Dr. Dolores Fazzino, DNP, Nurse Practitioner, Medical Intuitive, Energy Whisperer.
Sovereignty, what is that?
It is the defining authority within an individual consciousness, and the power to do everything necessary to govern itself, complete independence, and authority. It is an independent path to becoming who you are, your true essence.
How many times have we given our power away to something outside of ourselves to determine our worth, abundance, or even our right to exist?
Maybe these have been subtle such as agreeing with another even though you do not agree, as to keep the peace. Or, very obvious, such as doing something out of fear, punishment, or retribution.
Spiritual Sovereignty is remembering who you are and why you are here on earth. It is reconnecting with the divine essence or energy of your soul.
3 Steps How to Reclaim Your Spiritual Sovereignty:
It seems counter to what many of us have experienced here on the earth plane. I believe part of my mission and journey on earth has been to reconnect with this aspect of myself.
Having lived through my unique journey here on earth, I have learned these three things that assisted me in becoming my independent authority.
1. Do what you can to raise your energetic vibration or frequency.
This can be done by doing mindful activities or anything that will get you out of your mind or head space and into your physical body.
Maybe going outdoors in nature, walking barefoot, listening to relaxing music, playing an instrument, cooking. Anything that makes you lose sense of time relaxes you. This is being in the present moment.
Meditation maybe another option.
The key to remember: it is not a one and done process.
Continue to do this regularly. Make it part of your daily routine. The more you are able to be in the moment, the easier it will be to stay there for longer periods of time.
Remember everything is energy, including our thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and our essence of who we are.
Work on your personal and spiritual growth, these are things that will raise your frequency and vibration.
As we raise our energetic vibration, we come in more alignment with ourselves. We attract situations that are a higher energetic resonance, because we become an energetic match to those situations.
The solution is very simple, yet us humans seem to complicate things more than is needed. It is about BEing more than DOing.
2. Take back your power.
This is where boundaries are essential.
Make the correct decisions for you, not on what society, your parents, spouse, siblings, employers, or anyone else thinks is the right thing for you.
I am sure we all have our moments where we did something that someone else projected what was right for you on to you and you lived to regret that decision. I know I have.
Make choices based on what you are feeling and sensing, even though it may not be popular with others.
Through the ages, the paradigm of control and manipulation has been the norm to herd the masses. Thankfully, this is crumbling, and many are waking up and stepping into their personal power to regain control in their lives.
3. Trust yourself and your feelings.
Us humans are wired to sense and feel, it is our natural birth right. Yet, we have been born into a world where the opposite is true.
We are told not experience our emotions or feel, or are judged, criticized, or even abused for doing so.
We have been led to believe that this abuse of power, control, and manipulation is normal. It really is not normal at all.
This takes us away from our sovereignty.
Out of fear, some have given their power away to this, something on the outside of themselves, instead of taking their lead from their inner knowingness and wisdom.
Feel your feelings. These are energetic experiences that allow you to go deeper within yourself. You may even grow and heal as you explore these precious gifts.
Trust yourself. It is your intuition, your sovereignty reminding you of who you are. This is your inner wisdom guiding you from within. It does not exist outside of yourself, leading you to where you need to go.
It takes courage and being brave to trust yourself and unshakeable confidence, which you will step into as you continue to follow the above steps.
These are the secret sauce to reconnecting and keeping you in a sovereign space of yourself.
Are you ready to reclaim your personal power back?
Good! Here are 3 things you can do to move a step further:
Sometimes what you need most is to shake up the system.
You’re comfortable in your job, your relationship, etc. and nothing is really exciting you anymore. Well, that’s when you need a new hobby.
If that sounds like you, take a look at our top ideas for hobbies you can try.
6 Types of Hobbies You Should Try:
1. For the sports fan.
If you’re someone who likes to keep active, but you’ve found your mind straying while on the treadmill, perhaps wondering when you can get out of the gym, you might need something new to stimulate you.
There are the team sports out there, that will have you making new friends (and friendly rivals), like football, basketball, volleyball, tennis and more, but there are also solo options that just get you and yourself in touch with maybe nature but also yourself.
If that sounds preferable you can try trampolining, rock climbing, and golf.
If you were a mermaid in another life, you can look into scuba diving or cold water swimming, for a shock to the system that actually has a lot of benefits for the body.
2. For the music fan.
If you’re a big music fan, you can look into DJing, or even producing. It takes some tech, but it is worth it when you are making music you can say is yours.
Every night turns into a party when you have your own decks. The same way people get lost practicing their instruments, you can practice your scratching and relax with your instrument.
You can find the right DJ equipment here, and even take it out into the world if you like. There are plenty of events like parties and weddings that are looking for someone who can offer some fun remixes.
3. For the crafty fan.
If you’re a tinkerer, dabbling in the occasional crafty hobby, no doubt you’ll be looking to try something new.
It seems to be the connecting tissue of every crafty person to try something once and then want to try something new immediately.
Well, we have lots of ideas.
Look into pottery, needle work, or rug making, for something that you can display in your home.
Try a sewing class and start making your own clothes. Or even a cooking class for another practical application at home.
You can look into photography, to get your memories looking professional or learn how to spruce up your furniture so that you don’t spend all your savings on a revamp.
4. For the dancing fan.
If you love music, but you’re more about the need to making moves on the dancefloor, you might want to look into some dance classes.
There are loads to choose from, each giving you something a little different. Tango is all about passion, street dancing all about attitude, burlesque and pole about seduction. Each of them will give you a massive confidence boost the more you get involved.
Everyone can dance. We’re not about to say that The Chicken Dance isn’t epic, but there’s something self assuring about nailing the steps and feeling your confidence grow with every tap.
5. For the mindful fan.
Sometimes the best thing for the mind is to refocus.
You can help this along by creating a vision board. Find materials for your board and assign them to your goals. They can be motivational quotes, the deposit for a house or other event, or photos and doodles of what you want out of life.
Rip vacation ideas out of travel magazines, career goals out of specialist magazines, etc. Or draw anything you can’t find an image for in the tabloids.
You might want to look into meditation too. It can significantly improve anxiety and sleep and is a good way to stay calm if you need it. And the best part is that it’s free!
You can find audio guides on YouTube and a whole host of other apps, and once you get the hang of it you can do it without a guide.
And then there’s journaling. You can get every valid thought of yours down, making either for a simple place to get everything out, or a moment in time recorded for the future.
6. For the book fan.
Along the same lines, you can take those writing skills from the diary and the factual (subjective factual, but still factual) and apply them to the fictional.
Platforms like Wattpad are taking off for a reason. We’re not saying you have to open your work out to the public, but you can stretch your writing hand across a Word document and see what comes out.
A good way to start is with NaNoWriMo, which means National Novel Writing Month.
It typically takes place in November, but who’s going to stop you if you start now? The goal is 50,000 words until the month is up.
No editing, no worrying about structure. That’s a problem for next month. Instead, just write and see where you end up.
If you are looking to purchase CBD products, there are many things that you have to bear in mind.
There are now many different CBD oil products that you can choose from, and this means that you can find the perfect ones for your needs by doing your research.
In addition, you will find that these products are available at different prices, so you will find something to cater to all budgets.
In addition, you can get some great deals on CBD these days as long as you take the right steps.
When you find the right CBD products, you can look forward to a range of benefits. For instance, you can look forward to reduced stress, a boost in general health, improved mental wellbeing, more energy, better sleep, and many other great benefits that can help to improve your quality of life.
Of course, you have to take your finances into consideration when it comes to buying these types of products, and this means looking for the best deals.
In this article, we will look at some tips on finding the best prices on these products.
3 Ways How to Find the Best CBD Oil Products:
There are a few simple steps that you can take if you want to save money by getting the best deals and prices on CBD oil products in 2022. Some of the ways in which you can do this are:
1. Compare the Options Online.
One of the key things that you need to do in order to cut the cost of these products is to compare the options available to you, which you can do with ease and convenience online.
By doing this, you will be able to look at the range of CBD oil products that are available.
You can also check the cost of the different products, which makes it easier for you to find the perfect product at the right price.
2. Subscribe and Follow Providers.
Another of the things that you can do if you want to save money yet still get high quality products is to subscribe to and follow providers.
By doing this, you can gain access to special promotions and discounts as well as being among the first to find out about special sales events and deals that are scheduled to take place.
This is something that you can do with ease and speed online, and it can benefit you hugely in terms of access to savings.
3. Get Deals in Sales Events.
Looking out for sales events is a great way to get your hands on some top quality CBD oil products at very affordable prices.
When you go online, you will often find sales events taking place, and this then means that you can afford to invest in top quality with far greater ease.
Also, subscribing and following retailers on social media will make it easier for you to find out when sales events are due to take place.
Ezekiel Harris is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with him. He impressed us with his unique approach to coaching using tarot cards.
From being unsure of himself to becoming an ambassador of authenticity, Ezekiel makes sure his clients reconnect with their true authentic selves.
He was always more spiritually inclined and wanted to find a way how to use his passion and gifts to serving others. When he discovered life coaching everything clicked for him.
We can say with certainty that he is the first coach that we found, possibly first one in the world, that utilizes tarot as part of his coaching process to help people find their next step forward. Here is what he said.
Meet Life Coach Ezekiel Harris:
Name: Ezekiel Harris Pillar: The Spirit, The Heart Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to find the next step of their spiritual journey and reconnect with pure love. How they can help: By using coaching combined with tarot cards and continuous accountability.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
My family and I are holding in there.
The virus has definitely done some damage to a few members of the family recently. However, we continue to hold each other up and are each others support system in the midst of all of the things happening in the world.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
The pandemic hasn’t had a huge impact on my business since it is all electronically.
All of my sessions and readings are done through video chat so that my clients have the luxury of working with me from the comfort of their own home.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
It’s okay to feel unmotivated. It is a valid emotion!
It’s more than okay to be “lazy” and not feel like doing things sometimes.
Listen to your body. If it’s not feeling up to something (or someone), trust that feeling.
You can’t always put other peoples wants and needs before your own. “Selfish” is a form of Self Love.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I am a self love coach and professional tarot and oracle card reader. A little about my background.
I am a recent graduate of my bachelor’s (2020) and Master’s (2021) in social work from UTK. During both programs, I struggled the most with trying to find out my niche and what I wanted to do with my degrees once I graduate.
During my sophomore year of my undergraduate program, I was introduced to spirituality and divination, or tarot. I knew from there that I wanted to have a more spiritual based career.
While the field of social work is very diverse and has many career options, spirituality isn’t really on that list of options. So I decided to carve my own path. I mean, why not?
So, fast forward to my last semester of graduate school, and I still did not know what I wanted to do after.
By that time, I had a couple hundred tarot readings under my belt and have started my own tarot business.
I can make accurate predictions all day about who your future spouse is and how you’ll meet, but what I focused the most on is how to prepare yourself for that relationship and attract that person into your life which is through self love.
I noticed that my style of reading was leaning much more into coaching, but at that time I had very little knowledge of what life coaching entailed nor had I even thought of it as an option.
I began to do tons of research on what life coaching is and how to become one.
A month before graduation, I happen to come upon a life coaching certificate program. I was immediately drawn to it and was happy that I had finally found a field that was aligned with my style of reading and it was something I could envision myself doing to help even more people.
While talking with my mentor, I realized that self love was my niche so I decided to become a self love coach to help others on their self love journey whether they are just starting or have been on for a while and need some direction.
I use the interpersonal skills that I have learned while in social work as well as the intuitive skills learned from practicing the art of tarot to create a unique coaching experience for my beautiful clients.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
Let me start by saying I am not bashing religion at all. However, I grew up in a very christian family where I was taught on both a conscious and subconscious level what to believe and what’s acceptable or not.
Growing up as the black sheep or the “weird” kid, I felt like I couldn’t be myself because I grew to fear what others may say or think.
So I spent most of my life suppressing a lot of things about myself and allowing others to walk over me.
I always felt differently about the things and people the church considered “evil” and “wicked” and “wrong” but never spoke up about it. While they casted judgement on certain groups of people, I felt like those groups of people were just being themselves and I was inspired by that.
As I got older, my passion became to help as many people as I can who have gone through similar experiences and want to learn what it means to practice self love and self acceptance.
No one deserves to have to live their life suppressed and unhappy. Sometimes you just need someone to encourage yourself to keep going and to put yourself first no matter who you make upset or have to walk away from.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
To my knowledge there aren’t many coaching who uses tarot as a tool for their coaching.
I’ve seen therapist who use tarot in their sessions. I have even come across coaches that read tarot, but don’t use it as a coaching tool.
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I would like to think that I’m amongst the first to do so and pave the way for those who are spiritually gifted like myself but not sure how to use it.
I also utilize tarot spreads, meditations, and affirmations along with “homework” for my clients to continue the healing process even after the coaching session.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
My coaching sessions include the use of tarot and oracle cards.
I use a life coach oracle deck to pull a topic to start with for the session with the client. I use tarot cards during the session when needed to get a deeper dive into the subconscious since tarot is a mirror to the person being read.
This combo is unique because it combines life coaching with spirituality and divination creating a powerful and effective coaching experience for my clients.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
My clients are reintroduced to the part of themselves that they have forgotten or put to the side. The direct benefit of this is becoming more in touch with yourself and the energy of pure love. Through this energy of love you can manifest what you desire as well as have the confidence to do so.
You also gain an accountability partner (ME!) Who will ensure that you are staying on track and being consistent.
Your self love journey is a life long process. The 8 to 12 weeks that you spend with me as your coach is just the beginning. Be certain that you will always have me as a support system when you need it.
In addition to the support, I am currently working on making certificates as well as goodbye gifts to send to my clients upon completion of their coaching with me. I hope to have that running by this summer.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
I use the art of tarot and oracle cards.
A tarot deck is comprised of 78 cards. 22 are the major arcana which depicts where a person is on there spiritual journey starting with The Fool (representing embarking on a new journey and taking risks) and ending with The World (representing completion of a cycle or journey).
The other 56 are the minor arcana which are split in 4 suits: wands (represents passion and drive), cups (represents emotions and feelings), swords (represents thoughts and mentality), and pentacles (representing stability and the material).
Tarot is not something to fear. It is just a mirror of your subconscious and using it to bring the information up so you can deal with it. Oracle cards are similar except that they are more straight forward and offer an overall energy.
I use a specific deck called the Life Coach Oracle Deck. I use that to pull a card in each session for a topic to focus more on.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
BE YOURSELF!
It’s okay to be yourself. What others think or say about your authentic self is none of your business, quite frankly.
Allow people to judge and hate on you all they want. It still does not change the fact that you are being your best self and it takes strong people to be brave enough to do so.
Continue to shine your light because you never know who you will inspire.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
You have no love to give to others if you don’t have that same love and respect for yourself.
Self love isn’t an easy journey, but it is a very rewarding one.
It’s all about being committed to it and be willing to shift from a fixed to a growth mindset.
Your final thoughts?
I am so thrilled to have this opportunity to shed light on my business and give you all just a sneak peak into my world.
No I am not a devil worshipper, and no I do not eat children, or whatever the fairytales say. I am simply a loving soul wanting to help other souls to get back in touch with themselves through the practice of self love.
With patience and positivity anyone can be successful on this journey of self love.
Daycare services continue to evolve. In this article, we will take a closer look at a handful of trends that are making waves and enhancing childcare services.
What Is Daycare and Why Does It Matter?
Daycare is a service provided to children by professional early childhood education specialists.
Study after study has pointed out that high quality daycare programs help children as they develop cognitively, socially and emotionally.
Daycare services help children in developing skills that they will need throughout life.
High quality daycare can help children practice and know when to use these skills, setting a child up for having success in school and, more importantly, a healthy emotional life.
7 Daycare Trends You Should Know:
1. Daycare Is Considered Early Childhood Education.
Daycare for young children is not about babysitting a child.
Daycare centers are sources of early childhood education, where children become not passive recipients but active explorers and initiators of their own learning.
The transition to learning centers has come from expectations from parents and schools, and high quality daycare programs also rely on the multitude of research studies that point to the benefits of a robust early childhood education program for young children and families.
2. Five Day A Week Daycare Programs Are The Norm.
Drop in daycare is a thing of the past for the most part.
Parents and early childhood education specialists know that consistent, regular schedules are very important for young children, to provide them with a sense of stability and safety.
A high-quality daycare program may have long hours (from 7 am to 7 pm) to accommodate parents’ work schedules, and it’s open five days a week with intelligent and thoughtful programming available for the children, as well as free play times.
3. Daycare Attendance Figures Have Dropped Since The Pandemic.
The pandemic was brutal on the daycare sector.
Closures and lockdowns associated with the other pandemic protocols removed all daycare services from the map for several months.
Parents struggled with working from home in quarantine and having their children home as well.
Then once daycare services were permitted to reopen, so many parents had adapted to having their young ones at home when they worked remotely, attendance figures dived. They continue to be low and are anticipated to remain low for the next several years.
4. The Connection Between Provider and Parent Has Changed with Technology.
Parents and educators still talk at drop off and pick up, sharing valuable information about a child or the child’s day.
But daycare sites now use tech just as often, to make sure their connections with parents do more than just talking about a child’s day.
Email newsletters, blog posts, special announcements.. all these are extensively used by daycare providers to keep in touch. Photos and text about children at play or having fun learning are posted to daycare sites’ websites.
5. Most Americans Still Live In A Daycare Desert.
Just over half of Americans live in areas that have been identified as daycare deserts.
These are communities and regions that are underserved by the daycare sector.
Many medium to small communities do not have a single daycare provider. It has nothing to do with a lack of demand, either.
On a national scale, surveys have revealed that for each available daycare seat there is a waiting list of four children deep.
Daycare deserts exist because operating costs keep climbing making it difficult for service providers to get ahead.
6. The Bar Is Being Pushed Higher with Corporate Daycare.
More companies are offering in house daycare centers as an incentive to attract and retain staff.
Other companies have partnered with daycare centers to offer reduced rates or specific hours of care for employees.
Buildings are often designed, now, to factor in space to accommodate an on site daycare site for employees’ children that is managed by a daycare service provider.
This marks a huge step forward in workplaces acknowledging that their workers have families that need care and nurturing while parents are working.
7. Daycare Providers are Ensuring Enhanced Health Safety.
One of the biggest impacts of the pandemic on daycare has been a laser like focus on deep cleaning and health safety.
As the pandemic has waxed and waned, daycare sites have modified their procedures to ensure children wash hands, use sanitizer, learn basic health behaviors (like sneezing into the elbow, not the hand), and be mindful of keeping themselves and peers healthy.
Daycare sites, always bastions of cleanliness, have become even more rigorous about deep cleaning toys, surfaces, floors, their entire facilities. All of these help keep children, their parents, and extended families healthy and safe.
How To Find Quality Daycare Services?
There was a time when word of mouth or just a short drive through the neighborhood was all you had to do to discover a daycare provider.
Today, technology provides the answers.
The internet is the most common tool to locate quality daycare providers.
When looking for a service for your children, be sure to read online reviews and ask for references so you can do some extra research on your own.
All daycare services today must meet specific local and state standards to provide care.
You can find these guidelines online, and daycare sites will proudly display certificates of good standing and compliance.
What you should remember?
In the not too distant past, the neighbor who offered babysitting as a means of generating extra income was the best option available.
Eventually, childcare services started popping up everywhere and standards were put in place to keep all parties safe.
Today, daycare sites are big business but are also run creatively and thoughtfully, with programs and activities designed to help children develop cognitive and social skills before they go to kindergarten.
High-quality daycare facilities teach children skills they will carry well into their adult lives to cope with the ever increasing competitive world we live in. Fun games and interesting activities, learning how to adapt to peers, learning how to articulate one’s own needs, all of these skills that children may first start learning in daycare are vital to the mental and physical health of today’s children.
If you are a coach using Instagram, learning the secrets of gaining more followers must be at the top of your to do list.
With social media it’s much easier to attract potential clients. It’s a powerful tool. That’s why you, as a coach who wants to grow their business must utilize this tool and learn how to use it in your favor.
An Instagram follower is a user who follows your Instagram account. They obviously resonate with your content and can view, like, and comment on any post you make to your profile.
Gaining more followers doesn’t necessarily mean more engagement, however, it’s where your lead flow happens. Each new follower is a potential client if you nurture it the right way.
If you want to get more Instagram views and increase your following, simply read on.
14 Steps How To Gain 100 Instagram Followers Weekly:
1. Be Clear About Your Niche.
Choosing a niche you want to focus on is very important to gain followers. It will keep you focused and make content creation an easy affair. With a clear niche, you will know which group of people to target and how best to channel your marketing efforts.
For instance, if you have chosen travel as a niche, your target audience will be globetrotters. Because of your contents on travel, travel lovers who come across your profile will see common ground and tap on the follow button.
When you have a clear niche, there’s a higher tendency for you to make your profile well curated. Also, your brand will be well suited for brands that are up for collaboration.
2. Instagram Profile And Profile Aesthetic.
Your entire instagram profile is made up of different parts and sections. Let’s look at each of these sections and see how you can optimize each for improved followership.
Username.
The first thing about your profile that people will notice is your username. This name is the basic identifier for all accounts on the app. As such, you might want to make your username your brand name. Whatever name you choose, ensure that it is simple to spell and easy to remember.
Profile photo.
Use your logo if the account is for your business. If it’s a personal account, be sure to use an attractive and quality photo.
Description.
Your Instagram profile should have a short but concise description of you or your brand. You have 150 characters to make a pitch and convince people that you are worth following. Use keywords and hashtags relevant to your niche to make your account more searchable.
Links.
Your profile is the only spot on Instagram that can have a clickable link. If you have a website, put in the link so that your audience can know more about you. Also, make the landing page to your link captivating.
Profile Aesthetics.
Whenever new people visit your profile, they should see a beautiful page. To do this:
Choose a theme style. Use the theme consistently throughout your posts.
Choose a grid layout. It doesn’t matter which you choose. You just have to be consistent with that single layout.
Choose a color scheme for your brand. Ensure these colors are represented in each post. It’ll make your posts unique. It’ll also help your Insta fans spot you from a mile away.
3. Make Content On Trendy Stuff.
Trends are only fascinating for a while. Still, before something else comes up, you can get yourself some followers.
Watch out for trends in your niche and create content around it. Or even popular trendy news if you are creative enough. For example, Will Smith’s slapping Chris Rock, you can use that popular news while it’s trendy to create coaching content that explains how to deal with trauma.
4. Join Instagram Engagement Groups.
Instagram engagement groups (aka Instagram pods) are groups on Instagram DMs where members like, comment and share each other’s posts. This is to boost the engagement of everyone in the group.
Here are tips that’ll prove helpful when you join engagement groups:
Join an Instagram pod with members with whom you share a similar audience.
Be a part of multiple Instagram pods for more engagement.
Network and connect with whom you share similar interests. There may be an opportunity for a collaboration in the future.
5. Engage With Brands In Your Niche.
Check the explore tab for brands like yours. They could be large or small businesses.
Specifically, the comment section of top brands in your niche is a goldmine. Visit these comments sections and drop valuable comments.
Interact with other people, like their comments and even follow them. Your interactions will attract more Instagram followers to your account.
6. Post User Generated Content (UGC).
For a small business on Instagram, posting photos or videos of people using your products can be helpful.
This is a great way to build testimonials from your clients as a coach. Tell them to film a short video about your service and add each of those on your profile.
One of the biggest reasons people buy from accounts are testimonials. In fact, one of the biggest reasons people buy in general are the reviews.
Visitors will be easily convinced by the reviews of other people compared to your own words. UGCs are social proofs that will increase your following.
7. Post More Instagram Reels.
Instagram reels are 60 second long videos. This feature offers creative tools that let users make engaging and fun videos just like Tik Tok.
Reels can increase your brand awareness and following because they are trendy and are perfect for conveying useful information to your audience.
8. Use Relevant Hashtags.
Hashtags are one of the best engagement tools on the gram.
For one, people can follow hashtags just like they follow accounts. Using a hashtag relevant to your niche will make your post appear in the hashtag feed. This will expose your content to your target audience and increase your chances of being followed.
You can use up to 30 hashtags but it’s recommended that you limit the number between 3 and 5.
Tip: You can hide hashtags in the comments section. It works just like caption hashtags. Also, Hashtags generators can help you make the right choice for hashtags.
9. Use Location Tags.
Geotags and the location stickers in stories will reveal the location of your business or the city you are in.
This is an amazing way to get followers from around your community.
When users search for a particular location, a feed of different content with that location tag appears. From this location feed, people can see a wide variety of posts and your post might also pop up.
10. Run Contest And Giveaways.
Another way to boost your following is by hosting contests and giveaways. Your contest guidelines should include people following your account and liking or commenting on your posts.
11. Create Instagram Guides.
Creating Instagram guides will give people a good reason to follow you. This is because Instagram guides are educational and will offer value to your followers.
The Instagram guides tabs are where people can find your guides. The different types of guides you can create are product guides, location guides and post guides.
When creating guides, ensure that they’re based on the interests of your target audience.
12. Use Instagram Analytic Tools.
Analytic tools will aid in assessing the performance of your posts.
Using these tools will give you data on the type of posts that get more impressions. With this information, you can adjust your Instagram branding strategy by making the type of content that attracts followers.
Your Instagram business profile gives you access to Insight, which is the app’s analytic tool. However, there are other third party analytic tools that can help. Examples of these analytic tools are:
If you own a blog, promoting your Instagram account on it is a great idea.
By embedding your Instagram posts in your blog, you can lead your blog audience to your Instagram page.
Here is how to embed an Instagram post in your blog post:
Step 1. Write out your blog post.
Step 2. Go to the Instagram website and then to your page.
Step 3. Go to the post you want to embed and click on the three dots in the top right corner of the post.
Step 4. Click on Embed and copy embed code i.e the link.
Step 5. Paste the embed into the code section of your blog post.
14. Try Every Update.
Instagram always brings new updates. First it was stories, videos, then guides, Reels…
Make sure to try and use each new feature that Instagram is offering as soon as it is available to you.
Instagram’s algo prioritizes that type of content as it is promoting its new feature and competing with other platforms.
Use that in your favor by staying up to date with the updates.
If you are a coach that would like to get a free evaluation of how you can grow your social media accounts, engagement to more than 176%, and make more sales, contact me at [email protected].
What You Should Remember?
There you have it! Tips to gain 100 followers weekly.
In your quest for more followers, don’t get carried away.
It will be much better to have people follow you because you inspire and give them value.
Those are your real followers that engage and potential clients that will buy from you at the end of the day.
Focus more on creating useful content and the people will follow you and give you their double taps.
No matter where you go today, you’re bound to run into evidence of the coronavirus. Whether it’s a mask mandate, vaccine discussion, or extra sanitary measures, the virus has impacted our lives.
For some people, that impact was on their health. They don’t have the virus anymore, but the illness wreaked havoc on their bodies while they did.
If that sounds like you, you’re probably tired of dealing with the long term side effects of this virus.
Luckily, the field of healthcare never stops moving forward. If you think you’ve tried everything, you could be surprised by these treatments that are known to counteract corona’s long term ailments.
4 Treatments That May Counteract The Effects of Corona:
1. Respiratory Treatments.
One of the most common side effects of the coronavirus that lingers long after the virus is gone is a breathing issue. Your respiratory system can get hit pretty hard since this virus attacks the lungs.
Depending on the severity of your illness, you might have had pneumonia, lung abscesses, or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Other victims of corona have mild symptoms of the virus, but end up with symptoms last long after the initial infection is over.
Treatment for this starts with joining the support community, where you can find suggestions you might not have considered yet. In addition, you could be eligible for monoclonal antibody therapy. Antibodies are made naturally by your body to increase the effectiveness of your immune system.
2. General Malaise Recovery.
Do you feel like you’re tired all.the.time. since you had the virus? You can’t get enough sleep, no matter how much rest you get? And your body is always achy for no apparent reason?
This general fatigue and malaise are common with long term effects of corona. Recent studies suggest that getting vaccinated after the virus has run its course could significantly reduce these symptoms in at least half of those infected.
If you were vaccinated and still developed the disease, a double vaccination can counteract any long term effects before they kick in.
3. Mental Health Treatments.
The medical field isn’t the only industry that had to evolve to handle coronavirus patients.
Statistics on mental health diagnoses have skyrocketed since the pandemic began. Between isolation, financial problems, and relationship issues, depression and anxiety are in almost every home.
Insurance companies have adjusted their stance on mental health counseling as a preventative measure. Now, many private health insurances and Employee Assistance Programs offer counseling services free of charge or at significantly reduced rates.
In addition to counseling and therapy, another major change states have made is allowing easier access to medical marijuana. The positive effects of cannabis on anxiety and depression were already well known. However, getting approved for a medical marijuana card was a complicated requirement for those who wanted to use weed legally.
Not too long after the pandemic reared its head, it was clear that the forced quarantines and isolation were having serious impacts on our mental health.
As marijuana sales increased in state approved dispensaries in almost every state, and the applications for MMJ cards rose, the link was undeniable. The long term effect of pandemic related anxiety and depression became more widely accepted as a reason to approve the use of medical cannabis.
4. B12 Injections for Fatigue.
Physicians often prescribe B12 injections for people with low levels of this vitamin. Lack of B12 usually shows up as side effects like trouble sleeping soundly through the night and daytime fatigue. Low energy levels, dizzy spells, and “brain fog” are common indicators of insufficient B12.
In long haulers after dealing with the virus, fatigue is a common symptom. Researchers believe that B12 injections can help fight vitamin deficiency and reduce the impact of the virus.
If you’re dealing with tiredness that you can’t shake, talk to your doctor about B12 injections. Your insurance should cover them.
Or, if you want to try the treatment without the help of a medical provider, you can do that, too. B12 clinics specializing in IV therapy are popping up in busy malls and shopping centers all over the country.
However, we strongly advise to first consult with your doctor or a medical professional before you make any serious decisions regarding your health.
What you should remember?
You did your best to avoid the virus when corona hit the scene but ended up with it anyway.
The good news is that you successfully recovered and are on the road to better health.
With these four treatments, you may be able to shake the long haul effects of the virus and get back to your pre virus self.
Mary Meduna-Gross is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She has a Ph.D. and she impressed us with her ability to merge the mental and the emotional aspect when it comes to coaching.
She helps people gain clarity and focus on their purpose, but also, to uncover trapped emotions through hypnotherapy and release them. Once they do this, their beliefs naturally change to ones that support their purpose instead of sabotaging them.
Her approach helps her clients form new beliefs, mindset, and behavior patterns that are aligned with their purpose and how they really want to live their life.
She has a mental health and medical background, as we mentioned, so it’s her pleasure speaking about such topics. She has developed her skills in mindset and leadership and that’s exactly where she excels. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Mary Meduna-Gross:
Name: Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D. Pillar: The Mind, The Heart Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to gain clarity, focus, and release the energy that prevents them from following their purpose and living the life they love to live. How they can help: By using tools like energy assessment, hypnotherapy, in combination with the right self care and meditation.
First of all, how are you and your family doing in these Pandemic times?
Initially, minimal impact. I was working from home at the time coaching virtually, so I was a little busier just staying closer to my clients in the early months. Honestly, I was a little jealous that I didn’t get to join the great timeout.
How does the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
I was serving real estate agents at the time and it impacted their businesses extensively, especially in the first 8 to 12 weeks.
Then, we were able to settle into the ways to continue business and then the market got hot and they were incredibly busy.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
The importance of flexibility.
I like routine, I like things to be predictable, but these routines can also limit us.
I was not comfortable with how comfortable I was with isolation. As I began to realize and believe in my own value, I wanted to connect with others more.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I started in education, burned out from leadership roles.. this is when I learned that coaching was a thing and decided to become the coach I wish I had.
I didn’t know how to build a business, so I did consulting and coaching as a job. Worked my way out of a job and then had a chance to work as a contractor, coaching real estate agents.
One of the benefits for me is that I didn’t have to market or find clients, I could just focus on serving clients.
Did that for 2 years, learned how to build a business in the process. I didn’t want to be limited to real estate, and I didn’t feel like I was able to grow into the coach I wanted to be in that setting, so I left in September.
When I left, I needed to really dig into who I was, what I had to offer, who I wanted to work with and what I wanted to do for them.
This took a few months to come into clarity and now that it has, I have a clear vision that now directs my action.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
I wasn’t able to see and believe in my own value.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
Tuning into the client and what they are wrestling with, hearing what their needs are.
I’m an avid reader and researcher, so I am always exploring what is possible? New strategies, new way of seeing a situation, or validating what I’m already doing.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I have the heart of an educator and I know how to assess a client, where they are and how they will learn best.
I also have a background in medical and mental health fields. This means that I am comfortable talking about physical and mental health topics.
Finally, I have developed my expertise in both mindset and leadership. This means that I can help individual clients get in alignment with themselves and then with others.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
They begin to really believe in themselves and what they really want. What we want it about purpose. This clarity leads to intentional focus on the right work.
As they take action, it’s like the path unfolds naturally for them. This creates space for life, to build relationships, to have fun, learn and enjoy the experience.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
I recommend meditation and self care. We have to build a relationship with ourselves and that often starts with listening to ourselves and then giving ourselves what we need.
I use hypnotherapy to get to root limiting beliefs. The process I use guides the clients into a space where they can tap into trapped emotions and release them. When this energy is dissipated, new beliefs and behavior patterns can be rewritten.
I’ve just started using an assessment that helps clients see their preferences in how they use their energy. I’ve avoided assessments in the past because they can put people in a box. I set the expectation that this is a snap shot of your current preferences. This data is just a surface level of data, but it can give us more data on how others may perceive our behavior, giving us data that we don’t always get in a 1:1 situation.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
Choose yourself, Believe in yourself and Declare you are worth it.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
The lesson I’ve learned in the past few years is that it’s true to say that we are all whole, complete and perfect now.
Since I didn’t experience this, I didn’t believe it.
Now I know that although I may not be experiencing myself that way, it is still true and I can lean into that even when I’m not feeling it.
Your final thoughts?
In order to align with our purpose, we have to let go of the parts of ourselves that are not aligned with this purpose. We have to get real with ourselves.
We need others. I don’t think that we can become who we really are and create the outcomes we are really capable of on our own. Just like an athlete or performer who wants to excel, we need community and coaches to guide our development.
We are creating a community for the conscious entrepreneur. These are entrepreneurs who are driven by purpose. For this community we are launching a free quarterly digital magazine in June called the “ConsciousPreneur”. (email me at [email protected] and I’ll add you to the waiting list)
We just learned that there is a growing movement around conscious entrepreneurship and we want to support this audience. This is our purpose. In the meantime, we have a podcast also named The ConsciousPreneur that we produce weekly.
Ultimately, it is to build to a mastermind community where we combine trainings and networking opportunities.
This community is great for new entrepreneurs who want support, but can’t afford 1:1 coaching and it is great for more experienced entrepreneurs to fine tune their growth and business development.
Where Can You Find Mary Meduna-Gross?
If you liked this interview and you would love to trim the parts of you that are not aligned with your purpose and best life, schedule a free 60 minute strategy session with Mary and see how she can help.
If you want to get a glimpse of her coaching, you can watch her YouTube video or follow her on Instagram. It was an honor having this interview with her.
