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10 practices for a happier life

March 26, 2012

1.  Practice being aware of your thoughts.  Noodle them around as if they are each written on a sliver of paper.  Consider them before you decide they are true. No judging…just noodling.  Feel the sensations that each thought brings to you.  Do you feel fear or anxiety? Do you feel peace?  Notice how you are with your thoughts. Keep the ones that serve you, and turn around the ones that don’t until they do. Awareness is always a beautiful first step.

2.  Practice limiting exposure to news, politics, commercials, crappy TV, and beauty magazines.  There are so many under the radar messages here that can be extremely conducive to fear, self-criticism, and more fear. These messages drain your energy and confuse your mind.  Practice paying  attention to what you fill your conscious and subconscious mind with.

3.  Practice exposing your mind to soul-full writing, authors, public and nature TV, spiritual teachings, message of compassion, love, acceptance, TED Talks, art, etc.  These messages tend to increase or soothe energy and uplift your mind. Practice feeding your conscious and unconscious mind things that contribute to wellness, love, kindness, creativity, and compassion.

4.  Practice noticing the TRUTH, BEAUTIES, & ABUNDANCE already in your life.  Start a daily practice of TBA’s (notice 5 Truths, 5 Beauties, and 5 Appreciations already in your life and already true).  Pick a friend or two and share these together every single day. Watch how this practice shifts your attention and energy and increases abundance in your life.

5. Practice getting out in to nature.  Find something green, growing, alive, colorful, thriving, and notice it.  Take a walk or hike, sit at the edge of a lake, pond or even better, the ocean and feel the peace of the water.  Hug a HUGE tree and allow yourself to feel the ages of energy stored and shared through it.  Put your feet –without shoes or socks in the grass, sand, dirt and connect to the earth.  Allow the sun to shine on your face and breathe in fresh air.

6.  Practice move your booty and your body.  Get your blood pumping and your muscles gently moving.  Stretch, yoga, walking, hiking, biking– something other than the couch or the computer or the bed.  MOVE that AMAZING gift of your BODY.

7.  Practice owning your fingerprints and your shit.  Yep- take responsibility for yourself. You created the you you are..and the state you are in through your own choices.   Even if a tree fell out of the sky and knocked you silly and broken, you still own the choices and beliefs and attitude you have about that event.  Own your shit.  No more victim and blame. And quit bearing the responsibilities that belong to others.  As my friend and client Britt says, “What is MINE to do?”

8.  Practice OWNING  your fabulous, sacred, amazing self!  You are SACRED.  You are a GIFT. You are WORTHY and you are ENOUGH.  Begin to see yourself through the eyes of Source.  No more downplaying the beauty that your are. No more downplaying your gifts..See yourself as sacred and practice BEING your true self in the world! Your specific thread is an important and lovely part of the whole tapestry of life.

9.  Practice letting others be exactly who they are.  Practice releasing your judgements of others.  Those thoughts really just upset your balance and block the flow of love.  Let that crap go.  DECIDE to release criticism and your opinions of others.  They are all made up stories anyway.   Then you ask…”What do I believe? What do I think instead?”  Well, if you have a judgement of others… hold up a mirror and see what is staring back at you?

10.  Practice listening to your Inner Whisper (coined by Kayla Burns Floyd).  There are so many voices in our lives from the moment we are conceived.  Even in the womb you hear the voices of your mother and the people around her.  Through out life– we tune in to a number of influential voices…and we tune out influential voices.  Often, we are so disconnected from the “still, small voice” inside.  The voice of your TRUE NATURE, your INNER WISDOM, GOD WITHIN…what ever you want to call it….tap in and turn up the volume on this voice.  Seek companionship and conversation with this voice– listen to her promptings and nudges.  Here’s the thing, though.  She isn’t egotistical and she won’t bully you for attention.  She won’t DEMAND you hear her.  You Inner Whisper is lovingly waiting for you to turn her volume up– waiting for relationship with you.  Choose an intimate and daily relationship with your Inner Whisper.

 

 

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My word of the year this year chose me, I didn’t My word of the year this year chose me, I didn’t choose it.

The word?

JOY.

It feels so fitting this week, as I played with what I was going to share with you on the podcast, the word “joyful” just kept coming up with “ambition” and I loved the way “joyful ambition” sounded.

It made me think about what’s required to have joyful ambition, what ambition really is, and how we can let it be fully part of us.

I’m sharing my reflections around these questions and YOUR amazing responses to my question of “what is ambition” (SO COOL to hear from you all, thank you for sharing your thoughts!) on the show today.

It’s my hope that this episode will help respark the ambition inside you if needed and will encourage you to allow yourself to be the ambitious person that you are.

Listen at the link in my bio, or wherever you usually enjoy the show, and if you want to add your definition of ambition to my collection, share with me below!
Hey.... be sure and #rest. Profound engagement req Hey.... be sure and #rest. Profound engagement requires profound DISengagement and downtime. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been requiring much more rest these last few weeks.

My tired lil brain likes to try and use that weariness to “should” on me... tell me I’m falling behind. Does your brain start to spin when you are tired? Yep. That’s not a sign to push through.... that’s a sign to slow down. 

You are NOT behind, you are not gonna miss out on anything. It’s important To sustain your body and soul.

This morning it was nice to put the phone and computer away for a while and play 18 holes of nature frisbee golf.... just to be outside. This afternoon is naps and chill time. Work can wait till Monday .... especially if your soul needs a bit of rest.

If you’re on fire and it feels good, go fast. You do YOU. No comparison or competition.

Xoxox,
Oh and do drink some water! Hydration helps.
Do you know how to feel good? Even better, do you Do you know how to feel good? Even better, do you know how to feel difficult emotions?  Grab you a copy of my Feel Good Guide!  The link is in my bio! 
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#feelgoodguide #breatheyall #howtofeelbetter #manageemotions #selfleadership #mindset #lifecoachingforwomen #overwhelmedbylife #slowdowntospeedup #betterlifebetterwork #authenticandmbtious #transparentleadership
Don't forget... We "breathe y'all" so we can get Don't forget...

We "breathe y'all" so we can get back to center, to get back to ambition, to get back to BEing.

So breathe y'all, we're here and we're doing our very best.

Authentic & Ambitious,

Allison
I remember the first time I shared something from I remember the first time I shared something from behind the curtain of my life on a public stage. 

2008. It was in Austin, at the convention center Hilton. I was on stage, on a panel of successful Productivity coaches. 

I shared something about my mental health.... struggling for a lifetime with depression and anxiety....AND managing to run a successful coaching practice. 

After that session - I had a line 50 yards long of other coaches from around the country lined up to meet me.  All they wanted to say was, “thank you.... me too... you give me hope.”

A few days later I was talking with my mentor and the CEO of our coaching org.  I mentioned the impact my unusual (at the time authenticity was not cool) share... and she looked at me with steel, disapproving eyes, “I would have NEVER...” she barked at me. 

Well I did. And my heart 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤, other people needed to know that there were humans behind the leadership curtain.  Real live people, with messy, real lives, figuring out a way to thrive and prosper, not financially and emotionally. 

It only took two more years of wrist slapping and disapproval (I made them too much money for them to kick me out) at that company to get the guts to go out on my own. 

Unemcumbered, free to be me. 

It hasn’t always been pretty, or professional, and I’m SURE it has cost me business. But it has never cost me my soul. It has never cost me the gift of being fully me. 

And even that took practice and exploration. 

Be with people, clients, jobs, family, and friends, that you can be your full self with. 

Be outrageously authentic and your ambitions will be fulfilled. 

💛,
Your favorite life and business coach. 
Allison.
Doors closing! Y'all know how much I love my Soul Doors closing!

Y'all know how much I love my Soul-Full Success program.

It's truly a place where my Soulies and I grow, learn and SUPPORT each other.

It's where we can ask questions like: What do you want to create? What do you want to be known for? Who are you becoming in 2021? Where specifically do you want to stretch and grow?

I'm so damn proud of this community and all the work, both for Life and Biz, that Soulies put in.

And in order to create the sacred space that is Soul-Full Success, I can't continuously let people join.

So I'll be closing the doors to join us tonight, so I can focus on supporting those who are in the community.

I don't say this to scare or taunt you, I say this to be honest and transparent and hopefully motivate you if this is something you have been thinking about.

I want the RIGHT people in Soul-Full Success. Those that are ready to do the inner and outer work. Those that are looking for more authenticity and ambition in their life. Those that are ready to show up for themselves, their business, and their gifts.

If this is you, apply to join us at the link in my bio. If this isn't you, thanks for following along anyways, happy to share this space with you!
Here’s some truth: I’ve been told: * Your re Here’s some truth:

I’ve been told:

* Your relationship with your husband is awful. I can’t have you as a coach.  Oh. And why would anyone pay 188/month for your coaching. That’s insane. 

* I think you are codependent and need me to suffer. It’s all about you. 

* This podcast is awful. Why is all that noise in the background? Is she writing. I can hear markers squeak, squeak, squeak.  Horrible. 

* You are too authentic. 

* It’s your fault my marriage is a mess. 

* I wouldn’t wish friendship with you on my worst enemy.

* You are a liberal Satanist snowflake

* You are an asshole. 
♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎♒︎

.... to these people.... all these things are true and I’m ok with it. 

Stop stopping because of those who won’t align with you.  Keep sharing your heart and showing your work for the ones that need what you are sharing. 

Ps:
I AM a liberal snowflake. 
I believe in Aliens 👽 and Ghosts 👻 and NDE.
I watch way too much tv and I love it. 
I “hear” things audibly many people don’t. 
I see colors on people when I look. 
I believe in science and in the climate crisis. 
Human behavior fascinates me. 
I have a hot temper. Way less worse than it used to be. 
I believe in alternative and western medicine. 
I voted for Hillary. 
I am a better coach than I am friend. 
I am an asshole. Totally. 
I really hate Amazon but clearly I value convenience and comfort more than justice. 
My coaching is 333$/month or 18k+ a year. 
And....
I put pineapple on my pizza. 

I love me. 
💛
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