I made some action steps in the last few days that will help move me forward to living out some of my dreams! I bought a computer a couple of weeks ago, to use when I go back to school, and for writing! Last week I completed the foreword for my book, and on Sunday I was flooded with inspiration to complete the first chapter:). It feels exciting to begin to see a long standing dream take shape. I have wanted to write a book for at least 10 years. Always thinking it would be about me being a Williams Syndrome mama........turns out I was wrong at least for now.....I feel like my walk with Gabe will most definitely enter into the story but it won't be the full story for sure.......So I am committed to chipping away at writing this book until it sees its way into print and existence. My inner nerdy girl is doing backflips LOL:) I remember vividly, writing a book in elementary school that got published, my whole class did, and it was wildly exciting then too! It seems like the perfect time for me to embark on this project. I also signed up for Life Coach school last night! I had been looking for one of their classes that fit best into my schedule, and found one beginning December 8th! I CANNOT WAIT:):) The passion I feel in becoming a life coach and helping others change their lives is hard to put into words. It feels like a super important calling, really important work, to have somebody seek you out to accomplish a dream of their own, and have you help them to remove blocks preventing them from accomplishing that dream, until that dream is realized! Kinda magical. I was listening to a video last night about what it takes to transform your life, and what it takes to accomplish something you previously counted yourself out of, and it rang so true and put some labels and names to the things I have done over the last 11 months instinctively......There are three core things we must do to really transform our lives......The first thing that a person must to do inspire change in their lives is to become self aware and gain more self confidence. I think that ironically that was perhaps the first thing to take hold in me. When I began to run, workout, and blog. Helping me get in touch with the deeper more authentic parts of me. Listening deeply to myself which I hadn't done in a long time and getting in tune with all of it. The pain, the feelings, the loss, the journey forward. Transforming my body into a healthy, balanced, happy space contributed to that entire process also. Helping me feel accomplished and good in my own skin. The second thing somebody must do if they are willing to change their lives is challenge their belief system, knock out those limiting beliefs that keep us stuck, our inner naysayer.........begin to believe that anything is possible. I certainly did not always believe that, but I do now. I always had a sense of optimism and hope, but I definitely put a cap on what was possible for me in this life......I have removed that cap and now believe that the sky is the limit. Truly with all my heart.........The final thing a person must do to transform their life is to remove any toxic behaviors they have in their lives.......and I don't think I had a ton of them but I have definitely changed a lot of my behavior in my day to day, getting rid of ones that do not serve me........ and choosing different things than I once did and the payoff has been enormous. I think for me it is crucial that I walked the path, and experienced these shifts that have paid dividends, so that I can help another person do the same. The art of coaching will also help me grow even more, stretching me, and challenging me to learn how to help people arrive at their own conclusions, helping them do the three things listed above, without telling them what I think they should do.......coaching is about inspiring the change, helping others reach their own places inside that help them move forward in a real way once and for all! It is so exciting for me to think of what lies ahead, and all the brave and wonderful people I have yet to meet, and all the successes I get to bear witness to! Watching people triumph and find true joy.......what could be better?? I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!:):)
jperuso
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