A clear life vision is the path home to yourself. It helps keep us anchored and resilient through the storms of life.
A clear and compelling Life Vision kept me anchored after my parents died, through severe chronic pain and anxiety, after a traumatic car accident, after my son died, through PTSD and deep grief, and through Covid. It has walked with me through seasons of darkness, pain, and hibernation, and seasons of stretching, fun, and hopeful creating.
It lights my path when sifting through challenging choices I need to make, and delightful ones, and when I need help remembering the truth of who I am and how I choose to show up to this “wild and precious life” of mine (Mary Oliver reference).
I don’t want to miss my life by being distracted by shiny things, by comparison, or waiting for some mythical “perfect day.” I choose to show up fully today and to every day that I get.
I notice when my suffering is the result of “bumping up against reality” and practice releasing my grip to live fully present and willing in the truth of what is.
10 POSTS to help you come home to yourself + reenvision your life
REMEMBER: Reorient or re-envision your life. This is a form of hope-in-action and keeps you anchored and resilient. Slow and steady you can handcraft a life that feels like home and tells the whole truth of who you are and what you want and need (and the kind of world you want to live in).
Choosing Simplicity in life as a Feely and Curious Human
This post is in Progress and coming spring 2022 and in the meantime I invite you to take a look at the Life Visioning Workbook here (those who purchase the workbook get free access to The Values-Aligned Living Workshop coming September 2022.
HANDCRAFT A LIFE YOU’RE DELIGHTED TO SHOW UP TO, ONE STEP AT A TIME
You can’t build the life you want without making peace with the life you have. If we ditch the lie that we “should” be better at life, we can relax and enjoy where we are. Read the full post.
THE KIND OF PERSON I WANT TO BE
In a world that can feel scary and harsh I want to be the kind of person who keeps believing in better. Who doesn’t give up and who keeps on fighting, who isn’t too busy to lift up others. Read the full post.
HOW TO PRACTICE VALUES ALIGNED GOAL SETTING: Let it be easy
Slow and steady is my favourite speed. A slow-moving body does not mean I’m not a goal-oriented person. Part of the way I honour my wiring in a noisy and busy world is by taking time to think strategically and honestly about where to allocate my limited reserve of time and energy. Values-aligned goal setting is a skill and habit that helps me show up fully to life in every season. Even the hardest of them. Read the full post.
Hope In Action: Feel Grounded in life With Intentional Habits
I’ve heard it said that ‘hope is not a strategy.’ But when we’re clear on our vision, we embody it and put hope in action, and this is, in fact, a powerful strategy for handcrafting a life that feels like home and building a world we want to live in. Read the post.
The Joy and Delight of an Unbalanced Life
Realizing that life is both imperfect and beautiful and offering myself permission to tilt instead of balance made space for me to step into my creative work and craft a more compassionate life. Tilting as a goal works better for me than pursuing balance. Read the full post.
WORK WITH YOUR WIRING: LIVING SLOW + SIMPLE ON A MEANDERING PATH
I have learned to open up to the gift of joyful possibility. Slow and steady, bravely and with curiosity, I carve my path and see where it leads. I care more about where I am going than how fast. Read the full post.
HOW TO COME HOME TO YOURSELF (AGAIN AND AGAIN)
As much work as I had already done, it was only when my son died that I finally had no energy left for pretense or hiding. No will left for trying to fit in or caring more what others think of me than what I think of me. No emotional energy or capacity left to hide parts of myself to prioritize your comfort over my own mind-body-spirit wholeness. His death was the catalyst for new courage in my life. His death birthed a new outcropping of freedom in me. Read the full post.
WHEN SHOULD I QUIT? HOW TO LIVE A CONSCIOUS LIFE
In order to grow into the person you want to be, or to become more fully yourself, you will need to quit, let go, release some stuff, choices, relationships, ways of thinking, along the way. Quitting isn’t a dirty word. Read the full post.
ARE THESE 12 LIES KEEPING YOU FROM A PURPOSEFUL LIFE?
Courage isn’t the absence of fear but choosing to show up even when we’re afraid. Living a purposeful life doesn’t mean having life all figured out but choosing to live awake and with intention each step of the way. Read the full post.
NOW WHAT? RESOURCES TO HELP YOU come home + reenvision your life
Take the next step.
The life visioning workbook
You don’t have to hunt for joy, manufacture it, or figure out how to lead a stress-free “perfect” life. You can ALLOW joy to live alongside whatever else you’re experiencing. You can WELCOME it into the messiness of your life in every season. In this workshop you’ll begin learning how to build and practice simple habits that help expand your capacity for JOY. Learn more or purchase the workbook here.
COME HOME TO YOURSELF AND FEEL MORE EMPOWERED: FREE WORKSHOP
This workshop (offered FREE to you) will help you understand the different parts (and experiences) of your autonomic nervous system. It will help you become more familiar with what it feels like to be AT HOME in your body and your life, how to recognize when you shift into chaotic or anxious and overwhelmed energy (when you feel like you’re searching for home), and what it’s like in your body and your life to feel unmoored, collapsed, or shut down (or when you feel disconnected from home) and how to COME BACK HOME. Enjoy the workshop here.