In my way…Journal Prompt

Hey Beautiful Souls

I want to ask myself and ask you a powerful question today.

What is standing in your way of the dream, goal and life that you really want?

So often we are standing in our own ways, often because of shoulds or expectations (our own or those of other people whose expectation we have sort of “adopted”) Name some things that are standin gin you way. Then really look at it, are those things really blocking you from what you want to create or are they keeping you “safe” from having to put yourself out there in a way you feel uncomfortable about? Then think of 1 tiny thing you can do to move yourself forward!

Here is to living Inspired, Creaive and Empowered

Heather

I am Ready For…Journal Prompt

Hey Beautiful Souls

For me personally I feel a shift of so many things. I feel ready and scared at once for some things. However I want to focus on what I feel ready for right now..

This weeks prompt is:

I am Ready For….

A few of my responses are:

A shift in my attitude in some of my relationships

For the amazing retreat experience that’s coming up

To put myself out there in a braver way then I have been willing to

To Have a healthy body

To make choices that are nurturing, not always easy

To mindfully create a life I love

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

What am I waiting for? -Journal Prompt

Hey Beautiful Souls!
I think often we say there are things that we want in life, we talk about it.. When I have _ It will be the perfect circumstances to support __.  I can’t tell you the number of times I have done this, even when I realized those circumstances have either been ideal for the “thing” I am talking about or that I have circumstances right now that could support whatever it is that I am saying if __was in place then I could…

The real question here is this: What am I waiting for? 

The time is never going to be perfect 100%, there can always be reasoning (or excuse) that there is not enough, time, money, education, support etc.. So if you can really look at what is stopping you and where you might actually already have those “perfect (enough) circumstances” to do, create, manifest, commit to etc.. that  thing now. Even if on a smaller scale then you may have been first envisioning. Then it opens up a whole different side of things. Instead of looking at what you don’t yet have, you really look at what you are waiting for and that just might help  you realize that now just may be your perfect (enough) time!

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Direction/Fear- Journal Prompt…

Hey Inspiring Souls!

I wrote this in my journal a few days ago and I am still peeling the layers to get core of all the different areas i need to do this. I thought it was a simple but powerful question. So I ask you…

Where would you like to tell fear, it may come along for the ride but it can’t control the direction anymore?

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

A reminder to start where you are!

Hey Beautiful Souls!

The truth is, the timing will never be 100% perfect, you may not feel 100% ready to start creating the life you really want to live.

The good news is that you can start where you are now! I think to some this statement might seem sort of obvious, by that I mean you may think where else would I start from. The thing is I actually think many of us are stuck in the past, or projecting into the future and we are trying to start from there. As you may know, that doesn’t really work all that well! If I wait to really build up my soul work until I have the perfect circumstances (the timing, the money, the perfect support etc) then the truth is I will always keep myself from living it.

When I can start from where I am now, and I make even small steps in the direction of what I want  that’s when I realize I can get there a lot faster than if I wait on the timing to be perfect.

Where do you need to start from where you are?

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Denying lifes messages…

Hello Amazing Souls…

I have talked several times before on how I feel life is always giving you messages, in all sorts of ways.  I also belive we can sometimes hear what “life” is saying but for at least a handful of reasons we just keep trying to push it away. We deny it, we hear it, say it, write it down and yet we are still not really engaging in or taking action on that message. And sometimes that is ok for now… there are some things that really just need to be acknowledged and to let marinate for a bit.

But there are those times where meaning to or not we deny the messages we are getting, some of them we are even “hearing” loud and clear and yet we still deny them.

I think that it comes down to a few core reasons at least for me it has.  Fear and not enoughness (and I am sure some would say those are the same or sisters!) Fear of  how to make it happen, what it looks like, where to start, what others are going to think if you, fear of change. Not enoughness, feeling like you don’t deserve those things, you don’t trust yourself so you keep ignoring the messages, you hear the “voice” of judgment of others (current or past) around you or in your head. I am sure the list could go on and on.

The messages can come about all sorts of things. For example for at least a year and a half now I have gotten the message that my body wants fresher, healthier foods. I respond to it sometimes, but not very often when I do I can feel a difference, and yet I kept pretty much ignoring it. Even with my recent health issues, I have still ignored it up until the last maybe few weeks and even then I know I need and want to continue to “take it to the next level”. (I belive it’s my life/my body telling me something in a different ways I was too afraid or stubborn to listen before) It’s come in the way of denying some of my dreams and hearts desires as well. It can be in  a “small” way and in huge ways we deny it.

Sometimes denying “it’ feels safer but in reality it’s not at all. The messages will get louder, or we will numb that part of ourselves so much that we lose a little part of ourselves if we continue to deny it.

I am not going to pretend I know how to “fix it” but I do know that in this case for me action is a big factor in healing the denial. Some things we can do to start the healing

-Journal/Capture what the messages are that you know you keep getting

-Be willing to keep listening, really listening to your life

-Start somewhere when it feels right (don’t wait until you feel fearless, 100% prepared etc..) One small action, small actions building on top of one another build up to results, changes. Start small, start now

-Celebrate your efforts when you do listen and when you take action on “it”

-Keep telling yourself, you are brave and you are enough, because you are.

Here is to living Inspired,Creative and Empowered

Heather

If I wasn’t…Journal Prompt

Hey wonderful souls!

This weeks Journal Prompt is a fill in the blank one! Finish the rest of the sentence and then go from there.

If I wasn’t……I would

This could be all sorts of things including, broke, afraid, sick, too young, too old… or whatever else first pops into your mind

Here is to living Inspired,Creative and Empowered

Heather

Lessons…Little Inspiration

Hey Wonderful Souls..

This little inspiration is something that is on my mind a lot recently.. With in the last few weeks and days  I have had several little and big lessons show up for me. I won’t go into all the details but lets say that one of the bigger but simple messages I got recently in a not so fun way was that I really really need to listen to my souls calling, do my souls work.  Because really the thought of doing something else for the rest of my life makes me instantly sad and filled with a longing feeling.. One of the questions I need to ask myself is what would I rather have fear and all its many ways it will show up, but can be worked through or a feeling deep inside my soul that i am not showing up or doing the things that I was put here on earth to do? I think I will now choose differently then I have in the past and go with the fear, discomfort of stepping out of what is comfortable for me as well as step into the joy, peace and soul filled  days (and all the other feelings good and not so fun feelings and things that come along with doing what we are meant to do, what our soul is called to do.) Yes that is a lesson I am getting, soaking in, and now embracing!

Lessons…

-Often come wrapped up in what seems like a not so good “package”

-Sometimes we need the same lesson (showing up differently) again and again to finally get it, to really embrace it.

-Are often not as obvious as we would like them to be, and sometimes they are a head slapping oh yeah moment..

-Sometimes carry a simple message, other times they are very layered and it’s up to us to be open and willing to peel back those layers one by one.

-Are right in front of us way more often then we realize or care to realize (depending on the lesson needed and how it’s showing up!)

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Fear… From my bookshelf

Hey Wonderful Souls! I have a fairly large obsession  collection of books, I love them! And frankly with Borders closing I have collected even more in a short time then I normally would have ( and in that found some real gems!) So I thought I would “bring back” my category of “From My Bookshelf”. I often have this mindset that I have to for each blog post think of something all my own. But while I want to do that a good amount of the time, there is nothing wrong with sharing inspiration that I have found surrounding me in various ways!

I have even started a journal that is for my books, I always fold pages and mark up the book in some way or another for the great lines, quotes , ideas etc.. that I find in books. So I started a journal that can capture those, makes i much more likely I will reference it again.

Hand Wash Cold…care instructions for an ordinary life. by: Karen Maezen Miller.

I am really enjoying this book and was struck by the following quote on fear.

Fear is our first, and if we we’re not careful our last love. It is our most enduring relationship.It never leaves our side.It tells us where to go, what to wear, what to say and what not to say. We surrender all other options to it. Before, after and during most of our relationships, we are concerned above all not with other party but with the fear of what he or she will do…(she goes on to explain the different ways fear can show up)…We are unavailable for any truly loving and fulfilling relationship as long as we are trapped in a committed relationship with the most controlling part of our mind– our fear.

It goes on to say some other interesting things.. And while it references relationships with other people I personally feel that it can be so true for our relationship with our dreams and with the life that we have and the life we want to create.  The thing is, we are going to have fear in many situations, but the point for me is, do we act anyway, do we let it run us, knowingly or not? How committed are we to our fear?

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather