What kind of stories do you tell yourself about yourself? The stories we tell ourselves have a huge impact on our actions, our confidence, our mindset, and our perspective of what’s possible for ourselves. Every single word choice and sentence has an effect on you and on others. Be mindful and intentional about the stories you tell yourself and the words you choose to use. Change starts with awareness!

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When was the last time you let your inner child take the reins in your life to engage in play with gleeful delight?

I invite you to spend more time expressing your own unique playfulness. Perhaps spend 1-4 hours immersing yourself in something that sparks joy within you. Let go of all your worries, stress, to-do’s, anger, frustration, ruminations, future conversations you want to be having. Take all this weight off, let your nervous system experience something different, put your life energy into doing something that creates more lightness and expansion in your being.

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Do you feel a desire to experience magic? To feel wonder and awe? To feel that this world is absolutely enchanting?

Our souls want nothing more than to be HERE, experiencing all that Mother Earth has to offer as well as being connected to one another walking hand in hand creating our future together. You can tune yourself to magic when you open up all your senses and pay attention to the sensation you feel.

Listen to the sound of a neighbor raking leaves. Hear a dog barking off in the distance or children playing and laughing. Be still and linger when you hear a train go by. Immerse yourself in the murmurs and chit-chats around you. Mmm it feels so delightful to be here experiencing the sounds of life on Earth. 

How comforting is it when you see laundry hanging outside and billowing to the breeze? Stop for a moment and take in the wonderful color palette someone put together for a room. Don’t forget to look up where stars twinkle overhead. Can you imagine looking up and just seeing all black? That’s why it’s magical. How beautiful is this world?

Take a deep inhale when fresh bread comes out of the oven. Stop and stick your nose in a ginger lily or a rose to smell their sweet scent. Cringe when you take a whiff of a stinky sock. These are ordinary smells of life happening all around you.

Feel the wind caressing your hair perhaps leaving some goosebumps on your skin. Rub your fingers against a piece of fabric and feel its rough texture. Soak up the hot water as you shower. Dig your hands in mud and clay. Feel its stickiness and coolness. Put your hand over your heart or someone else’s and feel it beating. What is more magical than feeling the pulse of life?

Taste the sourness and sweetness in a lemon. Let a piece of chocolate melt in your mouth. See if you can taste flavors in water. Play with adding a spice to your cooking. This is how delicious and fun life can be.

Be present to your life. There is so much vibrancy and vitality teeming all around you. Remember to slow down and experience the magic of it all.

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Do you sometimes feel like your day isn’t going too well and wish whatever you’re going through could just be over? Here’s an exercise you can try on yourself so that you can see what’s going on more holistically.

At the end of your exercise, you might discover a little bit more about yourself than what you were aware of. In reality, there may be more happiness in your life and more things to be grateful for than what you had initially perceived or felt. We carry more light than we realize!

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Even though I’ve learned to let myself feel my emotions and safely release them, it’s still uncomfortable for me. I still feel allergic to them. Yet I’ve learned that without emotions, I don’t feel as alive. Life feels monotone rather than vibrant. Emotions are now like oxygen to me. Beyond the fundamental need to survive, emotions allow me to thrive.

Each one of us has the courage to face our difficult emotions. To me, it is a great act of self-love when we get to know ALL of ourselves, both the messiness as well as the gorgeousness.

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This coming year, I’m setting goals a little differently, focusing not so much on the outcome but on the process and ways in which I want to grow. 

I reflect on my past year and realize I've accomplished many things worth celebrating. And even though my path feels harder than before, I feel more happy, alive, and fulfilled than I ever had.

I share a poem that captures my transition into 2023. Leaving behind the familiar with some trepidation and dancing my way into a new year of new possibilities and unknowns.

Happy New Year, friends! May you lean into what lights your soul on fire. If what I speak about resonates with you, perhaps rethink how you frame your goals for this coming year to align with your values!

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Our bodies hold so much wisdom but we have to slow down and find quietness to hear what it has to say to us. Listening to our bodies is a practice and it also requires patience, but when we do this over and over again, we start to trust and act on our own intuition and wisdom, and we learn to listen to our gut and our heart.

Loving and adoring everything about ourselves without judgment and seeing how it makes us unique.

In this episode, I talk about a few of the reasons why it is important to move forward at a sustainable pace. I also provide reflection exercises and homework for you to complete!

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In this episode, I recount my experience as I traverse the first steps of the first stage of the entrepreneurial path. I hope my insights can provide guidance and inspiration for you!

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