I'm interrupting our regularly scheduled programming with a special announcement. Our first Coffee & Connection Call is on Tuesday, January 20th ☕️👯‍♀️ and I really hope you can make it❣️

I'm beta launching a new program - more about it tomorrow - and worked most of yesterday crafting an email about it to my list. An email I never sent. Instead of feeling excited, it totally tanked my energy. I consider myself a confident person, but fear had me absolutely paralyzed. Then in the evening, I had a great chat with someone about promoting my book, Gut Instincts. I felt so low I almost rescheduled, but a little voice told me it might be just what I needed. I told her I wasn't doing enough. I compared myself to others. "I need a better strategy," I said. "I need to get up earlier." She suggested I was “doing a lot of shoulding on myself” and why don’t I just “follow my gut instincts?” (I love it when people use the title of my book on me 🥰) I didn't feel much better, but I felt clearer. I realized I was drowning in INFORMATION, but what I really needed was INSPIRATION. So I went to the movies - not guilting myself at all - and watched Köln75. I felt my battery begin to charge as I cheered for Vera! As the credits rolled, it hit me. I was in the most painful place there could be: knowing I had something great, but letting fear hold me back from telling anyone about it. “If there is failure,” I told myself, “then surely this is it.” Nowhere to go but up, right? My mind shifted gently as I biked home. I played with my kitty. I took a nice shower. I talked to myself like someone encouraging a little child. And I woke today to a new day! The next time you feel stuck, instead of searching for information, get some inspiration and watch what happens! Trailer for the movie below....

Mindset is EVERYTHING. You know that saying "I'll believe it when I see it"? Well, it's actually just the opposite. You will SEE it when you BELIEVE it. The belief always comes first. Our belief system creates our reality. How much money we have? It's how much we believe we can have. The amount that's not only comfortable, but compatible with what we believe we are worth. (Read: worthy of) Our relationships? As loving, respectful and supportive as we believe we deserve. Our job? School? Any task for that matter. As easy, fulfilling and enjoyable as we determine. Whenever we decide we want something better, greater, more abundant, it is our belief system that needs expand first. Just like upgrading the operating system on your phone ---complete with powering down and being plugged in. Upgrade your belief and the manifestation naturally follows.

I've created a DAILY RHYTHM. Each day dedicated to a theme to help us focus our intention and see more opportunities for growth as a result. We’re starting with Soul-full Sundays: to slow down and let the waters still for better, deeper reflections. You can post them here to strengthen them and share their benefits. Or find one here to spark your own. Mine is in the first comment.

The reason we can’t get going is often the paralysis of wanting to do it perfectly. It’s a slippery one. It looks like we don’t have the right idea, the right resources, the right pen. The room is too hot. Too cold. We’re tired. Foggy. We don’t feel well. We’re hungry. A friend needs us. The toilet desperately needs cleaning. As a writer, I’ve heard ‘em all! What we really are is afraid. Afraid we won’t be up to our high standards, we’ll be judged, we won’t be successful. I call that thinking a kink in the hose. Because it’s not how the creative process works so it pinches it off. The flow requires an enjoyment of the process. A willingness to get messy. It’s really about doing, getting feedback, learning, adjusting. Getting into motion is where the magic happens Do you agree?