Do you often put your ambitions aside for other people or work? Are you feeling like a tightrope walker? If so, you are not alone. Most of us have so many demands on our time and energy that our lives sometimes feel like a three-ring circus. How are you dealing with stress?
How do you proactively ensure you are taking measures to keep your tension under control? Learn how to stay healthy when your life is overwhelming to you. How well are you meeting responsibilities, while also recognizing and fulfilling your personal needs and wants?
Take this quiz to see where you stand.
Answer True or False . . .
- T or F: The only way I can successfully manage my life
is to take care of myself physically and emotionally.
- T or F: Nurturing myself enlarges my capacity to help
others.
- T or F: I eat healthfully and exercise regularly.
- T or F: I get check-ups, go to the dentist, and take
preventative precautions.
- T or F: I set aside personal, quiet time for myself,
whether I am meditating or simply letting my thoughts
drift.
- T or F: I experience the gifts of each season: ice
skating, sledding, bundled-up beach walks; gardening,
hiking, more time outside; camping, swimming,
barbeques; harvesting the bounty, gathering wood,
spending more time inside.
- T or F: Creativity nurtures me, too. I do what I love,
whether that is cooking, drawing, painting, writing,
dancing, singing or another creative pursuit.
- T or F: Reaching out to others enriches my life. I spend
quality time with family and friends.
- T or F: Contributing to the world provides connection
and purpose, so I give my time, energy and experience
where it is most useful.
- T or F: I notice and heed the emotional signals that
tell me I am out of balance: irritability, overwhelm,
resentment.
- T or F: If I feel that I am catching a cold, I realize I
may have stressed my immune system with too much
activity, so I stop and take care of myself.
- T or F: When I need or want to, I say no to requests
for my time.
- T or F: I listen to and honor the requests my body
makes for such things as a nap, a walk, green
vegetables, hot soup.
- T or F: If I have something planned for myself, I do
not just toss that aside when someone makes a
request of me.
- T or F: I am busy, but I find time to do the things I
want to do.
- T or F: I am happy. I regularly experience well-being,
contentment, even joy. I learned how to handle
stress.
If you have more false answers than true, you may want to take a look at the questions you answered false. For the questions you answered false, see if you can incorporate something from its message into your life.
Remember to consistently include ways to stay healthy and reduce stress in your life for maintaining balance. Visit to learn more about the professional coaching service and how I work. Discover how you can begin to change your life through coaching.
Do you often put your ambitions aside for other people or work? Are you feeling like a tightrope walker? If so, you are not alone. Most of us have so many demands on our time and energy that our lives sometimes feel like a three-ring circus. How are you dealing with stress?
How do you proactively ensure you are taking measures to keep your tension under control? Learn how to stay healthy when your life is overwhelming to you. How well are you meeting responsibilities, while also recognizing and fulfilling your personal needs and wants?
Take this quiz to see where you stand.
Answer True or False . . .
- T or F: The only way I can successfully manage my life is to take care of myself physically and emotionally.
- T or F: Nurturing myself enlarges my capacity to help others.
- T or F: I eat healthfully and exercise regularly.
- T or F: I get check-ups, go to the dentist, and take preventative precautions.
- T or F: I set aside personal, quiet time for myself, whether I am meditating or simply letting my thoughts drift.
- T or F: I experience the gifts of each season: ice skating, sledding, bundled-up beach walks; gardening, hiking, more time outside; camping, swimming, barbeques; harvesting the bounty, gathering wood, spending more time inside.
- T or F: Creativity nurtures me, too. I do what I love, whether that is cooking, drawing, painting, writing, dancing, singing or another creative pursuit.
- T or F: Reaching out to others enriches my life. I spend quality time with family and friends.
- T or F: Contributing to the world provides connection and purpose, so I give my time, energy and experience
where it is most useful.
- T or F: I notice and heed the emotional signals that tell me I am out of balance: irritability, overwhelm, resentment.
- T or F: If I feel that I am catching a cold, I realize I may have stressed my immune system with too much activity, so I stop and take care of myself.
- T or F: When I need or want to, I say no to requests for my time.
- T or F: I listen to and honor the requests my body makes for such things as a nap, a walk, green vegetables, hot soup.
- T or F: If I have something planned for myself, I do not just toss that aside when someone makes a request of me.
- T or F: I am busy, but I find time to do the things I want to do.
- T or F: I am happy. I regularly experience well-being, contentment, even joy. I learned how to handle stress.
If you have more false answers than true, you may want to take a look at the questions you answered false. For the questions you answered false, see if you can incorporate something from its message into your life.
Remember to consistently include ways to stay healthy and reduce stress in your life for maintaining balance. Visit to learn more about the professional coaching service and how I work. Discover how you can begin to change your life through coaching.
