Embracing Your Journey: Starting Where You Are

Hello,

I'm glad you're here.

Today we're going to talk about this theme,

Embracing your journey.

Starting where you are and in this time,

It's about embracing the real beginning point.

This is not some kind of prepared,

Polished,

Imagined perfect version of where we think that we should be,

But just embrace the place that you are right now.

So whether you're stepping onto this path and you're brand new to this or you're returning to it,

This moment is the entry point.

In this session,

We're going to explore what it means to move forward without waiting to feel more prepared,

More healed,

More correct,

More organized,

Or more anything.

Your life,

Your best self,

Doesn't begin at some future starting line.

It begins where you are right here and right now.

I'm Bradley Tompkins.

I'm a clinical hypnotherapist.

Here it is about not just meditation,

But mindfulness.

A lot of practices and a lot of principles come to bear in the work that I do here with you.

The intention is to give you an experience now,

But also a framework that's the easy path,

The path of least resistance,

The path that gives you the results that you want.

If that can become your path of least resistance,

So you're not struggling and working hard to accomplish or to get through or to get by,

That's what we want to do.

I'm going to be sharing some practices and tools with you to do that very thing.

That is the nature of the time we're going to have together.

I will share some ideas and some things with you for a few minutes,

And then we'll have a time of meditation to not only begin the work today and begin that process,

But also to memorize what it looks like to be on the path to start from where you are and to sense and know that this is always the right spot.

This is where you are.

It must be the right location for you.

So if that makes sense to you,

We will begin and I'll be sharing some things with you.

I want you to get comfortable in this time that we have together.

This is a time for you.

There isn't any preparation work you need to do.

There isn't any even notes that you need to take.

Sometimes people do.

There are some things that will be hopefully meaningful and will give you a sense of connection with yourself,

Not connection with me,

But with the deeper aspects of yourself.

Invest the time and attention as best you can.

If it's possible for you to be seated and to do the work here without distractions outside,

That would be very helpful.

It would be good.

Sometimes people are tuning in from wherever and maybe you're involved in some kind of activity or you're driving or some other kinds of things like that.

So use your common sense about the time and the attention that you have.

The more time,

Attention,

And connection you have to this work,

The more effective it will be for you.

The idea that your beginning,

Every beginning that you do,

It's already in motion.

We begin anew every day.

So in that case,

You're not behind.

You're not in a hurry.

You are here now.

And as you acknowledge your place where you are,

You're bringing attention to the present moment.

There's really not another kind of attention that you could bring that would be more effective than in the present moment.

We do typically is distract and we involve ourselves in so many different kinds of things.

The interior world is always there.

The exterior world is always there.

The question is,

Which are you drawn to at which moment?

Because the exterior world will continue to offer you reasons to get upset,

Things to think about,

Things to engage in.

The exterior world will always continue to offer you a sense of urgency that you need to take care of something.

And in my work as a meditation teacher and the other kinds of work that I do as a coach,

You just recognize that we want to grow and develop.

I want to move forward.

People come to me and they say,

I want to move forward,

But many times people are inhibited.

They're actually not recognizing that where you are is the right place,

Not where you wish you were.

We distract ourselves.

We do all kinds of things to pretend that everything is okay.

But the knowing inside this idea that maybe I should be further along in the path,

I should be more advanced than I am.

And that idea comes up and what people do to avoid that negative feeling,

Like I should be further along in my personal growth and my spiritual path,

Is to distract,

To entertain,

Sometimes even anesthetize or desensitize in some manner.

And our goal today is not to warn you away from these behaviors and patterns,

Because we all engage in them from time to time,

But to offer you a path forward just like you are and exactly where you are.

And one of the most common patterns I see with people coming to me for direct coaching or help,

Individuals that I observe in conferences and workshops,

Is they make these comments about getting started on this next phase of personal growth,

Spiritual development.

And they'll say things like,

I'll get to that when I take care of a few things.

I got some stuff I need to take care of.

You probably said things like that.

And the problem is that there are just too many small things to take care of before you ever get started on your path or continue on that path.

Even a physical ailment,

If you get sick or something,

You say,

Well,

I need to get well before I can do that.

Most of us deal with far fewer,

Far less impactful limitations on moving forward than that.

And the point is this,

You begin wherever you are.

You're not where you wish that you were.

The problem is that we've been trained like this in just about every area of life.

If you want to run a 5K,

Then we have this notion that in our head,

We have to get to the starting point,

The starting line,

In order to begin that race.

And it's true.

We make internal excuses about personal qualities,

Things that we need to do and to take care of.

I need to get to a certain place.

We like to address first little issues in life,

Organization,

Relationships,

Having the right journal or the right pen,

Finishing a certain task or a work obligation,

And the list goes on.

And all of these offset delay moving forward in some way.

I'm fond of the metaphor of the journey.

It's a metaphor I use in my practice.

It's called Pathways to Creative Wellbeing.

And you're in this journey,

You're on this journey,

And you're moving forward,

And you meet various people along the way.

Some people you stay with much longer.

Some you stay with just for a short period of time.

In the case of personal growth and development,

Every single moment offers you daily the opportunity to begin,

To start the first step,

Because you wake up new every day.

Your energy,

Your attention,

Your body,

Feeling,

The way you feel,

Blood sugar levels,

All of the dynamics of just restarting you come to bear.

And we understand starting the day,

But on the path of personal growth and development,

On the path of spiritual maturity,

The practices that we engage in,

Like meditation,

Breath work,

Movement,

Other kinds of practices that are not just about self-care,

But close off the discussion and the talking for yourself.

We have the metaphors in our head in terms of a journey,

Like I should be further along than where I am.

And so there's all the feeling of being behind.

And some people,

They may begin their personal growth and development journey at age 50,

Or 60,

Or later.

And I want you to recognize that the journey that you're on is not measured in distance,

How far,

But in presence.

How present can you be to yourself in the moment to experience the best of who you are?

If you're taking a long car trip,

It's common to assess the days of travel,

Like how many miles did I cover that day?

Maybe it was 400 miles or 200 miles and so on.

And the litmus test for evaluation becomes that measurement,

The number of miles.

But what we're looking at here is the opportunity to see yourself right here and right now in full presence as the only criteria for success.

And when you stop the distractions,

The delays,

And come online fully present,

Ready to face who you are and where you are,

That is a measure of success.

And that is the measure of your growth,

Not by external accomplishments.

Perhaps it's okay to measure your journey in a career,

The career path you're on,

Maybe positions you've held or compensation milestones.

But in the area of spiritual growth,

None of those external measurements really help in the least.

So that is just opening the frames with you.

I'm going to share with you some specific insights and have a little bit of an exercise for you to engage in if you're new to this work.

So let's talk about for a moment the idea of starting where you are.

Some people have a tendency to kind of belittle or criticize themselves with language like I should be further along by now.

And I invite you to give up this limiting framework,

Let go of the myth of catching up.

And by the way,

We learn those terms for achievement and effort in school mostly and some other domains,

You know,

Sports and hobbies.

If an individual,

Let's say was held back in school a half a year or maybe even a whole year in their schooling,

Maybe sometimes summer school or some other study framework after school,

They administer that to help a person to catch up.

It isn't like that in your own path because here the journey is yours alone.

There's no competition.

There's no classmate or peer group with whom you are trying to keep up.

There's no comparison.

There's no first prize or grading at all.

Recognize that every experience that you have had prepared you to be where you are.

Where you are right now is just right.

Including all the little negative ones that you consider difficult or outside of your control.

Those also have prepared you for the life that you live and the path that you're on.

Whenever you come into a full present awareness,

You have the opportunity to start there and all the other semi-conscious states of delusion and distraction and indifference.

Well,

They were just the precursor.

They were just the things that happened before you came to this.

Your current state,

Where you are now,

Is the most important one.

Where you are and how you are thinking and feeling and speaking and acting,

We call those the four core powers.

You alone can control these four core powers.

The capacity to think what you think.

The thoughts that you're processing,

Positive,

Negative,

Memories,

Future,

Imagination.

The thoughts that you think are yours.

You own those thoughts and you are the one doing those thoughts.

Your feelings largely come from the way you've been thinking.

Things that you're processing,

Ideas that you generate and that you recall.

So you're thinking and feeling and you're speaking what you say and what you do.

Your behavior.

These are the four core powers and they're yours and that is the most authentic,

Original point of entry into the deeper work.

And you just compare that with being distracted,

Entertainment,

Checking things out,

Traveling,

Looking,

Seeing,

Playing.

That is a different kind of experience and we do those as well.

But when you turn your attention to the inner domain,

Often when your eyes are closed,

Not in sleep,

But in personal time of reflection,

Meditation and so on,

You recognize why some people don't do it.

It's not comfortable.

They don't like the feeling of being by themselves,

Sitting alone,

You know,

Because of what might come up.

I don't want to face it.

I don't want to think about those things because I start processing all these ideas and recognize that where you are and what you experience,

Even in those moments,

Is just right.

It's okay.

Give yourself permission now and at all times to be okay with where you are.

This is the right place for you in that moment.

And you recognize the alternative to that would just be,

I'm not where I'm supposed to be.

Like the cat that's never in the right room.

They rush in and then they look around like,

Oh,

I'm not in the right,

And they rush off to some other place.

Where you are is just right.

You're never late.

You're not in a hurry.

You're on time and you're in the right place.

The next point I want to get you to consider with me is simply that building micro-commitments,

Small consistent practices that reinforce self-trust.

The reason that personal self-realization seems a momentous task is that we approach it as a great work,

Right?

With too many facets,

Too many different things to take care of,

Too many areas of improvements,

Too many habits to overcome.

Instead,

Approach this now moment of present awareness as the opportunity to recognize where you are,

Learning,

Growing in the direction of your ideal self.

And then to take one small step in that fulfillment.

And when you're taking that step,

It's okay to keep your head down and focus on that one task at hand.

Maybe it's writing in your journal or meditating for a few moments,

Doing some breath work,

Community service,

Or any other activity that's intended to give you an experience of you transcending the small self.

And the purpose of this work is to allow your mind to stay focused in a micro-commitment towards your best self,

Here and right now.

And this cycle,

This pattern,

Repeated endlessly,

Moves you forward.

What happens is,

With each step that you take,

With each small action that you take,

You generate a sense of motivation,

And that allows you to continue the practice.

It feels good.

It's an internal reward that you provide,

Not external,

An internal reward.

It's the simple repetition of the thoughts and the words,

And taking action with your real physical body towards your ideal life that supersedes,

It overcomes any old patterns that you've been running.

And today we're going to focus on a few small and meaningful practices that will feel aligned with your identity and the intentions that you've set forth.

And they're not complicated,

They're not earth-shattering,

But the impact will be felt.

I want you today,

If it's possible for you to get something to write on and with,

A three-by-five card is what I use,

A pen,

I'm going to guide you through taking a real physical active step as an example of not just thinking it and kind of learning something,

And,

Oh,

That's a good thing to think about,

I should probably do that,

But to actually go through the process,

Think and feel,

Say and do,

And you will not only set the pattern for what that experience looks like in the future,

But you'll have done one.

You will have actually experienced that for yourself,

And that will feel good.

Think about the difference between zero and one.

It's a pretty big difference.

If you have no gold coins at all,

And then you get one gold coin,

Well,

That difference is huge.

It's extreme.

You had none,

And now you have one.

Now,

If you have 89 gold coins and you get one more,

Well,

The difference is not quite as dramatic,

Is it?

The difference between taking the steps that you take and not doing it,

When you choose a meaningful practice,

Something that's doable,

Something achievable for you,

And you actually do that practice,

And I don't know about you,

But I have bookshelves full of amazing books that I haven't read yet.

I was positive that I was going to rush home and read it.

Sometimes I'll even put a bookmark in the beginning just to show myself that I started reading it.

The number of things that you take in and read about,

But then do not act on,

That's the point.

What you want to experience wants you,

And when you take action toward it,

Even when it seems so small,

It shifts energy,

And we're about moving energy in this universe.

And just recognize that each completed micro-commitment will reinforce your self-confidence.

It will allow you to break larger things into smaller chunks,

And you can accomplish anything if you chunk something down into smaller chunks.

And along the way,

What you do is you celebrate the accomplishments that you get.

You don't have to make a big fanfare out of it.

Don't brag to your friends how long you meditated,

But to acknowledge for yourself.

In my calendar,

I have a calendar and a journal,

And I use electronic,

But a printed version is really the way I look at stuff just so I can see the month.

And I'll make a notation on there.

How did I sleep last night?

What was my experience in meditation?

Didn't get to a good half an hour,

And so on.

It's an indication to me,

If I did it,

Like reward.

Good,

This is what I need to do.

This is the right thing.

And I also have a little place on the calendar to just make an indication of my mood,

General mood for that day.

Brownie face,

Nothing,

Kind of medium,

And then a smiley face.

Really simple,

Nothing too complicated,

But just how was I feeling?

And I have a really consistent result in doing that.

And that is that when I take the time to drink water,

Take a walk,

Eat well,

Meditate,

Have some quiet time,

Write in my journal,

Doesn't seem like a lot of things,

But just making that my routine,

My resilience,

The capacity to respond in kind,

Giving myself additional bandwidth emotionally and mentally inside expands.

And you have more facility.

You're not at the edge of your reacting and responding in a way that is not kind or appropriate for the path that you're on.

When you embrace your journey and start from where you are,

It begins something like trust.

You trust the unfolding and clarity grows through movement,

Not overthinking,

Not analyzing,

But by movement.

We have a tendency to evaluate on a constant basis.

And it's not necessary for this type of work in the same way that you don't plant carrot seeds in the afternoon and then come back the next morning and look for carrots.

We know common sense tells us not to do that.

We don't need to constantly evaluate,

Think through,

Or measure the results too quickly.

It is action that creates forward momentum.

Analysis leads to stagnation because you're going to stop doing and you're going to stop thinking.

Because we want to feel like there's progress and there's a sense inside that we have movement.

And it seems counterintuitive that direct experience would give us that real insight,

But it does.

Instead,

We go to endless contemplation as it means to experience something and think through it and to evaluate it.

Make it your intention today to take a small step that will reveal the next right action.

And taking small steps leads to that insight and wisdom.

And the approach is far more effective than trying to figure everything out at first.

It's movement.

Your inner compass strengthens with real engagement.

Not analysis.

When you come back to the end of the day,

The end of the week,

And you recognize what I did,

That movement that I took,

The actual actions with my body,

It's doing it.

And you think about people intuitively know that you perform better in a behavior like a hobby,

Tennis or cooking,

Public speaking,

Golf.

The only way to strengthen those skills is to perform those activities.

You can read about them.

You can take a class and sit in a classroom and look at the whiteboard.

But your inner compass,

Likewise,

You do some visualization,

You do some intention setting and intuitive work.

These qualities will strengthen and become more reliable,

More present when you activate them in real engagement.

So at some point you have to go out on the golf course in that example and hit the golf ball.

Perhaps your experience leads you to moments where you're not clear about the lesson,

What you're supposed to get from it.

I'm feeling confused because I don't know what this lesson is about.

And I want you to know that a sense of confusion or fuzziness,

Vagueness,

Leads to clarity.

It will come.

When people say I'm confused,

I usually will say,

Well,

Good,

Because that means that you're about to experience some clarity.

Something's coming.

Everything that preceded the breakthrough might feel a little fuzzy.

It might feel a little bit uncertain.

Recognize that simply being present in that moment of unclarity,

Simply stated,

Or perhaps even maybe you journal it and write it out and say,

This is where I am.

This is what I'm experiencing.

That causes you to recognize what does not seem clear.

And what does not seem clear today often reveals its purpose later.

So take a look around,

Make a note of what you see,

What you hear,

What you feel.

What do you notice in yourself and outside yourself?

Just be the observer.

I believe that your inner wisdom is sufficient to provide you the lesson and the learning that you need to move forward.

If you'll take a moment to observe.

This is another great opportunity to journal.

In your journaling,

It's okay to say,

This is how I'm feeling.

It's not,

I am angry.

I am frustrated.

But to say,

I have some feelings.

I'm experiencing some feelings.

I'm feeling frustrated.

I'm feeling delayed or whatever it is.

And if you're feeling joyful and full of ambition and excitement,

Then journal that.

When you ask the question,

Your unconscious mind quickly goes to work to give you the answer to that.

So ask the questions.

I'd like some clarity on the lessons that I need to learn from this experience so that the confusion and the difficulty and the pain that I'm experiencing will go away.

That's a great way to ask it.

Unconscious mind,

Higher self.

Higher conscious self.

I'd like some clarity around the things that I'm experiencing so I get the lesson.

Because then I can move forward.

Getting the lesson,

Like learning it,

Knowing it in your head is not sufficient.

As I've indicated,

You take action on it.

And until you take action on the lessons that you have learned,

You'll probably continue to experience those same lessons again and again.

I'm averse to using some of the terms that are typical in personal growth and development work,

Like therapy,

Even though I have in my title hypnotherapist.

Because therapy presumes that there's something wrong or something broken,

Something damaged.

And I don't believe that is the case.

You are exactly where you are,

Generating the results that you have in your life as a result of the thinking and feeling and the saying and the doing that has become your habitual pattern.

And so to make growth and to expand and to become more,

You go inside.

Don't try to do some new things outside,

But you begin inside.

To make observations,

To write down without evaluation,

Mind reading or analysis,

What do you notice right now?

What do you notice?

Another critical thing comes out of this,

And it goes by the term,

Would you be willing,

Are you ready to ask yourself,

Higher self,

What it is that you really want?

It takes a moment of courage.

The courage and the clearing that is required for you to state what you really,

Really want and manifesting in your life and bringing about results in your life comes from some clarity and stating the universe would love to provide.

Your unconscious mind is incredibly resourced when it has some direction.

What is it we're going for?

So if it's clarity about a certain thing,

Your willingness and clarity to state what that is.

The problem is that most of us won't put that truth down because it's a little too scary or we start thinking about how it's going to come.

Oh,

I'd like to open my own wellness center.

I'd like to become a practitioner of X or Y,

But we don't write that down or state it because we start thinking how I'm too old.

I'm too young.

I don't have enough money.

I don't,

We start thinking about how rather than just stating what it is that you really,

Really,

Really want.

So in the areas of personal growth and development,

Spirituality,

Physical wellbeing,

Relationship,

Personal relationships and family,

Other areas,

Career abundance,

What do you really,

Really want?

So these are times in journaling that you can ask those questions and I'd recommend you have a whole page just for those so that you can come back to them and add new things to them as you go.

We know these things,

Probably nothing terribly new here that you haven't heard before.

Somebody asked about clarity through movement.

If it's not clear,

Let me state it this way.

When you know what to do and you don't do it,

It's not a knowledge issue.

It's not like I don't understand.

Most people know what to do.

If I gave you the task of helping me to accomplish a certain thing and you happen to be an expert on it.

It could be physical fitness or running a race or whatever it is.

You know how to do it.

You could teach me and I know now how to do it.

It's not a knowing thing.

It's an emotional block or some kind of other thing that keeps us looping and from taking action in the real world.

And so rather than thinking about,

I can't get a master's degree just by saying that I'm going to do that thing.

It's a process.

There's many steps that go along the way.

But if it were your intention to get a master's degree in a particular area or become a certified practitioner of X or Y or Z,

There are steps.

And what I'm saying is that clarity comes through taking action.

Pick up the phone.

Look at the website.

Call the person.

Send the email.

Write it down.

What would it mean to you?

What would it mean to me if I take action in this area and achieve this outcome?

What would that do for me?

And take one small action in that direction.

That's why clarity comes.

Because if it's not in alignment,

Not congruent with your true self,

Your identity,

If it's not in alignment with the values,

What's really important to you,

You're going to find that out real quickly.

I don't mean that every time you embark on an activity or something that's many steps or difficult,

That every time you have difficulty,

That's a sign that you shouldn't be doing it.

What I'm saying is that the difficulties you accept as part of the task of accomplishing the final outcome.

What I'm addressing is that if it's not congruent for you,

You're really not supposed to be in that world or that work for whatever reason.

Let me give you an example.

I would rather take $50 or $100 or more and go to a dinner where they're raising funds to prevent trafficking of humans.

I'm happy to spend money to donate to help fund the people who are going to go do that work.

That's congruent for me.

There are other people that would be far too little.

They are on the front lines,

And I'm supporting them in that case.

They are on the front lines.

They're literally packing in equipment and cameras and people and they go with money and guns and they go and try to find the people who are responsible and to free people.

That's congruent for them.

It wouldn't be for me.

You'll know what's congruent for you by checking inside.

Your internal compass will tell you.

If you are alive and awake and connected,

You will know that thing.

I mentioned that we know these things.

I promise that many of the things that I've been saying are things that you already know.

So it's an encouragement,

A reminder to come back online.

Come back.

Come back to self.

Come back here.

We'll do a guided meditation that directs us in that direction.

But the secret that we pretend not to know.

We know these things,

But we pretend not to know.

And the secret here is that you've already begun.

You have begun.

It's not like something you have to think about doing.

The moment that you pause to listen,

Go inside.

The journey is underway.

You are here now.

That's a really good sign that you know that you're on the journey.

Stepping forward on the path of self-realization,

It's already begun.

The secret lives in our bones.

It lives in your body.

We've always known how to begin,

How to take the next step.

Think of how naturally that you learned to walk when you were a child.

You didn't wait until you understood the physics of balance and the mechanics of muscle movement and so on.

You just reached and wobbled and fell and you got up again and began again.

And we pretend not to know that every meaningful journey follows the same organic pattern.

We tell ourselves that we need more preparation,

More certainty.

We need more validation.

But deep down we recognize that the truth is life unfolds through engagement,

By doing,

By participation,

Not by more preparation or more analysis.

So recognize that the secret here whispers to you,

Begin before you feel ready.

It's okay.

Move before the path is clear to you.

Trust in what you're doing before you have proof.

It says that faith is the assurance of things hoped for,

The conviction of things not seen,

Not in front of you.

Your body knows how to grow and knows how to heal.

Your heart knows how to move forward and your mind knows how to evolve.

We don't want to complicate it any more than we do.

Just recognize that you do know and that path is open,

It's available to you and you are on that path.

I want to offer you three questions.

You might want to write these down or otherwise capture them so that you can contemplate them later.

Three little insight questions for you to address.

I can't answer these for you.

I can't even talk about them.

They're things that you need to do for yourself.

Three questions for self-reflection.

Number one,

What small step feels available to you today?

Without pressure or evaluation or expectation,

What small step feels available to you?

What can I do and just jot it down?

In what ways have my past experiences quietly prepared me for where I stand right now?

And number three,

Where am I waiting for permission to begin?

When I could simply start with what I have.

The permission that you are looking for comes from you.

We have in our head an authority figure that says,

Okay,

Not okay,

Go,

Stop.

The traffic cop for personal development,

It's always an inside job.

So that's why we want to work with the self.

What permission do you need?

Could you give yourself permission to move forward in any area?

If you feel no resistance in that area,

Then great.

But most of us will have a sense of resistance and a permission is often the term that we use more accurately than just motivation.

I'd like to do it,

But truthfully,

There's not a permission inside to do it.

So let's take a look at some key takeaways for today.

Number one,

Your path emerges through presence and practice.

That's when you're aware of it.

What you already carry is part of your path.

There's no mistakes in your background and your upbringing and your career and all the things you've done.

Self-trust is built through movement and action.

So that's where we want to exercise it.

Your inner wisdom will guide you.

It will guide the way to let you know.

Your inner sense of well-being and okayness.

It's not just how am I feeling today,

But it's giving you clues as to this is the right thing.

I'm on the right path.

And each moment offers the chance to bring your gift forward.

We're waiting for you.

Your gift,

Your message,

Your capacity.

What you are here to do and to deliver.

What's easy for you and hard for others is your gift,

Your message.

And anything that you can do,

Anything that I could say,

Or spur your imagination to clear any weeds on the path that would prevent you in moving forward in that area,

That's the intention of this time.

Clear anything away because we need you.

We want to hear you,

Your message,

Your gift,

What it is that you do.

Your contribution is unique and no one else can do it.

We're waiting for you.

I'd like to guide us through a meditation,

A few minutes just for you.

And I'd like you to just take a moment.

Let's just let the energy settle.

We had a little time.

We talked about some things.

I assure you that you heard what you need.

You heard what you need.

This is time for you now to go inside.

Just settle into the stillness right now.

Settle in to this moment.

If it's convenient for you to have the eyes closed,

Just feel your breath.

Just notice that's you.

You've been breathing those lungs unconsciously since you were born.

That heart has been beating constantly.

That's you.

So as the body relaxes,

As your intention goes inward,

Take a deep breath.

You are here now.

Just feel the weight of your body supporting you completely.

As you breathe,

Release any tension that you're holding on to.

Let your shoulders soften.

Relax your jaw.

And with each breath,

Sink deeper into a state of receptive awareness.

You are here now.

You are safe here.

As you think about that heart center,

You feel the steady rhythm of your heartbeat.

This is the pulse of you,

Your unique life,

Your life force.

You are here with a purpose.

Your existence here is not random and it's not all that mysterious.

As you draw your attention inside,

Bring your mind to contemplate your journey,

What you've discovered and reclaimed so far.

What you've discovered and reclaimed.

I want you to think about right now and sense inside,

Sense for yourself the gift that has emerged as you to go outward quietly,

Sincerely,

Confidently.

You showing up as you.

Step outside your body for a moment,

Just see yourself there doing what you're doing.

Just notice,

What do you notice there?

Mentally,

The thoughts.

Do you see an individual there thinking,

Contemplating?

Emotions,

What emotions do you see there?

What emotions do you recognize?

Would that just be okay?

Notice the physical body you see there.

Everything is ready.

There's nothing missing.

There's no better place to start.

See that individual there.

Let go of the idea of a better place to start or any preparation.

You start where you are.

Sense and love from this place of continuous awareness and peace where all is possible and all is available and there's nothing held back.

What does this individual you see there,

What do they need?

From this place of infinite resources abundance.

Send it to them now.

Confidence,

Comfort,

Healing.

Do it now.

Who is this doing these things?

And now,

Just step back into yourself.

You saw yourself there.

Step back in.

Drop right back into your body,

Your mind,

Your emotions and say,

Here I am.

I am ready to take action now in every moment.

I know what to do.

And it's not hard.

I know what to do.

And I cleared the path so I can step forward in a way that makes sense and that is right for me.

Feel the ease of that movement.

When you take action steps,

When you do things,

When you move your body,

When you make phone calls,

When you do other things,

Just notice the ease.

We do things the easy way because that's often the way that gets the most results.

The easy way.

I know what it looks like to complicate.

In this moment,

Rest in the sense that this is enough.

I have everything I need to move forward.

I don't need to remember this specifically.

I just know.

Ask your unconscious mind to memorize this.

Just take a snapshot.

Not just the visual,

But the feeling,

The sound,

And every other way.

You can come back here anytime.

You know how to do this.

It's not difficult.

As you begin to think about coming back online,

Back to our normal state of awareness that we work in,

You know how to do this in the future.

Come back up,

Ready to engage,

Talk about anything that you'd like to discuss.

I always share some affirmations.

I'll be doing a teaching soon about affirmations,

But I want to share with you a pile of affirmations.

There's seven here.

There's one for each day of the week.

Isn't that convenient?

Write them down.

Create a process for yourself.

I'm just going to list them here for you.

Today,

I begin exactly where I am.

It is an affirmation,

A statement,

A point of sending instructions to the part of you who runs the show,

The unconscious mind.

A little bit of conscious repetition on your part will send this instruction deep inside,

As with each of them.

I trust small steps to carry me forward.

I'm not behind.

I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

I release the need to force or rush.

I let go of that.

Number five,

I recognize the wisdom of my lived experience,

Meaning everything was there for a purpose.

Number six,

I welcome what unfolds.

With curiosity.

I love discovering,

Finding out.

Curiosity is one of the best qualities of me.

I welcome what unfolds with curiosity.

And I walk gently,

But steadily in the direction of my true self.

You'll know what that looks like for you,

What is right for you in that day.

And I encourage you to get something to write with,

And on.

And I really mean with your own handwriting.

I know you think you can do it digitally,

And you can,

But I just wrote in there just like that.

Today I begin exactly where I am.

Writing it,

Sends it into your neurology.

You're using your senses to do that.

But then I place this where I wash my hands,

Where I prepare a meal on the refrigerator,

In the car,

Put it around a couple places.

I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

Number three,

I'm not behind.

I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

I trust small steps.

So you write it on a little card like that for yourself.

And you carry it with you for a few days.

But if you take one per day and really inculcate it,

Just repetition is the mother of learning,

Right?

Spend that time,

A little bit of time,

First to write it,

And then to own it.

Put it inside,

And you will see remarkable things happen.

Three questions here were some self-reflection questions.

Write the whole question out for yourself,

Top of the page,

And then spend a little bit of time answering it.

And trust yourself.

This is one of those,

Let it come from within.

Intuition is when you know without knowing how you know.

And when you journal or write,

It kind of clears the spring.

Maybe the first sentence or two or paragraph,

It's kind of rough and not much coming.

But then when it starts flowing,

You're like,

Okay,

Here comes the truth from inside.

I was secretly afraid to admit that.

I've been afraid to admit or allow myself to show up fully.

If you study chakras,

You know,

The person's got a sore throat,

You know,

Maybe my truth,

I've been holding back speaking my truth,

What I really know.

Other kinds of practices will come forward.

You kind of know what's going on for you,

For yourself and your awareness.

Well,

Our time for this session is up.

I'm so glad that you were able to join today.

And I look forward to sharing with you again in the future.

There's a lot of opportunities to engage.

So I'm Bradley Tompkins with Pathways to Creative Wellbeing.

Peace and blessings on your path.