Staying in Process with Your Transformation

Greetings to You ~

Have you had days when you see wonderful possibilities?  Your confidence is high and you take a bold step?

How about the next day when you're not feeling as wonderful?  Old feelings of doubt surface and you're not sure about moving forward?  You feel a bit anxious and start to worry about things not working out the way you wanted them to.

This can stop you in your tracks.  Whether it's taking more action or releasing the need to be overworked and busy.  These are just old habits.

Acknowledge feeling vulnerable.  Acknowledge the feeling of being anxious.  Acknowledge the worry of what may happen or not happen if you make a change.

Allow your feelings to surface without judgment.  These feelings often come up after you're aware that you want to make a change.

Become unattached to the outcome.  We often judge a result as good or bad.  You don't want the "bad" result so you question whether or not it's a good idea to proceed.

Think of your habits as a cocoon.  There is some form of safety in those habits that we protect ourselves with.  A butterfly needs to come out of the cocoon on it's own.  Transformation is a process.

Don't hurry your own process of changing your habits.  The fact that you're aware that something needs to change is something to celebrate in itself.   

If you need to stay where you are for now, doing things the way you've always done them, reacting the way you always have, simply acknowledge and observe that.  Don't judge yourself.

There is no time frame in which you need to change.  Be gentle with yourself and know that you are transforming simply by being aware and noticing old habits.

Stay with the process.  When you're ready to change the habit, hold the intention of observing the result and your emotions with non-attachment. 

Be gentle.  Nurture yourself with some self-care.

You are incredibly valuable no matter what.

Peace and Joy ~
Sheila
xo

Breathe through your protective armor

Greetings to You ~

Have you started to step out of your comfort zone?  Are you feeling some resistance or fear as a result?

Be gentle with yourself as you go through the process of being a beginner at something.  Our protective armor can come in the form of defensiveness and wanting to be perfect at something right away.

What are you protecting yourself from?  What is your deep hurt, your deep secret that makes you feel this way?  Past judgment, criticism, failures, hurts...

Let your guard down for a moment and replace the defensiveness with love for yourself for being so courageous. 

When resistance and fear comes up it can trigger self-sabotaging habits to help soothe yourself (i.e. glass of wine, chocolate brownie, you know what yours is...).  Before you do that try to dissolve any resistance first with this breathing exercise.

Right now, breathe, and send yourself some love.  Close your eyes and breathe again.  Breathe in once more with the power of three breaths.

Imagine breathing in the pure beautiful white light of love.  Exhale and breathe out all of the fear.  Imagine breathing out the black or gray color of fear.  Deep breath in of pure white energy.  Long deep breath out until your lungs feel emptied.

Keep breathing in and out until you imagine your exhale turning to medium gray, light gray and eventually you're breathing in and out beautiful fresh, white energy.

Stand up and move around a bit, shake the old lower energy off of you.

Sending you a big hug and a high five for letting down your guard.  You are so courageous.

Peace and Joy ~
Sheila
xo

Looking Beyond Your Current Situation

Greetings to You ~

Does it feel hard to do something beyond your comfort zone?

Break free from what has you locked in the same place, which is not moving or growing.  Look for the glimpse of light within that wants you to open up. 

When we allow ourselves to access the part of us that holds new growth things start to shift.  It can come in the most unexpected and tiniest ways.  It can even surprise you.

Be in a state of curiosity of what's around the corner that will guide you.  Think of it as an invitation to remember the part of us that longs to wake up and express itself.

Our physical world can seem so permanent, solid and hard but beyond that is the beautiful, soft place that is our Spirit.  The true beauty is there and wants to rise up for us to see it and experience it.

Does that not seem possible for you?  It's there for you and for everyone.

What captures your interest?  What catches your eye?  What fills you up with hope and inspiration?

If you're not sure.  Look deeper.  Look past what is in your day to day routine and allow it to come through.  Be open to what shows up and remain curious.

Deep within us are possibilities that we just need to allow ourselves to open up to and discover.

Express yourself just because.  Not to please someone else or receive any recognition.  Do it only because it makes you feel good.

Express yourself in whatever form that pleases you.  Photography, dancing, singing, writing, baking, flying a kite....

Just enjoy yourself.

Peace and Joy ~
Sheila
xo

Are you resisting being real?

Greetings to You ~

Have you had a good old fashioned resistance attack lately?  That's when you get angry or down about not being good enough, smart enough, lovable enough, not making enough money or working hard for nothing.

You know none of this is true right?

What would the world be like if we didn't believe the old stories that others may have told us or that we have told ourselves because of past hurts.

What if we didn't resist our brilliance?  What if we were brave enough to stand up and declare our heart's desire and be willing to be brave enough and authentic enough to go after our dreams.

What if we let go of the old ways of being that creep in and hold us back?  It matters that we be real and speak our truth.

Who wants to hear your message?  Who knows. One thing is for sure, if you haven't put it out there, nobody will hear it and you'll never find out.

Be gutsy and take a risk.  Follow what's in your heart and what feels right to you.  What feels right when you're gathered with your biggest supporters.

It's very beautiful when someone becomes vulnerable and you see the real them.  When they let down their guard.  Honour yourself and be open.

We all have insecurities so let's not pretend we don't.  But let's not let those insecurities hold us back.

Remember you are good enough, worthy enough and loving enough.  Send yourself some love today as well as love for others.

Whatever you do today make it real, heart-felt, genuine and authentic.  Love you lots.

Peace and Joy ~
Sheila
xo