self-confidence wanted

self-confidence is low
doubting
no faith and trust

low because of challenges
low because of struggles
low because of unmet expectations

it’s harder to be positive when struggling
doubt and fear find a way to sneak in
spiraling negative thoughts

this is a time when positive energy
and self-confidence are needed

what is doubt?

  • fearing capability
  • fearing failure
  • fearing judgement
  • not believing worthy
  • not believing deserving

thoughts and imagination negative
worry quick in mind
imagining worse case scenarios
(which is a 1% chance of happening)

why worry?
why doubt?
why fear?

it is part of being human
struggles and challenges
ups and downs are life

open to awareness of what you want
help you grow and become your best
challenge you be your authentic genuine being

how stop doubt?

how do you stop worry?
how do you stop doubt?
how do you stop fear?

how do you be confident?
how do you be positive thinking?
how do you have a positive attitude?

gratitude

i am happy and grateful now!
i am happy and grateful now that…

affirmations and mantras
to repeat in your mind
to stop the negative train of thought

visualizing and imagining
who do you want to be?
what do you want to do?
what do you want to experience?

what works for you to stop
worry doubt and fear?

  • gratitude
  • affirmations
  • visualizing
  • mantras
  • imagining
  • journaling
  • being in nature
  • meditating
  • exercise
  • singing

be aware of your thoughts
be aware of what works for you to stop negative thoughts

live your truth!

easy and simple

life can be easy and simple
but there are so many gray areas

contradicting wants
do i know what i really want?
what’s most important if they are contradicting?

maybe some of it’s old beliefs
still overpowering new beliefs

old habits
still overpowering new habits

for who i want to be
what i want to do

to be
be!

it seems so easy
in my mind it’s easy

maybe it’s not supposed to be easy
so we experience life
challenge is growth

still
i look forward to simply being!

living in the moment
present
connected
love
truth
gratitude
joy
serenity

live your truth!

re-balance

life is constant re-balancing
what, or where, do you feel that life isn’t how you want it to be?

do you feel that you are off balance, or out of control?
should you have control?
what’s needed is to let go and allow

what should you allow?
what do you want?
what’s most important to you?

what’s important in this moment?
will a certain outcome for this moment, this challenge
this time in your life, have as big of an effect that you are feeling now?

can you let go the overwhelm, control, stress, anxiety and allow life to flow?
let life flow to a new balance

live your truth!

what to choose

when life comes at you full on, what do you choose?
how do you respond?

are you aware to what’s most important to you?
or are you stuck in anger? stress? overwhelm?

are you making choices by others expectations or your expectations?
what are your values?
what are your needs?
what do you want?

when life is challenging how do you react?
what’s going on in your body?
what’s going on in your mind?
what are you feeling?

what’s most important to you?
is your choice guided by your values?
is your choice guided by your needs?
is your choice guided by your wants?

live your truth!

gratitude growth

how do you live in life’s challenges and celebrations?
life is ups and downs, ebbs and flows
who do you be? what do you do?
when life experiences and moments are challenging?

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do you feel love and gratitude?
are you positive and happy?
do you have gratitude in growth?
in being, in doing and in experiencing

do you have love? curiosity?
do you let go and allow?
do you choose positive?
do you choose what’s most important to you?

choose love and gratitude
choose to be positive and happy
choose gratitude in the experiences and moments
in being, in doing and in experiencing

live your truth!

remain positive

remain calm
remain positive
remain calm is a common phrase. why isn’t remain positive?

are you positive?
what does being positive mean to you?
what would remaining positive mean to you?

we are facing challenges every day
multiple challenges every day
good and bad challenges (why label at all, they can all have good)

the challenges that we face, are also some of our greatest celebrations
our most important celebrations
what we are most grateful for in our lives

what are your celebrations?
what are you most grateful for?
do your celebrations, gratitude, and challenges relate to one another in some way?

challenges can bring you down
drain your positivity
what is your positivity right now?

what do you do to remain positive?
what do you do to raise your positivity?
what are you grateful for?

be positive!
live your truth!

up and down

up and down!
life challenges!
what should you choose?
what should you do?
how do you let go?
what should be pushed?
how should you guide?
who are you being?
who do you want to be?

good and bad
who decides? it just is
nothing is good, nothing is bad
it’s a life experience
all life experience is good
how do you respond to your life experiences?
what can you learn from your life experiences?
what are you experiencing?
what do you want to experience?

are you doing all that you can?
what are you questioning?
who do you want to be?
will you do it?
will you be the you that you want to be?
will you do what you want to do?
will you do what you want to experience?

are you grateful?
sometimes yes, sometimes no
be present
allow others being
in my challenges and ups and downs of life experiences
this is some of who i want to be
and some of what i want to do

who do you want to be?
what do you want to do?
what do you want to experience?

live your truth!

growth

life is growth

where do you see growth around you now?

what growth do you want?

wood light vacation picnic

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do you fear change and challenges?

change and challenges are opportunities for growth. many challenges are created from our dreams and desires to be more, to do more, to experience more.

wanting more, is creating challenge and growth. wanting creates change.

change and challenge are things to be grateful for.

what in your life has looked like challenge that you can look at now and see growth?

 

what challenges and growth have made you you?

who do you want to be?

what do you want to do?

what do you want to experience?

what growth and challenges do you want to experience to create all that you want?

dream. grow. create.

live your truth!

what’s your journey?

taking action to achieve my goals has been a lot like taking a canoe journey. when paddling a canoe, to move forward you paddle on both sides of the canoe. in life, to achieve your vision, you take action on goals in all areas of your life.

every journey and goal is different; you never know what your challenges will be, or when you will be challenged during your journey. the effort required to paddle, to take action towards your vision and goals can and will change.

our goals are like the ripples in the water from paddling the canoe, one expanding into another, effecting and joining one another.

brown wooden canoe near trees

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on my various canoe journeys i’ve had many different experiences. i’ve been able to paddle leisurely. i’ve been faced with a challenge; a light wind, a strong wind, rain, or a change in direction.

in life there are times when your priority and focus will be on one area of your life and you will spend more time on the goals related to that area of your life to grow and achieve your vision. in these moments paddling, or taking actions for your goals, will be slow and steady to keep you moving forward.

on my canoe adventures i have had to change directions to make it to my destination. changing directions in a canoe requires you paddle more on one side of the canoe than the other. i have changed directions and was going into the wind so i needed to use more focused effort and energy. i have moved into a new direction and the wind was less and the paddling was easier because i wasn’t fighting against the wind.

there are times in life that you need to change directions, the goals you have may no longer be leading you to the vision that you have for yourself. in life changing your goals to achieve your vision may require more discipline and focus, or the goal may be easier because you are not fighting against the challenges that you faced going in the wrong direction.

there are times when i’ve been paddling in the right direction but a strong wind challenged me and i put forth a lot of energy and effort. paddling through challenges requires more determination and focus on your final destination in order to arrive to it. i didn’t let the wind stop me from reaching my destination; i’ve had to paddle with stronger and quicker strokes, i’ve had to move closer to shore stop and let the wind calm or the rain pass. i’ve gone with the flow letting the current carry me to rest, refresh and rejuvenate before continuing on my journey. i’ve had to ask for help in paddling, both to stop paddling and to begin paddling.

there are times when taking action on your goals you will have challenges; negative feelings of overwhelm doubt or worry, negative opinions from others, or a change in another area of your life. it is important to keep taking action towards your goals and move through and grow through the challenges you will face.

i have felt overwhelm when trying to achieve my goals. and the overwhelming feeling is accompanied with thoughts of doubt and worry, and questions of “how?” and “am i going to make it through?” at these times i take time to become aware of where i am, where i’ve been focusing my energies and actions. have i been taking action on one area of my life and neglecting another that i am out of balance and need to realign? do i need to let go and go with the flow?

most often when overwhelm tries to get to me it is because i’m not prioritizing my life and i haven’t had balance for too long. not too long ago i was feeling overwhelm and i became aware that it was because i wasn’t putting my health – specifically my physical activity as a priority. i was neglecting my morning exercise; running, yoga strength and stretching. and i know that when i’m not physically active, i’m affected in all areas of my life. it’s like ripples in the water disturbing and merging with the others. i’m not able to do my best, because i’m not physically my best.

it is important while on your journey, taking action to reach your goal, that you enjoy the journey! happiness comes from the experiences on your journey, not from reaching the final destination. reaching your final destination, achieving your goals is a time for celebration. during your journey and at the end of your journey practice being in present moment awareness. and as one journey ends, be ready for a new journey to begin.

enjoy the challenges of your journey!

live your truth!