Aloha
The other day I was sharing with my partner Annabeth that I’m just not that in to anything right now and that all I want to do is go sit on a beach in Hawaii. Always ready to support, she replied “Go do it.” I responded with a litany of "buts". I struck a compromise and decided to take a break from all the projects I’m working on and I committed to go sit myself up the canyon by a river.
The next morning I was playing tennis with my friend and colleague Carol Tuttle. I told her about my conversation the night before and she said, "I’m going to Hawaii next week why don’t you come and stay with us." I started in with my "but" parade again and she started laughing saying the universe is giving me what I asked for and I’m still “thinking about it.” So about ½ hour later I shot her a text saying: “Aloha.”
Follow Your Heart, Not Your Money
After about a month of “trying” to make a bunch of projects happen, I got clear about what my heart really wanted (to sit on the beach) and it appeared. It doesn’t make sense for me to take off to Hawaii at this time, and yet it is the only thing that makes sense. It's super easy to get caught up in making a living and checking off things on the to do list; just going through the motions. Even if we are doing something that is important to us, this is survival living. I caught myself going through the motions and forgot to follow my own wisdom. In my genius work I encourage people to follow their bliss and money will follow. If we go after money, we give our power away to money. If we follow our heart, we empower and value ourselves at the deepest level. I believe that money is energy and as such it is here to support us in fulfilling our purpose. We are not here to be in service of money.
Tips and ToolsTake a look at your daily activities. Are you serving your heart or are you serving money? Are you passionate about what you do every day or are you going through the motions? Is there something you really want to do but keep telling yourself there is not enough time or money for? Make a commitment to take a step towards this. Do something that your heart wants to do today, even if it is small. This will start the process of honoring your heart first. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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This last month I and most of my clients and students seem to be experiencing more pronounced waves of fear. After teaching and living genius over the last 5 years I'm now recognizing this as a process that occurs before something new and expanded comes in. For example I sometimes get shaky, scared and tense before a new speaking gig, and within about the first 5 minutes that fear has turned to passion that is transmitted through me to the audience. I feel like when this happens I'm being prepared to hold more space and there is more energy moving though me. I'm not even totally sure that it is fear, it's simply big waves of energy. It becomes fear when I constrict. The image I have is of a rocket getting ready to take off, building up its power and energy. I invite you to see your waves of fear and uncomfortability as your body supercharging you, getting you ready to explore uncharted territory.
The other day I was sharing with my partner Annabeth that I’m just not that in to anything right now and that all I want to do is go sit on a beach in Hawaii. Always ready to support, she replied “Go do it.” I responded with a litany of "buts". I struck a compromise and decided to take a break from all the projects I’m working on and I committed to go sit myself up the canyon by a river.
After about a month of “trying” to make a bunch of projects happen, I got clear about what my heart really wanted (to sit on the beach) and it appeared. It doesn’t make sense for me to take off to Hawaii at this time, and yet it is the only thing that makes sense. It's super easy to get caught up in making a living and checking off things on the to do list; just going through the motions. Even if we are doing something that is important to us, this is survival living. I caught myself going through the motions and forgot to follow my own wisdom. In my genius work I encourage people to follow their bliss and money will follow. If we go after money, we give our power away to money. If we follow our heart, we empower and value ourselves at the deepest level. I believe that money is energy and as such it is here to support us in fulfilling our purpose. We are not here to be in service of money.
