{"id":214,"date":"2016-01-31T22:02:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T22:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2016-01-31T23:11:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T23:11:23","slug":"put-a-spring-in-your-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/put-a-spring-in-your-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Put a Spring in your step!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_215\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mareus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SPring-in-Dublin.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-215 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mareus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SPring-in-Dublin-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Spring in Dublin\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mareus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SPring-in-Dublin-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mareus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SPring-in-Dublin.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The River Liffey on a Dublin Spring morning<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Ireland the first day of February signifies the first day of Spring and is traditionally known as St. Brigid&#8217;s Day. Brigid the Celtic Deity\u00a0was a goddess of\u00a0healing, poetry and smithcraft.<\/p>\n<p>Year after year I&#8217;ve noticed my clients seem to find it easier to set clear-cut, well defined goals in Spring than in the immediate aftermath of the New Year. With a bit of distance from the end of year festivities, the mind and body are less busy and have rested some. The fresh, newness of a Spring morning focuses the mind and the scene is set for a little\u00a0&#8220;Spring-cleaning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For me Spring is a second chance to start the new year and a great time\u00a0to check in with my goals. A time to clear out the habits or activities that are no longer working for me using a &#8220;Brigid&#8217;s checklist&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Healing (Well-being):\n<ul>\n<li>Am I holding on to thoughts, beliefs or feelings from past experiences that are no longer helpful, or are getting in the way of me living my &#8220;Best Life&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>What truthful, empowering thoughts, beliefs or feelings can I replace those unhelpful thoughts with?<\/li>\n<li>Am I telling myself &#8220;lies&#8221; about they way life, people, circumstances, &#8220;<em>should be<\/em>&#8221; instead of accepting &#8220;<em>what is<\/em>&#8220;?<\/li>\n<li>How will I be honest, put\u00a0good boundaries, supports and healthy habits in place to build my resilience?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Poetry (Life):\n<ul>\n<li>How well am I staying\u00a0&#8220;<em>in the now<\/em>&#8220;? Am I being mindful and appreciating the poetry, beauty, and myriad of experiences\u00a0life brings?<\/li>\n<li>What can I do to be more present for myself, family and friends?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Smithcraft (Career):\n<ul>\n<li>Am I being true to\u00a0my values at work?\u00a0Am I making a difference?<\/li>\n<li>How will I stretch out of my comfort zone in the year ahead, learn new skills\u00a0and make the world a better place?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Time for a walk in the park with my notebook to put a spring in my step! It&#8217;s never too late to start again.<\/p>\n<p>All the best from Park West,<\/p>\n<p>Grace \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mareus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/12541054_1322329457792579_2125111952386929776_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-217\" src=\"http:\/\/mareus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/12541054_1322329457792579_2125111952386929776_n-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"HNY part 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mareus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/12541054_1322329457792579_2125111952386929776_n-300x248.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mareus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/12541054_1322329457792579_2125111952386929776_n.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ireland the first day of February signifies the first day of Spring and is traditionally known as St. Brigid&#8217;s Day. Brigid the Celtic Deity\u00a0was a goddess of\u00a0healing, poetry and smithcraft. Year after year I&#8217;ve noticed my clients seem to find it easier to set clear-cut, well defined goals in Spring than in the immediate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,36,4,3,34,35,1],"tags":[40,43,41,39,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}