The final step in fear-setting is, in my opinion at least, the most eye opening. Think about your dream or goal you’ve identified and been working on (clearing, reframing, building) and imagine if you did absolutely nothing towards achieving it. You just kept on as you are right now in your life. What will your life …
You now know how to remove the obstacles and reframe your perspective, now it’s time to create the environment that supports success. Pull out your list you made from “clearing the path“. If you haven’t made it yet, go back now and do that. For each item you listed as the worst thing that could …
We are our own worst enemies; often subconsciously sabotaging ourselves along the path to what we truly desire- be that a goal or a dream. Dr. Gay Hendricks calls this an “upper limit” problem where we hit our threshold of perceived capacity or joy and subconsciously manifest an obstacle to prevent us from exiting out …
If you want to take a piece of land and convert it into a garden, you need a plan for the garden and then you need to clear it from its existing vegetative state before you can ever plant the first seed. If there is something you want to do – write a book, open …
There is a gentle breeze dancing through the trees, the birds are singing, the sun is warming on this cool late spring morning. In this moment, there is no rushing around, no sound of traffic, nothing to disturb this peacefulness. Things could easily be different. I could be focusing on the pressing deadlines, lengthy to …
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to loose.” Kris Kristofferson Too many of us spend a lifetime trapped in our stories created in the past. We miss the beautiful moments of freedom in the present where we can recreate our lives into something more free. Some people experience life changing events- near death and …
I asked a group of students at the first of the year to share their 2019 goals for being in my exercise class. Almost all had some rendition of “to be healthy”. What does that mean? As I dug deeper, I gleaned more specific definitions: To have strong bones To have more stamina To be …
What conditions are necessary for you to create in order to have optimal happiness? Better yet, do you know what makes you happy? Right now, pull out a piece of paper, set a timer for 1 minute and see how many items you can list that make you happy. (I did it and had 32 …
Have you ever left a closed water bottle in your car during summer and the heat caused it to expand, distorting the original form? You can open the bottle a bit to release the warm air and it will regain some of it’s original shape, usually. If there was more than water inside the bottle, …
I never really thought too much about my addiction to convenience until recently. I never thought much about where aluminum foil, Syran Wrap, Hefty garbage back, Ziplock baggies, and toilet paper come from. I know I use them and am grateful for their presence as it has made my life easier. Since plastics were introduced …
