If you are feeling exhausted, tired, irritable, crabby and short fused there’s a good chance you’ve been putting everyone else’s needs before yours. And.. you may have been wanting to say No to people or situations and end up saying yes in order to keep the peace.
The only problem with this scenario is it’s unsustainable and simply doesn’t work.
The Angel Tarot Card - 10 of Fire - speaks straight to the heart of this draining and exhausting cycle.
You know that restless feeling of tossing and turning at night? Then feeling anxious because you’re not getting a full nights sleep? The mind racing back and forth in all its glory, regardless of how my times you try to count backwards or count sheep to slow it down.
Believe me, you’re not alone. What if… it was really your inner self, your wise self, your creative self trying to get your attention?
Have you ever wondered: What if. . . it’s my future self that is walking me towards it, not my past self pushing me? Most of us I imagine have been strongly influenced by the thinking of past events being what catapults us and motivates us forward. And to a point, I believe this is true.
However, I am also of the opinion that as we move through life there comes a time where we arrive at the realization that our past is literally complete. Not in a macabre, dark sense. What I mean is the knowledge, reasoning and intellectual pursuits that once gave us so much satisfaction are no longer enough for us. We have outgrown them.
We all have a side of us that is typically quite a bit different than the face, mask or persona we commonly project out to others. You know the filtered persona I'm talking about. This is the mask we work really hard to keep on so people only know the aspect of ourselves we want them to see. Flawless. Perfect. Organized. And quite honestly - exhausting!
Different names have been attributed to the various aspects of ourselves: think alter ego. The alter ego embraces the wilder, edgier, sassier side that always gets you what you want. And has a whole lot of fun doing it.
Many of us are Gold medalists at worrying. Even when, truth be told, we’d rather not be in the running at all. Like it or not, humans are downloaded for survival and to trouble-shoot situations that look and feel dangerous. Running away from trouble or assessing the possible outcomes of a fearful scenario is literally part of our wiring. It’s what helps us live another day. It’s part of why we’ve evolved through the ages.
With that being said, many of my students and coaching clients struggle to move past this ingrained cycle - often feeling like they’re doing something “wrong” by not thinking enough positive thoughts.
Against our best efforts our minds can get carried away with worry, fears, anxiety, and worse-case scenarios. We hear about the powerful ways of calming the mind that have worked for others. Positive affirmations and thinking only positive thoughts top the list. However, when we feel afraid inside and utter the words it seems to feel shallow and soul-less. Truth be told, we feel anything but happy, calm and content.
Are we imposters? Aren’t we supposed to fake it until we make it?
If you are feeling exhausted, tired, irritable, crabby and short fused there’s a good chance you’ve been putting everyone else’s needs before yours. And.. you may have been wanting to say No to people or situations and end up saying yes in order to keep the peace.
The only problem with this scenario is it’s unsustainable and simply doesn’t work.
The Angel Tarot Card - 10 of Fire - speaks straight to the heart of this draining and exhausting cycle.
If you had to sum up who you are in one sentence, what would you say about yourself? What is it that makes you uniquely you? Even if you think you don't have anything interesting or special to offer I would encourage you to look closer, look deeper. What is the diamond in the rough?
What do other people comment on or compliment you on that perhaps you take for granted? What comes so naturally to you that you tend to think it's not anything special? Can't everyone do this, you tell yourself over and over.
No. They can't. Time to embrace this instead of playing it down, my friends.
Each one of us has a unique set of traits and qualities that is special to us. Carl Jung, the well-known psychologist, coined the term archetypes that works quite nicely with this discussion.
Against our best efforts our minds can get carried away with worry, fears, anxiety, and worse-case scenarios. We hear about the powerful ways of calming the mind that have worked for others. Positive affirmations and thinking only positive thoughts top the list. However, when we feel afraid inside and utter the words it seems to feel shallow and soul-less. Truth be told, we feel anything but happy, calm and content.
Are we imposters? Aren’t we supposed to fake it until we make it?
If you had to sum up who you are in one sentence- what would you say about yourself? What is it that makes you uniquely you? Even if you think you don't have anything interesting or special to offer I would encourage you to look closer, look deeper. What is the diamond in the rough?
What do other people comment on or compliment you on that perhaps you take for granted? What comes so naturally to you that you tend to think it's not anything special? Can't everyone do this, you tell yourself over and over.
No. They can't. Time to embrace this instead of playing it down, my friends.
If you are feeling exhausted, tired, irritable, crabby and short fused there’s a good chance you’ve been putting everyone else’s needs before yours. And.. you may have been wanting to say No to people or situations and end up saying yes in order to keep the peace.
The only problem with this scenario is it’s unsustainable and simply doesn’t work.
The Angel Tarot Card - 10 of Fire - speaks straight to the heart of this draining and exhausting cycle.
If you had to sum up who you are in one sentence- what would you say about yourself? What is it that makes you uniquely you? Even if you think you don't have anything interesting or special to offer I would encourage you to look closer, look deeper. What is the diamond in the rough?
What do other people comment on or compliment you on that perhaps you take for granted? What comes so naturally to you that you tend to think it's not anything special? Can't everyone do this, you tell yourself over and over.
No. They can't. Time to embrace this instead of playing it down, my friends.
I know this may seem simple, but I encourage you to really ask yourself this question truthfully. Because most people I know pack their schedules full and then wonder when life is going to slow down. And why life remains so hectic. There seems to be a strong disconnect between habitually over-scheduling on one end of the spectrum. And the desire for destination addiction to rescue you from your very own predicament on the other side.
What I've found is that most of us feel like we need to prove our worth, prove our right to be here. And because this low self-esteem mantra plays over and over in our heads like a broken record we begin to put our awareness elsewhere.
There never seems to be a shortage of people telling us what to do and who to be. Many of us grew up surrounded by well meaning, yet ill advised, adults pointing us in all kinds of directions. Some of the suggestions may have had validity to them. Most of them not.
The problem was that we were too young to know how to form our own thoughts and give voice to them. We had no idea the power of other people’s projections. The dark side of shattered dreams, broken hearts and hopes blown away like the wind.
The caterpillar becomes a chrysalis. A chrysalis becomes a butterfly. A butterfly spreads its wings and flies. It may only fly within a small area during its lifespan. Or, like the amazing Monarch, it can literally soar thousands of miles one-way. Then make the return flight to eventually land perfectly on the same branch of the same tree where it began its journey. Pretty amazing, right?
Introducing the Nine of Winter. In my experience as an Angel Card Reader this is perhaps the most feared and transformative card in the entire deck. Why is it feared you might ask? Well, the Winter or Swords suit represents the mind, logic, reasoning, truth and legal matters. The mind is also where anxiety, worry, and stress lives when we aren't careful of our thoughts.
The Spring/Fire/Wands suit in the Tarot deck signifies and represents action, creativity, renewed energy and career. This is also a suit of great passion. Having the passion to follow your dreams and creative endeavors. Giving you the boost of insight and energy to get going. Lights. Camera. Action!
This is hands-down one of my all time favorite stories. As a child I enjoyed the simplicity of the message and the animals as the main characters. I've always been a huge animal lover so anytime they take center stage in a story or movie, I am in my element! As an adult, I see it from an entirely different perspective. One that has a much deeper meaning. The power of continuing on - one step in front of the other.