Ahhh…this is me after my SECOND walk of the day! What the?!

It was heavenly.

The first walk I treated myself to a walk on the beach, with NO dogs, NO phone, and NO ONE else.

Can you tell I needed a little alone time?!

I love my walks with my dogs and that’s what my second walk was…

But…sometimes we need a complete break. As Mom’s we tend to take a lot on, and sadly our own needs get put on the back burner.

And sometimes we just need a complete break from all people and all things.

But the interesting thing is I love walks in nature, but I don’t allow myself to go alone very often.

We have two Australian Shepards who need a lot of exercise, and it’s taken years to allow myself to fit a long walk into the schedule, nevermind two in one day!

This was earlier this week, and I even ended up having a third that day. Unheard of. My husband and I took the dogs on the local trail later that night, and what I loved about this was it was a great way to catch-up on the day while giving ourselves and the dogs a little exercise.

But back to my beach walk…

Of course the most magical thing happened…as I felt more calm and grounded…the ideas starting pouring in.

Next steps for my rental property business, new ideas for my coaching business, and solutions to some personal issues.

And I was reminded yet again, this is why self-care makes such a big difference.

We become calm, grounded, and then…empowered.

We make decisions from this place.

And this is directly connected to the results we create.

We still have to take inspired action, but that’s just it.

We’re much more inspired to take the action!

Because we’re excited and have the energy to do so!

So what can you do that you love, that’s just for you?

Go on and schedule it!

❤️❤️❤️

I had the best time at my book signing last weekend at our local spiritual shop, Neiki, in town. Since writing my book I have had the pleasure of getting to know the store owner and I am just so grateful our paths have crossed. Having support and love from other business owners is so powerful. Especially when we run our own businesses and don’t have the typical support we would in a corporate setting.

Speaking of other female business owners, a friend of mine who runs her own business let me know she really resonated with something I posted on social media the other day and I’ve been thinking more about it…

Just because people don’t share their struggles on social media doesn’t mean they don’t have any struggles to share.

I think what happens is that we lose sight of the fact that we are all STRUGGLING.

Struggling with something. Whether it’s not knowing where your next client is coming from, a health issue, looking after elderly parents, juggling work and kids, or parenting teenagers (🙋🏻‍♀️ that’s my current struggle, er I mean lesson).

We ALL have something we’re going through regardless of how much personal development work we’re doing.

But I do find the more work we do work on ourselves, meaning identifying our own wounds and triggers, we do become more aware and can let things go more easily.

So when things do pop-up, because there is no shortage of problems and they will continue to arise, we can zoom out ~ you can literally close your eyes and zoom high above the situation at hand and look down on it ~ which will help you have a shift in perspective. Because as we work on ourselves, this is ultimately what we’re doing.

Having a shift in perspective.

From fear to love, which is the ultimate miracle 💙

Where we’re able to see the situation (and ourselves) with clarity. This state of being equates to a loving, calm and grounded energy.

Which leads to compassion, and seeing the solutions there for us. We are more resourceful and more loving.

Truly a winning combination.

So remember this next time you think someone has it all on social media. And remember you also don’t have to share your struggles unless you want to.

I typically share after I moved through something, with the intention that maybe the lesson I’ve learned might help someone else.

You might be different. Maybe having extra support while you’re going through something is helpful. While other times, maybe you need to go inward and take a social media break.

But please, just because you are a coach, teacher, business owner, etc., it does not mean you have to be perfect and have it together all of the time. That is just an unhealthy expectation that is setting you up to not feel good about yourself when stuff happens.

Whatever your fancy, cut yourself a break. You are amazing whatever you are currently going through 💜

After a year of working on this next home in Costa Rica, losing out on two others in the process, we finally closed on this property today and it’s absolute perfection! The builder thought of everything and we are so grateful 💛

This photo shows the exact vision I kept seeing when we were deciding whether or not to go for it…seeing myself sitting on the back deck with a coffee overlooking nature …

And what’s funny is when I was tuning into whether or not this was the right decision…I didn’t even know there was a back deck.

We found out afterward there was going to be this amazing deck.

And then later the builder had to move the entire house (easier there than in the US, but still a big undertaking), after realizing he did not adhere to the laws in place since part of the property is considered a nature reserve, with backing on to a river and green space.

And I was like, “but what about the deck?!”

And it all worked out to keep it, they just made it smaller but it’s still huge!

And so what is the difference between being guided and forcing what you want?

This to me has been the biggest lesson in manifesting…

Listening versus forcing.

So often we’re trying to force things we think we want to create. But we don’t always know what is truly in our best interest – is it an ego goal or loving creation 🤔

It helps to ask why we want what we do for sure, but we can talk ourselves into thinking we know because we’re trying to force something to happen. Knowing the difference in our own bodies is helpful too.

But the biggest one for me, is tuning in and asking to be shown what is best. I had a combination of this years ago when I wanted to move to California.

The desire to move to California was a dream I’ve had since I was 8 years old. So when the dream resurfaced years later, I knew in my heart I wanted to live here. This was a dream made out of love and co-creating. In hindsight even these thoughts and ideas are coming from something bigger than us that we’re all a part of and connected to.

But then something interesting happened and it was the same with this Costa Rica house. When I started visualizing what it would be like to be there, I started seeing more of a vision of it. It was nothing I had seen before or was trying to make happen. I saw myself and my family walking alongside massive cliffs on the beach in Southern California. I had never been to a part like that before that I was trying to envision. And that’s where we live now.

For the deck in Costa Rica, I didn’t know there was a deck and I kept seeing myself having coffee on it!

It’s the wildest thing…but we all have this. Whether it shows up as seeing, hearing, feeling, sensing, etc.

It’s our intuition. It’s how the universe guides us.

Whether it’s through those initial ideas and thoughts, or visions along the way.

It’s about tuning in and trusting it.

Knowing it has our back.

And I don’t know about you, but I would way rather trust this divine all knowing, then the ego trying to talk me into stuff that might seem great but is not in my best interest at the end of the day.

So tune in, what is your intuition truly telling you?

And how do you know what is your intuitive guidance?

The best way to start recognizing it is to look at past examples.

When have you followed the guidance and it’s worked out? When you just “knew”.

Where did you feel it in your body?

What about visualizing?

When did you just have some type of a vision around something versus forcing it?

That is the guidance we can all trust.

And trust it to show-us every step of the way.

But we do all have an ego, that’s trying to throw us off a path of love, joy, and peace, that’s just one big distraction!

So we have to keep tuning in, and start strengthening making decisions that are in alignment with the guidance. and that’s why self-care is so powerful. It creates the space (and vibe) to do this.

I hope you are on track to creating your hearts desires.

And if not, or you would like a little help, did you know we have an amazing team of coaches over at Decisions-by-Design? Who are specialized in lots of different areas, but all certified in the deeper subconscious exercises and self-care for success mentality though my program.

We can pair you up, or you can choose who you resonate with! Fill out our quiz here and we always offer a complimentary connection call to see how we can help and make sure that we can.

I had the absolute pleasure of being on “The Hunt” earlier this week with Trish Hunt!

She interviewed me and Steve Ferroni, as in the drummer from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers! How cool is that?!

And I even got to jam with him!

Just kidding…

What’s funny is my publicist (who’s in another state) is the one who connected us, and it turns out Trish and I live 7 minutes apart! How fun?!

This week I’m sharing a clip from the show 🙂 It really brought me back to how scary it was to leave my corporate job and start my business…

If you are just starting out or still plugging away and not quite where you want to be, DON’T GIVE UP!

You can do this! I talk a lot about the beliefs that hold us back as women in my new book. I hope you were able to take advantage of the digital sale! And what’s crazy is there was a glitch and it’s still on!

So go grab your copy now here as I’m sure it will get fixed soon!

And remember to submit your receipt# here and you will also get my “Self-care for Success” online course where you will have a shift right in the first lesson 💜

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