Start where you are:

When you think of your current goals, identified and not, and all your to-dos, how does it feel?

It may be worth listing a few of them and the feelings about them.

Identify how you want to feel instead: 

• about the goals and to-dos in general
• About specific things

Now look at the when this/then thats you have just identified:

• What do you notice?
• What are you waiting for?
• Is it true that you will definitely feel differently when they are done/achieved? For how long?

Everything we do or don’t do is because of the feeling we believe it will give us. 

Intention Setting Practice:

• Focus on the feeling you believe achieving this will give you (start with the end in mind)
• Focus on HOW you want to achieve it/move towards it
• Set these feelings into a clear (feeling) intention 

NB: you are not setting a rigid ‘I want this and it has to happen this way’. You are owning what you want on a deep level, acknowledging that with a clear statement (with words or just feelings, written, spoken or a silently whispered declaration) 

Now: lean back and trust. Let the intention carry you and the load. Let it guide you in the actions you take and the way you are being.

Experiment - have fun, get curious, hold it lightly. Notice any shifts.

An invitation to practise together as a group during August:

Set a clear intention for what you truly desire to receive (effortlessly, without having to do anything) from this community.

Harness the momentum of the New Beginnings Energy of September whilst letting go of the pressure.

What are your childhood memories of September? Maybe create two lists - one of excitement, one of fear. Notice it all with love and self-compassion.

What are your present feelings about this September? Excitement/fear, anxiety, pressure, overwhelm.

Get more specific: 

What are you excited about at the moment?

What are the fears, anxieties and pressures?

Notice all of it, then notice it neutrally.

The New Beginnings Tool invites you to tap into the momentum of the excitement of September whilst releasing the pressure.

Where would you like to infuse this New Beginnings energy?
Habits you want to keep

Habits you want to drop

Habits you want to start

Go tiny - one bounce on the trampoline, 5 minutes on the piano, 5 minutes of exercise….

Bypass you amygdala.

Pick one thing and play.

Infuse your commitment to it with New Beginnings Energy and let go of the pressure, knowing that you will fail and that’s ok because over here in The Gentle Rebellion, there is a new beginning available to you in every moment.

So, this is an invitation to capture your excitement of September while releasing the fear - and then use it without needing the excuse of it being September (or January).