2018 Spring Kansas Child

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ERIN RAMSEY
Author and
Inspirational Speaker
Erin has worked in the non-profit
sector for more than twenty-five years.
Beginning her career as a family child care
provider. She served as Executive Director
of a Child Care Resource and Referral
agency for twelve years and later the
Director of Early Childhood for the third
largest urban school district in Indiana.
She also led the statewide marketing
initiative for the QRIS in Indiana.
Erin is the author of Be Amazing:
Tools for Living Inspired, Be Amazing
Workbook, and Inspired Work: Showing
Up & Shining Bright. She speaks to
audiences throughout the country and
internationally to inspire others to
greater service. She lives in Kentucky on
her family lavender farm, Big Roots Farm.
10 Tools for Creating Vibrant Energy
Life can be stressful. Many of us feel like there isn’t enough time and too
much to do. Rushing, worrying, and feeling frazzled are all too commonplace. These
feelings and types of negative energy impact our families, our workplaces and our spirits.
The good news is that with a few easy-to-use tools we can learn to make new choices
in how we respond and transform the way we are living. We can create more fun in our
lives, develop positive relationships and begin to see new possibilities.
We are intended to live joyously and abundantly. We can learn to focus on what we
want; not what we don’t want. Here are a few tools to get started:
1
Look for Beautiful Moments.
Look for beautiful moments during
your daily activities. It can be
anything: someone’s smile, seeing people
hug, watching a child laugh, listening to
a bird sing, a ray of light coming in the
window, a good song, feeling soft sheets or
a warm towel out of the dryer. Beautiful
moments are all around us. It is in the
noticing that they become beautiful. It is
in the noticing that we become present.
Give energy to the beautiful.
2
Create a Goodness Jar. As
you notice beautiful moments,
write them down and put them in
a Goodness Jar. My Goodness Jar is from a
consignment shop and sits on my kitchen
table with a pen and scrapbook paper close
by so my family can write their beautiful
moments down, too. It is so fun to read
them periodically or celebrate at the end of
the year. You can do this in the breakroom
for your team at work, in your classrooms,
or with your own family. Focus on
beautiful moments and then
treasure them.
3
Expect the Best and Give
Others the Benefit of the
Doubt. When we expect
the best, we are breaking down
our defense mechanisms
that protect us from
disappointment, fear of
failure and rejections.
When we give others
the benefit of the doubt
we are helping them
break down their
defense mechanisms
of rejection,
failure and
disappointment.
These two
premises,
expecting the best
and giving the benefit
of the doubt, are
completely
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