A Visualization Exercise on Managing Expectations for Adults with ADDWritten by ADD Coach Jennifer Koretsky
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The temple is your goal. When you reach your goal, you will reach your temple. Connect with your goal. What will it feel like when you reach that goal? Think of emotions you will experience. Think about what it will feel like to be in that temple. Step 4: Visualize Your Steps Now imagine that your temple is being raised into sky. As your temple rises, stairs appear. The stairs to your temple are steps to your goal. Ask yourself, what are steps that I need to climb in order to reach my goal? What has to happen in order for me to reach that goal? Are there any steps on way to your goal that you have already achieved? If so, visualize yourself climbing stairs to your temple. Step 5: Check-in With Yourself Do this exercise on a regular basis. Each time you take a step towards your goal, visualize yourself climbing a stair to your temple. Understand that some steps will be easy to climb, and some will be a little harder and will take more time. Even though it may seem like you've been working a long time and not getting anywhere on your goal, don't lose sight of fact that if you are climbing stairs, then you are making progress. When you get impatient and frustrated about your progress, remember that life in itself is a journey. Growth and personal progress don't happen in temple, they happen on way to temple.
Jennifer Koretsky is a Professional ADD Management Coach who helps adults manage their ADD and move forward in life. She encourages clients to increase self-awareness, focus on strengths and talents, and create realistic action plans. To subscribe to Jennifer’s free email newsletter, The ADD Management Guide, please visit http://www.addmanagement.com/e-newsletter.htm
| | Pregnancy--Your Baby's Growth and Development Within the Womb Written by Larry Denton
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Starting third trimester, around twenty eight weeks, fetus is sixteen inches long and weighs from four to five pounds. It is adding body fat during this time. The fetus is becoming quite active and rudimentary breathing movements are present. At thirty two weeks fetus has grown to be about eighteen inches long and weighs about five pounds. The fetus has periods of sleep and wakefulness and actually responds to sounds. By end of third trimester (thirty six to thirty eight weeks), fetus has grown to six pounds and is about nineteen inches long. The lanugo, fine, downy hair which covered body earlier, is mostly gone. The fetus is also gaining immunities from mother during this phase. At this stage, expectant mother's uterus expands to a level just below her breast bone. Crowded by enlarging uterus, in addition to high levels of progesterone hormone, mother may have violent episodes of heart burn and indigestion. She may also experience shortness of breath since uterus is pressing against her diaphragm and rib cage. Varicose veins in legs, hemorrhoids, and swollen ankles sometimes appear due to increased pressure with abdomen. By ninth month, expectant mother often looks forward to end of pregnancy. She may become more concerned about labor, birth and health of her baby. Through childbirth classes, expectant parents can learn more about labor, birth, and how to cope with stress of latter part of pregnancy. About two weeks before birth, profile of expectant mother is likely to change as fetus descends into pelvic cavity. The mother may now feel less pressure on her diaphragm, consequently making it easier to breathe and to eat. However, because head of fetus can press against her bladder, she many need to urinate more frequently. As pregnancy reaches its conclusion, baby's head presses against mother's pelvis and her cervix becomes stronger and thinner. This thinning is a sign of readiness for labor and birth. Awkwardness and fatigue may add to expectant mother's desire for pregnancy to be over. At same time, she may feel a spurt of energy and feel a "nesting urge" which results from preparations for arrival of a new baby.
Larry Denton is a retired history teacher having taught 33 years at Hobson High School in Hobson, Montana. He is currently Vice President of Elfin Enterprises an Internet business dedicated to providing information and resources on a variety of topics. For a delivery room full of additional information and quality resources concerning pregnancy visit http://www.PregnancySense.com
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