What do you fear?

Fear is a powerful feeling. It can stop you in your tracks; it can keep you from your highest potential.

What are you afraid of?

I see a lot of different people and the majority of people I see are operating their lives in fear. But it’s not a fear you would think of. Most of the fear I see in people, and in myself, is fear of getting everything you want; that voice that tells you you don’t deserve the greatest things you desire, the voice that tells you you can’t do certain things; the voice that tells you to stay in your comfort zone. We all have that voice. .

Here is something I want you to burn into your brain: If you want to grow, you must step outside your comfort zone.

So I charge you this week to step outside of your zone. Do something spontaneous. Do something you are afraid to do. Go to that networking thing you’ve been nervous to go to. Tackle that workout that you hate to do. Call an old friend you’ve been meaning to talk to. Quit your job and start your own business.

THE KEY HERE IS TO FOLLOW YOUR HEARTS DESIRE… even if you are afraid. Even if you don’t know what will happen. All you need to do in life is “stay tuned.”

If there is something you have wanted to accomplish but haven’t because of fear, make it a priority now to focus on it. Set an intention around it. Today at Time to Thrive Barb Wade gave us a great exercise to do around fear. In case you were not there, here’s what you can do.

Divide a piece of paper in half with a line. On the left side write “limiting beliefs” at the top, and on the right side right “inner wisdom”, “god’s voice,” “love”, whatever feels good to you. In the left side, write down all the negative self talk that comes to you surrounding your fear of doing your “thing.” In the right side, write down what your inner wisdom would say to you if it heard you telling yourself, for example, “I have to do this because I need to an example for my clients and you are a big hypocrite if you don’t do it perfect all the time.”

My inner wisdom is a lot like the voice of a good friend who always has wise and comforting words. My inner wisdom always speaks the truth. It says in response: “Honey, being human and being open about making mistakes is the BEST example you can be. You don’t HAVE to do anything and especially not for anyone but yourself. You will drain yourself dry if you try to be perfect all the time, you already are perfect…you are exactly enough.”

Try this with your fears. Just writing that makes me feel so light and fluffy. The lessons we learn are endless and infinite; and I guarantee you will get one when you finally tackle that thing you are afraid of doing.

Have a FEARLESS week.

“The decision you make today is often not the choice you make tomorrow.”

Does this sentence resonate with you? That sentence is a direct quote from God via the book Conversations with God, Book 2 in which I am love with by Neale Walsch. I read this and I knew I would be writing about this for this week’s inspire me Monday.

What does this mean exactly? We have all experienced this in one way or another. For me it comes to mind with food choices. Every night I go to bed thinking “Tomorrow will be a perfectly clean day, no faults, no exceptions.” And then tomorrow comes and I go to an event or get a craving or blah blah blah, you know the drill… I eat something I decided I would not eat the day before. Sound like anyone else?

What I read in Conversations with God that made me go YES! Is this: The secret of all masters is to keep choosing the same thing.

It’s that simple people. Just keep choosing the same thing over and over again until it is a part of your reality. Another word for this: practice. So in my case, with food, as I am learning, is that it may take me years to fully manifest the habits I decide upon every night without effort. But the more I keep CHOOSING this reality of effortless food decision making, the better my chances are of creating a reality where I always make the food choices I want to make.

This is the power in choice. When you choose, choose it with all your heart. Go full throttle into it without fear. Keep moving toward it until you’ve accomplished what you want. Don’t take NO for an answer. Whatever you call forth, you will receive. And if all you call forth is “I want to make better decisions” that is exactly what you will get; the experience of wanting. Choose “I WILL make better decisions.”

Lastly, be careful of expectations. You must be open to whatever comes to you.

“If you are not Careful, you will Drown in your Expectations”

Growth requires a step into the unknown. Often we see growth as trouble and standing still as safe. So jump in, keep choosing what you want to manifest, and stay open. Have an Amazing Week!

It’s the second full week in January. What have you done to keep yourself flowing in abundance?

I know that the first few weeks in January can be a busy and stressful time as people come back to reality and things start to flow again and I thought it might be time for a little reminder.

As the unofficial spokesperson for taking care of you first, I am here to remind you to do just that. No matter what’s going on in your life, whether you feel on track or not, you need to remember this simple question: “what am I doing today that is just for me?”

What is one thing you can do a day that will satisfy your spirit? Not even just you, your deeper self… what does it want?

Did you know that our primal ancestors spent 9 hours a day sleeping, napping, resting and 6 hours doing leisurely activities consisting of play or family/group activities. Guess what that looks like today? On average we spend less than 7 hours sleeping, 9 hours working, and 2 hours commuting to work.

We have our priorities mixed up sometimes because of stress about money or relationships. We spend so much time making sure we have enough money by filling our schedules with work first before we fill it with activities for ourselves or with our families that by the time it’s all done, when people say “I just don’t have time to fit in cooking or exercise” I believe them because I can see their schedules.

But I have a secret to tell you, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF YOUR OWN SCHEDULE! If you are so busy, it’s because you made it that way. And you can change it. Here is a simple solution:

1) Get out three different colored markers and your schedule.

2) Mark out the hours a day you spend doing work activities with one color.

3) Mark out the hours a day you spend doing things for YOU with another color.

4) Mark out the hours a day you spend doing fun things or spending time with family/friends.

When you have done this you will have an eagle eye view of your day/week. If you have a lot of WORK color and no YOU color, then you need to change that.

I personally like to see an equal amount of me time vs play time. You need to figure out what works for you. The best thing you can do to clean up your schedule is clearly decide when and how much you time you will devote to your working hours and mark them clearly. DO NOT schedule working activities outside these hours and especially not in time that is YOU time.

Have a wonderful week and take some time for yourself!