Get Unstuck with Clarity
by Ashley Shihab, Certified Life Coach
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“If something isn’t happening in your life it’s because you are lacking clarity.”
– Ashley Shihab, Certified Life Coach
Do you feel like you are slamming on the gas pedal of a truck that is stuck in the mud with it's wheels spinning in place, not getting anywhere?
Do you feel like you are burning a lot of energy you don’t have trying to make positive changes in your life, but you have nothing to show for it?
I have been there before, so I know how frustrating, defeating and draining it feels. Being stuck in a rut that you can’t get out of makes you lost, hopeless, “blah” and even full blown burned out. If you have found yourself in this place, you are probably craving forward progress and are looking for the formula to help you get moving in the right direction!
Here are my 3 steps to go from stuck to starting that can be called upon when you are just starting out your personal growth journey, when you are leveling up to a new version of yourself and when you feel like you are hitting roadblocks as you try and move forward.
Step #1 - Get Very Clear About What It Is You Want
The clearer the better. If you don’t know where you are going how can you ever expect to get there?
This seems so simple and obvious, but it’s worth mentioning that in order to get clear on who you are and what you want, you have to give yourself the time and space to really get to know who you are and what you want, and you have to look at things that your mind doesn't want you to see. Answers generally don’t just appear out of nowhere when we are frantically rushing from work to the gym to to cooking dinner to laundry to happy hour to who knows what else.
They also don't come when those things our brains are protecting us from (such as past trauma, limiting beliefs and outdated patterns we keep living over and over again and calling a life) are running the show. We have to clear those blocks so that the clarity can flow.
Step #2 - Allow Yourself To Want What You Really Want
Again, this seems so simple and obvious, yet it’s truly amazing how often we try and sabotage ourselves and basically talk ourselves out of wanting whatever it is we want. "It'll be too hard to get it, it's unrealistic, I can't see how that'll happen, I'm too young/too old,” blah blah blah.
The maddest, yet most motivated, moment you will have is the moment when you realize that you are the reason you aren’t happy, and that you are the one standing in your own way.
Step #3 - Follow The Sparks
The sparks of curiosity, intuition, joy and that nudging feeling that you should call that person, say yes instead of no or go to that event are where all of the magic in life and everything you ever dreamed of and more live.
This is a challenge because we are basically conditioned to be stuck in our heads and living our lives "out there" (i.e. focused on external factors) instead of "in here" (i.e. living in our authentic selves, in touch with our intuition). We have to come back home to ourselves in order for life to really flow with ease.
If you are seeking clarity on who you really are and what you really want, after a life changing event and on what comes next, I am here to light your path forward with virtual or in person life coaching sessions.
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