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Letting Your Heart Lead In 2018

January 1, 2018 Cameron Simcik
Photo by  Jamez Picard  on  Unsplash

Photo by Jamez Picard on Unsplash

What would happen if you let your heart lead the way this year? If you do what you really want to do?


This time of year I always have this excited buzzing feeling thinking about my goals and dreams for the coming year. While I’m a firm believer we never have to wait for a new year to change things up, the official new year does give us a good opportunity to reflect on the past year, look forward to the next, and create space for whatever you want more of in your life.

Setting goals and resolutions can be a really powerful way to get clear on what you want to accomplish at any given time, and it’s something I do every year (and throughout the year). But in the first half of 2017, I noticed despite achieving several of my goals, something still felt misaligned. I was rarely feeling a true sense of joy -- the kind that comes peacefully and quietly and tends to stay for a while. For me it was really fleeting! I also became emotionally drained, and by mid-summer, I felt stuck throughout most of my life.

After a lot of reflection, here’s what I realized: 

When I was setting goals for 2017, I was letting my mind do the talking. I was planning my year according to what I thought would be best for me while totally ignoring what I really, truly wanted deep down (my heart). 

For example: One of my goals was to start my own business. I did that, and I’m so thrilled I did! But pretty soon into the venture, I realized I was doing things I “needed” to be doing or “should” be doing. I was letting my brain take the reigns vs. letting my heart lead the way, and it left me feeling totally out of whack both in my business and throughout my personal life. 

Sometimes (or maybe often) our minds may think they know what’s best for us, and I do believe there are times when using our rational brains is necessary. But I’m talking about when our brains lead us in a direction according to the “shoulds”, “have tos”, “need tos”, etc. 

I need to work like crazy at my job so I can get a promotion this year. 
I have to find a boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife this year.
I should work out every day so I can lose weight. 

If you find yourself thinking these sort of thoughts, try asking yourself these questions:

  1. Why? Why do you need to get a promotion this year? What do you really want?
  2. What if you let your heart lead the way?

Of course we need our brains to tap into this, but the point here is to lean into your heart a little more. I think this is our inner compass that rarely leads us astray.

After recognizing I could afford to let my heart do some talking in 2017, for the second half of the year I set the intention to experience more joy and ease throughout my life. I didn’t know how I’d do this or what it would look like, but I knew deep down it’s how I wanted to feel. 

So every single day I set that intention-- to feel more joy and ease no matter what came my way. Letting those feelings lead the way guided me to a place I don’t think I’d otherwise end up, and it all started with letting my heart do the talking. I took up tennis again, I re-evaluated what could stay and go in my business, and I pared down on my belongings... and more! Then, joy and ease naturally followed.

Our minds can only take us so far, but leaning into our heart can lead us to unexpected, amazing, magical places. I think doing this may actually be as important or even more important than setting hard goals. 

Letting your heart lead the way takes courage (that's for sure), but it has the potential to be one of the most fulfilling things you do this year!

What’s your heart saying? 

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What does “home” mean to you? (genuinely curious)

It’s been really interesting — the past couple weeks I’m finding myself being drawn to and almost clinging to what’s “familiar”: eating the same foods from the same grocery stores, watching the office re-runs, going to @barre3 and doing bits of yoga. And it makes me feel more at home and grounded during a transition.

I think for me “home” is a sense of safeness, security, deeply knowing I’m accepted. What about you?
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What are you avoiding doing but know you need to do?

Avoidance can be super interesting — thinking about why you’re actually putting something off or beating around the bush all together.

It’s usually a sign there’s something else beneath the avoidance.

Simple question to ask yourself: why? Why am i avoiding this thing?

Then when you have an answer, get curious:
Ok, but why?
Is this the truth or a story I’m telling myself?
Is doing this thing actually as hard as I’m making it out to be?
What’s on the other side of getting this thing done?

Off to tackle some stuff I’m semi dreading, but know i need to do. (Correction: WANT to do for the end result but the actual process of doing it isn’t my fave. 🤪)
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Who else is gonna tackle that thing you’ve been avoiding today?
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Oh hey, it’s me 👋🏻 drinking coffee for the first time all week and forgetting how buzzy it makes me feel but ANYWAY - adjusting to life in CO has been wonderful and crazy (but mostly wonderful) and it’s reminding me how much we need to amp up self care during times of transitions. Pretty sure i wrote about this last week but 🤷🏼‍♀️
Most - if not all - of my clients have stumbled upon me during a transitional period:
•thinking about or in the thick of changing careers
•getting into or out of a serious relationship
•wanting to make a major move
•transitioning into a new way of loving themselves
and wanting to keep their heads on straight/navigate it from an intuitive place.

So back to this self-care thing: when our minds bodies and spirits are going through a transition, just be good to yourself. I’m not necessarily talking bubble baths or meditating, do stuff that works for you. Like, right now watching the Office every night and going to @barre3 classes is helping me keep MY head on straight. Do you — you need it.

Also: there’s no such thing as perfection, ESPECIALLY when life feels wonky/transitional. So embrace the messiness and ride the waves. 🌊
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I was eyeing these at Sprouts yesterday, but decided they weren’t worth it. So I started to walk away when someone came up to me and said, “you deserve those”. And so, i got them (but also got them while tearing up because, #emotional). It’s a small thing, but these flowers are making our temporary airbnb feel more homey and so i feel more grounded. Still feeling all the feelings (always 😬), but more grounded.

I have to thank my girl @samvanderwielen for this suggestion — never underestimate the power of small acts of self care 💕
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