Have you ever had one of those epics dreams, where you are trying to do everything by yourself and nothing works? The phone won’t turn on, then you can’t dial the right numbers, you keep missing the connection with the person you are supposed to meet, you go the wrong way into traffic, you realize you aren’t speaking the same language as the person you are trying to communicate with, you can find the thing you are looking for. And for hours it seems like you are running around trying to complete a task that should only take minutes…
I had one of those dreams last night. I was so relieved when my alarm went off and I could wake up from this exhausting nightmarish saga! I glanced out at the sunrise and immediately felt thankful to have my morning practice ahead of me to help clear this chaotic energy and ground and focus for the day.
I remember quite clearly when this feeling happened in real life, not just in dreams.
Always feeling rushed, like there was never enough time.
Foggy and unfocused from lack of sleep or being hungover. Quite often both.
Lack of clarity and calm when approaching my day, always feeling like I was forgetting something.
Forgetting something important in the morning, or sleeping in, which snowballed into a day of trying to play catch up.
Making excuses for submitting work super last minute, or needed extensions on deadlines.
Does this sounds familiar at all?
Even though in the end it all got done, (in fact, the overachiever in me often ended up over-delivering), there definitely could have been a better, smoother way.
I used to get sick a lot. I would go go go at this frenetic pace and then crash.
When I finally did burn out completely on my work/career at the time and life in general, I had to take a long hard look at the way I was living.
I wasn’t even thirty years old yet and I’d tired myself out.
I set about learning new practices to help me live life in more balance. These practices not only help me stay focused and productive with my external life, perhaps more importantly, they give me inner peace and clarity as well.
This actually requires quite a bit of organization. Creating systems and rituals that prioritize YOU and your well-being first, so that you can better serve your higher purpose, your loved ones and your external responsibilities.
And here’s the best part.
You don’t have to figure this out all on your own. If fact, it’s better if you don’t try to.
Just like the dream, you could spend hours and days and weeks running around trying to figure it all out on your own, buying into the illusion that you have to.
Or you could ask for help.
I have worked with coaches, therapists, teachers, mentors, spiritual guides, masterminds and accountability partners to get the training and support I needed to shift patterns I had spent a lifetime living.
This kind of support is available to you as soon as you decide that you want it.
One of my clients who just finished a month-intensive put it this way:
“Something inside was telling me to make changes in my life. Something was wrong, and many things negative things kept happening, so it was kind of in a bad way I realized it (the need for change).
I wasn’t on the right path of my life.
Everything started to connect a month ago, when I decided to change. The Universe put people on my way to help me, and I started to see what I could learn from them.”
Setting clear intentions for yourself is one of the key 6 strategies I will be talking about during my free Tele-Class next Tuesday.
I’m really looking forward to sharing them with all of you… I see how much of an impact they have on my clients life, and how much they changed mine, on a daily basis.
Click here to sign up for the class. Even if you are not sure you can make it, I’ll be sending out a recording 🙂
I’d love to hear in the comments. What is one intention you’d like to set for yourself for the upcoming month? What kind of support do you need to fulfill this intention? Remember, ask and you shall receive.
xoxo
