I feel most like- Journal Prompt

Hey Beautiful Souls!

A question that I find myself needing to come back from time to time is to ask myself:

When do I feel most like myself? What I am engaging in, who am I around, what I am wearing etc.

It’s easy to get caught up in the going through the motions or finding ourselves sort of mirroring what others who we admire are doing. This question brings it back to what is true for you..

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Right Now I… Journal Prompt

Hey Beautiful Souls!

Sometimes our responses to seemingly simple questions can be revealing..

Lets explore that a bit..

Right Now I…

Seek

Need

Feel

Release

Embrace

Here is to living Inspired, Creative Empowered

Heather

Being Yourself- Soul Musings

Hello Beautiful Souls!

The above quote is on a lovely calendar I have and I love it. Though I think like a lot of quotes and things we say it’s just sort of in passing. We think oh that’s true and move on. But have you ever stopped to think about this quote, I mean really think about it?

To be totally honest I am not sure I had until just recently. I posted a photo a while back on facebook of a tea tag that said “Be Yourself” and someone commented “Who else would I be?” well that’s just it, we often don’t take the time to really explore or define who we really are. We are so often on autopilot going along, reacting to life and demands (self-imposed, family, friends or society) that we have lost sight of what we really want of who we really are.

We are led by the Shoulds and Fear so often, not even aware of it until we get so far out of where we want to be (if we have even admitted it to ourselves) that it sometimes can feel like there is no getting back to who we really are.. In this case I encourage you to start from where you are (rhyme not intentional!) How many times a day, a week a lifetime do we compromise our real desires, our silly or sensitive selves to fit in?

We have held on to the “old” things (likes, style, dislikes, dreams etc) so long that we are not even allowing room for what really feels right, what fits in our lives now. A small example is that I love the color red, I do but it’s not my favorite color anymore but I was hanging on to that for a while until I let myself “admit” that a dark pink and Teal sorts of colors were the ones I am constantly drawn to. Like oh yeah i am allowed to change what my favorite color (for now) is even when I am grown (as opposed to when we are younger and our tastes change every 5 minutes it seems!)

Look really truly being yourself is not always easy for us or for others in our lives but constantly hiding your authentic self is even harder (on all mind -body-soul) on us- on you. There are bound to be some growing pains. Give yourself and those around you  the gift of showing up as you, truly you.

I offer a few tools in this journey my Visual Journal Workshop, Journey to Authentic You Worksop and Coaching

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

My Why.. Soul Musings

Hello Wonderful you!

I got a newsletter (via these lovlies) the other day where they talked about sharing more of you, more of your why you do what you do, why you create the programs, workshops, blog and Coach etc. It got me to thinking I am not sure I have really shared my why with you. Maybe it’s because sometimes you are driven and inspired by something within that you just can’t or have trouble putting words to. However I am going to do my best to share it with you today..

I keep blogging, I document the daily moments, I create programs because I can’t not do it. I so deeply want to inspire others and I am so often deeply inspired by others and by moments and things of life. I feel that by doing these things I am honoring and living my purpose. My purpose is to: Learn to Express myself fully and completely and to teach and inspire others to do the same. I know that I feel called to share this journey of expression and exploring the different ways it might show up, I am called to share it with others. I love it when others share what lights them up, what scares them, what delights them what their dreams are when they share themselves.

In each thing I bring forward, a blog post, coaching or  workshops I do my best to fully bring myself to it into it and to you. I create programs around being inspired,  living authentic  and creating because it’s how I am exploring and expressing myself. I don’t claim to have it all figured out, I do promise that I will do what I can to hold the space for you to do that and to use my love of connection and “listening between the lines” to help guide,encourage and inspire you to create a life that feels and is you…

The truth is we are in this together and I am right here along with you peeling back these layers of fear, lack and not enoughness to reveal what the truth is not the story I have told myself to keep myself safe. Just know you are not alone, even when I am guiding you, you are guiding me and inspiring me. I so appreciate you taking time to go along on this journey in whatever capacity you have been pulled to along with me.

Thank You for being you and for continuing to allow me to be me.. layer by layer..

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Journey to Authenticity-Come along?

Hey Beautiful Souls!

I am super excited to share that I have gussied up and released the workshop I created (and got great feedback on) Journey to Authentic You  this workshop/journey is now self paced. You can start whenever and wherever in it you would like. It does however come with email support from me!

I would beyond love to have you join in the Journey with me. It’s an affordable $37 to dive into this journey and start creating a life that is true to you. Here is a little bit from the beautiful testimonial from an amazing participant of the workshop!

This workshop helped me to look at things I didn’t want to and opened my eyes to things I had put on the shelf. I learned to look outside the box of my comfort zone…Barbara

Come along on the Journey!

Here is to living Inspired,Creative and Empowered

Heather

Spaciousness- Little Inspirations

Hey Beautiful Souls!

Lately spaciousness and the word space and the urge to create more of it in my life mentally and for sure physically have been coming up, more and more and more. So I have started to listen..

Creating Spaciousness

Feeds your Mind, Body and Soul

Won’t let up if it’s calling you

Can open you to things, moments and realizations that surprise you

Allow room for more of you and the things that really matter and those things that you really love.

Can be done in small spaces (of time and actual physical space)

Spaciousness can give you the feeling of abundance

Where in your life do you need to create some space?

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Learning to Loosen the Grip- Soul Musings

Hey Inspiring Souls!

Todays blog post really is from my Soul and from my Heart. It’s not an easy post for me as it feels like I am putting myself out there a bit more than I am totally comfy with and it’s having to be honest with myself about some things (not usually a fun task but so needed!)

Recently I have had conversations with a few people about loosening the grip in certain areas of their lives, relationships, views of success and how things “should” be to any other number of things. Oh how easy it is to see in others and not so much ourselves at first. But I have not stopped thinking about it and where I am really doing that in my life and how it may not be serving me and probably is harming more than “protecting” me.

Let me explain what I mean by loosening the grip. We (I) can often hold onto things, ideas, relationships and how they used to be, goals etc.. I can often hold on so tightly that I don’t allow room or even refuse to look at what they are or what they could be. The way I explained it to my sister the other day is lets say I have something I really want to do that I know will be good in my life and lets say I needed $100 to make it happen or to really start the process. I am mad, upset, with my fist clenched saying “If I only had that $100 I would be able to…..) All the while not even allowing room or possibility for the fact that if I opened my fist just a bit I would realize I was holding on to that $100 and didn’t realize it because I was so busy telling myself it was supposed to come in a different way or timing.

I would be totally blocking what is and what could be for what I thought it should be, and if i just would be willing to loosen my grip even just a tiny bit I would see what was and what could be.

I have found several ways (probably lots of ways) I have been doing this in my life, and frankly it’s not fun to admit it. I would much rather blame everyone and everything else on why this or that isn’t where I want it to be where it “Should” be. One huge way I have been doing this is in a few family relationships. These relationships have shifted so much over the last year to year and  a half and I have found myself having a really difficult time allowing room to build them from where they are because I still feel wounded that they are not where they should be. I have been gripping on so tight I have had a difficult time allowing them to heal and then reveal what is or what could be.

This gripping has also shown up in my finances, health and my ability to really build up my Soul Biz ( the work I do here) I am slowly (some faster than others) learning to loosen the grip and allow for healing, truth and authenticity. (My coaching prices and packages being another area) It’s not easy or comfortable but it’s very necessary in order for me to live, create and open to the kind of life I truly want to and am meant to live. And frankly continuing to live in a state of constant “fist gripping” is toxic and I will not continue to do that to myself!

Where do you need to loosen your grip to open for what is and what could be?

Thanks for listening to my Soul Musings

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Soul Musings-Sharing more

Hey Beautiful Souls

I am not sure if this is a start of a new category, series or what just yet. I already do little inspirations those are just little bits that are on my mind often (always) reflecting whats going on in my life.

However I have had the pull to write and share more from my Soul. Don’t get me wrong I do my best to bring inspiration ,creativity and my heart to all the posts I do. I just have noticed that in several areas of my life I have held back thoughts, images or words I have wanted to share for fear of its to woo woo or that’s not a prompt. I always want  you to come away from this blog, well anything I do really with a sense of being Inspired to be more Creative and Empowered on your Journey.

As I continue to do the work of living my truth (along with some of you in Journey to Authentic You workshop) I have uncovered more layers of me, some that I am wanting to share but resisting. I don’t want to do that any longer (looks like this could be a new category or series!) I want to share who I am fully with you. That means sharing the musings of my Soul, that means sharing things that feel a bit scary sometimes too and even those times where I am really struggling as that is part of the journey too.

Do you have an area of your life that it’s felt too scary or raw to share with others? Maybe today is the day you take one tiny tiny step in admitting it to yourself, that is the first step of this process!

I thank you deeply and sincerely for coming along on the Journey with me.

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

PS: The image is a small peak into one of  the 30×30 canvases I did on the retreat I went to recentlly, I will be sharing more in the Soul Musings to come!

5 things I want to let go of… Journal Prompt

Hello Beautiful Souls!

We hang onto so much stuff, mental stuff, physical stuff, digital stuff. This week I want to encourage you to let go of some things. Start with 5 things that you want to let go of. It could be a past story, limiting belief, book, clothing or email subscription (just not mine ;-D )

What 5 things do I want to let go of ( you can say today, this week, this month or in general in your life, it’s all up to you!)

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Do What…Little Inspirations

Hey Inspiring Souls… Some reminders for us all today!

Do what scares you

Do what Nourishes you

Do what empowers you

Do what helps you to grow

Do what centers you

Do what is in line with your values

Do what Inspires you

Do what makes you laugh, even giggle snort (one of those laughs where a snort laugh sneaks out unplanned ;-D

Do what you feel pulled to do, deeply

Do what you love

Do what is true to you

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather