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This year I am on a mission to have more peace. One thing I did recently was to do some deep breathing while listening to relaxing ocean sounds. If you’re in need of some peace, choose something simple to bring more of it into your life.  Photo by Thomas Rey on Unsplash Do you wonder where the time goes and why things aren't getting done. Distractions get in the way. If you're catching yourself fascinated by something that moves your focus away from the next important step towards a goal to thrive in your life (a new job or promotion, school, planning your next adventure) these can be distractions that are getting in the way of where you want to go.
When focusing on the next few steps towards the thriving life you want, it keeps the momentum going towards where you want to go.  Photo by Roman Pohorecki from Pexels The other day I was dealing with many things around a project in progress. And I was shallow breathing. When I took a few deep breaths and started to tap and the stress flowed out of me. When you feel the stress or tension in the body rising take a few deep breaths and release it Add more calming by tapping gently on the karate chop point There are times we don’t realize how wound up we’ve become, when you notice it do something simple to reduce and release it.  Choose something you'd like more of in your life and focus on it. Spend time in the feeling of what your wanting more of Be open to ideas that come to mind Even let it become a visualization of what you want Let your mind focus on what you're wanting more of and when something comes to mind take a small action step toward it.  Photo by Tyler Lee on Unsplash The Holiday season can be busy. Set aside some special time for you this week to fill your bucket.
  Follow the easy steps for self-kindness tapping Rate your low self-kindness feeling between 0 - 10, 10 being the lowest self-kindness you've had and 0 being the most self-kindness you've had. Tap gently on the karate chop point and say out loud 3 times: Even though I feel low self-kindness I love and accept myself as I am Tap gently on each round and other points and say out loud on each point: I want to nurture my self-kindness Take 3 deep breaths in and out and check your rating number, repeat until 2 or lower  In life fear comes up when change is wanted and there’s a choice to be made. You can stay where you are or you can find ways to move around or past it. The best way I’ve found to move around or past fear is to take one small doable step at a time. Here are three questions to get you started toward change:
When your number is a 0 to 2 take action! Move past fear and take action one small doable step at a time.  Being prepared for times when life starts to feel more challenging with this practice.
If you want to add more, go for it!  Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash  Take a quick moment for self-Love
I love myself as I am in this moment  Photo by Vanessa Kintaudi on Unsplash Having a self-kindness practice can bring more contentment and joy in life.
Take time for self-kindness and have more joy, contentment and energy for other people and things in life.  Contented cat Photo by Borna Bevanda on Unsplash  Follow these five easy steps for mantra tapping:
Using mantras and tapping at the same time is a powerful practice to use.  Photo by Johen Redman on Unsplash  Does stress get to you at times? Imagine if you:
The Stress Release eBook has practices to dial down stress easily.  At times I want to be inspired by others mantras. I've been saying this one in the morning out loud during the week with some deep breathing. "I am whole, I am creative, and I am capable of change." Mantra from a post by Aylin Erman: 22 Powerful Daily Mantras to Start Your Morning Right: Reflect, Reboot, and Revitalize  Step-by-step video to walk through how to find the blocks in mantras that catch your eye and tap on these to release what's holding you back from what you're wanting more of in your life.  When I did a previous post around thought and quote tapping, I decided I wanted to post more on this and include a mantra, thought or possibly a quote. Here are the 3 steps to walk through this with a mantra. Feel free to use a favorite thought, quote or mantra of your own choosing.
This is a great way to start moving forward on things you want to add to your life.  Photo by Boxed Water Is Better on Unsplash  When adding something new in life, the inner negative Nellie voice can speak up. Here's a practice to quiet the inner nay-sayer:
Having a practice to acknowledge and quiet the inner nay-sayer assists with keeping focus where its wanted.  Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash When wanting something new to happen in life, using practices are a way to implement these. For example, focusing on wellbeing.
These simple steps create a practice to build in something new in life.  |