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Have you ever felt like your soul needed to be lifted up | Personal Life Update

Have you ever felt like your soul needed to be lifted up | Personal Life Update

Have you ever thought – man, I just need to be surrounded by people that are completely positive or felt like you needed your soul lifted up? 

Sometimes the chaos of the world just gets to be super heavy.

 

The company that Melissa and I are health coaches for does a conference every year in February or March.  It’s an intimate conference, you have to be at a certain level to be able to attend, versus our big convention where everyone can attend – even clients. 1000 people vs 45,000 people.  

 

This was our second year to attend and let me just tell you – I have never been a part of something that genuinely creates a fire and a passion inside of me.  It’s got a little bit of business talk, but more than that… it’s about life, dreams, and truly awakening things inside of you that you are too scared to out actually dig out of the deep recesses of your mind.

 

Sounds crazy huh?

I wanted to share some of my key takeaways from this year.  Maybe more for myself to reflect back on … because let’s just be real – we all know that when great things are happening, resistance will strike. But I also share because maybe you needed to read some of it.

 

Just some ideas that I wrote down along the weekend:

~ Either your passion will move a mountain; or your fear will create one

~ You are not locked into a version of yourself that someone else says you are.

~ Ever feel like you have too many things going on and too many plates spinning – what if you decided that from now one – wherever your feet are is what you are focused on.

~ Create the life want – not the life you get

~ “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Jim Rohn”

~ Want to know the difference between extraordinary and ordinary … just 5 little letters.

~ Have you ever overthought something and ended up not acting on it?  Think about this – How many cures or medical advances have possibly never seen the light of day because someone has overthought it instead of acting on it.

~ Fear comes for free…. Hope takes work.

This might be my favorite thing I heard all weekend by my friend Sarah Massengale 

  • What’s the worst that will happen if you keep going?  Now, what is the worst that will happen if you stop?

 

These are just SOME of the inspired thoughts I heard this weekend and they are SO powerful.  If only one of those resonated with you – write it down.  Put it somewhere that you can see it often.  

I have a giant mind filled so full of inspired thoughts and I want to shout them from the rooftops. I want you to be as fulfilled as I am today.  I never knew what was possibly just by surrounding yourself with the right people.  I never realized that by putting both Melissa in the right rooms, even when it’s uncomfortable – would allow us to see dreams become realities, would allow us to make a difference in someone elses life, would allow us to show others that what they see today is nothing compared to what they are capable of.

 

The conference was called Awaken – and let me just tell you – My soul is awakened. My heart is on fire.  My belief in a better world for so many is stronger.  What if you moved one milimeter forward and that added up, day after day, to a world that you only barely dream of today?

Leslie – The BE Project 2023 – Beautiful Evolutions Portrait Photographer

Leslie – The BE Project 2023 – Beautiful Evolutions Portrait Photographer

The BE Project – In a world where you can be anything…. What will you be?

Meet Leslie – her word for the 2023 BE Project is Loyal.

What word did you choose and why?

Loyal

 This year I chose the word Loyal. I am a loyal person – my family and my friends can tell you that. I’m loyal to my job – my coworkers and supervisors can tell you that. I’m at a point in my life now where I want to be loyal to myself. You can’t pour from an empty cup, so I’ve started saying no and protecting my time, and really focusing on how I can make the most of the time that I have with the ones that I love. I plan to travel more, spend time with my family, and really work to not forget who I am outside of a wife and a mother again, because I’ve been down that road. I don’t have to ever be somebody’s anything except me. Through the changes I’m making in my life and with my work, I really feel like I’m focusing on what I need to now. I will continue to be loyal to myself.

 

 

 

 

Aimee – The BE Project 2023 – Beautiful Evolutions Portrait Photographer

Aimee – The BE Project 2023 – Beautiful Evolutions Portrait Photographer

The BE Project – In a world where you can be anything…. What will you be?

Meet Aimee – her word for the 2023 BE Project is Happy.

What word did you choose and why?

Happy

I chose the word Happy. Sometimes you just need a push to show you where you really want to be.

I want to focus on the moments that bring me happiness, not the hard moments. 

Feeling secure in my home, work, family, and who I surround myself with brings me happiness. 

Enjoying the phase of life that I’m currently in brings me happiness. 

Living life on my own terms excites me, and I am aiming to create more of that.

Some years are just really hard. Last year was one of those for me, and by the end of it, I had a really hard time finding my Happy. This year I want to focus more on what excites me and less on the hard moments. For me, I feel happiest when I feel secure in where I am and what I’m doing. Secure in my environment, in my work, with my family and with the people who I allow in my life – that brings me happiness. So does taking the time to enjoy the season of life that I am currently in right now. Sometimes it just takes a hard year to give you the push to show you where you really wanted to be, so here is to focusing on the Happy in 2023.

 

If you could go back and talk to the younger version of Aimee, what would you tell her?

 

            If I could talk to young Aimee, I would probably help her adjust how we do things a little bit. Not to change what I’ve done and accomplished, but just how I did it.

 

 

The BE Project 2022 – Emma – Beautiful Evolutions Photography

The BE Project 2022 – Emma – Beautiful Evolutions Photography

The BE Project – In a world where you can be anything…. What will you be?

Meet Emma – She might just win the best big sister award.  Determined is her word – but I feel like there is so much there that she has yet to uncover.

What word did you choose and why?

Determined

I think that my mom is my biggest role model – all I’ve ever seen in her is determination.  I want to be the same way.  I remind myself to stay determined by remembering all that i have already overcome – and know that i can accomplish anything.  

What is something you want to accomplish?

After graduation i want to major in biology and environmental science and minor in chemistry – go to school in illinois.

The BE Project 2022 – PHOEBE – Beautiful Evolutions Photography

The BE Project 2022 – PHOEBE – Beautiful Evolutions Photography

The BE Project – In a world where you can be anything…. What will you be?

Meet Phoebe – bundle of sunshine. I just have no other words for this little girl.

What word did you choose and why?

Kind

I love being kind.  To be nice to other people and help them if they need help with something.  I am kind to friends and best friends. To be kind to your family means helping them do other stuff. When i grow up – i want to be a nurse so that i can help people be healthy again.  I love helping people.