Lose Weight This Year 

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. 

Portland locals who are looking to get unstuck and make positive changes in their lives will find the help they need through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy. Hi, I’m Bela, and I’ve helped many Portland locals like you make a positive change in their lives. Whether you want to further your personal or professional goals, I can help you get unstuck and start a new chapter in your life. Seek help through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy today and achieve positive, long-term change. 

Is Your New Year’s Resolution To Lose Weight? 

As the new year starts, many of us are thinking ahead to how we can make this new year different and better. That’s why we have the tradition of making new year’s resolutions, after all. Did you know that about 48% of Americans make it one of their new year’s resolutions to lose weight? 

You Don’t Have To Accomplish Your Weight Loss Goal On Your Own 

If you’re eager to lose weight in the new year but are worried that you won’t be able to stick to your goal, know that this isn’t something you have to accomplish all on your own. In fact, it’s better to lean on support where support is available. Through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy, I help my clients take a healthy approach to weight loss and keep them on track for their weight loss goals. I can help you with your weight loss goals, too. Let’s create the next meaningful chapter of your life together. 

Contact Bela Life Coaching And Hypnotherapy 

Portland locals, contact Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy today to ask about help with weight loss and more. I’m eager to make my services accessible to the people of Portland, so I offer sessions in person as well as online or 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 

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 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

Holiday Weight Management

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. 

Portland locals, do you feel stuck or unsatisfied? Do you want to achieve long-term, positive change but feel as though that’s impossible to accomplish on your own? You can seek the help you need through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy. My name is Bela, and I’m eager to help you accomplish your personal and professional goals. Get ready to start a new and meaningful chapter in your life with the help of Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy

Portland Locals Seek Help For Weight Management 

Many Americans struggle with the process of managing their weight. Whether it’s for your health or simply to feel better about your body, committing yourself to weight management is an excellent way to start a new chapter in your life. However, it isn’t an easy process – especially if you’re working to accomplish this goal on your own. 

As the holidays approach – a time of big meals and feasting with family – it can be even more difficult to stick to your weight management plans. How can you overcome the difficulties of managing weight? Where can you seek support to achieve your goals?  

Bela Life Coaching Offers Portland Locals Help With Weight Management 

Portland locals, I’m eager to be there to support and guide you through your weight management journey. Together, we can find a healthy way for you to manage your weight.  

Contact Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy Today 

Not sure you’re able to commit to in-person services with Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy? No worries. As your life coach and hypnotherapist, I’m eager to make it as easy as possible for Portland locals to seek out my services. In addition to in-person services, I also offer my services 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 

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 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

Can Life Coaching Help My Career?

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. 

I’m Bela, and through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy I’m ready to help you through your personal or professional life transition. During my career as a certified life coach and a certified clinical hypnotherapist, I’ve helped many individuals seeking help with stress management, self-confidence, career development, and much more. With Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy, you’ll be able to make long-term, sustainable, positive changes. 

Do You Need Help Developing And Advancing Your Career? 

Sometimes in life you may be able to see where you want to go, but be unable to figure out how to get there. This can be especially true when considering your career. Perhaps you know where you’d ultimately like to end up, but how can you ensure that you’re on the right path? Maybe you even know what steps to take next, but you find yourself stuck. 

Bela Life Coaching Helps With Career Development 

As a professional life coach, I have experience with helping my clients get unstuck by assisting them with a plan for the future. I can’t give you answers, but I can help you discover the answers that work for you so that you can reach your maximum professional potential.  

Get Ready To Start The Next Purposeful Chapter of Your Life 

As we work together, you’ll learn to identify your challenges and to turn those challenges into victories. All the while you will have my dedication and non-judgmental support. 

Bela Life Coaching Makes Life Coaching Convenient 

When you choose life coaching services with Bela Life Coaching, you’re choosing professional help that prioritizes your convenience. My services are available in person, over the phone, or online. Just let me know which works best for you. 

Seek the Guidance You Need Through Bela Life Coaching. My 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 both as a life coach and hypnotherapy, I am also certified to deliver the Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster™ workshop (developed by Peggy Huddelston). 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

Life Coaching Helps Put An End To Self-Sabotage

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 you can access my services through Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy. As a certified life coach and a certified clinical hypnotherapist, I help clients through a variety of personal and professional transitions. My goal is always to help them make long-term, sustainable, positive changes. When you need help with self-confidence, stress management, and more, you can rely on Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy

Is Your Life Negatively Impacted By Sabotaging Behaviors? 

It’s an unfortunate fact that in life we are sometimes our own worst enemy. Making positive change seems all the more impossible when you sabotage your own efforts. Sabotaging behaviors can impact both your professional life and your personal life. Perhaps these behaviors prevent you from advancing in your career. Perhaps they make it difficult to form and maintain relationships. 

Seek The Help You Need With Bela Life Coaching 

With the help of Bela Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy, you can stop listening to your inner critic. As your life coach, I’m prepared to guide and support you as you learn how to stop the negative thinking that holds you back. Get ready to start a new purposeful chapter in your life! 

Convenient Life Coaching With Bela 

Making the decision to get the help you need is a big step forward. As your life coach, I want to make the life coaching process as convenient as possible. That’s why I offer life coaching in person, over the phone, and online. You choose the method that is most convenient and comfortable for you. 

Seek the Guidance You Need Through Bela Life Coaching. My 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 both as a life coach and hypnotherapy, I am also certified to deliver the Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster™ workshop (developed 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

10 Tips for Coping with Election News – and Self Care

Woman meditating on the beach.

Are you stressed out about the election? I know I am. Here are 10 simple tips for coping with the election and self care that I’m using and wanted to share.

  1. If you are feeling anxious, sit or lie down and take at least 10 slow deep breaths, in through your nose, and slowly out through your mouth.
  2. Limit your news intake. Take a break from social media, TV and/or radio news and get active.
  3. Meditate and concentrate on your breath.
  4. Listen to your favorite music.
  5. Practice compassion and self-care.
  6. Keep your body moving and exercise. Drink plenty of water.
  7. Focus on nature; go for walks and enjoy the beautiful changing fall season with its magnificent colorful trees and clean brisk air.
  8. Keep a journal/notebook and write down your feelings; write at least three things you are grateful for.  Also write what brings you joy.
  9. Focus on things you can control — and let go of things you can’t.
  10. Vote!

Please consider forwarding these tips to a friend or someone you love. It might be just what they need. If you enjoy this message, please share. Make this your special self-care time.

Journaling for Healthcare Workers and Caregivers

Do you know any healthcare workers or caregivers who would like to relieve stress with journaling? I’m considering offering a workshop that will help these groups by journaling for healing and growth.

So, who benefits most from journaling? Research shows that many people benefit from expressive writing or journaling.

The people most likely to benefit most from journaling are those who value personal growth and introspection, as well as those who want to experience the emotional, physical, psychological and spiritual health benefits of writing for wellness.

If you need emotional support to help with stress, insomnia, or other personal or professional issues, you can reach me at belacoaching.com/contact. I’m currently offering a sliding scale fee to fit every budget.

Feeling Anxious About The Pandemic and the Chaos in the World Today? Here’s How to Boost Your Mood Right Now.

If you are feeling anxious, having a hard day or just uncertain and scared about the unknown — here is what you can do today to feel better right now:

1. Be grateful. Look around you and find what is right and what is working. There are more things in your life that are right than out of control. Praise them. Intentionally make mental and written lists of how all your needs are met and how life is taking care of you. Whatever the fear, counter it with gratitude. If you are worried about your health, make lists of all the parts of your body that are healthy and functioning well. If you are worried about the economy, praise all the ways that your needs have been met and how you are always taken care of. Give thanks. You can only hold one thought at a time in your mind. Choose gratitude over worry.

2. Move. Whatever you can do to move, do it. Movement is therapy. Take part in online yoga, dance at home, go for a walk, go for a run, just move, especially if you don’t feel like it. You will thank yourself once you are done.

3. Be selective in the news you consume. Stay informed. Educate yourself on how to stay safe and healthy. But please remember that watching and reading the news non-stop is addictive and will keep you in panic and fear. Now more than ever it is important that you consume things that are uplifting and make you laugh.

4. Use your imagination and manifest the good.  Use your creative power and the power of prayer for good. See the world calm. Imagine the panic turning into a sigh of relief: The coronavirus disappearing. People being healthy and happy. The natural world healed and all the animals protected. Global warming reversed.  Children laughing.  The elderly thriving as they share their wisdom. The economy booming. Airports filled with people ready for adventures. You are that powerful. You and I together can make an impact.

5. Talk about your feelings. Don’t bottle it up. Express how you feel. But choose your confidant wisely. Let it be a person who will uplift you. A person who will empathically get you but not bury you under an avalanche of their own fears and leave you even more desperate than how they found you. Reach out to me. I am here for you.

6. Breathe slowly and deeply. Here is my favorite mantra when going through hard times: Breathe in faith, breathe out fear.

If you need emotional support to help with stress, insomnia or other personal or professional issues, email me at  bela@belacoaching.com for a 30-minute free consultation.  Also visit my website at www.belacoaching.com. I’m offering a sliding scale fee rate to fit every budget.

Getting Your Mojo Back

The word “mojo” is said to have come from West African slaves and relates to magic and spells that generate power and good luck. Today the word mojo refers to a source of vigor, energy, sexual potency, and power.

It’s easy to lose your mojo in these tumultuous times. Ask yourself: Am I feeling depleted, overwhelmed, confused fearful, stressed-out, tired, bored or lethargic?  If the answer is yes, you may be losing your mojo, and it can be challenging to find the motivation to reclaim it. You don’t want to remain in that mojo-less place for too long, or your lost mojo might mushroom into a full-blown depression.

Getting Your Mojo Magic Back Just Takes Some Small Changes.

You can begin to feel more energy and enthusiasm about yourself and all the world has to offer — yes, even in these difficult times — just by making some small life changes that will release the magic of your mojo.

I know what it’s like to lose mojo, but I’ve been able to reclaim it again and again: Living in a failed marriage, during a separation, as a single mom, in the midst of a financial crisis, being “laid off” from a job I needed but detested, losing my parents, recovering from a serious injury, having major surgery.  The list goes on and on, but the good news is that I’ve always been able to reclaim my mojo.  And so can you!

Here are five action steps to help you reclaim your mojo when you feel that it’s lost:

  1. Address your stress and get unstuck.  If you feel overwhelmed — lighten your load and be aware of what is causing you stress. You may first feel stuck and that nothing is working for you, but if you shift your perspective your mojo will show up. Journaling is a great way to address the source of your stress. Write at least a paragraph on how you’d like your life to change, and believe it – and your mojo will show up.
  2. Stay away from negativity. If you are serious about getting back on track you have to stay away from negativity. This includes toxic and negative people and negative talk.  Keeping a gratitude journal will do wonders for your attitude. Keep informed, but refrain from watching and reading too much news.
  3. Have fun. Recall the things you did when you were younger that gave you joy.  Grab a pen and paper and write down the fun things you did and circle the things that you’d like to do again.  And start doing the things you can.
  4. Start with baby steps. It’s easy to be overwhelmed. But one small step can help restore your confidence. With one step at time you can conquer the unconquerable.
  5. Don’t be afraid or embarrassed to ask for help. Sometimes the simple act of asking for help from a friend, coach or counselor can be the boost you need for getting your mojo back. Speaking to someone can help you remember that everyone needs help from time to time and that no one can do it alone.

Can you think of more ways to get your mojo back?

If you are interested in learning how life coaching and hypnotherapy can help get your mojo back and make long term, positive changes in your life, contact me at bela@belacoaching.com. Also, visit my website at www.belacoaching.com.

Being Playful During the Pandemic

With the pandemic encroaching our lives there continues to be a lot of heaviness in the world today. But we can change that feeling if we give ourselves permission to have fun and be playful. Being playful comes naturally when we are children, but as we become adults and go through difficulties in our lives, a serious side takes over.

Some of us had difficult and challenging childhoods, while others had delightful and fun times. But today, it really doesn’t matter. Playfulness brings joy within ourselves and what better feeling can we bring today in the midst of a global pandemic than to find joy within ourselves?

I can’t say that my childhood was fun or easy. Things were not light hearted in my home. My parents were holocaust survivors and did not get along. But I smiled and wore that “happy” mask for many, many years. In my second marriage I married a man who is playful and fun – and that was what drew me to him. It was a challenge for me to learn to be playful. Of course, I smiled and continued to wear that old “happy” mask that I learned so long ago. But little by little, after learning how to meditate, breathe and lots of work on myself, I finally allowed my spirit to let go and have more fun and appreciate the joy that I have within. After 31 years of marriage, being light hearted is something that I still strive for and still work at. My husband, Nelson, is a great role model.

I’d like to share an article, “Playfulness Brings Joy,” written beautifully by Madyson Taylor, creator of the Daily OM website.

“When we approach our lives with a spirit of fun and liveliness, we are aligning ourselves much more closely with our true spirit…Letting yourself play, joke and laugh unabashedly will fill today with happiness and wonder.”

One way to be more playful is to cultivate a happy, joyful, positive attitude, full of gratitude for even the smallest, everyday things. What ways can you be more playful today?

If you are interested in learning how to make positive changes in your life to be more playful and have more fun, contact Bela Friedman for a free 30-minute consultation at https://belacoaching.com/contact/. I offer a sliding scale fee that will fit any budget.

A Mother’s Day Love Note

I’m sending you all a Mother’s Day love note — if you are a mother or not. We all need to feel love and warmth a little more these days. I was inspired to send you these wonderful words from Messages from the Angels by Dawn Lianna.

You are cherished. You are a precious child of the universe and you are cherished just because. Without lifting a finger, you are cherished. You are cherished and loved.

Be good to yourself today. Self-care is important.

This is a different type of Mother’s Day, and it may be difficult time for many. But remember that what we are going through is only temporary. Remember to breathe. We will get through this pandemic as we will enter a new normal in the not too distant future. No one really knows how to navigate what we are all going through. Staying safe, taking care of yourself and your loved ones at home is enough.

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

Sent with love,

Bela Friedman