Our culture encourages us to move at a fast pace, and pushes us to accomplish, to “become somebody.” We all know this, but it’s hard not to get caught in the flow of what is supposed to be normal, so we put a lot of pressure on our bodies, living our days in a constant game of catch up and to-do lists! Our nervous systems are overloaded making us suffer from continuous surges of anxiety. We want the “sensation” of fear to go away so that we can feel better, but we don’t even know where to begin.
Read MoreThis human process is intense but is also incredible if we look at it from a certain point of view.
The way that we are right now is the way that we have NEEDED to be up until this very moment. Literally. There is nothing wrong with that. These internal programs have created survival habits in us that have kept us functional in the environment we were raised. Isn’t that amazing? How beautifully strong and innately intelligent we are.
Then our life path pivots or we have a big aha moment (or two or ten) that wakes us up inside! It could come from an internal struggle or an event that pushes us to say, “Hey wait, this doesn’t work for me anymore. I want a new way of being in the world.”
That is our moment of choice!
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