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Discover Your Courage to Change

Embracing the courage to change comes to mind especially at this time of year.  I hope everyone enjoyed their summer, and yes, it’s hard to believe we are already into the fall season. From a child I always loved the change in seasons.  It has always brought new opportunities for us to embrace another change.  Yet, when there is change how do we find our courage and strength to embrace life’s every day challenges?

The one thing I learned long ago is change does not have to be hard.  It’s all in how we embrace the courage to change for the challenges the universe puts in our direction. The hard part becomes when the change is difficult and we have no practice in that area in how to handle these circumstances, we panic and go into anxiety mode.

Embrace the Courage to Change

What we need to realize about change, good or bad, is the secret in how to handle it. We need to pay attention and not micro-manage every aspect of the change. There is something to be said for going with the flow, to embrace an openness instead of an uneasiness, which sets the pace for what comes next.

When we try not to control but to listen to our divine messages is when we are being led to the next chapter. Again, the secret is to let it happen.  When you do this you will see how much the courage the change actually comes through and your hidden strength starts to take over.

Remember change is necessary for one’s soul growth; when you resist you are not progressing!

Wishing you a wonderful harvest season!

Much love and abundance.
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Are You Brave Enough to Be the Driver of Your Life?

Is this the year you will be brave enough to forge a new life journey? This is a New Year, which means a new path. When you dig deep, let go of what was, embrace what you want, only then will you have affirmation of what is to come.

Remember fear is a natural emotion, but when the fear gets larger than you, and begins to take over, this is when the road blocks surround you. When you remove the blockers, your path is clear to pursue whatever your heart desires.

The real question for this New Year is, “Are you brave enough to try? What would you like to attain?
What problems would you like to see resolved?

You are in the diver’s seat more than you know. The secret is to stop acting like the passenger.

Happy New Year to All!

Much Love

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Moving Forward Best Option When Going Gets Tough

There’s nothing to be done but keep moving forward when the going gets tough.  I rarely talk about the tragedies in my life, but, I have experienced my share. My husband and I have a wonderful daughter who recently turned 23.  When I reflect from the time she was born until today, it’s been quite a ride. When our daughter was 6 years old, she was diagnosed with verbal Autism, Autism? I had heard of it, but didn’t quite understand what that meant. Through the years we had countless therapies, various schools, special diets, and  far too much to list. I won’t go through what my husband and I went through but I want to talk about the feelings you go through when a monkey wrench is thrown into your daily life.

I remember when I got the news from the Audiologist that my daughter has Autism, I sat quietly and listened to the doctor, asked my questions, and left her office very puzzled. Now I could have been angry, or fallen into a depression, or even said why me? But I chose to fight, and find out everything there was to understand about Autism. I began to go into Operation Rescue Alex. I chose to be happy and help my child to the fullest. I got moving with my life. I refused to see myself as the victim.  You can choose how you see a scenario and choose how you will handle it. When I would look at my daughter, I saw a beautiful child, and today she has grown into a beautiful adult.

To me, it didn’t matter what the outcome would have been for our daughter; you have to love purely, and unconditionally, and keep moving forward. I always saw my daughter as perfect. When you see the positive, positive does return to you. Obstacles do come into everyone’s lives, but the key is Choice.  You can choose to let it drag you down and make you a bitter person, or you can get moving again. My husband and I have always chosen to keep moving forward. It’s not what you’re dealt with but rather how you choose to handle it.

That is the real lesson in our life time!

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Learn to Trust Your Life Journey

In the quest to discover and understand our life journey, we focus on the dreams and expectations for our lives.  However, you’ve heard of the saying, “We make plans and God laughs.”

A friend of mine posted this today on Facebook, “Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being redirected to something better.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli

What happens when everything we work so hard for doesn’t materialize? Don’t despair, do not question. It has always been obvious that sometimes what we should be doing is right under our nose, or what we are doing is not where we’re meant to be heading. And when that happens our life journey takes a different turn for the greater picture.

 The tricky part is when that happens we get mad and we don’t understand, or we think “I did everything right and it still hasn’t happened.” Sometimes it’s hard to see the big picture. When a client comes to see me, the struggle one has with one’s self is what needs to be worked on. And most of the time clients don’t know why and can’t move forward, they are stuck in neutral.

There are reasons and they are right under our nose and for others they keep hitting that brick wall. To understand life’s journey sometimes comes in stages. The bottom line is, when an obstacle comes your way don’t look for the excuse to give up, look deeper.

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