2013 Visions and Heart Resolutions

Hey Beautiful Souls!

The image above is my 2013 Vision Board! This last year I have done a lot more visioning then in the years past, and this year I plan on increasing it even more! However I still love the ritual of starting out the year with a vision board to guide and inspire me throughout the year.

So while some images my speak for themselves, I will share with you what some of these things mean!

• My word this year is Expand, so Expand your horizons has layers of meanings for me, including traveling and planning for trips. Several open arm images depict this word/feeling as well
• I would like to be working from home “full-time”
• I want to really deepen my Yoga practice to another level, that was a dream/goal of mine in 2012 and I did from where I was however wanting to take it even further this. (I will let you in on something I really want to enroll in Yoga Teacher Training this year, if finances allow, it’s a dream I have had for years. Ready to really commit to it differently than before!)
• Lots of Creativity, Connection, Self Expression
• Nourishing my body (mind and soul too) with what it really craves

This years heart resolutions are: 

Brave

Healing

Connection

Purposeful

Trust

Confidence

Open

Spaciousness ( a theme  -Creating Space that has been coming up for me a lot the last 6 months or more. )

Curious what Heart Resolutions are? Check out the PDF here

What are your visions and Heart Resolutions for 2013?

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Trust- Image and Words…

Little Inspirations-Trust the nudge

Hey Lovely Souls!

I am what you would often call a major overthinker. I overthink about lots of things including decisions that are really not all the serious, like my most recent one: Should I start this smaller journal for collage and things like that even though I do have a large visual journal that I really like but sometimes feels like a bit too much ground to cover when I just want a little creative fix? I had this desire, instinct to start a new one ( in addition to the different journals I already have) I have been thinking on it (on and off) for a few weeks. I mean really, if I decided hey I would rather not have this many journals or I really am not feeling this idea then I can stop. It’s not like the journal police are going to come and get me for not following through! So as a reminder to myself and to anyone else out there who may be reading this and dealing with questioning yourself:

-Trust the creative instinct is there for a reason

-Listen the nudge, the idea the desire and explore it

-pick up the book, the paintbrush,the journal,  the camera and just follow it, see where it takes you.

-Ask yourself, what are you afraid of? Often it’s “simply” a case of being afraid of being wrong or wasteful. The question is, will it hurt anyone if I make this choice to listen and act upon this instinct, this creative nudge, so so often the answer is no.But what could you be withholding from your own self, from your soul by denying it?

-Remember the more you trust these nudges, the more often they will come and in turn it will build up a sense of self-trust and confidence.

here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Sometimes you just have to… Little Inspirations

Hello wonderful souls!

I have often engaged in over thinking… By often I mean like almost everyday in some way or another! I do belive that really reflecting, thinking and considering different angles is a helpful thing sometimes. Other times I think it’s a way that fear shows up, it can often be the end of an idea, dream, action, request and so on.. Sometimes you just need to:

-Trust it

-Go with it

-Jump all in, even if you are not sure what “it all looks like”

-Remember you don’t have to have it all figured out

-Create it

-Let it be imperfect, but authentic

-Ask anyway

-Release it

-Embrace it

You never know what beauty will come out of doing so..

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Trust… Little Inspirations

A reminder that we could all use from time to time, for me personally especially now.

-Trust your gut

-Trust the possibilities

-Trust there are messages in your life and body all the time

-Trust your creativity

-Trust your voice

-Trust Life

-Trust that everything is going to be ok, even more than ok

-Trust that the struggle, fear difficult situation is only temporary

-Trust that you are enough in all ways…always

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Our Path… little Inspirations

This path of ours… in finding and creating the life we are meant to live is full of..

-Trust

-Fear

-Courage

-Learning

-Falling

-Getting back up

-Accepting

-Questioning

-Exploring

-Peace

-Chaos

-Redefining and Reinventing

-letting go

-Leaning in

Just some reminders I needed to soak in on this crazy and beautiful  path of life!

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Trust…Little inspirations

A little message that’s on my heart and mind lately..

*Trust in the messages your life is truly giving you

*Trust and follow those little urges your souls is giving you

*Trust what your body is telling you

*Trust that the path you are on is the one you are supposed to be on right now, but that does not mean you can’t change it if that is what you truly need and want to do.

*Trust that it will all be ok

*Trust that you will thrive

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

“Knowing better” vs “Doing better”

Hey Empowered Souls!

Knowing better vs Doing better has been on my mind lately… For me it’s all about my journey of shedding, and working on living mindfully.. I keep seeing this showing up in my life in different ways and aspects. It’s not that I am trying to beat myself up at all. It’s me simply noticing mindfully  where the disconnect shows up.

Here are my semi random thoughts on the matter..

-It shows up in all sorts of ways to major ways in our life ( like our health  and beyond.. ) to our laundry ( for example: I know if i keep up on the laundry that it will be less time and way less energy spent on avoiding , then catching up, all the while being annoyed at myself for lagging on it)

-We can feel it when we are out of balance with what we know we need to be doing, saying etc.. but are not..

-We often have a tendency to get stuck in the beating ourselves up in that spot, and frankly that is just counter productive. That will not move us forward and it just makes us feel worse. Acknowledging is much better, if we can do that and then do our best to take action then we will feel much better. ( I know easier said the done!)

-We are going to “drop the ball”  sometimes when it comes to this stuff, and thats  ok , it’s called being human! If we can remember that it’s not going to be perfect, maybe we can lighten up on ourselves a bit!

Here are some tips that I hope will help you, I am also working on them along with you so you are not in it alone!

-Write down a few instances at least of where you “Know better” but you don’t “Do better”

-Write down how not doing what you know you need to, and really want to,how it makes you feel ( bad, annoyed, frustrated, stressed… )

-Write down how it makes you feel when you DO follow that doing better

-Check in with the Knowing better, is that what you feel or are you operating on shoulds from other ( all be it well meaning) people?

-What are 1 or 2 things you could put in place that would support you on taking action and  doing what it is that “needs” to be done?

Please as always feel free to share your thoughts on this of any kind!

Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered

Heather

Trusting the path.. Journal Prompt…

I am trying something a bit different this week, a journal prompt inspired by a quote and a bit of food for thought…

The more intensely that we feel about and idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment. –Earl Nightingale

Do you find yourself trusting the path? Or do you find yourself resisting it, mainly based out of fear of the unknown? Where can you just allow yourself to trust and follow that path ?

I find myself doing both, trusting and resisting.. When I resist, I am able to bring myself back to that place of trust faster than I used to be able to. But I still feel myself resisting more than I would like to..

I can trust that path by giving into my inspiration, intuition and courage

** Note** For this art journal entry, I used a magazine image, masking tape and pen..

How about you?

Have an Inspired, Creative and Empowered day..

Heather

Remember this..

You, yes you.. Have what it takes to do that thing you think that you can’t.. That thing that seems just a bit out of reach.. You have what it takes.. Right here, right now.. Listen, Trust.. Begin..

I needed to remind myself of this today and thought maybe you could use a little reminder as well..

I believe in you 100%

Have an Inspired, Creative and Empowered day/evening!

Heather