Become Your Own Mirror
Do you have that little voice inside that constantly nags at
you that you don’t really deserve …. Love, Promotion, Acceptance or any
Accolades? Think your alone? Your not, the truth is many women cannot see
their own amazing and brilliant reflection.
Even when walking towards your authentic soul passion, many find that
the nagging voice within is causing stagnation, fear, and obstacles to truly
living with confidence and authenticity.
One of the most often theme’s that I am asked about is how
to find that confidence and courage to truly step into personal power. Why does so many lack the confidence and
courage? Confidence is often times
derailed from a young age. “Stories” are
created from our formative years that can impact our decisions as women. Whether it is that feedback was not given,
support not felt, or dreams not nurtured, a “story” of failure. The woman begins to base confidence on how
they perceive others think of them. When
a challenge occurs, the failure “story” arises.
This vicious cycle occurs over and over again affecting their decisions
and more importantly their self-esteem. The
mirror they look into everyday reflects “I don’t deserve” or “I can’t do this”
reflection.
Time to clean the mirror to see the real YOU!
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When the mirror is cleared from outside perceptions and
experiences of the past, it can accurately reflect what a woman’s strengths and
weaknesses are. This objective
reflection can create a balanced sense of who YOU are. When it is balanced, it is possible to
nurture and support YOUR confidence and self-esteem allowing you to have a
rewarding and fulfilling life.
5 Steps to Cleaning the Mirror
- Grab a piece of paper and pencil. Draw a large oval on the paper with a
horizontal line down the middle.
- On onside of the oval
write down 10 strengths that you see within you. These can be positive qualities such as
being a good listener to being an amazing chef to being a gracious
hostess.
- On the other side of the
oval write down 5 weaknesses that you see within you that you would like
to improve. It is vital to stop at 5,
this is a beginning of letting go of the “stories” of perception that have
been held onto. Could be as simple
as being authentic in your words too
quick to anger.
- KEY here is to now on same
side of the oval write down 5 attributes that you perceive as weaknesses that
you are willing to accept. Why
accept a weakness? If we continue
to see all of the weak areas as failures, we perpetrate the “story”. It is not possible to be strong in every
area of life. We all have weakness
and by accepting them, they no longer serve to fuel the story. These could be as simple as being
organized or public speaking.
- Now that you have your
oval mirror which more accurately reflects who YOU are without the
stories, you have the opportunity to foster the strengths and release the
weaknesses. Begin by picking one
weakness to work on. For example if
your weakness is being able to speak your truths, begin by writing in a
journal your truths so that you can see them in black and white.
Being able to objectively see YOUR reflection in the mirror
is vital to seeing the truth. The truth
is that YOU are a sacred and beautiful soul.
