I have both a counselor and a business coach right now, and I am experiencing tremendous mindset shifts with both. They go hand in hand with each other as I work to heal from past traumas as well as look to the future and envision what I want. My attitude is so much more positive now, and I am happier. I started seeing a counselor again in July after putting it off for over a year. I knew I needed it, but I procrastinated in getting back to it. I started with my business coach in October, and I am working through a 10 week curriculum that assists me in creating a vision and getting me started on making that vision reality.
I am realizing that in order for my vision to become reality, I have to truly believe that it will happen. That sounds simple, but it is amazing how much doubt, fear, and conditioning can make believing feel impossible. When I started in October, it was extremely difficult to redirect my thoughts and emotions from doubt and fear to happiness, joy, excitement, and all the other emotions that I feel when thinking about my vision coming to fruition. Fast forward to now, and I am naturally thinking and feeling the thoughts and feelings of my vision becoming reality. I believe it will happen! It is no longer difficult to believe. It is not impossible or crazy. It will happen!
One of the many things I have learned from my business coaching is that life events do not happen to me, but they happen for me. This kind of thinking is the mindset shift I mentioned previously. If something happens and I see it as something happening for me instead of to me, then I can find the positive side to that event or circumstance, even if it is hard or hurtful. It also keeps me from staying stuck in feeling low and hopeless. I grieve the circumstance by feeling all the sadness and crying the necessary tears, but I am also able to look at the positives, as well. For example, something in my job happens that I do not like. I feel the anger and disappointment, but I also find things that I am thankful for in it. I get to work from home, I am able to pick up my kids from school, I work with a great team, and I make a good income. Finding things to be grateful for in that difficult situation creates a happier me.
More to come as go further with my vision. It is truly exciting!
