Happy Friday Dreamers!
I wanted to share a little bit of insight about stepping outside your comfort zone. Enjoy!
P.S. If you have been thinking about signing up for the Unleash Your Personal Power e-course time is running out. We will officially close registration for this round on Monday April 14th, so please get signed up soon! Have a wonderful weekend!
I love all things ‘love’. As a Leo I am a hopeless romantic who enjoys all the traditional valentines gifts. You know, chocolate, flowers, candles, perfume etc. I enjoy it all. I cry at happy endings to amazing love stories and anything that has a heart or the word ‘love’ on it you can bet your bottom dollar I want it. But Valentines Day (and every other day of the year) isn’t just about romantic love. We are moving into a world that offers a spirit of universal love in all forms and I LOVE that!
Not only are more people practicing random acts of kindness and sharing their love for humankind with one another, but we are moving into a period where more and more people are doing the work that they love. More people are accepting their bodies, personalities, and true gifts each and every day. More people are lending a helping hand when they see someone is in need and standing up for those who can’t speak for themselves.
It’s All About Love…
Today and everyday, love yourself, treat yourself, and stop all that negative-dream-crushing-self-talk that keeps you playing small. Be kind to others and to yourself! Do more of what you love. Find your gifts. Love them and embrace them and for goodness sakes give them to the world! Listen to your heart and follow the call to do work that you absolutely adore. That passion you have burning in your soul, use it! Support one another in struggles and successes. Share, care, and collaborate when you can. Uplift and motivate. Inspire and ignite the fire that has been dormant for too many of us for far too long.
We are provided 24 amazing hours each day to live the best way we know how and I can’t think of a better way than to practice love in any way we can. It’s simple to do if we can break away from our monkey minds, computers, smart phones, and get off of autopilot that we tend to be operating from most days. Be conscious, aware, and open to how love may present itself to you. You just might be surprised at how often you see, feel, and share it when you become aware.
And should you find yourself wondering where to begin, start with yourself. Go out and do the things that bring you joy. Paint, sing, write, crochet, dance, draw, read, take pictures, work out, create, or whatever it is that you haven’t given yourself the permission to do. Go do that!
I truly believe life is meant to be enjoyed and love is meant to be shared, so get out there and do it! And should you find yourself stuck, confused, or in a rut and unable to figure out how to move forward with your amazing passion, purpose, and dreams. Know that I would be honored to be a part of your journey by sharing my gift of coaching with you. There is nothing I love more than sharing in the excitement and wonder of my clients….except maybe chocolates and roses. 🙂
Now is your time to shine and do more of what you LOVE and I want to help you do that. Contact me today to sign up for free consultation and find out how I can help you infuse your life with more love, inspiration, and joy. You deserve it!
I am so excited about today’s announcement/giveaway that I can hardly stand it! I have been planning it for a few weeks now and have finally taken the time to get everything set up for one lucky winner to receive something incredibly inspiring.
As you may know I am an avid reader. I read blogs, books, magazines etc. and when I come across something that is particularly interesting or inspiring I like to share the love and give you all a heads up. The thing about my reading habits is, I very rarely read the books again even if I decide to keep them on hand in my personal library. Well, that is about to change, because in December I read a book that I assure you, I will be reading at least 2 more times this year alone because it had such an effect on me the first time.
This book was not only inspiring, but I felt like I was reading about myself and my own journey. I felt like the reader knew exactly what I was going through in figuring out how use my gift and be successful in doing so. This book reminded me that I didn’t have to fit into a box and follow in the “successful” footsteps of another because my path is mine and mine alone. I am the paver, the keeper, and the creator of my path and when I follow my heart, my intuition, and my soul all the ‘hows’ I feel like I am missing are revealed.
When I finished the book it seemed like it was all I could think about. I was recommending it to all kinds of people via Twitter and Facebook and I then I thought “Why not give a copy away?”
Since I love this book so much, I will not be giving away my copy, but will purchase an additional copy and send it to one lucky winner. Have you guessed the book yet???
The book is: Inspired & Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in Your Life’s Work! by Tama Kieves.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is venturing into finding, living, and creating the life of their dreams by following their passion. This is a book that will change how you view success and inspire you to tap into your heart to follow your intuition every step of the way.
I can’t wait to send the lucky winner their very own copy. Will it be you? The giveaway ends a week from today and I will announce the winner on January 29th. Enter the a Rafflecopter giveaway today!
Good luck!!!
**NOTE: This giveaway is simply a gift from me to you. This is in no way a sponsored post and all the above comments regarding the book are my own opinion from having read the book. **
In the last few weeks I have had a few clients question what inspiration really is and how it shows up in life.
My ‘oh so knowledgeable coaching self’ responded with: “It depends”.
The truth is that inspiration is different for everyone. What inspires one person might completely deter someone else from doing what they need to do. Our likes and dislikes are so very unique that telling you what form inspiration can take for you would likely not be entirely true.
The same goes for how it shows up in your life. Some people get inspired in a way that makes them excited, uplifted, and running to the canvas, the page, the computer, or whatever they are inspired to do. For others, it comes as a faint whisper that can easily go unnoticed.
I can’t speak for everyone, but I can tell you what I have noticed from myself and from clients regarding the many ways inspiration can show up.
I am often inspired by quotes, books, lines in movies, articles, music, nature, conversations with others, and oddly enough, water. I get some of my best ideas when I am in the shower and my mind is on auto-pilot with no real rhyme or reason to the direction my thought process in the moment. I also notice that when a great idea for a blog post, offering, quote, or something else comes to me, if I am not open to it, then it will vanish as quickly as it came. So, as a result I have learned to be open to the ideas that come and to write them down as soon as I can, even if I have no idea where it might lead. (Take a glance at my brainstorming notebook and you will find a collection of ideas, words, titles etc.)
In my coaching, I talk a lot about inspired action and following your inspiration to the next step, but I have found that there seems to be a misconception about what inspiration actually feels like. For most people it is simply a heightened awareness or thought that leads to another thought, that might lead to doing something etc. One thing leads to another and before you know it you have followed the breadcrumbs to an amazing destination that might manifest itself as wonderful opportunities, a book, a course, a piece of art, etc.
What is interesting is that inspiration doesn’t always result in a fire-in-your-belly-run-as-fast-as-you-can-back-to-your-workspace feeling. Sometimes it comes as a whisper. A faint thought that peaks your interest and gets you thinking about something in a different way. It may not seem all that important in the moment, but I am here to tell you those faint whispers hold a ton of power and punch if they are used the right way.
In fact, the name of my blog, my coaching model, numerous blog posts, a new offering I will be rolling out next week, and a future workbook I want to put together all came to me in faint whispers. Some came a few words at a time, others came as full-fledged titles and images, but the one thing they all have in common is the speed with which they came to me. One moment I was doing something (like washing my hair) not related to my business or writing work and BOOM there it was.
Inspiration is an amazing thing and sometimes all it takes is the ability for you to be open to it and not try to force it into being. Simply noticing moments that peak your interest and lead you to something else (an action or a string of thoughts), is a great way to learn more about your process of creating and living the life of your dreams. It’s a simple step that will likely be a game-changer in how you live and is something I do with all of my clients.
Have you experienced big inspirational movements or do you generally get the gentle whispers that lead you to the next thing? How does inspiration show up for you? Share in the comments below, I would love to hear how you are inspired!
If I have learned anything in the last few years, it is that we all have gifts to give to the world and if we are lucky enough to realize them, we have the opportunity to make them into our dreams. With that dream comes a path that will teach us amazing lessons along the way.
The person you were when you first realized your gift is not the same person you will be when you apply it to your dreams.
You will change.
Your path might too.
And as much change, lessons, amazing insights, and growth you go through, at the core you will be the same.
At your core, in your heart, and in the midst of your creative soul, you will be the same.
That passion and love you are sending out into the world has always been with you on some level. It may have started as just a tiny seedling of interest, inspiration, and hope that eventually developed some roots of importance and passion. Through storms of confusion and frustrating questions of “how” things would turn out, you have held true to your path, your calling, and your gift.
The path to creating the life of your dreams is yours and as you travel it you get to decipher what lines up with your vision and what does not. And every “mistake”, “mis-step”, and “failure” is really an opportunity to learn and grow.
So take the first step on your path with positive expectation and open arms for all that you are going to discover about yourself and the world around you, for nothing will provide a more amazing journey than you setting out to make your dreams become reality.
One step is all it takes to get you to the next. Why not start now?
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