by Lisa | Jun 30, 2020 | Self Care and Personal Development, Uncategorized
When was the last time you decided something without thinking too much about it. It was something that just “felt” right and you just SAID YES or it just DIDN’T feel right for no logical reason so you just SAID NO and felt no guilt or pressure about it. What if every decision you ever had to make in your life felt like that? What would that mean to you?
There is a practice that I have been exploring for the last few years pretty intently. It is a practice that will lead to this way of being more often in your life. And yes, it has everything to do with your intuition.
It’s called Deep Listening.
What exactly is Deep Listening?
The dissectionists in ancient times (literally people who dissected animals and cadavers for science and enlightenment) believed that the auditory nerve nerve was composed of THREE pathways:
- One level of hearing was for the mundane things in life, the everyday conversations all around us.
- A second level of hearing was, they surmised, designed to interpret and absorb all art and all higher learning.
- the third level existed so that the soul might hear the guidance it needed.
Deep Listening then, is Soul Listening.
When we are caught up in the wash, rinse, repeat of our lives… you know, the to-do lists, the obligations, the moving our own desires, needs, well being to the back as we care for others, we may have lost, temporarily, the amazing art of Deep Listening.
Some of the signs that we may be in this place are:
- short fuse – lack of patience for things outside of our control
- feeling of listlessness or lack of purpose
- feeling like a machine or robot with no access to any real emotions
- feeling not bad but not good either
- feeling a restlessness for “something” but you cannot put your finger on it
- no energy to create anything – writing, art, cooking, dancing, etc
There are more “symptoms” to when we are caught in the wash, rinse, repeat cycle, but you will know what this feels like for you.
And Deep Listening can be a doorway to reigniting your Soul Life back to you.
Deep Listening can also aid you in, as I said earlier, making decisions. If we are tapped into this place, no decision is too big for us because we will just know what to do.
So how do we begin?
We begin by starting to pay attention to the, as an old german lady I knew called it “Inner Bruder Lisch.” Her “Inner Brother”. This is her name for her inner wise voice that guides her and alerts her to when she has lost her way. I like to call this voice my Inner Wild Woman or Inner Wise Woman. The name is not important. Recognizing the voice is.
You may think that your inner voice is only chiming up during big life altering times, but actually it speaks to us all the time. And you will notice it because it sometimes will tell you to turn left at the lights suddenly, instead of going straight. Even though you go straight every single time. Start to listen to these instructions every day. You might hear it tell you to call a friend, or turn on the radio, or wear a certain outfit. You simply start doing what it is guiding you to do.
But Lisa, you say, how do I know it is my inner voice for realz?
Ahhh.. that is the thing with Deep Listening. You will know because you will JUST KNOW. And this takes practice. Just follow this inner guidance, hunch, feeling for this week and see where it takes you.
The next step is to spend time in solitude and quiet, if you can. And even better, to do something creative at the same time. Paint, write, sing, dance, make collages. This is NOT while you watch TV, though. You can put on music, but this is where you let your wildish nature lead you to your creative self. Another door into Deep Listening.
That is enough for now, you adorable creature. I invite you to try some of these things. I am busy Deeply Listening to my own Inner Bruder Lisch who is instructing me to create something for you. See below!
I will leave you with a passage from my companion and guide in my life – the book Women Who Run With the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola-Estes:
“So what comprises the Wild Woman? She is all that is of instinct, of the worlds both seen and hidden…….She is intuition, she is far-seer, she is deep listener, she is loyal heart. She encourages humans to remain multi-lingual: fluent in the languages of dreams, passion, and poetry. She whispers from night dreams, she leaves behind on the terrain of a woman’s soul a coarse hair and muddy footprints. These fill women with longing to find her, free her, and love her.”
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by Lisa | Mar 2, 2018 | Self Care and Personal Development
There are times in my life, like right now, when I am so caught up in my day-to-day never ending to-do list, that I feel like a robot. Get up. Brush teeth. Get kids ready for school. Get dressed. Tackle daily list. Make dinner. Watch TV. Sleep. Rinse. Repeat. And you know what is missing in there?
Living.
And not just LIVING….. SOULFUL LIVING.
So, what does that mean exactly? Well, when we are immersed in Soulful Living we feel more vibrant and alive. We feel more infused with passion and purpose. We radiate joy and inner love of self.
And IT. IS. AWESOME.
I know what you are thinking, “But LISA, I am too damn busy to do anything more! Now you’re going to tell me to go to Kundalini yoga, or go to a mountain retreat and meditate, or study a new spiritual practice. I don’t have time for all that!!!” (begins to hyperventilate)
What if I told you that inside you you have the innate ability to live with vibrant passion and purpose, in complete alignment with your soul’s mission in this life time, fully connected to spirit or your intuition, without having to do anything drastic or cumbersome. What would that mean to you?
Here are three things you can do TODAY to shift from rudderless to radiant:
1. Start paying attention to your breath: Yeah, I know, you’ve heard this all before, meditation is awesome, it can sculpt your brain into some kind of zen master in only 20 minutes a day… (though it IS awesome, AND physically DOES change your brain for the better) this is not what I am talking about, because I am not looking at adding MORE to your already busy life. I am talking about just with intention, every once in 
awhile just pay attention to your breathing as it goes in and out. And only focus on that, even for just one or two breaths. I sometimes spend a day doing this at every single set of lights I stop at. While I am waiting, I just shift my awareness to my breath. That’s it. This kind of awareness, even in tiny bursts, disengages your sympathetic nervous system and takes you out of flight or flight mode and engages your parasympathetic nervous system – also known as rest and digest. Even if you ONLY ever did THIS, it would be amazing the benefits it would bring to your life and connect you more deeply to your inner essential self.
2. Start paying attention to your physical body in space: This is connected to the first one, and you can easily do these at the same time, or at the very least side-by-side. I do this one at lights too, sometimes, I suddenly shift my focus to the feeling of the steering wheel in my hands, and my butt in the seat. I pay attention to the air in the 
car, is it warm or hot. Where is my tongue resting in my mouth? I gently straighten my back and hold that posture. All of these things do the same as number one, takes you out of STRESS MODE and puts you in ZEN MODE. Doing this also engages your right brain, which is connected to your sense of self and other, your connection to ALL THINGS, and creativity. These concepts will awaken passion and purpose because suddenly your inner noise mind chatter will take a back seat, and just allow this delicious feeling of peaceful contentment to flow. This is a big part of what most people identify as SOULFUL LIVING.
3. Pay attention to nature around you.. trees and animals: This is also a SUPER easy one. And I also do this while driving around in my car. Geez, can you tell I practically LIVE in my car whilst driving kids around? GAWD. ANYway, when I shift my attention to the trees as I am driving by in my car, I reach out with my gratitude, and I admire their 
beauty in that fleet of a moment. I notice how they are proudly standing, firmly planted, I might notice how the wind is rustling their leaves. Or I might see a bird on my walk to my daughter’s school. and I shift my attention completely to that bird. I imagine what it is like to see the world through its eyes, from the air, or pecking around on the ground. I imagine truly feeling what it is like to be this incredible animal! Doing these things reminds us regularly that WE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED to ALL LIVING THINGS on the planet. This puts our mind into that AWE space, where we are reminded of our place in the Universe. There is something profoundly beautiful about taking these fleeting moments throughout our day to revel in these feelings and thoughts.
Soulful living truly has the ability to change your life forever, and transform the way to relate to the world and others.
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Say YES to the call of your soul…say YES to living with calm and peace… passion and purpose…
SAY YES TO YOURSELF…..
by Lisa | Jul 18, 2015 | Self Care and Personal Development
I had a client today, and they were just awesome. I love it when sessions go like this one did! We laughed, we cried, we kabitzed. Andsomething came up for them that was kind of like…
HOLY.
CRAP.
IHAVETOWRITEABLOGPOSTABOUTTHAT!
I know many of you have heard the saying, and I’m paraphrasing here, “Life is not a rehearsal.” Or some such thing. Well, this was more about how we tend to try to plan out IN ADVANCE how conversations or experience are going to go with the people in our lives. This could even be as simple as going to the store to return something. WHICH SUCKS. I can’t tell you how much I hate The Return Conversation. ANYway, the conversation with a client in this predicament goes something like this:
ME: So, why don’t you just ask him?
THEM: What?! If said THAT, than he would do THIS, and then I would have to cry and wail and then we would break up and GAH.
So, even though you do not have Crystal Balls at your disposal, you seem to be able
to describe exactly how so-and-so would react to you saying/doing something. Like a director of a screenplay, which would look like this:
INT. LIVING ROOM OF FABULOUSNESS – NIGHT (cuz all dramatic things happen at night, am I right?)
TONY is pacing back and forth in front of the coffee table, waiting for Joan to come home. She’s never late. What could be wrong?
TONY
She’s never late. What could be wrong?
(Listen, I never said I was an oscar winning screenwriter)
INT. BOOKSTORE – NIGHT
JOAN is nervous about going home and telling TONY that she maxed out their credit card on books AGAIN. She knows he’s freaking out right about now. She’s never late. This is so wrong.
EXT. JOAN AND TONY’S HOUSE – NIGHT
JOAN pulls up to the driveway, sits in her car for a few minutes. Through the window we can still see TONY, this time he is on his knees hands raised in fists, seemingly shouting something.
INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
TONY
STELLLLLLAAAAAA!!!!!!! (pause) STELLLLAAAAAA!!! (he rises) Man, that’s good. (looks up when JOAN walks in) Oh, hey hon, what took you so long?
JOAN enters, hiding her gargantuan bookstore bag lamely behind her back, clumsily shuffles towards TONY, and comes in for a side-ways kiss.
JOAN
Practicing for the play? Looks good, I could see you through the window. ANYway, I was just, you know, doing this and that. (waves unencumbered hand)
TONY
What’s that behind your back?
JOAN
(laughs nervously) Oh, this? Uh, just some, you know, STUFF, for my boss, TOTALLY boring and everything. GEEZ, I can’t believe HE made me pick this crap up… you know… for HIM.
TONY rushes JOAN and kisses her passionately while grabbing for the bag behind her back. He pulls out some of the books.
TONY
“Ex-wives of Rock – The true TRUE not-reality-show-true Story”? The Unauthorized Biography of He Who Shall Not Be Named? The Devil Wears an Asshat. Joan, just come clean. We both know you have a serious book buying addiction.
JOAN
But you don’t understand, hon, these are all classics, and just so awesome, and and… I totally maxed out our credit card. Again.
TONY
WHAT?! THAT’S IT…. GET. OUT! And take your ASSHAT WITH YOU!!
TONY, enraged, throws the books and her hat shaped like an ass out on the front lawn. JOAN slinks out the door, heartbroken.
Now, this is the kind of inner scene that “Joan” – read: me and you – plays out in their mind just at the very thought of bringing home a massive bag of books, or wine, or whatever. But the thing is, we don’t really know how the person at home will react. We have no idea!
That’s because life is in improv, not a screenplay, people.
In reality, Joan goes home and still tries to sneak the book bag in, and Tony surprises her with a gift card to the bookstore because she has had some books she’s been eyeing lately and he just got a big bonus at work. That Tony. He’s so sweet.
So, all of that angst, all of the worry and panic, over this imagined scene we are so sure is going to happen, is all for not. And it robs us of any enjoyment in the present moment when we are swiping our credit card in the thing. Not to mention, you sell your loved ones short by expecting them to react in a negative way.
You can’t predict the outcome any better than that octopus in Europe that has successfully predicted the winning soccer teams for the last eleven… nevermind. My point is this, once you truly accept and realize that you truly do not have a set of Crystal Balls, life will suddenly become easier. You will feel LESS STRESS AND ANXIETY. Right? I mean, good lord, how much energy do you expend coming up with everyone’s actions and lines and stuff? I know I used to expend A TON. Go in fresh.
In improv you are given a set-up, like, “You’re in a phone booth. You have no clothes on. GO.” And that’s it. If you are in a scene with another person, you are both just making it up as you go along. Neither one of you has any idea what the other person is going to do, say, or what direction the scene is going to go.
Um, kinda like life, right?
My opinion is, every single human being should take at least one improv class. It will become clear in this class how often we 
“block”someone else’s idea, and how rigidly we hang on to what we believe is the best outcome in any given situation. In improv, you can’t do that. In fact, there are games where you are “out” as soon as you block anyone’s idea. You have to say ‘YES LETS!” To any crazy assed idea that comes up in the scene.
Any. Idea.
So, this could have you doing contortionism as a Russian spy on someone’s face.
I wish I were kidding about that.
And you know what? It will be FUNNY. There is nothing more funny than unplanned spontaneous improv. It’s exciting, unnerving, and exactly like real life.
So, save yourself stress and anxiety and go with the flow. Play the “yes” game. Put on an Ass Hat and enjoy the ride.
Improv it up, bitches.
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by Lisa | Jul 8, 2015 | Self Care and Personal Development
I don’t know about you, but I am always finding ways to quie
t my extremely busy brain. I’ll try pretty much anything, except maybe one of those isolation chamber water tank thingies. I think I would go berserk in one of those!
There is one tarot card that speaks to how you can quiet your mind in every single moment, and it is often times is one of the most mis-understood cards in the whole deck…
The Hanged Man
Now, I want you to just look at this image for a moment. What do you see?
Well, we can see that this poor guy is tied by his one foot to a tree, and it looks like his hands like he is trapped there, for some unknown reason.
But look at his face. Does he looked stressed? Not even a little bit. Even his body looks relaxed, like his free foot just resting there. And what is with that weird-assed halo thing around his head?
One word.
Enlightenment.
But, Lisa, you’re are probably saying to me. Are you insane?! The guy is TRAPPED for GAWD’S SAKE!
He is and he isn’t.
The only place that ISN’T trapped is in his mind. And this is where the three keys of finding peace in our chaotic world comes in.
The Hanged Man is all about surrendering and letting go to what is. No matter how trapped you feel in your busy harried life, you always have a choice: stay caught up in the stress and busyness of life, or let go and allow what is and just BE.
And what is this practice called? You guessed it: Mindfulness.
Now, yes there is much bally-hoo out in the world about mindfulness, Oprah tweets about it, Russell Brand talks in nothing but a towel about it, but truly the research around mindfulness cannot be ignored. It creates calm waters in your nervous system AND your brain, IN SPITE OF any and all stress and chaos surrounding you!
So, how can you achieve The Hanged Man level of peaceful contentment and enlightenment?
Here are the three keys to help get you there:
- Meditation: You didn’t think I wasn’t going to mention the overused “M” word did you? Well, I’m totally gonna. Meditation is the NUMBER ONE best thing you can do for your brain, your body, and your life. AND it is the easiest and most difficult thing you can do to help you stay present and more calm in your life. I
think what kept me from meditation, or at least doing it very sporadically all these years is because I thought I was sucking at it. The thing is, you don’t have to try to stop your thoughts, cuz that’s ain’t never gonna happen… like, ever. The idea is not to get attached to them as they float on by your consciousness. So, get comfortable either sitting or lying down, and then just pay your full attention to your breath. That’s. It. And when thoughts come, and they totally will, you just watch them without any judgement or interest. Kind of like a floaty in the air going by you outside, if you started to obsess about every floaty that went by your field of view, you’d go nuts. Don’t do that with your thoughts either while focusing on your breath. “Oh, there I go… thinking. Back to the breath.” Over and over and over again. Basically this is meditation…. failing and sucking at it over and over. And with practice, you will have longer and longer periods of that delicious feeling of a still mind. It’s awesome.
- Mindfulness in everyday activities: Okay, so you’re driving your kid to soccer practice… again.. and you’re stuck in traffic… again. Here is a great time to practice key number 2. Immediately shift all of your attention to your physical body, mainly your hands and feet. Really focus how your hands feel on the wheel and how your feet feel on the floor and pedals of your car. Keep your attention on these physical feelings, and also your breath too, as an added bonus. You can also move to your butt in the seat, or your back against it as well. And this doesn’t mean you won’t feel frustrated and stress, but it will not engage your fight or flight system as deeply, and you will eventually not get as triggered by things like traffic, or just driving kids to and fro.
- Mindfulness eating: Oh man, this is a biggie for me personally. I am an inhaler, which means I eat ridiculously fast. I work in the film industry from time to time, and have done for almost 20 years. The first decade I worked a lot more, and my job I don’t really get a real lunch break and work for around 15 hours or more a day. So, I had to get into this habit of eating and entire dinner sized meal in about 8 minutes. I’m totally not even kidding. This has stayed with me, and I eat like a maniac. But more problematic is the mindless chip eating. Oy. I can go through a GIANT Costco size chip bag in minutes. Mindful eating is much like mindful daily activities. You are paying attention to only the food and your eating it. You are paying attention to how the fork feels in your hand, and how the food feels in your mouth. You are breathing gently and savouring every bite. I’m not gonna lie, I hate this one. I just can’t do it. But, I will keep trying!
There are a couple of fantastic books I want to recommend to you if you are interested in learning more about this topic:
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zin Ph.D
This is a fantastic book for anybody, but particularly if you have some chronic pain, illness or stress in your life. It outlines the 8-week program on Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program.
Mindfulness: An Eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world.
This is an excellent layman’s book with a TON of research supporting the awesomeness of a mindfulness practice.
Highly recommend!
I am in a course right now through a non-profit called Global Grassroots, they are a US based organization that offers support and healing for post trauma women around the world, and the first module is all about mindfulness. My main “assignment” for this three months is to have a daily seven minute meditation practice. Seven minutes. That’s it. I’ll admit, I don’t always get to do it, but when I do, I always feel better, and it gets easier to slide into that state each time I do it.
What about you? Do you have a mindfulness practice? If you do, share in the comments below what it looks like, so we can all learn from each other!
Have the Best. Day. E-V-E-R.
by Lisa | May 28, 2015 | Self Care and Personal Development
Okay, I have been mulling on this for awhile now, and I think it just has to be said.
The Universe is not your servant. Nor is it here just to serve you and your manifestations.
There are so many “experts” out there that are selling, and thaaaat’s right I said SELLING, the idea to people that The Universe is some sort of Customer Service Agent in your life schemes, and that it’s just sitting around waiting to fulfill your every wish.
I call bullox.
First of all, the universe is kinda busy, you know, doing Univer-sey type things, like maintaining solar systems and planetary operations.
Basically, this post is probably not going to be popular, but that’s okay by me. Some people might even say to me, “But Lisa! You’re a tarot reader! Don’t you believe in the universe and its powers?”
Yes and no. Yes I do believe that the Universe has intelligence, which I do not even pretend to understand. No, I do not believe that the universe is there to just grant you your every whim and wish.
Actual words that “experts” have said:
- “The Universe LOOOOVES clarity.” Really? You know this, how?
- “Whatever you desire the Universe is waiting to give you that desired outcome. If you do not get what you desire, you are not vibrating at the correct level.” So, because of your shitty vibrating level, you’re screwed.
- “If you pick up money on the street, the Universe will know you are serious about money.” I’m not even kidding, somebody actually said this.
- “The Universe is just waiting to manifest your dream life.” Ugh.
The flip side of this they usually throw at you is that, if what you have been trying to manifest with your partner-in-crime Universe does not materialize, basically it’s your fault because you didn’t truly feel the right vibration so the universe was “confused.”
No wonder people are getting pissed off when all of their affirmations and manifesting requests to the universe are not materializing!
Listen. I believe in intentional action. I believe in prayer. I believe in co-incidences that happen as a result of both of those things. I believe in a higher power and intuition that guides me to live in the light and not in the dark as much as possible.
I don’t pretend to understand how any of this works.
But what I am getting super tired of is this trend towards experts selling the idea that they know what the universe wants or doesn’t want. What it likes or doesn’t like regarding what human beings do or don’t do.
Please stop.
Live in the light. Meditate. Get quiet and follow your gut. If you can’t “hear” your intuition or your gut, use tools like tarot to access it. Use your intention in all areas of your life. Stay focused on your goals with intention. Trust in the unfolding of your life. Take care of your body, mind, and spirit. Pray. Love one another.
That’s it, that’s all.
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by Lisa | Mar 25, 2015 | Self Care and Personal Development
Let me start by saying what I am about to talk about here is UNIVERSAL. Every single human has this problem. So, there’s THAT.
Every time somebody comes to me for a tarot reading, dollars to donuts they are looking for a way around or through a block of some kind. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
So, what’s going on here? Well, I have a few theories, but there is one thing… JUST ONE.. that comes up over and over again for people.
NEGATIVE MIND MUTTERINGS. Otherwise known as your INNER CRITIC.
It goes something like this:
YOU: I have this great idea to write a book/launch a business/create a new thing!
INNER CRITIC: Ha! You? You’re not ready to do that! Nobody will listen to you! You will be in financial ruin over such a stupid idea.
Or any variation thereof.
But how can you tell if this voice is truly your Inner Critic, or your actual reason that is trying to sort out if you should do said scary thing or not? Well, there are a few ways to help determine this:
1. Is the voice harsh? If the answer is YES, than it is likely your Inner Critic.
2. Is the tone of this voice frantic and fearful? If this voice’s tone is in the “freak out” range, BOOM, Inner Critic.
3. Worst-case-scenerio thinking. If this voice goes from, “Gee, that might be fun” to “You’ll ruin your life!” in a nano second… prolly your IC.
What would your actual inner wisdom sound like? Well, it might go something like this:
YOU: I have this great idea to write a book/launch a business/create this new thing.
INNER WISDOM: I wonder if I am ready yet to do that? I will start to research tomorrow on what exactly I need to know to move ahead. Maybe I can start with a blog and go from there?
See the difference in tone? First of all the first voice is all doom-and-gloom and panic, the second voice is curious and calm. This is KEY. So, pay attention to that when you are starting to reach the edges of your own comfort zone.
The thing is that your Inner Critic voice is actually a protective mechanism. It is the part of your brain that is hooked up to your primitive fears. Some people call this voice their Inner Lizard, because all it is doing is alerting you to some imaginary danger and trying to keep you safe from harm, misguided though this Lizard is. So, knowing this can actually help you to tame it. You will never get rid of it, it is a part of how your inner mind works, but you can learn to work with it. Read on, my Poppet.
Now, if I could count how many times this f-ing voice of my Inner Critic has held me back in my life, lord, I would run out of numbers.
And this goes for every other human too, by the way. Read about any successful person, politician, celebrity, business guru, you will hear the same thing over and over. “Oh, sometimes I hear this nagging voice of….” and then they list the litany of abuse that this voice unleashes whenever you want to try something new, bold, or great.
Here’s the thing, though. How does that mean that YOU are actually holding YOURSELF back, if this stupid voice seems to just yammer on and on without any way of you controlling it?
Because you can actually control it.
One of the most important things I have learned in the last three or so years is that I have the ability to turn down the volume on my Inner Critic. Not forever, but for long enough to do that scary thing. Okay, so how do I do this? There are a few ways. One of the first things you can do is to create a persona for this voice. Actually create a character for it. Mine is this older lady, with the long red nails, and she chain smokes. She sits in her cluttered kitchen only lit by a beaded fringed lamp. She has that gravelly voice from all the smoking, and boy does she ever love The Bingo, she calls it “Going to Church.” Ugh.
(In fact, she’s doing it right now! Sharza is all up in my face about this very blog post, “Nobody is going to read it, let alone share it. (cough, hack, wheeze, cough) It’s all been said before. (waves cigarette at me)” but I have worked with the volume knob tool so much that her voice is never loud enough for me to hear, I get occasional blasts of words, but I just ignore her. Secretly, she kind of loves this blog post, cuz she thinks it’s all about HER, but whatever. Sigh. )
ANYway, here are your TOP THREE TIPS to quieting your Inner Critic, and trust me when I say… THEY WORK.
1. I imagine a huge volume knob that controls this voice, I then literally turn the volume down and just let her blather on so I can only here a murmer. Then SHE’S happy because she can keep launching missiles of shame and humiliation my way, but I can’t actually really hear it. Done and done.
2. I send her to bingo. When I first started to do this one, I would physically get up from my chair and pretend to walk her out the door, hand her fifty bucks and send her to a smoke filled bingo hall. This would give me about two hours of blissful peace so I could get some work done that required me to be vulnerable and brave.
3. Give them the “head pat”. You just need to say,”Hey, thanks for the heads up, but I got this. You don’t need to worry your ugly little head about this, like at all.”
I know you can do these things. You know how I know? Because if you live in, you know, THE WORLD, you are always inundated with noise and you manage to filter it out 100% to have a conversation, or make a purchase, or talk on the phone if you have kids (or husbands) that are trying to talk to you. AMIRIGHT?!
Your Inner Monkey Mind chatter is like that.
So, sleigh your Self Doubt machine right now, because you know what? You are allowing it to block you from your own personal greatness. A greatness, whatever that looks like for you, is needed on this planet. We need you to play as big as you can in this world, to shine brightly your unique divine light all over humanity.
Now go.
Be brave.
Be great.
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
And if you need support and guidance on slaying your own Personal Self Doubt Dragon, I can help.
