Guest Editor

 I must say I was very excited to be asked to be guest editor!  My name is Rosemary and I am a certified life coach.  The name of my journal is called Inspiration.  Life Coaching is a relatively new field and I created my journal so that people would be able to learn about the coaching process and how it can help them.

You also may know me from Thursdays here at Magic Smoke... as I host the Challenge YOURSELF Challenge.  

                                                

As a coach my job is to help you see your life in a radically different light, challenge you to create the changes you desire, and help you develop a plan to over come your fears, challenges and dilemma's.  I love my job.  I love working with people and seeing the look on their face (or hear the surprise in their voice) when I ask a question that helps them see their life through a whole new perspective.

 

With the first taste of crisp fall air that is felt at dusk, thoughts of October start to creep into my mind.  October is my favorite month of they year.  It is also the month I dread the most.  I love October because I love the fall.  I live in an area where the harvest truly is a festival!  Besides the pumpkins, apples and corn, the grapes for the wine are ready to be picked.  October also holds my favorite holiday of all, HALOWEEN!

 

October also brings to mind some terrible changes that have happened to me.  It is the month that my best friend, my mother, and my father died.  It is the month that my life came crashing down around me and had to be rebuilt.  October has come to be a time of changes and challenges.

 

Changes and challenges seem to be the overall theme of many of you who write journals here on AOL.  When thinking of whose journals to mention here it was very difficult.  Many of the journals I read have already been mentioned here, or in blog plugs, or been a guest editor them self.  As I thought about it I decided to mention two, that I have never seen mentioned here at all.

 

One of them is "My Extremely Simple Life" written by Joyce.  Joyce has reached a time in her life where she has the wisdom and health to be able to enjoy where she is.  She shares with us her every day life which she often says is "simple", but that I think is filled with the peace and joy that comes with understanding the beauty that can be found in just "being".  She also takes us down memory lane and shares her past with us.  This I find truly to be a treat as she has had a very interesting journey!

 

The other journal I would like to mention is "Good Mourning" written by Doreen.  Doreen used to live on Long Island, not too far from where I live now.  We "met" when she found me in J-land.  She shares what challenges she is facing while coping with the tragedy of losing her daughter to suicide.  Somewhere in her grief she is reaching for hope and a sense of community.  I am very impressed with her strength.

 

Have a great weekend!

Fondly

Rosemary