You guys know how much I believe that you HAVE to believe in yourself and pay attention to what is happening in your own mind in order to really live and love this life.  How often do I share that it all starts and ends with you and variations of that? So often!  Because it is the truth!  It won’t matter if the whole freaking world believes in you, if you at your core, do not.

But here is the thing, you can’t just believe in yourself…

You have to be RELENTLESS in your belief in yourself and what you are capable of.

Like so relentless that no one can shake you.  So relentless that you can perfectly picture yourself in the life you know is available to you.

So relentless that the NO’s and people looking at you like you have two heads don’t matter because you know deep within who you are and what you are capable of.

BUT… in that relentlessness you also can’t be attached to the timing and the hows.  You have to ALLOW while still showing up, doing the work and being unwavering in your believing.

In order for me to do this I use a few practices to get me and keep me connected to the passion within me.

1. Journaling.  I let it all come out on the page.  All my thoughts, feelings, fears, doubts, worries, to do’s, gratitudes, affirmations, it all pours out of me in a disjointed mess that turns into clarity.  Read about my favorite journaling method here.
2. Affirmations.  Whenever I hear a doubting voice, whether it be my own or someone else’s  or just to amp me up and remind me I repeat to myself  an affirmation that excites me, empowers me, and reminds me of who I am and what I am creating for myself.
3. Daily written visualization. (or let’s be real..most days)  Each morning and/or evening I pause and write out at least three sentences putting myself into my dream future.  I write them as if they are already happening.  Not I want or I will but “I am…!”. This gives me the space to actually think about it and embody it daily so even if I don’t take any action towards this future vision I am remembering it which then leads me to make steps towards it.  ( I use my I am notepad for this).
   

I have navigated so many dreams and huge obstacles in my life because of this relentless belief in myself and what I am capable of, often when I didn’t feel supported by others.  But, I have also had times when I forget.  When I forget my value. When I forget my worth.  When I forget that this world is full of possibilities and in order to see them, I need to first believe in me and in all that I am and all that I have within me.

So I ask you…what is it that you want?

Peace?
Freedom?
To love the body and face looking back at you in the mirror without judgement?
To see your value and worth?
To let go of a relationship, career, life that you know you have outgrown?

Believe it is possible for you.  All of it.

Here are a few affirmations to use to call this belief in:

I AM RELENTLESS IN MY BELIEF IN MYSELF AND WHAT I AM CAPABLE OF.

I CAN DO ANYTHING I PUT MY MIND TO.

I AM THE CREATOR OF MY OWN DESTINY

You are! You can! I believe in you!  And remember if these affirmations don’t speak to you..create or find ones that do!

(reminder I have an app and affirmation deck full of them!)

Be relentless, okay?

Don’t let doubts, fears, shoulds, other people’s opinions of you and ideas stop you… You must be absolutely relentless in your belief in yourself and what you are capable of

COME HANG WITH ME!