Sink or Float is Sooooo 2021, Let's SWIM!

Yup, this is the DECEMBER Newsletter!! So much this past year, right? You did a lot of really good things! You worked through a lot of old stories. You got to know yourself much better. I know there were times that you didn't know if you were going to pull through some of those really gross, sad, and challenging moments.

It was hard!

This energy that we have been working through has been fierce. We have not had the luxury of putting things off until we "felt better." Our asses have been thrown in the deep end. I see you floating, and I’m giving you lots of props! The speed of this energy is no joke, but we are doing it.   

Because of our perseverance, we are shifting not only our energy, but the energy of those around us. 

We are literally raising the frequency of our planet!

I hope some of you have begun to feel the difference. 

We must continue to focus on what's good in our lives. Practice gratitude. Be kind. Don't create new heavy stories that do not support how you want to feel. Use your imagination and decide how you want to experience life and put your energy towards that as if nothing could stop you. 

Let’s keep this momentum going so we stay at this higher frequency. Our personal frequency attracts more of the same, isn’t it beautiful?   

I became aware of my own progress recently. I was talking to a friend about an event that we had attended. She had asked if I heard what “Bob” said. I hadn't. Then her husband chimed in and said you didn't hear the drama and commotion? I truly hadn't. My husband confirmed that he heard it. I didn't notice anything that they were referring to and I was confused on how I could have missed it. 

I then realized I was unaware because I was no longer attached to “Bob’s” story.

I hate to admit it, but I had been a touch gossipy about “Bob.” His behavior really frustrated me. But now I was completely unaware. I was proud of myself. His story was no longer in my frequency. I chose not to be attached to his choices or behavior any longer.   

This caused me to reference back to a mediation that I had recently done. It was a guided mediation by Matias De Stefano. My girlfriends and I recently saw him speak in Boulder and his understanding of the world resonates with me. He claims to remember all of humanity’s history, which is pretty damn impressive! 

In the meditation, he talked about our resistance to fear. Basically, he explained that when we no longer fear something, there is no longer an obstacle.  He suggests that we pick fear up and put it in our lap and talk to it like we would a child. What a concept right?   

Fear and despair really captured our attention in the past few years. This heavier frequency has been challenging for sure. My body had become hyper-aware of other people’s fear, which caused me to be more fearful. It was like constantly hitting a wall. 

On the positive side, it has been the impetus to so much growth. It has catapulted many of us to process our emotions and experiences at a much more rapid rate.

However, I know that we are very ready to feel some normalcy again. Now, when I have a fear-based thought, I see it as a wall; a wall that's coming towards me. When I choose to question the fear, I breathe a little more and the wall dissipates a bit. I ask more creative questions about the validity of the fear and the wall dissipates even more and I exhale even more.

We need contrast to grow, but when we ask creative questions and allow our bodies and minds to come up with the answers, it frees us even more. 

 

Give it a try. Here are 4 questions to begin with: 
 

1. What action would I take today if I did not have this fear? 

*Take three action steps 

2. What would it feel like in my body if I didn’t have this fear? 

*Create this feeling now and every day after, so that your body becomes used to your new frequency 

3. Why is this fear making me uncomfortable? Who or what experience does it bring to mind? 

*See if you can find a comparison from a previous experience and give yourself permission to release the old “trauma” from your body. Do this by FEELING the emotion. You may also perform EFT or even breathe into the emotion. 

4. Do I need him/her/they to be wrong so that I can feel better? Why? Why? Why? 

*Answer this last question until you can confidently respond, no. – Watch Byron Katie videos on YouTube for inspiration. 

Now that we have practiced releasing fear, what do you say we stop floating and swim again? No, it doesn’t have to be the breaststroke. You can start with a doggy paddle but let’s begin to move. Let’s make bigger plans for 2022. Let’s give ourselves permission to be excited again. The energy will not change until we take action to change it. Let’s leave the B.S. in 2021. Let’s use our legs and push ourselves forward a bit more. We are the Collective. Let’s collectively decide to… drum roll…. 

BE THE DAMN LIGHT and create the change we desire! 

Happy holidays, and let's create this end of year in a continuation of Love and Fearless Motion!
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Much Love,

Dena Gould