What is driving the experience of this human? Kicking off your personal and professional development journey.

The inner drive to self sooth, to connect with the feeling of being loved and cared for.  With this realisation, is an opportunity to reflect on what choices are made day to day, minute to minute to access this desire.  What actions and behaviours are getting in the way of me stepping into my potential and leading edge.  So many…

For me specifically it is: over eating, eating for pleasure, saying yes to people in my life to accommodate their needs (while discounting my truth), adhering to cultural norms, pandering to the aches in my body, and in general the avoidance of things that make me feel uncomfortable.

Recently the work has been to reset the driving question of my existence.  The subtle moments of choice to sooth or to move forward are everywhere.  As the alarm goes off to get ready for the gym in the morning, the soothing response is to hit the snooze button with self-talk about gratitude for this life, to be under a warm blanket in a safe home.  To be able to observe that patterned response enables me to make a different choice.  To be able to appreciate how nice this version of my life is, while also acknowledging nice is not for me.  Nice avoids the reality and truth of my health right now.  In being nice to myself there is also an avoidance of how my joints ache and are not in optimal health for my years.  The weight carried is excessive and not in optimal health for my system.  The energy levels are low and it seems like no amount of sleep will rejuvenate this body. 

So what is the alternative? What is the new perspective that looks toward the potential of me, the version of me that sits just beyond the horizon. 

Are you being RUTHLESS? A new question to direct my way in the world.

Ruthless with the food choices, with the movement adherence, with the social interactions, and watch reality show up in a way aligned to my potential. Like a rising sun, the radiance shines through the dark abyss of night, to illuminate the way forward.