The six fundamentals of lasting personal transformation
Transformation – although far too often over-promised and under-delivered! – is what my clients are looking for. Not incremental change; not small adjustments and little twists on the status quo, but those huge and irreversible changes to the way they move through the world. Our greatest invitation is to be able to free ourselves from our own limitations and experience the full potential of who we know, deep down inside, we truly are.
This magnitude and depth of change need not be difficult. Nor does it have to take a long time! What I’ve discovered for myself is what I choose to share with you to support you along your journey of personal evolution. But don’t take my word for it. Try it on and see how it fits in your life..
Louise Lebrun
Breathe
Science now tells us that your body is a quantum biological instrument of immense capability. It is not ‘like’ a bioprocessor – it -IS” a bioprocessor and breathing is what makes it possible for it to do its best work. Begin by paying attention to your breathing and notice when you hold your breath. In that moment, just stop….close your eyes…and take three or four long, slow, deep breaths. If you extend the exhale so that it is twice as long as the inhale, you’ll go a long way to creating a deep state of relaxation in the body. In that state, you cannot feel fear – and when we are unafraid, we are more willing and able to consider new information and new experiences.
2. Follow the impulse.
The next time your body ‘feels’ something, instead of trying to shut down or move away from that sensation/impulse, breathe; relax your body; and choose to move into the sensation rather than away from it. Keeping your body open and relaxed, allow the sensation to begin to flow and to fill your body, all the time focusing your attention on keeping your body open and relax. You pay attention to your body and your body will pay attention to the energy/information that is moving. What you’ve been taught to call ’emotions’ are really waves of energy/information trying to be metabolized (like your lunch) in the quantum biological processor that your body is, so that you can get on with your life! With the integration of each wave of information come insights and discoveries. Life changes – quickly, easily, effortlessly – and there is no going back.
3. Let yourself know the truth of your own experience.
Even if you never say it out loud to another soul, tell yourself the truth – inside you, where you live. Allow yourself to know the truth of your own experience. We lie to ourselves all the time and tell ourselves that something doesn’t matter, when it does; that we’re willing to do something when we’re not; or that we want something when we don’t . When we allow ourselves to claim the truth of our own experience, something powerful happens inside of us and in that moment, we discover more of our own potential. Yet consider, as much as you need never tell another soul, remember this: Telling yourself the truth is an act of courage. Telling your truth out loud to another human being is an act of transformation.
4. Stay in the tough conversations - with yourself and others.
The toughest conversation you’ll ever have to stay in is the one with yourself. When you consider that there are only two things going on in the world – the conversations you have with yourself, and the conversations you have with another human being (i.e. chats, email, reports, etc); and when you consider that you can’t change the one you have with another person unless and until you’re both willing and able to change the one you have with yourself, staying in that tough conversation with YOU will determine the quality of your life! It will also determine your capacity for intimacy and connection to another human being because if you can’t stay connected to you in a meaningful way, how can you ever connect to someone else in a meaningful way?
5. Be willing to stand alone.
That doesn’t mean that you’ll have to stand alone, you just need to know that if push comes to shove and you have to, you’re both willing and able to do so. Far too often in life we go along just to get along, We compromise ourselves because we think that if we really let others see who we are, they’ll move away from us. And yet, when we do that, we end up not liking ourselves much and have already moved away from ourselves. When we become both willing (a choice) and able (see the previous four points) to stand alone, we discover as we look around that there are many others who seek the same quality of life. These folks indeed, make great playmates!
6. Shape or be shaped by your world.
From one day to the next, we are either the creators of our reality -- as evidenced through our choices emerging as the quality of our lives; or we are the victims of the creations of another. These are not random occurrences -- they are intentional choices, whether we notice them in the making or are surprised by their final outcomes. We either shape or are shaped by, our world. In order to shape the world, we must learn how to make congruent choices so we live through the power of intentionality.
Discover the six fundamentals of accelerated evolution and how to implement them in your life so you become more present.
With this self-explorative mini-book and journaling guide you will go on a personal journey of self-reflection to discover what lives underneath your habituated ways of moving through the world and what to “do” to pattern-interrupt what isn’t working and discover what is.
This educational and journaling guide is for you if …
you sense there is something seeking your attention and you would like to explore what.
you know your habituated responses are causing you pain and are looking for an alternative.
you are ready to awaken to a different reality of what is possible for you.
This resource will not fundamentally transform you like a magic stick — instead it will:
introduce you to a new six-step process to consider in your tough moments and how to be in those moments differently
give you a series of questions to ponder over ten days and journal. As you write in a stream-of-consciousness way, you stay curious and engage for discovery and exploration.
If you are curious about a different way to engage your tough moments, this will provide you with the fundamentals.
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