Hi Everyone, Do you ever feel that life is simply against you? That no matter how hard you try, you simply can’t get things to go in your favor? Or perhaps you’re simply trying to cram in all the things that you need to get done, not only for yourself but for your family and loved ones. Perhaps they are things that you don’t feel you have a choice to say no to.
Well last week I had exactly one of those weeks, my partner had last week off, he said he was going to work on some house projects during the beginng of the week and then we were going to take the last few days of the week to visit a place he has longed to visit since we moved to WNY, Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of Fame. So needless to say I had the dates marked off in my calendar and planned on working the first half of the week and then while traveling I was going to listen in on a work meeting and the then next day I would attend my training online and chat with and a client in the afternoon.
Do you ever get that feeling that once you’ve schedule time off, that’s when your needed most, or that’s when special projects are due, or something happens that needs your attention. Yup, you guessed it! I had a busy week already but for some reason my online scheduler allowed clients to schedule on “my set days off”. So once I realized this, my blood pressure went up, my body temperature increased and I had a feeling of panic. Why, because after promising my partner that we were going to Cooperstown I was not going to be the one to put a wrench in our plans.
Thankfully, I have wonderful clients and I was able to re-work my schedule by adding am hours and later evening hours to accommodate those already on my schedule. However, it did mean that the beginning of my week was super busy and crunched on time. In my prep for the morning I would say a silent prayer of “God, please help me get through this week.” Thankfully, I had a couple of cancellations, so my really busy schedule, turned into just a busy schedule actually allowing me time to breath between appointments.
Have you ever done this, had a schedule from He!! that seemed impossible before you even started? That you started to feel stressed and anxious before it even started? Why do we let ourselves get to this point?
For me, I was not going to let my partner down. Interestingly enough when we arrived at our Airbnb for our stay, there was no internet, which we later found out was due to a storm that swung through before our arrival, but the location and simply the place all together really did not work for us. So after all ready being stressed, we are on vacation at our destination and the place we are to use as our home base is not so homey.
“Breath Vickie, just breath” this was my mantra. We decided to make the best of it, we grabbed a bit out, reached out to the owners and tried to settle in for a good nights sleep. The owners were hard to connect with, we still had no internet and our set destination was 40 minutes away (location in the description was not as stated). So….. needless to say we headed towards our destination and found a park to enjoy the beautiful views where we could just breath and be thankful for what we did have. I had to skip my training that am, and while it frustrated me initially I simply had to listen to my intuition, we are on vacation, my partner is excited to be here, we are healthy and fortunate and stop trying to control things that are not meant to be. Taking the time to walk the pups, connect with my partner and laugh and enjoy the sights was exactly what I needed. Yes, I paid money for the missed course but ultimately I had a wonderful day sight seeing and spending time with my family doing the things that we love to do, so it was the better decision.
Does this ever happen to you? You take the time to make the plans, figure out the schedule, have a time line and then something outside of your control happens and all those grand plans simply have to get thrown out the window. How do you respond when this happens, do you “roll with the punches”? Typically I would say yes, I’m a roll with the punches kind of gal, but if I’m exhausted and didn’t get a good night and nobody else did well let’s just say this is hard.
Interestingly when I think back to when I was making the reservations I remember reviewing the property and getting a sense that this wasn’t the right place, my stomach just didn’t feel right, but because of location, the price and the fact that we could bring our kids Kuma (an American Eskimo) and Athena (an Lagotto Romagnolo) our options were limited. So I went with my logic, my head, and didn’t listen to my intuition and guess what… the property was not right for us.
Has this ever happened to you, you’ve had a decision to make, you make your list of the pro’s and the con’s and then you do the numbers and things seem to add up so you go with your logic instead of listening to your gut instinct that says no. Ok, you may be asking, what do you mean, when your body says “NO”?
We are wired with 3 different brains, we have our logic brain in our head, or magnetic brain in our heart, and our intuitive brain in our gut. Doesn’t it make sense to you to make decision using only our logic brain when we have access to 3 sources of information?
The challenge is being able to learn and interpret the information that we get from our magnetic brain (heart) and from our intuitive brain (gut). These other two brains do not have a connection to the part of the brain that has language so instead we need to understand what different feelings in our body mean.
For example, I know I need to say something, when I get a tight feeling in my throat. I have learned that this sensation is telling me to speak up. Another sensation I get, is when the hair on my arms stands up and I get instant goosebumps. This means I need to do the action that brought this on, it also means the same when a client mentions something and I get the same sensation.
These are just a couple of ways that I have deciphered the messages that my body is communicating to me. When I follow this guidance my days and plans go very smoothly and things that I have wanted more of, are magnetically drawn to me. This is what heart centered living is about, it’s about learning the language of your body so that you can make decisions that resonate and align for you. When you make decisions based on this information you will not have the universe work against you but for you.
If you’d like to learn more about BodyMind living then I invite you to schedule a discovery call to see if it’s a fit for you, or perhaps you have a loved one or friend that you think could benefit from this. Click here for more information. I’m looking forward to connecting with you.
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