The Ups and Downs of Impermanence
Everything ends. The parts of your life that you love and the parts of your life that cause you great discomfort. So how do you reconcile this? How do you come to terms with both sides of life’s coin?
Intention for the Week: ALLOW
This simple experience showed me how much our efforts to control the flow and outcomes of situations can cause us stress. The reason for this is simple: when we try and control how something goes, we immediately put expectations on its outcome and, by doing this, we set ourselves up for either succeeding or failing. We build a wall made up of some arbitrary standard against which we measure our performance against and, as such, we can either win or lose, succeed or fail. Think about something in your life that you are currently fighting against? What would it look like if you loosened your grip on the reigns and just allowed?
Childhood Messaging: did they validate your sense of self?
As a young child, if you get told, whether directly or subtly, that expressing who you are in a certain way is wrong, what message is that communicating to you? And, furthermore, what behaviors do you then adopt in order to self-correct?
You are exactly where you are supposed to be
It’s hard to accept that life is as it is meant to be when everything is hard. It takes a trust in the universe that is often beyond our strength. But there is always an uphill to get to the view at the top and there is always a winter before the magic of spring. In the cycles of your life, perhaps you are exactly where you are meant to be.
How to stay happy, with Lee Buckton
“When you are beaming with light, that’s the best way to help someone with their darkness.” On this episode, I talk to fellow South African and friend, Lee Buckton. With spirituality, wellness, and music at the front of his life, Lee is always seeking. In fact, this curious nature brought him across the Atlantic and to Atlanta where he runs his own, thriving dog training business. We talk about how curiosity and continually seeking helps you to grow and discover your true self. He shares the importance and meaning around staying in alignment with your vibrational set point and how to manage difficult emotions. Through his insights and efforts, Lee has found a way to always return to happiness and …