Embracing the Circumstances As If You'd Chosen Them Yourself
Our systems -- physical, mental, emotional, logistical, relational -- are being taxed to constantly reconfigure themselves. And the go-to practices you generally turn toward to fill your well may feel like they're just not working like they normally would.
Some Thoughts & Resources For This Wild Moment (3/23/20)
So now here we are. Each of us in our own family units, our own communities, this country, and the world, together in this same wild situation. Reminded every day – every moment, in fact - how inextricably interwoven our cells and well-being and lives as beings on this planet are.
7 Tips to Dial Down Shame
We stay quiet because we fear if we put words to the things we fear most about ourselves, it will confirm that they're true. Paradoxically, the reality is the moment we share our secret shame - our monster in the closet - someone else inevitably chimes in with "Oh my God, you too? I thought it was just me!!"
The Dots Will Connect Looking Back: 6 Tips to Follow the Bread Crumbs
That's how a life of following your intuition — or following the bread crumbs, as I like to think of it — is.
You might not understand why you've been called to do the thing you feel called to do, but you do it anyway because it just feels right.
It's only in hindsight that you see how it all connects.
How Do You Know When to Leap?
You'll know when to leap when you feel it in your bones — in a part of yourself that feels totally un-pin-point-able, but also more real than anything you've ever felt before.
Is That My Gut or Fear Talking? How to Tell the Difference
When the landlord opened the door to the apartment I now live in, my first thought was, Wow, this is tiny. My second thought was I know I'm gonna live here. I just knew in my gut this space was for me. And the past 3 years have proven that intuitive hit to be right on the money. Sometimes intuition comes clearly like that. But when fear is involved, intuition can feel fuzzy.
Why You Don't Need Crystal Clarity to Move Toward What You Want
Don't sweat the details at first. They'll clarify as you go. Start with just the ONE thing you know from deep in your being you want - and you see - in your ideal future day. Keep that one thing front and center in your vision; trust it and build on it.
Worried? 3 Simple Steps to Help (& Why Worry is Friendlier Than You Think)
Worry is a subconscious way of keeping ourselves comfortable - aka (emotionally) safe - aka small. But if you stay aware, you can use worry to your advantage. You can start to view it as a signal that you're about to step into some sweet, new, expansive territory.
The Paradoxical Power of Softening Resistance
The more we resist, the more we suffer, and, without making a conscious choice to do things differently, the more we suffer, the more we'll resist. Eckhart Tolle puts it this way: "The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment."
You Can Have It (Even If You Don't Believe It Yet)
At first the details will likely seem fuzzy. No problem.
Pieces of your ideal day vision that at first might seem frivolous hold powerful information about what your soul is longing for.