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Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. ~ Helen Keller  When was the last time you did something purely for the joy of it? That’s right, just for the joy of it. Not because you had to do something, or you felt you should do something, or it is what everyone wanted to do. How long has it been since you decided that you would do something because you knew it would bring you great joy? What is joy? As defined in Oxford's English dictionary, joy is “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.” Joy can be any level of happiness. It is a feel-good emotion. I bet most of you reading this right now would like to feel happier no matter how happy you are! It seems as though joy is not as evident in our world as it used to be. So much going on with national and international events that causes joy to take a back seat in day-to-day life. What if you could have more joy in your life? Some of you have a great deal going on in your life that may seem far away from anything joyful. Sometimes you can get so far into the rabbit hole that you can’t see a way out. That is where joy can come in and help you. No matter what is happening, I guarantee that you can find joy regardless how small it may seem. Take off the glasses of darkness and look through your eyes in a new way. You can find a way to bring joy to any moment to help you climb out of the hole you may have fallen into. I bet you are thinking to yourself that you don’t know how or what to do. Understandable! Start small to bring in even one ray of joy into your life. Take five minutes to go outside and stand barefoot on the grass. Be childlike. Feel the coolness of the grass and how it feels between your toes. Face the sun. Feel the warmth of the sun entering your body from above while the coolness of the grass and ground are coming into you from below. Feel the joy of that! No matter what your age is, there are experiences, people, and things that have brought you joy. If it has been a while since you have felt joy, reflect on how you did feel the last time you felt joy. Sit in the feeling of that joy. Even experiencing joy again like this is beneficial. Reflecting on what has brought you joy in the past may help you understand what you can do in the present to bring joy back into your life. Even if you are an adult, it is okay to do some of the things that brought you joy when you were young. Did you like to paint with watercolors or bake with your mom? Did you love being outside riding your bike all day? Perhaps now you can do some of these things again. Maybe it is time to find new ways to bring joy into your life. What do you feel you could do to bring joy into your life in a different way? Consider all the things that bring a smile to your face or cause your heart to be full just from thinking about them. Give yourself permission to try something new. Regardless of what is happening around you and, in the world, it is a gift that you give everyone when you are happy. It is not selfish! Rather, it is beneficial for everyone around you. Your happiness may be just what someone needed to get out of the hole they found themselves in. Finding your joy is something currently needed on this planet. Happiness and joy are high frequency feelings that lift up all who experience it. Your joy does and will have an impact on everyone and everything on the Earth. Do it for the joy of it. Thank you for sharing, liking and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you be the best version of YOU! For more information, click the button below.
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If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer  It has been a long time since I visited with all of you. How is it possible that it has been almost a year since I wrote my last blog? Time seemed to be speeded up with the world spinning in so much chaos. I am sure that each one of you reading this has had your life impacted in many ways in the past year. It’s easy to get caught up in the chaos and drama if you aren’t careful. Hard not to! Jobs changing, weather conditions out of control, relationships ending, people passing, and the daily way of life forever changing. We are all affected. This past year I had to continually find a balance between working, “doing” and taking care of me. I love what I do and with many people asking for help, some days I didn’t quite find that balance. I realized I had to prioritize my life and make me my #1 priority. Something I asked clients to consider, so I had to do what was best for me also. I shifted things on my “to do” list and thus the hiatus from writing. I have taken time for self-love and self-care during these past months. I have come to a sense of peace as events unfold in my life. I am now in a place of harmony with the different aspects of my life. It feels good to be writing again! Everything may not always be in balance in our life but we can find a way to harmonize them. It’s all about your perspective. Dr. Wayne Dyer said, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” I have found this to be true. I can find good in some of the most horrific things that have happened to me. Really! I mean that sincerely! How are you looking at things in your life? Are you seeing the glass as half full or half empty? Can you change your perspective? Are you a “half full” kind of person who looks for the positive no matter what is happening? We all do it. Something challenging happens in our life and we get caught up in thinking negatively about it. Then we have negative things to say about what happened. Then we believe the negative thoughts and words. Soon this negativity bleeds over into other areas of our life if we are not careful to stop ourselves. We are all aware of the negative or “bad” things that happen every day. We are constantly reminded through all forms of media. What if for every “not so wonderful” thing you hear or read about, you look for five wonderful and beautiful things that are happening? You create more of what you focus on. Want more negativity in your life? Focus on all the negativity that is going on around you and out in the world. Want to be more positive and live life experiencing more good, then look for kindness, love, compassion, patience, generosity, happiness, joy and thoughtfulness every where you go. You can change your perspective as simply as taking a deep breath and choosing to look at what is happening in front of you in a completely different way. Can you be open to other possibilities for what you are experiencing? Let go of past conditioning and beliefs and open yourself to the world that is full of many perspectives, options, and possibilities. Are you ready to be open to other ways of being? Commit to looking at everything in your life through a new set of eyes. What can you change or what can you let go of? Being willing to change your perspective, gives you permission to see differently. Perhaps something wonderful has been right there in plain view every day but your current perspective has caused you not to see it. Changing your point of view even a little bit could make a major difference in your life. Happy New Year . . . Happy New You! Thank you for sharing, liking and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you be the best version of YOU! For more information, click the button below.
If you don’t love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self. ~ Wayne Dyer  Can someone please tell me? What does it mean when they say the word . . . self-love? I know how to love others. I love my family. My parents who raised me, my siblings who grew up with me. My spouse of all these years, and . . . my beautiful children. How can I love myself? What does it mean, what does that look like . . . self-love? I’m told it is important. All these years of loving others. That’s what I was told was necessary, that’s what I was made to believe. Always do for others and never . . . take time for yourself. How do I unlearn all the truths no longer mine? I was told it was selfish to take time for me. Old beliefs must be released . . . self-love. How can I make myself a priority? It feels so foreign to take time for me. Five minutes of quiet deep breathing, and time long overdue to . . . read a favorite book. Can I do this for me? One step at a time to become stronger within . . . self-love. I do this for me, I do this for you. As I learn how to love and experience love of myself, I am better able to love . . . everyone, including you. Will you do this also? Give yourself permission Know you are deserving and worthy . . . time for yourself. Do this for you, do this for others. Love yourself fully and completely. Know that you are special and loved more than you could know. . . self-love. We all can do this. Love starts with me and doesn’t end with you . . . self-love. Love of self and love of others. A gift you give yourself and all others. The gift of self-love that turns into love of others . . . self-love and love. What a treasured gift . . . self-love. Thank you for sharing, liking and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you be the best version of YOU! For more information, click the button below.
The true essence of the soul is revealing when we embrace the light and the shadows within ourselves. ~ Dee Waldeck  I look into the shadows. Not a place I often go, Sometimes too scary And difficult to see within. I know it is time to embrace the shadows. Rather than look with my eyes, I feel into the shadows with my heart. I don’t like what I feel, And yet I know that I must Consider all the shadows. It is time to acknowledge the darkness. I’ve carried these shadows For longer than I care to Unknowingly some within my subconscious. I’ve allowed the shadows to control me. This part of me buried deeply That I do not want to look at And that which does not want me to find. Time to release that control over me, To let go of what no longer serves who I am. What lurks in the shadows? The part of me that is not so nice, Ready for me to love it And give it some light. Not proud of what I find within me. I know what I find Has been a part of me Not the part I am on the surface But the part of me That often cries from deep within. All the shadow wanted was to be recognized. I ignored the darkness So it grew even stronger Trying harder for me to see it. Too painful for me to look at it. The shadows darker than I expected, The fear of what I would find, Paralyzing me. Not able to even glance at the shadows Nor go within them. I know it is time for me to be strong. I face the inner darkness Not always easy But oh, so revealing. I find appreciation for the shadows. It is time to give thanks For the darkness contrasts the light. Time to let go of the shadow side To allow for more light For me to fully shine the light from within. I look into the shadows. The place I now gladly go For great inner change Can happen there. Thankful! Thank you for sharing, liking and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you be the best version of YOU! For more information, click the button below.
Each of us has an inner room where we can visit to be cleansed of fear-based thoughts and feelings. This room, the holy of holies, is a sanctuary of light. ~ Marianne Williamson  How are you doing? Have you checked in with yourself lately? I mean “really checked in with yourself”. So much going on in the world, around you and within you. It's hard not to be feeling some level of stress and anxiety. Take a moment or two and really check in with yourself. Can you even put into words what you are feeling? Confusion, uneasiness, calmness within the storm, numbness? Some of you have said you are grateful for the time home with family and living a slower pace life with less or no rushing around in “busy-ness”. You might also be in a place of uncertainty, overwhelm, sadness, shock, grief, depression or fear. F. E. A. R. is a big one . . . it encompasses so many other feelings Whatever you might be feeling, please do yourself a favor and feel what you are feeling! Take time to look at what feelings and emotions are coming up for you. It can actually be harmful on many levels of you, especially emotionally and physically, when you ignore your feelings and stuff them. Rather than “stuff” these feelings, acknowledge them, feel them and then release them so they no longer hold you back. Many of you have told me that “old” feelings, triggers and programs are coming up. Again, a lot of emotional baggage is ready to be cleared and released. It is a time of great change and it all starts with you. There is no right or wrong way to feel or “be” during this unprecedented time on Earth. It’s okay not to be okay! There are days you can accomplish more than you did the entire previous week! Some days you can’t do anything but rest, even after sleeping through the night. You just have to honor what your body is telling you and how you feel. All of this is part of you becoming the new you in the new world. I heard from several of you that you can’t wait to get back to normal. My response has been and continues to be “the world will not get back to normal as we knew it.” We may have a new normal but we won’t go back to the old normal. For all our sakes, I pray the world doesn’t go back to the way it was! What would your ideal world look like? If you could, what kind of world would you like to wake up to tomorrow morning? What role would you have in this world? There are so many possibilities and potentials for your life and planet Earth. It starts with each one of us. This virus was a wake-up call for all of humanity. As difficult as it has been for many people, it has been a blessing in disguise. It has caused us as a collective to look at what we hold to be true for us as individuals and as a society. Have you taken time to examine what is true for you? If so, great! Are you fully committed to living in your truth? If not, it may time to check in with yourself and decide what is true for you! Thank you for sharing, liking and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you be the best version of YOU! For more information, click the button below.
If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you’ll see obstacles. ~ Wayne Dyer  So much happening. Around me, Within me, And in the world. I sense a myriad of emotions in the collective. Overwhelming fear, Unending anxiety, Deep sadness, Rising anger, Grief. What will the future hold? No one knows, Considerable uncertainty, Nothing seems as if it will be the same. I sit in isolation. Missing the physical connection with family and friends, I see their faces on the screen And hear their voices through the speaker. I miss the hugs, held tight to one another And kisses upon my cheek. An angel lands upon my shoulder. I hear a whisper in my ear, "Time to look through your eyes With a different perspective." I ask for clarity. "When you focus on the negative, You will see negative, Feel bad, Not be able to move forward And do what you came here to do. Look for the good. In others, Within you, In everything that is happening." I take a deep breath. Adjust my focus, Change my perspective, See the goodness in humanity, Notice the kind words And selfless actions. I see the good being done by many. I begin to feel better, I want to help others, My inner light begins to shine. I realize I am not alone in isolation. I can reach out and connect with others, In their time of need Or as they are in service. I, too, am part of the community As we all go through this experience together. All we have is the present moment. Of this I can be certain, Staying in the here and now, Creating my future. I sense new feelings within me. Strength from deep within, Hope abounds, Compassion, for me and for everyone, Peace and calmness, And, most of all . . . love. So much happening. Around me, Within me, And in the world. Grateful! Thank you for sharing, liking and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you be the best version of YOU! For more information, click the button below.
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. ~ Ram Dass  ~ This message was written from my heart for each one of you reading it. No matter what the day or time of year, please know how much you are loved. Dear One, You are such a beautiful, amazing, brilliant soul. Your light, your essence is beyond this world. If you could see your soul as I see you, you would be blinded by your light. Your essence is so magnificent . . . you are beyond anything you could imagine. You are so much more than what you see in the mirror. There is more to you than what you see, do and experience. You are honored and respected for all that you are and all that you do to make a difference here on this Earth. It is time on your Earth to step up and to step within to bring forth your truth, your magnificence of who you truly are. No more limitations, no more doubting. Believe, believe in all that you are and then more. You are so much more. You are so much more than what you recognize. It is not always easy and yet, I am here to tell you that you are here on this Earth at this time for a purpose, for a reason, for your soul evolution. And in that soul evolution as you serve your soul and serve yourself, what is it that you can do to serve all of humanity? What is it? What gift, what talent have you brought with you to Earth at this time? Go within and look deeply. You have gifts and talents that are waiting, ready to be brought forth in service to yourself and all of mankind everywhere. You’re a beautiful thread of the fabric, a magnificent piece of the puzzle. Without you, the world is not complete. I am so grateful that you are here on this Earth at this time. All the answers you are seeking, all the answers you desire are within you. You already know all that is important, all that is needed for you and your soul evolution. All the answers are within you, always have been, always will be. Do not rely upon others when you have the answers for you. Nobody knows better than you what is best for you. I ask you at this time of the great energies on the Earth, that you utilize these energies that are available to you to help you bring forth the gifts and talents you brought with you in this lifetime. Know that each one of you reading this carry the love frequency of 528 hz. You are forever connected in this frequency of love. Know and experience how much you are loved for the beautiful, amazing being that you are. No words to describe you, no Earthly words to use. Just know and feel within your heart how beautiful you are, how much you are loved. Remember this always. This love frequency is carried in every cell within your body. Know that everywhere you go, everywhere you walk, you touch people, you touch things and they are infused with this love frequency. You are the bearer of this love forever held within your heart center. No matter where you go, no matter what you are doing, it is always with you, always available. Make decisions from this place of love. Every interaction can come from this space of love. Thank you for being the carrier of this love frequency. Thank you for being love. In great gratitude and love for you! Thank you for liking, sharing and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you live a life you love! For more information, click the button below.
Only do what your heart tells you. ~ Princess Diana  It has been an interesting start to 2020. There seems to be more excitement about the new year than any other year recently. I don’t know if it is because it’s a new decade or what! People seem ready for something new – individually and collectively. How are you doing in this new year? How are you feeling about the possibilities and potentials for this year? It can be exciting or scary because of the unknown but one thing is for sure . . . everything is changing! I’m sure you are aware that one of the most constant things in your life is change! With so much going on in the world and in your own life, it is time to get as comfortable as possible with change. Change is not always easy but, in the end, change can turn out to be very beneficial! Often without even realizing it, you get comfortable with where you are, doing what you do, being who you are. That’s beautiful and you can stay right there where you are . . . unless that’s really not who you are and what you are supposed to be doing! If that is true for you, you can make a change or often something will happen to cause you to make a change. Then there are many of you who are proactively choosing to make changes. That is fabulous! At times, though, you may feel like you have no choice in making a change, that outside forces are causing you to change. Regardless of how you make a change, you are still able to choose how you react to the change. You can resist the change or make the best of the change. If you are here on this Earth at this time, you are changing. There is no way you can be here and not feel the changes happening within and around you. Take a deep breath and take a moment to reflect on the past 5 years. How are you different? What changes have happened in your world and around the globe in the past 5 years that have affected you? Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Change is happening more rapidly than ever. You can’t keep doing things the old way and expect the old way to work in the world we are living in now. It is time to find a new way of doing things. Time for you to do and be in a more heart-centered way. Yes, you still have to use your brain but it is time for your brain to be more connected to your heart than ever before. Your decisions are made now from your heart with love, love for yourself and others. The changes you make when made from your heart are more likely to flow and feel good. When you are trying to make a decision, about anything, stop and see how your decision “feels” to you. What does your heart tell you? Ask yourself, “How do I feel about xyz?” Or, “How does xyz make me feel?” If it doesn’t feel right, make a different choice. If it feels good to you, follow through with your decision. When you make choices from the heart that feel good, change becomes that much easier. If you have been one of those people who resist change or have difficulty making decisions, maybe this new way of making decisions can help you to be more open and flowing with change. Making decisions from your heart may just bring you results better than you can imagine! Here’s to you having a heart centered start to the new year and new decade! Thank you for liking, sharing and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you live a life you love! For more information, click the button below.
There is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection. ~Samuel Coleridge  It’s that time between Christmas and New Year’s where things slow down at the end of the year before the start of a new year. That feeling that you need to take a deep, long exhale after all that goes into the holiday planning and “doing”. You can finally catch your breath. It’s also the time of year when you tend to pause and reflect on the year that is almost completed. You look at where you have been, what you did, what you feel good about and maybe the things you don’t feel so good about. Some of you will also look at the upcoming year with great anticipation with what you want to accomplish in the new year. You may feel that it is more challenging to “exhale” at the end of this year than other years. 2019 was a challenging year. It turned us inside out while pushing and pulling us beyond our comfort zones. Collectively, out in the mass consciousness, there was so much going on while individually you felt changes in your own personal world. Regardless if you flowed with the changes or resisted them, you changed. When you take time to reflect on 2019, notice all the ways you changed from where you were a year ago. As many of you have observed, there is great change happening in governments, financial institutions, healthcare and other institutions in many countries. Around the world, no matter where you are, there is change in the air. It can be scary to watch these changes or be a part of them, and yet change can also be good. Changes have also happened in your own personal world this year. Jobs changing, moving to a new home, relationships ending, physical illness, or people dying and leaving you. As you reflect on the past year, you may know or feel differently about you . . . your beliefs, how you nurture yourself, your self-talk and how you love yourself. As changes happen in your external world, you can be sure there are internal changes happening at the same time or vice versa. If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living. ~ Gail Sheehy No matter what, it is my belief that there can be something good and wonderful in whatever is happening. It may not always be obvious that good can come from a dear person dying or losing a job that provides food for your children. It can be devastating! Yet, in that moment, can you look for all the possible good that may occur from what just happened? I know from personal experience what this can feel like. I have gone through some things that could have been overwhelming and destroyed my spirit. Many people would ask me “How are you able to function and be so positive with all that you are going through?” Without fail, I would look for the positive even in some of the most horrible situations. Not always easy to do, but that is how I got through difficult situations in my life. By focusing on the good, it made the bad not seem so bad. See if this helps you the next time you are faced with an upsetting situation. Take time to breathe. Get into your heart center and look for something, anything, no matter how small that is a “good” part of what just happened. Believe that something wonderful will happen from whatever you are experiencing. Focus on the beautiful possibilities that now have an opening to come to you because of what just happened. Maybe a friend heard about you losing your job and that very day, his boss made an announcement the company needs to hire more help. You apply and you get the job which is better than the job you lost. There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you. ~Deepak Chopra 2020 can be a turning point year for you if you allow it to be. Not only is January the start of a new year, it is the start of a new decade! Yes, there is much out there in the world that doesn’t look so good. It’s all in your perception. What will you “see” when you reflect on 2019? In that reflection, can you then come up with a vision for what you want for you, your family, the world in 2020? Who do you want to be with all these changes that are happening? You each make a difference! Thank you for taking a long slow exhale at this time and reflecting on what you can do to make a difference in the world. This in turn helps everyone else. I am grateful for each one of you and what you are doing to make the world a better place. Blessings for a new year and new decade that is beyond anything you could imagine! Thank you for liking, sharing and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you live a life you love! For more information, click the button below.
Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give. ~ Ben Carson  So often at this time of the year, your thoughts go to what gift will you give a friend or family member for the holiday. Or, maybe you have a “wish list” of what you would like to receive. Commercials and ads begin to run in October for the holiday buying season and it seems as though the holiday season is getting earlier and earlier in the year. What if this season you took time to give the greatest gift of all . . . the gift of you? No matter what your spending budget may be, the gift of you cost nothing but your time and effort. You have many gifts to offer others and these types of gifts are priceless! You may even want to reconsider your wish list. Rather than a material gift, there may be something that you want to do that would be easier with the help of another person. Many will feel honored that you considered them to help you with something. They are helping you and it is uplifting for them. That’s a gift that goes both ways! The act of giving to someone is just as important for the person giving the gift as the person receiving the gift. You may have a hard time accepting gifts, payments or acts of kindness from others. Many people do. When you don’t accept what someone wants to give you, then you are denying them the joy of giving to you. Accept the gift and allow them to experience the joy of giving! I believe that most people truly prefer the gift of you over anything material. If you are having a hard time thinking of what “gifts of you” that you could give to someone, let’s look at some possibilities.
Gifts are given more at this time of the year than any other time. What if this year, you started a new tradition of giving the gift of you? Maybe this type of gift giving will become so popular that the holiday gift season will be all year long! As you do this and model for others, think about all the ways you are making this a better world for everyone! You being YOU is a gift!  Thank you for the gift of YOU. I am grateful for the gift of each one of you. Wishing you all the blessings and gifts of the season - joy, peace and especially . . . love. Thank you for liking, sharing and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you live a life you love! For more information, click the button below.
When you are grateful – when you can see what you have – you unlock blessings to flow in your life. ~ Suze Orman  As I reflect on all that is happening in the world right now, I feel a deep gratitude for all of you who are making an effort, any effort, to be more authentic, more your true self. I would guess that those of you who are reading this feel the stress and pressure of living on Earth at this time. If you are not careful, you can get sucked right into the drama and chaos that is swirling around you, personally and out in the world. Nothing is as it once was. The world is changing at a rapid pace. I hear people say they don’t know what they are doing or where they are going. It is a confusing time to be alive and yet, it can be an exciting time to be alive!!! When you don’t know what to do, the one thing you can do is turn inward. Ask yourself what you can do for YOU in that moment. Many of you were taught to do for others, to put others first before yourself. You may have the belief that it is “selfish” to take care of you first. When flying on a plane with others, you are told to put your oxygen mask on before helping others. If you pass out from lack of oxygen, you won’t be able to help anyone! It is now known that when you give and give to others, you deplete your “reserves” and then there is nothing left for you. Imagine giving to yourself first, filling you up first, and then letting all the extra flow out from you to others! It is a more uplifting and less draining way of living. Please let me make it clear . . . I am not talking about you doing nothing for other people. I’m talking about finding a balance between doing for others and doing for you. This may be where you have to set boundaries and say “no” more often in order to take time for you. When you ignore you and your needs, wishes and desires, you are not helping anyone! Often without realizing it, you can become resentful, bitter and angry because you didn’t take time for you. Even if you think no one knows how you are feeling, your anger and resentfulness will be sent out in your energy frequency to everyone around you. They will feel it even if you do not verbalize how you are feeling! If you are thinking that there is no way you can take time for yourself in your busy day, I would encourage you to find ways to do even little things for you. Take a break, walk outside, clear your mind and get some fresh air for 5 minutes. Close the door of your office and sit for 5 minutes in silence and breathe deeply to reset yourself. Do something physical even if it is just walking up and down stairs for 5 minutes. Love yourself enough that you do something to show yourself that love. It can be anything big or small, just do something. Give yourself that gift. In this world that seems to demand so much from each of you, you must make it a priority to take care of YOU! At this time of year when people are especially in a thankful and grateful state of mind, I am grateful for each one of you and what you are doing for yourself. When you do what is right for you, it is right for everyone around you . . . including me. Thank you. I am grateful for the gift of you! Thank you for liking, sharing and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you live a life you love! For more information, click the button below.
Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. ~ Wayne W. Dyer  Overall, how are you doing? How are you feeling? What is happening in your part of the world? Some of you have contacted me to ask why I haven’t posted a blog recently. It has only been four weeks since I wrote Your True Authentic Self but it feels like forever ago! I write as I am inspired and the past few weeks have seemed as though the days have been two hours long and not a lot gets done! There is so much going on in the world right now. Some days you can feel the stress, anxiety and irritation out in the mass consciousness. Closer to home, you may feel as though you don’t know who you are or what you are doing. Although you may feel that your world has turned upside down, if you look closely, I bet you can find some “good” in what is happening. Even in what may appear as the darkest moments in your life, what can you focus on that brings you out of the dark and into the light being motivated to move forward with your life? Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. ~ Eckhart Tolle When a relationship ends, you have to move out of your home or a job gets eliminated, it may feel like your world is falling apart. Can you look at what is happening and turn it around into something positive? You can be the victim or choose to take the experience and grow from it. Whatever you are going through, use it to be in a better place the next time. You will know what worked or didn’t work for you in the relationship that ended. You can make changes within yourself so that your new relationship will be stronger and more in alignment with who you truly are. In losing a job, think of it as freeing you to explore another job or career that may be more suited to what you love and are good at doing. In having to find a new home it gives you the opportunity to say “I’ve always wanted to live in the Northeast so I am going to look for a home there.” Major changes like these can be just what you need to get you moving in the direction you are really meant to move in. Perhaps you are not experiencing major changes but more of a daily or weekly change in one or several areas of your life. These changes can pile up on each other and begin to overwhelm you. You wonder when is it all going to end. That is where you, your attitude and the creator within you come together to make the world that you want to live in. What changes can you make that allow you to switch your world from overwhelm and frustration to one of endless, or at least several, possibilities? Look outside the box for these opportunities. Open yourself up to allow for new options. One thing is for sure, the world as we knew it, even five years ago, does not exist today! Whatever changes you are experiencing, major or small, know that they can help you get on a path of who you truly are and who you are meant to be. You can resist the changes or “go with the flow” as the changes occur. Either way, the changes will happen! Thank you for liking, sharing and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you live a life you love! For more information, click the button below.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson  As many of you have experienced, everything is changing and different on Earth right now. It may seem as though there is more “ugliness” out in the world based on what you see, hear and read in the media. It feels as though things held in secret for years, even decades, are being exposed and brought to the light to be dealt with . . . finally! Some of you are experiencing great change in your own personal world. Relationships ending, jobs changing, moving your home, financial concerns. Between what is happening with you and what is happening out in the world, it may be challenging some mornings for you to even get out of bed! Some of you have expressed fear about “what will happen to me?” Or, “I don’t know what to do.” It can be difficult to move forward in your life. Right now, with all that is happening around you and with you, it is important to make YOU your #1 priority!!! Your purpose is to be your true, authentic self! It is a gift you give not only yourself but everyone around you. What does that mean? First and foremost, you must be YOU! No more being who you think you should be for your parents, partner, friends, children and work colleagues. In every relationship, you must be your true self. Have you observed yourself acting as if you are like two different people? Like the chameleon, are you changing and adapting depending on whom you are talking with? Perhaps you show up being a particular version of you when you are with one person and then you are a completely different version of you when you are with someone else. It’s the time of no more secrets. Whether the truth is coming out in the bigger world or in your own personal world, the truth will continue to come out. It may seem as though this is not a “good” thing, but in the end, it is all good! We must recognize the “dark” so we can see the “light”. It also means that you must take care of you, first and foremost! If you don’t take care of you, then you won’t be in a good place to help anyone else. When you do what is right for you, with love, it is right for everyone around you. When you are not true to yourself, it affects you in many ways. It hurts you on some level emotionally, physically, mentally and even spiritually. It is time to stop being something other than who you truly are. Do you know the true you? If not, it’s time to figure that out. Are you ready to take the step to get in touch with the true you? The way you know something is true for you is how you feel about it. Your feelings are your truth. If a belief, someone or anything does not feel “right” to you, then most likely this is not lining up with you and isn't your truth. If you get a “pit” in your stomach and you almost feel sick about something, then you know that is not in alignment with your true self. If you can stay in your heart and feel about things, then you can make a heart centered decision about what is true for you. We are moving from a completely brain centered world to also including feelings from our heart centered world when making decisions. It has become more important than ever to show up as your true authentic self. Can you imagine a world with everyone being their true authentic self in every minute? There would be transparency in every relationship. What a beautiful world that would be! Thank you for liking, sharing and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you live a life you love! For more information, click the button below.
What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. ~ Oprah Winfrey  What do you speak every day? Not what is your native language but what and how do you speak. What words do you use in the workplace, with your friends and family? Are you authentically you in your conversations with others? Are you speaking your truth? Or, are you saying what you believe the person wants to hear from you? At times you may find yourself being very careful what you say to someone. You don’t want to offend or upset the person. You pick and choose your words. You aren’t necessarily lying to the person yet you are not being completely truthful either! I’m sure there have been times when you were very concerned about what to say to a person. Perhaps you weren’t sure how they would take what you had to say. You felt they may not hear what you were saying with the message that you intended. Communication can be tricky at times. Everyone comes from a different perspective because of their own life experiences. How you say something and your body language can also greatly impact how the message is received. Writing is another form of speaking. In the current times, it can be even trickier than speaking with someone. Tests and emails can be easily misread. Something you might want to consider when you are “speaking with writing." Your health can be affected by what you do and do not say. When what you say does not line up with your truth, it can affect your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. The stress of not speaking your truth can be obvious as well as very subtle. Either way, it still causes stress! When you speak your truth from your heart, it is beneficial not only for you but also the person you are speaking with. When you first speak about something and you speak your truth with love, there is no chance later that you will have to remember the “half-truth” you told earlier. There is stress caused simply by trying to remember exactly what you told the person in the first place. Best to speak your truth! You should feel comfortable speaking your truth no matter what situation you find yourself in. No matter what you feel or say about something, it will not “line up” with everyone. So why not speak truth as you know so it is good for you? Find someone you trust that you can practice speaking your truth in a “safe space”. A place where you know that you will not be judged or criticized for what you have to say about something. Speak from your heart in a kind way knowing that this is healthy for you on so many levels. Telling someone the truth is a loving act. ~ Mai Pancoas People come in and out of our lives. Wouldn’t you rather spend your life with people who honor you and your opinion even if they don’t agree with you? Love yourself enough to be true to yourself. Then take that truth and speak with others, in love, with love. Wouldn’t it be a much different world if we all would speak our truth in the language of love? Thank you for liking, sharing and commenting below about this blog. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a Life Coach who is dedicated to help you live a life you love! For more information, click the button below.
Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. ~ Marianne Williamson  If I were to ask you if you live your life in love or fear, what would your answer be? In your day-to-day life, what do you base your actions, your decisions on? Love or fear? Everything comes from love or fear, everything! There is a countless number of feelings and emotions under the “umbrella” of love. The “feel good” feelings of joy, peace, optimism, trust, happiness, passion, excitement, etc. all are a form of love. They lift you up. They contribute to you feeling better about yourself and life in general. There are many “not so good” feelings and emotions that fall under the “umbrella” of fear. Anger, sadness, anxiety, disappointment, control, frustration, negativity, etc. are all a form of fear. These are the heavy emotions and feelings. If you stay in the energy of fear, you tend to not feel so good about your life and your world. It is a conscious choice in every moment how you perceive something and how you allow it to make you feel. You can look for the “good” in something and focus on that. Or, you can see only the “bad” in the same thing and focus on that aspect of it. Your choice. What do you choose to allow into your life? Some of you reading this probably are wondering if I am crazy when I asked the last question. In your mind, you don’t “allow” the negative things to happen to you. You may feel they are done “to” you. It is common to play the “blame game” with everything and everyone in your life. We all have done it, including myself when I was younger. I didn’t realize that I was responsible for how I perceived something. Now I realize I am the only one who can experience something and decide the outcome of that experience for myself. I bet you know someone who has had what you would consider a horrifying experience and they were able to find the blessings in that experience. Not always easy to focus on the good in such an experience. When you have something very personal happen in your life, would you rather look at the experience with love or fear? Knowing what you know about the “feel good” feelings of love, wouldn’t you rather live your life with those feelings and emotions? Can you understand that regardless of what has happened, you will feel better when you focus on the good in everything and everyone. You have a choice . . . feel good or feel bad. I know it is hard at times to focus on the positive with what is happening in the world around you. Life happens. There are bills to pay, health issues, job responsibilities and the list goes on. When you are experiencing something that may not be so positive, can you consciously tell yourself that you are going to find the good in what is happening? Or, can you think positive thoughts about the outcome? I can tell you that your life will feel more in the flow and positive when you are able to look for the good in your life. One other factor that may help you be more positive is the implications for your health and overall well-being. When you have negative thoughts and feelings, your physical, mental and emotional bodies are under great stress. You are setting yourself up for illness. This is a proven scientific fact. At first it may seem like a lot of work to focus on the good in your life. For some of you, it may take time for you to make this shift in your thinking and understanding. Even if you can change your feelings about one thing a day from fear to love, you are helping yourself tremendously. Make a commitment to yourself. Look for the good in everyone and everything. Do it for you! Your life, your choice . . . love or fear! Thank you for sharing, liking and commenting below. Feedback is always welcome. Are you ready to live the life you desire and deserve? Julie Wilson is a life coach that is dedicated to help you live a life you love! For more information, click the button below.
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