Listen. Because listening’s important:

Hi and welcome to the Re-Enchant Your Life reminder.

Your sacred pause in the day where you’re encouraged to take a moment to stop and tune into your inner wisdom and become present, so that you can reconnect to your personal power and confidently embrace who you’re becoming, as you Re-Enchant Your life and create the change you truly desire.

Today’s podcast is dedicated to a very special SHEro and member of our Re-Enchant Your Life community, Allison. Allison is the first to complete her 30-day daily dedication to something that truly supports her in her everyday life, so in her honour she has today’s podcast dedicated to her.

Congratulations Allison, for showing up and embracing more of your true magical self!

Today you’re being reminded to love who you are.

You can spend so much time trying to be what other people expect you to be, to try and live up to the standards that society impose upon you, that you can lose touch with your own brilliance.

Those quirks, traits, habits, passions and interests that are unique to you, you may try and hide them, to suppress and ignore them so that you don’t stand out or draw attention to yourself.

But it’s time to embrace you – all of you.

How can you really appreciate your magnificence if you don’t give yourself a chance to fully express all of you?

How can you know how much of a positive impact you can have in your own life and the ripple effect that can create throughout the lives of others, if you aren’t comfortable being and fully expressing your truth?

In this very moment, just pause and take a breath, as you let yourself experience your own fabulousness.

I’ll see you tomorrow for your daily reminder to Re-Enchant Your Life with me, Rebecca-Anuwen,

In the meantime, enjoy being more you with each and every step you take on Your SHEro’s Journey!

PostScript

Every Sunday in our Re-Enchant Your Life community we have an end of the week ritual called GRACE, yes GRACE is an acronym, of course it is lol, I do love an acronym.

During this practice part of it is to spend some time really embodying the truth of who, a chance for you to savour your own flavour, so that you get a chance to remind yourself of who you really are, because in a world that’s busy telling us who it wants us to be, it’s easy to forget.

One of the ways I hope to encourage people to remember who they are is with this exercise that always makes me laugh.

Values and feelings that are important to us reflect the truth of who we are, but if I were to ask someone ‘what is a feeling or a value that you want front and centre of your life’ it’s really easy for our conscious brain to still tell us what it thinks we want to hear, and we might think ‘Oh yes love that’s a good value, I’ll have that’.

The quick exercise we don in our GRACE practice, is designed to bypass the conscious mind and really tap into your subconscious, as when we do this we can reveal so much truth about ourselves.

It’s a really simple exercise, I just ask: ‘If you were an ‘X’ what would you be?’

I’ll share a couple of my favourite ones with you now for an example. When you have your answers see if you can identify the common links between them to give you more insight into who you truly, the truth of who you are when no one else is looking.

One of my favourites, well one of my most memorable ones was when I asked:

‘If you were a pizza topping what kind of pizza topping would you be?’, and when you do these exercises it’s always the first answer that’s the right answer.

When I first did this, I asked what kind of animal would you be? So, what kind of animal would you be? And straight away an animal popped into my head and I was like ‘Oh no that’s not me, Oh no, no, no’, but then I thought about it and I realised that animal really did embody the truth of who I was in many, many ways, how I felt about it, how the animal behaved, the movement of the animal, it all gave me so many clues into what was important to me.

My final question that I’ll leave you with is if you were an item of clothing what would you be? Remember first answer is the right answer, and then throughout the day just play with any insights and links you have with the answers you receive from these three simple question, they will give you much insight into the truth of who you are.

Happy exploring!

Listen. Because listening’s important:

Hi and welcome to the Re-Enchant Your Life reminder.

Your sacred pause in the day where you’re encouraged to take a moment to stop and tune into your inner wisdom and become present, so that you can reconnect to your personal power and confidently embrace who you’re becoming, as you Re-Enchant Your life and create the change you truly desire.

Today you’re being reminded to create daily habits.

Daily habits that nourish you and nurture your dreams.

The things you make time to do regularly, no matter how small, will create a bigger impact on your experience of life than the things, even the larger things, that you do once every so often.

What can you add to your day, or stack onto another habit that will nourish and nurture you?

Perhaps you can think affirmations whilst brushing your teeth, nourish your skin with a beautiful oil after your bath or shower, drink some water or have a kitchen disco whilst waiting for the kettle to boil.

Maybe you can create new evening routine where you spend some time journaling about your day to release or make sense of your day. To get clear about what you’re taking forward and what you’re learning from and leaving behind.

Perhaps you create a daily check-in with your goals, dreams and values to identify how in alignment with them you are, and how you can bring them more front and centre in your life.

Set affirmation or dream reminders on your phone so that you are reminded regularly each day.

These acts, no matter how small, signal to yourself that you and your dreams matter.

That you deserve to be nourished and nurtured, just as much as anyone else.

In this very moment, just pause and take a breath, as you decide how you’re going to nourish and nurture yourself.

I’ll see you tomorrow for your daily reminder to Re-Enchant Your Life with me, Rebecca-Anuwen,

In the meantime, enjoy feeling nourished on Your SHEro’s Journey!

PostScript

The journal that I created called ‘Re-Enchant Your Life’ was created around this exact idea of creating daily habits that nourish you.

I wanted something where I could check-in with myself on a daily basis, somewhere that encouraged me to stay on track in all areas of my life, but it had to be in once place and be quick, practical and useful, and of course magical.

I always have good intentions to do grand check-in’s over multiple journals, books and even apps, and whilst every time I start well, after an embarrassingly short time I stop doing it and have half empty journals strewn about the place.

Yet I know what works for me, so I created exactly what I needed.

In just a couple of minutes each day I create a sacred pause where I check in with myself, my needs and what’s going on in my life.

It keeps me aware and on track.

I love this time I create just for me, even though it’s only a few minutes.

What do you need?

What can you add to your day so that you feel nourished on all levels of your being?

Prioritise it, you won’t regret it.

Listen. Because listening’s important:

Hi and welcome to the Re-Enchant Your Life reminder.

Your sacred pause in the day where you’re encouraged to take a moment to stop and tune into your inner wisdom and become present, so that you can reconnect to your personal power and confidently embrace who you’re becoming, as you Re-Enchant Your life and create the change you truly desire.

Today you’re being reminded of the importance of pausing before you act.

Taking a moment to pause, to feel, to align and become aware of the choice that you’re making is a powerful act.

To give yourself a moment of space to make sure that your action is coming from a conscious place.

To make sure that the choice is yours.

To make sure that it’s a conscious choice that’s considered and not just a reaction.

Taking this moment to slow down and pause, allows you to make your choices from a place of power and not fear and expectations.

It allows you to consider if you are moving towards something or running away from something else.

This pause, no matter how small – it could just be a breath, allows you to centre yourself, reclaim your power and make a conscious choice that aligns with your energy, values and feelings.

In this very moment, just pause, and take a breath. As you slow down and take a moment to pause.

I’ll see you tomorrow for your daily reminder to Re-Enchant Your Life with me, Rebecca-Anuwen,

In the meantime, enjoy consciously walking Your SHEro’s Journey.

PostScript

One of my clients described herself and identified as a rebel.

And to see her move through life that was a great description of her and her actions.

But when we were working together it became clear that she was being a rebel as a reaction to something, rather than because that’s how she truly wanted to express herself.

She was rebelling because she wanted to prove something to herself and others.

She was rebelling as a kind of ‘act’, to keep people at a distance, to stop them from getting too close.

She was rebelling from a place of fear.

When she began to pause before she expressed herself, when she gave herself a moment to check-in with what she really wanted, everything changed for her.

She still described herself as and identified as a rebel, but this time she was choosing to be a rebel from a place of power, instead a place of fear.

Mostly everything on the outside still looked the same, but she felt much more grounded and present in her choices.

Listen. Because listening’s important:

Hi and welcome to the Re-Enchant Your Life reminder.

Your sacred pause in the day where you’re encouraged to take a moment to stop and tune into your inner wisdom and become present, so that you can reconnect to your personal power and confidently embrace who you’re becoming, as you Re-Enchant Your life and create the change you truly desire.

Today you’re being reminded that sometimes you need to let go.

To let go of what no longer nourishes you.

To let go of anything that isn’t healthy for you.

It’s okay to let go of habits, beliefs, hobbies, and where possible even people and jobs, even if once they were aligned with you.

Everything changes, including you.

Change can bring up resistance and doubt, especially when these things make up part of your identity.

But once you let go, you’ll wonder why you held on for so long.

Once you let go of those things that don’t nourish you, you’ll realise that holding on to them was actually toxic to yourself, both in the actions you were taking and not taking, and in the story you were telling yourself so that you could hold on.

Once you let go, once they’re gone, you’ll feel a huge sense of relief and so much lighter, that you’ll only wish you’d done it sooner.

In this very moment, just pause, and take a breath. As you identify what no longer nourishes you.

I’ll see you tomorrow for your daily reminder to Re-Enchant Your Life with me, Rebecca-Anuwen,

In the meantime, enjoy feeling free and nourished on Your SHEro’s Journey!

PostScript

One of the most toxic habits that I see in people, most people aren’t even aware they’re doing it.

And that is how you talk to yourself, your self-talk.

The way you speak to yourself and the way you talk about yourself to others significantly impacts how you feel about yourself and when done negatively it hinders your ability to accomplish things, and even prevents you from trying new things.

It’s common for people to use self-limiting language, berate themselves, compare themselves to others, or to expect the worst to happen.

But when you can reframe how you talk to yourself, and see the possibilities of outcomes, you’ll be able to appreciate and enjoy yourself and your experience of life so much more.

This isn’t about pretending that bad things don’t happen, but it’s about expecting the best before they have happened.

Let go of the potential downward spiral of unhelpful energy and expectations and set yourself up to receive and experience much more positive results.

Listen. Because listening’s important:

Hi and welcome to the Re-Enchant Your Life reminder.

Your sacred pause in the day where you’re encouraged to take a moment to stop and tune into your inner wisdom and become present, so that you can reconnect to your personal power and confidently embrace who you’re becoming, as you Re-Enchant Your life and create the change you truly desire.

Today you’re being reminded to stop apologising.

It’s time to stop being sorry.

Of course, this isn’t about not being sorry if you have caused harm, this is about not apologising for being you.

Women, in particular, have often been taught from a young age that they should be quiet and demure. Taught to be small, and not to take up space.

Taught that it’s more lady-like to cross your legs whilst sitting, whilst men generally have no problem taking up all the space with their ‘man-spreading’ lol, but if a woman was to sit the same way, she may receive a few judgemental looks.

We live in a society that teaches women that the smaller her physical size the more attractive and acceptable she is.

The quieter she is, the ‘nicer’ and more polite she must be.

If a woman raises her voice, she can be called shrill, emotional or high-maintenance. A man does the same thing he is powerful, passionate and assertive.

The world isn’t fair, but don’t let is stop you from being you.

Take up space.

Unapologetically take up space with your voice, your feelings, your dreams, your passions and your physicality.

Use your voice. Have strong opinions. Honour all of your feelings. Enjoy all of your body.

Stop apologising for being you.

Stop being sorry for any part of you or your life that doesn’t conform to what other people expect or want from you.

It’s your life, you get to create your own rules and standards.

In this very moment, pause, and take a breath. As you honour all that you are.

I’ll see you tomorrow for your daily reminder to Re-Enchant Your Life with me, Rebecca-Anuwen,

In the meantime, enjoy being your on Your SHEro’s Journey!

PostScript

Last week I spoke about my love of the SHEro Power Pose in relation to how it helps to ground you into your truth so that you feel more present.

But another reason I love it, is because it encourages you to take up space.

You stand up with your head held high, your arms stretched up and out to the sky and your feet firmly rooted to the floor further than hip width apart.

You are physically taking up more space with your own body.

As you take up more space with your body, it encourages you to take up more space with your thoughts, your feelings, your dreams and your desires.

It also increases your confidence; it is after all a victorious posture – think of the pose people make when they cross the finish line of a sprint.

As your winning-confidence increases it becomes easier for you to unapologetically take up space with your voice, your needs and your truth.

It becomes easier for you to be unapologetically you.

Listen. Because listening’s important:

Hi and welcome to the Re-Enchant Your Life reminder.

Your sacred pause in the day where you’re encouraged to take a moment to stop and tune into your inner wisdom and become present, so that you can reconnect to your personal power and confidently embrace who you’re becoming, as you Re-Enchant Your life and create the change you truly desire.

Today you’re being reminded to get clear on what you want.

When you do, act and become what others expect of you, you start to disconnect from your own feelings to make way for their expectations.

As you disconnect from your feelings you begin to suppress and forget what’s really important to you, and what you actually want.

Your dreams and desires become a distant memory.

Then one day someone asks you what’s important to you, what your dreams are, what do you really want from life? And you don’t have a clear answer for them.

You’ve forgotten your dreams, suppressed them, dismissed them, or put them on hold until the time is right.

Obviously, this doesn’t happen overnight, the disconnection starts small, maybe you say ‘yes’ to someone else when you really wanted to say ‘no’, then it happens again and then again, and then again.

You prioritise someone else’s needs and comfort over your own once, and then this happens again and again and again until it becomes your norm.

It’s time to reconnect to your dreams, to unearth the things in life that light you up and that are important to you.

The world needs you to show up in the fullest expression of who you are. It needs your ideas, your dreams, your opinions, and your passions.

The world is a richer place because you exist.

It’s time to let all of yourself come and play.

In this very moment, just pause, and take a breath. As you choose to reconnect with your dreams.

I’ll see you tomorrow for your daily reminder to Re-Enchant Your Life with me, Rebecca-Anuwen,

In the meantime, enjoy dreaming in Your SHEro’s Journey!

PostScript

I’ve always loved to take photos.

To learn how to take better photos is a Call that I’ve had for years.

I even brought a decent camera to take make this possible, but I rarely used it, as I didn’t really know how to get the most out of it.

Of course, I could teach myself with books and videos, but clearly that had never happened.

I kept thinking that I would take photography classes, and even looked at a few that were available locally to me. And still it never happened.

Then I realised what I actually wanted was 1-2-1 tuition.

The idea of trying to carve out weekly time and travelling an hour each way for a two-hour class just wasn’t appealing enough for me to make it happen.

Once I realised that what I really wanted was 1-2-1 tuition, so that I could really focus on the style of photography that I wanted, and not just generic skills, everything flowed much easier.

Instead of still thinking, ‘wouldn’t it be nice…’, I found a teacher and booked onto a 1 day, 1-2-1 workshop out on the land – as what I really want to do is take photos of the landscape.

And the idea of spending a whole day on the land, being tutored by a professional landscape photographer, is so much more appealing than a 6-week generic class at my local college.

But to realise what I wanted, I had to allow myself to really understand what was important to me. I didn’t just want to take photos, I wanted to take photos of the land – so of course being stuck in a classroom didn’t appeal to me!

I also needed something that honoured my current life, and with a young child efficiency is a huge factor for me, so a one-day immersion was much easier for me to arrange than 6-12 evenings.

And I LOVED it! The 1-2-1 photography day on the land was incredible and exactly what I wanted.