There is beauty in simplifying your life.
Trimming what isn’t a priority.
Let’s take TIME for instance.
The most valuable resource in the world.
How do you want to spend your time daily?
Where do you begin with so many choices vying for your attention?
Read MoreHow often do you clean and declutter your home? Probably fairly regularly, right? Getting rid of all those old, broken, moldy, ill-fitting or simply unwanted items that no longer serve you is liberating!
Now, how often do you clean and declutter your mind? All those old thoughts that you picked up from your childhood, parents, classmates, college roommates, coworkers, neighbors, old partners…thoughts and habits that over a few decades turned into hard wired belief systems? Ever stop to dust them off, question them, and analyze if they are still valid or relevant in your current life?
Most importantly, are they serving you?
Read MoreBreath In, Breath Out
Four simple words, yet such power to calm the mind.
Remember, your breath is always there for you, in good times and in bad. 🙏
Read MoreI’ve found that starting my day off by focusing my brain on a positive question is a useful exercise in personal growth. It keeps me from jumping down the rabbit hole of negativity and overwhelm. The better the questions, the better the results I get.
Here are some examples to get started:
Read MoreWhat’s your attitude toward’s failure? Is it moving your forward or holding you back?
If you want to grow into the next best version of yourself, you’ll want to learn how to embrace failure.
How? By REDEFINING what failure means to you.
YOU get to decide what you are going to think and thus how you will feel when you don’t meet your expectations.
You can choose to beat yourself up or you can choose to think failure is an opportunity for LEARNING.
Thomas Edison famously said “I have not failed ten thousand times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those ten thousand ways will not work.”
Read MoreMost of us resist, avoid or react to uncomfortable emotions, compounding our suffering and creating net-negatives in our lives. Like over-eating or over-drinking to escape feeling the discomfort.
But what if you got really CURIOUS about your feelings?
Where do you FEEL it in your body?
Does it have a color, shape or smell?
Feelings are simply vibrations in our bodies created by our thoughts.
Read MoreSometimes self-care looks like discipline.
Trying over and over, until we get the result we want.
It is listening to your body and mind.
Really listening…
Sitting in discomfort… observing…
Allowing the feelings and urges to flow through you…
Instead of resisting, avoid, or reacting to them…
Knowing you are trading short term pain for long term gain.
Read MoreHow many of you practice this daily? Be honest!
Most of us only grab the oxygen mask in an emergency.
But if we really want to serve ourselves, our loved ones and our communities with greater impact we have to learn to preemptively engage in self-care.
I thought I was fairly good at this. I’d regularly set aside time for yoga, hiking, girlfriends, solo travel, quiet time, etc. But I realized it was just enough to SURVIVE, not necessarily THRIVE.
Big takeaway … Don’t wait until your body is screaming at you to take action, practice radical self-care BEFORE you crash and burn. 😁
Read MoreWhat are you grateful for today?
I recently completed a 30-day end of year grateful challenge, which was just the right amount of time to get me into a regular attitude of gratitude.
As the month progressed, I could see a change in my awareness as I scanned my day for things to be grateful for. There was definitely a shift from seeing the glass half empty to half full!
Read MoreHave you noticed our brains are creatures of habit, thinking the same thoughts over and over again?
How often do we question if our thoughts are true, or if they are serving us?
It matters because our thoughts create our feelings, which fuel our actions, which lead to our results. Thus, there is a direct link between our thoughts and results in life!
It serves us to pay attention to our thoughts. Where is our energy flowing? Is this where we want to go?
I spent the last year really watching my brain and the thoughts it created…uncovering those pesky unconscious thoughts took extra effort too.
Read More2019 was a tremendous growth year for me.
For the first 30 days of 2020, I’ll be sharing my favorite lessons learned in the hopes that they serve you in your own personal journeys. Follow along and share your lessons learned as well!
Read MoreI’ve had an incredible teacher in my own back yard for years that I’ve been refusing to acknowledge! NYC has been highlighting my weaknesses and blindspots for over a decade, challenging me to listen, grow, and find my voice. Sometimes I rose to the challenge eagerly, other times I buried my head in the sand, resisted, or threatened to move because it felt easier than confronting some truths.
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