(Featured article in Return to Balance Ezine: January 2015)
It has been a great month spent building a strong foundation for my best year yet. Apparently the planets are even in support of the inspired action steps I've been taking, turns out as of January 21 we are once again in Mercury Retrograde. (I usually mark MR in my calendar so I have a heads up but I didn't know about this one until we were a few days into it. My first clue was repeated technical issues.) Remember this can be a time of miscommunications, issues with electronics and travel, and just in general feeling funky or off. While this time is not supportive of starting new projects, it can be a great time to focus on the "re-s". Until Mercury goes direct again on February 11, it might serve you well to shift your focus towards: reviewing, redecorating, revamping, renewing existing commitments and wrapping up unfinished business.
While I was organizing closets this month I was reminded once again of how sometimes the solution I'm looking for is right in front of my face, I just need to rearrange the pieces and maybe add in a few more.
For the last several months I have spent much of my kid-free and client-free moments brainstorming, creating content and shooting videos. The plan was to launch a new program integrating my signature work with Heart Intelligence practices and group experience in the beginning of 2015. The problem is that every time I try to put the pieces together it just doesn't feel right. I asked myself the typical resistance questions, is this a block because of: self worth, stretching comfort zones, fear? Nope, this is something different.
The day before I graduated as a Small Group Heart IQ Coach, I was sitting down next to the creator and founder of Heart IQ, Christian Pankhurst, discussing the potential impact of this work on the world. I told him that it felt like I wasn't just getting another certification but that I was being initiated into something sacred that could help heal the world. He replied that I was and that is his vision. Whew - no pressure there. In that moment I made a commitment to myself that I wouldn't let these Heart Intelligence skills and knowledge just sit on a shelf collecting dust and that I would move through the resistances that have held me back in the past to help bring this work out into the world.
My heart right now is telling me, however, that something is off and I need to course correct. So I am publicly giving myself permission to never coach a Heart IQ circle. Why am I expressing this? Frankly, this is unfinished business I have with you. I am a woman of my word and when I say I'm going to do something, I do it. While I think it is incredibly important to have agreements and contracts with yourself and others, I think it is equally important to re-evaluate them from time to time and see if they are still in alignment with your highest good.
When I received this guidance to give myself this release, there was a part of me that freaked out that I invested all of this time, energy and money. (That later one can be a biggie for a lot of people...investment of money.) As I allowed myself to take a step back, however, I began to see what my "return" has been on my investment of this certification. We all know that when we need to speak about or teach something we learn it on a deeper level. When I look at my life compared to a year ago, it has been greatly enriched in all areas. I may not have integrated this work into my practice by coaching groups but the principles of Heart IQ have been naturally woven and infused into my life. My relationships with my husband, daughter, friends, family, clients and myself are deeper. My ability to create a sense of safety has expanded, allowing my clients to relax and drop into a space of deep healing more quickly than ever before. I have dramatically increased how much I can receive and my self confidence has grown. Wow...this is sort of priceless. Perhaps the higher guidance I received a year ago to get this certification had nothing to do with coaching Heart IQ circles but was actually meant to create a really strong heart-centered foundation from which to move through my life.
One piece of guidance I recently received was to participate in a Heart IQ circle. Sure enough while in circle guidance regarding my unique expression and creative process started coming through, see article "Sometimes I Feel Like an Alien". I am starting to use these new insights and fresh perspective to review and revamp what I have created, not only in the last few months but also my on-going idea list that I started when I opened my practice. I trust that my higher self knows exactly what it has been creating...I just don't see it yet.
Who knows maybe releasing my grip needed to be a part of this process/life lesson and I'll be announcing my first group experience in next month's issue. OR maybe now that I'm not fixated and focused on how to integrate group work into my practice, what has really been wanting to emerge will be able to come through and together unfiltered and with clarity and grace.
This is Heart IQ in action folks - open your heart, listen to your heart, follow your heart and communicate from it...repeat, repeat, repeat... Why am I bothering to share this and why should you care? You also have an internal gps, your higher guidance/intuition, that can help guide you to a life of greater ease and joy.
I encourage you to take a look at the "pieces" in your life. Are there things in your physical space you no longer need? Get rid of it. What needs to be cleared out internally? Any contracts or agreements you've made with yourself or another that needs to be eliminated or updated? Play with rearranging what is left that is supportive to you. Who knows, maybe that solution that you have been searching for has been sitting in front of you all along.
Don't forget to check out "Sometimes I Feel Like an Alien" to read more about some recent aha moments and the re-commitments I've made to myself this month that are helping me to achieve greater work-life balance. My heart is over-flowing and there is a fire in my belly as I write this. It feels so good to wake up eager to see what will unfold. It always amazes me the energy, and seemingly extra time, that comes with the wave of inspiration and the more my life is in alignment.
Feeling out of alignment? I'd love to help give you a clearer picture of what is and isn't supportive to you, contact me to schedule a complimentary consultation.
It has been a great month spent building a strong foundation for my best year yet. Apparently the planets are even in support of the inspired action steps I've been taking, turns out as of January 21 we are once again in Mercury Retrograde. (I usually mark MR in my calendar so I have a heads up but I didn't know about this one until we were a few days into it. My first clue was repeated technical issues.) Remember this can be a time of miscommunications, issues with electronics and travel, and just in general feeling funky or off. While this time is not supportive of starting new projects, it can be a great time to focus on the "re-s". Until Mercury goes direct again on February 11, it might serve you well to shift your focus towards: reviewing, redecorating, revamping, renewing existing commitments and wrapping up unfinished business.
While I was organizing closets this month I was reminded once again of how sometimes the solution I'm looking for is right in front of my face, I just need to rearrange the pieces and maybe add in a few more.
For the last several months I have spent much of my kid-free and client-free moments brainstorming, creating content and shooting videos. The plan was to launch a new program integrating my signature work with Heart Intelligence practices and group experience in the beginning of 2015. The problem is that every time I try to put the pieces together it just doesn't feel right. I asked myself the typical resistance questions, is this a block because of: self worth, stretching comfort zones, fear? Nope, this is something different.
The day before I graduated as a Small Group Heart IQ Coach, I was sitting down next to the creator and founder of Heart IQ, Christian Pankhurst, discussing the potential impact of this work on the world. I told him that it felt like I wasn't just getting another certification but that I was being initiated into something sacred that could help heal the world. He replied that I was and that is his vision. Whew - no pressure there. In that moment I made a commitment to myself that I wouldn't let these Heart Intelligence skills and knowledge just sit on a shelf collecting dust and that I would move through the resistances that have held me back in the past to help bring this work out into the world.
My heart right now is telling me, however, that something is off and I need to course correct. So I am publicly giving myself permission to never coach a Heart IQ circle. Why am I expressing this? Frankly, this is unfinished business I have with you. I am a woman of my word and when I say I'm going to do something, I do it. While I think it is incredibly important to have agreements and contracts with yourself and others, I think it is equally important to re-evaluate them from time to time and see if they are still in alignment with your highest good.
When I received this guidance to give myself this release, there was a part of me that freaked out that I invested all of this time, energy and money. (That later one can be a biggie for a lot of people...investment of money.) As I allowed myself to take a step back, however, I began to see what my "return" has been on my investment of this certification. We all know that when we need to speak about or teach something we learn it on a deeper level. When I look at my life compared to a year ago, it has been greatly enriched in all areas. I may not have integrated this work into my practice by coaching groups but the principles of Heart IQ have been naturally woven and infused into my life. My relationships with my husband, daughter, friends, family, clients and myself are deeper. My ability to create a sense of safety has expanded, allowing my clients to relax and drop into a space of deep healing more quickly than ever before. I have dramatically increased how much I can receive and my self confidence has grown. Wow...this is sort of priceless. Perhaps the higher guidance I received a year ago to get this certification had nothing to do with coaching Heart IQ circles but was actually meant to create a really strong heart-centered foundation from which to move through my life.
One piece of guidance I recently received was to participate in a Heart IQ circle. Sure enough while in circle guidance regarding my unique expression and creative process started coming through, see article "Sometimes I Feel Like an Alien". I am starting to use these new insights and fresh perspective to review and revamp what I have created, not only in the last few months but also my on-going idea list that I started when I opened my practice. I trust that my higher self knows exactly what it has been creating...I just don't see it yet.
Who knows maybe releasing my grip needed to be a part of this process/life lesson and I'll be announcing my first group experience in next month's issue. OR maybe now that I'm not fixated and focused on how to integrate group work into my practice, what has really been wanting to emerge will be able to come through and together unfiltered and with clarity and grace.
This is Heart IQ in action folks - open your heart, listen to your heart, follow your heart and communicate from it...repeat, repeat, repeat... Why am I bothering to share this and why should you care? You also have an internal gps, your higher guidance/intuition, that can help guide you to a life of greater ease and joy.
I encourage you to take a look at the "pieces" in your life. Are there things in your physical space you no longer need? Get rid of it. What needs to be cleared out internally? Any contracts or agreements you've made with yourself or another that needs to be eliminated or updated? Play with rearranging what is left that is supportive to you. Who knows, maybe that solution that you have been searching for has been sitting in front of you all along.
Don't forget to check out "Sometimes I Feel Like an Alien" to read more about some recent aha moments and the re-commitments I've made to myself this month that are helping me to achieve greater work-life balance. My heart is over-flowing and there is a fire in my belly as I write this. It feels so good to wake up eager to see what will unfold. It always amazes me the energy, and seemingly extra time, that comes with the wave of inspiration and the more my life is in alignment.
Feeling out of alignment? I'd love to help give you a clearer picture of what is and isn't supportive to you, contact me to schedule a complimentary consultation.