Today's idea is simple. It comes from a coaching session where I focused on my personal challenge around “stuff”. Huh? Yes, “stuff”. I started the call wanting to look at the difficulty I have both releasing and acquiring stuff. Sometimes I can expend so much energy deciding to discard something! And I can spend way too much time standing at a store deciding if I should buy something! I wanted to find a way to let this be easier…
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How thick is the wall of your cage?
Yes, you heard me. Your “cage” – the artificial roadblocks and walls we each erect in order to create a sense of safety and security in our lives. Maybe you have borders around your life experience like these:
- Never swim in a lake, it might be contaminated
- Never question the “rules”, someone knew better who set them
- Never share what you really think, “they” might disagree
- Never try a new recipe, it might flop
- Don't suggest a different holiday tradition, others might feel hurt
- Don't try that kind of exercise, you might hurt yourself
Inspired to a Vision
Last night, I was inspired! Lisa Cruz, President of Red Shoes PR, Inc., spoke to the women in attendance at the Professional Women's Network quarterly meeting on the topic of Branding Yourself. Experiential wisdom shared in her simple, direct manner clarified for me the critical nature of branding and inspired me to take immediate action!
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What’s happening with your intentions?
It's a new day! Yes, a brand new day. I want to explore with you the intention setting from December 30 and what is happening now. Feel free to look again:
Since then, I did find my way into answers to its questions and guidance for my 2011 walk in the world.
And I felt 100% in tune last week! Then came Monday.
What will you bring with you into 2011?
Not at all a fan of New Year's resolutions, I am working with other ways of marking this moment in time. While any moment, any day, can be (and perhaps, ideally IS) a day for reflection, release, redirection, intention, this year I am gifted with 11 days away from my Lawrence job, a vacation to Florida, and a deep awareness that this time is for rest, ending, and beginning.
So, I breathe into the moment and ask to be given the questions that will guide me forward.