When was the last time you stepped out of your comfort zone to try something new or to achieve something?

It is not always easy to do and we can all find 'all the reasons' why we shouldn't or can't. Take the "n't" off the end of these words and we will see all the possibilities.

When we find ourselves in those moments where we are turning away from opportunities because it feels uncomfortable, we need to remember the 'why'. We need to remember what is important to us. We need to remember that we have succeeded in so many ways just to get where we are standing today. We need to remember all the times we did something that wasn't comfortable and remind ourselves of the growth and the empowerment we feel when we step past the known.

We need to remember that we have everything we need inside us to achieve whatever we want. We need to trust ourselves.

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When we recognize that perception is projection we can then realize that our internal self-talk determines how we view the world.

Two people can be standing next to each other, looking at the exact same view and still have two completely different descriptions of the experience, of what they are seeing and the emotions they are feeling.

How we talk to ourselves; negatively or positively is reflected back to us in everything we see and experience. If we are coming from a place of fear, anger, sadness or hurt, what we see is going to look a lot different than it will from the person standing next to us that is coming from a place of love, gratitude, forgiveness and compassion.

How we view the world starts with how we view ourselves.

Being kind and loving to ourselves is the greatest gift we can give to the world. It will show through in our behavior and all of our interactions with others.

Normalize Compassion <3

Tip: Start and finish everyday with gratitude. Find 3+ things to be grateful every morning before you get out of bed. When you go to bed at night, find 3+ things to be grateful for and one thing you are looking forward to tomorrow.

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"As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot." ~ Ray Kroc

When it comes to nourishment and nurturing our health, it is important to be ever green; to make learning and self-improvement a lifetime journey, not a destination. We know that the only thing constant in life is change. To adapt to that change, we need to learn how to cope with the change. We need to be green...

How do you nurture your learning? What was the last book or course you took?
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The only limitations are the ones we choose to believe.

Remember when we were children and we believed in invisible friends, we believed we could be rock stars, movie stars, astronauts, writers, teachers, world travelers, artists, veterinarians, the first female to win a Nascar race?...(ok, maybe that last one was just me...lol)

My point is: What did you dream of doing and are you doing it? Chances are you aren't. Less than 35% of American children follow their dreams as adults. My question is: What stopped you?

Probably the same thing that stops most of us from:

💔Speaking in public, or even in front of ten people
💔Going to that event by our self
💔Asking for a promotion
💔Talking to someone we are interested in
💔Buying our self something nice
💔Allowing our self to take time to for self-care
💔Asking for help
💔Celebrating our wins

What stops us are Limiting Decisions.

Somewhere along the way we saw something or were told something that we internalized to mean that we "should not" or "we can't" do something or we "would not" be good, or we "aren't enough".

So, I ask you now: When did you decide that?

Because you can choose to decide something new and empowering, now.

To quote Henry Ford: "Whether you think you can or you can't, you are right."
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Hope you are making time to enjoy the journey.

Remember, it is not about the destination, it's about the journey: the relationships, the growth, the purpose, the joy.

It's not about what you get, it's about what you give that makes life so fulfilling.

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Without purpose, we are just going through the motions. Often we will find ourselves in situations wondering how in the hell we got there and angry at where we are at or resentful about where we aren't.

When we live our lives based on another person's purpose or other people's "shoulds", or other people's beliefs of what is best for us, we miss out on finding what is IMPORTANT TO US.

And hopefully one day we will get uncomfortable enough to wake up and wonder where the last 10 years went and recognize that we can make change now, we can do things differently, now we can find our own purpose and meaning in life.

When we uncover our purpose and meaning, we find the strength to let go of behaviors that have been holding us back.

Purpose and meaning are like the GPS navigation guide to HAPPINESS and FULFILLMENT

Are you living your purpose?

Don't know where or how to start?
Start right where you are at, now...DM me - I'm here for you✨

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"The self-realized spirit is merely a spirit emancipated from fear, judgement and knowing." ~ Bryant McGill

Have you ever watched someone else enjoying life and wished you could be as free? Do you hold yourself back, do you dim your light because you are worried others will judge you? That you'll look silly?

What do we choose to miss out on in life because we are too concerned with what someone else may think?

Why do we even care if someone thinks we look silly? Wouldn't you rather look silly and enjoy your life than be the one in the back watching everyone else have fun?

Someone said to me today "Dance like no one is watching" and that shook me. I've always felt like I have no rhythm...and it has been confirmed...and who cares? I want to be like Steve Martin in The Jerk...I don't care if I look silly. I am more interested in allowing myself the freedom to have fun than I am of someone else's opinion of me...and besides, if they are busy judging my poor dancing that is sad for them, because they must not be dancing themselves.
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"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." ~Wayne Dyer

Swiss psychologist Carl Jung introduced this concept of perception is projection, which means that in order to see something in someone else, it must exist inside us. Imagine, if we did not know what is was like to be happy, how could we know that anyone else was happy, or sad for that matter?

As we understand this concept of perception is projection, we can then see that how we judge another person has very little to do them and everything to do with us. We are only making judgements based on our perception of the person and their behavior, which is never the reality of the person or the intent behind the behavior.

We have all heard the saying about when you point one finger at someone, there are three more fingers pointing back at you...

Today's Tip:
Next time you find yourself judging someone else's behavior in a negative way, ask yourself what this means in relation to you? What does that say about you? Are you projecting your insecurity onto their behavior?

Awareness is the first step to change...

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I once heard that anxiety is the unconscious mind's way of letting us know we are not focusing on WHAT WE WANT.

That hit me...

Think about the last time you felt anxious: Were you visualizing the situation turning out with the best possible outcome? Or were you worried and imagining all the things that could go wrong and all the depleting emotions that went along with that?

When we focus on WHAT WE WANT, there is no anxiety because we are visualizing a positive outcome. When we do this, we tell our unconscious mind what we want to achieve and it will help us achieve our goals. It does this because it likes all of the feel good brain chemicals that are produced when we think about the positive outcome...We give it a taste of how good it will feel when we achieve our best outcome by visualizing the goal and our unconscious mind becomes hungry for more and will help us achieve it.

Today's Tip:
Next time a feeling of anxiousness bubbles up, STOP and ask yourself: What Do I Want?

STOP focusing on what you don't want and focus on what you want. Say it the way you want it. Visualize the best outcome through your eyes as if you achieved it, feel all the feels and notice that the anxiousness is not there.
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"We can't heal the world today but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness." ~ Mary Davis

We are living in a time of ultra criticism and judgement. It seems that there is a bit of a divide in beliefs that has created a 'Them' vs. 'Us' mentality, with little tolerance for 'Them'...in any situation, whichever side of a belief that you are on. As a society, we seem to be losing our capacity to be curious and compassionate, replacing this with judgment and contempt.

When we have this type of thinking, we are closing ourselves off to the situations and perhaps the suffering that helped form beliefs in 'Them'. It is a tendency to jump straight to judgement because we are filtering their beliefs and behavior through our filters...our experiences and perhaps our suffering. We decide that we know what their beliefs mean, because we know what they mean to us.

In truth, we have no clue why anyone believes or does what they do. What we need to recognize, is that there is always an intention of good in anyone's actions and behavior, based on their beliefs and upbringing.

Suppose we stop judging and imagine their story, their pain, their upbringing that could have created their beliefs. We don't have to accept them as our own, we just need to stop judging...we have never stood in their shoes.

I will never stop reminding us: We can't heal hate with hate, judgement or intolerance. We can heal hate with LOVE and COMPASSION.

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Awakening: The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep

It is not a mid-life 'crisis' - It is my mid-life 'Awakening'...and it feels fabulous!

Remember: There is no growth in comfort. I dare you to embrace the turbulence and ride out the change...see where it takes you...be curious.

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If we understand that perception is projection, we can understand that we really never see someone for who they truly are, because we are always seeing them through our filters of how we define situations, behaviors & life.

The essence of this, is that we see what we want in people based on what is inside of us.

The beauty of this is that when we see someone that is radiant and uplifting, we can know that we see that in them because it exists in us.

So the next time you find yourself admiring someone's bravery, compassion, resilience, radiance...anything...know that you see that in them because it is in you...and then take a moment to recognize that in yourself...appreciate yourself the way you appreciate that person you were admiring.

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The conscious mind is the "Goal Setter"

The unconscious mind is the "Goal Getter"

To effectively achieve goals, leveraging the remarkable capabilities of our minds, we need to stop trying to control and map out every turn and task we think is needed to achieve the goal.

Think about the GPS in our cars...We enter the address of the destination into the GPS app. We get in the car and we follow the guidance. Sure, we may look at the directions before we hit go to see if they make some logical sense; then we drive. We trust that as we are driving, the GPS will guide us, because we know we clearly and accurately entered in the destination. Even if we make a wrong turn or we take a detour, stopping somewhere along the way, we just continue navigation. We keep driving and we see how the GPS will correct our route for us.

So if we stop trying to control every turn and allow our unconscious mind to guide us, we will reach our destination or our goal. The key, is to clearly and specifically define our goal with a timeframe that we intend to achieve it. From there, we need get to work and trust our unconscious mind, being open to all the opportunities along the way, taking action at every chance.

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The pursuit of perfection can not only get in the way of enjoying the process or the journey, it can also prevent our progress.

Perfection (noun): The quality or state of being perfect, such as freedom from fault or defect: flawlessness, or: The act or process of perfecting

If we view ourselves, our situation or effort towards our goals as not good enough, not perfect, of having flaws, then we are technically operating in a state of lack. We are focused on what isn't enough. We are focused on the negative.

When we recognize that our thoughts become our reality, we can realize that what we focus on, negatively or positively, we get more of. This means that in an effort to be "perfect" we will always be lacking. We will always fail...What is perfect anyways? and to who?

Today's Tip:

Focus on excellence, not perfection. To be excellent is to be exceptionally good to do something excellently: to excel.

To focus on excellence, we can celebrate all of the wins: big or small. Recognize the achievements and progress. When we do this, we will be focusing on the positivity and therefore will get more positive results.

We will never achieve perfection in everyone's eyes because we all have a different image of what perfect looks like, however we can excel...always

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Tolerate: to put up with...

Stand For: to support or represent...

What are you tolerating that is not in alignment with your values?

It took a long moment (more than a year) for me to really understand the meaning of this. I had a mentor that would have me write this down every time I complained about the behavior of my employees.

One day, it hit like a thunderbolt and I realized that all of things I was 'tolerating' were in no way who I was or how I wanted to be viewed, yet as a leader, I was allowing this behavior to exist - actually persist, in my own company.
Huge changes came after that!

Now, when I find myself starting to complain about something, personally or in business, I ask myself if that is what I Stand For? If not, what will I do to change it, because I can't continue to tolerate it. Tolerating it is like giving permission for it to persist.
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The thing is, our behavior is determined by the stories we tell ourselves; so why not tell a more compelling story? Instead of judgement and anger, why not tell a story of possibilities and compassion?

I was talking to someone today about a mutual friend that we didn't realize we had in common until recently. I was saying how much I love this mutual friend and also how I almost never met them.

I had been referred to this lady from another friend and when I called her, I got her voicemail and it was like a two minute directory message, which to me sounded basically like: "don't leave me a message, I'm too busy...contact my people and they will get back to you." - or at least that is the story I told myself. I immediately dismissed this lady and decided she must be too busy and didn't need me as a client...

Later that night I heard myself recalling this story to my husband and realized, that was my story, and truth be told: I had no clue what this women's story was. Maybe she did that on purpose so that she could better direct the calls and offer better service to preferred clients. IDK - I just realized, maybe I didn't need to make a story for her. She did come highly recommended, so I decided maybe I could try a different method of communication, so I emailed her this time...she responded immediately and we had and amazing conversation. We ended up working together, very successfully, and are now great friends.

Don't limit yourself by the stories you make up.
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Are you providing feedback or criticism?

Feedback (verb): To provide informational feedback to; (noun): Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results

Critique (verb): To review something; to review or analyze critically

Criticize (verb): To find fault (with something)

If we understand that the meaning of our communication is the response we get, then it is necessary to ask ourselves: what is the desired result of our communication? When we start with the end in mind, we will better shape our communication to achieve the outcome we desire.

This is especially true when we are trying to change someone's behavior or opinion, in all relationships we have: personal and professional. This approach also helps us be more responsive and constructive rather than reactive and disparaging.

Conversely, if you are on the receiving end of "criticism", perhaps you can choose to see it as feedback or a critique, in which case you can take the provided observations as a challenge for improvement.

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Every day is a chance for a new beginning. Actually, every moment is...

We don't have to continue to do something, be something or feel something that is not serving us.

Every day is a chance to choose a different path. It is not necessarily easy.

It Requires:
❤ Self Awareness
❤ A Desire For Change
❤ The Belief That You Can Change
❤ Constant Realignment & Commitment To The New Path.

We may deviate; we just have to choose over and over again to keep following the new path, even when the choice seems hard. The more we consciously make that choice to take the new path, the easier it will get...until one day we realize that we automatically chose the new path because it has become our new normal.
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