It’s one thing to become more conscious and a whole other thing to to take action on that new awareness. That’s when you must walk the talk, not just talk the talk.
Awareness without action is dangerous because it breeds cynicism and spiritual passivity. You know, all those books, courses and sessions you’ve attended but the old habits creep back in and you are convinced that none of it works! Its not IT that doesnt work, its you who needs to work at it!
When you begin a practice of consciousness it is something that mustn’t be treated lightly- take it seriously without being serious about it- there’s a big difference between the two.
It’s all part of taking responsibility for the awareness that you are.
Don’t be fooled by looking for the easier route, there isn’t one. Deepen your connection to who you truly are THROUGH YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE. Use your coach/ mentor/ practitioner to support you in your journey rather than expecting or hoping that they will do the work for you. That means getting in and getting dirty, metaphorically and sometimes physically scruffing your knees and feeling bruised. It’s through the very challenging times that we learn so much more about our strengths and capabilities so stop avoiding and agreeing with your small voice in your head. As I say to my clients, just keep putting one foot in front of the other and use the support you have around you.
Integration as you go along is far more important than more and more accumulation of knowledge.
If you are someone who has a lot of knowledge but are not seeing the benefit of that knowledge, then give me a call. If you are a coach who wants to go deeper with your clients, give me a call, I love to support you in walking YOUR OWN deepening awareness path.
#yougottaworkbitch! (!!! lol) #integrationiskey
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
Are you playing safe? Life’s ok but a bit blah and unadventurous?
Are you ready to turn up on the ‘edge’?
As you expand your awareness, you stop avoiding discomfort. You will find that you won’t wait for challenge to come, you will look for your ‘edge’. You know that expansion only occurs at the edge of comfort, the edge of feeling safe. I call it the comfortably/uncomfortable edge!
This is where you can become very aware of the paradox we live. On one hand, when we follow our head and its ideas, we are comfort seeking missiles, always looking for the safe and easy way out with little to no struggle. On the other hand when we are present and aware of the feeling that pulls us from within, we are coming from a space beyond thought that is all about fearless expression and experience. Turning up alive, engaged and involved and seeing what happens!
When working with individuals, I support them in their own experience of what this fully expressed space is about and how valuable it is. A fully expressed liver of life doesn’t look for their life to be safe and smooth, in fact they would naturally be wary if it did. Instead they are actively involved and present to the opportunities that surround them, knowing that it is better to have jumped in and tried something and ‘failed’ than to stay in the comfort zone.
I would love to hear from you and share how I can partner with you to support you to find your edge and stay there. Remember, there is no ‘right’ time to do anything, there is right here and now and it only takes one step at a time. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Are you noticing there’s a lot of FEISTY energy around at the moment? You know, that frustrated, agitated, slightly moody but not pissed off, worked-up but not downright angry stuff. I’ve noticed it around and also in the clients I support.
What I notice then is the judgment that comes up about being feisty!
“I’m spiritual and am not meant to be feeling anything other than peace!”
or “I shouldn’t be getting annoyed here but… (inferring that they are above that, or should be beyond it by now!)”
What’s so is that ‘feisty’ in itself isn’t a bad thing, or to be squashed or avoided. In fact I see it as absolutely necessary as you move towards birthing a new expression of yourself into the world. Whether that is a new art piece, a new business idea, a new way of being in the world. It’s about how you funnel your feisty that really counts. When you funnel your feisty, you are using that powerful creative energy and tension towards what you are being invited to bring out in the world.
This is a critical time to STOP and get present to what you are feeling. Notice what is happening around you…what is capturing your attention? what is inspiring you? where’s the animation in the room so to speak.
When you drop your judgment of the so called negative thoughts and emotions, you stop pushing it away and instead you practice self-reflection and ask what is this feistiness pointing towards in your life.
The very thing that is pushing our buttons and creating all this feistiness CONTAINS INSIGHT FOR YOU. It would be a shame to keep ignoring it or continue to relieve the tension. When you learn to harness that tension, that creative energy, powerful stuff happens.
If you are Mr or Mrs Feisty right now and would like to understand more about how to work with your feisty energy, then contact me to see how I can partner with you to bring focus and insight to what you are experiencing.
#FEISTYISGOOD #DONTRELIEVETHETENSION
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Are you prepared to go through the certain discomfort of the interim period between when you start to make a new choice to bringing about a new behaviour or experience in your life?
There will always be a period when things feel wrong or hard or clunky as you do something differently as your brain rewires to the new way of being.
A person choosing and practicing the conscious path will see how important this discomfort is and will stop avoiding it and will instead move towards it. DW
“Difficulties are meant to ROUSE not DISCOURAGE.
The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict” William Ellery Channing
Are you feeling trapped by your circumstances and feel anxious or overwhelmed (again!)?
Do you keep breaking promises with yourself by saying you are going to do something and then don’t follow through?
Do you believe you have to have something in place, ticked off or accomplished BEFORE you can give attention to what you love?
Do you keep telling yourself that you can’t afford the money or time to follow your heart?
With all due respect, I call this bullshit! and you’re only being held back by the bullshit you’re telling yourself, or by the bullshit spinning around your head.
I can help you cut through your bullshit.
Its just a bunch of old stories we have chosen to tell ourselves and we do it so often that it has become a habit.
Wouldn’t you prefer to experience the freedom of being in the driver seat of your life? The feeling of being empowered and clear and focussed in your choices? Would you like to be able to feel certain and unafraid of making the wrong decision? What would it feel like to play your own tune rather than squeezing yourself into someone else idea of who they think you should be?
I ask you, can you really afford NOT to step off those old stories and discover a more authentic way of turning up in life.
As the saying goes, if you keep doing the same things in the same way over and over, how can you expect anything different to happen.
Come and see me if you have had enough of saying one thing and then doing another. I will partner with you to shift these old habits and limitations you live with so you can get back into the groove of truth. I will support you to create and experience the life that you dream of.
If you feel the prickle of heat right now, an uncomfortable but undeniable feeling that its time for you, or a burst of yes! within, then send me a reply or call me so we can have a conversation and determine how I can support you to support yourself.
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Are you prepared to go through the discomfort of the interim period when you start to make a new choice to bring about a new behaviour or experience in your life?
There will always be a period when things feel wrong or hard or clunky as you do something differently as your brain rewires to the new way of being. A person choosing and practicing the conscious path will see how important this discomfort is and will stop avoiding it and will instead move towards it. This is what I call emotional resilience and its an important part of what happens when you partner with me in my coaching program.
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