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Success Coach Sharon Snow works with
women entrepreneurs, professionals, and women who "no-kidding" want
to take charge of their lives.Contact
Sharon for a free
introductory coaching session.Visit Do Something Worthy.com for the next coaching
group.
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Sharon Snow, CPCC,
M.A. is certified by the Coaches Training Institute. She is a
member of the International Coaches Federation and the Coaching Center of Vermont.
Sharon has a master's in Women's Studies and a degree
in Social Work.
Look for the launch of
my new website later this
month!
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 Time To
Bloom
In my native Texas the sun is
shining, the grass is green, the trees are putting out, people
are wearing shorts, and the Blue Bonnets and Indian Paintbrush
will soon be in full bloom.
I spent my first March in Vermont
six years ago lamenting the absence of these familiar signs of
spring. I thought spring would never come and indeed using my
yardstick it didn't get here until May, a full two months
after my timetable said it was supposed to
arrive.
Now,
having adjusted to the much more subtle signs of a Vermont
Spring, I see promise everywhere. The daylight is lasting
longer, even without the early onset of daylight savings time,
and we are occasionally getting daytime highs in the 40s. A
little of the snow has melted and the two-foot-long icicles
are gone from the eves of my house. Sugar season is in full
swing and the first robin is surely only weeks
away.
For us
Vermonters this is a hopeful time when spring seems just
around the corner. We begin to dream of daffodils, lilacs, and
crab-apple blossoms. We look forward to jackets and sweaters
instead of down coats and start thinking about our toes
peeking out of sandals instead of wrapped in wool inside our
winter boots. In May when we are still longing for sweaters
and naked toes we can become a little grumpy but for now we
are filled with the delicious possibility of
abandon.
Spring
is a metaphor for renewal and new beginnings, a time to spring
into action. So what's been sitting dormant inside
you all winter that wants to see the light of day? Maybe
it's a desire to climb a mountain, change careers, plan a
retreat, take a cross-country road trip, go back to
school. Whatever it is you've put it off long
enough. It's time to put your goal in writing and take
one action that will get you started. Don't be
overwhelmed by how big it is, just take one step.
Superman may be faster than a speeding bullet but the rest of
us humans have to make our journey one step at a
time.
Sue Monk
Kidd said, "Inside each of us is a place where our dreams go
and wait their turn." What inside you is wanting and
waiting it's
turn?
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 Inspired Action
In November I began a
partnership with coach Lisa Buell called Do Something
Worthy. Do Something Worthy is about creating a bigger
impact on the world. It includes a coaching program to
help participants develop and launch an initiative that
contributes to the health of the world and it's people.
Current participants are in the middle of developing
projects that inlcude education and advocacy for the humane
treatment of animals and a program to work with the
elderly. Lisa and I have set a goal of fostering 100
initiatives this year and we are well on our way.
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On the
Radio
Lisa Buell and I will be
interviewed by Coach Dawn Quesnel on her weekly radio show,
Career, Life Balance on WNRI. We'll be talking about
Do Something Worthy so be sure to tune in to get
the whole story.
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