I’m hitting the ground running today, so I thought I’d share this great blog from my friend and mentor coach, Jennifer Barley.
- Bad things happen in threes.
- If I am too happy, then something bad will happen.
- I can’t be this lucky. I’ll never be happy like that again.
It is amazing the stories we tell ourselves and how those stories can change our energy. Perhaps we are just spinning old wives tales, perhaps it is superstition, perhaps we just don’t want to jinx anything.
But what if . . . you could consistently feel good and have things go well in your life all the time? What if you actually believed it?
How freeing would that be?
Wherever you put your energy expands. If you are looking for the third bad thing—well, you’re going to find it. If you are thinking about the other shoe dropping, well you’re going to be looking out for ‘when’ that will actually happen.
Our fear is that something—such as happiness, joy, bliss—will be taken away from us. It can’t. Those qualities live within each of us regardless of anything external or anything that happens to us. It doesn’t mean that life won’t give us a wide spectrum of experiences—but inner qualities can exist regardless of the circumstance.
Don’t feel like you have to hoard your happiness—feel it, expand it, share it, know that it has the potential to always be there. You have to be open to that possibility. Live in a mentality of abundance—not lack.
Allow yourself to imagine the “what if I could experience more joy” mentality. You can. You just have to be open to it.
Jennifer Barley, PCC, CPC, is a Certified Professional Life Coach, Public Speaker, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) Instructor, Author and former award winning Weight Loss Leader.
Jennifer has struggled with her weight since the age of 14, at times being more than 40 pounds over her ideal weight. She has tried every diet and every exercise routine that have come along since that time, but it wasn’t until she realized that weight loss is as much mental as physical that she was able to permanently release her weight.
Her belief is that each person has the ability to overcome their weight issues, but they must first come to grips with their relationship with food and fitness. Jenn helps her clients understand how their thoughts, feelings and actions are connected to their overall success.
You can learn more about her at www.jenniferbarley.com and read her blog at http://blog.jenniferbarley.com
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