5-23-23 Wow friends, it’s been a long time! I just returned from 3 weeks of fabulous travels in Europe, which included 2 successful Chiropractic from the Hearts. Our workshops inspire me how courageous people are and I’m always so grateful for the life-changing healing that Stew and I are witness to as people allow themselves to be vulnerable and learn to reside in their hearts.

Still, it is a process and it’s evident to see, both with them and with others I do HeartMath work with (as well as in my own journey), that even when we have the tools it takes incredible effort to get out of the habit of approaching everything from our heads. So, I am offering this as encouragement to all of us to remember that and be gentle with ourselves during the process of creating a new baseline.

At the workshops, exercise after exercise of learning how to focus on going to the heart happened easily and effortlessly, until it became time to actually apply it to a real-life situation. In my weekly HeartMath group, folks present problems they’re dealing with, and constantly forget until they’re reminded it’s impossible to solve problems from a head space and to focus 18” lower to get their heart wisdom. I, too, still see how often I can fool myself and I accept that it’s logical to be critical and judgmental. I no longer beat myself up when that happens, just give a quiet “duh”, with the realization, “Oh, that’s why I’m struggling, of course. Once again I’m in my head and not my heart.”

I believe that the only reason I now recover quickly when I revert to being stuck in my head and old, habitual patterns is because I constantly immerse myself in doing my self-work. It’s definitely helpful when I go to a weekend heartful workshop or have a once-a-week meeting with like-minded folks to remind myself of tools. But, honestly, it’s not enough. I urge you to join me in taking the deeper plunge.

Creating daily practices of living from my heart allows me to access my heart in more of my moments, even when I get triggered and forget. I schedule regular meeting times with myself throughout the day to assess how I’ve been doing and then practice a heart-based tool.  My family knows how much I desire to be in integrity through living my principles, staying in Love, and being the person I say I am. Since I am with them the most, it helps me so much that they hold me accountable.

There’s no reason to let our old mind patterns continue to have power over us and keep us from thriving and living our dream. It’s OK to admit we made a mistake (or many) and were less skillful than we hoped in how we expressed ourselves in any given moment. It’s OK that we experience difficult feelings and limiting thoughts. What isn’t OK is when we beat ourselves up about all that. We don’t have to stay in a self-sabotaging downward spiral because of it. It’s especially OK to ask for help from safe people. That might just be the bravest thing. I’d love to be one of your safe people. Today is a good day...and I make it so! www.everydaywholeness.net