Day 2 – The Belief Challenge
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Day 2 – The Belief Challenge

Believe that Friendship is an Honor and Privilege.

Being a great friend has always been extremely important to me.

When I was in high school, I remember someone writing in my yearbook that I was a great friend. That felt amazing and I was so proud!

I didn’t care if people thought I was fun or funny or cool, I just wanted to be a good friend. That was what fueled me and I made a conscious decision to get more of those kinds of comments in my yearbook the following year.

To this day, I still crave deep meaningful friendships. They fill me up in a way that nothing else can.

When we honor and value our friendships, it can bring more joy and fulfillment into our lives.

“If you want trust, trust others. If you want respect, respect others. If you want help, help others. If you want love and peace in your life, give them away. If you want great friends, be one. That’s how it works.” ~Dan Zadra

Today I’m focused on how I can enhance my friendships even more. How I can value and appreciate each of my friends more deeply.

What can you do today to honor your friendships?

Day 1 The Belief Challenge
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Day 1 The Belief Challenge

Last year, my mantra was “Believe.”

I explored my beliefs all year long.

Today, I’m starting a 30-day challenge around beliefs. Every day, I’ll post about one belief explored last year that brought me comfort, peace or more consciousness.  Here’s the first one:

Believe this is all meant to be.  

Believe that you are here for a reason.  Find a deeper sense of purpose, as if every single moment of your life was predestined.

You are exactly where you’re meant to be!

  • In the right job, with the right people.
  • Having the right parents and the right children.
  • You are a picture of health and your body is a perfect miracle.
  • There is enough in your bank account.
  • Your relationship is awesome and how it should be.

No mistakes have been made.  Nothing has gone off course.

Now what?

Now, you can move forward.  As a result of your new perspective, you can even change the trajectory of your life, if you want to.

If you were destined to get here, to where you are right now with very little conscious effort, imagine what adding consciousness can do to your future!

For me, becoming more conscious of my choices changed the course of my life.  I went from unconscious and reactionary to conscious and proactive.  The very moment I put conscious effort into the belief that all is as it should be, I recognized that I am here for a reason.

One little shift in my perspective changed my entire experience, my reality.  Present and purposeful, I feel powerful beyond measure.

“Believe in something big. Your life is worth a noble motive.” – Walter Anderson

What would change in your life if you believed all was meant to be and that you are here for a reason?

Let me know on Facebook!

 

I wasn’t always this happy….
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I wasn’t always this happy….

There were plenty of times in my life when I wasn’t happy at all.

There was a time

  • in college when I wasn’t happy…
  • in my adult life when I was living in the city that I wasn’t happy…
  • when I was married and I wasn’t happy…
  • when I had kids and I wasn’t happy…

It goes on and on.

But I learned a little trick.   

What I did each time when I wasn’t happy is this:  I took on my happiness like it was a full-time JOB and it became progressively easier.  

I did everything I could to

  • create a happier life…
  • get into a happier state…
  • have happier days…

so that I could FEEL BETTER.

Once I was feeling better, I was able to become more GRATEFUL.  And being more grateful, helped me enjoy life more.  It all created an upward spiral.

Sometimes it takes work to get happy. It’s not always easy. It’s not always natural.

People think that I have a really easy, happy life. But they don’t understand all the work that came into being this happy.

Creating a Happiness Recipe 

There is one simple tool I use with all of my clients and we often revisit it.  We simply list the things that can be done every day that make us happy.  What can you do to shift easily into a happy state?  What’s on your Happy List?

Here are a few things on my list:

  • Listening to uplifting music
  • Eating dark chocolate
  • Feeling the sun on my skin
  • Exercising
  • Being out in nature
  • Walking my dog
  • Calling a friend
  • Being near water
  • Taking a long shower
  • Listening to an audiobook or podcast
  • Being on a beach
  • Driving my convertible
  • Drinking red wine
  • Visualizing/meditating/breathwork

Everyone’s Happiness Recipe is going to look different. You just have to know what works best for you.  What is it that shifts you into a happier state?

Then, all you have to do is more of that.  DAILY.

And watch the magic unfold in your life.

What’s on your Happy List?    Join me in the Badass Mom Society and share!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/badassmomsociety/