Be Brave

There is so much I want to write about, and will do so here and in other locations—but it all takes courage, and courage is part of living a beautiful life (HIPP Life). We are often afraid to speak up, take action or address situations or create change because we are afraid of failure or success, what others will think, being misunderstood, being something we are not, and being vulnerable, being transparent and being Brave are not for the faint at heart.

The best thing we can do is to lean into ourselves, our intuition, our love, our hope and our greatness (essence) and not dwell in our fear, our misconceptions, our old beliefs, and validation on the outside, none of that will serve you if you stay there, let it be a directional to go another way, or to go within (listen to your voice, your wisdom, your inner guide).

Here is what is most fascinating (and frustrating) do it over and over and over and over again). If you did not get the lesson the first time, it will come back to teach you. It will continue to come back louder and louder until you hear it or it hears you. Why do we operate in a way that we try and live under the radar, and think we can do it all. I can say this because I have done this. I also have asked for help, built in support, discovered resources, and created a vibe that vibes with me.

The important word in my vocabulary and in those living HIPP is this (among many): Choice.

At any given time, we have a choice and while at times it can feel daunting, I want to remind you it is empowering as ever. When I go into daunting mode (which in some situations I do and it is normal and I need too because hard things are hard things) I am able to navigate through and choose empowerment and in that it is either action or acceptance or both.

No one knows your story, the untold one, only you know the dreams, the desires, the discontents and the discomfort you have felt or you feel. The love you feel so strongly that it is crushing and overwhelming at times. The obstacles in your path that you demolished that almost demolished you. The loss, the grief, the hurt, the pain the shame and self betrayal. Let me remind you that you also made it through every single one of those things, they are still with you but they do not define you or they should no longer weigh you down. It is your birth right to lighten your heart, body, mind and soul and to find the courage to RISE. You feel this incredible pull to do something or be something, you know you can and you are stuck in the fear or the old beliefs. I am here to say, it is okay, we all feel fear, or that old belief of “not enough” (no one is exempt from that). Here is the good news, the bright side and where we need to go (and try and reside in our head and hearts), you are being called to do more, to be more and to love more.

Might I remind you (and all of us), life is not a dress rehearsal and we never get our time back. We don’t know the time we have, and rather than stress over that, lets just embrace life, living HIPP and LIVE OUTLOUD.

Yes…. The world is a scary place, things are messed up and we all went through a global experience which created stress and put a light on how we live. To me, while it was a tremendously challenging time for many, it is now an invitation for us to step into our strength, our greatness, our best selves and walk this path together.

I am doing this work. I do it every day, some days it’s easy and other days I say do I really need to.

It goes back to this…. The choice, our lives are filled with choices daily that either move us towards our dreams or away from them. Stop avoiding yourself, stop choosing others, stop choosing the crowd and start choosing YOU.

Choose you every single day. Choose a positive mindset. Choose exercise. Choose good food and hydration. Choose Yoga (or meditation). Choose love. Choose light. Choose community. Choose the good juju.