What would it be like for you to feel freer?
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When July 4 rolls around each year I naturally think of freedom. You probably do, too.
What resonates for me deeply this year is how free I feel.
Specific questions I am asking myself now are:
How free do I feel to show up in the world boldly?
How free do I feel to allow myself to play?
How free do I feel to start down new paths rather than sticking to the status quo, because that’s what I’m used to.
Whether these questions resonate for you at this moment in your life, or you have others that are particular to you now, I invite you to start exploring.
How free do you feel?
Let’s consider the three questions that keep coming to mind for me. Join me in being curious and see what comes up for you.
1. Do you feel free to boldly show the world who you are — without a mask, without holding back?
I gave a new talk this weekend titled, Embrace Your Bold: How to Amplify Your Voice and Increase Your Impact.
I opened the talk by sharing the impressions I used to have about of what “bold” looked like (such as being loud, and fearlessly doing daring feats). Those concepts of boldness turned me off, and made me doubt how bold I could be.
I also told the audience how I had tried to fake being bold in the past — and how those attempts had always failed. I explained that I have learned that being bold is a deeply personal set of choices, and there are ways to find your own bold, so you naturally and genuinely amplify your voice and increase your impact.
It was a short talk. There is much more I will cover when I expand the talk to a full keynote and deliver it in the fall. For now, I am pondering many ways I want to be bolder in my life, and what hampers me.
I invite you to consider this question, too. It will likely reveal things you have not brought into focus before.
2. Do you feel free to be playful, to lighten up, and let your spirit fly — just for the joy of it?
This question came to mind for me as I spent time with colleagues who were truly playful and joyous when they spoke on the stage before and after my talk.
I yearn to tap and express more of that light, playful energy, and am thinking about how I will begin — today!
3. Do you feel free to explore new options and make changes?
I have been asking myself about changes I want to make for the past few months. I am getting get super-clear, and I have been implementing them, one small step after another.
One decision became clear for me after my wonderful month living in Paris this past winter. I want to adjust the ways I spend my time so that I can paint more and write more. My soul yearns for more space for my own creative expression, and I have started making meaningful adjustments.
What about you?
Might you be stuck in a groove out of habit — about your work, or a relationship? Perhaps you are not honoring a deep desire?
Do you love things as they are, or do you realize you are ready to make a shift?
Are you holding back on making changes because they feel scary?
Feeling free enough to ask and explore the questions is step one!
Try using this special tool!
I created a guide to help you bring full self-expression into your life. It is colorful and fun to use. You will find that the more you are able to be fully self-expressed, the freer you will feel!
Download the guide here (no email needed!), and see what happens for you.
Let’s all make this a season to activate glorious personal freedom!
