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Finding love – a journey from the head to the heart

November 25, 2016
You are ready to take a risk and bust out in life, but something always stops you. You feel like your mind overpowers your decisions over and over again. The head says NO don’t jump!

Sound familiar?

It certainly was the case for me. Until recently, my head led the way in every decision I made. I was stuck on the “how’s”, the “shoulds” and the “buts”…

The signs that I was stuck in my head showed up for me in these 8 ways – the most obvious was how I felt about my career direction.

And then one day I decided to put an end to feeling stuck and confused and made a couple of heart driven choices that majorly changed the game. Instead of a predictable linear path (that my mind craved), life was closer to a ‘choose your own adventure’ book.

Yep. You might say I quit. I say, things are just getting started.

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You can stop waiting for the permission slip

February 1, 2016
Right now I’m dancing my way through Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, so I’m not going to lie about my inspiration for the title of this post.

See Elizabeth Gilbert understands permission like no other. Over the years she’s progressively unschooled herself in what it means to live a creative life. On every page you can devour her lessons from the journey thus far, all while creating ‘whatever causes a revolution in your heart’. Among the anecdotal notes, she generously shares with the reader a whole chapter on permission.

Today, I wanted to share with you a recent discovery I had on this very subject.

Discoveries come at the strangest of times and not to mention in the strangest of places – in the shower, on the toilet, driving to work. Today, permission cracked me wide open in an interesting place.

Picture this common setting, the local pool, screams, laughter and the slapping of water as bodies hit the surface. I happened to have Big Magic open on this day and usually struggle to pull myself out of its vortex, but on this occasion a scene played out in front of me that stopped me in my tracks.

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Finding joy in moments of surrender

May 25, 2015

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One of my go-to Joy triggers in life is spending time in nature.

The connection between joy and nature for me is so strong, sometimes I’ll drive 40 minutes to the ocean just so I can feel moist sand under foot. The explosion of joy from my soul is almost instantaneous.

Perhaps you feel the same?

Feeling nature’s vibration through my body tells me I am alive. My senses are dancing, rather than drowning in the white noise of the city.

Here’s the irony…

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Resistance: why it shows up when you are playing big

May 11, 2015

This week has been a very interesting one.

You may have noticed I re-launched A Conscious Beauty’s website – a brand-spanking new look with my face all over it. Was I busting out of my seat with excitement? Nup.

You see, one small but critical word, has been the devil on my shoulder:

Resistance.

And why?

Simply, resistance to revealing the true me to the world. Dancing me and me with face mask smeared all over it. That authentic kinda me.

As resistance was building, other (very important) areas of my life started to fall away. Things that are typically routine for me like nourishing food, regular exercise or even communicating with family and friends became a chore. Instead I chose to succumb to the back and forth, round and round thoughts. Suffering becomes pleasurable. And A Conscious Beauty graciously waited a whole week to be announced to the world.

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