The year of clear

For most, the New Year begins January 1. For some. it begins on their birthday. Fall is my New Year. I feel the slowing down and letting go. It is the time when my heart urges me to sit down and reflect on what has passed and what is seeking to become.

I remember vividly last fall, feeling the excitement that I felt from the anticipation of 2020. I couldn’t help but believe that “20/20” surely had to be the year of seeing clearly.

And for me it truly has been.

As I read posts on social media or talk to others and I see or hear the words, “I can’t wait to put 2020 behind me”, I feel a soft inner cringe, a voice that says, don’t wish your days away.

It would be dishonest to say that I didn’t have resistance to the change that COVID-19 brought in the early part of the year. I did. I desparately wanted to keep the life I was living and to stick to my tried and true routines. But like you, I didn’t have that available to me.

Working with my own Coach, I realized quickly that my pain came solely (and I do mean solely) from my resistance to what was happening.

So I chose to surrender.

In surrendering, I found all the beauty that change can bring. My nervous system was finally able to calm down and my anxiety level dropped to an all time low.

My breaths became deep and full as one thing after another fell off my calendar and my schedule cleared. It was time to take full advantage of this blank canvas.

One project that I did early on was transform a spare bedroom from this:

To This:

I discovered I had ample time to deepen my knowledge through Martha Beck’s, Wayfinder Life Coach Training AND to coach even more. With everything moving to an online platform, there was less commuting and more time for tea, long walks, and putting my bare feet on the earth.

I could hear my inner guidance clearly and I had so much time in the world to listen. It is amazing what can happen given the space and attention.

While my daughters actively protested for Equality, I worked on the Crisis Text Line. Each of us lending a hand to other humans who needed a little extra support through it all.

I believe the earth is healing. I beleive we are all healing.

It is time for us to take our rightful place. Mary Hayes Grieco, my friend and mentor, always says, “Relax, and get going.” And I agree.

We each have the responsibility to live the BIG life that we came here to live.

For me, that means doing SCARY, BOLD and EDGY things in the year that is coming and listening to my inner guidance.

For me that year begins now.

What clarity has 2020 brought you so far? I would love to hear.

As always, I wish you the big shiny life that you are meant to live.

Be Well. Love, Brenda