An Important Truth About Mindset

I guess I’m pretty passionate about getting my message out there in the big wide world.  I suppose I might, on occasion, get a bit riled up and pull out my soap box but I promise you it’s because I care.

A couple of days ago a friend and I were talking about an issue she was having at work.  At one point she rolled her eyes at me and said “hold on, I know what you’re going to say here…mindset right?”   I had to laugh because she was exactly right.  

The thing is your mindset touches everything. It affects how you see and recieve life.  Not sure you believe me?  Let’s explore a little here:

• you want to lose weight? —> mindset matters big time
• job issues stressing you out? –> mindset can help you manage the issues
• parenting is hard isn’t it? –> mindset can change your way of parenting
• relationship issues? –>  mindset helps you solve problems without anger
• single and can’t understand why? –> might just be your mindset
• dealing with an injury that creates painful living? –> mindset makes a difference in pain and your ability to manage it
• upheavals in life happen but can leave you feeling lost –> mindset helps you manage the stress
• want to start a business?  –>  mindset can make or break it
• trouble with money? –> mindset can help you change your relationship with money

You see where I’m going with this right?  You have my point?  Your mindset matters!

The truth is your thoughts create your life.  Your mindset creates the thoughts; good or bad. 

Here’s the good news!! You can choose and change your mind at any point, at any time to serve you better. 

Now you know the truth.  No escaping it now. You have to do the work, make the choice and stand up in your own life and to choose better. 

Don’t get stuck in the idea that what you believed yesterday must be dragged into today.  I mean you wouldn’t continue to sit on a chair that was broken right?  Or read a book with half the pages missing?  It just doesn’t work.  SO, get rid of the chair, book and that yuck mindset and order up a new one.

I might take time to get comfortable in this new chair; just as it will take time for your new mindset to become your familiar default.  You may need to do some adjusting until it feels just right for you, but you can do it.  It is so worth it. (Contact me if you want some help getting started)

This is where affirmations can work so beautifully.  They help us replace that old yuck mindset with one that works for us.  I have been working with affirmations for a long time now and I’ll be honest I wasn’t sold on them at first.  It seemed a little out there (science agrees it works) or even too easy (it’s not).  I can tell you this…it works. 

When you change what you believe, then your actions change as well.  This is where you start building a life you love.

Today’s affirmation:  I am open and ready to receive all the good and abundance the Universe has to offer.

 

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Let it Rain Down…

Ever have a moment? Okay..I know. I’ve had a few in the last little while but here’s another one I want to share. I’m interested to see if this is just my thing or if it’s more common that I think.

I’ve written in the past about how music moves the soul. At least it moves mine. In fact I wrote about my little crazy fun of having a theme song. Something I’ve been doing since I was a kid!

Now, that song changes often depending on mood and what’s happening in my life of course. It’s kind of like a musical affirmation.

For a while my ‘theme’ song was Rain by Creed It connected with what I was feeling quite a bit and at the same time, if I’m being really honest, I didn’t pay a great deal of attention to all of the lyrics.

I’ve really felt I’ve made some personal breakthroughs lately and the sun has begun to shine once again. Well, metaphorically anyway. (If you know fall/winter in the Pacific North West you’ll know the sun is rare! lol)

I was working away and listening to music on my computer when the song came on. It’s been a little while since I heard it. Wow, maybe it was the headphones or that I was just paying attention but it still kind of fits.

Check out the lyrics.

Can you help me out, can you lend me a hand?
It’s safe to say that I’m stuck again
Trapped between this life and the light
I just can’t figure out, how to make it right…

A thousand times before
I’ve wondered if there’s something more… something more…

I feel it’s gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
With every tomorrow comes another life…

I feel it’s gonna rain, for days and days
(I feel it’s gonna rain)
I tried to figure out, I can’t understand…
What it means… to be whole again…
Trapped between the truth and the consequence
Nothing’s real, nothing’s making sense…

A thousand times before
I’ve wondered if there’s something more… something more…

I feel it’s gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it’s going to rain like this… rain like this… rain like this…

Fall down, wash away my yesterdays
Fall down, so let the rain fall down on me…

I feel it’s gonna rain like this for days
Let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it’s going to rain like this… rain like this…

So let the rain fall…
I feel it’s gonna rain like this… rain like this…
So let the rain fall down…
I feel it’s gonna rain like this…

I feel it’s gonna rain.

No wonder I connected so much. I was SOstuck in between what I knew I needed to do and fear. This life and the light of the life I wanted…my own light really.  I had a hard time finding a way to get past and ‘make it right’.

Some ‘stuff’ happened that moved me forward and through those things that were holding me back.

Just yesterday I was saying to someone I feel like a lot of the crap I’ve been holding onto has been washed away.

So ya, believe it. The sun does shine and tomorrow does bring another life. Perhaps we need to welcome the rain because sometimes we need the rain to wash away the grime, the sadness the confusion and let the light in. Those thousands of times I wondered if there was more? I KNEW there was but was holding myself back.

You know there is too right? Otherwise you wouldn’t be here on this blog looking for some grace yourself.

Let the rain wash away yesterday and let the sun shine today.

So, although I still love this song, I think I need a new theme song; a new musical affirmation.

What is YOUR theme song today?  Oh I’m going to need some suggestions for a new one myself!

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Affirm in the postitive

Quick post today. It is a short but important point I want to make today.

First, we all use affirmations, even if it isn’t intentional. Everytime we repeat something in our heads to ourselves we are affirming a belief. EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Now, we have choice as to what we listen to and repeat. It can take some practice but we need to start being postitive affirmers (is that word?).

First step in doing this is allowing yourself to become aware of what you are hearing. The next step is deciding if it benefits you to hear this or if you need to begin the process of changing the pattern. It can be done with some practice and effort.

Find a really great, positive affirmation and repeat it deliberately to yourself today. Look in the mirror and believe it!

Here is one to get you started. “I am great and I deserve good things”.

Be aware, you are always able to make a choice about what you are reinforcing in your belief system and what you are able to let go.

Make it a choice that affirms the postitive because you know what? You ARE great and you DO have a lot of fabulous to offer the world!

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