Author: Bela Friedman

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Valentine’s Day Quick Tips on Self-Love and Self-Care

Today is Valentine’s Day – and it’s time to practice self-love and self-care. Being good to yourself is what’s important. You may feel down because you are alone, or maybe you have a partner but still feel lonely and/or unloved. Whether you are alone or not, self-love and self-care are what is important. Here’s a short list to boost your mood:

  1. Pamper yourself: Book a massage, have your nails done, get a facial.
  2. Prepare your favorite dinner complete with candles and your best dishes.
  3. Read a book for pleasure.
  4. Take a walk in nature and be mindful.
  5. Watch a good movie.
  6. If it’s cold and rainy out, turn on your favorite music and have a dance party with yourself or a partner.
  7. Most of all, be grateful for what you have.

Remember that it all begins with loving yourself first! As a life and energy coach, the place I begin with is you – the individual – your personality — your dreams and passions – and your heart’s true desires! 

Please share these tips with someone you care about. And if you are having challenges letting go of your critical thinking, please reach out to me. I give free consultations and offer Zoom and in-person life coaching, relationship coaching and hypnotherapy sessions to meet your financial needs. I am also certified in the Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster™ developed by Peggy Huddleston. Contact me for a free 45-minute consultation at 503-939-2269 or bela@belacoaching.com. You can learn more about my services at www.belacoaching.com.

Wishing you a wonderful Valentine’s Day! 

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Giving Yourself Permission to be Empowered Today

If you need some help dealing with holiday stress, the weather – or just need encouragement, here are 10 wonderful affirmations sent to me by Nick Ortner of the Tapping Solution that may help. Notice what it feels like when you say these affirmations. You are encouraged to bring this sense of empowerment and trust to yourself today.

1. “I give myself permission to breathe and become present right here, right now.”

2. “I give my brain and body permission to slow down and relax.”

3. “I give myself permission to feel my feelings, as they are right now.”

4. “I give myself permission to do whatever I need to do in this moment to feel good.”

5. “I give myself permission to make time for joy, humor, fun, and rest.”

6. “I give myself permission to go at my own pace.”

7. “I give myself permission to let go of judgment and criticism about myself and others.”

8. “I give myself permission to feel powerful, free, brave, and whole.”

9. “I give myself permission to trust myself.”

10. “I give myself permission to be right where I am… and I also give myself permission to change and grow.”

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The Holidays Are Upon Us

It is already December and most of us are busy planning for the holidays. However, as the holidays and the end of the year approach, I’m also certain that many of you are reflecting on the things in your life you might like to change. Another year – or another chapter – of your life is coming to a close. What would you like different in this next, new chapter as you go forward? Do the holidays make you realize you need help with stress management? As you consider the new year before you, do you think you’d like to focus on your health and losing weight? Do you want to better yourself? Are you interested in personal development, or developing your career? These are just a few of the many things that I, as your life coach and hypnotherapist, can help you address in your life. Portland locals, you don’t have to take the first steps into the next chapter of your life on your own. You can seek help.

Bela Life Coaching And Hypnotherapy Is Here For You

Ready to seek help now? Don’t wait – contact Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy. I offer my services in person, online, and over the phone.

Seek The Guidance You Need Through Bela Life Coaching

My life coaching and hypnotherapy services include:

• Stress management

• Personal and career development

• Eliminating sabotaging behaviors

• Improved self-confidence

• Achieving success

• Increased motivation

• Overcoming phobias and fears

• Weight management

• Chronic pain management

• Smoking cessation

• Enjoying a more satisfying life

• Preparing for surgery

Contact Bela, Certified Life Coach, For A Free Consultation

As a certified life coach located in Beaverton, just west of Portland Oregon, I’m eager to help my clients create positive changes in their lives that are long-term and sustainable. As a personal development coach, I am committed to your growth. In addition to having my certification both as a life coach and hypnotherapist, I am also certified to deliver the Peggy Huddleston’s Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster™ workshop. To learn more about how I can help you make a positive change in your life, contact me for a free 30-minute consultation. You can also call me at 503-848-3640 or email bela@belacoaching.com.

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Quick Self-Care Tips When you are Feeling Election Anxiety

If you are feeling election anxiety, or the day after-election anxiety, you are not alone. I’ve been dealing with this for some time. Here are some self-care tips that have helped me, and I know they will help you as well:

  1. Take a social media break.
  2. Limit your news intake.
  3. Take a walk in nature.
  4. Meditate or find another mindful practice.
  5. Go to bed early.
  6. Don’t check the news on your cell phone in the middle of the night.
  7. Watch only happy TV.
  8. Take a mental health day.
  9. Exercise daily.
  10. Remember that all things pass.

Let me know if you have any questions. And if you know someone who can benefit from this note, please pass it along.

If you are having issues with stress, confidence, fear, personal or professional development, please reach out to me. I give free consultations and offer Zoom and in-person life coaching, relationship coaching and hypnotherapy sessions to meet your financial needs. I’m also certified in the Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster™ developed by Peggy Huddleston.

Sending much love and peace,

Bela 

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Dissolving Fear

Many people I’ve talked to lately are filled with fear.  Fear about our divided country struggling with politics, an economic crisis, violence, social and racial injustices, the war in Ukraine and COVID.  It is a lot to deal with. But one thing is certain: We have to learn to live together in love, peace and harmony.

I truly believe that we are on the verge of a new era of enlightenment – and its arrival will be in the not-too-distant future. For now, we all have to remember that we have the opportunity to choose love over fear. Love for ourselves and others.  

But how do we combat our fears? One way is to remember that the sun is always shining–even though the clouds may obscure it for a while. Here’s a short writing from Louise Hay about fear that can help:

“As the fears come, I choose to see them as passing clouds in the sky, and I let them go on their way. I am not my fears…I know that what we do in our hearts is very important, so I begin every day in a silent connection with my heart. When I feel afraid, I let the love dissolve the fear.”

If you are having issues with fear, confidence or stress please reach out to me. I give free consultations and offering in-person, Zoom and phone coaching and hypnotherapy sessions on a sliding scale to meet your financial needs. 

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21-Days of Gratitude Challenge

Dear Be Inspired Community,

I wanted to reach out to you before Thanksgiving to offer a 21- Days of Gratitude Challenge, sponsored by the American Heart Association. The purpose of this challenge is to help you become the very best version of yourself. If you are looking for a way to enhance your happiness and health, then give the 21-Days of Gratitude Challenge a try. Research shows that when you practice daily gratitude, you will enhance your happiness, strengthen your immune system, and improve your satisfaction for every moment. 

Are you up for the challenge? You can start today! It’s simple and easy. Here are the guidelines. 

Let me know if you have any questions.

With gratitude I’m sending you blessings for an abundant increase in health, love and prosperity.

Sending love and peace,

Bela

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Getting Unstuck

Fall is here – and it’s a time for moving forward.  But how can you move forward if you are feeling stuck? You may be stuck in a bad relationship, stuck in an unfulfilling job, stuck in bad health or pain – or stuck in a negative frame of mind.

What really keeps us from getting unstuck are the limited beliefs we may have and held on to for years. Do you ever hear yourself say any of the following: This is how I was raised, and that’s how I am … I’ll never be happy … I’ll never have enough money … There are no jobs out there for me… I’m too old to change… This kind of critical thinking is all just a mindset. Change is possible and it can be yours if you are open to it.

Like most people, I’ve been stuck many times in my life.  In a difficult marriage, in an unfulfilling public relations business, and stuck in bed with three hairline fractures of my pelvis after a bad fall.

But one experience that really stands out is when I turned 66 and was dreading my next birthday because I was sure the end was near for me. Fortunately, I went to my naturopath for a routine visit and told her I felt that I would die when I turn 67. After all, my mother died of cancer at 67 and my father died of a heart attack at age 61. And I felt that I would be next to go.  My naturopath sat back slowly in her chair and looked at me sternly and said: “You need to rewrite your script!”

Somehow her words resonated with me at that moment. So, when I returned home I actually rewrote my script, my life story. I wrote that I would live to be 100 years old. And If I was going to live for 33 more years, I wanted to spend my time working at something more meaningful that had purpose, and was heart felt where I could help others.   So, I decided to leave public relations and become a certified life coach and certified clinical hypnotherapist.  That change of attitude transformed my life, and that’s how I became unstuck.

Changing your body language.

Being stuck can paralyze you emotionally and physically. The quickest way to move forward is to change your stuck state by changing your body language.  If you are stuck and in a state of negativity – how does your body look?  How does it feel?

  1. Are your shoulders and arms slumped?  
  2. Is your breathing shallow?
  3. Are you speaking in a low voice? 
  4. When you are in a happy and powerful state, arms and shoulders are back, you speak louder and are self-assured.

A quick exercise:  Stand in your power.

To get unstuck quickly you need to change your body language and stand in your power.  Stand up like the wonder that you are!   Hands on your waist, legs apart, shoulders back, chest out, looking forward. Breathe slowly and deeply.  Take a slow, deep breath in, and let it out slowly.  Take another slow, deep breath in and let it out slowly.  Now, in your most confident voice say loudly:  I AM POWERFUL!      I AM POWERFUL!      I AM POWERFUL!

Remember that when you are in a stuck state of being sad, frustrated and/or depressed, you can’t be resourceful.  Take a power stance.  Also breathe, meditate, pray, take a walk, write down your gratitude, rewrite your script. You will begin to experience some powerful changes.

If you are interested in learning how life coaching and hypnotherapy can help you get unstuck and make long term, positive changes in your life, contact me at bela@belacoaching.com; You can leave a message at 503-848-3640.  Also, visit my website at www.belacoaching.com.

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Make A Change With Bela Life Coaching And Hypnotherapy

Are you in a period of transition in your personal life or at work? Are you uncertain how to move forward? Do you find yourself longing for guidance? If your answer to these questions is yes, contact Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy. I’m Bela, and I’m committed to helping my clients achieve positive growth through my life coaching and hypnotherapy services. Allow Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy to help you today.

Get Prepared For Surgery With Help From The Surgery Coach

One of the many services I offer through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy is help as a surgery coach. Surgery can be a daunting and frightening concept for many, and going into surgery unprepared can only make you feel worse. If you would like professional guidance as you prepare for your surgery, don’t hesitate to contact me for my surgery coaching services.

How Does Surgery Coaching Help?

It’s all about preparation. As your surgery coach, I use my skills as a certified life coach, certified clinical hypnotherapist as well as research-proven mind-body techniques to help you become more relaxed and empowered. The main goals of my surgery coaching services are to help my clients:

  • Feel less stress before surgery
  • Use less pain medication following surgery
  • Heal faster after surgery

What Kinds Of Procedures Can The Surgery Coach Help Me Prepare For?

I am prepared to help my clients prepare for different types of surgeries and procedures, including:

  • Minor Surgeries
  • Major Surgeries
  • Medical Procedures
  • Chemotherapy
  • Dental Procedures

Seek The Guidance You Need Through Bela Life Coaching. Bela’s Other  Services Include:

  • Stress management
  • Personal and career development
  • Eliminating sabotaging behaviors
  • Improved self-confidence
  • Achieving success
  • Increased motivation
  • Overcoming phobias and fears
  • Improving relationships
  • Weight management
  • Chronic pain management
  • Smoking cessation
  • Enjoying a more satisfying life

Contact Bela Life Coaching And Hypnotherapy Today

As a certified life coach and hypnotherapist, I’m eager to help my clients create positive changes in their lives that are long-term and sustainable. I am committed to your growth. In addition to having my certification both as certified life coach and certified clinical hypnotherapist, I am also certified to deliver the Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster™ workshop created by Peggy Huddleston. To learn more about how I can help you make a positive change in your life, contact me for a free 30-minute consultation. You can also call me at 503-848-3640 or email bela@belacoaching.com.

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GIVING YOURSELF PERMISSION TO HAVE MORE FUN

Do you make time to be playful and have fun?

Being playful is easy when we are children, but as we become adults, and go through difficult challenges in our lives, a serious side takes over. Some of us have had difficult, challenging childhoods, while others had wonderful and delightful childhoods. But today, it really doesn’t matter.  Playfulness brings joy, and what better feeling can we bring today than joy within ourselves!

I can’t say that my childhood was an easy one. My parents didn’t get along and unfortunately, things were not light-hearted in my young world. But fortunately, I married someone who is very playful… and that was one of the things that drew me to him. He is a great “fun” role model, and being playful is one of the wonderful things he has taught me.

Here is a portion of a short article, “Playfulness Brings Joy,” written by Madyson Taylor, founder of the Daily OM website:

“When we approach our lives with a spirit of fun and liveliness, our interactions provide us with a satisfying sense of pleasure. Even though it may seem that joking around or playing is not a mature way to be, when we do this, we are aligning ourselves much more closely with our true spirit. This type of energy allows us to be much more aware of each moment and content with how we spend our time with others. Letting yourself play, joke, and laugh unabashedly will fill today with happiness and wonder.”

Bela Life Coaching Can Help You Learn to Have More Fun

Research shows that being playful is a key way to get more out of life. Even though we are busy with everyday responsibilities and schedules, it’s important to make time for play and leisure.

Here are 10 examples I’ve shared with clients for having fun and being playful:

  1. Sing and dance just for the fun of it.
  2. Spend time with the children in your life, observing them as they play, listening to their conversation, and following their train of thought.
  3. Cultivate a happy, joyful, positive attitude, full of gratitude for even the smallest, everyday things.
  4. Plan to make play part of your day, whether it is indoor or outdoor, solo or social, active or quiet.
  5. Try face & finger painting.
  6. Try lip-synching. Turn off the sound on your TV and make up the dialogues yourself.
  7. Watch funny movies.
  8. Watch the moon and stars come out. Say “aaaaaaa” and “oooooo” a lot.
  9. Wear two different colored shoes or socks (dare to be different).
  10. Adopt a pet.

Now it’s your turn. Take out a journal or piece of paper and write about the things you like to do to be playful and have fun… or, write about the things you would like to do to be playful and have fun. Don’t overthink it.

What is Life Coaching?

The life coaching process is about identifying where you are now, where you would like to be, and then closing that gap.

My name is Bela, and as your life coach my goal is to help you achieve all that’s mentioned above. Through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy, I’ve helped many clients achieve their personal and professional goals. I am a certified life coach as well as a certified clinical hypnotherapist. Need help with stress management, self-confidence or career development? I can help with that and more. Through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy, I can help you achieve long-term, sustainable, positive change(s).

Contact Bela Certified Life Coach

As a certified life coach located in Beaverton, just west of Portland, Oregon, I’m eager to help my clients create positive changes in their lives that are long-term and sustainable. As a personal development coach, I am committed to your growth. In addition to having my certifications both as a life coach and as a clinical hypnotherapist, I am also certified to deliver Peggy Huddleston’s Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster™ workshop. To learn more about how I can help you make a positive change in your life, contact me for a free 30-minute consultation. You can also call me at 503-848-3640 or email bela@belacoaching.com.

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Increase Your Motivation With Bela Life Coaching & Hypnotherapy

What is Life Coaching?

The life coaching process is about identifying where you are now, where you would like to be, and then closing that gap.

My name is Bela, and as your life coach my goal is to help you achieve all that’s mentioned above. Through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy, I’ve helped many clients achieve their personal and professional goals. I am a certified life coach as well as a certified clinical hypnotherapist. Need help with stress management, self-confidence or career development? I can help with that and more. Through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy, I can help you achieve long-term, sustainable, positive change(s).

Do You Struggle With A Lack Of Motivation?

Perhaps you are anticipating a change in your life. You may recognize something you need to change or something you need to work towards, yet find yourself lacking the motivation to actively seek that change. Finding that spark of motivation seems like it could solve all your problems, but you simply don’t know how to manage that.

Bela Life Coaching Helps Increase Your Motivation

As your life coach, it is my job to help each client identify the challenges they face and turn those challenges into victories. When you sign up for life coaching services through Bela Life Coaching, you’re taking the first step to maximize your personal and professional potential.

Life Coaching Services In Beaverton, OR

If you live or work in the Beaverton area and are looking for life coaching services near you, look no further than Bela Life Coaching. Bela Life Coaching in Beaverton is here for you.

Seek the Guidance You Need Through Bela Life Coaching.

My life coaching services include:

• Stress management

• Personal and career development

• Eliminating sabotaging behaviors

• Improved self-confidence

• Achieving success

• Increased motivation

• Overcoming phobias and fears

• Weight management

• Chronic pain management

• Smoking cessation

• Enjoying a more satisfying life

Contact Bela Certified Life Coach

As a certified life coach located in Beaverton, just west of Portland Oregon, I’m eager to help my clients create positive changes in their lives that are long-term and sustainable. As a personal development coach, I am committed to your growth. In addition to having my certification(s) both as a life coach and as a clinical hypnotherapist, I am also certified to deliver Peggy Huddelston’s Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster™ workshop. To learn more about how I can help you make a positive change in your life, contact me for a free 30-minute consultation. You can also call me at 503-848-3640 or email bela@belacoaching.com.