Strength and power from the inside
Today’s Show Up! Power words: it will smell sweeter and it will taste you see year if you know you were the one who grabbed on with both hands and never let go until you had achieved. That is what it’s all about.
Are you scared?
Today’s Show Up Journal power words: Are you scared? Good. A little fear is good. It will sharpen you, but don’t let it paralyze you. Stop wasting time and do the work. Do. Create. Do you feel unhappy? Do you think you’re a failure? It’s time to rethink that. Change your thoughts. Transform them. Turn…
Asking for help
It’s funny how today’s Show Up! journal power of words make me feel more vulnerable than powerful. They carry the ring of truth, but they also scare me. As I wrote these words in this morning’s journal, it struck me that I tend not to ask for help. I tend to try to do everything…
My last five dollars
At one point, in my early 20s, I was down to my last few dollars. I had graduated from college, (with all of the attendant student loans and debt), and I moved to Washington DC with literally $23 in my pocket. I had found a basement to live in but had no idea how I…
Do Work You Love
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words. I’m on a weekend getaway right now, but I got up extra early to write in the journal and get a bunch of work done. I love that I love what I what I do. I love that my work feels like playtime. We all deserve that. We are all…
You survived. Credit yourself with that.
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: so many people talk about gratitude to their families for their success. But what if your family wasn’t supportive? What if instead of being supportive, they were abusive? What if your daily life brought vicious emotional or physical attacks from the very people you were supposed to be…
Ingredients of success
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: these are it. After meditating and writing about the idea of success, these are what I came up with. First, we must breathe and breathe deeply. Accessing our breath allows us to build and extend our patience not to mention oxygenating our blood and maintaining all our systems. Remember,…
Integrity and the self
Today’s Show Up! Journal power word: integrity. This one was tough to write about in the journal this morning. We all live through days where we don’t live up to our fullest potential. We all live through times when we give slightly less than our best. And we make excuses or get defensive and even…
achievement | art | creativity
Want to change the world? Create something
(Today’s Show Up! Journal power words): Make your mind your inspiration and make your body your instrument. That’s how you create, make art, and change the world. All the thoughts and inspiration in the world don’t mean diddly unless you use them to do something, unless you make them express something. If you don’t use…
Go move those mountains!
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: It’s tempting to wallow in analysis paralysis. It’s seductive to throw our hands up and say, “It can’t be done,” before we have started. Everything looks more daunting until we start doing something about it. That’s the key. We have to start. Once we begin the trek, no matter…