3 Choices That Will Change Your Life

As Awakening Leaders in these ever-changing turbulent times, it is important to check-in periodically and evaluate your situation. When was the last time you took a look at the various aspects of your life to see how your choices are creating your reality? Is everything going smoothly or are there any minor refinements or major adjustments that are calling for your attention in your personal life, physical health, finances, profession, partnerships, and family or community relationships?

Let’s take a look.

Where are you? In each area of your life, are you feeling “Enthusiastically In”, “Indecisively In Between” or “Definitely Out of It”? 3 very essential components are creating your answer, your feelings and your situation. These 3 are: Your Thoughts, Your Words and Your Actions. By monitoring and shifting the choices you are making with regards to what you think, how you speak and when and how you act, you will dramatically alter your reality.

If you are feeling “Enthusiastically In” then it is likely that most everything in your life is synergizing, you feel great and are grateful. This means that your thoughts are positive and your choices are organizing your environment and relationships to support you. You are clear with your intentions and inner dialogue, honest and in integrity with your speech and take action when it is time and know when to step back. To maintain this state, it will take some discipline to stay positive and shift away from contracting thoughts or distractions. You will have to bravely and compassionately speak your truth even if it is not well received. Sometimes you will fearlessly have to step or leap into action or humbly step back and reassess the situation as to avoid a foolish reaction. Are all aspects of your life feeling this great or is there some area that needs more attention? Feeling “IN” is a choice. The benefit of all these small choices linked together is that a blissful, harmonized, successful life surrounds you and your positive energy.

If you are feeling “Indecisively In Between” then your indecision and inaction is creating confusion in some or all areas of your life. Did you know that indecision is a clear decision to be out, that is until you clearly decide to be all the way in or all the way out? Your environment and those around you are responding to your lack of commitment and clarity. Until you sit still and listen to what is most aligned for you, make a decision, speak it and act on it, you will continue to walk in a hazy fog. From this daze of indecision, thoughts, speech and actions tend to flip back and forth - “yes, no, in, out, I don’t know, maybe…” Just STOP. Take some time to yourself to listen honestly to what feels right and reflect honestly about what doesn’t. Trust yourself, direct your thoughts positively, speak your decision clearly and take the next steps. At first, people may be confused or even uncomfortable by your new approach, however VERY soon they will appreciate your clarity and the universe will conspire to support your new clear choices. Consciously decide to make clear decisions in ALL areas of your life.

If you are “Definitely Out of It” in some or many aspects of your life then it is time to retreat and recharge. If you are feeling that low, then it is time to hibernate, heal and recharge your battery. Inhale, exhale and surrender to this space. Thoughts, speech and actions from this place can be caught in the endless cycle of blame and helplessness. Yes, “things” may have happened. Yes, you may feel wronged. Yes, you may feel way out of balance, tired, resentful, hopeless or angry. OK. However, the way you think about your situation, the way you speak about it and the actions you take may be what is making it worse and keeping the same contracted environment of negativity in place all around you. Compassionately reflect on the choices you made to get yourself in this position. What thoughts, stories and actions do you keep repeating? Learn what you need to in order to avoid recreating this situation again. It may be time to let something go, apologize, forgive, respond differently or mature. Take the time to nourish and love yourself during this process. Take time to listen to your true heart’s desire. Create positive intentions to reclaim your full radiant self. Do not be afraid to ask for help when you need it and boldly take new steps to turn yourself around. You can do it. One thought, one word, one action at a time.

Empowering Choice #1: Choose your thoughts with clear positive intention

Empowering Choice #2: Choose your speech consciously with compassion for yourself and others

Empowering Choice #3: Choose your actions to align with your truth and to improve the situation

Thought for the Day: “Yes I can!”
Words for the Day: “I am grateful for all that I have!”
Action for the day: “I will make this day brighter for someone else, as well as myself!”

Author's Bio

Kerrie Dancing Butterfly

Kerrie is one of the co-founders of One Spirit Weekend and a key presenter at this conscious conference. She is also the founder and director of Journeys for the Soul ~THE support resource for soul awakening, as well as the sought after Golden Spiral Life Coaching. Kerrie has worked extensively with Shamans in the Amazon and Andes to establish a deeper connection to "Pachamama" (Mother Earth) and the Four Elements, learning Ancient Healing Ceremonies and Sacred Rituals. As a Shamangelic teacher, she explores with you the tools to reclaim your power, tap your talents and leap into your fullest potential

For more information about attending One Spirit Weekend, please go to: http://www.onespiritweekend.com

How to Drop Your Creative Resistance

The simple truth is creativity functions best when you let go of resistance to the creative flow. Resistance comes in many forms. Anxiety over a creative block is a form of resistance. Finding Excuses And Reasons (F.E.A.R.) for why you cannot or aren't whatever enough to come up with the vision or the energy to create is another face of resistance. Worrying about how you're going to pay your bills or how the critics will view your work is nothing but resistance. Resistance is saying NO! to YOU. It is saying NO to what your heart is calling you to be, do and experience.

Let go of your resistance. Trust. Trust that you can, are 'enough', will be able to keep a roof over your head and handle criticism of any kind. Just drop the baggage of resistance that you've been carrying around with you that makes you too exhausted to get your creative juices flowing. Even if you give yourself permission to let go for only 1 day, just drop it! Drop out of the vicious cycle of artist block and stunted creativity.

"Drop out" suggested an elective, selective, graceful process of detachment from involuntary or unconscious commitments. It meant self-reliance, a discovery of one's singularity, a commitment to mobility, choice, and change. Unhappily my explanations of this sequence of personal development were often misinterpreted to mean 'Get stoned and abandon all constructive activity.'" -Timothy Leary

When you drop your creative resistance you change your structured path of least resistance. Your current path is mired with fear and self-doubt. When you drop your fear and self-doubt you create a new path; a path that is clear, free from the quagmire of restraints and limitations to your creative flow. You are open to new vision.

"It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it." - Anais Nin

It is very easy to drop your creative resistance. Just be willing. Take a deep breath and begin. It doesn't matter how you begin; just do anything. If you're a painter pick up your brush or knife and choose a color. Put some paint on a canvas and let go. If you're an actor, audition for a role that you think is impossible to win. If you're a writer, write a romantic comedy if your work is largely science fiction. Do something out of your ordinary, out of your comfort zone, and be willing to fall flat on your butt.

"Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day." ~Brendan Francis

If you do create a stink bomb, have a good chuckle over the experience and notice that the fall didn't kill you like you feared it would. In fact, you learned a thing or two about yourself and how you can improve your work. It is in the lessons learned from new experiences that your vision of what's possible for you expands. And laughter will give you distance. Laughter lets you to step back from an event, learn from it and then move onto bigger and better experiences.

Drop the resistant Inner Critic monkey-mind chatter filled with doubt and anxiety. Chuckle and hum a little tune.."I can see clearly now, the brain is gone..."

"The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to a new creative movement. Awe is what moves us forward." - Joseph Campbell

Author's Bio

Valery Satterwhite

Valery Satterwhite is an Artist Mindset Mentor and Coach who helps creative people get out of their own way so that they can overcome the struggles that often come packaged with the life of a visual & performing artist. Clients learn how to express their full potential deliberately & responsibly to create more passionately, profoundly, productively and profitably. Empower the Wizard Within to actualize and express your full creative potential. http://www.InnerWizard.com Get Free "Empower the Wizard Within tips"!