I got to be a kid again!  What a blast!!!

I got to be a kid again.  Water fun, splashing, swimming, diving, being with friends.  I was fortunate enough to spend some time at a beautiful lake with friends this summer and what a transformation it gave me!  I felt younger, healthier, happier and more ALIVE than I’d felt all summer long. Sometimes what we need comes in such simple but beautiful ways.  Just being blessed enough to spend time in the gorgeous summer sun, by a clean lake surrounded by woods and nature with friends…well, I can’t even tell you how soul enlivening that was!  I survived with no cell service (which I hardly use anyway since it seems to control people’s lives) and no internet, and I felt the greatest gift of all…connecting with playful friends just being silly, swimming and enjoying the weather and life!  Ahhhhhh.  No one worried about body image, make up or wearing the right clothes.  We enjoyed being together, having healthy food, and visiting in the evenings!  I felt FABULOUS, FREE and so wonderful!!  It really awakened in me that I want to bring more of that into my everyday life.

It seems that we just turn around and there is a new phone, app, and the latest and greatest updates of EVERYTHING, but am I the only one thinking, where are we all going so fast?  …and to WHERE?  …for what?  Life has been called a rat race for years, and it seems that it’s gotten even faster.  With all the internet ways to connect, it seems we are more disconnected than ever before as well.

I’m all for being professional, but what happened to FUN?  Just because we grow out of our teens, does that mean we have to be disconnected and hurt?  Do we have to get serious?  Do we have to be mean?  Does life have to lose its frivolity and playfulness?  I don’t think so.

I remember a couple of men that I dated years ago, telling me that I smiled a lot and that I was so much fun to be around!  As I look at preschool pictures of myself, I was confident, happy, and yes, playful! I took those comments in with so much pleasure because they felt like such a compliment.  I loved being who I truly was.

When people say they’ve lost a part of themselves, I would make a slight adjustment to that belief.  It’s not gone—just covered up or buried with emotional heaviness.  Here’s some good news!

Did you know that when you experience an unexpected shock (which can happen at any age), that shock also affects parts of your brain and an associated organ in your body?  Did you know that those “shocks” can be reversed and resolved?  Isn’t that exciting?  Doesn’t that feel empowering?   So many people are walking dead, not really enjoying life, going so fast but to nowhere.  Clients tell me all the time that they want to feel safe, happy, and loved!  Are you on that path? Does it feel good?

When I begin working with clients, I ask them to do a goal/dream sheet.  Why?  So I know where they want to go, but why they aren’t going there.  I can’t tell you how many times I have heard, “I just want to be happy” or “I don’t know what I want”.  I say to them and to you, OH, YES YOU DO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT!!  People are afraid to dream, or to believe in their desires and that comes from what was modeled to you as a child, or from comments telling you that it’s not possible, or maybe you were told to stop dreaming!  Yuck!

Did you have role models that showed you how to be happy or miserable?  How to enjoy life or be sad?  How to have abundance or struggle?  Was their life in balance or were they always running and spinning?  Did they enjoy friends or never have time?  Did they believe in help from Divine Guidance or feel they were on their own in life?  Did you learn how to have a chaotic life or feel peaceful?  Did you watch struggle in action or abundance in the flow?  Did you see how to resolve relationship and life issues or how to fight?

Parents, mentors, coaches or authority figures guide you with what they know but that doesn’t mean they know the right path for you.  YOUR PATH IS YOUR INDIVIDUAL JOURNEY and once you really “get that” energetically, you start making your own decisions in adulthood.  Their guidance can only take you so far, and then it’s up to you to tweak it, pay attention to what you love, and start to really design your life.  Your desires may look and be different from how you were guided.  Is that okay, or is there pressure for you to do it like they did it?  Do you even know what you think about all of life’s options?  I also hear, “but that’s how (enter your mentor) did it”.  BUT THEY ARE NOT YOU!  They don’t have your makeup, experience, feelings, and emotions in the same way that you do.  That’s why it okay for you to be different from them.  They are living their journey, and you are living yours!  It’s okay!

Have you ever listened to what 50 year old women say?  Many of them comment about how they now do what is right for them with much less concern about what others think.  Men feel the same though you might not hear them express themselves that way.  It’s because they have gotten to a point where they’ve tried to by what everyone else wanted them to do and be, and now they want what they want.  GOOD!  It’s about time…at any age!

It’s amazing how clients resist doing my goal/dream sheet because taking that step stirs up emotions and discomfort in many ways for many reasons—which is a step to work through.  The good news is that when they finally take that step, I can really help guide them to releasing the energy, emotions, and beliefs that have them in a grip!  It’s amazing to watch the miracles that unfold when that unwanted stuff gets released and the true authentic power of a person shines through!  They blossom with joy, hope, encouragement, and HAPPINESS!  It’s like watching someone come back to life and it’s beautiful to see!

How long have you been longing for____________?  What makes your soul sing?  You might be surprised at just how much you want but aren’t getting.  What if it’s possible to create the life you want, but you haven’t used the right tools?

My website has a FREE Design Your Life Now download that will get you in touch with what you REALLY want, how you REALLY love to feel, and what is in the way.  The next step is moving out and releasing those hindering beliefs, emotions, and energy blocks.  There is also an attached video in the download to start you on your way (as a sample tapping).

Tapping can and does release and resolve those shock brain interruptions.  It can and does release and resolve old beliefs that are running in your subconscious brain.  It can and does resolve old hurts, and emotions that have buried the real you.  Your level of abundance, relationship happiness, and health are manifestations of the beliefs, emotions, and energy you hold inside of you.

What are you waiting for?  Start today.  Start now.  Share below what you think.

I can’t do be or have ___________because____________.  I’ll bet the reason is rooted in what was modeled for you, a belief, or an emotion.  You can keep waiting, OR you can bring fun and joy into your life now.  Adulthood doesn’t have to be so serious or uncomfortable.  Bring back the fun!  If you never had that as a kid, isn’t it REALLY time for you now?!