... YOU!!
Hi beautiful,
There are many aspects that I love about this lockdown.
Itâs day 42 of quarantine in France. Wow, when you put it like that itâs a pretty substantial timeframe to spend alone in my apartment!
What brings me the most joy, and where I focus a part of every day, is that my
favourite teachers and elders from all over the globe have made their teachings accessible online via online live classes. The diligent nerd in me has been spending a lot of time studying and working on some new and old projects.
Now over to YOU...
Letâs use the next few weeks to get the "back to basics" right for you; setting the strongest personal foundation for you for the future.
Why? Because even if we can't imagine what it looks like... life as we knew it will never be the same.
Our new life is certainly not going to going to have less challenges, but you can build greater inner defence. inner creativity, inner listening systems so that you are more resilient and even, energised in the face of new challenges.
I had the honour with sitting (on zoom) in front of one of teachers today, a First Nations Elder from British Columbia, Canada and hereâs one of the gems he shared:
âIt is not a test. It is something new for you use for your tools.â
One of the core tools that I want to set a resilient, energising, nourishing foundation is: FAITH IN YOURSELF.
Do you have faith in yourself?
Do you truthfully KNOW that when you say you can, YOU CAN, and when you say youâll do it, YOU DO IT?
Well I'm here to tell you that YOU CAN and let's do it! Here's a formula to developing FAITH IN YOURSELF.
Start by making a commitment to yourself this week.
- Let this start be simple and effective.
- The enjoyment will come from achieving it and persevering through the sabotages.
- Be specific and be gentle.
For example, you could say "for the next week I want to meditate for 20 minutes."
This is vague and arduous, which means you're already sabotaging yourself before you even begin.
Instead, try "for the next 3 days: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, Iâm going to meditate for 2 minutes at 8.30 while my coffee brews."
Specific, simple, effective and gentle.
The achievement is not to mediate for 20 minutes, the achievement is to set a commitment and to follow through no matter what so that YOU CAN AND DO congratulate yourself.
This builds on your "FAITH IN YOURSELF MUSCLE" which is exactly what you need for your new future.
Thereâs little point in saying youâll do a week (is that 5 days or 7 days) and jump into the deep end of 20 minutes, having zero meditation muscle, and then feeling like shit because you couldnât do a vague, arduous task.
So letâs recap on BUILD FAITH IN YOURSELF:
1. Whatâs the commitment?
2. Whatâs the timing/duration of the commitment?
3. Allocate the time of day for it to be done
=> be as specific and gentle as possible = effective and feeling awesome
4. At all times remember and rethink âI CAN DO THISâ
5. Do it.
If youâre willing, hit reply and share your answers for 1-5 from above and Iâll check in to hold you accountable.
Do it.
You can do it!!
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