Updates from Shayla Blue

Juggling Too Much in College?

Juggling Too Much in College?
Imagine you have a large glass vase, 7 beautiful oranges, and several bags of colorful Skittles (yum). Just as in life, your job is to fill the vase with everything you have in front of you. 

If you fill the vase with the Skittles first, then try to add the seven oranges, you’ll never fit everything in. But if you start by placing the oranges first, then slowly pour in the Skittles—letting them filter down around the oranges—miraculously it all fits. 

Life is a lot like those oranges and Skittles. Skittles represent the day-to-day clutter of our lives: getting right on your phone as soon as you wake up, rushing out the door, homework, practices, etc, etc... 

The seven oranges, on the other hand, represent the seven key areas of life—your 7 F’s of Oola. If you take care of your major goals first, then fit the little things around them, miraculously it all gets accomplished. 

3x5 Notecard: Start a New Daily Habit 

One way to make sure the oranges in your life get the focus (instead of the clutter) is to write down action steps that will get you closer to achieving your major goals. 

Every night, pull out a 3x5 notecard and divide it down the middle: write at least 3 must-do action items on the right (Oranges) and clutter on the left (Skittles). In the morning, focus on accomplishing those MIT’s—most important tasks—starting with doing the worst first.   

Like this: Oranges 
🔘Ask my boss about leadership training + promotion 
🔘Start a $1,000 “emergency fund” account at the bank 
🔘Schedule two special date nights with myself in the next 30 days 

Skittles 
🔘Finish my writing homework assignment 
🔘Pick-up the flea medicine for my dog that mom wanted me to pick up 
🔘Fold and put away my laundry 

Try this “3x5 Notecard Strategy” for a couple of days and see what you can accomplish toward your major goal. Write out a notecard right now and another one tonight (to focus on tomorrow). Then comment below or share in the Intentional & Ignited Young Adults group your biggest win. ✅

This Professional Growth Strategy Is For Young Adults Too, Not Just Corporate Leaders

This Professional Growth Strategy Is For Young Adults Too, Not Just Corporate Leaders

While being sent for remedial coaching at the office used to sound the alarm on “low-performance employees,” Fortune Magazine now reports that 87% of employers surveyed by the Human Capital Institute are offering one-on-one coaching to “high potentials.” 

In other words, coaching is a perk—a benefit—to up-and-coming future leaders within high performance organizations.

“Because of the goal-setting mechanism and accountability feature of coaching,” says Shayla, “anyone who wants to vastly improve their lifestyle, career, fitness, net worth, or personal network can benefit from working with a qualified coach.”

Shayla is certified in a unique coaching method based on the work of Dr. Dave Braun and Dr. Troy Amdahl, authors of Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World. Working on every area of their lives—not just career skills or professional growth—helps those who want to achieve more success, resolve lifestyle stressors so they’re free to focus on their professional performance on the job and/or in school.

What kinds of stress-free outcomes result from working with a Certified Oola Life Coach like Shayla?

Personal Finances: Student loan debt reduction, boosting retirement savings, planning for major purchases, creating more financial freedom.

Health and Fitness: Starting a workout routine, gaining mental clarity through better nutrition, getting more sleep, setting one up for success in the long-run.

Family Matters: Setting boundaries around toxic family members, resolving issues with difficult relatives, managing the stress around family functions and the topic of careers.

Friendships: Recognizing toxic friendships, reverse-engineering new friends, seeking out mentors, upgrading an employee’s or student's personal network which leads to better connections and benefits to the employer or student.

Achieving a life of contentment, vibrant good health, ample finances, and supportive relationships is what Oola Coaching delivers—but it’s not just for employees or students. 

For years, Oola Coaching has attracted people from all walks of life to pursue a better life in all 7 key areas. For more details for mentorship, contact Shayla Blue by submitting a contact form below or by following this link to the available coaching options. 

77% of people said THIS was essential to living the perfect life

77% of people said THIS was essential to living the perfect life
Recently, a Pew Research study asked people what’s essential to living “the dream life.”

77% said they wanted “Freedom of choice in how to live.”
70% answered “Having a good family life.”
60% said “Retiring comfortably.” 
48% responded “Making a valuable community contribution,” and . . .
43% said “Having a successful career” was essential, too.

Now what about YOU? Have you ever wondered what the perfect life looks like for you? Is it financial freedom, a nice car, supportive relationships . . . or, like the people in the study above, something else entirely?

Well, today, I’d like to help you envision that perfect life. I’d like to help you decide what you want, then talk to you about ways we can bring that about—faster than you ever thought possible. 

To help you start dreaming about the future (perhaps for the first time in years), I have a FREE planning journal for you. Simply leave a comment with your email and I’ll send it via email. 

Inside the “Oola Life Planner” I’ll send you a seven-part exercise that helps you look at every area of your life today . . . then start dreaming about what you really want in the near future

To get more one-on-one support, talk to me about working on YOUR FUTURE over the next 10 weeks, click here and choose a convenient, no-pressure 30-minute appointment time from my online calendar. To get the Oola Life Planner and start the process before we talk, comment below and let me know you’d like a copy.

What could you achieve by focusing on YOUR future? I look forward to hearing from you.

Shayla Blue
Certified Oola Life Coach

Your Dream Life is Closer Than it Seems

Your Dream Life is Closer Than it Seems
For too many people, the “perfect life” seems so far away . . . impossible . . . something they’ll never attain. But what if I told you there’s a system for creating the awe-inspiring life you want? It’s a series of steps that quickly brings about the balance and stability you need in order to start going for your dreams.

When life is chaotic, unhealthy, overburdened with work and school, and filled with toxic relationships that are a constant source of stress, there’s simply no bandwidth left to work on creating the life you want. 

The life you’re living right now keeps getting in the way of your future.

Well, today, I’d like to help you visualize that compelling life which could be just a few short months away. I’d like to help you decide what you want, write it down, and talk about ways to bring it about—faster than you ever thought possible. Study after study reports that deciding what you want —then setting goals around those "wants"—is one of the most reliable ways to get there.

To start the process, I have a FREE planning journal for you—simply comment on this post with your email, and I’ll email it to you. It’s called the “Oola Life Planner” and inside you’ll find a seven-part exercise that helps you look at every area of your life today . . . privately, on your own, with no one checking your answers.


To talk to me about working on YOUR FUTURE over the next 10 weeks, click and choose a convenient 30-minute appointment time from my online calendar. 

What could you achieve by focusing on YOUR future? I look forward to hearing from you.

Shayla Blue
Certified Oola Life Coach

A Complete Balanced Life is BS

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Balance this, balance that, blah blah blahhhh.


That word has become a huge thing and it can get really feel repetitive and start to be one of those topics we start to glaze over.


I remember trying to strive for this ‘balanced’ picture perfect life and how unfulfilled I felt, overwhelmed and defeated.


I felt so worn out and defeated because the idea of a balanced life that was engraved in my head, wasn’t even realistic or attainable at all.


I would work myself to death trying to keep my home clean, workout 6 days a week, work 40 hours a week, work another 60 hours a week on my businesses (don’t judge my math), try to keep myself smelling presentable, trying to eat enough, eat good enough, and I was dead.


Balance? More like burning myself out.


It seems like the most unbalanced people are the ones who are stressing over all the non controllable.


When you relax and embrace whatever season you gotta be in right now, life naturally starts to feel more overall balanced.


The fact of the matter is balance isn’t what someone tells you it is, when it comes to your life. It’s what feels most authentic and well-rounded to you.


We can be striving for perfection and balance so much that we become miserable and the exact opposite.


The idea of a perfect balanced life is unattainable and will set you up for failure/disappointment right off the bat. You won’t feel like you’re doing enough constantly because NO ONE can do EVERYTHING that is required for complete ‘balance’.


Find your own sense of balance. If that’s working on your business on your days off, go for it. If it’s taking those 2 days completely off and only working a bit after you get off your job, then do that. 


To me a well rounded life is a more doable and enjoyable one. 


Sometimes balance will be knowing when to focus on one area of life more than another. When a family member is ill, of course family will be a priority and the rest will be less of a focus. 


It’s a process of making the best next move and BEING OKAY IN THAT. Sometimes I have to force myself out of a work mode because I know that my well being relies on those boundaries and the times where I make myself go have some darn fun and enjoy my life.


Learn what your boundaries are and what means the most to you.


This word called balance (more like blah blah), is hyped up a lot, but it’s just a fancy word for living a fulfilling life. Don’t stress over it too much. Just go enjoy this life, my dude.


For a live training I did on this topic, hop in here.

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Meet Shayla Blue

 
I used to be that person who felt so crippled on what I was supposed to do with my ENTIRE life. The voices of the world were so loud in my ear and I felt so un-attracted to what they all had to say.

I was overwhelmed by every unknown the future had ahead and it didn't feel like a worthwhile existence to go down the mainstream route. I couldn't bear the thought of staying in a 9-5 job for the rest of my life, settling for little to no money until I get to retire and die. 

So I didn't. 

I found my own way. Through MANY valleys and falls, I finally found my way. 

It took a whole heck of a lot of work to find it, but I did it and I get to live in balance now that I took those chances and risks. 

It is so refreshing to be able to be where I stand, knowing all that I went through to get here to this dream life I desperately longed for.

I'm here to make sure you don't get left behind where I used to be.

 I am here to provide you the knowledge and resources I desperately longed for, so you don't have to go through the long and exhausting journey of finding your path.

Let's not waste anymore time and get you where you dream to be too. It is beyond possible. 

 First, hop in my group filled with empowering people where you can start to soak up the knowledge and information we share to get you started. Pursuing a live worth living, together. LET'S GET IT.

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