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I want a miraculous life! where do I begin?

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You can break your life down into three categories: relationships, work/career, and mental/physical health. Consider each fully–does each area of your life flow? Do you see miracles occur? A miraculous life evolves when you feel like a rockstar in all three areas. It is possible to feel that way!

Notice your sensations when you think of a certain area. Did your stomach churn at the mention of career? Did you soften at the mention of health? Did your muscles tense at the mention of relationships?

The first step is knowing where to begin.

I’m asking you to look at your life objectively, without judgment, without self-hate. Instead of saying, “I’m unhappy,” “I feel stuck,” or “I want ____ (fill in: your dream job/relationship/health goal), but it’s impossible”, like a scientist say, “This area isn’t working. Something needs to change.”

Often, if someone is a rockstar in one area, there is a struggle in another. Yet, we feel so comfortable in certain areas that we just dive deeper into the comfort zone, neglecting the other area(s).

For example, your job is a dream. You get every opportunity available–it flows. But your health isn’t as glorious–you’re not happy with your body, you cry, lose your temper often, or you just don’t feel content. Rather than diving into your health to make a change, you just dive deeper into your job.

If you’re thinking, “I know the area(s) that need my attention”… Now what?

“To get something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.”

It’s that simple. Your thought patterns and practices need re-vamp. Try something new. Let me be clear: YOU do not need to change and become someone else. Just your thinking and habits need to be re-evaluated to figure out what’s working and what’s not.

Don’t have to listen to me. Look at your own life. Think about a miracle that has happened recently. Did you find a twenty on the street? Were you told how much you were valued? Did you lose weight? There is behavior in that area of your life that is working! Perhaps you trust yourself enough to let that area flow. Perhaps you’ve made a change that you’ve never tried before.

The practices that are working could be many. Now you have to figure out what and why. A miraculous life begins here.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on what is working and what isn’t… Share your story in the comments below or email me!

get the negative voice out of your head and find you

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You know that negative voice in your head? The one that says things like “You’re not  ___ (fill in: smart, pretty, accomplished, etc.).” Maybe it says, “You’ll never find a partner,” “Your too needy,” or “you’re not meant to be one of the happy ones.” Conversely, it could say, “You’re obviously the best ___ here.”

Any and all of the variations on these statements are false. They’re the ego, or the negative voice, rearing its ugly head.

The word “ego” does not necessarily mean arrogant or egotistical. Arrogant statements, like the demeaning manifestations of the voice, take you out of the present moment. The statements separate and compare you to others, hoping to find some false sense of superiority or inferiority.

Fact: you are not “better” or “worse” than anyone. You have just as much of a right to happiness as any person you know. (Even if the ego is telling you that you don’t!)

Why does your ego like to tell you otherwise?

Simply, your ego is afraid of death. This voice is so incredibly fearful of obliteration that it likes to take situations to the extreme. Fear of death is what drives the ego and if there is a chance that it could be destroyed out there in the world, it will give you a reason not to try.

YOU, however, are not that voice. You are not separate or comparable to anyone. You are capable of so much, despite what the ego is telling you. When you quiet this voice, you can discover the miraculous you.

Can you show this ego that risk and death are not to be feared?

In the The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle says it best:

“The secret to life is to “die before you die”– and find that there is no death.”

Essentially, refuse to give the ego power. Move forward. Risk. Challenge your fear of death and prove that not being the __ (fill in: smartest, prettiest, most accomplished, etc.), doesn’t actually kill you. Let the ego die and realize that there is no death.

Lovely concept, right? But how do you get the thoughts out of your head?

Well, I envision my ego as a gnome on my shoulder. Yes, a garden gnome. This has nothing to do with religious, spiritual, or cultural upbringing. Envisioning my ego as a gnome is personal. You can laugh at my gnome. I laugh at my gnome. That is the point.

I have ridiculous thoughts come up too (everyone does!). The difference in people is how much power each person gives to the thoughts. I choose to see my ego as a silly gnome, because I want to laugh at these ridiculous thoughts and take away their power.

True story, I actually heard my ego say that I’m fat. I give you this example because, factually, there couldn’t be anything further from the truth. I’ve been blessed with skinny genes and an intense love of yoga and health food. Nevertheless, sometimes my ego likes to tell me this is true. I imagine the gnome on my shoulder speaking this nonsense and I laugh at the little man.

When you choose not to identify with these ideas, even take them out of your head and see them as a gnome on your shoulder, you can see how ridiculous they are.

Moral of the story: these statements are not true. YOU are the awesomeness underneath the voice. Practice getting the voice out of your head and find that awesomeness.

miracles happen

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Have you ever had one of those days where good things keep happening? You find a twenty-dollar bill on the sidewalk, the doors of your train open when you arrive to the platform, or someone contacts you when you were thinking of her… These are some obvious miracles. What if I told you miracles are the natural flow of life?

You may be able to relate to a natural flow of miracles in your career or health, but are baffled by this concept in romantic relationships. Or maybe the love of your life is constantly next to you, but you can’t lose weight or get your dream job. Maybe all three realms are a struggle…. I’ll let you in on a secret: there is no need to struggle.

Miracles will happen if you let them. They’ll flow with ease when you believe–when you stop getting in your own way!

Here is the problem, we create stories, which are often fearful illusions, of how the world works. These are ego belief systems that fundamentally say, “I’m not smart enough to have the career I want,” “I will always be overweight,” or “All men will hurt me.” These thoughts, whatever their form, stagnate the natural flow.

I like to imagine that my truth and miracles are ACHING to happen–like they need to get out! For example, people have been asking me how I come up with blog ideas. The answer is that I don’t. If I force them, I get stuck. Instead, I trust that an idea will organically come together when I let my truth flow.

Gabrielle Bernstein tells a great story of doing her Ted Talk. She said that the night before she was scheduled to talk, she woke up at 3am, freaking out. “Eighteen minutes! I only have 18 minutes! How will I say what I want in 18 minutes?” Then allowed herself to breathe into this experience and the fear that arose. Her inner guidance opened up inside of her and said,

“Speak your truth and time will expand.”

So Gabby got out of bed and went to her computer. She deleted her entire Ted-Talk outline. She then stood up the next day and gave a brilliant Ted Talk in 18 minutes. Why? Because she spoke her truth. When she trusted the universe and herself, the miracle just flowed.

How do you connect to your truth and to these miracles, you ask? You must believe in miracles. Believe in yourself. Know that you are beyond capable of living a miraculous life. When the egoistic, fearful thoughts arise, acknowledge them. Notice them, then separate the miracle you are from the ego thoughts.

Know that fearful thoughts are illusions. They are not you. When you put empowered, curious energy into the universe, the universe will give you miracles in return.

I started thinking about this post yesterday then a big miracle actually happened for me last night. For awhile, I’ve been getting emails from The Daily Love by Mastin Kipp (go sign-up! He is amazing!). On Sunday, Mastin sent out an email later in the day. Not unusual, except this one was some competition. I ignored it at first, then I realized all I had to do was send in my favorite quote. Well, of course I have a million quotes saved in a word doc… I could enter this competition in my sleep. Without expecting any results, I just decided to put the energy out into the universe.

Last night I just got an email saying that I won a three-day pass to The Tadasana Festival in Santa Monica, which is worth $300!! With yoga teachers from around world and awesome music–all on Santa Monica Pier– the hippie side of my dynamic self did a series of backflips. Unfortunately, the Festival is this weekend and I can’t make it happen. (Not to mention, the type A side to my dynamic self had a panic attack about money and logistics.)

While it is pretty amazing that I could go to a yoga and music festival in Santa Monica for free, the most amazing part is the miracle that I allowed to happen. The energy that I put into the universe manifested this miracle. I surrendered to faith that miracles like this happen. For the future, I trust myself and the universe enough to know that even though I am turning down this opportunity, there will be many more to follow. That is the natural flow.

Now are you wondering which quote won this little competition? I will tell you. Ironically, it is a miracle how appropriate the quote is in this context.

“If I could give you one key, and one key only to a more abundant life, I would give you a sense of your own worth, an unshakeable sense of your own dignity as one grounded in the source of the cosmic dance, as one who plays a unique part in the unfolding of the story of the world…” –Greta Crosby

Have a miraculous day!

xo, S.