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How do you start your day?
I was watching a BraveHeart View episode where they were discussing daily rituals. The question is, what do you do on a daily basis to bring yourself a sense of peace and get your day going?
For most of us we wake up in the morning and as we come to awareness we start thinking about what we don’t have, don’t want and can’t get. If we don’t ground ourselves in some rituals we become very stressed out as we go through our day. And we find ourselves reacting to every situation instead of responding.
Ellie Drake, the founder of BraveHeart Women, said if you don’t consciously choose things that make you feel good you’ll unconsciously create feelings that aren’t good like anxiety, frustration, and sadness. So choose consciously.
I suggest starting with gratitude. Write down 10 things you’re grateful for in your life. Recognize that you’re important and you deserve to have a great day. Give yourself some “me time”.
Take out a picture that brings back pleasant memories for you and go there in your mind. Yes, experience the feelings of joy, pride, freedom that this picture brings. Project those feelings into your day.
Think of three things that say “I love myself” and do them.
One of the best ways to wake up with a sense of peace is going to bed with a sense of peace. So as you wind down your day, take time to express gratitude for things that went well during your day. Visualize yourself having a good night’s rest and waking up refreshed and rejuvenated. Prayer, meditation or some form of relaxation helps.
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About the Author:
Lorna Blake is a powerful, positive and inspiring empowerment specialist. She has over 10 years experience in helping people take charge of their lives and achieve their goals.
Lorna has a degree in Social Work and is certified as a teacher. Combining her professional training with her own life experiences in overcoming adversity, she brings a unique brand of expertise to life coaching.
Using her own personal story of triumph over difficulties she has facilitated workshops and seminars and helped hundreds of clients. Her story touches the lives of people everywhere. She has recently written a 6 week e-Course on Assertiveness Training and an e-Book entitled Whose Life Is It Anyway.
She specializes in coaching clients for self-empowerment, relationships, health, stress-?management, finances, transitions and work-life balance. She teaches clients to take ?gradual steps and have fun along the way to reaching their goals.
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Are you living in fear based on your past?
I was listening to Gary Quinn, Abundance Coach to the Stars, as he discussed this topic. And he said most of us are living our lives based on our past. What happened in our last relationship, our last job, our last experience with, fill in the blank?
Does that resonate with you? I got goose bumps when I heard it because it made perfect sense to me. Been there and done that.
Anyway Gary Quinn suggests that if you keep holding on to the fear you’ll create exactly the reality that you don’t want. He recommends bringing yourself into the present moment. And what I got from that was the importance of being present in the right now.
I read Eckhart Tolle‘s “The Power of Now” and it’s helped me become more mindful of the times that I’m not present. Have you ever done an activity and you were so far away in your mind you forgot you had done it? Ever driven and been so preoccupied you went right past where you were supposed to go? That demonstrates you’re someplace else. Come to the present moment. Breathe.
Gary Quinn talks about tapping into the reality of a different future. That you let go of the past and forgive yourself. I’d like to add: forgive those who you feel may have wronged you.
He suggests that you create a statement that makes you feel great. I recommend using these present tense statements to develop a blueprint for what you want.
To do this look at your life and get clear on what you want. Plan for what you want instead of what you don’t want.
Experience the feeling of what you want and live in that feeling all the time.
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About the Author:
Lorna Blake is a powerful, positive and inspiring empowerment specialist. She has over 10 years experience in helping people take charge of their lives and achieve their goals.
Lorna has a degree in Social Work and is certified as a teacher. Combining her professional training with her own life experiences in overcoming adversity, she brings a unique brand of expertise to life coaching.
Using her own personal story of triumph over difficulties she has facilitated workshops and seminars and helped hundreds of clients. Her story touches the lives of people everywhere. She has recently written a 6 week e-Course on Assertiveness Training and an e-Book entitled Whose Life Is It Anyway.
She specializes in coaching clients for self-empowerment, relationships, health, stress-management, finances, transitions and work-life balance. She teaches clients to take gradual steps and have fun along the way to reaching their goals.
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