 I come back to this powerful statement often. It is a constant validation I need as I step from day to day. We all have a story. Some have more traumatic stories than others. but they are all equally valuable. We must continue to recognize our story, see the truth of our story, and then move forward writing the ending, rather than allowing others to write it for you. You are the only one that has the final say in how you walk through it. How will you own your story today?
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 What is your relationship to your power?
We are constantly encouraged to embrace our power, own our power, and recognize our power. But in further thought, what is our relationship TO our power? How do we have a relationship with our power? Perhaps once we create this intimate relationship, it becomes easier to embrace, own and recognize. How do you see your power within today? How would you like for your power to show itself on your journey? Sit with these questions with sincerity and a self-love that is needed. When the answers come, the path forward will have the depth of understanding that you have been looking for all along.  AUTUMN
Autumn whispers the story of unbecoming into our flesh and across the land. It is an ancient tale. Showing us a way of being that can help the mind, the body, the soul. We always dream of becoming, and yet, I have learnt that becoming, needs lots of unbecoming, to grow well. Within you, you have the perfect conditions for things to take root, to grow, to rewild your life. But this fertile ground may be covered over with harsh stories, ways of being that lay heavy, language that tightens and makes small. Let yourself taste these ways, their acidic essence becoming so strong you cannot hold them in your flesh anymore. Let yourself digest their meanings, getting to know why they are within you. Letting yourself understand with love, care, forgiveness, and compassion, all that you are. For this will help you to release, help you to compost what no longer serves you. So, you can choose life, choose you, choose growing. For under these ways, is something more fertile, more alive, more open to life’s beauty. And it is here that your seeds of becoming can grow, now unhindered, now fed. Brigit Anna McNeill 
“Woundology” is a term coined by Caroline Myss to describe how people can become overly identified with their wounds. Why do you think we are more comfortable staying wounded? Why do we find more solace staying within our pain? We often understand our pain more than we identify with wellness. Life is challenging at any given moment, but we know how to sit in our pain. It can be easier than doing the demanding work to embrace healing. I wonder how we can step away from being defined by our wounds or stories of pain in a meaningful and sensitive manner that can allow us to honor our journey, but not be held back by it? What if today we named just ONE strength, then proceeded to honor it. Be with this process. Embrace gratitude and awareness around it. When the process feels easier and lighter, we then choose another attribute. We keep doing this until we find ourselves releasing our wounds and the story that we held on to. What if we stopped re-exposing ourselves to the trauma and embrace life fully for what it is in the present moment? Maybe it is time to honor, experience and breathe through our pain by living.  Today's Challenge: I want you to compliment FIVE people throughout your day. The FIRST Five you see. Yes, I understand this can be a challenge. EVERY DAY I pay a compliment to one person. I have been doing it for years. It can almost be self-serving for it brings me such joy to watch people's entire demeanor change in a matter of seconds. This is a reminder to lift people UP often. We are not here to live without love, without awareness, without compassion and without basic human skills. We need each other. Yes, the person you don't even know walking down the street. We NEED each other. So, get to it! The first five people and I would love to hear how it goes! Happy Complimenting! Oh, and I love your smile! This is my daughter from about ten years ago...
I love it so much for she embodied love, gratitude, and beauty in this moment. Nothing defined her, but HER. Thankfully, she still does her best to fight the world around her today, trying to measure her beauty by size, appearance, accomplishments and more. She is our constant reminder to pause, look in the mirror and envision the younger you. Honor her/him in THIS moment every day! Love your body for all the things it is and does for you in this moment. You are more than the shell that you live in, you are more. Go celebrate the beautiful YOU today and always!!  Not Worthy When, Worthy Now
What does this sound like to you? We walk through life measuring our lives based on what we have achieved, acquired, or experienced in life thus far. We are worthy when we have a better job, we are worthy when we find our soul companion, we are worthy when we have a nice car or when we have children, and we are worthy when society says so. How about, 'I am worthy now,' not when. How about worth is not measured in what I have or what I have achieved, but rather just because I AM. You are worthy now. I am worthy now. Worth is not measured, it just is. How can you remind yourself of your worth daily? Do you see your worth? What is one thing about you that clarifies your worthiness? Now, go remind someone else today! Did you hear that? You are worthy because you are... 
Before I die, I want to... Have you ever found yourself making this statement? I think we are all human in that we constantly worry and think about how we are showing up in the world. I know for myself; aging has taken on a different feeling as I crossed over half of my life. A life I didn't expect to be living this long. I have spent my whole life making lists of things I wanted to do, places I wanted to go and people I wanted to experience. This is human. But I want to remind you to show up now. Every day I wake up I try to turn one of my 'no' statements into an action, 'yes!' Life is too short to not live it in the now, for this moment that we are breathing and living. While there are endless extraordinary experiences we can have in life, sometimes the ones that make the biggest impressions are right in front of you. And they are not very big at all. So, today, take one of your 'before I die, I want to...' thoughts and turn it into doing something smaller that is right there in front of you waiting to be experienced.  Unearthing you...
Read it. Read it again. And again. "There can be a whole world inside us that's been buried alive." The raw truth of this statement came flooding to my eyes as tears fell. I remember the moment when I realized for the first time, I was more than where I came from, what happened to me or how I once lived my life. It took too many painful moments, hours, days, and years for me to unearth the treasures that indeed live and breathe within my soul underneath the rubble that I had to lift piece by piece. Some days, the rubble was too heavy. Some days the rubble was too broken. And some days the rubble was surprisingly light when I would discover the joy amidst the pile. What do you still need to unearth today? Are you willing to walk into the pile and start lifting off the pieces, so you can find your joy? Every day of our lives we are unearthing our true selves. I don't believe it ever ends. Life is a constant excavation of who we are becoming and who we are meant to be amidst the rubble. You began and will end a treasure. Life in between is up to you.  Not Worthy When, Worthy Now
What does this sound like to you? We walk through life measuring our lives based on what we have achieved, acquired, or experienced in life thus far. We are worthy when we have a better job, we are worthy when we find our soul companion, we are worthy when we have a nice car or when we have children, and we are worthy when society says so. How about, 'I am worthy now,' not when. How about worth is not measured in what I have or what I have achieved, but rather just because I AM. You are worthy now. I am worthy now. Worth is not measured, it just is. Did you hear that? You are worthy because you are...  Intuitive eating. Buzz words. You likely hear these words often as our culture moves through the never-ending quest for healthy living.
Intuitive eating: trusting your body (hunger cues) to make food choices that feel good for you, without judging yourself or the influence of diet culture. Everyone else's definition aside, what do those words mean to YOU? Do you know how to eat intuitively? Do you know what that would look like for you? I speak of this often as it was the key to the beginning of my recovery over 20 years ago. At first attempt it was terrifying. At the second attempt it was uncomfortable. At the third attempt I was intrigued. After years and years of mindfully practicing this art of eating, my love of food and cooking grew. More importantly, I began to make a personal connection to food and my body. Once I made this connection, I could not deny that I did indeed have it within myself to walk into a new path of eating, nourishing, and embracing food for what it is, not for what I considered it to be for so many years as my evil. When we eat intuitively, we honor our body in the present moment. We honor its resting place. We honor the journey it takes to wellness. Take a moment today and try it. |
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