Coaching Corner: There's No Place Like Home
By Master Coach Marilou Butcher Roth
We just returned from a two-week trip, which, honestly, I was quite nervous about as I had never been away for that period of time. Reflecting back, there are two pieces that have become clear.
First is the importance of unplugging from your typical schedule. Allowing your brain to rest enables you to feel refreshed and ready to jump back in, and it doesn’t even have to be by virtue of a vacation. You can take just a few minutes to allow yourself to detach. Try this in between your daily tasks, finding a few minutes, even beginning with one minute, to just be. Sure, thoughts will come, and that is fine. Notice them and let them move on. Remember, this is a practice that will be challenging for some of us, myself included.
My second realization is about appreciating what is right before us. We traveled to Hawaii to visit with friends who recently moved there, and quite frankly, beauty was everywhere we looked. Coming home, I found delight in my own surroundings, taking in the beauty of our own flowers. We can sometimes take what we have for granted; it’s easy to do. Let yourself become aware of what you have, get out of your “to-do” mentality, and allow the beauty of what is around you to become more apparent, appreciating it fully.
Enjoy!
Marilou Butcher Roth
Marilou Butcher Roth is the owner of The MBR Group, a coaching and training company working primarily with REALTORS who have a desire to work and live from a more inspired place. She is also the Broker/Owner of Group REALTORS in Cincinnati.
Marilou is a member of the Ohio REALTORS Board of Directors and past chairman of the organization’s Communications Committee.
