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Top 5 Solutions to Living Your Life on Purpose

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Top 5 Solutions to Living Your Life On Purpose

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Do you feel like the pressures of life are overwhelming and that the belief that

everything will work out seems so distant? Well, you aren't alone!

I can assure you that whether you are struggling in your relationships, your career,

your job, your health or your finances -there IS light at the end of the tunnel.

Almost everyone is facing challenges in one of these areas of their lives, feeling stuck and held back from living the life they truly desire

What if there was another way?

When you live your life on purpose, you are living from awareness You are creating

on purpose rather than from habitual thoughts, feelings, emotions, beliefs,

considerations and attitudes

You are stepping outside of self-imposed limitations and creating your reality from a state of consciousness

Through purposeful living you will experience more meaning and fulfillment in your life The choices that you make and the actions that you take will support you and help you to deliberately create your future

How does it get any better than that?

Solution#1

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Enhancing Your Self Awareness

Are You Feeling Like You’re Losing Your Way…Lost in the Dark?

Have you ever wondered why you keep experiencing the same things over and over again?

Maybe you keep ending up in unhealthy relationships or in other situations that aren’t serving

your mental and emotional well-being

There is a key component to living your life on purpose It’s the only thing that will allow you to change or transform anything in your life That component is SELF AWARENESS

Self Awareness is really about experiencing yourself Self Awareness is becoming conscious of who you are, why you’re feeling what you’re feeling and why you’re

behaving the way you are

It gives you an opportunity to choose something different for yourself and your life

It allows

you to experience more of life in the way that you wish to experience it

Through self awareness you will begin to see things that have been hidden from you

There are many things in your life that you know and you know that you know it For example, you know your name and you know that you know your name

There are things you feel and think that you don’t know and you know that you don’t know For example, if you have never flown an airplane before, your

thought would be that you don’t know how to fly an airplane and you know you don’t know how to fly an airplane

Then there is that which you don’t know and you don’t know that you don’t know These are the blind spots that are brought into our consciousness through self awareness

The truth is you know everything It’s your lack of self awareness and your

inability to get out of your own way that keeps you from accessing everything that you need to know

Every single belief and thought that you have ever had, every decision that you have ever made, all the judgments that you hold on to about who you are and who you aren’t, and all the conclusions that you have come to about yourself and your life are imprinted inside your subconscious or habit mind This, my friend, is

where you spend the majority of your time

Is it any wonder why you aren’t living the life you truly desire?

It is said that we spend 95% of our time creating from our subconscious mind and only 5% of the time from a conscious state of mind So what you are creating for yourself and your life is being created on automatic pilot and not on purpose

Being more conscious or aware is your ability to be present in every moment

without judgment of yourself or others It allows you to become clear and to create things deliberately in your life

When you are constantly in your head you’re creating from your limitations All of the points of view and judgments that you have from previous imprinting put

limitations on you which hinder your ability to create a different reality for

yourself There is a saying by Henry Ford that really says it all

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right”

When you become aware of all the areas in your life in which you are either aligning and agreeing or resisting and reacting to any points of view, thoughts, feelings,

emotions, beliefs, judgments, conclusions or considerations you begin to set

yourself free by reminding yourself they are just an interesting point of view

When you look at it as an interesting point of view, you are allowing it to simply be what it is, a point of view There is no judgment around it

It is your point of view that creates your reality, so if you buy into the point of view that you aren’t good enough or smart enough or deserving of, then that is the

reality that you are creating for yourself

If you aren’t aware of these things and if you don’t take responsibility for what you are creating then you are unable to transform it

Be aware of what you’re feeding your subconscious Pay attention When you become more self aware you will notice when you aren't in alignment with what you desire and that allows you to suggest something else that IS in alignment with what you choose to experience

Self awareness allows you to see where your thoughts and emotions are leading you It allows you to see how your thoughts, beliefs and emotions are controlling you and keeping you from moving forward in your life

It helps you to understand why you feel what you feel and why you behave the way you do If you don’t fully know who you are, self-acceptance and change is

impossible

Living consciously and becoming more self aware opens the doors to endless

possibilities It allows you to make conscious choices and live your life on purpose The infinite being in you ignites and you begin to make choices from that place of freedom rather than from past experience

The following tool will help you to begin the process of becoming more self aware

Tool #1 – Expanding Your Awareness

 When you ask questions it empowers you, opening many doors An answer is always more disempowering It limits the possibilities that are available to you

 Live your life being in the question Don’t look for the answer Just ask the question

 If you are faced with a challenging situation you could ask a question like

“What else is possible here?” or “What will it take to change this?” or “What are the infinite possibilities here?”

 If you are making a decision about something you could ask “Will this expand

my lifestyle?”

 If I am looking to buy something I will sometimes ask myself “Will this

benefit me and my life?” or if it’s an investment of some kind I may ask “Will this make me money?”

 After asking the question, listen to your body

 If it makes you feel good your body will expand and feel lighter and you know that it is right for you It’s your deeper truth

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 Something that is NOT going to benefit you or if it is a lie, your body will contract and begin to feel heavy

 You can experiment with this using your name Ask the question, “Is my name (use your real name) and feel your body Most often it is felt in the chest area Does it feel lighter? Now ask the same question and use a

different name You may feel a tightness or heaviness in your chest area See the difference? At a deeper level, you already know the answer

“The person in life that you will always be with the most is

yourself Because even when you are with others, you are still with

yourself, too! When you wake up in the morning, you are with

yourself, laying in bed at night you are with yourself, walking down

the street in the sunlight you are with yourself What kind of

person do you want to walk down the street with? What kind of

person do you want to wake up in the morning with? What kind of

person do you want to see at the end of the day before you fall

asleep? Because that person is yourself, and it's your responsibility

to be that person you want to be with I know I want to spend my

life with a person who knows how to let things go, who's not full of

hate, who's able to smile and be carefree So that's who I have to

be.” C JoyBell

C. Solution#2

Learning to Let Go

Is this what you’re experiencing?

Are you having trouble letting go of all those things that are keeping you stuck and in a state of emotional distress?

Learning to let go of your beliefs, emotions, thoughts, considerations, attitudes and judgments will allow you to move forward in the way that you desire

Are your thoughts and beliefs keeping You stuck?

Past programming and conditioning keep you in a place of feeling stuck It triggers thoughts and emotions that you resist or lock down and you begin to create your reality based on your alignment to those thoughts and emotions

95% of the time you’re functioning from your subconscious or habit mind You have bought into point of views that aren't even your own In fact, 98% of them don't belong to you They come from your parents, your friends, other family members, the media and many other influential factors

Some things get buried so deep inside of you that you don't even realize they exist, however you still experience the emotions and behaviors that result from them

Usually it is in the form of a reaction or resistance to them

Whatever you’re resisting WILL persist!

What if you never resisted anything in your life? What if you just allowed things to be

as they are rather than how you think they should be or for what they ought to be? What infinite possibilities would be available to you then?

Functioning from your thoughts, feelings and emotions gives you little choice and limited possibilities By not letting go they will begin to fester inside of you until they eventually surface in the physical body as symptoms of illness or dis-ease

Are you spending most of your time sitting in the problem or in the possibilities? If you spend your time dwelling on the problem then you’re feeding it energy and so you will get more of that problem

We look for answers and solutions while we’re sitting in the problem When we are putting all of our energy into the problem, we don’t have the clarity to see the

answers and solutions that are actually available to us Instead, ask yourself, “What else is possible?”

Dr Bruce Lipton, in his book “The Biology of Belief”, talks about how we live in either growth or protection For the most part we live in protection which is all

about protecting ourselves and making sure that we are okay This tells your

subconscious that you aren’t okay; that there is something you need, something you lack, something you aren’t getting or that you’re stuck

When you are in protection you are at the effect of your circumstances which doesn’t allow you to heal or evolve You become the victim of your circumstances

When you are growing, you are at the cause of your circumstances which allows you

to be in your power and gives you the ability to heal and transform

As you begin to let go and move the energy out of your body you will start to feel lighter and more expansive

When you start see to everything as energy, whether it’s a feeling, a situation or a problem, it is much easier to see how you’re able to shift or move it It is our mind that tells us otherwise

The possibilities are endless when you just allow yourself to let go!

You have a choice

Are you ready to let go?

Tool #2 – Relaxation Breath

Here is a tool that will get you started

 When you experience a feeling or emotion that you don’t want or no longer serves you pay attention to it

 Notice where it’s located in your body For instance, you may feel it in your chest area or your stomach Place one hand on that area Now focus your attention at the base of your spine

 Take 10 deep breaths, in through your nose and out through your mouth As you breathe out do so as if you were blowing out a candle Quick breathes in and out Let your body soften

 If it hasn’t completely gone after the 10 breaths then repeat it until it has

“And I told him, I said: "One day you're going to miss the subway

because it's not going to come One of these days, it's going to break

down and it's not going to come around and everyone else will just wait

for the next one or will take the bus, or walk, or run to the next

station: they will go on with their lives And you're not going to be able

to go on with your life! You'll be standing there, in the subway station,

staring at the tube Why? Because you think that everything has to

happen perfectly and on time and when you think it's going to happen!

Well guess what! That's not how things happen! And you'll be the only

one who's not going to be able to go on with life, just because your

subway broke down So you know what, you've got to let go, you've got

to know that things don't happen the way you think they're going to

happen, but that's okay, because there's always the bus, there's always

the next station you can always take a cab.” ― C JoyBell C .

Solution#3

Take Time for You

Have You Lost Sight of What’s Important to You?

If you find that you feel emotionally drained or overwhelmed, have trouble sleeping because of thoughts swirling around in your head or if you feel stressed out, it is time

to take a mental break

When was the last time you took time for you? If you’re anything like I was, you

always have an excuse for NOT taking time for yourself Usually it’s because you’re too busy Everyone and everything else comes first Sound familiar?

There are always so many activities, events and distractions going on around you that your stress levels rise which are negatively affecting your health It means

that you need to get out of your head and into your body

Whether you meditate or just do absolutely nothing it is important

When you take the time to relax and get in touch with yourself and your feelings you will find that you are much more productive You will feel less frustrated and overwhelmed, and more relaxed and balanced

You have been conditioned to believe that you have to work hard and struggle to get what you want in your life Because of that belief, you tend to continue to do exactly that You do it because you believe that you have to

Struggle is optional!

Taking time for yourself allows you to stop doing and just Be It is in the being that everything else will evolve It is when you are able to do from a place of being rather than doing from a place of doing that things become effortless

It is important to honor yourself and connect to your true self Through this deeper connection you will have greater access to your inner knowing This is where you will find more clarity and a deeper understanding of the reality that you wish to create for

Be open to receiving the gift of you by taking 15 to 20 minutes each day to spend some quiet time with just you

Take a walk in nature, sit with your eyes closed and focus on your breath as the thoughts come and go, (it is important not to resist your thoughts) or do something that nurtures you like going for a massage

You can accomplish so much more with much less effort if you just take the time What would it take to make time for you? It’s a priority

This tool will help to calm the activity in your mind

Tool #3 – Calming the Mind

 Close your eyes

 Take a couple of deep breaths to relax yourself

 Bring your focus inside your head Do your best to put your focus on your mind and get a sense of how the energy of the mind feels

 Now imagine the energy of the mind and the mind itself dissolving and turning into a liquid or water and then flowing down into your chest or heart center

 Now imagine the inside of your chest and just sit and breathe in and out Do this for 5 or 10 minutes and you’ll find your mind becomes very quiet and very calm

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life Don't

be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's

thinking Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own

inner voice And most important, have the courage to follow your heart

and intuition They somehow already know what you truly want to

become Everything else is secondary.”

Steve Jobs

Solution#4

Lead With Your Heart

Who is in Charge of You?

Are there times when you feel that your life is falling apart? Like you’re losing control

of what’s really important to you?

If this is what you are experiencing then you are spending most of your time in your head This is the part of you in which the Ego lives and dictates your life It is your limited sense of self It is from your Ego that manipulation, competition, jealousy, hate and all other negative feelings and emotions attached to your mind

The Ego is all about material things and power It is everything that you have

identified yourself to be based on past experiences When you first stop identifying with the Ego, you get confused as to who you are You have lived your life believing that you are your name, that you are your body, and that you are your mind

What if that wasn’t who you were at all?

You have placed separation between good and bad, right and wrong You have lived

by what others have told you to feel and think rather than what you really feel and think True authenticity and a deeper understanding of who you are, comes from being within

The Ego leads from a fear based consciousness rather than from awareness This fear controls how you live your life and tells you how you should do things Leading with your Ego creates doubt which limits your possibilities

Leading with your heart comes with being in your body and being present rather than being in your head and will allow you to make choices from awareness - which only exists in the present It is where your deepest inner being resides and where you will discover your true potential and passion

When you lead with your heart first and follow with your head it allows you to make choices that resonate with you and are in alignment with the reality that you choose

to create for yourself

Most people lead with their head and then try to persuade or force their hearts to follow

Leading with your heart may not feel like the logical thing to do, so often you

ignore the feelings of your body for the sake of doing what you think is the right

thing

There is nothing more magical than being in your Heart It allows you to love yourself