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Part of being a rabble-rouser is stirring things up and making you think. I want you to question stuff and not settle for anything less than what feels meaningful, exciting, fun, and fulfilling to you.
But, I also want to be truthful with you.
Changing your life and committing to going after your dream is going to take some effort and I suspect that some of the time you are going to feel uncomfortable.
Really uncomfortable!
Uncomfortable enough for you to say: “Why the hell am I doing this?”
So, let’s talk about what this discomfort is all about.
The discomfort stems from you expanding out beyond your comfort zone.
When you commit to going after your dream and begin to claim it for yourself, you set the Universe into motion. It begins sending you all the lessons that you need to learn in order to fully resonate and embody the energy of your kick-ass dream life.
Let’s face it……..if you were already embodying this energy you would be living your dream life right now not trying to create it.
So in order to step into your dream you need to:
- stretch and expand
- learn some lessons and gain some clarity
- release some old stories.
That is why all the obstacles and uncomfortable feeling start to show up.
If you can regard your discomfort as the lessons, and the opportunity for clarity and expansion that it provides and meet it head on, then you will soon be enjoying the pleasure and satisfaction of living your kick-ass dream life.
I look at it the same way I look at getting a tattoo or piercing. It only hurts for a short time, and the payoff lasts for a lifetime. To me the discomfort is worth it. (Although, I will say there are some piercing I probably would not do again.)
The questions is: Is it worth it to you?
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Many of my clients start working with me because they have reached a point in their lives where they are not getting the satisfaction and success that they are wanting. This problem usually shows up in their professional lives first, but I find that it carries over into their personal lives too. When we explore the issue, a Pre-Packaged belief is most always the cause of the problem.
A Pre-Packaged Belief is a story that you tell yourself about how the word works, or what is possible. These stories might be handed down to you by your family, or the people around you, or even the media. It is usually something you have heard over and over and you believe it to be true. The thing is, these stories are not necessarily true…especially for you. Trying to live by this pre-package belief may because you discomfort, or is extremely challenge, and ultimately it just is not working for you. The end result is that you are not getting the results that you desire and it feels like a struggle to make it work.
I used to work with sincere, intelligent, magical guy who had just turned 30. He came to me because he was struggling in his job as a warehouse manager. He was stressed out and overwhelmed most of the time. He wanted help finding a way to make it bearable. We soon uncovered the issue. He was really a musician at heart. Playing music was what brought him the most connection and happiness. But, he had bought into the story that you could not make enough money to survive as a musician. His father had drilled it into his head that he needed a secure job with a steady income in order to get ahead and survive. So, that is what he did. He left making music for his spare time. The problem with this is that his “secure job” left him feeling depleted and depressed and he did not have the energy to make music. He began to doubt himself and got caught in the trap of thinking that he had to “fix” himself in order to get ahead. This was not a great place to be standing in.
I asked him to re-write his story about making money as a musician. What if you could make enough money to THRIVE by making music? What would that look like? As he began to explore what this might look like to him, he began to become aware of a number of different possibilities around how this might work for him. I gave him some homework that allowed him to connect with this energy on a deeper level. I taught him some tricks to use so tha he would stay connected to his new story of being a successful musician. Next thing you know he had a plan. He decided to move to Atlanta and tap into the music scene there. I just heard from him the other day. After being in Atlanta for 4 months, he has lined up enough work as a professional musician to pay the bills and then some. He is living his dream and making money too. He has tapped into his ever abundant flow and life feels great!
I can help you do this too. Give me a call to see how we might work together.