LIFE COACH NOTES

Judith Tutin, PhD,ACC

April, 2016

Dear Friend,

Here are some of my recent posts and favs from others. There's news about my move. Please forward anything useful to a friend, colleague or client.

Happy spring!

 Judy 
In This Issue
Move to Broad Street
I'm totally pumped about my spacious loft in a renovated building downtown. According to the Rome News-Tribune:
  • Licensed psychologist Judith Tutin has moved her life coaching and psychotherapy practice to 519 Broad Street, Suite 202. Tutin said she was extremely excited to be working in the heart of downtown Rome. Continue reading... 
Health & Wellness
Surely you have not missed the yoga boom. Some thoughts on my joint passions:
  • 5 Awesome Benefits Yoga And Running Bring To Life. As I ran one day it came to me...there are striking similarities between the experiences of running and yoga. Neither is solely about benefits like relaxation, stress reduction or weight management, because the gains are so much bigger. Continue reading...
And from the NYT:
  • 12 Minutes of Yoga for Bone Health. Jane Brody reports on a long-term, international, internet study of a 12-minute yoga practice and its effects on bone density and bone quality. Read it here...
While you're working on your wellness, consider your inner space:
  • 4 Steps To Becoming Your Authentic Self. One of my top recommendations for clients and friends who are dating is to be yourself. Although you may not list authenticity as a top quality for a partner or friend, recent research suggests it is one of the qualities that we seek in others...Continue reading...
And how you're coping with your midlife (or any) crisis:
  • 8 Ways You Can Survive and Thrive in Midlife. Barbara Bradley Hagerty addresses meaning, choices, risk, learning and more in her NPR piece. Read it here...
Your physical appearance:
  • When Can Women Stop Trying to Look Perfect? Jennifer Weiner examines the controversy around Oprah's Weight Watchers involvement, the response to Princess Leia's forced-svelte return, and our other superficial obsessions. Read it here...
And finally, consider putting your stress to work for you: 
  • Stress Turns Out To Be Good For You! 3 Strategies You Need To Follow. It's common knowledge that, repeated over time, stress leads to problems with health, performance and wellbeing...If you're like most people, your mindset is geared toward getting rid of the stress or avoiding the problem. Continue reading...
Relationships, Divorce & Dating 
Still interested in helping people make dating work for them, I have some advice for men:
  • Relationship Advice For Men: 62 Tips From 62 Experts. So I'm not sure how distinguished it is to be in the company of 61 others, but you can see my suggestions just scrolling down to number 5. I start with importance of listening. Read it here...
Some suggestions for anyone in the relationship game. Yeah, that's everyone:
  • 4 Qualities To Say 'Yes' To In A Partner. As Daniel Gilbert described in his aptly named book, Stumbling on Happiness, we don't always know what will make us happy. The same can be said about finding partners likely to make us happy. My clients and friends tend to have a laundry list of things they seek in their next mate..You may want to reconsider that list. Continue reading here...
And, as always, there's help for the divorced or divorcing:
  • Inhale, Exhale - Let Go Of Negative Energy Post Breakup. You've probably had one of those knots in your back like the one I have right now....Samskaras are negative patterns of behavior...that do not serve us well, yet we are compelled to repeat them over and over. Continue reading here...
  • 8 Ways You Can Be TOO Nice To Your Ex. As a chocolate lover, I'd like to think you can never have too much chocolate. Similarly, I want to say you can never be too good.  But I do think you can overplay a strength, particularly with an ex, and get yourself in trouble...Continue reading here...
Along with several hundred thousand others, I really enjoyed Matthew Fray's piece:
  • My Wife Divorced Me Because I Left My Dishes By the Sink. Fray tackles the Mars-Venus issues in a unique way and gets to the heart of it: understand that what someone else wants, matters. Read it here...
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