A Lifetime to Love--Sharing Unconditional Love

The purpose of this blog is to help you have healthier relationships by giving you information and skills to change how you relate with others. I would like to help you gain experience in giving and receiving unconditional love with your partner, family, friends, acquaintances & strangers. It is open to all people: young or old, single or married, all faiths and denominations, and it is GLBT-friendly. Click on tabs below to learn more! These pages are often updated.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

About Life: Creating & Balance

Hello! Life's about creating things. And, I've been caught up lately in getting my business registered and launched, instead of posting blogs here. I am also contributing articles for a number of different news sources..., as well as commenting about six times a week on blogs (BNET, Financial Times, Forbes, Psychology Today, Life Inc./Today Show, Lifestyle/MSN) as the Mars Venus Coaching, Corporate Media Relations specialist.

So, yes, there is balance. And I dropped the personal blog ball as I juggled the set up of Twitter, our company Facebook page, and LinkedIn into the air. I'm almost there....and will be now focused on getting more content on the profiles up..., as I also do my real job! And then my real "real" job of growing our child! And my third job of being a supportive wife, sister, and daughter!

I'm also up on She's Connected (Lyndsay Katauskas and Coach Lyndsay) and Your Tango (as Mars Venus Coaching and Lyndsay Katauskas)....events are posted there as well as articles.

So...in the meantime, if you're still interested in what I'm writing about--the information is phenomenal...follow me on--
Twitter: AbsolutePotenzi
Facebook: Mars Venus Coaching with Absolute Potential, LLC
LinkedIn: Absolute Potential, LLC
Website: www.absolute-potential.com

I love the comments, and the greatest compliment you can give is to refer my work to your friends and family.

To a little creating each day, and keeping the balance!

One last note...I have had several friends lately say they are interested in becoming a coach too. So, if you're reading this, and you're interested in being a coach too, then let me know!

We are all scattered all about, but one of the ways I've set the biz up is to do either weekly group coaching sessions or 1-on-1 coaching sessions over the phone or on Skype. I will always pick Skype with video over any of the tele- options, so we can cue in on nonverbal communication as well as verbal..., so if you're interested in setting up an action plan where you spell out how to get yourself from where you are now to being a coach, or whatever you've being dreaming about...let me know. That's what I do. I get you started and the ball rolling so that dream doesn't stay ether, but actually becomes your reality.

Back to blog commenting!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Dr. John Gray Intoducing Mars Venus Coach Lyndsay Katauskas

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The Basic Ways We Change

There are three ways in which we can actively monitor ourselves so that we may change how we interact with our surroundings:

(1) Thoughts (cognitions)
(2) Feelings (emotions)
(3) Actions (behaviors)

When you are in traditional counseling sessions--the counselor uses a variety of theories that typically focus on one of these areas to help you make changes in your life. In the best case scenario the theory that the counselor is using is based on their training background/when they received their masters degree, as well as what the current trend is based upon research on the effectiveness of the theories in actual practice. However, we won't delve too deeply into theories and understanding methodology, because this site is educational and for you to understand more of how you work.

The activities that are posted and linked on this blog are to help give you immediate tools to begin actively reorganizing how you interact with your thoughts, feelings, and actions.

People that are aware that they can use their feelings and thoughts to influence their actions are able to control what happens to them. Novel idea? This is because they recognize that they can influence their outcomes based on identifying the emotions they are feeling, then choosing what thoughts they would like to focus on, and then putting it in to action.

Welcome!

What's different about this blog from other love and relationship blogs is that it is chock full of skills and data so you immediately set to work on changing how you feel, think, and act so that your relationships will become healthier.

Are you interested in learning how to find and keep a healthy relationship? This is the place for you. On this site you will be able to ask questions, sign up for workshops, play games and take interactive quizzes.

What I've realized is that marriage education is not limited to already married couples. In fact--the communication skills, conflict resolution, anger management, parenting skills, emotional intelligence, understanding love languages, the neuroscience behind falling in love, erotic intelligence--this all applies to ANY committed relationship.

The key to having a successful, long-term relationship is to know that you may not have all the answers yourself, and in order to make your relationships better--you'll need to learn new ways of doing things. If you continue to practice the same behaviors, think the same thoughts, or feel the same emotions..., then chances are your relationship will deteriorate and fall apart. I want to help you to continue to fall in love or grow your friendship or move up in the workplace.

You cannot change or have control over anything but yourself! So if you want things to get better, then you have to learn new ways to think and act. Did you know that feelings are not reality? Being able to identify what you are feeling will help you use your emotions to think new thoughts, which in turn will affect how you choose to act!

Click on the tabs to learn skills or find out more about specific relationship issues based on your relationship status. Check back often to learn more about using your emotions and thoughts to influence your actions and get the results that you desire! Content is updated 2-3 times per week.

Training and Education

2011. Mars Venus Coaching Training with Dr. John Gray
2010. Active Relationships Certification in Six Workshops:
Active Military Life & Resiliency Skills,
Active Relationships for Young Adults,
Active Choices,
Active Marriage,
Active Families, &
Active Adults
2008. Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) Certification
2007. Masters of Education, Counselor Education, K-12.
University of Alaska, Anchorage. GPA: 4.0
2007. Member Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
2006. Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
2002. Bachelor of Science, English with Honors. Russian minor.
The United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

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A Lifetime to Love--Sharing Unconditional Love

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

About Life: Creating & Balance

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Dr. John Gray Intoducing Mars Venus Coach Lyndsay Katauskas

The Basic Ways We Change

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