Is It Your Turn Yet?

Around midnight as the calendar silently flips from this year to next. . .

Something remarkable is happening.

You are becoming more of who you are. You are growing into more of you. Being you is the privilege of your lifetime.

Yes, YOU.

You have work to do. Choices to make. Mountains to climb.

But not the kind of mountains you might have been taught about.

Not the majestic mountains outside in glorious nature - you want the peaks inside. The mountains you seek are in your internal universe. In your body, mind and heart. Much will be required of you on this inner journey. Are you up to the task?

There will be laughter and tears on your journey; gems and dirt. There will be unimaginable joy and sorrow. You will persevere.

Begin to enjoy your deep authentic self-love. No faking allowed!

Your journey will require that you act. You must be a doer with dreams.

Or you can go on with what you are working on now.

Are you still up for 2018?

Good. I believe in you.

It is time for you to unlearn what hurts. What keeps you down and helps you forget who you are at your core – magnificent. It is time to step away from what holds you back and glide gracefully into what empowers you.

It’s time to fly.

Be bold, be brave and be on the lookout for bright spots as 2018 arrives. Now is your time. This is the place.

What will remarkable you share?

Love On.

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Forget the Resolutions

End of year.

So long 2017, hello 2018.

Out with the old, in with what’s new and next.

80% of New Year’s Resolutions don’t work.

Why? Because if you knew how to change what isn’t working for you now – you would have already done it!  Putting a January deadline on what you want to change doesn’t work, it is a recipe for guilting yourself. Guilting yourself is not good self-care.

Stop!!

If you want real change that lasts, start inside.

Yes, in your internal universe. Be kind to yourself. Just like when you clean and tackle a packed closet, clear your internal space for new and next. Mindfully get rid of what doesn’t serve you anymore. You know what it is, let go and release what weighs your down.

Then have a blast visualizing and imagining what you do want for yourself. Be bold. Be innovative. Use your inner spaciousness to relax and get clear on what you want for yourself. Create a plan that excites you, that you feel great about and that inspires you deeply.

And, oh yeah – don’t go it alone, ask for help if you want new effective results. Flip the old tired script that tells you that you are strong if you muscle through it alone. When you are the strong silent type nothing changes.

With your new spaciousness and clarity, seek help, assistance, collaboration, feedback and connection that feels good to you. Use your momentum to take more actions. And more actions. Enjoy the new interactions and fresh relationships you create.

Go ahead, turn the page on the calendar this year without guilt.  Your new open mindsets await you and they have nothing to do with worn out resolutions. It’s about new strategies, actions and relationships, it’s about you. Hello 2018.

Love On.

p.s. - Get in Touch with me!! This time of year is stressful for a lot of us. If you are challenged by the holidays and expectations, I have lots of free stuff to help or you can leave me a message here and I will be in touch as soon as possible: https://m.me/RisaKelley

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Your Love Light and Love Shadow

I’m not blogging today. Nope.

You are. Yep.

Do you have any burning relationship questions or concerns? What’s on your mind?

Tell me what’s your biggest relationship fear, concern or gratitude?

What terrifies you? What keeps you up at night? Or What do you want to change?

On the flip side-

What inspires you? What lights you up? Or What do you want to share of yourself?

Tell us.

Love On.

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Sadness Takes Flight

You've been there and I've been there. I hope you're not there now.

The depths of sadness.

The depths of sadness for me was when I didn't want to move and getting up seemed impossible. Everything inside of me and outside hurt. My dreams were confused and upset. Queasy. What I used to do easily now seemed monumental.

Keeping it together was exhausting. I wondered if anything was worth it; if anything was worth this much emotional pain. Alone, abandoned and adrift, pain was my companion and focus. 

I won't tell you what's going on in your thoughts, I couldn't possibly know.

I will tell you that on top of my sadness what really hurt me was thinking that I was separate from everybody and everything. I felt cut off from life, love and connection. Separate.

LONELY

And the really weird thing is I believed it. With every fiber in my being. I was certain. And that hurt. Beyond words.

I wanted someone to tell me I wasn't alone. I wanted someone else to want to take my pain away. I needed to hear that I was loved and worth it and amazing. I craved outside validation.

Outside validation didn't arrive for me.

NOW I'M GLAD.

Outside validation would have been a flimsy band aid until the next time I felt someone let me down or I felt used or broken or sad. I always needed something outside of myself to help me feel better.

And that is my job. My responsibility. My honor and my ability. My power.

When I began to look inside myself for what I hoped was outside, everything shifted. 360 degrees. I learned to own my feelings. I learned to purge what hurt and keep what felt fabulous. Good-bye self criticism, good-bye comparing myself to other and people, people-pleasing. Good-bye self judgment and overwhelming self doubt. 

So long and farewell to thoughts that hurt. Hello thoughts that feel more loving. Loving for me from me.

Little by little I began to feel better. I learned to I self-soothe and center myself in unconditional self love. I didn't have to try or force or push. Ease embrace me.

As I treat myself well, I also model for other people how to treat me well. To love me from a whole and healthy intention, not needy desperation. Not for completion.

By taking responsibility for my feelings, action and love, I am empowered to choose my relationships with and from a genuine love within. 

I can not feel fulfilled through outside sources: other people, shopping, alcohol, drugs, money, or appearances. As I learn to I accept myself, I am the only one who can accept or reject myself on a profound and deep level.

With my foundation of authentic self love, I then choose who I want to be with and around. I am not incomplete or looking for my other half. I maintain my relationship with myself through self-love and that big, bright, beautiful energy naturally radiates to everyone. I create new relationships with a combined fresh love energy.

The world shifts with more allowing, acceptance and love for our selves and the oneness we all are.

Including you. If you don't have a strong self love for yourself now, learn gently to shift to it. Nobody deserves unconditional self love more than you do and we all shift to more love as each one of us feels better inside.

I would tell you are amazing and loving but it won't mean as much as when you genuinely feel it inside.

Love On.

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