Good morning Listeners. Happy Thursday to you all. I'm coach Kate coming at you all with another motivation minute this morning. Yesterday we talked about the importance of rest, so today I wanted to dive into another subject close to my heart that is often misinterpreted or avoided all together: The Freedom of Discipline. 

People tend to avoid this word, or think of it negatively-- and understandably so: it is fraught with the interpretation that can bring us back to our grade school years and getting disciplined wasn't a happy occasion. Usually it meant punishment, enforcement of rules, and more. So it's understandable that many people avoid this word-- and the ideas around it, because it can bring back a lot of baggage. 

The truth is, discipline is not a bad word, or a punishment, or about restraining ourselves from joy. It's a word that can actually unlock freedom for yourself. I know I know, a lot of you don't put freedom or discipline in that same bucket, but it's true. The more disciplined we become, the freer we are to make the choices we can in our lives. The more we lack discipline over our choices, the more things get chosen for us. 

So to dive into this a bit further, I found a quote from the troubled, but well spoken Marcus Aurelis on Discipline and what we are actually created for and it puts in perspective not only our discipline, but all what we're capable of as well. Here it is:

“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?”

When we get more disciplined, we allow ourselves to create the life we deserve and we also honor our purpose as well. It's about freeing ourselves from the chains of bad habits, and we open the door for being the creator of our lives instead. So when you start your relationship with discipline, and you start setting up that life you dream of, think of discipline as a way towards freedom, think of discipline as a door, rather than punishment. Our job in this life is to be human above all, so what is calling you in your life to get closer to a purposeful human experience? Feel free to ask yourself today:  what is more beautiful than living to your highest potential as a human being? 

Let discipline guide you into your purpose, to allow you to gain freedom, and to help you get closer to the life you've dreamed. In a future episode, I'll dive into what ways we can cultivate discipline on both small and large scales, so be sure to follow along and stay connected so we can build out that routine together. 

Thank you for listening. If you liked this talk, feel free to give me a follow, you can also find more of my talks under the talk tab on my profile too. Tomorrow I will be diving into a longer talk on two ways we can unlock potential in our lives, so be sure to tune in mid-day tomorrow to dive in and chime in too. 

Hope your Thursday is an amazing one. 

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Hello listeners, Coach Kate here for a Wednesday motivation minute. So Wednesdays can be tough, right? But they can also be hopeful as we look towards that end of the week and weekend ahead-- whether it's for fun, or rest, or catching up on the things and people we love-- most everybody loves weekends. Sometimes we get so caught up in the go-go-go of the week we don't take a minute to allow ourselves a little rest too. 

So today, in our mid-week check in here, I thought we could highlight the importance of rest with a wonderful quote from the brilliantly funny and poignant author, Anne Lamott, here's what she has to say about rest:

"almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes-- including you."

So giving ourselves a little midweek pause here, today I thought I would ask you all:

What are some ways you can unplug and reset today?

What are some ways you can lean into rest?

How will that set you up for finishing out the week, and also enjoying the weekend ahead?

Focusing on rest not as a diversion, but as a need will help reset your mind-frame around its importance, not only for the weekend but it will also for whenever it may be needed, whether that's for mid-week, day to day, or even when we are most busy too. 

Our minds and bodies need rest, so if rest feels a little over-indulgent today, that's probably a sign you need to indulge a little more to create a better relationship with rest and resetting yourself in the future. So today, feel free to take some time, unplug, and see what ways rest can serve you.

Thanks again for listening. Feel free to follow me for more minute motivations and insights as we grow along this space together. I hope you all enjoy a little more rest today. 

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Good morning listeners! Coach Kate here with some morning motivation this wonderful Monday to help get your week started! I host this space typically weekday mornings to help give my listeners a boost, a different perspective, or even some deep thoughts to carry with them through the day. Some days, like today, I open it it up for larger thoughts, ideas, and questions and bring listeners in, and other days I do a quick motivation minute just to get the day started. If you'd like to jump into any of my old talks, you can do so on the talk tab on my profile on NoomVibe. 

Now today is a special day for may people in the world, as many people will be experiencing a celestial event known as a solar eclipse. A few years ago I got to experience a total solar eclipse, and I was left absolutely in awe, so much so, that my blabbering on about it got me my pilot callsign of Eclipse. if you have a chance today to see it, or be in the pathway of totality, I encourage you to take the experience all in, and enjoy every moment. wear those eclipse glasses too. With that said, today's solar events led to me to remember the wonderful Persian poet Hafiz, and his beautiful short poem about unconditional love, titled: 

The Sun Never Says:

“EvenAfterAll this timeThe Sun never says to the Earth,"You owe me."LookWhat happensWith a love like that,It lights the whole sky.”

― Hafiz

What Hafiz is sharing here is the beautiful brilliance of unconditional love. And today, I thought we could dive into what unconditional love can mean when we give it back to ourselves. When we learn to love ourselves, we step out of the way of our inner light, and we let our souls shine outwards too. We so often think of unconditional love, or love in general, needing to come from outside sources or people, but it needs to start with ourselves. So how can you learn to love you, unconditionally? So today, I was going to go over some tips and ideas on cultivating that self-love through self talk, so let's dive in. 

So self love can typically can start with our self talk-- you see the voice we hear most in our lives, is our own, and we can benefit greatly from telling ourselves wonderful things about us. This can manifest in many ways, and many people benefit from mirror talk or affirmations, these can look like just standing in the mirror and telling ourselves affirmations:

I am brave.

I am strong.

I can do anything.

I am beautiful.

I am brilliant.

I am complete.

I am loved.

I am a good friend.

I am capable.

I am rich.

I am happy…

You might be sitting there, listening, thinking, how can you say those things, if you don't believe them? Well, the truth is, words are powerful, right? And we will believe the things we tell ourselves, even if its bad, but thankfully, we will also believe the things we tell ourselves, even if its good too. So if you're scared to start, that's okay. Start small. Start brave. Start scared. Just start. When you learn to love yourself, unconditionally, you also learn to light up the whole sky of your life-- and you deserve a love like that.

Thank you all for tuning in today, for being brave, for being brilliant, for being capable, for being great listeners, great contributors, and great friends to share this space with. If you found this talk valuable, helpful, or introspective, feel free to follow me. Tomorrow I'll be back with the shorter motivation minute throughout the week. If you have ideas on talks, or want me to talk about something in the future in particular, send me a message.

Lastly, if you are in the path of the eclipse today-- enjoy the experience, and I hope you see what it means to have a love that lights up the whole sky-- and I hope you realize that love first starts with you. 

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