When change occurs, don't stay seated. Try baby stepping.

It can sometimes be a little scary stepping out into the world with new goals or intentions even when we are the ones making the decision.  We can’t help it.  Fear is part of being human, unfortunately.

 Something new is gnawing at you, almost forcing you to give rise to some definite changes, and as we all know, change is something that causes a bit of anxiety.  On the exterior we may look and sound confident and even lend to being excited about this change; like taking fresh new steps in the untouched sand but inside feeling a little frozen and those steps are more like walking with snow shoes on! 

As we are all well-aware change is a certainty; a moment by moment constant and it can be a lonely experience.  People are always saying that change is difficult but is it really or is it the stories we have told ourselves that are the culprits?

As an LA life coach, I know for sure there is always a way to shift from the dark side to the side that most supports you.  I’ve done it over and over and will until I no longer take space up on this planet.  I do this by asking/listening/trusting my inner knowing/gut feeling/6th sense to show me what is the best most aligned path to take.  One step after another, I go forward even with some trepidation because I have learned through time I always come out well at the other side even if it looks different than what I expected.

When we are babies it is instinctual when taking our first steps. With a genuine sense of wonder and absolute, being fully into joy, uninhibited, egoless passion and resolution, we do what is perfectly natural.  We stand up and walk.  Wobbly though it is at first, gathering momentum at the turn and then plop, down we go with a thud.  Sometimes we would just sit there, dazed, maybe cry and/or a bit confused as to how we ended up on our bottoms. But something instinctively jabs at us that this walking thing is to be accomplished.  With a slight turn of our tiny bodies we push ourselves up and continue forging the hallways of this new exciting adventure, baby-stepping into experiencing the world in a whole new way than before our fall.

So, why is it that when we fall on our butts as grown-ups we don’t access the memories of our inner child, in awe and wonder?  Who told us ending on our butts was something to fear?

You know who!

Oh, what to do, what to do?  We stop trying, we stop exploring, we go into finding excuses as to why we can’t.  What’s sadder is that our inner knowing KNOWS that we are really disappointing no one but ourselves.

Voltaire said, “The first step, my son, which one makes in the world is the one on which depends the rest of our days.” So if we don’t stand up now and take that first tenuous step forward towards our new passion in life, whether it be big or small, then we will never discover the true depth of our potential and the power that is just waiting to burst out from within.

We are here on this planet to play it big, not small.  We are not to hide away in our life but we are to be seen and heard for our sage stories and accumulated wisdom.  Our job as citizens of the world is that now that our planet and its human inhabitants are in a dire need for change, we can, once again, step forward with that unabandoned instinctual feeling from our days of first learning the art of baby stepping and find the wide eyed wonder of possibilities and exploration as a child. 

That feeling of likelihood is still inside all of us. Knowing this/accessing this sensation and those special memories is key to remember that we have ‘been there, done that’ and can do it again.  Just as we feel one way or another about our outcome, we are feeling each step taken with our own thoughts and might want to ask along the way if what we are feeling is really real or just a story we have been telling ourselves.

Once we concede to the desire of making a change by stepping forward  and embracing it, things in our life shift and we learn, right at that defining time, even that much more about how in charge we genuinely are in how change can actually be a wondrous learning tool!  In fact, you may feel more alive and become more aware of the space that has been opened up for you to ‘brave it up’ and take on another rung up the ladder of life.

So next time you come to this kind of impasse you can ask yourself the following:

·       What’s the best thing that can happen moving forward?

·       Who can I call on to support me on this journey?

·       Am I worthy of taking this leap of faith?

·       Do I believe in possibilities that are in alignment with my hopes and dreams?

The more you step up in your vision as to what you are planning that is requiring change, the more brave, aware, and secure you become for the next time.

With conscious awareness you quickly learn to welcome the next challenge of change because now you have a taste of what it feels like to get off of your butt and seek new adventures with childlike wonder instead of letting fear keep you seated.   You have ignited a new-found sense of knowing what is genuine to you and you get to experience a new movement inside, one that will bring more joy and breakthroughs to your liking that will always be available if you simply trust and believe in the uniqueness that is you. 

To your brilliance unfolding,