Brene Brown<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Midlife is the time to burst forth with new growth and become all you can be<\/p><\/div>\n
It\u2019s time alright.<\/p>\n
Time to become all you\u2019re meant to be. To grow into your full magnificent self<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhat\u2019s your armor?<\/p>\n
Mine was founded in perfectionism that began when I was a young girl. \u00a0By the time I was an adult, perfectionism was the puppet master and I was the perfect puppet. It wasn\u2019t until I read Brene Brown\u2019s first book, The Gifts of Imperfection a few years ago that I saw my perfectionism for what it was, the \u2018perfect\u2019 mask, hiding the fear of being not enough. \u00a0Letting it go and releasing the armor has been the equivalent of setting myself free. What helped the process more than anything was understanding I am more able to love and be love-able as my real imperfect, vulnerable self. That ‘understanding’ was the key that allowed the ‘concept’ of perfectionism to move from my head into my heart where change could take place.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time to live Big instead of small.<\/strong><\/h3>\nA friend of mine was a stay at home mom for over 20 years. She was the mom who uncompromisingly championed her 4 kids but who preferred to stay quietly in the background. In her late 40\u2019s something began to shift. Her heart called her to reach out to other women. She devoted herself to study and achieved several life coaching certifications. She grew. She started to discover her voice. \u00a0She learned about business and marketing. She slowly built a client base. She took baby steps and put herself out there. She was drawn to the new science of epigenetics that tells us we can inherit gene changes from traumas that our ancestor\u2019s experiences. These register as physiological changes in our DNA and are passed from generation to generation unless they are cleared. She discovered she had a spiritual gift that helped others to release and clear these ingrained blocks.<\/p>\n
Now she has been given the opportunity to take her gift to the next level by allowing herself to be introduced to potentially tens of thousands of people. While this excites her, it challenges her I-don\u2019t-want-to-be-seen-self to its very limits. \u00a0She\u2019s understandably terrified. But the other day she said this, \u201cI can choose to stay small and quietly, unassumingly go about doing my thing. Or I can live Big. I\u2019m being challenged to grow and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s going to be easy…it will be the hardest thing I\u2019ve ever done. But I don\u2019t want to have regrets in my life. I want to learn the lesson of allowing myself to be seen and get it done with. I don\u2019t want to come back and have to do this all over again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nI had tears in my eyes. I know how hard this has been.<\/p>\n
We get the same lesson over and over until we show mastery. My friend had worked tirelessly in the last few years pushing herself to break free of the confines of her small self. She was driven by a desire so pure in its intent – \u00a0to make a difference in the lives of others. \u00a0It\u2019s providing the fuel to make a difference in her own. Her decision to live Big means she\u2019s giving herself permission to shed her armor and walking forward unencumbered.<\/p>\n
What armor can you shed?<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s weighing you down and holding you back from becoming all you were meant to be.<\/p>\n
You know courage and daring is coursing through your veins. You can feel it.<\/p>\n
You are ready to be seen.<\/p>\n
If not You, then who?<\/p>\n
If not Now, then when?<\/p>\n
Is there a Mantra that will help be seen? Check these out <\/a>they are Red Shoe Zone approved!<\/p>\nWhat unexplored adventures await you?<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe world is waiting for you Sister!<\/p>\n
PS please forward to all women you know who need to hear these words. Then get on with it and share your adventures and glorious successes with all of us.<\/p>\n
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A friend of mine was a stay at home mom for over 20 years. She was the mom who uncompromisingly championed her 4 kids but who preferred to stay quietly in the background. In her late 40\u2019s something began to shift. Her heart called her to reach out to other women. She devoted herself to study and achieved several life coaching certifications. She grew. She started to discover her voice. \u00a0She learned about business and marketing. She slowly built a client base. She took baby steps and put herself out there. She was drawn to the new science of epigenetics that tells us we can inherit gene changes from traumas that our ancestor\u2019s experiences. These register as physiological changes in our DNA and are passed from generation to generation unless they are cleared. She discovered she had a spiritual gift that helped others to release and clear these ingrained blocks.<\/p>\n
Now she has been given the opportunity to take her gift to the next level by allowing herself to be introduced to potentially tens of thousands of people. While this excites her, it challenges her I-don\u2019t-want-to-be-seen-self to its very limits. \u00a0She\u2019s understandably terrified. But the other day she said this, \u201cI can choose to stay small and quietly, unassumingly go about doing my thing. Or I can live Big. I\u2019m being challenged to grow and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s going to be easy…it will be the hardest thing I\u2019ve ever done. But I don\u2019t want to have regrets in my life. I want to learn the lesson of allowing myself to be seen and get it done with. I don\u2019t want to come back and have to do this all over again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I had tears in my eyes. I know how hard this has been.<\/p>\n We get the same lesson over and over until we show mastery. My friend had worked tirelessly in the last few years pushing herself to break free of the confines of her small self. She was driven by a desire so pure in its intent – \u00a0to make a difference in the lives of others. \u00a0It\u2019s providing the fuel to make a difference in her own. Her decision to live Big means she\u2019s giving herself permission to shed her armor and walking forward unencumbered.<\/p>\n It\u2019s weighing you down and holding you back from becoming all you were meant to be.<\/p>\n You know courage and daring is coursing through your veins. You can feel it.<\/p>\n You are ready to be seen.<\/p>\n If not You, then who?<\/p>\n If not Now, then when?<\/p>\n Is there a Mantra that will help be seen? Check these out <\/a>they are Red Shoe Zone approved!<\/p>\n The world is waiting for you Sister!<\/p>\n PS please forward to all women you know who need to hear these words. Then get on with it and share your adventures and glorious successes with all of us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nWhat armor can you shed?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
What unexplored adventures await you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n