3 Positive Steps to Begin Fresh in 2024

“Hold the vision, trust the process.”

As the year is coming to an end and a new year is around the horizon, most conversations have been revolving around How to start fresh in the coming year. Honestly, in my own life too, major changes happened in the last year and that is why as the year ends, my mind is on how to begin fresh in the next year too.

A feeling of, “…is this really my whole life?” is where it all began. Ironically this happened in the beginning of 2023, which led to my insides collapsing. It felt like everything around me wasn’t making any sense. Actually, myself most of all. I went from feeling apathetic to experiencing what felt like every emotion within a day, every day. 

This has been an eye-opening journey–one that I’m still on–but I’ve gained a lot of clarity, by getting very honest with myself, and have expanded my ability to trust and surrender. It’s those times in life when we have no other choice but to let go that can be some of the most powerful, life-changing experiences. 

Today, I’m sharing some things I’ve learned during this time that helped me to get clear within myself in order to start over with a fresh mindset and a more positive way of being in my life.

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6 Signs You are Stuck in a People-Pleasing cycle& How to Heal from it

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. ~ Lao Tzu

People-pleasing is a common coping mechanism humans use to fit in to their surroundings. Most of the time we develop the habit of people pleasing because of our need to protect ourselves from negative emotions. It shows up in a pattern of behaviours that, on the surface, make us seem ‘nice, sweet, flexible, very understanding and agreeable’.

Confession: I am a reforming people-pleaser myself. So, I know first hand that Empaths and Sensitive souls suffer from people-pleasing the most.

While being kind and helpful is generally a good thing, going too far to please others can leave you feeling emotionally depleted, stressed, and anxious.

We really want people’s approval and to stay in their good books, which often results in us neglecting or not even being aware of our own needs.

Because of our need to please others, we struggle to set boundaries and tend to overcommit, leading to overwhelm, anxiety and burnout.

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How to Stay True to Your Soul?

When you feel overwhelmed and the world is loud, you will find the most peace when you are able to stay true to your soul and are living in alignment with your higher self.

Why?

Because thoughts and actions taken outside of this place will always end up in the negative energy, thereby depleting you of your life force. You betray yourself when you are not in alignment with your soul, and that’s why you feel so bad.

Staying true to your soul means…

Staying true to your soul means honoring and accepting what you know to be true for you. It is what lights you up, and facilitates your to follow your bliss.

It means not defining yourself by….what your friends, parents, partners, acquaintances, the media, or any other outside influence says about you.

Why? Because they don’t really know you. Honestly, they can’t know you. Only your higher self fully knows whats in your heart.

Your mind on the other hand is not to be trusted.

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