In Alberta this year we experienced more hot sunny dry days in May than usual. It was terrific for backyard BBQs and getting together on decks and patios to socialize, and we made the most of it.

BUT – seeds didn’t germinate in the fields because it was too hot and too dry.

Our forests were tinder boxes, and went up in smoke. The smoke billowed out over vast areas, and fires raged across the country. In one month, more hectares of forest were destroyed by fire than in any full year previous.

Although I live about 300 km south of the closest big fires, many days the smoke was so thick you couldn’t see to the end of the block. Outdoor activities were cancelled, eyes and throats stung, and breathing was laboured.

And then the rain began.

You bet we are grateful for the cool, soggy weather this week. Slow, gentle rain that soaked into the ground helping to rebalance from the lack of snow pack last winter. Weather so cool that all the precious precipitation made it into the earth, not evaporating in the heat nor running down the streets. Nurturing, calming, life-giving – just what we needed to get back on track.

It doused the fires, cleared the smoke in the air and allowed thousands of evacuated families back into their communities and their homes.

It gave everyone a chance to breathe deeply, and be grateful. No one complained of the cool weather – even when the furnaces kicked in!

And the seeds in the fields began germinating!

Which got me to thinking about all of this as a metaphor for life.

Sometimes I get on such a fast-paced roll I don’t realize the stress it is causing my body, mind and soul. And then there is a tough patch or things slow down. My vision isn’t as clear, I seem to loose direction and I stop to catch my breath – and rest.

And then I regain sight of my path, and begin moving forward in the direction of my goals and dreams – and the seeds I planted begin to grow. Kind of like Mother Nature did this week with the clouds and the rain.

I forgive myself for believing the dark days are always bad.

Instead I begin to see dark times as an opportunity to nurture myself more deeply.

I choose to give myself the nurturing I need – body, mind and soul.

I am free to nurture myself today by ________.

I will fill myself up tomorrow when I ________.

I know how to nurture myself, I did it when I ________.

I am using the dark times to really nurture myself and get back on track.

I am grateful for my own nurturing, and the quieter, darker times that give me the opportunity to recharge.

If you need some support in transforming the dark times into something nurturing for yourself, reach out and connect. I’ll hold the flashlight so you can find your feet, start breathing deeply again, and have a clear vision of where you are headed. Together we will watch your dreams and goals become your reality.

Namaste,

Suze

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Overwhelm. Exhaustion. Spinning. Hamster Wheel.

These are the most common feelings I am hearing from my clients and witnessing in my day to day encounters.

The world has sped up – and our pre-2020 ability to juggle and manage has been depleted.

The overwhelm is real. The exhaustion is warranted. The spinning is a reasonable reaction.

AND – You don’t have to be a spinning out, a victim to the changes and circumstances around you. You are not a hamster.

You are human and humans have the gift of choice.

Moment to moment it might not feel like you have a choice, but you always do.

You can respond instead of react.

You can choose to create calm instead of being swept away by the chaos.

You can take a deep breath and focus on how you want to feel.

Your Intention.

I’m quite sure hamsters don’t have these skills.

You do.

I forgive myself for believing I have to stay in this overwhelm and exhaustion. I don’t like spinning.

I give myself permission to create calm – that is my intention. I don’t like reacting to the chaos.

I choose to learn to set clear intention so I can respond with calm.

I choose how I want to BE.

I am free to focus on my intention and find a simple way to create calm for myself today – regardless of what is happening around me.

I am free to set my daily intention of how I want to feel.

Today it is calm.

A place where I feel calm is …

A person I know who models calm is …

I am setting the intention to BEcome more calm, and I am grateful.

Join me for Setting Clear Intention. Complimentary. My gift to you.

In person in Calgary and Edmonton, or on-line wherever you are.

Invest an hour and create the practice.

You are not a Hamster.

Namaste,

Suze

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You know. The things you just don’t want to deal with. The things that are robbing you of your creativity and joy.

Challenges. Disagreements. Debt. Sickness.

All of these are realities of life, and the idea of “just disappearing” them is not what Belief Re-patterning is about. Pretending something is fine when it is not is not OK,  it isn’t healthy nor reasonable.

What is healthy, reasonable, and what Belief Re-patterning IS about is shifting the energy of the feelings around those things. Acknowledging the “ick” and then refocusing your perception – creating a “pattern interrupt”. Stop banging your head against at the wall that doesn’t move and turn to look out the window. There is always a wall and there is always a window.

There will always be challenges. Acknowledge, then focus on your accomplishments.

Disagreements are real. Acknowledge. then notice where you experience agreement.

Debt is draining and is real. Where can you notice abundance?

When I was really sick I hurt all over. Everything seemed to be wrong. And then I began to turn my attention to what did feel ok in my body – sometimes it was as simple as saying to myself “My eyelashes feel fine and are doing an awesome job of keeping dust out of my eyes.”

Or “My fingernails are protecting my fingers well”

I know – it seems simple and maybe a bit silly. But it worked because your subconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between big or small, real or imagined.

Let the “ick” feelings point you toward something better.

What you want more of instead of what you don’t want.

What I discovered was that the “ick” no longer ran my life.

This weekend, in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, we move to Daylight Savings. Notice it isn’t called “Let’s disappear an hour” Focus on what we are creating. More light.

The hour simply gets dropped – and however you feel about this practice, you can use it to your advantage.

First acknowledge what you have in your life that you don’t want

Then determine how you would rather feel.

Clutter could point you toward creating more clarity.

Frustration reminds us to feel calm.

Overwhelm might be nudging me toward relaxation.

Next, mindfully place what you would like to “disappear” into that hour tonight

Then create more of whatever supportive feeling you would rather experience.

Reinforce by finding examples of the supportive feeling.

It may seem awkward or weird or even trite at first. Trust me –instead of being mired in the things you don’t want by implementing this simple practice you will become very good at focusing on what you DO want.

I forgive myself for believing I need to hang out in the “ick”

This “ick” could be inviting me to shift my feelings to… (clarity, happiness, calm – you decide!)

I choose to put the old “ick” into the disappearing hour, and consciously create…

One way I could feel… today is by…

I remember feeling… when I… (use your memory to create the uplifting feeling with a specific example)

I am consciously creating more…

I am so grateful to my mind for helping me create more…

Here’s to moving toward the light – in a mindful, practical and easy way. You can, and you will. Your mind is super powerful.

Decide to engage the power.

Namaste,

Suze