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Every experience in life changes us – give yourself permission to feel good

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Every experience in life changes us

Every experience in life changes us, physically, mentally and emotionally, even on the most subtle level, over time these make a huge difference in the person you become.

You are not the same as you were a week, month or year ago.
Go back even further and even though more traumatic or highly emotional events are more at the forefront, be aware that each decision, thought and action shapes who you are.

If you are struggling right now, and many are, take some time to reflect on the challenges you have faced throughout your lifetime.

How did you get through difficult times?

What great things have happened since then?

Use this reflection to meditate on, keeping eyes closed.
Now feel the feelings of your achievements, no matter how big, small or even seemingly irrelevant to you, they all count.
Every small change equates to massive transformation over time.

Give yourself permission to feel good.
Happiness is contagious.
But……., so is unhappiness.

Despite the world turning upside down, there is so much love and care around you.
Amazing people helping in every way possible.

You are alive; feel the life within you and somehow find that light that is still there, that’s maybe just hiding in the darkness, just like the sun is always shining, even though we do not always see it.

Let go of how you think things should be.
Feel the freedom of letting go.

Belief is more powerful than you can imagine, one of the strongest forces in the universe.

Trust and believe that good times are waiting for you along the horizon, because they are, and when the time is right, they will find you.
Trust me.

Dr. Amanda Bowen

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Here is a beautiful poem by the very talented Australian poet Erin Hanson, the words really struck a cord with me personally and my own healing journey. I hope this will resonate with many of you who find yourself in the constant doing-mode. Life changes when we start to just be.
 
give yourself permission to feel good
give yourself permission to feel good
 
“Let me tell the tale 
Of a girl who didn’t stop,
Who climbed up every mountain 
Without a pause upon the top
She’d dance until each blade of grass 
Was clothed in drops of dew
And the sun knew her by name
But the silver moon did too.
For a fear had settled in her bones, 
A fear of sitting still,
That if you’re not moving forward,
It must mean you never will.
So in time her dance got slower 
And she looked at all she’d seen,
But found gaps inside the places 
That she’d never fully been,
For she was a human doing, 
Human moving, human seeing,
But she’d never taken time 
To simply be a human being.”
 
 
 
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Nothing Lasts Forever

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How to Deal with Change

All change is inevitable, nothing lasts forever.

Change, whether through choice or suddenly thrust upon us can affect us all in many different ways

Usually grief is strongly associated with death, but it can come with any change, whether it’s big or small, expected or unexpected.

It can throw us off track leaving a sense of despair and a deep unconscious longing for how things used to be.

The sense of grief, whether for what is already lost or through fears of what might come, surrounds us. And it is okay and understandably normal to feel this right now, however, it arises.

Whilst negative thoughts shouldn’t be ignored, we can’t allow them to take over and sabotage our lives. 

As Shakespeare famously said, “There is nothing good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.”

While this can be seen as a massive oversimplification in many situations, especially right now, there is still great wisdom to be found with this way of thinking.

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming.
All we can do is learn to swim.”

– Vicki Harrison

“Looking at a problem through old eyes, it is not only strengthened but also moves in its well-worn path. This is the miracle of perception, to perceive with a heart and mind that are completely cleansed of the past.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Life has been turned upside down. It’s not the same as it was a year, a month, a week ago.

Yet it never really is.

Acceptance, truly is a bitter pill we need to swallow right now. All we can do is accept each new moment, each new development and decision, and make the most of the life we have, in the best way that we can do right now, sending love out to the world along the way.

Each day, listen to your emotions, let them be heard, then let the ones that do not serve you go into the void of this mysterious and unpredictable universe.

Focus on what is getting you through these challenging times.

Find something positive in each and every day.

Nothing lasts forever.

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Try your 1st class for FREE!

See my classes page for full details.

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Inspired by an article at upliftconnect.com by Ashleigh Wilson

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