Sometimes you have a goal, but you feel two ways about it.

You want to do it, but you also feel overwhelmed or unmotivated to do it every time you think about it.

This free process will help you get out of that weird feeling place so you can get the focus and grounding to work on it. This is awesome if you have a daunting task that seems big or hard! I recommend using this process when you want to make progress on these sort of goals.

Watch the video or (if you are already familiar with Tapping/EFT) just follow along with the audio below.

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Last month, I received an email that my Tarot readings were missed! So I thought I would include one this month, like old times. This message covers where we are at this month as we move into July (and possibly the whole rest of the year!).

First, take a moment to pause and breathe. Are you open to insight? Set your intention to feel how you want to feel in your life overall (you can be specific) and then decide to be open to any positive shifts that may occur as you read the writing below.

The wands symbolize our passionate feelings, motivations, creativity, and the actions that come out of that. When the Two of Wands appears, it is a reminder that we do not control everything: we are part of a universal connection to something greater than we have to communicate and collaborate with.

As you go through your days, follow the drops of inspiration that the world around you provides or provokes. It won’t always be comfortable. It may make you feel things, but to feel things is to be ALIVE. That red color in this card is very aligned with living fully and feeling all the things.

You have the ability to stake a claim and set your own intentions for what you would like to do or accomplish, as well as how you’d ideally like to feel, but the universe around you also has a plan. It may shake you up or throw things off track, but ask yourself what you can learn from this and how you can turn it into a growing experience.

Don’t try to force circumstances to fit your plan. You have to dance and adjust accordingly to everything happening day by day because in some ways you have to surrender to the flow of the tides. You will accomplish more this way.

Navigating when to compromise, and when to assert more of your point of you will be tricky. Continually come back to your creativity or spiritual practices to help you to figure out your next moves. Create moments of pause to be open to inspiration coming from beyond your singular point of view, and take heed even if it is inconvenient.

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It can be really hard to make ANY progress at a time like this. It might seem like since you can’t do a lot of things you are used to, that you have all this free time. And surely with free time you will be really productive. But NO! Actually this is all super weird and it’s normal to be UNproductive and just need to put your head in the sand, barely able to drag yourself to the shower (Heh. Have I said too much?) Achieving anything is herculean and extraordinary.

The Creative Progress facebook group is a free space to expressing your creativity, take care of yourself on a level that helps you be more of the person you feel designed to be, and be positive. We all want to achieve goals, but we make taking care of ourselves the #1 priority. It is so easy to get down about everything that isn’t done, so that is why being positive is so important. I truly believe it helps all of us to get more done in a way that feels good in our soul. So I encourage you to use this space to vent in the “poop thread” about stuff that is getting you down, to dream big, to celebrate SMALL microscopic victories in your day, and be super duper nice to yourself. Because the most important thing is you feel supported by you, for you, and loved no matter what you accomplish or don’t accomplish.

When I take this attitude of total nonjudgement and self support….that I end up remembering that being creative is FUN and it happens naturally after a while!!! We do not want anyone burnout or feeling overwhelmed or buried under the pressure. But boy it sure would be nice to do something cool that you love doing, that makes you feel expressed.

If you haven’t joined us yet in the group, come on over! It’s free.

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I search my eyes midsummer’s night 

got nothing left to fight 

can I see what’s left of me

what door to knock to take flight

Is there anything left of me?

I’ve never been this far along

I feel the tides pulling me strong 

to a new day, a new dawn 

Be free my whole life long

I woke up and realized

thought I’d never compromised

but all this time I can’t see, what’s closest to me

has kept me mesmerized

I round the clock going clockwise

wanna see pride in your eyes 

there’s no end in sight, I just want to bite

the hand that feeds

Is there anything left of me?

nothing I recognize 

CHORUS

Never been this far along

Never been this far along

I feel the tides pulling me strong

Be free my whole life long

Feel the tides pulling me strong

To a new day, a new dawn

I feel the tides pulling me strong 

Never been this far along

To a new day, a new dawn

Be free my whole life long

What should you be doing right NOW?

There are so many things to do. What is first?

I believe in perfect timing: there is a way to maximize this moment so that everything else feels better and easier.

For example, I followed this technique and found the perfect time to call my bank. I’ve tried several times over the past month and had to hang up because I was waiting too long, but I really wanted to reduce my business loan interest. After doing this meditation, I ended up deciding to call again. I finally got through with zero wait time. Now I have three months with zero interest! It felt so good to get that off my list. It gave me momentum so that I got a ton of other things done, too. When I relaxed at the end of the day, I just felt so proud of myself.

Use this video to get clear and motivated on what is next for you. You’ll know what to do next because you are that tuned into your intuition. Watch the video or hear the audio below.

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It’s the name of my latest article, now published in On Purpose Woman Magazine.

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We live in a ‘fix it’ society. We seek the magic pill to make things stop. We turn the channel and avoid looking at issues. We run away or act delusional. We like to dismiss rather than consider. We hope to move on quickly and never look back.

Some things aren’t so simple. In life if you feel bad, you aren’t necessarily doing something wrong that needs fixing. There may actually be something right with you that other people do not understand. You may not understand yourself, either. So many of us are perpetually lost but do not realize it until we have gotten far, far away from our center. All of this human and as far as I know there is no pill for it, and I wouldn’t have it another way.

Lately “Care of the Soul” by Thomas Moore has been on my nightstand. It’s a book I began as I studied for my Masters in Spiritual Direction. I’ve been quiet about the skills I’ve developed in helping people through difficult times because spiritual caring is hard to put in words. His are some of the best I have seen.

He says rather than curing or fixing, what we need is caring. We need space and time to be with the moment, to connect to our soul whether it is weeping or joyful. There can be a beauty in it, and I don’t mean shutting down any negative aspects to decide it’s all “for the best.” There is another way to be present and go deeper into dark waters so that you can truly pull the thread on your journey into the human experience.

How do you truly live if you do not wade deeper? Will life just be shallow? How do you find yourself if you cannot admit when you feel lost? To see the sky you need to close your eyes, feel it and then refocus.

I help people create the time for this sort of deep dive into their fears, while helping them to connect to their spirituality for peace. I rarely publish rates for these spiritual care sessions because I like to work out prices with people individually. We see if we can find a mutual fit, if not no worries.

If you need space to care for your fears, worries, and connect to something deeper, let me know. It’s not my goal to lead you to believe anything in particular, I’m spiritual not religious. My goal is to help you to connect to yourself and whatever is meaningful for you that will provide answers and a sense of grounding. Contact me to talk more about your journey and hear my recommendations.

ON KNOWING WHY YOU WANT SOMETHING AND TELLING PEOPLE

The best thing in life is to have a purpose. No one knows what you need to do better than yourself, because you are the one that gives it meaning and says why you do it.

You may not like everything you have to do, but it’s worth doing if it has a good reason.

But when you find something you like, that has a good reason, that is when the heavens light up and shine their light on you. It’s such a good feeling.

That feeling is something woven into my life now. I’ve been writing and editing some really big projects.

Sometimes my head is still on the pillow when I feel those butterflies that I am making something that excites me.
Sometimes I tell people in my Creative Progress Facebook group how the day is going, and sometimes I don’t tell anyone. But I always write it down for myself to celebrate what is going well. 🙂 You don’t need anyone to see what you see or to validate you. They don’t need to understand how exciting it is or why it is meaningful and great. It’s nice but it isn’t necessary. Try not to depend on it from everyone. It’s your victory.
Mentors and accountability groups may validate you but you usually have to seek them out specifically and see if they align with your priorities. Sometimes the best way someone can support you is with silence, a general thumbs up or not adding anything else to the mix for you because it’s all going really well. Let people know how to best support you if you can.

Or just enjoy it privately and don’t make a big thing telling everyone while you are in the middle of your process. 😉 If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Just keep going.

Not writing? Not making progress on your goals?

It’s a chaotic time worldwide. But…maybe you have some time or opportunity to pursue those writing and creative goals. Write a book. Grow an online business. Paint. Get better at guitar. Record a song. But you are not doing it and you wish you were.

1. Instead of beating yourself up about it or comparing yourself to your most productive days, let go. You are not in total control right now so if you feel like you’re slacking or blocked, well it is not your fault.

2. Let it go totally. Just for this moment or maybe even for a few days stop trying to make yourself do stuff. Give yourself permission to let go. I often find writing a to-do list for another day helps clear my nervous desire to do something. Just tell yourself it’s okay to stop trying to force it. Be wild and daring and go on vacay.

3. Now what? What do you actually feel like doing right this second? Do it. If you’re anxious try setting a half an hour timer and deciding that it is okay for you to have fun during this time.

4. Now that you have relaxed a little, ask yourself the following questions. You can journal it into a notebook. You can write it like a letter. You can sit outside and contemplate or take a brief walk. You can wonder in the shower or while cooking. Try to really approach them on many levels.

What is absolutely important and valuable and precious that you don’t want to live without? How you can create it with minimal resources?

Is writing or creating really something essential to you? If you could do something else, would you? Now that you’ve removed your goal from your life, can you be okay with that drifting away from you? Or does something make you want to add it back into your life? Is it essential? Why? Do you love it? Do you choose it??? Why?

As you seek these answers and feel into them, I think you will find clarity. Use that clarity and motivation as inspiration to guide you in these coming days. Bless you guys!

Want support? Make faster progress and join us in the free Creative Progress in Crazy Times facebook group. We are talking about the challenges and goals we have during this time. It’s a no judgement, pro creativity space.