Life is better at the lake.

Go fishing, watch the sunset, splash and play, nap often, make s’mores, wish on stars, enjoy wildlife, tell campfire stories.

A day at the lake restores the soul.

I’m just “sittin’ on the dock of the bay, wastin’ time”.

If you are lucky enough to have a place at the lake you’re lucky enough.

Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.

Life’s a lake. Jump right in.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

If you’re not barefoot, you are over-dressed.

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore. I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

Advice from a lake: be clear, make positive ripples, look beneath the surface, stay calm, shore up friendships, take time to reflect.

We’re on lake time. Today feels like a cottage day. Put your feet up, take a break, sit back, relax, you’re at the lake.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.

Heaven is a little closer in a home by the lake.

There is nowhere to go. You are already there.

…with gratitude to Donna G. in Windermere BC for opening her lake home to me, and having this on a plaque in the bathroom reminding me of what is truly important!

• I forgive myself for believing I’m wherever I am physically.
• I give myself permission to “go to the lake” in my mind.
• I choose how I use my imagination and my memory, and I choose to nurture myself with positive, calming thoughts.
• I am free to “go to the lake” in my mind – right now!
• I know what it feels like to hop in a canoe and paddle across the lake, to dive into the cool water, to go to bed with the sunset and greet the day with the sunrise…
• I am actively using my memory and my imagination in a supportive and nourishing way.

How delicious! I was scheduled to drive home from the lake today – and then –  as if by magic, tomorrow rescheduled itself, and I am gifting myself another day at the lake. I’m “Little Kid” excited!

Off for the first of many dips in the lake on this extra special day!

Namaste,

Suze

 Inner Critic is my name for the voice in your head that does not appear to be all that helpful. Everyone has an Inner Critic – even me!  Your Inner Critic has the ability to take you right out of the game. You are wired to survive, and for your subconscious mind that means keep “playing the program that used to work” – even if it is 50 years or more out of date and is destroying you now. The old patterns kept you safe at one time, or were how you made sense of the world when you were younger. They just don’t work now.

It has always been my dream to support others in discovering how Belief Re-patterning contains the tools to build the life they desire. My goal has been to create a level of success that would allow me the ability to freely share this amazing technique for easily changing your mindset. I have wanted to be in a position to give the basics of Belief Re-patterning as my gift to my community. I am so excited!

My goal has come to fruition, and I am stepping fully into my dream!

On August 25 and Sept 15 I am offering a complimentary 2.5 hour evening seminar  “Inner Critic to Inner Coach” in my home town of Calgary. You’ll find the details here: Live http://www.critic2coach.ca/

Not in the Calgary area?  Join me through the wonders of technology for the webinar version September 22 and 29^th from 6 – 7:15 (MDT). Send an email to office@beliefrepatterning.com to get the details.

I am truly thrilled to bring together many of the techniques, strategies and super simple ways of re-patterning that I have been sharing over the last 25 years into a complimentary seminar. I want to support you in strengthening your Inner Coach – whether you are in the Calgary region, or part of the global community.

• I forgive myself for believing that my inner critic is the only voice of truth.
• I give myself permission to strengthen the voice of my inner coach
• I choose to have balanced, kinder inner conversations by strengthening my inner coach.
• I am free to train my inner coach to be the voice that comes up first in my mind.
• I am so grateful to ______ (a positive mentor for you) for being a model for my Inner Coach!
• I am contributing to a kinder, more positive world by strengthening my inner coach – It is a meaningful contribution I can make!

I hold a vision for a world that is kinder and more positive – and it begins with each of us becoming kinder with ourselves. Consider joining me

Namaste,

Suze

I taught school for 20 years – grade 6 to post graduate, and here’s how we created solutions just by the way we thought about seeming obstacles…

• I forgive myself for believing I have a problem.
• I give myself permission to open up to a creative solution to this challenge I am experiencing.
• I choose to let go of problem-solving by focusing on creative solution-seeking!
• I am free to allow creative solutions to show up!
• I experienced a creative solution to… I like how that feels.
• I am a creative solution seeker, and it is empowering!

I’m interested in hearing how you navigate your way from “problem” to “solution”!

 Namaste,

Suze

My Dad was a veterinarian, and when I was a little kid, I remember my Dad “fixing” peoples’ pets. I was told it meant that the pet couldn’t be a mommy or a daddy and have puppies or kittens. As a result, when I hear someone looking to “get fixed” I have a private chuckle.

When you come from the place of “something is wrong with me” you are beginning from a deficit – the feeling of being a victim. You have to use time and energy to dig yourself out of that pit first before you can move forward. What if you made the assumption that it is “all perfect” and this is exactly what you need in order to achieve what your empowered self really wants?

How does that empowerment feel for you?  Strong? Capable? Creative?

How does the “poor me, I am a Victim” place feel?  Weak? Useless? Broken?

Which feeling would you rather have as your “norm” or your “go to”? Re-patterning trains your mind to habitually go to the place of personal empowerment. The series of statements, when practiced regularly, provide a stairway for you to climb easily out of the “pit” and into a place of empowerment.

• I forgive myself for believing I need fixing.
• I forgive myself for believing I need to be in this “victim” place – it isn’t me.
• I give myself permission to see where I am capable, and expand that.
• I give myself permission to find my pace of empowerment in this situation.
• I can feel broken, or I can feel capable – I choose.
• I am free to notice how capable I am in other situations, and bring that feeling to this place.
• I know what it feels like to to be capable, I got myself up, dressed, fed and out the door this morning!
• I am capable, and this is an opportunity for me to become even more capable! I’m up for the excitement!

Switching. It isn’t as easy as it sounds because there is some practice required to get it to the place of habit. But it isn’t nearly as hard as you’ve felt it was in the past. Promise!

Namaste,

Suze

“Assume: to take as being true, for the purpose of argument or action” This is the Concise Oxford Dictionary definition…I’ve been observing the assumptions people make, and find it fascinating how often they are from the “worst case scenario” side of the line.

• I forgive myself for believing I have to buy into assuming the worst.
• I give myself permission to consciously practicing making positive assumptions – and check out what happens!
• I’m going to be making assumptions – I can make them from either side of the line – I choose to assume the best and move forward from there.
• I free to assume the best outcome today when I…..
• I expected something good to happen, and it did when I…
• I’m consciously practicing making positive assumptions.

We all make assumptions, all the time – we need to in order to move forward. My simple assumption – well, truth be told, I have more than one.

Some of my favorites are:

This, or something even better!

Everything that happens is an opportunity for me to show up as my best self.

If everything was perfect, and it is all perfect, then…

This will all make sense later, so I’m believing it all makes sense now and acting from that place.

You are always operating from assumptions- what you believe to be true.

Try one of these on – it will completely change your perception of whatever is occurring…I DO suggest a bit of practice with these assumptions before you apply them to the big mountains in your life…and with practice you’ll find making positive assumptions transforms those challenges into something much easier to navigate.

Namaste,

Suze