Making peace with NOW.

Do you ever just wish you could hit the Fast Foreward button in your life? Are your thoughts leaning toward what's not currently working, what's missing or how much better things would be if this and that changed? It's normal to feel this way, although that mindset does rob us of many things - one of them being our energy. When we're focused on what's wrong or missing we expend a lot of our inner energy that could otherwise be used much more productively.

We are where we are and that's OKAY. Our present situation is a direct result of our PAST thoughts, feelings, and choices. In order to create something different we need to change our point of focus NOW. Here are some steps I've used in my own life and with my clients to start shifting that point of attraction to create different results:



1. Make peace with your NOW: How do you do that when your credit card debt is sucking you dry, when there's too much month at the end of the money, or when you're going through a rough patch? It starts by going within, and really scanning what you're grateful for. I suggest my clients focus on 3-5 things they're grateful for EACH morning - and really harness the powerful emotion of gratitude. Starting out each day with this small practice can change the course of your day, week, month - life! So, right NOW, name three things you're grateful for in your life... ready, set, go!




2. Crystallize that Clarity! Once you've changed your vibration, the next step is to get CLEAR about what you want to create... by knowing what we DON'T want, we get clear about what we DO want - so start putting your powerful intention to use! This is where working with a coach, whether it's me or another life coach, will come in handy. A coach will help you get the picture of your life desires clear and strong. Most people find this step difficult because their egoic mind starts chatting at this point: "What are you thinking?" "You can't do that!", "You're shooting too high, there's no way that can ever happen", "I'm not smart enough", "I don't have what it takes" - the bla-bla-bla's go on forever... but how are you ever going to move forward if you give in to this negative inner chatter? You've got to question those thoughts - put them to the test! This is also an area where a coach would be extremely useful - we all live inside our heads most of the time, and we need a powerful outer voice to help us see the total vision of our reality. So, get clear about what you want.



Here's one thing I have my clients do: Write a letter to yourself, dating it one year from now. In this letter, let your intuition and imagination flow - describe EVERY AREA of your life as you would want it - have fun with this! There's no doing it wrong :)


3. Excitement for whats coming: You are the creator of your reality! Whether you like it or not, whether you act as if you're not - there's no escaping it - outside circumstances and people do not create it for you. As a deliberate creator, your power lies in your positive expectation and excitement for what you want to achieve. It's like the rocket fuel that propels you to the top. Sit for a few minutes, close your eyes, breathe in deeeeply, and start to visualize your successes as if they're already here. Studies conducted on Olympic athletes show that our brains do not know how to distinguish between what's actually happening and what we visualize. Meaning - our visualizations have power to get our brains to help us achieve our goals! Did you know that? I could tell you lots more on the subject, but we'll save that for another blog post or coaching workshop.


Harness this power with your own mind - do this consistently, each day and the proof will be in the pudding! It's all about excitement - for this is one of the highest emotions vibrationally speaking :)


If you want to know more about my coaching services and how I can help you implement these plans to create powerful change and much, much more - contact me at: osmara@padmacoaching.com or call me at: 786.291.2945.

Love, Abundance & Glow to you!

O.

The Shadow Effect

This past weekend I attended a screening for Debbie Ford's new docudrama film - The Shadow Effect. Debbie Ford is a world renowned New York Times Best Selling Author, workshop leader and the founder of the Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching. Her ability to tap into our nature as the complicated beings that we are is impressive to say the least. Here's a picture of my friend Joyce and I with Debbie:


The film is about embracing our dark shadows - we all have them... Every time we judge someone or something. Feelings of envy or jealousy. Every time we beat ourselves up for what we did, what we didn't do, what we haven't become, what we should have done... The shadow is our dark side - the side we try so hard to cover up with smiles and accomplishments. It's the side we expend soooo much of our energy on trying to hide it from the world and from ourselves.
I loved this film - it really hit home for me and created a shift that's helping me reach the next level in my personal and professional growth.

One of the most impacting points made was the fact that everything we hate and judge in others is a projection of ourselves... connected to a part of ourselves. We are all connected. We live in a dualistic universe... full of polarities... Ford prompts us to embrace that part of ourselves - because "what you resist - persists". For every negative quality we possess there's also the flip side, and we have access to both at all times. For every fear there is hope. Love/hate, patience/impatience...

http://www.theshadoweffect.com

Being aware of what triggers my own shadow has helped me turn those negative moments around before they snow ball effect and I lose my North. I'm learning to be kinder with myself - and love all parts of me. It's much easier said than done. For every four steps forward we take one or two back... and that's okay... the most important thing is to always keep growing, moving forward, improving ourselves. When we settle for less, when we get comfortable, when we allow ourselves to become paralyzed by fear a part of us is dying little by little. Make it a point today to be loving to yourself. Embrace the not so perfect qualities and think about ways in which they can serve you. What can they teach you? Could they help you grow?

Watch your thoughts - they become your words, watch your words for they become your actions - watch your actions for they become your destiny.

"If you're not growing - you're dying" - James Arthur Ray

When failure opens way for success:

"There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened? You can decide which type of person you want to be."

- Mary Kay Ash

We are in this time/space reality to grow and expand; to be the BEST version of ourselves we can be. The most important competition we face is with ourselves. This Universe is abundant - there is more than enough to go around. WHAT DO YOU DAYDREAM ABOUT? WHAT ARE YOUR AMBITIONS? WHO DO YOU WANT TO BECOME? This video will remind you that you CAN. Do not let fear stop you - break through those cardboard barriers. With every fall, with every "failure" we grow, we learn, we get better.

Pinky Revolution - Embracing ourselves... really!

I just HAD to share this with all the ladies - I came across this site and blog through a wonderful fellow coach, Phillis.

Pinky is all about accepting our bodies - looooving our bodies... loving who we are NOW. Not when we drop the 5, 10 or 20 lbs, or start going to the gym... but NOW. One thing that's for sure: this is one of the hardest things for us gals to do! We are our worst critics and not just regarding our bodies and physical appearance but that little voice permeates into the deepest crevices of our lives and our souls... spilling over to other life pillars.

Are you ready to fall in love with yourself NOW? Then I urge you to check out this site:

http://onepinky.com/whatisonepinky/

Also be sure to check out the blog:

http://onepinky.com/blog/

Love, Abundance & Glow to you!

Oh, rabbit holes!

The hit film What the Bleep Do We Know?! has been around for a few years now... and it has broken down many old paradigms in our society - leading us to expand our minds and accept other beliefs. If you have not seen it, I highly recommend this movie - it challenges what you hold to be "true" and shifts you to view reality differently, and once that happens - well, life changes... Enjoy!

Every thought that you think is vibrating at a very personal frequency . . . and by the powerful Law of Attraction (the essence of that which is like unto itself, is drawn), that thought is now attracting another thought that is its Vibrational Match. And now, those combined thoughts are vibrating at a frequency that is higher than the thought that came before; and they will now, by the Law of Attraction, attract another and another and another, until eventually the thoughts will be powerful enough to attract a "real life" situation or manifestation.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the book "Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth and Happiness" - Esther Hicks

Inner inventory time. By: Osmara Vindel

I once heard someone say, "we are spiritual creatures having a physical experience", and this time/space reality is quite a journey... yet, the truth is there is so so so much more "out there" than we perceive with our physical senses.

Studies have shown that our conscious brain accounts for 3-4 % of our habitual thoughts, feelings, actions, and patterns. Our non-conscious brain control 96-97% of our habitual thoughts, feelings, actions and patterns. No wonder diets don't work, and we keep doing the same things over and over again and keep attracting the same scenarios into our reality! In order to make REAL change, we need to work with our non-conscious mind and become aligned with it. How you ask? We need to observe our outer reality to see the evidence of what's been going on within us. Take inventory of the different aspects of your life:

• How's your body? What is it telling you? Is it the reflection of the You you wish to see?

• How are your relationships? Are they strong and loving and supporting? Or are they tinted with tension, animosity, or assumptions?

• How is your financial situation? If it's any less than you desire, what beliefs have you adopted that created your current situation? Where is your financial focus? Have you adopted habits that have gotten you here today? Are they habits that serve you or disempower you?

• How connected are you with your Higher Self and Source? How do you personally gauge this connection? What does it mean to YOU to be connected with your inner being and source of all that is?
  

• What's your career looking like these days? Are you happy with the way you spend your days? Are you satisfied with the route your life is taking?

It's very important to take the time to revise our inner inventory. By taking a snapshot of where we are, we can then decide where we want to be, and what steps we must take to get there.

Remember this: Your current reality is the result of your past thoughts, feelings, and actions. Period. In order to create change, we must tweak our thoughts, feelings, and actions to align with what we want to create. Change happens from within and permeates every angle of our outer lives. The proof is in the pudding.

So today, set aside a few minutes and take inventory. Grab a piece of paper and a pen and go over the points listed above. Be completely honest with yourself and allow yourself to accept your current life without judgement. We created it! We created the good, the bad, the ugly, the nice, and the painful... buuuuuuut, that means we can also create something different! After you've taken inventory - go over each life aspect and think about what you want. What do you want your future to look like? What do you want to accomplish? Who do you want to become? Fully allow yourself to dream, and desire, and get in the feeling place of what that picture looks like.

You egoic mind will come up with 101 reasons why you can't achieve this, why you can't do that, why you shouldn't attempt this... our egos (and we aaaaaall have them!) want to keep us riiiiiiight where we are - away from change and therefore away from growth. That's why it's important to connect with your Higher Self - with your subconscious mind to be grounded when that non serving self talk starts rearing it's sneaky little head. Go ahead! Do it! What have you got to lose?



A wise man, Napoleon Hill, once said "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve"

I believe this 100%... He did not say it was easy or a walk in the park - it requires action, courage, and effort... So, look around. Decide. Believe. Envision. Act.

We are all powerful beyond belief... every single one of us.