Artwork: Interior Scene by Hayward Oubre : oil on canvas
Intention Upheaval Series: Part 2
In my line of work as a consultant, I witness incredible bravery. Individuals transforming challenging situations into opportunities.
• A painter focuses on her creative business after injuring her back.
• A successful executive uses her divorce as a reset button toward an authentic life.
• A survivor of domestic violence becomes the advocate for women’s economic independence.
• A writer and artist realizes his financial potential by embracing his golden confidence.
• A business owner decides to honor her original intention of building beautiful items with her hands.
These humans inspire my own leaps. I am reminded to initiate intentional upheavals to shake up my decrepit foundations.
But here is what I discovered - quitting is not enough.
Ending what no longer works is a courageous + necessary beginning, but what comes next maybe more important.
Letting go creates the necessary vacuum. Without this emptying space, nothing new can enter.
In the echoing emptiness of what was there, we can trick ourselves into believing that more lists, ideas, courses and hustles will provide the meaning we have been missing. But juggling more hats leads to burnout and discouragement.
Don’t congratulate yourself for leaving and starting over only to drop your original intentions.
In the shaky groundlessness, we can easily slip right back into what we worked hard to release.
Then all the effort that created the cleared space will be for nothing.
Instead, HOLD this transition as SACRED.
Infuse it with awareness and intention.
Turn on the suction again and start cleaning your interior world. Get those gnarly corners to remove fragile but pungent skeletons of your past.
SLOW DOWN to see your knee-jerk reactions to others + the world. These act as mirrors for the beliefs + stories you are holding.
Shine light into the archetypes and characters that you play. See which ones imprison you to a mediocre and toxic life.
Keep quitting these roles like your life depends on it. Because it does.
Choose for yourself even if it feels foreign and scary.
*Keep reading + listening to my posts as I deep dive into the purpose of intentional upheavals.
