The Bed Head Chronicles

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.

Today, I want to talk about the beauty of fall -- of autumn -- and how the incredible leaves, no matter where you are, it's just so beautiful.  

But then, suddenly, the trees know it's time to let go.  They shed their leaves and become bare.  But, what they're doing is letting go to open up space and availability to have a rebirth in the spring -- to develop new and different leaves that are more beautiful than before.

We often forget to find the beauty in our own shedding of letting go of things that are no longer serving us to make room for the things that will serve us.  Or will allow us to find greater joy, peace or happiness.  

Let's learn to be able to let go a little easier.  Loosening our grip on the things that we're so unwilling to change.  Let's not be afraid to let go.  But let's celebrate the fact that in letting go, we're opening up space for even better things.  

I often wonder what blessings or opportunities I blocked by refusing to let go.  I've thought about it from so many different perspectives. How is my reluctance to change kept me from something spectacular?  

Think about that for yourself.  Were there times when you held on so tightly because you didn't want to change and let go?  Did you miss out on something that could have truly enhanced your life in some way?

As much as we find such great beauty in nature in the Fall, the trees shedding these beautiful leaves to make room for rebirth in the Spring, let's try and celebrate the same in ourselves.

Now, I want you to think back to times when you did allow yourself to let go, and how further on in the future you look back and say "Thank goodness I did that.  Because look where it led me."  Sometimes our inability to let go leaves us in a space where we don't grow.  We don't get to change and see how spectacular life can be.  

So, as life comes and offers us up all kinds of situations that either force us to change or encourage us to change, loosen your grip a little bit.  Recognize that there will be something truly beautiful in letting go.  Just like the trees in the fall.  

Don't be afraid.  Believe that this beautiful gift of life involves so much of having to hold on sometimes and letting go at other times.  Let's find the beauty in all of it.

Thank you very much and have an amazing day.

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Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.

Today, I want you to think about how many times -- during the day, during the week, during the month -- that we have the opportunity to be great through small acts of kindness.

I think we often underestimate the power of a kind touch, smile, honest compliment, or providing just a caring, listening ear to someone.  The power of these small gestures -- these small acts of kindness -- that can truly turn someone's life around.

We have an opportunity to be great in this way every single day.  What I hope for you is that in every moment you can just pause for a split second to think, 'How can I make this a moment where I can truly touch the life of this person in front of me?'

Don't rush through your day missing out on these opportunities because when we give to another, nothing feels so satisfying, so fulfilling, so deeply wonderful.  Because we know what it feels like to be listened to when we need someone to hear us.  To be smiled at when may feel sad.  To be given a compliment on a day when we don't feel so great about ourselves.  Or to be given a hug in a troubled time.

We all know how good that feels and we all have the opportunity to be great in these small acts of kindness every single day.

I was reading something this morning when I woke up, and this is what made me think about how important this is.  "How far you go in your life depends on you're being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and strong.  Because someday in your life, you will have been all of these."

And that is so true.  We have all been young.  We will all be old at some point.  We will all be weak in times.  We will all be strong in times.   

During all those times, we hope to be loved, supported and acknowledged by others.  But most importantly by our selves.

So, today, go through the day.  Be free with offering an act of kindness and feel how that fills your heart and soul with so much beauty. 

Thank you everyone, and have an amazing day.

For more tips and advice about living an authentic life go to https://www.sirilindley.com/authentic/

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.

Today, I want to talk about how we so often acknowledged, appreciate and celebrate the successes or achievements of others so much more than we give our own selves credit for.

For example, a friend of yours who hasn't been working out very much goes out has a week where she works out every single day and she's feeling great and she's loving it.  You would probably be celebrating them and saying "wow, that's so amazing" My God, that's so inspiring.  Great job!"  But if it were you, and you hadn't been working on for a long time, but you've been working out every single day for seven days and you feeling great.  You're doing well.  You're getting fitter and you're getting stronger.  Are you celebrating that?  Are you giving yourself the credit for having the discipline, the will the desire, the motivation to get out of bed and work out every single day when you haven't done this for a long time?

Celebrate yourself like you would celebrate that person that you love so much.

On the same note, say you have someone that you love so deeply and you can see that they're stuck in a pattern that is just not serving them.  They're stuck in a pattern that's making them unhappy.  Wouldn't you go to them and give them some words of advice to get out of that pattern or to do something differently or to believe in something more?

If that's what you would tell them and you, currently, are stuck in a pattern that's not serving you, that's making you sad, that's having you feel way less than your best, then don't you deserve to give yourself that great advice as well?

We take ourselves for granted all the time.

And as much as we celebrate and appreciate and acknowledge the achievements or the improvements of the people that we love so much in our lives, we need to offer ourselves that same love.  That same appreciation.  That same acknowledgment.  And to celebrate those things for ourselves as well.

And in the same note, when we're stuck or we know that we are doing something that is not helping us or not serving us -- think about if this was someone that you loved so deeply was stuck in the same pattern, what advice would you give them?  I'm sure it's not the advice that you're giving yourself at that moment.  Love yourself as you would love those people that you love so much in your life because when you take care of you, and I know I talk about this all the time -- take care of you.  Love you.  Appreciate you.  Inspire you.  Then you will be able to love, appreciate, inspire and move the people you love to the best of your ability and with all your heart and soul.

Take care of yourself, first.  Appreciate you.  Acknowledge you.  Don't take yourself for granted.  Look at what you accomplished every single day.

Appreciate you, and as you do every single day, you appreciate the things that you accomplish whether they're huge things or tiny things.  You build upon that.  And as you build that muscle of appreciating you and acknowledging you and celebrating you, you're also building your confidence, your self-love, and thus your ability to give to the people you love and care about, give to this world, contribute to this world and truly make a difference.

So, to all of you, as you go through your day today if somebody gives you a compliment and says, "Hey, great job!"  Instead of just smiling and saying, "Thank you" and having that comment go from one ear to the other and out the door, take it in.  "Wow. Yeah, I did do that. Thank you. That means so much to me."  And then move on. 

But have that build you up.  Build up your belief in yourself.  Build up your confidence. And you build up your self-love.  Take it in, acknowledge it, appreciate it.  Because when you give kind words to another or you want to share your pride in them or your appreciation for something that they've accomplished, you want to know that they're taking that in and really listening and really understanding what you're trying to tell them.  Do that same thing for yourself.

Okay, everybody. I hope you have an amazing day and thank you for checking in with the Bed Head Chronicles and I'll see you tomorrow.

 For more tips and advice about living an authentic life go to https://www.sirilindley.com/authentic/

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.

Today, I want to talk about owning your mistakes. Owning it when things don't turn out the way that you hope them to.

You all have heard my story of the Olympic trials and where I had prepared for 365 days. I had visualized the perfect race from start to the finish with me crossing the line, Siri Lindley going to the Olympics.

What happened was because I had only visualized everything going right, in the first 30 seconds of that race that gun had gone off, I dove in the water, I got dumped under, I got elbowed in the face and I lost the front pack.

I had not visualized that happening. I had not prepared for what I would do in that circumstance.

Basically, even though I was going as hard as I possibly could, swimming as fast as I could, I was going backward. I couldn't access my power. I couldn't access my speed. I couldn't access anything because I was choking. I was freezing.

Same thing on the bike. I got on the bike and going as hard as I could. I'm going backward. Everybody's passing me.

Same thing on the run. Until I finally quit.

Now, the thing is that everyone, or everyone that I knew, was expecting me to make the Olympic team that day because I was one of the top Americans. So, in their minds when they came up to me after the race, it was like, 'What happened? Are you sick? Are you injured? Did you have a mechanical on the bike?'

I knew that my answer to their questions would change everything for me. Had I come up with an excuse, I would have rendered myself powerless to change my life, but most importantly powerless in my ability to truly believe in me. I knew that owning it and being honest about what happened would increase my capacity to learn and to grow. I would have faith in myself. I would have respect for myself and I would be able to move on learning from what happened.

So when the first person came up to me and said 'Siri what happened?' I took a deep breath and I said I choked. I absolutely choked. I froze. I couldn't do anything and I quit.

I felt ashamed at that moment that at that level and after all the hard work I did put in that I could just quit. But in owning that, that was real for me. That had an impact on me. I had respect for myself for being honest about exactly what happened. And I knew that I would take this experience and I would learn from it. I would grow from it. I would have respect for myself and faith in myself to know that no matter what happens, I won't give up on me. But I will recognize exactly what went wrong so that I can figure out exactly how to get right.

Owning our mistakes is everything.

When we do own our mistakes, we're teaching those around us to own there's and to recognize that making it to the top or achieving your ultimate goal is going to include a lot of failures and disappointments along the way.

I always say that if you're not willing to fail you're actually not willing to succeed because it's part of the process. But owning it is everything. And it also made it very clear what had gone wrong. You know, I visualize the perfect race.

Visualization is such a powerful tool, but when you visualize whatever it is -- preparing for the race or preparing for a meeting or preparing for a date -- whatever it is, you have to -- you want to see things all going the way you need it to, to have your ultimate success, but you also need to see things going wrong and see yourself handling these obstacles or these challenges with grace and with confidence, overcoming the problem and ultimately coming out successful.

That's something that I learned -- for the rest of my races to come and something that helped me become a world champion and to then-coach athletes to become world champions.

When you visualize see yourself also overcoming difficulties and ended up successful. It's so very important.

The other thing that's experienced pointed out to me is that I have lost my way. I had started focusing on making the Olympic team be the 'be-all-end-all'. Having to get good results to get a paycheck to be able to keep doing what I was doing. And that focus was not inspiring me or bringing out the best in me. It was putting pressure on me, and it was causing me to tighten rather than be free.

So also out of that experience, the greatest thing is that I found my way back to a 'why,' to a focus that served me, that brought out the best in me, that allowed me to become what I so dreamed of becoming. I realized that instead of looking at how far I had to go and what I needed to accomplish and the money I needed to make to survive, I decided to focus on seeing how far I'd come.

I didn't know how to swim six years ago. You know, I just learned how to do a swim stroke six years ago. And now, I found myself in a position to make the Olympic team. I started feeling proud of how far I'd come. I started feeling proud of all the hard work I put in. And I started thinking about 'Wow! I feel so grateful. I feel so grateful for my tough mind and this body that has carried me through. And for my passion, desire, commitment, and relentlessness. I started celebrating that.

To me, whatever you believe in, I thought 'I am so grateful for the gifts that I've been so blessed with -- mind, body, and spirit.'

Now, all I want to do is show my gratitude to my creator and say 'Thank you.' And I decided that my way of showing thanks is going to be every single day in training or during a race, I would give every single thing I had inside of me -- heart and soul -- and leave nothing behind. I would lay everything I had on that racecourse. And that would be my way of showing thanks to my creator that I believe in.

This focus, this 'why', not only led me to win 13 World Cup races but becoming a World Champion in Triathlon and a World Champion in Aquathon.

So, guys, anytime along the path -- we are all going to fail. We are all going to be disappointed. Owning it. Don't come up with an excuse. When you come up with an excuse, you're not serving yourself. You're weakening yourself. You're weakening your trust, your faith, your belief and your respect for you.

Own your mistakes. It's a part of your journey. And you'll be an example for all those who look up to you. When you own it, you can truly learn, grow and strength from the experience. And that will allow you to take in all the learning around you and bring everything you have inside of you. You'll have a deep faith that you are there in your own best interest and bring out the best in you. You'll do whatever it takes to make your dreams come true.

Everyone have an amazing day and believe in you! Be your own biggest supporter and trust in this path. Thank you.

For more tips and advice about living an authentic life go to https://www.sirilindley.com/authentic/

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.

Today, especially, I have some bed head that puts all my other big heads to shame.

Last week, as you know -- just a couple days ago -- was the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii -- the biggest race of the year. This beautiful island is a place where thousands of dreams have come true just by being on that start line and having the opportunity to race on the grandest stage in this sport of swim, bike and run.

My athlete, Mirinda Carfrae, has won the race three times, been on the podium, I believe, about six times. We've had the most incredible success here on this island. And this year, about six weeks before the race, Rinny fell running and broke her radius, the elbow, and we weren't really sure if she was going to be able to race or not.

But as her elbow began to heal and she was able to start swimming, bike and run going better than ever before, we decided to race. But sadly on the day because of the compensation, you know, when she would ride her bike, she'd have a little bit less weight on her left elbow. When she ran probably holding it a little bit different. And then when we swam the 3.8 K on race day, she breaths to the right every single stroke.

All of these little shifts in how she carried her body led to her getting on the bike and her back kind of going out early on in the bike and her not being able to put basically any power into the pedals and had to just ride the bike back to transition and end her race after the bike.

So pretty devastating for her, for us, collectively. This is a race that we work so hard for every single day of the year. But the greatest gift on the day is at her amazing husband, Tim O'Donnell, went out and had the most heroic race -- breaking the world record, coming in second place to Jan Frodeno, who was absolutely untouchable and amazing. But Tim O'Donnell, racing from the heart and coming off an injury as well -- but a lower leg injury -- just had the most phenomenal day.

So, a victory for their family is a victory for all of us. So that's the gift on the day.

But about this race -- so, if you guys don't know about the Hawaii Ironman -- the World Championships -- that island can be relentless in a beautiful way. It can be perfectly calm in the morning and then suddenly they'll be 30 to 40 mile an hour winds, gusts that can throw people off their bikes, heat, and humidity that is absolutely relentless. The pavement can get over a hundred and ten degrees and it really is a race where you have to dig deeper than you ever had before. You have to find everything inside of you to continue to move forward. And some people rise to the occasion and step into powers inside of them that they didn't even know existed to have these magical days like we've had many times and we are so grateful for.

And for others, it can be the most humbling and difficult challenge of their lives. Some don't make it to the finish line, but the way I see it is this island -- and this is the big island of Hawaii, Kona, is the most tremendous teacher. The most powerful teacher. And every single person that has qualified for this race -- I consider it as when the student is ready the teacher appears.

And on this big day, the teacher is the island of Kona. And I hear a lot on race week athletes saying the island will either allow you to succeed or it'll just knock you down and destroy you.

No. It's not like are you going to be lucky enough to have the island support you or the island go against you. It's not that. Kona, the island Madame Pele, whatever you want to call it, is there demanding you to stretch. Demanding you to strengthen. Demanding you to grow. Encouraging you to grow.

So yes, she will throw everything in the world at you. Everything unexpected. Everything that may seem overwhelming. But she's offering you the opportunity to step into a power you didn't even know you had. To find a strength that you didn't even know existed. To dig deeper than even seems possible.

And in this invitation to grow and to stretch and to believe in something that seems impossible, you're being invited to truly step into your magic. To claim your magic and to bring out of yourself something that we all kind of know is inside but it almost seems impossible.

So like the Jan Frodeno and Annie Haug and Mirinda Carfrae winning it years ago and Leanna Cave who I coach to a championship there. It's on those days that when they're being thrown these challenges, they reacted by saying "yes, I will find a way. I will find that something that I know is deep inside me. I will believe in it and I will pull that out and I will give everything I have and be open to the possibility that I am more powerful than I could ever imagine." And they claim their magic. They stepped into their power and they create the day that they have only dreamed of.

So, think about this in your own life, whether it's World Championship or business opportunity or deciding to say yes to the person that asks you to marry them. Whatever the opportunity is, or whatever the circumstance is, consider it your teacher. Consider that this is an opportunity for you to believe in something that you've never witnessed before. That you've never seen before. But you know that somewhere deep inside of you, it's there.

Believe in you. Take the leap. Understand that you are more powerful than you can ever imagine. And each and every day, step a little bit closer to that incredible greatness that you know is inside.

To everyone out there, take the challenge. Say "Yes!" Don't let it beat you down. Don't let it assume that life is happening to you and you don't have a choice. There are teachers everywhere around you. Be grateful for that.

Embrace the opportunity to stretch, to grow and to become more than you would ever imagine.

Have an amazing day, everybody!

For more tips and advice about living an authentic life go to https://www.sirilindley.com/authentic/

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.
 
Today, I want to talk about a book I read recently by Abby Wambach, "Wolfpack." 

As we all know, Abby Wamback is a legendary soccer player.  She led the US women's national team to two Olympic gold medals and scored something like 184 career goals.  She's incredible, and this book is an awesome read. 

One of the things I want to talk about today, which I love and is so important to me, is when she talks about pointing to the people that helped make your success possible.

For her, she described it as she would score a goal and point to the person that assisted her in scoring that goal.   Then she'd point to the coach.  Then she'd point to the bench and all her teammates.  Then she'd point to the crowd as if to say, "Thank you.  This couldn't have happened without you."

It is acknowledging your team.  It is acknowledging your supporters.

So many of us can achieve the highest levels of success and know that we didn't get there alone.  We all know that it took the power of the team or it took your village to get you there. 

And what I loved about Abby is that she always appreciated and acknowledged her team -- those that helped make that goal possible.  Those that helped make that win happen. 

Even if it's just acknowledging the people in the stands who willing you to win and sending you their love, belief in you and encouragement.  That's HUGE!  It is so powerful.

Pointing to the people that helped you get wherever you are, whether that's your first teachers, role models, parents, teachers or pets -- whoever has given you the strength, helped you be courageous, encouraged you along the way or taught you what you needed to know to get to where you are today -- these people deserve to be acknowledged. 

We must appreciate them.  We must acknowledge them. 

Acknowledge your team, your village, your community, and your supporters.  Because all of us would not be where we are today without the support of our team, our family or the community around us. 

So, here's to Abby Wambach -- an absolute legend.  It's an amazing book.  I recommend it to all of you, but for everyone that has taught me the things that I needed to know to land right here at this moment.  I am deeply grateful to my coaches, my mentors, my athletes, my friends, my mom, my dad, my sister, and my community.  Thank you for pushing me to be all that I am today, and for inspiring me to reach for more. 

All of us -- acknowledge your team.  Acknowledge your family.  Say 'Thank you.'  Be appreciative.  Be YOU.

Have an amazing day.

For more tips and advice about living an authentic life go to https://www.sirilindley.com/authentic/

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.

Today, I want to talk about going first -- taking the initiative.

If you ever think to yourself, 'I wish people were more grateful.  I wish people were more appreciative.   I wish people would follow through with their promises,' let's start with ourselves.

It's up to us to go first.

If you want more love in your life, love first.  If you want more appreciation, be appreciative.  If you want more gratitude, show more gratitude.  If you want people to follow through their word, be the one that always follows through.  Be the one that only makes promises when they know that they will do whatever it takes to follow through and deliver.

We must go first.

Life is now.  Life is happening at this very moment, and we ourselves are responsible for our entire experience of life and how people respond to us and how we get treated in this world.

Give first.  Love first.

If you want more passion, be more passionate.  If you want more inspiration, be more inspiring.  If you want more kindness in the world, be kind.

It starts with you.  Don't let a minute go by in this lifetime being anything, but what you dream of being from the inside.

If you want this world to be a loving, kind, generous and beautiful space, then be all those things first.

I know you can and I know that the difference that you can make -- just you and in the orbit around you -- it's magnificent.

Go first.  Don't be afraid.  Life is meant to be lived right now, at this very moment.

Follow through with your word.  Be kind.  Be loving.  Be giving.  Be generous.  Embrace every aspect of this beautiful gift of life and share that with the world.

Have an amazing day everybody and thank you for listening.

For more tips and advice about living an authentic life go to https://www.sirilindley.com/authentic/

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.

Have you ever thought that you're broken?

I know I have many times in my life, and what I realize now is that none of us have broken. We're all just human living the human experience.

I believe, at least, when I look back in my own life, that those times when I felt the most broken were the times just preceding a major breakthrough my life that led to something beautiful.

Maybe when we feel most broken, it's that we're waking up. That somehow the light is starting to break through the marble that has encased our true selves. And that ray of light is telling us that there's something inside of us that we're not seeing. Something inside us that we're not appreciating. Something inside of us that we're not using to live our best lives.

I always say this quote by Michelangelo, "I saw the angel in the marble and I carved until I set her free." That, to me, it just speaks to me because I feel like my whole life has been about trying to find my way home to my truth.

And my marble -- being my fears, my anxieties, my self-doubt, my disempowering stories and my focusing on the wrong things -- and as I chipped away at my marble with hopes of being able to reveal an angel inside of me.

Every time a little bit more light shone through the cracks, I started to realize that the way I was when God, our creator, or whatever you believe in, put me on this planet, was exactly what I was meant to be.

I've got lost along the way trying to be what I think I need to be for other people. To get their love or to get a certain job or to have a certain people think something about me when, really, all I needed to be all along was myself.

Brokenness, I believe, was the feeling of being broken -- which again, I don't believe any of us are broken. I believe instead that we're just lost and waiting for a light to shine on the path to lead us back home to our truth.

So, the next time you think to yourself that you're broken, remember that you absolutely are not. But you are, in that moment, receiving a memory of what's really true.

And that is that you in all your perfect glory, you and all your power, you and all your strength you and all your light are inside of you and you've just lost your way.

Find your way back home. Find your way back to your truth. And when you do you definitely won't feel broken anymore, but you will actually be able to celebrate all the beauty and the gift that is you. And you'll be able to share that with the world around you, with your loved ones -- whether it be your husband, your wife, your sons, your daughters, your parents, your friends, your co-workers.

When we live fearlessly authentically as who we are, the gifts that we share our beyond measure and so beautiful. 
So you're not broken. You're just being reminded that you need to find your way home to your truth.

Thank you, everybody, and have an amazing day.

For more tips and advice about living an authentic life go to https://www.sirilindley.com/authentic/

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles

Today. I want you to think of that one decision that you made in your life that turn your entire life around, whether that means -- took you from a really bad place to a good place or a decision that truly took your life to a whole new level.

And when I think that the answer to this question for myself, it's the day I consciously decided I will always, always be my own biggest supporter and believe in myself.  That, if there's something that I want to achieve or if there's something I want to feel in my life, I truly believe that I can make that happen and that nothing will stop me.

Obviously, I need to be willing to do whatever it takes to achieve that goal or to discipline my mind and my focus to feel a certain way. 

Another big decision was deciding to live in what Tony Robbins calls a beautiful state every day.  And that is truly disciplining my mind and my thoughts to look towards feeling gratitude and being kind and feeling love instead of fear.  Basically living my life from a place of love and not fear.  Focusing on the abundance, not scarcity.  Focusing on what I dream of creating and what I love and what fills me rather than focusing on the things that drain me or scare me.

Also, focusing on what I have all the control over, which is -- we all have total control over the experience in our lives. We choose how we react to things happening to us or to what people say to us and we choose what state to be in and every moment.  It takes discipline for all you athletes out there or business people or whatever. We all have discipline.  It's a matter of channeling that discipline into managing your thoughts.

But the biggest decision truly had the greatest impact on my life was the day that I decided that I will always be my own biggest supporter.  I will always believe in me.  I will always take my side and trust that I have everything I need inside of me to achieve what I want to achieve, to feel what I want to feel, and to have the impact on this world that I hope to have.

So, think about your biggest decision -- a life-changing decision that you made.  And if you haven't, if you don't have one that you can look back at, think about creating one today. 

What's a decision you could make for yourself that will truly change not only the trajectory of your life but your entire experience of life?  What is the decision you can make to feel the absolute most joy, gratitude, passion, and commitment to living life in a way that will see you reaping all the incredible gifts of what life brings?  What is that decision?  Make that decision today.

Thank you, everyone.

For more tips and advice about living an authentic life go to https://www.sirilindley.com/authentic/

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Bed Head Chronicles.

I woke up this morning thinking about the fact that in any relationship, whether it be your husband or wife, boyfriend girlfriend, your parents, your friends, your co-workers, that I feel happiest is when I feel seen.  When I feel heard.  When I feel appreciated.  And when I feel understood.

When I'm getting all these things, I truly feel like I can achieve anything.  I can be my very best self every minute because you feel full.  You feel full of these incredible feelings of just being seen, heard, appreciated and understood.

So, when you think about your relationships -- and we all go through struggles. Again, whether that be in our marriages or friendships or at work, whatever it is, we all go through struggles. And if you think in those moments of struggle, "Am I making this person feel heard? Am I seeing them? Am I appreciating them and showing them my appreciation? And, am I, at least, trying to understand where they're coming from?"

If you follow these principles -- if in every interaction your goal becomes to offer those four beautiful gifts to whoever you're interacting with, I guarantee you that your interactions will be so much more fulfilling, successful, and they'll just give you the most incredible feelings. For all of us. Think about this mostly for yourself, you know, when we feel heard, when we feel seen, when we feel appreciated and when we feel understood, there's no greater feeling in the world.

So, it's moments that, perhaps, you don't feel any of these things -- there are ways of communicating that with your partner, with your friends or with your co-workers, to help them understand. And the best way of communicating that is being that and doing that for them. And when they feel that appreciation, they feel seen, they feel heard and they feel understood, they're going to want to instinctively give that right back to you.

I hope this helps everyone have an amazing day and thank you for listening to the Bed Head Chronicles.

For more tips and advice about living an authentic life go to https://www.sirilindley.com/authentic/