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Affirmation: I take control over my schedule rather than allowing my schedule to control me.
In today’s busy world, we move fast from one activity to the next we multitask, and we always feel that we’re not doing enough and end up feeling drained & empty.
Although it feels like we have no control over how busy we are, we really do! Our left brain tells us to fit more stuff in our schedule but if we access out right brain, we’ll know that we have a choice.
It isn’t going to happen by itself. You have to take charge.
What would you change in your current schedule if you could change anything?
Ask yourself what’s stopping you.
Practice the affirmation and plan your schedule for the week.
Include in your schedule quiet time/fun time/rest.
Write it down in your calendar, just like you write down doctor appointments and meetings.
Make yourself a priority and schedule appointments with yourself.
Review your plan for the week and figure out how to simplify it to create the schedule you want. You have the power! It is in your hands!
Tell me what changes you made in your calendar this week and how it feels.
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Affirmation: I get quiet and I hear God’s whisper.
One of my friends said: “When my ego gets loud, I can’t hear God’s whisper.”
So true! I can be crazy and insane in my head (it’s always in my head!) but when I pause, close my eyes and calm down, the stillness speaks. I get peaceful. I feel a release. I am able to hear God’s voice – often just as sensations, but sometimes with words too.
Those of you who are not comfortable with the “God” part in this affirmation: name it as you wish. Call it the universe, higher power, inner voice. That’s not the point. The point is understanding the benefit of connecting and accessing the quiet place within ourselves that always speaks our truth.
My wonderful assistant Jennifer and her 3 children face daily worries and fears since their husband/dad was deployed to Kuwait. Today, Jennifer’s husband is visiting his soldiers in Iraq. He will be there for a week. I invited Jennifer to share with us every day this week on this blog how she manages to stay positive, choose love over fear and get support when she needs it.
I am sure that Jennifer’s mind will play tricks on her. Using this affirmation will hopefully help Jennifer to quiet her mind and hear God’s whisper.
How do we get quiet? Choose what works for you: Breathing? Meditation? Walking in nature? Listening to music?
Get quiet. You’ll hear the whisper.
Write to Jennifer if you want to support her. Jennifer: share with us! We are here for you!
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Affirmation: I practice courage and I am fearless.
“Courage is resistance to fear. Mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain.
There are always things we’re afraid of. Life provides us with many opportunities to overcome the fear, but it requires practice. In order to let go of fear, we have to practice the opposite – courage.
When you feel fear creeping up, do the following:
- Identify the fear.
- Tell yourself that it’s OK and normal to have the fear, that fear is simply an emotion. It has a beginning, middle and an end. It will pass. Ask yourself: what’s the worst that could happen?
- Imagine yourself approaching the fear with courage. What does it look like?
- Practice courage. For example: If you identify that you have fear of confrontation, tell yourself that you are fearless and actually confront the person or the situation you’re afraid of. If you have fear of success, act as if you’re fearless and very successful; behave like a successful person would. Acting as if you’re fearless will help you to feel better and to find more and more courage within yourself.
- Adopt this affirmation, changing it as you wish to make it your own.
Every time you say to yourself the affirmation, “I practice courage and I am fearless”, you will feel less scared and more in control.
Let me know your thoughts!
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Affirmation: I honor my needs as much as I honor others’. Effortlessly, I take care of ME.
Most of us grew up trained to take care of others before taking care of ourselves.
As adults, we make an effort to rest and rejuvenate only after we attend to all other responsibilities.
In our modern day, time or energy for self-care is hard to find.
As a result, we move through our lives trying to finish everything on our “to do” list in order to have a moment for ourselves.
If we are caretakers, full time parents or service givers, we have a bigger tendency to disregard our own needs in the service of others.
When someone asks us to do something for them, me make time for it. Our calendar if full with appointments to help others.
How are we doing with scheduling appointments to take care of ourselves? Do we treat ourselves the same way that we treat others?
Self-care is essential to living life in a state of balance and well-being.
Taking care of oneself is not selfish, it is practical: an empty vessel has nothing to offer.
We don’t have to go away on a long vacation to the other side of the world in order to take care of ourselves.
This week, honor your needs as much as others. Think about simple things you can do to “fill up your cup” and schedule time in your calendar for self-care:
Walk, breathe, read, rest, nap, take a bath, watch a funny movie, listen to music, put your hands over your heart area and connect, close your eyes and imagine.
Share other self-care ideas that you have.
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Affirmation: I’m a catch; I’m attractive, smart & confident.
How do you attract towards yourself the people and situations that you want?
What happens when you become aware of limiting beliefs like: “No one is ever going to like me”, “I’m not in her/his league”, “nobody hears me or notices me”?
Many times, you keep doing the same over and over again, expecting different results. The key is to understand that life does not just happen by itself. We create our life. If you keep finding yourself in relationships that are not what you want, accept that YOU ARE THE ONE who is attracting them into your life. It’s not just about what you say. It’s about what people pick up from you energetically. If you project:”I’m not attractive”, guess what? You just sent a message to the world: don’t come near me! I am not attractive!
No matter what size you are, no matter your body image, don’t put your life on hold. Change your thinking. Feel better about yourself. Act as if you believe that you are attractive, even if you don’t. Slowly you’ll start to trust and believe it and you’ll send a powerful message to the world.
You will start attracting what you want.
Earlier today, one of my clients was doodling while we were talking about her energy blocks, and she came up with this inspiring affirmation.
This week, practice being attractive smart and confident. Stop blaming others and the situation and teach your mind that you are a catch.
Share what’s different when you do that.
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Affirmation: I give myself permission to…
No, it’s not a mistake. I left this affirmation open at the end so you can use your own words.
We all get stuck because of the limitations we put on ourselves. We know that we should get some rest, but we don’t think we can. We know we should take care of our body, but we don’t think we have time. We know we should do something fun, but we don’t want to waste time.
What is it that you want to do but don’t give yourself permission to do it?
For what do you blame other people or external factors, when it’s really just a matter of giving yourself permission?
This week, one of my clients told me that her life is stressful because of a demanding job that leaves her completely drained and depressed by the end of the day. We came up with a list of simple things she can do during the day to energize and take care of herself. She realized taking a 5–minute break every 2 hours (to meditate, stretch, and walk or simply breathe) would be enough to change her situation. At first she thought that she couldn’t afford to even take these 5 minutes because there was so much to do! Finally, she realized that if she gave herself the permission, this practice would actually make her more calm and productive.
This week, wake up every morning excited to give yourself permission to do something. Throughout the day, say your affirmation over and over again.
I give myself permission to rest
I give myself permission to celebrate my progress
I give myself permission to look through the window and breathe
I give myself permission to stop and smell the roses
I give myself permission to say no
I give myself permission to say yes
I give myself permission to be in the moment
I give myself permission to …
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Affirmation: I take control over my thinking; I take control over my eating.
Today’s post is dedicated to one of my dear clients who is going through a transition in her life, and has been binge eating for the last couple of days. She feels like her life is out of control. She knows she’s only eating to numb her emotions and she is looking for a way out of this habit.
Our fear, self-doubt and feeling of hopelessness are created by thoughts. (In fact the feelings ARE thoughts, compounded with physical sensations.) If we identify the thought, we can create a new thought in place of it to change the emotion and the behavior.
With the binge eating, you can say: “I take control over my thinking, I take control over my eating” and your mind will get used to the change. Every time you recognize an old/ negative thought, switch it with a new/positive one. Practice the new thought even in times when the old one doesn’t come up.
Follow the following strep-by-step guide:
- Write the old thought on the left side of the chart
- Create a new thought on the right side. Make sure it is positive and empowering. Do not use negative words.
- Write the new thought on an index card or a sticky notes. Write it, read it, say it out loud. Act as if you truly believe it is true (even if you don’t!).
Here is an example:
| Old Thought | New Thought |
| I can’t deal | I have everything I need to deal with this challenge |
| Life is out of control | I take control back now |
| I can’t face the emotions | It’s only an emotion, I easily face it and accept it |
| I want to run away | It won’t help. I choose to stay, I use it as an opportunity for growth |
| My eating is out of control | I take control over my thinking; I take control over my eating |
It won’t happen overnight, but if you practice this consistently, it will become a part of your being and will help you to change your food habits and stop the binge eating.
Believe in yourself; take control over your life.
You can do it!
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Affirmation: I’m the captain of my life and I navigate my ship.
Few months ago, one of my clients had a breakthrough during our coaching session, when she realized that it’s time to take control over her life. She told me about a repeating image of herself and her father sailing a boat, her dad doesn’t let her hold the wheel and does all the navigation himself. We spoke about this image and what it symbolizes for her and then I asked what will it take for her to be the captain of her life?
She had a shift within seconds and said: “I can simply navigate the ship myself! I don’t need my dad’s permission! I’m a grown up!”
Since then, I am watching her taking actions quickly and building a successful business which she was trying to do for years but felt stuck.
Last week, while taking a cruise in the Caribbean, I saw the captain navigating the ship from the bridge. It reminded me that we all have the choice of becoming the captain of our lives and navigating our ships.
What areas of your life are you allowing others to navigate for you?
What will it take for you to hold the wheel in your hands and do the navigation yourself?
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Affirmation: I allow negative energy to move through me and I focus on being myself.
How do you deal with people who are being negative (catabolic)?
How do you handle toxic conversations?
Sometimes, you can leave the relationships. Other times – you can’t, especially if it’s a close family member. Remind yourself that you are not responsible for anybody but yourself and thank them for providing you with such an important mirror. Watching their negative energy is such a good reminder of how you don’t want to be.
You might feel that the interaction with them drains your energy.
Practice this affirmation in addition to using the power of imagination: imagine their energy moving through you and leaving you. Focus on being yourself, be in your power and detached from the negative energy.
You can’t change them, but you can change your reaction.
