Day 15
July 3, 2023
Measurements
Weight = 182
Hips = 45.5
Waist = 42.00
Arm = 13
Thigh = 21
Chest = 45
Solar plex = 41
*Update - although I didn’t lose much weight or inches the last couple of weeks – I do feel much better. I have more energy and I’m feeling less bloated and yucky! I moved my body every day and I ate better. Most times when you decide to change your life, roadblocks or hurdles appear, there is always something happening to pull you off your journey. This past week it was my husband’s birthday, and our friend Luca made his famous tiramisu – and I wasn’t going to miss out on that. Because hey, life is to be lived and it’s about finding balance. I did drink my water every day, minimum of 2L and ate healthier. I also overcame a few major fears, which is what the blog below is all about, and how important it is for us to walk through fear!
The next few weeks are going to be really interesting, for my journey, I can’t wait to share it with you all in the coming blogs.
Walking through Fear!
Releasing “Journey to the BEST ME”, has changed so much for me in such a short period of time! I often tell my clients that fear is a beacon to success, and it is 100% accurate. If you have 4 opportunities and 3 are comfortable and one is scary – the scary opportunity is where the most success and growth will be!! You must walk towards that one, and walk through the fear! Not only will you realize it wasn’t that scary, you will achieve so much more than you could ever imagine.
I delayed starting this blog for years, for many reasons; the fear of admitting that I don’t walk the talk. The fear of failure – what if I’m not able to do this. The fear of success – what if this is successful – I have no idea what that would look like – although it excites me it completely scares me as well. And just plain old fear of having to do certain things I’m afraid of, speaking in front of a camera, coming centre stage and it being about me – I’m so much better at guiding others to shine than shinning myself, and then there is fear from my accident, plus many others.
I walked through a couple fears by hitting publish on my blog and my vlog. I just jumped in feet first. I told myself that if I sucked in front of the camera – that’s ok, I will learn to be better. If I look horrible in front of the camera – that it will be interesting to see how I change through my journey. I published my weight and measurements – it will be inspiring to show what works and what doesn’t and how feeling better is more important than the numbers – but honestly it will be really interesting to see how it changes based on my actions or lack of actions.
The results of just doing those few steps, crossing those fear thresholds were shocking! Sure I physically feel better, but a few things that I have been working towards for my business and self-growth fell in place almost immediately. I’m still spinning from the opportunity that presented itself within a few hours of pressing publish. I always tell my clients and students that walking forward in one area of your life will ripple into the other areas of your life and that the universe works in mysterious ways. It sure does! Oh and that manifesting really does work when you do it correctly (but that will be another blog).
The next BIG fear and the one that I honestly didn’t think would be hard at all, and it ended up being the biggest fear out of all of it so far. Getting back on my bike after having a bad cycling accident in September 2022.
Here is the blog all about what happened: https://www.purplelotus66.com/intuitive-life-coaching/2023/4/15/being-an-empath-sacrificing-yourself-for-others
I went for a couple rides on some paved paths and for the most part that was really enjoyable and I felt very proud of myself for getting back in the saddle again. But Saturday July 1st was a bigger challenge; we rode to the scene of the accident. Although we didn’t venture down to the water, and up the steep climb (where I drove off the cliff), we did drive through the park and up the one big hill. I was doing great, until we were at the top of the hill and we had to get back down…the drive down isn’t too steep but it isn’t a mild incline either. The fear kicked in due to the conditions in the park, it was extremely humid and early in the morning, the grass was covered in dew and extremely slippery. My husband shot down the hill like the pro that he is, I started and just as I crested the peak, I slammed my breaks on. Fear was coursing through me, and I was quite shocked, truth told. I had flash backs of crashing and the pain that I had to endure for months while I slowly recovered. I contemplated getting off my bike and walking it down the incline, but I sucked it up and I just told myself, “slow and steady”. Keeping a firm grip on my handle bars and squeezing my brakes just enough to keep a calm speed I made it to the bottom in one piece.
As I sit here typing this I’m so happy and proud of myself for not giving in to my fear! So much so that if it wasn’t thundering and lightening, I would hop back on my bike and do it again!
As Franklin Roosevelt said “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Fear truly is an illusion we create for many reasons. Learning to walk through it we will realize so many things about ourselves and what we are capable of doing. Not only will you be incredibly empowered by doing it and proud of yourself, you will be creating a forward motion within the universal energy that will ripple into other areas of your life and move other things forward in your life. The universe will see that you are ready for more positive things in your life and will bring you people, opportunity and rewards to help you achieve the success that you are meant to have!
Remember “The only person you should try to better than is the person you were yesterday!”
If you want to join me on my journey – go to my facebook group “Journey to the BEST ME”. I will be posting challenges and new information as it comes in. For extra motivation check out my socials, I’m always sharing motivation information, affirmations and much more to keep you going forward. And if you need a little extra guidance check out my website and let’s do a session together to figure out what blocks you have and how you can move through them!