Each new day is bringing us a choice: to do the things we’ve always done (and if that works-keep doing more of that)… or to do something differently.

Don’t wait for others to change so you can be happy. If you do, you're letting others be in charge of your happiness or peace of mind. 

If you don’t practice receiving, envisioning, and embodying what you most desire, a part of you will keep resisting it, and it will always be something you’re chasing.

Don’t waste today’s opportunities by dwelling on yesterday’s regrets.

Today is the only time you can make a change.

Today you can start again and try something new.

What you tell yourself about yourself is a story, not a fact. It may feel like a fact because you’ve been attached to that story your whole life. You’ve kept that story alive with your thoughts and behaviors.

Always ask yourself first. Questions about your life are not for anyone but you to answer. Decisions are yours to make and if those decisions take you down the path you don’t like, you can always make another decision.

Comparison is a sneaky soul sucker.

​When you compare yourself to others, you zoom in on one single aspect of someone’s life that you believe is better than yours.

Any labels you use to define yourself can become constrictions in the future.

​The problem with defining ourselves by something impermanent, like current circumstances, is that once we are no longer in those circumstances, the label stays, even though it no longer fits. 

You will not always: know what to do, how to do it, be motivated, believe in yourself, feel confident, think you are capable, be a supportive partner, keep your cool, etc.

It's the first day of the new year.

A great time to decide what you'd like to leave behind and what you'd like to create more of. Here is my suggestion.

​Leave behind the heaviness of self-judgment, doubt, and pressure. You deserve more from yourself. 

Your past can’t show you what you’re capable of creating.
 
Most people turn towards their past to inform them what’s possible and what isn’t.

Before you determine that what you want is unrealistic or too damn big, remember that the only reason you think that is because it hasn’t happened in the time you thought it should happen.

What if you decided that:

• Fear of looking stupid won’t hold you back anymore?

• Potential failure isn’t a good reason not to try?

• Your greatest experiences are ahead of you?

I did it!!!
 
After 7 years of school and 2.5 years of building my private practice (which was always my dream) here I am - a Licensed Professional Counselor!

Creating an intention sets the tone and guides your decision making. Instead of setting the same ole' goal every year and giving up half way through, try to connect to the overall theme or a feeling you'd like to experience more often in the new year.

Stuckness is a state of mind, not a fact.
 
Maybe you are at crossroads, having to choose which way to go.

Maybe you’re standing still because you’re scared to make a decision and the longer you’re waiting and negotiating your options, the more stuck you feel.

Being awake to life and living it bravely sometimes means we will be faced with difficult things we didn't want or choose. It is simply the fact of life. Bad, uncomfortable, scary, unpredictable things happen.

We use the power of our imagination all the time, but we often use it to imagine scenarios that disempower us and make us feel limited.

​Any disempowering identities and negative beliefs we hold about ourselves were developed out of a necessity and adaptation to our circumstances.

When you harbor negative feelings and thoughts towards someone else, you’re not punishing them, you’re punishing yourself.