Sabrina Walasek, Author at Whole Life Challenge https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/author/sabrina-walasek/ The Game That Changes Your Whole Life Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:00:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 Why We Instinctually React with No (and How to Be a Yes) https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/why-we-instinctually-react-with-no-and-how-to-be-a-yes/ https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/why-we-instinctually-react-with-no-and-how-to-be-a-yes/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/?p=11626 Imagine you’re in an audience at a play. You’re comfortable and really enjoying the show.

At some point, the actor decides he needs to demonstrate a point. He scans the crowd and points to you. Everybody turns and stares. You’ve been selected to participate in something for which you’re not prepared.

Did you sense any reactions in your body as you read this?…

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]]> Imagine you’re in an audience at a play. You’re comfortable and really enjoying the show.

At some point, the actor decides he needs to demonstrate a point. He scans the crowd and points to you. Everybody turns and stares. You’ve been selected to participate in something for which you’re not prepared.

Did you sense any reactions in your body as you read this?…

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]]> https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/why-we-instinctually-react-with-no-and-how-to-be-a-yes/feed/ 2 The Best Gift You Can Give a Loved One This Holiday Season https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/the-best-gift-you-can-give-a-loved-one-this-holiday-season/ https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/the-best-gift-you-can-give-a-loved-one-this-holiday-season/#respond Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.wholelifechallenge.com/?p=12321 I recently met a friend for lunch. We spent an hour catching up on personal details, sharing ideas, and soothing each other’s confessed failures. Our dialogue undulated back and forth naturally as we took in each other’s words, facial expressions, voice modulations, and body language.

After this short rendezvous I felt balanced, happier, and more “me.” And as I strolled past a window and glanced at its display of holiday gifts shimmering in metallic foil, I thought to myself, “That conversation was the best gift I could have received.”…

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]]> I recently met a friend for lunch. We spent an hour catching up on personal details, sharing ideas, and soothing each other’s confessed failures. Our dialogue undulated back and forth naturally as we took in each other’s words, facial expressions, voice modulations, and body language.

After this short rendezvous I felt balanced, happier, and more “me.” And as I strolled past a window and glanced at its display of holiday gifts shimmering in metallic foil, I thought to myself, “That conversation was the best gift I could have received.”…

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]]> https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/the-best-gift-you-can-give-a-loved-one-this-holiday-season/feed/ 0 How to Create More Time (Just in Time for the Holidays) https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/how-to-create-more-time-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/ https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/how-to-create-more-time-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/#respond Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:00:58 +0000 http://www.wholelifechallenge.com/?p=12049 How could another year possibly be coming to a close? I mean, it feels like I just had a birthday…in June. Remember how, as a kid, summers lasted forever? Now, with each year, time seems to speed up. A day flashes by and I think, “Here I am again, ending a day when I feel like it just got started.”

For decades, we’ve been told that gadgets and state-of-the-art appliances afford us the time to enjoy life and work less.…

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]]> How could another year possibly be coming to a close? I mean, it feels like I just had a birthday…in June. Remember how, as a kid, summers lasted forever? Now, with each year, time seems to speed up. A day flashes by and I think, “Here I am again, ending a day when I feel like it just got started.”…

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]]> https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/how-to-create-more-time-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/feed/ 0 How to Reset Your Life (and Have a Happier Year Than Last Year) https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/how-to-reset-your-life-and-have-a-happier-year-than-last-year/ https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/how-to-reset-your-life-and-have-a-happier-year-than-last-year/#respond Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:00:01 +0000 http://www.wholelifechallenge.com/?p=12475 Some people are steady-as-they-go types. I’m prone to trying new things. And the power of making my own choices somehow made it all feel less risky — until the day it didn’t.

Twice, my husband and I left our jobs and home to spend a year traversing the globe. In 2010, we moved to Colombia and ended up spending four amazing years there.…

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]]> Some people are steady-as-they-go types. I’m prone to trying new things. And the power of making my own choices somehow made it all feel less risky — until the day it didn’t.

Twice, my husband and I left our jobs and home to spend a year traversing the globe. In 2010, we moved to Colombia and ended up spending four amazing years there.…

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]]> https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/how-to-reset-your-life-and-have-a-happier-year-than-last-year/feed/ 0 How 1 Simple Word Helped Me Stop Comparing Myself to Others https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/how-1-simple-word-helped-me-stop-comparing-myself/ https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/how-1-simple-word-helped-me-stop-comparing-myself/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:00:48 +0000 http://www.wholelifechallenge.com/?p=11949 In the past, I always put off assembling a Halloween costume until the eleventh hour, at which point I cobble something together from my closet, supplemented by piddly remains from the local drugstore. I’d make this half-hearted attempt and then find myself comparing my costume to others:

  • “His must have taken weeks to make.”
  • “Hers is so clever.”
  • “That one is way better than mine.”

    • …

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    ]]>     In the past, I always put off assembling a Halloween costume until the eleventh hour, at which point I cobble something together from my closet, supplemented by piddly remains from the local drugstore. I’d make this half-hearted attempt and then find myself comparing my costume to others:

  • “His must have taken weeks to make.”
  • “Hers is so clever.”
    • …

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