You owe it to yourself to live a REAL life.
What’s stopping you?
Everything.
The voices in our heads are loud. The lives we lead become patterns.
We need to find the courage to RECAPTURE our truest selves.
That is your purpose and You deserve to Live it.
Today started out as a gloopy day.
Yes, I said gloopy (a bit gloomy, a bit droopy).
I couldn’t pinpoint exactly why…
Probably about a dozen different reasons, compounding with the clouds that rolled in after the weekend of sun. The 13th’s are always a mix of hard and special.
I got a few things done, tried to lift with music, positivity, but I couldn’t shake it.
So I just got in the car. I wanted to go to the coast, but also knew I had to drop by the horses and run errands. I ran the errands, got even more droopy gloopy, so I just kept driving. And driving. Over the bridge. South. And then finally knew that I knew what had to be my medicine…
And the sun came out along the way. I saw some elk. A red-tailed hawk. These pics were during some clouds, but they were different. And there was sun. Lovely wind. And water. My whole body and mind needed it. At one point, I just fell asleep in the car (parked) out of exhaustion from starving for this and all that’s been building.
Point being, know yourself enough to know what you need. Don’t wait so long (as I sometimes do), if you can help it. Give yourself permission. You need it. You deserve it.
We all have doopy droopy days. And that’s okay. Just be kind to yourself, please. Find your ocean when you need it.
#withlove #doopy #droopy #day #gloopy #selfcare #ocean #oceanair #water #selflove #giveyourselfgrace #giveyourselfabreak #loveyourself #care #love #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #identity #awareness #empowerment #empowering #hope #infinity
Determination and motivation are two words that sometimes get lost in the sea of our thoughts.
For those of us tough cookies, they are always there, keeping us going; but when the day-to-day makes us tired, throws us for a loop, or takes a bit of the wind, we have to remember them, fight for them, and re-trust that they will always be there.
Thankfully, we have the proof that they always will be.
YOU have the proof.
Because you are still going at it.
Because you are still here.
Because you have gotten through everything up to this point.
And you’re farther along than you think.
#couldbeanyday #determination #motivation #relief #findingjoy #findingyou #therealyou #trueyou #seeingitthrough #youreworthy #youreworthit #courage #identity #gumption #audacity #selfawareness #selfidentity #infinity
My kids, past and present, who make being a mama the greatest gift of my life. Actually, THEY are the greatest gift I could ever even have dared to possibly hope for and have shown me more about love than anything else I have ever encountered. Here’s to the blessings that cause us to expand in so many unimaginable ways and continue to do so. On Mother’s Day, I want to thank you, my babies, more than the other way around; because it is I who am the lucky one. 🥹💛💛💛💛💛🐾🐾🐾🐴🐴
#proudmama #happymothersday #mothersday #love #forever
Sometimes all we need is a change in perspective.
I was having a brain day. Actually, the last few days, this head has been pretty stuffed. (When is it not?)
But how to slow down? How to get still? How to order the chaos, when chaos becomes the “norm”?
Sometimes, it’s a simple walk in the park. Sometimes, it takes much more. This time, it was a combo - morning meditations, multiple puppo walks, and finally a floppy face plant (intentional) in the grass.
While laying there, I spotted this tiny flower, unnoticed until I stilled myself and had literally hit the ground. Little ants scurried, other plants floated in the breeze, and this beautiful little color explosion, so far from me in my world above when standing, just went on being its simple, peaceful, and beautiful self, as it does.
When I come to its level, step outside of my own, all becomes a bit clearer and I get to be a part of an entirely different world. Thank you, flower, for sharing your world with me.
Who’s world will you be a part of?
Maybe it could help you heal, too. 💜
#changeperspective #changeinperspective #perspective #changeyourworld #healthechaos #differentperspective #empowerment #encouragement #hope #selfdiscovery #healing #anxiety #mentalhealthmatters #love #outdoors #flower #thankyouflower #infinity
Life is often best seen through two ears. 😌💛🐾
This was our afternoon. Not planned but needed.
#lifebetweentheears #lifewithpuppo #getoutside #adventures #myadventuress #queenaurelia #chihuahua #chihuahualove #parksareawesome #uplifting #love
It’s extraordinary, the pathways life throws our way if we are open to them.
We are so often bogged down by circumstance, by what seems like real life, working us through to exhaustion and overwhelm, that we quite often don’t even see the magic right under our noses until it kind of slaps us upside the face.
In fact, we may have had various encounters that were unexpectedly the entire purpose of those circumstances all along - people who enter our lives, animals, and curveballs that we didn’t even see coming. The entire circumstance may have been set up, or may have come into our lives, for that very seemingly small, but monumentally big cog in the wheel.
THAT is our amazing life.
The challenge is that we have to be open to seeing these kinds of things. And, then, we have to somehow hold onto those rungs on the ladder and hopefully use them as climbing points or stepping stones to get to where we truly belong and where we want to go in order to find who we truly are and all the things we will set free (including us!).
It’s up to you to see the magic. So, keep those eyes open. 👀 And your heart. 💛🥰
#unforeseenpathways #unexpectedmagic #magic #amazinglife #opentomagic #curveballs #furballs #yourpath #somuchahead #purpose #identity #selfawareness #selfidentity #courage #infinitegumption #setyourselffree #infinity
In lieu of releasing this week’s episode (after the accidental blank recording, lol), I figured I would share a collage of goodies you may have missed.
Find them here, too:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-key-to-courage-podcast/id1649455761
https://open.spotify.com/show/731TIgb2UQzR4gBzkPkz09?si=de14beda40004cfa
Defining Your Identity
https://www.amy-infinity.com/podcasts/the-key-to-courage-podcast/episodes/2147789371
You Are Who Your Dog Sees: A Reminder You Mean Something to Someone
https://www.amy-infinity.com/podcasts/the-key-to-courage-podcast/episodes/2147857194
Having the Courage to Tell the Hard Stories: Taking Away the Power of Trauma
https://www.amy-infinity.com/podcasts/the-key-to-courage-podcast/episodes/2148114968
Courage Through Grief
https://www.amy-infinity.com/podcasts/the-key-to-courage-podcast/episodes/2147887897
Real Life Magic and How to Get More of It
https://www.amy-infinity.com/podcasts/the-key-to-courage-podcast/episodes/2148047127
Learn Your Pathway Archetypes and Make Your Dreams Come True
https://www.amy-infinity.com/podcasts/the-key-to-courage-podcast/episodes/2147979700
Take the Chance: Giving Up Security for Authenticity
https://www.amy-infinity.com/podcasts/the-key-to-courage-podcast/episodes/2147964860
The Two Major Kinds of Courage and How They Will Absolutely Change Your Life
https://www.amy-infinity.com/podcasts/the-key-to-courage-podcast/episodes/2147988158
#podcast #podcaster #selfdiscovery #selfhelp #mentalhealth #empowerment #courage #identity #infinity
The pieces may feel scattered.
You may feel frayed. (I’m sorry)
But just a reminder…
It will all fall together. (It will) 💛
(And just in case you need to borrow some, I have faith enough for the both of us. We’re gonna get through this. You can do this.)
#love #withlove #extraspecialcare #itllallfalltogether #itwill #youreamazing #yourlifeisgoingplaces #youaregoingplaces #ihavefaithinyou #youmatter #toinfinity #quotes #encouragement #empowerment #infinity
You have power.
Even in your little pinky.
You can choose to do something different.
You can choose to see something differently.
You can choose to be kind, to be helpful, to see the light more than darkness.
YOU have that power.
Even when it’s hard. Even when you feel like you don’t.
You do.
Because it’s you.
Your life.
Your choice.
Your power.
You have more than you think.
Question is, what are you going to do now?
#youhavethepower #evenwhenyouthinkyoudont #youhavemorepowerthanyourealize #youhavemorepowerthanyouthink #useit #wieldit #believeit #youmatter #whatareyougoingtodo #courage #power #empower #facethefear #yourchoice #youcanchooseyou #gumption #audacity #fightforyou #identity #discovery #selfdiscovery #recovery #recapture #infinity
Good morning, everybody!
Figured we could start with this one.
#alwaysenough #youarealwaysenough #youmatter #always #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #encouragement #selfcare #empowerment #equality #youhavemorepowerthanyouthink #hope #courage #power #love #identity #discovery #infinity
To some, I am a very dangerous woman.
Because I ask you to look inside yourself, to self-examine, and many people don’t want to do that. They call it mumbo-jumbo or soft. They call it unnecessary or irrelevant.
But looking into yourself is about the most valid and valuable thing you could ever do.
Once you understand yourself, fully and truly, you can then master your reality. There are no secrets. You can face things honestly. And, in that, there is no safer and more powerful place you could be in this world.
#adangerouswoman #lookinsideyourself #selfexamination #selfdiscovery #selfuncovery #selfreflect #knowyourself #nosecrets #power #empower #empowerment #lookinside #selfidentity #courage #identity #discovery #infinity
You are amazing in ALL that you are.
Please never forget that.
#youareamazing #you #allofyou #allthatyouare #becauseyouareyou
#diversity #equality #identity #infinity
My adventure queen. 🥰🐾
Lessons from a chihuahua:
1) go on as many adventures as you can.
2) leave signposts wherever you go (but only in life; on trails, please do not; leave no trace).
3) make your mark.
4) be as cute as puppily possible.
5) poop in the woods (with a cleanup crew).
#goonadventures #makeyourmark #cuteness #puppo #leavesignposts #chihuahua #chihuahuas #nofear #adventuress #queen #queenofeverything #Aurelia #balloflight #adventure #selfdiscovery #identity #infinity