermost aspirations. This e-book focuses entirely on your needs and how to go about achieving what is really important to you.

Any mum wanting more out of life should read this e-book!

For more information about this invaluable resource and to purchase your copy, please visit http://bit.ly/t644Gh and make 2012 the year you truly sparkle!

Happy New Year!

Tracey Wall — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:00:14 +0000

Empowering Mums wishes you a Happy New Year! We hope you’re looking forward to 2012 with confidence, balance and joy!

Take this opportunity to make 2012 the year you take control of your life and its direction so you can achieve lifelong aspirations. Make this the year to re-discover your inner sparkle so you can thoroughly enjoy every aspect of your life.

Wishing you confidence, balance and joy for 2012 and beyond!

Tracey and the team at Empowering Mums

Start your journey today – achieve confidence, balance and joy.

Put Your Feet Up And Relax!

Tracey Wall — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:26 +0000

Wow! How do you feel post festivities? We hope you enjoyed a truly magical Christmas Day with your loved ones but what we really want to know is whether you enjoyed some time out to relax and enjoy quality time with your family!

It is more than likely you have spent the last few weeks, or even months, rushing around preparing for this special time of year. Generally, life can be extremely hectic but Christmas time causes an increase in activity and stress! What better time than a bank holiday to relax, unwind and reflect on how much you have achieved this year?

We hope this Christmas time has been filled with laughter, joy and happiness. However, if you feel uneasy, jittery or a general lethargy about the whole event, you may have burnt yourself out and become exhausted. If this rings any alarm bells, ensure you take it easy for the rest of the holidays and take time to recharge and re-energise yourself; you certainly deserve it!

Over the next week, as the New Year approaches, it is likely you will be reflecting on the things you would most like to achieve in life. This is a great time to consider what it is you want accomplish with your life in 2012 and beyond. Why not take some time out and reflect on what really matters to you. This, along with a good rest, will invigorate you so you can look forward to the year ahead with positive anticipation: you will be taking control of your own future.

If you feel you could do with some support to improve your fulfilment with life, its balance, wellbeing and happiness, please do not hesitate to contact Empowering Mums. We offer a free initial telephone conversation during which you can ask questions to clarify how a tailored coaching programme will help you achieve lifelong satisfaction, a better relationship with your partner and children, improved time management and greater self-confidence and self-worth. You have nothing to lose but everything to gain!

Start your journey today – achieve confidence, balance and joy.

Wishing You All A Very Merry Christmas!

Tracey Wall — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:00:24 +0000

Empowering Mums would like to wish mums and families throughout the world a very happy Christmas!

We hope you and your families enjoy a special day together. We hope Father Christmas has been as generous as ever! Put your feet up and enjoy some quality time with your family: you deserve it! Enjoy this exciting and wonderful time with your family!

Wishing you a fabulous day full of joy, happiness and laughter!

Lots of love,

Tracey and the team at Empowering Mums

Start your journey today – achieve confidence, balance and joy.

Find Time For You In The Festive Chaos

Tracey Wall — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:17 +0000

The combination of cold winter weather, rushing around preparing for the Christmas festivities and fulfilling the needs of those around you can affect your health and wellbeing. Here are some great ideas that will help you to wind down so you can thoroughly enjoy the Christmas holidays.

Simply Relax
Find some quiet time, perhaps when the children are in bed, to simply wind down and relax. Dim the lights, light some candles, play some soothing music and chill out for a while. Empty your mind of your to-do list and worries, and just take some time out to recharge your batteries. If you find relaxing difficult, enjoying a nice warm bath with a good book will help you to escape your thoughts.

Keep Travel To A Minimum
With the rising cost of fuel, travelling from house to house visiting relatives is becoming less economically practicable. If you can avoid it, stay at home so you can remove some of your stress caused by this additional planning. If you and your loved ones have the technology, Skype each other so you can pass on messages of love and goodwill. Of course if you can’t avoid travelling at this time of year, involve everyone in the packing process so the total responsibility doesn’t fall on you.

Stay Active
Ensure you stay healthy by enjoying some physical activity at least three times a week. A walk with a friend, a visit to the gym or a swim with the kids are all things you can still enjoy at this time of year.

Say No
Don’t over commit this Christmas. If you are getting pulled in all directions, stop taking on more tasks. It’s likely everyone – your immediate and extended family, friends, work and the school PTA – all want your help in some way. Prioritise the things you want to do and say no to the rest.

Lower Your Expectations
Stop trying to make this ‘the best Christmas ever’! What will make it special, especially for your children, is if you and your partner are relaxed. Remember ‘perfection’ is an idealised concept that cannot be achieved. Stop trying and start enjoying!

Start your journey today – achieve confidence, balance and joy.

Congratulations: You’re Fabulous!

Tracey Wall — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:24 +0000

Congratulate yourself for everything you have accomplished in 2011! If you’re unsure why you deserve such praise, read on!

As a busy mum (and let’s face it you are!) you should be able to acknowledge and feel proud about everything you do for your family. Whether you’re expecting a baby, raising a young family or you are now a bit of a pro with a brood of teenagers, you will undoubtedly be giving your very best to your children and it is for this you should feel immensely proud. Recognise how much you do to enrich the lives of your family.

If you take some time to reflect on the last week, you would be astounded by everything you achieved without realising it!

Quality time spent having fun with your children
Nurturing your child’s development and confidence
The school run
Ferrying your kids to extracurricular activities
Shopping for healthy dinner options
Filling your family with 5-a-day, every day
Catching up with your extended family
Attending to work commitments
Managing a household budget
Keeping on top of housework
Taming the ironing pile

And the list goes on! And of course, there are the timely and untimely jobs to attend to, such as collating home insurance quotes or booking the car into the garage to repair its failing clutch! You may have had to collect your child from school in the middle of the day because of a tummy bug – and then spent the rest of the day nursing a sick child. You may have had to deal with an issue at nursery or school involving your child. You may have had to drop everything to visit an elderly relative who needed your help and support.

Life can seem like one long journey of never-ending jobs and responsibilities! Yet can you see how resilient you are? You are such an amazing woman; juggling everything you are faced with on a daily, often relentless basis. What an inspiration!

After considering everything you do for your family, do you believe you can justify some ‘me time’? Time to chill out, recharge and gain focus. Don’t you agree this would work wonders to help you reconnect with the real you?

Self-care is vital: it energises you, increases your happiness and kick-starts your lust for life. As importantly it will make you more amenable, which will have a massive impact on the relationship you have with your family!

So, celebrate how fantastic you really are and allow yourself the opportunity to enjoy some time out to recapture your inner sparkle! You deserve it!

Start your journey today – achieve confidence, balance and joy.