Awaken the Genie Within

What's On Your Line

Sometimes when I'm on a particular phone in my home there's static on the line. Yesterday it happened again during the entire call and it was quite annoying especially since I've changed phones and played with the wiring on several occasions. When I got off the call I found myself in a lower vibrational place because of it. Within a matter of seconds a thought came to me that this lower vibration is exactly what happens to us when there's static on our spiritual line.

Static on your spiritual line comes in the form of fear, worry, anxiety, anger, frustration, and on and on. When the static is there it's very difficult to receive information clearly and easily. Information such as an inspired idea or the ability to feel gratitude for the little things that can bring more joy into your life. The static is more than just noise, it creates what the word means, having no motion.

When there's static on your line just remember it's your Gremlin messing with your internal wiring. So simply go about the process of quieting him/her down so you can clear the line for your Genie to get through, raising your vibration and setting you back into motion.

If you need a reminder how to quiet that little bugger down you can download the 5 tips here:
www.awakenthegeniewithin.com

Judgment

One of the practices in my life that I play with as consistently as possible is the practice of letting go of judgment. Do I always succeed? Absolutely not! Am I getting better and better at it? Absolutely yes!

And with that said, yesterday I found myself judging something that I was reading and making the writer's comments wrong. In that moment I could literally feel my energy drain. I could feeeeel my vibration start to lower and I didn't like this feeling. Then something occurred to me. Every time I judge something or someone I am literally draining my own life force. I am stripping myself of my peace and joy. I'm not doing anything to them, but I'm doing everything to myself that doesn't serve me.

I chose to read the article again from a place of neutrality. Simply allowing the words to be there and not making them right or wrong. What a freeing experience that was! I not only felt my joy return but I found myself coming from a place of interested curiosity and allowing myself to learn something from a different perspective without feeling like I had to defend my belief or make this person wrong for his belief.

It's clear to me now, that every judgment, no matter how big or small, has a price. And the price can be pretty big when it comes to our own happiness and ability to move further down our spiritual path.

Emotional Reminder For The Holidays

With Thanksgiving just days away and the holiday season moving into full throttle, I want to remind you about something I've mentioned many times before. Managing your emotional energy.

Whoever you're with and whatever obligations you feel you must follow through with, it's completely up to you to consciously manage your emotional energy so you allow yourself to have the best time possible with family and friends. And keep in mind, managing you emotional energy actually starts before you are with the people you'll be spending your time with.

Watch what you think and speak about in anticipation around the upcoming festivities. If you find yourself complaining about certain people, you're setting yourself up for the same old experience. Start feeeeeling and seeing an experience that you would like to have.

No matter what people are saying or doing, you're still free to choose how you want to feeeeel and respond to what is happening around you. You can either get caught up in someone else's energy and illusion or you can stay true to yourself and let go of anything that isn't serving your highest good.

I realize this isn't always the easiest thing to do when you're in the throes of what's taking place in the moment, but that doesn't mean it's not possible. Don't engage until you're ready to do so in a way that feeeeels more aligned with your heart and Soul. Don't react from the pushed buttons.

Pause, take a breath, and ask yourself, "Who do I choose to be in this moment that would serve the highest good of all concerned?" It only takes a second to do this and it allows you the space to make a new choice and not react out of habit. It allows you to Quiet the Gremlin. It allows you to change your story. It allows you to create a different relationship. And it allows you to reconnect with your Soul.

Have a beautiful Thanksgiving Day!

Larry King - The Secret

Last Thursday Larry King interviewed 4 of the people who were part of "The Secret" movie. If you were unable to see it you can read the transcript:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0611/16/lkl.01.html

Questioning Vs. Curiosity

A little over a week ago I was chatting with a woman and answering her questions about the work I do. What struck me was the amount of questions she had. No matter what I shared with her she kept throwing questions at me. At some point I realized she was really needing to have an intellectual understanding around everything I said. And some of the conversation taking place went beyond intellect and required a willingness to just allow the information to be there without an immediate understanding.

She told me she was just a curious person and liked to gather as much information as possible in all areas of her life. In that moment it occurred to me there's a distinction between questioning vs. curiosity.

Questioning is a process of collecting data so you can figure things out and understand things from an intellectual place. It's a process that requires solid answers.

Curiosity is a more organic and relaxed process. We can ask from a place of curiosity and simply accept the answer we're hearing in the moment without having to have it all figured out. It's a way of taking in information and saying, "Oh, that's really interesting!" Then we simply allow ourselves to let what we've just heard find it's way naturally into our being. It comes more from a feeling place than a mind place.

The next time you find yourself asking a lot of questions with something you aren't quite getting, see if you can shift into curiosity and not have to figure it all out or make perfect sense in that very moment.

Unconscious To Unconscious

Occasionally a client will ask me how long it's going to take to create the changes they're wanting. There's only one answer to this question as far as I'm concerned.

It takes as long as it takes. Every person is at a different place in his/her life and it always depends on his/her willingness and openness to take whatever necessary actions are needed to experience real change in life.

The one thing I know for sure, while we're in the throes of learning new things to create change, is that there's a road we all travel and it looks like this:

Unconscious incompetence
Conscious incompetence
Conscious competency
Unconscious competency

The first stage isn't so frustrating because it's hard to be frustrated over something you don't know you don't know.

The second stage is the most frustrating because now you know there's something better for you and you're not quite able to grasp what you're learning fully or easily apply it. This takes loving patience with yourself.

The third stage starts to feel good because you're not only aware of what needs to be done, but you're able to apply your understanding into your life and actually see and feel the changes taking place.

And the fourth stage feels wonderful because it's mastery. You no longer have to think about the change, you just live it.

So as you strive to create change in your life for your highest good, remember there is a road well traveled with an unconscious onramp and an unconscious exit. Once you're on the road, take whatever pit stops are necessary along the way to help you reach mastery. Then be willing to travel a new road, moving from unconscious to unconscious again, so you continue to grow and expand as your Soul so easily embraces and lives for.

Mind Blowing

There's only one promise I ever make to my clients. The promise to continue upgrading my learning so I can be the best coach possible for them. The past 4 days I've been deeply immersed in a training, learning groundbreaking information to transform my practice that is truly mind blowing on many levels.  Needless to say, I'm very excited about using what I've learned and assisting clients to move forward even faster!

The main focus of the 4 days was teaching us how to move out of our head and transcend deeply into our feelings. Something that many people believe they do and I'm now very clear that's not actually true. What they do, unconsciously, is dance around the outer walls of their feelings never really reaching the core of whatever they're feeling in order for the feeling to be completed and no longer be an issue in their life. So much effort is put into thinking and analyzing that it keeps people repeating the same patterns over and over again for years. And I mean a lifetime of years!

After all the work I've done on myself I was shocked when I saw how much I too, danced around the outer walls of my feelings instead of being fully immersed with them. And every time I found myself or someone else experiencing another breakthrough, all I kept saying was, "Wow, this is mind blowing!"

Then it occurred to me, what we were doing was literally mind blowing. We were blowing up the thoughts in the mind as we delved deeper and deeper into the feelings until there was nothing left to feel except complete peace and pure awareness. Talk about freedom! Words cannot begin to explain the essence of the experience. It simply has to be experienced to be understood, like anything that has a profound impact on you.

Have To Or Get To

So often when we change even just one of our spoken words we can literally shift our energy at the same time. Changing from "I have to.... to "I get to...." can set you up for a better experience with whatever it is you're going to be doing.

"I have to" can lower your vibration and take you away from your personal power.

Take a moment with each sentence below and notice if you feel any different when saying "have to" then "get to".

I have to go to work.
I get to go to work.

I have to pick up my child from school.
I get to pick my child from school.

I have to visit my mother.
I get to visit my mother.

I have to exercise.
I get to exercise.

I have to meet with a client.
I get to meet with a client.

I have to save money.
I get to save money.

I have to make dinner.
I get to make dinner.

I have to find a new job.
I get to find a new job.

I have to lose weight.
I get to lose weight.

I invite you to play with replacing "have to" with "get to" and see what difference it makes for you in your day-to-day experiences and energy.

From Victim To Experiences

What I'm about to say is going to be a bit of a stretch for some of you and you may even find some of those buttons we all have, being pushed.

Ready?

There are no victims, just people having experiences.

Is your mind now moving toward every circumstance you can think of that "appears" to be a representation of a victim, whether it's about you or someone else? If it is, I get it. When one of my mentors shared this statement with me years ago I immediately went to the thought of a friend of mine who was raped. Then I thought about a client who had her identity stolen. The list was long and I won't bore you with the rest but I had a hard time not thinking of these people as being victims of an unfortunate circumstance.

Years later, I really do understand that they weren't and aren't victims. They are people who simply had an experience, end of story. It wasn't an experience that brought them much joy in the moment, but both have not only gained a great deal from those experiences, it also helped shape them into the strong women they are today.

Looking more deeply into their experience, both were able to recognize where they played a role in creating those moments in their life. When this occurs it completely eliminates the need to hold onto the role of being a victim and frees you up to embrace everything that happens in your life with less struggle and hardship.

When you stop viewing yourself or others as victims, you take back your power and you can hold the energy of power for others. No matter what happens to you, you can always choose to reclaim your power and move on with your life. Hanging out in the illusion of victimhood only brings to you more opportunities to keep the illusion alive.

Regardless

Regardless of what happened during your childhood, you can choose to live from the now.

Regardless of what someone said about you that hurt, you get to let go and move on.

Regardless of any mistakes you made prior to this moment, you can start fresh.

Regardless of painful, past relationships, you're capable of loving and being loved again.

Regardless of how long you've been asleep, you can wake up now.

Regardless of how long you've been unhappy, you can choose happiness now.

Regardless of how many tears you've shed, you can choose to laugh more often.

Regardless of the fears you have, you can walk toward courage.

Regardless of how many times you fall down, you can keep picking yourself right back up.

Regardless of who tells you it can't be done, you can still choose to get it done.

Regardless of who doesn't believe in you, you can still believe in yourself.

Regardless of what you don't know, you can always learn.

Regardless of who you're angry with, you can always choose to forgive.

Regardless of who doesn't like you, you can always love yourself.

Regardless of anything in your life that isn't serving you, you can always choose differently.