AMY HANSEN

There are many things that keep you stuck in your comfort zone.  Often, it’s fear, worry, or doubt.  It’s easier to remain in your comfort zone of what you know to be safe than to step outside and bravely risk the unknown.  But, staying in your comfort zone keeps you living a small life.  It doesn’t allow you to step into your full potential to really be able to experience all that life has to offer.  You have to let go of these blocks that are holding you back so that you can achieve your goals and live your dream life.

Holding You Back

There are things that have been holding you back in life.  It could be people who kept you playing small and never allowing you to step into your full potential.  It could be certain scenarios or situations that took up your time, money, or resources.  Perhaps it’s internal stories that you’ve been telling yourself on repeat that keep you believing that you can’t achieve your goals.  Whatever the case may be, you must identify and let go of wha...

You future is dependent on what you choose to do today.  It’s not what you did yesterday or what you’ll do tomorrow.  It’s those little actions you decide to take today.  Each one accumulates into creating your future.  Take an honest look at your life, where you are, and what you’re doing.  This is a mirror into the future.  If you don’t like what you see then it’s time to take action towards creating the life of your dreams.

Your Past

Your past events do not determine your future.  It’s how you choose to respond and what actions you decide to take right now that will help you to move forward from here.  You can learn and grow from past experiences in order to make you stronger.  Or, you can let it diminish you and your light.  You can let it hold you back, keep you living a small life, and never be able to step into your full potential.  The choice is yours.  It’s who are you going to choose to be?

Manifestation

You have to become the energetic match for what you want to...

Sometimes life becomes too tough and you just want to escape the present moment.  You’d rather be anywhere than where you currently are.  You don’t want to feel and experience what you’re currently going through.  But, escaping the present moment isn’t going to fix what’s happening around you.  It’s only dulling the pain or pushing off your problems until another day.  You have to get focused and be present to what’s going on right now if you have any hoping of getting yourself out from where you currently are.

Past

You might be living in the past.  It could be that the past was a happier time than what you’re currently going through right now so it’s easier to get lost in the memories.  Using escapism to take you to a moment when you were happy helps you to ignore what you’re currently facing.  Or, it could be that you’re too focused on the past by dwelling on previous mistakes, shortcomings, or failures.  Perhaps it’s dreaming about what your life could have been if you had o...

One of the most common thoughts that stops you from taking action towards your goals is that you believe you are not ready.  Perhaps that’s because you think you don’t have enough experience, expertise, education, time, money, resources, etc.  However, there will never be a perfect time to say you’re ready.  You will repeatedly come up with another excuse or reason as to why now it not the right time to work towards your goals.  Something else always seems to take priority over working towards your goals.  It is said that ready is not a feeling it’s a decision.  You must decide that you’re ready to take action towards your goals.

Waiting For The Perfect Time

Begin by visualizing what would happen if you waited for the perfect time to achieve your goals.  The truth is, nothing would happen.  Your dreams would get covered in dust and your goals would never get achieved.  Yet, time continues to pass.  What you decide to do with that time is what’s most important.  You can continue...

Dwelling on negative thoughts only dampens your mood.  It casts a darkness all around you.  It makes you think and believe that you can’t achieve your goals.  A negative thought is a darkness.  Darkness is the absence of light.  When you get stuck in a negative thought pattern, repeating the same loop over and over again, you’re only escalating the darkness.  At this point, you’re unable to take action towards your goals.  It’s up to you to acknowledge when you’re experiencing this darkness.  You can pull yourself out this darkness when you shed light on your negative thoughts.

Light Or Darkness

First, determine if you’re in the light or dark with your thoughts and feelings.  Simply ask yourself are you in the light or darkness?  Tune into what you’re thinking and feeling.  If it’s fear, anger, negative stories, or hurt then it’s all darkness.  If you continue to focus on this then it will only grow stronger and continue to multiply.  This will pull you away from the present mo...

You have over 60,000 thoughts a day.  Some of those are negative thoughts and some of those thoughts are positive.  In fact, a lot of those thoughts are the same thoughts on repeat.  It’s a constant loop that you’re saying to yourself over and over again.  You said the same thing yesterday as you did this morning and will again later tonight.  But, what if those thoughts aren’t serving you and helping you to achieve your goals in life?  It’s time to remove those negative thoughts that are holding you back from living your dream life.  This starts by asking yourself better questions when you notice a negative thought.

Negative Thoughts

Negative thoughts sound like you can’t or shouldn’t do something.  It prevents you from taking action towards your goals.  Negative thoughts keep you stuck in your comfort zone where your brain knows it’s safe.  Yet, sometimes this isn’t in your best interest.  Especially when you’re trying to achieve your goals.  Hearing negative thoughts on repe...

Your inner programming is the constant chatter you hear on a daily basis.  For the most part, you probably don’t even recognize it because it just plays in the background of your mind.  Sometimes it gets louder when you’re about to step outside your comfort zone or it just remains quietly rambling throughout your day.  Paying attention to your inner programing is what’s going to make the difference between staying in your comfort zone and going after your dreams to achieve your goals in life.

Remembering Thoughts

Your inner thought programing isn’t anything new.  You think that you’re thinking new thoughts throughout the day but most of the time you’re just remembering.  You’re remembering past experiences and reliving memories.  You’re running familiar patterns and loops in your head from what you’ve gone through in the past.  This could be negative or positive.  Your brain automatically sorts through all your past experiences to see if it can find something similar to determi...

When you don’t feel like you are enough your whole world suffers.  You get caught up in your head about why you aren’t good enough for success, your goals, dreams, or the life you truly desire.  You get stuck in your current situation and think that outside circumstances are what’s keeping you there.  However, that’s not true.  It’s what you believe about yourself and your worth.  It’s time to build up your self worth so that you can confidently believe in yourself to take action towards your goals in life.

Self Belief

When you believe that you are truly worthy of something you go after it with all your might.  You don’t second guess yourself, ponder other scenarios, or get sidetracked with self doubt.  You just push forward and take action towards your goals and dreams in life.  You believe that there is no limit to your success and anything is possible.  It’s an undeniable confidence when you believe in yourself and really value your own self worth.

Self Talk

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Imagine there is a glass of water on the table in front of you.  Ask yourself if this glass is half full or half empty?  Pessimists tend to see the glass as half empty by choosing to focus on the negative and looking for what is missing.  While optimists see the glass as half full.  Optimists choose to focus on the positive and what can be done with the water that is already in the cup.  Consider how you view life and whether the is glass half full or half empty.

Half Full

Thinking about the glass being half full also lends itself to the possibilities of what you could do with the other half of the glass.  If this glass represents your life, consider what you would want to fill it with.  Determine what experiences you’d like to have, the people you’d like to spend your time with, the opportunities you’d like to take advantage of, etc.  Do more of the things that will fill your cup with positivity and happiness.

Happiness

Happiness is often found in the little things but us...

Rainbows form when you see sunlight on rain drops.  It means the storm is coming to an end.  The dark clouds are parting and the sun is finally coming out.  Seeing a rainbow is often associated with hope, good fortune, new beginnings, and positive change.  You want life to be all sunshine and rainbows.  However, life can be challenging and you will face many struggles.  You’re going to have to weather some tough storms.  But, that’s why you need to look for the rainbows in life. 

Dark Clouds

Just like in life, you’ll experience some dark clouds and then the sun will shine through.  Seeing a rainbow means the storm is clearing.  You’re through the worst of it and you can see the brightness on other side.  Seeing a rainbow makes you breathe in a sigh of relief that good things are to come.  You can feel that sense of hope and optimism for better things in the future.  Yet, not all dark clouds are a bad thing.

Lessons

You’re going to be forced to go through some difficult tim...