Hello, Life. My name is Claire.
The road to self-awareness, self-discovery and self-empowerment is paved with battles, shaken beliefs and traumatic events out of our control.. We are often lead to the beginning of this conscious journey by countless unconscious moments, decisions and actions. The path we travel down has abrupt curves, potholes and forks to navigate through, and if we are truly receptive, we expand into a greater version of our original selves.
And this is where my passion begins.
I entered into the motivating world of Life Coaching years ago without knowing. Faced with a broken engagement, a crumbling business and absolutely no friends to turn to, I was forced to acknowledge what was happening. I was changing. I was transforming. I was being called to step up to the plate and live beyond what I had grown to view as comfortable. The universe had nudged me 1000 times before December 2015 but my refusal to look at what was no longer working was fierce. With brute force, the powers greater than me shot me out of my comfort zone like a canon ball and I was catapulted into a world of awakening, discovery and LOVE...and as whimsical as all of that sounds, it felt quite the opposite. Painful is a better description of this phase for me.
As the years went on, I began to let go of former beliefs about comfort, control and security. I learned valuable lessons organically. The process of growing is directly impacted by our ability to let go of the desired outcome we planned for and if I hadn't lost everything, I would have never learned to LET GO! I guess you could assume that the universe knew what it was doing all along...teaching me to break from the molds that confined me.
I often refer to 'Self-Awareness, Self-Discovery and Self-Empowerment' as a trip to a bucket list destination we only imagined in our dreams. First, before any fun can be had, we must make the decision that it is time to take a trip (aka, change). Self-awareness can be compared to the first leg of the trip. To get to any destination, we must first pass through checkpoints and make it through to the other side before we can really start to see the change in landscape. I talk about this phase of the journey as often as I can because this is the most important part. If you aren't willing to go the extra miles to get to where you have always wanted to be, don't expect to see places to have always wanted to see (aka, self-discovery and self-empowerment). Yes, its just that simple of a concept. Everyone can make it through self-awareness if they make the commitment to do the work within themselves.
Self-discovery is our next milestone on this pathway. Once we have made it through all of the checkpoints, we make it to our destination. But don't relax just yet! This is a new land with new guidelines to follow. This part of the journey is where people start to see the turning point in us, how our intense life changes shifted our perspective and view of the world. This is where we have start the process of trying on new ideas and beliefs like hats. We find out for ourselves what part of the new culture we like and dislike. New horizons can have a greater affect on us now that we have shed our old paradigms and beliefs. Our trip becomes more magical for us at this time because it's at this point that the downhill road starts to level out enough to catch our breaths.
Finally, we reach self-empowerment...the TRUE magic! Self-empowerment comes at its own cost but we have done the work inside ourselves up until this point to truly reap the benefits and rewards. It's at this phase where we decide that we have come too far to turn around and go back. We, often times, realize that for us to go back into our old lives isn't possible. We begin to self-regulate ourselves and make our own dreams come true. It's here that we begin to make a real home for ourselves because we have reached the point of fulfillment. Once we reach the point of fulfillment, we realize that we can truly accomplish anything. We become beacons of light for others still behind us on their paths. In this place, we find that fulfillment is truly better than happiness because happiness is a by-product of being fulfilled. This is the destination. This is where we are so aligned with our destiny that what we think inside our heads turns into tangible reality before our eyes.
I have many hopes for this blog. It's been a goal of mine to have a landing place for all of my thoughts of inspiration and motivation. Together, we can travel on this bucket list vacation together. I will share my stories in the best light possible and I invite you all to share yours.
XOXO,
Claire
