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Claim Your Awesome
The Year to Attract Abundance in All Areas of Your Life
As the New Year unfolds, I found myself journeying back to a place of heart-centered alignment, and I'm eager to guide you through this transformative process as well. Reflecting on a period of disconnection, I've unearthed powerful lessons about authenticity and the magic woven through the practices that tether us to our core. Our latest episode is a candid exploration of aligning with our inner truth and how this can empower us to serve with genuine spirit, creating lives brimming with ease and abundance.
Have you ever considered that the wisdom to craft a life of joy and satisfaction lies within you? This episode challenges the bombardment of external self-improvement advice, underscoring the unparalleled strength of our internal compass. We'll discuss the art of self-kindness and how fostering this gentleness within can radiate outward, elevating the collective spirit. It's a call to bravely chase the desires that stir your heart, even in the face of fear or misunderstanding, guided by the light of your inner wisdom.
Finally, we unwrap the gift of morning rituals that honor the body's intuitive needs, setting an uplifting tone for your day and overarching intentions. I share personal insights and my own shifts in how I want to show up and serve and the direction I am going to take this podcast. Together, let's traverse this year by shedding restrictive masks and dancing in the wild abundance that is our birthright.
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Hello, welcome back to Claim your Awesome Happy New Year. I am so excited to be back here. I took a little bit of a break leading up to the holidays. It was just so busy, you know, with little kids and wanting to be present and enjoy the holidays and getting ready and on top of that, to be completely honest and transparent, I was feeling completely out of alignment and I knew that something wasn't quite right and I needed to slow down. I needed to take a step back. I needed to see what this misalignment was trying to tell me where I had kind of gone astray with my strategy within my business, whatever it was. I needed to slow down and really like, lean back from everything so that I could see the lesson, so that I could understand what was going on and either heal something either come back into alignment. You know, whatever that process looked like, I needed to do that work because that is the only way through it, right? Because if I didn't do that, yes, I would have started to feel better, but this would have come up for me again and I would have needed to do this work again. And this is where you know the power of being in alignment, really understanding, like how you're connected to your own purpose and how you're embodying that every day, like why it's so important. So that's just like a little yeah, backstory about the holidays, but I'm so excited to be back and I'm actually recording this for the first time on video. So this is going to be. You can still listen to the podcast wherever you listen to your podcast, or, if you like something more visual, this is going to be on YouTube. So I apologize in advance if I sometimes get distracted just looking at the screen and seeing myself talk this much. But I'm playing around with this because this year it is all about for me, like, really like living in my own truth and letting things be easy.
Speaker 1:Ease is a huge value of mine, it is a huge amplifier for me, and this is exactly what I learned when I found myself out of alignment at the end of the year and it was so beautifully timed right, this misalignment. It wasn't even beautifully timed, it was divine, because when I really felt out of alignment was that last part of the year when Mercury was in retrograde, and that time, whether you were aware of this or not, maybe now you can kind of take a look back and say, oh my gosh, everything makes so much sense, but when Mercury is in retrograde, it's really. You know, people always think about tech issues and things breaking down and that sort of thing, and while, yes, that like is a small component of it, really what it is is an invitation for you to take another look at something right, review something, revisit something, what was working, what wasn't working, just what comes up for you. So, in that moment of me being out of alignment, it allowed me to take a look at, ok, what had I been doing in my business over the past year that wasn't working for me. And what I heard and what I realized is I was in such a state of just really having fun with what I was doing and wanting to be so successful that I kind of stopped embodying my own work.
Speaker 1:I stopped doing, like, the very practices that got me here in the first place that I am so passionate about. Right, prioritizing my own inner work, prioritizing, you know, a very grounded spiritual practice, prioritizing, you know, really actively, like having fun and playing around with my manifestations and what that looks like. Right, I was not embodying the things that I'm talking to you guys about, and that's doing everyone a disservice, because if I'm not showing up in my own energy embodying this, I cannot fully like share this with you, you cannot receive it if I'm not like pouring, you know this, from just a cup that feels so nourished, right, because I want to serve you so deeply and powerfully in a way that this resonates with you, in a way that you can hear what I have to say and relate it to your own life, relate it to things that you're going through, relate it to how you want to manifest new experiences and different desires and once into your life. And I can't serve you if I'm not like doing that work myself. And it was such a beautiful lesson and so necessary.
Speaker 1:And really again now this year, it's like okay, for me it's all about ease. When I first started this journey and I realized that abundance comes from a place of ease for me, like that is the energy that I'm taking, that I'm tapped into, when not only do I feel abundant but I attract abundance into my life and I'm experiencing just how abundant life is right, it comes from me being connected to more ease. So right now it's like how can I let things be easier? How can I do things with more ease, how can I share more love? How can I be even more deeply rooted in my purpose, in a way that feels like very natural and aligned with me? That is very authentic for me, right, that just feels like my truth and that's really the message, and it's the message that I really want to share this year. It's the message that I want you to really try to latch on right.
Speaker 1:How can you be even more fully you, how can you be the truest version of yourself? How can you live so aligned with your own truth, your own desires? Right, like where your soul is guiding you? That's where the magic happens, because when we are so caught up in the ego and thinking that we need to do something for any reason that is not aligned with our soul's purpose, it makes a mess of everything, right? So come back to what you're here for.
Speaker 1:If you don't know, do the work, first and foremost, to just connect, right, because typically, what I find is that you do know, right, there's something deep down calling you towards something, nudging you towards something, but we're afraid to say yes, right, who am I to do that? Why should I do that? Right? Why should that be my experience? I'm not good enough, right, all these ridiculous stories that the ego makes up. Okay, we have to clear that and then really step into who we came here to be. And I'm 41 and I just started this journey a few years ago, and I think that I'm so young it's never too late.
Speaker 1:So, no matter what your current journey is or how old you are, you feel like you can't pivot. You feel like you can't do something else, like right there. That is the belief that you need to dismantle, right, so that you can really step into what your soul is here for. We're all here having this human existence to find the most satisfaction, the most fulfillment that comes when we say yes to what's on our heart, what we feel called to do. Right, and when we do that, then everything opens up for us. Right, we become a magnet for everything that we desire, things that we want attract to us, and it gets to be so fun, right, it's a magic of life when we step into the power that we all hold inside of ourselves. We're so deeply connected to that. That's what feels magical, because we see what's possible for us, what we're able to create, who we're able to be, the life we're able to live, right, and it starts right now, in this very moment. So, yeah, so then, going back to YouTube, it's just right.
Speaker 1:This is a way that I can easily. I'm like recording on two platforms, like, how can it be easy? That is my mantra all year. If it resonates with you, take it, use it, share it, right. Like, how can things be easier and this is true whether you're building a business or just running your household, whatever it may be how can things be easier? Time is just something that we've all made up. How can we make the most use of it? How can we expand our capacity to receive, expand our capacity to do, to create? That's an inner game and that's where it gets to be so fun. So I'm doing the recording and I'm really just I want to hop on here today mainly to kind of share.
Speaker 1:Yeah, just a little bit of an update. I hope all of you had an amazing New Year's. I hope that you had a beautiful holiday season, whatever you celebrate, wherever you were. I hope that you feel nourished and I want to start really talking about especially the fact that we are at the beginning of the year and it's a time when we become bombarded with people telling us how we should do things to reach our goals. There have been hundreds, maybe thousands, of self-help books written around accomplishing your goals, around weight loss, around being more productive, around being happy, around being more intentional all of these things.
Speaker 1:Everyone's trying to sell us on how to do that, and it's beautiful, and I believe that so many of those people are coming from a place of service, and I believe that they are connected to their purpose and they feel their mission just like I do to share that wisdom with the world in order to make this a better place for all of us, because we're living in our truth and we're truly connected to the joy and the love and the peace that already exists inside of us and we're not looking for it outside of ourselves, and we know that abundance is available to us, and we're no longer in lack and we're no longer living in scarcity, and we're no longer comparing ourselves and we're no longer beating ourselves up and we're gentler to ourselves. We're also, then, gentler to other people, and that's what the world needs right now. Right, we need to be kinder to ourselves so that we can be kinder to one another, right, and then the whole world can rise together right, and it's just such a beautiful vision, especially going into this year. So, as we do this, I want to really just remind you and hone in the idea that you have the ability to tap into your own inner guidance, your own inner wisdom, right your highest self, your future self, to God, to the universe, whatever feels good for you. You can tap into that power and let it guide you exactly where you want to go, let you take you to the exact next step that you need to take, and it's so easy.
Speaker 1:Again, especially at the beginning of the year, we all have these goals and these resolutions and we're looking for strategy and we want to make it happen this year. We want this year to be the year that you know we have the successful business that we get our shit together about. You know we find love, whatever it may be, but it's an inside job. You can't look for any of this outside of yourself. So I want you to start by, and again, I don't, I want to be very careful because I don't want you to think that I'm like, oh, you need to do a morning routine this way. It's not I, that's not what I'm about to share.
Speaker 1:I want you to simply start nurturing, fostering a practice of connecting to your own inner wisdom, to your own inner guidance. Right, because it wants to tell you exactly what to do. And it gets to be so much more fun that way. There's so much more satisfaction than there's so much more fulfillment when you're connecting to where you actually feel like you're being called and you're claiming you're really owning, like the desires on your heart. Where it felt so scary before, and now you're like no, I'm willing to say yes, even though it seems scary, even though my family might not understand, even though it doesn't freaking make sense right now, in this moment. But you, just you can't let go of the idea it's calling you for a reason and you just have to say yes, right, and you do have to say yes because it's gonna keep calling you, it's gonna keep eating at you and you're not going to be able to to shake it until you say yes to right the desires of your heart and the calling what's where your soul is really nudging you to live your most fully expressed life, live to your potential in this lifetime.
Speaker 1:So that starts with listening, right, with slowing down In the morning. It's like take five minutes to start. You know I would say 10 to 20 would be beautiful, but meet yourself where you are and in this moment. You know I love meditation and forever I have talked about the power of meditation and starting a meditation practice, but I'm not even gonna tell you to do that, because all I want you to do in this moment is to just connect, scan your body.
Speaker 1:What do you need in this moment? Do you need to move your body? I'm not saying you need to get up and run a mile. I'm saying does your body want you to sway your arms a little bit? Does your body want you to, like, roll your back a little bit? Does your body want you to stretch? What does your body want right now? What would feel good to you? What does your mind want right now? Is there a little bit of worry or overwhelm, leaning into whatever is there? This will be a game changer with how you start your day, your intentions for the day and, ultimately, how you go through the day and what you're able to manifest, what you're able to call in.
Speaker 1:And it's such a simple practice because all we need to do is be present and honor where we are, when we honor where we are. When we fully accept where we are right now, in this very moment, without judgment, everything gets easier. The fear starts to dissipate, the worry starts to go away. Right, maybe in this moment you're feeling a lot of overwhelm and you get an inclination to just write it out. Right? Maybe you're not a journaler, but in this moment you get that inspiration to do that. Follow that.
Speaker 1:This is what I'm talking about leaning into your body, really connecting to what you need and just trusting the guidance and the wisdom that comes up, these little insights that are revealed to you. And then you have to be willing to follow it. Right, if you're willing to trust the insight, whatever it may be, even if it seems silly. Right, even if you're like, why should I get up and have a little three-minute dance party to Maggie Rogers right now? Right, it just sounds so silly, but that came to you. Just follow it, and what you will start to realize is, a, your body holds so much wisdom and there is so much power in connecting to that wisdom. And then, b, as you start to trust yourself and show yourself that, oh, I'm listening to what my body has to say, I'm trusting that wisdom and that guidance and I'm following through on that and, oh, by the way, this feels really good. This is exactly what I needed. That Maggie Rogers dance party at 6.30 in the morning is exactly what I needed in this moment.
Speaker 1:The more you do that, the more you will trust yourself, right, and it becomes like this beautiful, just way of being, because now you're no longer looking outside of yourself for the very strategy that you had inside all along. Right, so it's all about just connecting, right? What do you want to create? Who do you want to be Honoring yourself? Now, it may seem hard. If you can find gratitude for yourself right now, even better. If you can celebrate yourself right now, even better.
Speaker 1:Right, I know it sounds so silly and there's so much talk around self-love and self-care and all of these things, and, yes, like there's so much truth to that, but it's so much bigger than that. Right, it's more about how we talk to ourselves. Right, because the unconscious mind is what's running the show. So when we can be gentler to ourselves, when we can trust ourselves, when we can make promises to ourselves, make commitments to ourselves and show up for them, right, that will change your life. That is literally the secret sauce to manifesting anything that you want. Right, as soon as you start trusting yourself, you start playing bigger, you start, you know, expanding your capacity of what you're able to create, what you're able to receive, what you're able to do, and it gets fun. Right, we start to let go of the limiting beliefs that have been holding us back, because now you're showing yourself that you can trust yourself, you're showing yourself that you can follow through on the commitment. Right.
Speaker 1:And just like you know, I always love using a weight loss goal because I just find it very easy to relate to. And it was such a big part of my journey and how I ultimately, you know, got here as a coach. And again, it's like with my own journey. I struggled for years, for years and years and years to commit to working out regularly, commit to eating healthy, and I couldn't figure it out right. It wasn't that I didn't know what I needed to eat, it wasn't that I didn't know that I needed to move my body, I just couldn't actually make myself do it.
Speaker 1:And every year, at New Year's, I would make this commitment to myself that I was gonna get healthy, I was gonna get in shape, I was gonna, you know, do things to nourish my body and have energy and feel really good. I wouldn't do it and I didn't do it until I started celebrating myself. I didn't do it until I started talking to myself the way that it wanted to be talked to right, to celebrate, to honor, to be grateful for this body, that I had right, everything that it had given me, how strong it was, how incredible it was, how amazing it was. Right. That's when everything, literally overnight, shifted and it was like the next morning, maybe even that day, right, I wanted to work out, I wanted to repay my body for everything that had done for me. And I was, you know, living as the woman in the body. I was so grateful for right, I was so grateful for its strength. So I was then living as the woman who had a strong body. And what does a woman who has a strong body do? She works out right, she nourishes her body, she eats healthy right. That is the shift. It's so much easier. It's an inside job. Conquer the Bensal Game first and the rest becomes so much easier.
Speaker 1:So I would love to hear from you, I would love to hear what you're manifesting this year. I would love to hear what your goals are, your resolutions are. It's so beautiful. I'm happy to support you on this podcast, anonymously or not. Reach out to me. It's so fun and I guarantee that if you're struggling with someone, if you're struggling with something, someone else has that same struggle. So by you being vulnerable enough to ask for support and me being able to show up and give you support again completely anonymously, I can also support the other women who have the same questions and the same beautiful big goals and dreams and desires.
Speaker 1:And really, at the end of the day, that is my vision is to see more women just living a life that they love, that they feel so empowered by, so satisfied, by so in love with, whether that's building a business that they love or just finding peace and joy and connection, whatever that is. It's all available to each and every one of us and it's so beautiful when we can wake up and finally see that and really believe that that's available, because that's just the first step is really believing that it's available for you. Once you believe it's available, then you can start talking to yourself and you can start rewiring the thoughts and the stories that you're sharing and telling yourself day in, day out, unconsciously or not. Start being more gentle. So, again, share with me. Let me know what you're manifesting this year. I am super excited to support you in that.
Speaker 1:I want to just briefly mention that, through my misalignment over the holidays and really coming back to what was true for me and understanding the bigger vision for my own business and really getting clarity around that, I am going to be talking way more on this podcast about manifestation and energetics and embodiment and intuition, because that is really what has supported me so much, not just like on my business journey, but just on my own spiritual journey and just in my ability to feel so good and lit up about life in a way that I didn't even know was available or possible. I didn't even know people felt this good and that sounds super cheesy, but it's true. I want to be sharing more about that. I also am going to be sharing way more about embodying all this as a coach or as a sole lead business owner. So if you are an aspiring or new coach maybe you're already a coach and you want to just really embody your own gifts and your greatness and amplify your voice and create a bigger ripple effect around the world, just creating so much impact, then this is going to be a place for you, because I really want to show you how to embody all of that, manifest the impact and the income that you want to create.
Speaker 1:Even if you're not a coach, but maybe you want to start a business this year or you want to do some sort of other online consulting or online service providing type business, this is perfect for you if you are into just the more spiritual practices. I even really don't like to use a word woo, because I know that so many people say that, but for me it's funny. It's like these quote unquote woo practices have actually grounded me so much, so I love that and I feel just so much more at ease. I'm not caught up in the hustle and I'm just not here for that. I don't have time for that, and if that is the only way that you think that you can be successful, then I just will say that this podcast is not going to be for you, and that's totally fine, because I'm here to just experience the magic of life in a way that feels really good for me and show you how to do that for yourself and that, when you fully embody your own truth, that's how you get to be a magnet to whatever you want to experience, whatever you want to create. That's where it gets to be really, really fun. So that is kind of in a nutshell what has been going on, what you can expect this coming year.
Speaker 1:I have some podcast interviews lined up with other coaches, some business coaches, other types of life coaches just a mix of people, again, all just supporting one another along this beautiful journey, because that's what we are all here for. When we can really come together in a way that feels true, in a way that we are connecting out of love and out of service, that is what is not only going to change your own life, but it's really going to just send a positive wave around the world and just elevate all of us, and it just gets to be so beautiful and so much easier and such a better way to go through life than this constant need to prove or to do more or to try to be something that we're not, because your soul didn't come here to be someone else. Right. Came here for the experience that you're having. You are here for a reason. You are here on purpose. Connect to that purpose and that will change your life. So other things that I have going on.
Speaker 1:I have a new monthly group membership if you're interested in just having more of a support of a community of other women who want to accomplish big things for themselves right, who want accountability and support and connection. It's called Start From Center. January is all about a mindset reset, so it's really about uncovering what those blocks are that you have, uncovering your blind spots, uncovering the limiting beliefs. Sometimes we're not even aware of what's actually holding us back. So that's what we're doing in January, because when we can lay the foundation and really become super aware around our own blind spots, we know where the work happens right. We know what we need to do for our own growth and expansion and that's where everything starts to shift right. But it starts there, it starts from within, right. Start from center. Your first month in there is free. So if you want to just try it on, see if you like it, see if it resonates with you, there are two weekly live calls. They'll be at 9 am on Tuesdays, eastern Time and then noon on Thursdays, eastern Time, so that I can connect with more people in various time zones, as well as all of the videos being recorded so you can go back in and see anything that you might have missed Again, connecting with other women, being on this journey maybe you know you don't have a ton of women who are in the same place as you or who you know are in the place that you want to get to and just connecting and being with like-minded women who can be a mirror for everyone to see the potential in themselves, to see their own greatness right, to see what is possible that is what this community is all about and that's why I'm building it.
Speaker 1:This is the first month, so I'm building that out. I'd love to see you in there if that resonates with you, if that sounds like something that you are excited about or interested in. And then, secondly, I have Unwavering. Unwavering is a new live group coaching hybrid one-on-one program for new and aspiring coaches who really want to understand how to embody right their gifts, how to energetically align with their purpose, how to manifest the success, the impact, the income that they want in their business, and do it in a place that really feels aligned and from a place that's really sustainable and that feels good for you. So that's kind of what's going on.
Speaker 1:Of course, you can always get into my free Facebook group Wildly Abundant Women. And yeah, as usual, reach out, let me know what's going on, let me know how I can serve. If you're listening to this and you resonate with this message and you want to be on the podcast, reach out, let me know. I am like just so open and excited for this year and really leaning into doing things my way and following what feels good to me, because that's what I want to embody and that's what I want you to embody, because that's really like where the satisfaction comes right. Success doesn't equal satisfaction, but satisfaction always equals success. So how can we be more satisfied? How can we live more deeply in our purpose? How can we have more fun, right? How can we be even more connected to what our truth is? How can we let go of more of the mass that no longer serve us? That's what this year is all about. So I'm so excited to be back here with you and I will see you next week.