Create Life Balance in an Imbalanced World - 5 Reasons to Take a Personal Retreat
1. Create greater life balance
Balance is that elusive quality that haunts your life as you race from here to there. In order to create balance in life, you must put YOU back in the picture. A personal retreat is a means of doing just that.
It is natural to feel overwhelmed by the demands of life when there is barely a spare moment to think about such questions as; what is going on with me? what am I feeling? what do I need? A personal retreat gives you the time and space to answer those questions and helps you take approach life with greater balance.
2. Realign yourself with what matters most to you
Most people lose track of themselves. Taking the time to reflect on your life helps you to realign with that which matters most to YOU. Taking time free from life demands is like opening a window and letting in a cool breeze.
Without regular time for personal retreat and reflection, you can feel stagnant. It may feel as if you are sleepwalking through life or running on autopilot. When you realign with that which matters most to you, life begins to feel brighter and more vibrantly alive.
3. Reconnect with yourself without disconnecting from others
Paradoxically, when you reconnect with yourself, you find the means of staying more authentically and joyfully connected to others. It is easier to bring your full self to the relationships around you.
Slowing down to be with YOU, supports you in rediscovering how to be a really good friend to yourself. This, in turn, helps you become an even better friend to those around you. Taking the time to listen to YOU empowers you to be a better listener to others.
4. Gain relief from the stresses of daily living
It is no secret that daily living is fraught with stress for most people. In taking a personal retreat, you give yourself time to breathe easy. This respite from the world opens you to your inner peace. On retreat, you create an ambiance of peace that infuses itself into your life.
Many people say that it takes several days of being on vacation before they can actually relax. A personal retreat helps you ease into a relaxed state much more quickly than a regular vacation. You gain relief and distance from the stressors of daily life in just a short while.
5. Rediscover the love, peace and joy waiting to be found in your life
In the rushing from here to there, most people lose touch with the beauty, peace and joy that abounds in daily life. A personal retreat is a bit like cleaning the windows of your house. In cleaning the windows of your mind and heart, you find that the world looks a little brighter and a bit more beautiful to you.
When you take time to reflect on your life in a focused manner, you find the secret places inside you where love, peace, and joy are hiding.
Reflecting on what matters to opens the door to a more meaningful and satisfying life. In this way, a personal retreat powerful means of creating a balanced life and your own personal heaven earth.
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Melanie McGhee, L.C.S.W. is the author of "An Ilumined Life - A Personal Yearly Retreat & Reflection Guide," an international speaker, psychotherapist and personal coach. Melanie also designs and facilitates retreats for large and small groups. She can be reached at http://www.illuminedlife.com or http://www.retreatandreflect.com and you can find her book at http://www.amazon.com
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