Amy from Aspire, LLC is a COR.E Transitions Dynamics Specialist (CTDS). Amy coaches clients with COR.E Dynamics, a program that is a comprehensive process for mastering life's transitions. We all go through transitions. Transitions/ changes in our lives are inevitable. Knowing how to deal with all of the transitions in your life from a highly conscious perspective will greatly increase your comfort with change and may even leave you excited for what is to come. Learning how to manage the levels of stress that come with change directly connects to your personal development growth. When you are aware of what brings you stress and how you currently react to stress and then learn how to decrease or deescalate stress levels, you have opened up opportunities. Expending less energy on unproductive stress (dwelling/fretting/worries) allows you to store energy to use when you are productive. How would that kind of personal growth work for you?

Changing your environment because you are moving, maybe downsizing or because of a job change, or for financial purposes causes stress and could even keep one up at night.

Changing careers or jobs, whether a new job at a new company or getting promoted/demoted, will bring you to new roles and changes in coworkers. This is a stressful transition!

Changes in relationships may be one of the most stressful transitions. It could be something major like a divorce/separation, changes in an intimate or social relationship, and losing a loved one. It could be something minor such as; having a difficult conversation to alter something in a relationship.

Changes in family/parenting, like a new baby, becoming an empty nester, or a caregiver for a parent that may be moving in too will cause stress levels to rise.

Changes in health are stressful transitions. You or a loved one is relatively healthy and then diagnosed with a disability or illness. Even beginning a new exercise routine and diet plan can be stressful!

There are personal financial, spiritual, and fun/enjoyment transitions. Being able to do something fun and then being told you no longer can do those things is hard to process.

How does your reaction to these life transitions' stresses impact how you move forward?

Before having a "success formula," you must practice your awareness of your attitudes, beliefs, thoughts, and perceptions. Becoming self-aware takes meaningful, purposeful practice. The factors in your "success formula" allow you to maximize your energy and propel you to perform your best. Everyone's success formula will be uniquely different from everyone else's. Keeping track of what works for you and what doesn't work for you is where you begin. There are several components to focus on when creating a formula: spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, social, environmental, and philosophical.

Answers these questions for each component of your success formula:

• Spiritual: Remember why you want what you want
• Mental: Stay focused and undistracted
• Emotional: No matter what happens, you will remain calm
• Physical: Stay loose and relaxed
• Social: Remember to enjoy those times with who you are with
• Environmental: Take a moment to notice the beauty around you
• Philosophy: You are seeking long-term mastery, not specific outcomes.

How do you see your success formula? Awareness of your spirituality, mental status, emotional regulation, physical abilities, social aspects, environmental needs, and philosophy can help you create your formula. How would defining a success formula benefit you?

The 7 Level Framework for Mastery in Life and Business: ENERGY LEADERSHIP, written by Bruce D. Scheider, is a recommended read. Bruce uses a very real scenario, with real people that he works with, to walk the reader through the 7-level framework of Energy Leadership. This format makes for an easy read yet enlightens the reader on the power of self-awareness and the seven energy levels. Teaching through his storytelling narrative is the best for getting people to understand the complexities of understanding and using your energy levels. It is great for those working on leadership, running a business, and anyone wanting to master self-awareness and a higher level of consciousness. Bruce focuses on how your attitudes and perspectives affect the others around you. This is where self-awareness begins.

What are your thoughts about your self-awareness or level of consciousness? How is the abundance or lack thereof impact the progress of your life?

Many of those in business or leadership roles find themselves multitasking. Maybe checking emails or writing out a proposal during a virtual meeting feels necessary for you to get ahead. Managers and supervisors may be working on two or three projects simultaneously and feeling burned out. Or people bring work home and try to do their work while "spending time" with family. Multitasking can come with many costs; you may miss out on important information during your Zoom meeting, you may miss some details on one of the three projects you are working on, and you may find family members resentful of how you spend your time with them, not being in the present. Suppose you want to get better at managing people, projects, and the work-life balance. In that case, you need to know how you use your energy to leverage one level to support another so you create productive anabolic energy to move you and your staff in the right direction.

How do you think understanding your energy levels, attitudes, and perceptions would impact your decisions, work with others, and balance life and work?

This index is a robust attitudinal assessment. The results, as they unfold during the debrief with an Energy Leadership Master Practitioner, are amazingly accurate. The debrief is where one learns about their seven levels of energy and what levels they spend the most time in, and how they react to stress. The index asks the participant a series of (70) questions rating how they feel about specific interactions and scenarios and making them aware of how their beliefs, thoughts, and perceptions affect their every decision (whether at work or home). As stated previously, the index's results will measure the participants' energy profile and reaction to stress. Once someone understands the levels and how they react and work and home situations, they can quickly shift into energies that better serve them and their work with coworkers, clients, and family. It is a great way to gather more data on yourself. And it becomes powerful when you work it out with a Core Energy Coach. This is an excellent tool for anyone before starting any coaching. It is the gateway to becoming self-aware and working towards higher levels of consciousness.

How would having a deeper insight into how you react to specific stress change your life?

Teens need to understand the importance of having those tiers of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs that focus on the basics of health and hygiene met. Teens must work on healthy choices, starting with food choices and preparation. Many teens have distorted ideas of what a portion size looks like, so teaching them how to use the palm of their hand for portion control for most things is helpful. Teens need to understand drinking more water, and less soda helps with many biological functions and better skin. They need to start learning how to cook and how to find nutritional details of the food they prepare. They need to experience healthy grocery shopping and how to grocery shop with health and budget in mind.

Keeping and staying fit adds years to their lives and quality. Exercise is one of those physical musts. Walking suffices, but working towards a few different activities with movement staves off boredom.

Some teens need to learn that personal grooming, such as skin care, dental care, and hair care, makes for a healthier lifestyle. Teens should be doing laundry and keeping their rooms free of dirty clothes and odor. Understanding how to use appliances is a must for all teens as well. As basic as personal hygiene sounds, many teens don't always keep up with hygiene as often as they should.

I did mean the basics when I mentioned Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. It seems simple and basic, but many teens don't know how to do these things. Nor do they understand the consequences if these "basics" are not practiced. Take the high school years and make it a new challenge for your family members! Everyone should be doing their own laundry, and every teen/parent should take a night to cook dinner. You can make this as fun as you want. You will be happy when your teen heads off to college that they know how to clean a bathroom, use a washer and dryer, and can budget money for grocery trips.

Book Recommendation: Life Skills Every Teen Should Master, by Karen Blake

Only after you are a teen do you realize what would have been great to know or that it would have been a good time to listen to an adult. It is just how it goes.

A very important "tip" is "don't follow the popular path." Have you heard about the "herd mentality" or heard someone label someone else a "sheep?" They both mean your following the crowd and not thinking for yourself or doing your own thing no matter what others do. That could happen if you do what "all the cool kids are doing."

Also, be careful with the YOLO mindset. Yes, you only live once, but that does not mean risky behaviors must be experienced to live "it" up. Many use the YOLO mindset to justify doing unhealthy and harmful things. Being irresponsible does not equate to being adventurous. Many adventures require safety care to keep you safe, like ziplining, boating, etc. You do not have to be reckless.

And, be careful whose criticism you put into your heart. Yes, it is important to take constructive criticism to learn and grow from because sometimes we can't see for ourselves what could be better. You should have boundaries with this by not entertaining criticism from someone you would not want to take advice from. If someone you do not respect or care for tells you you can't do something or that what you are doing is terrible, disregard that. Putting criticism into your heart from someone you don't respect is a waste of space in your heart where you could put something more meaningful and helpful. What do I mean to put into your heart? Don't let anyone put you down, make you feel bad, or squash your motivation or enthusiasm.

Tips from, How to not suck at life: 89 tips for teens, written by Connor Boyack

Does your teen need support learning who they are and how they can boost their confidence? Would your teen buy into becoming self-aware? Aspire, LLC offers a Teen Energy Leadership Program. Your teen will take a 70-question attitudinal assessment that measures how they react to stress and their energy profile (attitudes and perceptions). As an Energy Leadership Master Practioner, Amy will create a debrief to review the results. Your teen will learn the seven leadership levels, strengths, and gaps, recognizing and removing barriers, emotional intelligence, dynamic communication, influencing others, problem-solving, productivity, high-energy relationships, health and wellness, time management, and balance.

This is an individualized program and can include all of this or parts of it. After consulting with Amy, she will develop a program to fit your teen and the cost.