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Your Purpose Is The Thing You Think It Can’t Possibly Be

November 16, 2021

Your purpose. Your Why. The driving force behind your dreams and desires.

Everyone has one. But not everyone is clear on what theirs is.

And the funny thing is, purpose is such a simple thing most of the time.

And yet it sometimes feels elusive. It sometimes feels like it should be more complicated than it actually is.

I’ve been searching for my purpose since I quit my day job in March 2012 to turn my writing business into a full-time thing. Even more so since January 2019, when my divorce went down and my entire life was flipped on its head (and I’m so grateful that it was).

For my entire life, my purpose has been there. Right in front of my face. Right inside of my heart. Always on my mind. Never leaving me alone.

Your Worth Doesn’t Come From Outside Of You, It Comes From Inside

October 29, 2021

This morning, I was reading a post on Medium that talked about worthiness and where it comes from. The author said that worthiness comes from “finding your value in the world by what you contribute.”

And while this author meant well, she couldn’t be further from the truth.

Your worthiness DOES NOT come from outside of you.

2 Journal Prompts To Use Daily

October 22, 2021

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE journal prompts!!

Here are two of that I’ve been using lately that have shifted how I feel and helped to put my focus more on what I desire:

How To Quantum Shift A Limiting Belief

October 14, 2021

A limiting belief is simply a negative thought that limits what’s possible for you, one that you’ve thought over and over and over again, to the point that you now believe it’s true. Limiting beliefs live in your subconscious mind, and your subconscious mind has only one job: photocopy into your life experience/physical reality whatever is programmed in it.

This is why you can sometimes experience the same negative things over and over again.

It’s not because there’s something wrong with you. You just have subconscious programming that’s working against you and stopping you from getting what you want.

Typically, it takes repetition across a number of days (around 21 days, give or take), to get a new belief to penetrate your subconscious mind. And that’s if you’re committed to doing the work and being consistent.

But over the years, I’ve discovered that there are actually a couple of ways to quantum shift a limiting belief and reprogram a new one almost instantly. (And I define quantum shifting as cutting way down on the amount of time it takes to do something, like changing a limiting belief.)

Discipline Is Acting As If You Believe The Goal Is Already Yours

September 16, 2021

When I’m trying to change my mind about something, I will usually start by using a thesaurus to find other words that mean the same thing. This helps me to see the topic from another perspective.

Something I’ve been grappling with lately is the idea of being disciplined. I have a love-hate relationship with discipline.

I’m good at being consistent with the things that matter to me for extended periods of time. And then I also often find myself feeling bored with the routine and (unconsciously) sabotaging myself, just to spice things up (clearly an Upper Limit Problem).

But I want to be disciplined around the things that matter to me all of the time, not just some of the time (although “some of the time” has equated to 13+ books written and published; imagine if I was consistent all of the time!).

And that’s where I struggle.

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