When your world feels as though it has been knocked completely off its axis, it is also normal to experience a range of emotions, many times heavy, including everything from sadness to grief, betrayal, anger, worry, or even fear.

Know that it’s a fact of life as a human being that you have an entire spectrum of emotions that may be activated at any given time in relation to a particular situation. In that respect, you’re no different than all of the other billions of human beings here on this earth, myself included.

However, what is different and is very much within your control is how you choose to respond when life throws you a curve ball or wreaks havoc on your hopes and dreams.

During those times when you find yourself suddenly catapulted into the middle of Unpleasantville, it’s easy for the rational and logical part of your brain to go offline and for the emotive and subconsciously reactive part of your brain to automatically take over. 

As such, you may notice your normally positive mindset tanking and veering toward the negative, heavy emotions starting to swirl and blanket you, and/or your behavior changing in ways that are self-sabotaging or unsupportive of creating more optimal outcomes for yourself.

When faced with disappointment, uncertainty, fear or other heavy emotions, here are some unhealthy behaviors that you’ll want to ensure that you avoid: 

• Reacting angrily or taking action without first thinking through the consequences
• Shutting down, withdrawing or otherwise isolating yourself
• Ignoring or trying to shove down your feelings
• Wallowing excessively inside a pit of negative emotions
• Neglecting your physical, mental, and/or emotional well-being
• Engaging in unhealthy coping mechanisms to distract yourself
• Using alcohol, drugs, or other substances to self-medicate, numb, or check out

Always remember that nothing good is ever borne out of self-sabotaging behavior.

To help you re-empower yourself, elevate your mood and mindset, and get back on track toward more desirable outcomes, here are 8 of my professional tips that I personally use and regularly recommend to clients:

1. Regularly check in with yourself and acknowledge how you are feeling. Only when you know what is going on inside yourself mentally and emotionally are you then able to take constructive action to improve your mood, mindset, and circumstances. 
2. Calm and regulate your nervous system. Engage in deep breathing exercises. Practice yoga or meditate. Get outside and connect with nature.
3. Process the energy of your emotions and reset your emotional thermostat. Take a brisk walk, go for a run, hit a punching bag at the gym, or otherwise blow off some steam in a healthy way. Grab a pen and paper to pour out your emotions in writing then safely shred or burn what you’ve written. 
4. Engage in healthy internal dialogue. Remind yourself that in this moment you are safe. Tell yourself that you choose to focus on expansive new possibilities and viable solutions.
5. Reflect then create and implement a plan of action. Once you’ve processed your emotions fully, brainstorm ideas to move forward in an empowered and productive manner. Take consistent action toward the outcomes you desire.
6. Connect and surround yourself with positive and uplifting people. Be intentional about spending quality time with friends and loved ones as well as filtering out negativity.
7. Consistently care for all aspects of your well-being. This includes physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Provide yourself with healthy amounts of sleep, exercise, nutrition, hydration, inner peace, joy, and love. 
8. Tap into and unleash your warrior spirit. Tell yourself that you are the powerful creator of your reality, you are an unstoppable force, and that nothing gets in the way of the good you desire to manifest!

Bringing It All Together

While it’s a fact of life that there will be moments in time that disappoint you, cause you worry and stress, or that outright tick you off, you have far more power than you may realize.

When low points in life occur, you can either give in to the whims of fate, allow yourself to descend into a spiral of negativity and ultimately give up, or you can choose to take decisive and empowered action that will positively shift your mood and mindset as well as the trajectory of your life moving forward. My hope for you is that you choose the latter.

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When that happens, do you tend to keep your eyes on the prize and continue persevering or, instead, do you take the path of least resistance and abandon your dreams?

If the latter, know that your subconscious mind has a tendency to revert back to what’s most familiar until programmed otherwise. Therefore, it’s understandable to find yourself initially excited about stepping into a greater version of yourself or finally doing that amazing thing you’ve dreamed of accomplishing… only to give up before seeing your dreams to fruition.

Goals: The Challenge with Uncertainty and the Unknown

When you set out to achieve a goal or transform an area of your life, the pathway from where you currently are to where you ultimately want to be will involve change and require consistent effort as well as a willingness to embrace the unfamiliar. All of which may bring about uncertainty, doubt, uncomfortableness, or even fear.

As a result, your ego self, which doesn’t like change and is far more comfortable playing small at the expense of your dreams, will go to great lengths to sabotage your efforts and avoid the unknown.

Combine this with old misaligned subconscious programming that your brain naturally defaults back to, and it’s easy to see why those walls of inner resistance build and your motivation starts to tank.

No matter how much you may want to achieve or manifest something into your life, resistance toward uncertainty and the unknown may occur. I’ve certainly experienced this when moving to another country, starting a business, or doing something outside my comfort zone. It’s okay if you have too.

Know that questioning, doubting, or thinking that maybe you should just give up on your goals and dreams is fairly common. The key to not getting derailed when this happens is to acknowledge how you are feeling, reconnect back to your compelling “why” in relation to your goal, and then empower yourself to utilize proven practices to get yourself back on track.

3 Ways to Knock Down Walls of Inner Resistance

Following are some helpful and proven techniques for overcoming resistance and staying on track with your goals that I personally use and recommend to clients:

1. Document your compelling “why” in relation to your goal.
   Get crystal clear and know exactly why you want to achieve your goal or improve an area of your life. Your compelling why should light you the heck up. Write down your why and keep it at the forefront throughout the process of achieving your goal. Use your why as your North Star and refer back to it to help keep you aligned, energized, and inspired.
2. Create a written reference of what you will gain by achieving your goal versus what you stand to lose by abandoning your goal.
   In detail, write a list of all the ways you’ll benefit from accomplishing your goal and another list of all the ways you will rob yourself should you bail on your goal. Keep this reference sheet somewhere readily available as a source of motivation.
3. Use visualization to compare and contrast outcomes.
   In detail, imagine your life one year from now after you’ve ditched your goal or let your dreams languish and die. Next, visualize in detail your life one year from now after victoriously achieving your goal. Which do you choose? If the latter, recommit yourself to your goal and go take another step closer toward what you desire.

Bringing It All Together

Encountering resistance when striving to improve your life or achieve your goals is a fairly common experience. Understanding that until you reprogram your subconscious mind to best support your specific desired outcomes, your brain will be inclined to default back to its old and ingrained ways of operating.

Being aware of this tendency and supporting yourself with proven tools and techniques that reduce unnecessary setbacks will help you to stay on track when it comes to successfully achieving your goals.

Plus, the more you equip yourself with a handy toolbox of tools for effectively navigating life, the more skilled you become at being the powerful creator of your reality!

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Even if you have the best of intentions, by not honoring basic practices or maintaining an elevated mindset, you’ll find that things tend to unravel on the journey of life.

Take for instance those milestone moments like your birthday, the start of a new year, or deciding that now is the time to finally write that book, start a new business, or get healthy and fit, there is often a flurry of activity related to setting goals and boldly declaring your intentions.

It’s easy to get caught up in the moment, make some initial efforts that eventually start to taper off, and, ultimately, give up due to lack of quick results.

The truth is that you are still the same person who was inspired by a new vision or an exciting goal as you were mere moments before making said commitment. That is, until you decide otherwise.

When you do so, there is great power in declaring with absolute conviction that your important goal or desired outcome symbolizes starting fresh with a completely clean slate from which to create a wonderful new chapter in the story of your life.

Of course, declaring and doing are two separate things. For that exciting, abundant, and deeply fulfilling new chapter in your life to materialize, you must take consistent and aligned action on a daily basis that directly supports the achievement of your goals and cherished dreams.

A big part of your success on this front is dependent upon the quality of your inner world, the ongoing alignment of your subconscious mind with your desired outcomes, and prioritizing daily behaviors related to nurturing your fulfillment, joy, self-care, and overall well-being.

To best empower yourself, here are 3 transformative daily practices to thrive in life:

1. Observe and upgrade your thoughts.
Conduct regular check-ins to ensure that what you are thinking directly supports rather than contradicts your goals. Whenever you notice any head trash cropping up or negative thoughts playing on repeat, consciously choose to delete and replace those limiting beliefs with far more empowered and abundant beliefs.

Also, keep in mind some important universal truths about your thoughts: You attract into your life what you think about and focus upon. What you believe in your mind and your heart creates your reality. Not only that, in order for you to achieve a goal or manifest a desired outcome into your life, you must first believe that doing so is possible for you personally.

The good news is that by monitoring and reprogramming your thoughts to match what you desire, your subconscious mind becomes a powerful tool for manifesting your goals and dreams with ease.

2. Monitor and regulate your emotional temperature.
Throughout your day, pay attention to the quality of your emotions. The type of energetic vibe that you bring to your day is closely tied to your emotions, and, in turn, this plays into the quality of the outcomes that you experience in your life.

Know that emotions are like dashboard lights signaling to you that everything internally is well-functioning and aligned or that something requires your attention to address and resolve so that you can move productively forward.

By acknowledging, processing, and regulating your emotions in a timely and skilled manner, you are best positioned to ensure that your emotions resonate with your goals as well as your ability to create a peaceful, uplifting, and fulfilling day for yourself.

3. Prioritize and dedicate time each day to self-care and cultivating joy in your life.
Your well-being is your number one priority. Take note and embed this fact into your mind. Know that you being able to show up as the very best version of yourself, for you and others, requires that you to take exceptional care of all aspects of yourself—mind, body, and soul. To be effective, you must do so on a regular and consistent basis. Some examples include:

• Quieting your analytical mind and connecting to your inner wisdom.
• Getting exercise and moving/stretching your body.
• Breathing fresh air, getting sunlight, and connecting to nature.
• Ensuring healthy amounts of sleep, nutrition, and hydration.
• Incorporating laughter and activities that bring you pure joy into your day.
• Deepening your connection to God/the Universe through prayer, meditation, and giving thanks.

Placing yourself at the top of your priority list is a choice. There is no cutting corners when it comes to completing these daily self-honoring practices or your health, happiness, peace of mind, relationships, and your goals will suffer.

Bringing It All Together
Your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and choices determine the reality that you experience. By cultivating and honoring your commitment to daily practices focused in these areas, you best support your goals and the type of life experience that you most want for yourself. As a result, you become the powerful creator of a thriving and deeply fulfilling life.

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The pattern of cruising through life on autopilot can develop without you even realizing it. We are talking about repetitively doing the same things you’ve always done without really thinking about them. This also includes failing to ask yourself if you are doing something simply because it’s familiar or because doing so definitively adds to the quality of your life.

The same goes for subconsciously reacting to whatever occurs in life versus being intentional about consciously creating the spectacular and fulfilling reality that you truly desire.

To help ensure that you remain in the driver’s seat of your life, here are two simple yet important questions you’ll benefit from greatly by often asking yourself:

1. Does this support my health, peace of mind, or overall well-being?
2. Does this amplify the fulfillment, abundance, and/or joy in my life?

This two-question practice will significantly impact the quality of life that you experience and can be applied in a variety of situations including:

• In the heat of the moment, particularly when interacting with others;
• When starting to slip into an unhealthy pattern or habit;
• Before automatically saying yes to an “ask” or an invitation;
• When considering recurring commitments and activities you participate in;
• When evaluating potential opportunities;
• Prior to making important decisions; and
• As you are making routine choices.

Following are two common life occurrences to illustrate how you can effectively apply these powerful questions in your life.

Negative Interpersonal Interactions

Whether it’s a grouchy salesclerk or the jerky person at work, at one time or another we’ve all found ourselves in a situation that’s heading south and emotions have the potential to escalate rather quickly. Rather than adding fuel to the fire, here is a better way to navigate:

• Take a deep calming breath and silently count to 10.
• Next, ask yourself: Does negatively engaging with the person support my peace of mind, health, and well-being; and will doing so amplify the joy, fulfillment, or abundance in my life? The answer is likely NO.
• Refocus your attention on what you do desire for yourself which is peace of mind and to experience a positive day. Doing so will help shift the ego self out of fight mode and help reconnect you back to the logical and rational part of your brain.
• Peacefully disengage yourself from the situation. For example, calmly complete your business at the store and exit or pleasantly tell the person at work that you’ll pick the conversation back up later or that you have to leave to go make a call.
• Intentionally redirect yourself and the quality of your day back to peace and calm.

Recurring Commitments That Have Run Their Course

Whether it’s a weekly group activity or volunteering your time, at some point you may sense that deep down you are feeling unsatisfied, bored, or perhaps like the activity no longer resonates with your present-day life. To gain clarity and determine your best course of action moving forward:

• Ask yourself: Does continuing with the commitment support my well-being, peace of mind, or health; and will doing so truly amplify the fulfillment, joy, or abundance in my life?
• If your answer is partially yes, ask yourself if engaging in the same or similar type of commitment/activity in a different environment would better serve you. If so, appreciate that you are growing and evolving. Honor this growth by finding and engaging in a new commitment that is better aligned.
• If your answer is no, honor that you’ve outgrown this type of commitment/activity and accept that the experience has run its course.
• Convey that you’ve appreciated or enjoyed the opportunity and now it’s time for something new. Or share that you no longer have the bandwidth. Whatever the case, refrain from overexplaining and graciously disengage from the commitment.

Keep in mind that you can apply this two-question practice to situations where you are being asked or invited to do something, when you are considering potential new opportunities, and when you have important decisions to make.

Bringing It All Together

Rather than coasting through life on autopilot doing the same things you’ve always done or subconsciously reacting to what life dishes out, you have the opportunity to develop a practice of regularly checking in with yourself and consciously deciding what responses and courses of action will eventuate in positive, abundant, and fulfilling outcomes.

By regularly asking yourself, “Does this support my health, peace of mind, and overall well-being; and does this amplify the fulfillment, abundance, and/or joy in my life?” and then empowering yourself to act in accordance with what best facilitates your desired results, you take ownership for intentionally creating a thriving life.

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When grief made a recent visit to my life, it hit particularly deep in my heart and soul. My beloved nephew unexpectedly died in a tragic accident and left behind a 22-month-old son.

The shock of what had happened, the unchartered territory of walking beside my sister who had experienced something no mother should ever go through, along with managing the logistical business side of death left me with a messy tangle of emotions.

In the moment, it felt like time had stopped. There was a sense of utter disbelief over what had happened entangled with a strange mix of numbness and profound emotional pain.

Even today, a few months after the accident, the waves of grief continue to roll in. Sometimes those waves bring with them a wallop of emotions and tears lasting a few minutes. Other times grief decides to hang around a day or two leaving me wanting to retreat from the world.

As human beings, grief may show up in our lives in a variety of ways. Perhaps you are the one grieving the loss of a loved one, or you are supporting someone who is grieving. Maybe you are faced with the conundrum of supporting a grieving loved one while your own heart is simultaneously in tatters.

One moment, out of the blue, you might find yourself teary-eyed as you are thinking about your loved one who has passed. Other times you might experience feeling shut down or checked out.

There may also be times when you find yourself reminiscing or laughing fondly in honor of your departed loved one. Or any combination of these things might occur. The grief process can be a complex, often fickle and rather mercurial beast.

Insights and Tips for Navigating Grief
While there is no way to bypass or fast forward through the process of grieving, here are some insights that can help you navigate the grief process in a healthy way:

• There is no requirement for the amount of grief you suffer to match the depth of love that you have for your loved one who has passed.
  Your loved one wants you to live joyfully rather than miserably suffer while mistakenly thinking you are doing so in their honor.
• The tendency to clutch tight to heartache and emotional pain can happen because it’s the most recent feeling you have in your heart connecting you to those no longer physically present.
  Holding on to the heartache keeps you stuck in grief and unfortunately won’t bring back your loved one. Practice healthy emotional processing and self-care throughout the grieving process and be sure to seek out related support as needed.
• Staying deeply entrenched in the heavy emotions of grief blocks you from connecting with or receiving messages and signs from your loved one in their new “spirit” form.
  By acknowledging, processing, and releasing emotions of grief as they arise, it’s easier to notice the subtle signs that your loved one is still around you. Common signs include seeing birds or butterflies, smelling certain scents, or feeling like they are there with you.
• By allowing yourself to remember the happy memories that you experienced with your loved one, you celebrate the good they brought to the world and to you personally.
  It’s okay to laugh and reminisce in honor of the funny moments, good times, and special connection that you shared with them.
• You can simultaneously grieve and live.
  Fully engaging in life and living in the present moment honors your loved one. They want you to enjoy the experience of living in a human body and embracing all that life on this earth has to offer. On days when you are feeling up to it, go do something fun, exciting, adventurous, or new in their honor. As you do so, you’ll come to realize that over time the pain and sadness begin to lessen yet your connection with your loved one remains.

Bringing It All Together
Grieving the loss of a loved one is an inevitable part of life. Your process of grieving will be unique to you and the circumstances. While there is no way to fast forward or skip over the grieving process, there are key insights that you can apply to navigate grief in a healthy way.

To best support your well-being, it’s important to process emotions as they arise, engage in regular self-care, reminisce over the happy times you shared with your loved one, and give yourself permission to truly live while you grieve. In doing so, you honor your loved one. Over time you begin to heal and realize the loving bond you share with this special person always remains.

This article is dedicated to my beloved nephew Justin. Auntie loves you. Always.

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Some of this conditioning is unintentional by those who are well meaning. Other times it’s driven by folks wanting to jump on the bandwagon of opportunity regarding the latest flavor-of-the-week “thing” that is supposedly plaguing humankind.

In this particular instance, we’re talking about imposter syndrome, a term that’s become so commonplace that one might believe it to be a highly contagious disease.

Accepting self-defeating labels as the gospel truth or wearing them like a badge of honor is never a good thing. That is because words have tremendous power. When you use derogatory words to describe yourself, or join a club of people claiming similar negative labels, you disempower yourself and attract situations into your life that validate your limiting beliefs.

Interestingly, the phrase imposter syndrome was first coined in the 1970s by two psychologists, but it never really caught on back then. More importantly, to this day, imposter syndrome is not recognized as an official disorder by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Yes, you read that correctly. Imposter syndrome isn’t an actual disorder.

Despite this fact, there are books and even support groups built around a term that rather convincingly attempts to validate that you are supposedly fake, incompetent, or unworthy.

Most likely, you are none of those things. Nor is there likely anything wrong with you. And, this isn’t a legitimate syndrome that you’ve had the misfortune of acquiring.

However, to support you in coming to your own informed conclusion, let’s put the term imposter syndrome under the microscope and poke some holes in it. We’ll start by taking a look at the dictionary definition of the word imposter.

It is defined as “a person pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain.”

The word imposter is also synonymous with being a fraudster, swindler, deceiver, trickster, cheater, or a similar type of shady character. Keeping that in mind, would you say those words accurately portray you? I’d venture to guess not.

If you’re still not 100% certain whether you are an actual imposter, know this:

Unless you are going around pretending to be a licensed pilot or surgeon and endangering the lives of others or intentionally impersonating someone for the purposes of criminal gain, then you have very likely mislabeled yourself as an imposter.

A healthier alternative to this type of self-sabotaging behavior is to go within and connect with what is really going on inside of you. Some questions to ask yourself include:

• Am I feeling uncertainty because I’m embarking upon a new opportunity or stepping into an unfamiliar role as a leader, parent, business owner, etc.?
• Am I feeling uncomfortable because I’m using brand new skillsets or those I have limited experience putting into practice?
• Am I worried or fearful that I might mess up or not get things perfect?

If so, what you are likely experiencing is feeling normal human emotions that will benefit greatly from healthy emotional processing. Rather than hiding behind a disempowering label like imposter syndrome, here are four things you can do to better support yourself:

1. Show yourself the same compassion you would others and consider that someone inexperienced or learning something new isn’t an imposter. Therefore, you likely aren’t an imposter either. Be kind and refrain from judging yourself.

2. Replace the low frequency word imposter with more empowered phrases like:

“I’m newly experienced and learning” or “I’m gaining practice and growing my skillset.”

The same goes for any other negative words you have been associating with yourself.

3. Remember to focus on all the things that are wonderful about you rather than what someone else is trying to convince you is wrong. To do so:

• Create a list of your unique attributes and various ways that you shine.
• Create another list of things you’ve successfully learned to do throughout your lifetime whether that is learning to drive a car, swim, play a musical instrument, create art, etc.
• Refer to those lists regularly as a way to validate to your subconscious mind that you are more than competent and capable of whatever you set your mind to achieving.

4. Reclaim your power and retire yourself from the Imposter Syndrome Club or anything else that diminishes your worth and value in the world.

By choosing to realign and empower yourself in the above ways, you’ll attract far more abundant and fulfilling outcomes in your life.

Bringing It All Together

When you take a step back to consider all of the facts along with any potential agendas for wanting to make imposter syndrome “a thing,” it becomes much easier to see that imposter syndrome is nothing more than a trendy limiting belief and a self-defeating label that is masquerading as the truth. Whether you choose to claim it for yourself is entirely up to you.

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If you are currently struggling with lack or there has been a long-term pattern of scarcity in your life, you might wonder how it is possible to reclaim and realign yourself to an abundance mindset.

Not only is it possible to cultivate an abundance mindset, it is highly recommended that you intentionally choose to do just that! The primary reason is that our mindset plays a huge part in determining the quality of our physical reality.

When we operate from a place of scarcity and fear, we are more likely to magnetize circumstances of lack and limitation into our orbit. This is because whatever we focus on or worry about is multiplied and repeated over and over again in our life.

We can quickly realize that this type of abundance-deficient formula is not a winning combination for success in life.

Some common examples of scarcity thinking to be aware of include:

• “Money is hard to come by.”
• “If I get something good, it will be taken away.”
• “Wealth is for lucky people but not for me.”
• “Life is hard and always a struggle.”
• “I’m not worthy or deserving of good things.”

Having those kind of impoverished thoughts completely repels abundance. However, the good news is that the opposite holds true as well.

An abundant mindset always begets more good fortune to be thankful for.

In an effort to reprogram your subconscious mind to better align with abundance, here are proven steps for clearing out limiting beliefs that resonate with scarcity and replacing them with empowering thoughts that magnetize you to prosperity:

1. Become More Deeply Self-Aware

On a sheet of paper, write down all of the negative thoughts you regularly have playing on repeat in your mind in relation to abundance and money scarcity. Really get in there and dig deep to uncover any thoughts that may be taking you out of alignment with abundance.

2. Reflect Upon the Accuracy of Your Limiting Beliefs

Review each of the limiting beliefs you’ve written down and ask yourself if the belief is the absolute 100% gospel truth. If not, write next to that belief “NOT TRUE.”

3. Consider Where Those Beliefs Originated

Further assess each of your limiting beliefs and ask yourself if the belief originates from you or, instead, from societal programming or your family environment. For any beliefs that influenced you from an external source, write next to that belief “NOT MY BELIEF.”

4. Replace Your Old Head Trash with New Empowered Beliefs

On a separate, clean sheet of paper, write down new, fully empowered beliefs to replace each of your former negative beliefs about abundance and money. Write your new beliefs in the present tense as if they are your current reality. For example:

• “I AM a money magnet.”
• “Financial abundance flows to me with ease.”
• “I consistently receive ever-flowing monetary nourishment.”
• “The Universe is abundant and blesses me with infinite good fortune.”

5. Reignite and Unleash Your More Empowered and Abundant Self

Now for the fun part—take your sad list of limiting beliefs around abundance and money and very carefully and safely burn it or put it through a paper shredder while visualizing yourself free from that old head trash.

To really amplify the energy of abundance you are generating, joyfully proclaim:

“I am a powerful magnet for abundance, wealth, prosperity, and good fortune!”

6. Monitor and Upgrade Your Thoughts Daily

Display your NEW List of Abundance Beliefs where you can regularly read them throughout your day. You may want to display your list on your computer screen saver or phone lock screen. Or print copies of your list and hang it up around your house or office. You can even voice record your new abundance beliefs and listen to them prior to going to sleep.

Whenever you catch any thoughts cropping up that are misaligned with abundance, consciously choose to delete and upgrade those limiting beliefs with more empowered thoughts from your list. Continue to repeat this step until abundance becomes your default way of thinking.

Bringing It All Together

By consciously choosing to retrain and reorient your subconscious mind toward abundance, you’ll begin to magnetize all forms of prosperity into your life including inner peace, joy, love, more deeply connected relationships, new opportunities, and, yes, even money.

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Unaware, we buy into modern-day societal programming and tell ourselves things like:

“Once I get that promotion, I’ll finally feel triumphant and make some time for fun.”
“Once I lose weight, I’ll finally feel worthy and deserving of happiness.”
“Once I’m rich, I’ll finally be able to relax and enjoy life.”

Little do we realize how unnecessary it is to place conditions on our ability to experience joy.

Happiness and joy are meant to be our natural state of being. Just observe a child tapped into their imagination and happily at play, a cat contentedly basking in the sun, a dog exuberantly chasing a ball, or a group of humans in complete awe watching the sky morph into radiant colors at sunset and you’ll know deep in your soul that you are meant to live joyfully.

Yes, you! Joy is meant for everyone including you. And not just sometimes. Joy is meant to be a regular and daily part of your experience here in this lifetime. That is why you have a human body and human senses plus the entire world as your spectacularly amazing playground with which to experience exhilaration, merriment, and full-on joy.

Now, if your life currently entails settling for mundane mediocrity or you’re facing seemingly never-ending struggles, it may be challenging to envision your life being consistently lit up with joy.

If that is the case for you, you can either resign yourself to staying stuck on that proverbial joy-sucking hamster wheel of misery or you can re-empower yourself to create a newfound life of joy.

If you’ve chosen the latter, here are some actionable ways that you can dial up the joy in your life:

1. Prepare a Joy List
You are the only one who knows what makes you giddy with happiness and feeds your soul. Spend some time reflecting upon and jotting down with no limitations whatsoever all of the various things and/or experiences in life that bring you pure joy.

Perhaps that involves engaging in a favorite hobby or using one of your special talents. Maybe it’s creating something, playing music, or going for a run or a hike. Or spending time by the ocean, playing with a beloved pet, or gazing up at the stars.

Once you’ve reconnected with what really lights you up and fills you with joy, create your very own joy list by writing down five or more things that you are committed to incorporating into your daily life that bring you joy.

Keep this list somewhere that will be highly visible to you throughout the day. Carve out some time daily, if even for just a few minutes, to enjoy doing something on your personal joy list. By prioritizing joy, it becomes a regular part of your life.

2. Intentionally Create Opportunities for Joy
Rather than sitting passively on the sidelines waiting for joy to fall out of the sky and into your life, be intentional about designing a life where fun, laughter, and joyfulness play a prominent part in your experience here on this earth. You can do this by:

• Giving yourself permission to have adventures and trying fun stuff that interests you
• Revisiting fun activities that you enjoy but haven’t done for some time
• Indulging your inner child and doing things you loved when you were younger

By cultivating a life that you love, you exponentially increase the amount of joy in your life and build lots of happy memories in the process.

3. Choose to Live Joyfully in the Present Moment
Far too often there are beautiful blessings all around us that we overlook or tell ourselves that we’ll indulge in later. Because we never know what tomorrow will bring, the very best time to enjoy the abundant gifts of life is in the here and now.

Stop and smell the flowers. Pause and marvel at the sunrise. Turn up the volume when you hear your favorite song. Wear your favorite outfit. Use the fancy dishes. Light the bougie candle. Give hugs. Share smiles. Eat the decadent dessert. Take the vacation. Say yes to life.

Bringing It All Together

Know that experiencing a life of true joy is an intentional choice that is made day in and day out.

You get to choose to partake in experiences that light you up and feed your soul. You get to make a place in your life for joy to reside. You get to embrace and savor the deliciousness of life. And you get to write yourself a non-negotiable permission slip to live a life of infinite and effervescent joy!

In doing so, the Universe, your co-conspirator in joyful and abundant living, will applaud you.

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However, for all of you manifesting wizards in the making, know that there is so much that you can do to stack the deck of abundance in your favor.

For starters, here is an important universal truth to remember:

Abundance is limitless, ever-flowing and available to everyone, including YOU!

That’s right, you are meant to live an abundant and prosperous life filled with joy, optimal health, wealth, and all that your heart desires.

Going hand in hand with this fortunate fact is another universal truth:

You are the creator of your reality.

As such, you have the incredible opportunity to empower yourself, switch on your manifesting magic, and actively call forth into your life your unique dreams and desires.

With that being said, know that effectively firing up your manifesting magic entails more than jotting down your wishes and hoping that they come true. There are important steps to regularly incorporate in your role as a full-blown manifesting wizard. Doing the following will help you manifest your desires like a pro and change your life for the better:

1. Have Clarity.
Be super clear about what you are choosing to call forth into your life—you are making a choice to manifest something into your physical reality. Get specific and hold true to your vision while monitoring that you aren’t sending mixed signals to the Universe.

2. Be Fully Committed.
Know deep down inside your heart that you are 100% committed and truly want to manifest your desired outcome. There is no messing around on this point or half-baking your efforts. Either you want it or you don’t. The end. Period.

3. Know and Honor Your Why.
Reflect upon and write down your true motivation behind what you are calling forth into your life. Regularly reconnect with your “why” so that you stay motivated and your flame of manifesting excitement continues to burn bright.

4. Visualize Like It’s a Done Deal.
See your end result as if it has already happened. Visualize your desired outcome like you are creating an academy award–winning movie.

In your mind’s eye, see, hear, feel, smell, touch, and taste what you are manifesting. Utilize every one of your human senses to bring your vision to life in glorious Technicolor. Do so with every fiber of your being. Each day, upon waking and going to sleep, revisit and immerse yourself in your detailed visualization.

5. Have a Plan and Own It.
Draft a written game plan and timeline that will support you from initial desire to manifested reality. Reverse engineer starting from your desired outcome. Decide your non-negotiable, absolute must-have requirements. Determine the various steps and actionable items necessary to get you from a state of wishing to ultimately basking in the glory of a mission accomplished.

6. Prioritize. No Exceptions.
Prioritize what you are manifesting and honor the requirements for your desired outcome as if your life depends upon your doing so. As a manifesting wizard, keep your eye on the prize and remain fully committed and unstoppable. No excuses. When you take your end objective seriously, so will the Universe.

7. Take Consistent and Aligned Action.
Execute your game plan like an Olympic gold champion. Every single day, take aligned action toward your desired end result. Track your progress and hold yourself accountable to what you are manifesting. Keep your momentum flowing.

Some days doing so may involve a big leap toward your goal posts. Other days may simply entail visualizing your desired outcome as if it has already happened. The key is to continue building on what you did the day prior. Every step counts toward the achievement of your dreams.

8. Monitor for Harmonious Alignment.
Throughout the day, pay close attention to your thoughts, words, emotions, actions, and expectations. Having any of these areas in conflict with what you desire to manifest will delay or outright derail your success.

Know that it’s common for the ego self to drive a garbage truck of head trash through one’s mind, to speak disempowering words, or to align with low frequency emotions. To override any related tendencies, remain cognizant and consciously choose empowered ways of thinking, speaking, feeling, and being that are harmoniously aligned with your desired outcome.

9. Trust and Allow Yourself to Receive.
Your dreams and desires are there for a reason. Trust that you are fully capable of calling forth your heart’s desires into your physical reality. Know with absolute certainty that you are truly worthy and deserving of manifesting your dreams. Gratefully open your heart, your mind and your life to receiving all of the awesome abundance that awaits you.

Above all, have fun embracing your role as a manifesting wizard of the highest order. Remember that the Universe is always conspiring on your behalf. All you have to do now is to tell the Universe to back up the abundance truck and put you on autoship!

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