Me and Meditation
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During the week I was asked to participate in an event today. My first reaction was to say YES but then I remembered I had set aside today for me. I already had plans to spend the day with me. For the first time choosing me instead of something or someone else felt quite liberating. I didn't feel guilty about saying no because setting aside this time for myself was very important.
So now here I am today, on my date with myself. I didn't really dress for the occasion but I am fully present!!. I knew there were some things I needed to get done around the house so I attended to those first and then I got comfortable on my favorite sofa surrounded by my purple comforter, my ipod, my journal and my dog!! My better half was stuck in his kingdom working on a project so I had all this time to myself.
I closed my eyes as I lay back into a comfortable position and I began my quiet conversation. It went something like this:
There is nothing I need to worry about. No-where I need to be, no-one I need to see and nothing I need to do. I can relax and enjoy this time with myself.
As I lay there I began to feel calm and peaceful. I sank even deeper into my into myself. I called on my guides and helpers in the universe and I asked for their help in moving forward in my life. There are so many things that I want to do with my life and I asked them for some inspiration and most of all guidance.
My mind started to drift and easily I just bought my focus back and continued with:
There is nothing I need to worry about. No-where I need to be, no-one I need to see and nothing I need to do. I can relax and enjoy this time with myself.
This time I felt the cool breeze from the fan blow over me and it felt good. I started to listen for the sounds around me in a way of just letting them be. Just then I heard and plane fly overhead. Probably a small twin engine. I imagined that the plane now directly above me opened up a side door and began dropping all the things I would need to help me along in my journey of life. All the people I would meet, all the tools I would need. Everything was dropping down to me and I imagined myself picking them up, putting them in bag and placing the bag on my back. I had a sense that I now had everything I needed to get on with my life. Everything is ready and waiting.
This meditation was short and sweet. It was unplanned and without thought. I just let the thoughts unfold. I was not trying to control the direction or the content. Tomorrow I will do it again and if nothing else I will remember:
There is nothing I need to worry about. No-where I need to be, no-one I need to see and nothing I need to do. I can relax and enjoy this time with myself.
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My name is Kelly Wright and I am your Life Coach who Rocks!!
I officially began life coaching about 8 years ago but I have been helping people look further into their lives for most of my life. I have always been fascinated with looking at our purpose in life, what really matters most to us and how we can live a more fullfilled life.
This led me to take part in many self development and personal growth courses. I completed a public speaking course called "Personal Growth through Public Speaking". This course was the opening platform for my path of self discovery. After that I completed a course in self esteem and personal goal setting. I then went on to become a mentor of one of the programs which I now teach called "Power on Purpose".
As I was digesting all these new concepts I began to establish some things that I was particularly interested in. I wanted to know what it was that I was meant to do with my life and why. What was the one IT thing that REALLY stood out for me . . . . and that I was truly passionate about. Where did IT originate from and how do I access IT so that IT is more prevalent in my life.
In 2003 I completed my Life Coach Certification and I started my coaching practice soon after that. Over the last few years I have been articulating my services as a Life Coach/Mentor/Motivator into the one thing that moves me into action - a life that rocks and a career that rolls. I know that when I am doing what I love I am on FIRE and I feel ALIVE. These are actual feelings I have experienced not just words you are reading here.
What I kept coming back to, was the one thing I had always come back to; teaching, speaking, empowering. This is my IT that I loved to do. What I discovered was that this had actually been a passion of mine since I was a little girl. As a child I had always played school, I mean a real organized classroom where I would teach to my imaginery students for hours and hours. During my school years I noticed that whenever I would get up in front of the class to speak I was always very nervous, but once I began speaking and interacting with the students I found that my nervousness turned into excitement and I didn't want it to end. I will not bore you with more stories of my life that now only serve me as concrete evidence that my passion was with me all the time, I just didn't know how to access it. I had to take a trip back to my childhood to remember what it was that I was passionate about only to find out that those same things that I loved as a child still ring true for me now as an adult.
This was an invaluable excersise for me. I didn't have to get bogged down with all kinds of tests and quizzes, excersises and brainstorming. I just had to remember myself as a kid and what I liked to do for fun. I knew I was onto something here and that I could help other people through the same process so that they too could get in touch with their true passions and find a career that moves and inspires them. I also discovered that this could work just as well with teens; why not have them begin the process at a younger age so that they can have their life of purpose and their career of passion now instead of later!!!
So here I am . . . asking you to trust a little in the dreams of your childhood and then together we can recreate them into a life and a career filled with passion, purpose and inspiration.
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