Journey to Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt w Shantelle Thompson Barkindji Warrior

First yarn for the year about where I am at with my journey to black belt. I was asked by a friend how I found the motivation to keep to keep showing up. And I shared with her that what it is my purpose that is allowing me to show up. Not motivation. 

Come and have a listen to my yarn. 

End of year yarns about my journey for this podcast. 

Yarning today about being able to do hard things and leaning into the discomfort required to create a life of meaning. 

What does it mean to be committed vs motivated? What are you willing to sacrifice and give to be committed to your calling, purpose or vision? 

There is a common saying the in the motivation world, 'You cant be what you cant see'. But what if you can be, what you cant see. And your driving reason is so that you can be a role model for others? 

Today I am yarning about the power of playing the long game, and how it is helping focus on taking aligned and purposeful action. That will clear space and lay the foundations for me to become the woman I need to become in order to birth my potential and vision and calling into this life and the world. 

Sharing about my experience of how fracturing my tailbone during birth. Really bought me home to my physical body and how it's experience is deeply impacted by my emotional and spiritual selves. 

How understanding that my jealousy and its physical symptoms. Was actually calling me to realise that I missed JiuJitsu. 

Being in my body and understanding her better is helping me to create a more whole life. And allowing me to move deeper myself on all levels and layers in my journey to Black Belt... 

Being intentional definitely serves me and how I want to show up in the world. Because this week my intentions where challenged with what was happening in the moment. I had to step up and be accountable for how I had created that moment and the role I had to play. 

With a big acceptance that training jiujitsu in this moment for competition is not available to me. I only have a short time available, and I can either be angry and resentful. Or I can be accepting and accountable for the time I do have.  

In my focus this week and in setting up my week, I am trying something new. Rather than merely setting goals for the week. I am setting intentions and goals. 

Intentions is when I set an aim, which allows for things to unfold and for me to show up and meet each moment as it is. Whilst I am taking steps and creating energy towards the things I want to unfold in that moment or day. 

Where as a goal is a defined thing with a set outcome. I look forward to sharing my reflections at the end of the week of how this process went. 

Ngayi, 

Why the journey to Black belt and going a little deeper into the purpose of this podcast. My journey in Jiu-Jitsu and what I hope to share with you through this journey. 

If you liked this episode I would appreciate you leaving a review so I can learn and evolve. And if you connected or found value in this. Please share with someone you believe it can help or will find inspiration here. 

Big Love, 
Shantelle