Clare Josa | Author And Keynote Speaker

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The Power Of Your Breath To Get You Back In Flow – Soul Nudge 008

Soul Nudge

What happens when your mind won’t let you get back in flow? When it’s getting something from keeping you stuck in force; in flow; in pushing? Here’s how you can calm your mind and get back in flow, one breath at a time. It’s a wonderful sixty second meditation and mindfulness technique that is great, whenever you feel your mind racing and you want to let go and flow – but your Monkey Mind won’t let you!

 

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Resources:

Dare to Dream Bigger – page 268 – sama vritti

52 Mindful Moments – how to go from stressed to smiling in under sixty seconds

28 Day Meditation Challenge – how to change your life in just ten minutes a day – easily

 

Today’s quote:

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“A cluttered mind has no space for inspiration.“

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Today’s affirmation:

Affirmation: I can calm my mind, one breath at a time.Click To Tweet

Today’s intention: Play with your sama vritti technique and notice the shifts during your day.

 

I’d love to hear from you!

Let me know your answers to these questions, via the comments:

  • How did you get on with this technique?
  • Which shifts did you notice?
  • How might you remind yourself to do sama vritti breathing, if your mind is racing?

x Clare

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The Single Word That Flips You Back Into Flow – Instantly – Soul Nudge Episode 007

Soul Nudge

We all know how great it feels to be ‘in the zone’, unleashing our creative genius. But did you know there’s a single word that can boot you right out of it? In fact, it makes creativity impossible.

Here’s how to catch yourself using it and I’m giving you the single word-swap that can get you back in flow, instantly.

 

Listen Now:

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Resources:

Dare to Dream Bigger – page 269 – are you suffering from shoulditis?

Today’s quote:

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“Shoulditis is the quickest way to kill your creativity.“

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Today’s affirmation:

Affirmation: I always have the power to choose.Click To Tweet

Today’s intention: Look for the opportunities to switch from ‘I have to’ to ‘I choose to’ – and notice what shifts!

 

I’d love to hear from you!

Let me know your answers to these questions, via the comments:

  • How did this simple shift feel for you?
  • How might you remind yourself to play with this?
  • Is there anything where you’re ‘defending’ your right to ‘have to’? What might you do about that?

 

x Clare

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How To Keep Your Cool When You Secretly Want To Have A Meltdown

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Do you ever wish you could stay calm in a crisis? Today I want to spill the beans on ‘how’.

Here Are Two Vital Life Lessons: What Accidentally Closing My Business Down Could Teach All Of Us About Handling A Crisis…

Do you ever feel like you’ve had enough of life throwing the ‘brown stuff’ at you?

Last week I accidentally closed down my entire business – for the sake of less than a tenner and a bit of double-checking – duh! And when I realised, I was in rural North Wales with no phone or text signal and only very dodgy wifi – and a Mastermind programme waiting for their next video. Major stress.

If you have ever needed to keep your cool when you secretly wanted to have a meltdown, then the two-step process I share in this video is what you need.

What I did – and how I did it – might really help you if you’re getting stuck in the middle of drama and stress.
When you have watched the video, I’d love to know, via the comments:

  • Have you been getting stuck in the drama?
  • How might you remind yourself that you can choose how to respond to life’s curve balls?
  • What support could you ask for in your life today?
  • And what are your top tips for keeping your calm in a crisis?

And here’s where we’re talking about it, over at the Facebook Authentically Awesome group (if you’re not a member yet, you’ll see a ‘join group’ button when you click the link).

With love, Namaste,

CJ SigP.S. If drama and stress are a big issue for you, is it time to finally get off the emotional roller coaster? Find out for yourself why so many people have fallen in love with my 14 day Master Your Emotions programme. See you there? xx Clare

Want To Know How To Set Yourself Free From Their Annoying Behaviour?

How To Change Your Life

Would you like to be able to move towards feeling more compassionate, rather than angry, towards that person?

Would it be useful to be able to quickly turn things around, when you feel your blood pressure rising because that co-worker, friend, family member or acquaintance is behaving ‘that way’ again?

Here’s the question that I try to remember to use, when someone is really bugging me – and it works:

What might be true in their world, for them to believe this behaviour is acceptable?

This isn’t about mind-reading or pretending we know what’s going on inside someone else’s head. It’s about trying to imagine the world from the other person’s viewpoint, to try to make sense of their behaviour. When we can do that, it is much easier to let go of the drama and to set ourselves free from the painful dance of reacting on auto-pilot, often making things worse.

So, thinking about someone whose behaviour is less than great, what might be going on in their world, right now? I’m not talking about the ‘story’, I’m talking about what they might have to believe, in order to behave this way. What might they be feeling scared of? Are they trying to protect themselves? Which unmet need is screaming for attention, through their actions?

At first, it can be hard to get your head around all this. But of you play with this technique for minor irritations, it quickly becomes a habitual way of turning your responses around, when someone behaves unkindly.

Remember that all criticism is borne of someone elses’s pain? Similarly, all unkind behaviour comes from a part of that person that is hurting. Happy people don’t lash out.

Being able to separate the actions from the actor is a key step towards setting yourself free. Being able to respond from a place of compassion, even if your gut response was anger, can transform your experience of life. And, of course, we can also apply this question to ourselves, if we have a habitual way of behaving that we want to deal with.

By uncovering the possible fears and beliefs behind the actions, we can start to see what’s ‘real’ and what’s ‘drama’, setting ourselves free to choose a happier outcome.

I’d love to hear how you get on, if you get a chance to play with this today.

Wishing you sunshine and laughter,
Namaste,
Clare

Following Your Bliss – Are You Suffering From "Should-itus"?

How To Change Your Life

How do most of us spend the day?

Probably doing the same old, same old. Following the routine. Stuck on the treadmill of obligation and habit. Waiting for the day when things will finally change. But what if there were another way? How would it be if we could be free to follow our dreams – follow our bliss?

Instead of waiting for life to “happen to us”, thinking “I’ll be happy, when…” (fill in your personal “when” here!), how would it be if we could turn things around, right here? Right now?

Well, consider this your official kick up the butt.

cakeLet’s zip forward a few years. Let’s imagine it’s your 80th birthday party.

You’re surrounded by those you love.

There’s a great bit cake and a real party atmosphere.

As you look around you, as the 80-year-old you, you take a moment to look back at your life – at the choices you made. You’re looking at the types of thoughts you had, the ways you acted, the decisions – big and small.

Knowing what you know as the 80-year-old you, what advice would you give the person sitting back in the here and now…?

  • I’m guessing it probably wouldn’t be to work harder, but perhaps to play harder.
  • It probably wouldn’t be to follow the rules more, but to follow your heart.
  • It probably wouldn’t be to keep doing things you hate, but to find things to do that you love.

Well? How about it? What’s stopping you?

Here are the usual culprits that prevent us from living our bliss:

  • Fear – fear that it might go wrong. Fear of what others might think.
  • Comfort zone – breaking out of our comfortable status quo means the vast majority of people live a life that is way below their potential for love, happiness and joy.
  • Expectations – we usually choose to behave the way we think people want us to, rather than the way our heart tells us is right.
  • We feel we don’t deserve it, at some level
  • We follow our heads, not our hearts

Whatever our personal excuse, do you really want to spend the next few decades living a half life?

Is it time to follow your dreams?

Or is there even a glimmer of excitement at the prospect of being able to break free of the constraints that have been holding you back? Can you sense that there is more joy and bliss – or even just a glimmer of happiness – that’s yours for the taking?

In fact, it’s your birth right!

Whatever your religious (or non-religious) persuasion, there’s no law out there that says you can’t feel as much happiness as could possibly be squeezed into a human body!

We all arrive on this planet with a heart full of dreams and a driven sense of purpose.

As we grow up, we learn to forget about all this and do what we think is expected of us, rather than follow our dreams.

Are You Suffering From “Should-itus”?

Words like “should”, “ought to” and “have to” are all classic symptoms of what I call “should-itus” – the early warning sign that we’re following our head, not our heart.

  • With a mild case of should-itus, there’s just a general feeling of dis-ease. You’re generally ok and happy, but you’re aware that something is missing.
  • As should-itus progresses, the symptoms get stronger. The sense of dis-ease increases and the knowing that something is missing gets stronger.
  • Then we squash it with avoidance tactics – and eventually addictive behaviours. These range from “little” things like sugar, chocolate, caffeine or Facebook 😉 to narcotics, exercise addictions and other behaviours that can destroy our self-esteem and relationships.

As we grow up, we can see, deep down, that most people are just “ok”. Raising your hand and yelling to the world that you want more than “ok” is often frowned upon. We don’t want to stand out from the crowd. So we put up with feeling “ok, but mildly dissatisfied” and get on with life.

After all, who are we to aim for a more joyful life experience?

It simply doesn’t have to be that way!!!!!

The sad thing is that most of us aren’t ready to even admit there might be a path of bliss for us to follow.

And I send masses of love to those still in that very painful place.

But if you’re even a teeny bit ready to turn around and see that there’s another way to live your life, then I’m sending out a massive cheer and huge hugs to celebrate!

  • Are you ready to make a start on the simple changes that could transform your life?
  • Are you ready to head out towards a life that’s fulfilling, filled with love, light, laughter and sunshine?
  • Are you ready to take total responsibility for every thought, feeling and action you take?

Then welcome to the ride!

Following your bliss isn’t about throwing away everything that’s important to you about your life.

It’s about making subtle, yet powerful, changes to how we experience the life we already have. Then we can make tweaks to duck out of the stuff that ‘s not working for us and bring in more of what we love.

Would You Like A Helping Hand?

Over the coming days, weeks and months, I’m going to be blogging about following your bliss, sharing the practical steps you can take to move towards the life you deserve.

We’re going to be talking about topics including:

  • How do we know what your bliss is? And what is bliss anyway?
  • How do we move towards our bliss?
  • How do we handle the stuff that drags us down?
  • How on earth do we get a grip on the stream of negative thoughts we have every day?
  • How do we release the blocks that have been holding us back from following our bliss?

And if you’re already on your journey towards following your bliss, how about sharing your top tips and advice via the comments box below?

I can’t wait to hear from you!

With love,

Clare x