A Little Inspiration for the Day

Client Corner: Tishler Coaching Services: Unlock Your Potential

In case you haven’t met Steph in class, she is our client corner highlight this month.

Stephanie Tishler’s positive energy is infectious. With a warm smile she tells me how her relationship with Personal Euphoria began over 6 years ago when she started taking mat classes in Glastonbury. She was part of the original Glastonbury group. Within that time she also began taking weekly privates with Maggie. “Without it I don’t feel the same” she says. Tishler is a big believer in carving out time for yourself through exercise. In addition to her Pilates practice, she is an avid runner. As a busy mom of two, who also runs her own business, exercise gives Stephanie space to clear her head.

Stephanie didn’t always know that she wanted to run her own business. The idea first came from something she wrote down on a napkin. She was at dinner with a friend who was looking for advice about running her business. As she listened to her friend talk, Stephanie wrote down exactly what she thought her friend […]

Client Corner: Tishler Coaching Services: Unlock Your PotentialMaggie Downie2017-12-29T20:28:36-05:00

Perspective

I was flying home and we hit mild turbulence. Mild turbulence. It may not scare most people, but it terrified me because even the slightest thing that seems unusual on a plane makes me grab the arm rests as if they can protect me from disaster. So there I was death gripping the shoulder rest, breathing steadily and a little girl, I’m guessing around six, on the other side of the aisle looked out the window and exclaimed excitedly, “Look, we’re going through a cloud!” She was thrilled. And I thought, clearly this is all about perspective. I could be excited that we are going through a cloud right now or I could be scared. That thought process has helped keep me calm on a couple of plane rides now. Perspective seems to be the lesson of the year, at least for me.

The isn’t the first time a child has motivated me to make a change. Years ago I resisted getting an Iphone because it seemed too complicated. Then I saw a two-year-old using one with ease and I figured if she could I could. I was right, although I’m not sure my life is better for it. […]

PerspectiveMaggie Downie2018-01-13T16:05:44-05:00

The Minimalist’s Purge Game Complete

The goal: To purge 465 items from your house within one month. We pushed it to the very end. On May 30^th Matt and I still had 98 items to purge. I was worried we’d struggle at the end because each weekend, I’d go room-by-room clearing out everything I wanted to get rid of only to count the items and find I’d purged barely fifty. So I’d hunt through the house to find another fifty. On our last weekend of purging, I thought it would be even harder, but it wasn’t; it was the easiest.

I think purging becomes addictive. It became easier to get rid of stuff I liked, but never used or am keeping for “just in case.” I suddenly didn’t want it anymore.

I’d highly recommend doing a materials purge if it’s up your alley at all. You start to notice just how much you accumulate over time. Matt and I moved into this house six years ago and there were items I packed, made my friends help us move and I haven’t touched them since. That’s crazy. It actually felt good to get rid of them. We had over twenty packs of playing cards. I purged eight wooded […]

The Minimalist’s Purge Game CompleteMaggie Downie2018-01-13T16:19:52-05:00

AAUW Never Fails to Impress

Ann and I went to France in November to celebrate her 75th birthday.

I have a good family friend, she’s more of an Aunt, who always invites me to attend the programs her branch of the AAUW (American Association of University Women) put on. The food is always great thanks to the Norwich Inn and Spa. They accommodate my gluten-free needs. And the presenter, lecturer or performer they have at these gatherings is always superb.

The event is always outstanding. So it’s odd that last week, I presumed the program was going to be lame. I don’t know why, because it was a one woman musical theater performance about female historical figures. I love theater. I was a history major. This should have been right up my alley, but I went to this one for the sole purpose of spending time with my Grandma and my Aunt Ann. I just thought the performance sounded like it was for kids.

I shouldn’t have questioned it because I’m in part raising honey bees because of a Connecticut based author and beekeeper they […]

AAUW Never Fails to ImpressMaggie Downie2017-10-25T14:30:13-04:00

Why I Move

My Grandma at 88 on a Stability Ball.

There are lots of reasons I move. It makes me feel better physically, mentally and emotionally, and there are a lot of physical activities I think are fun that I want the freedom to do. I’m also really antsy, and I use movement to burn off extra, jittery energy.

But if I’m going to overanalyze it and step back into the reaches of my brain for why I move and believe it’s so important to creating a better life, I have to, at least in part, attribute it to my Grandparents. My Grandpa Downie was antsy too. I never saw him sit without a foot tapping, and he was really active until he hit about 80. But it was more my Grandma. When I was born she’d been wheelchair bound and bedridden for thirty years.

Why I MoveMaggie Downie2017-10-25T15:49:51-04:00