“A single insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.”
~from Whatever it Takes

I was listening to a conscious writers symposium the other day and was reminded that there are infinite ways to say, to teach, to convey a single idea. There have been eons of people speaking truth, teaching the ideas I teach, coach and write about and there will be eons more.

Mike Dooley talked about questioning the validity of his well-known Notes from the Universe asking the question all of us ask of ourselves, “Who am I to… teach this, share this, coach this, write this, build this, heal this, receive this…” And how would he continue to come up with original work? In the midst of questioning himself, he had an epiphany one day that there are as many ways to talk about his passionate subject as there are stars in the galaxy.

He would never run out of ways to talk about it nor would people run out of the need to be reminded in this human experience. Each of us knows the value of that regular—daily—inspiration, being fed and reminded of what is true and what is not, is essential for growing ourselves.

“Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.” ~Mark Twain

I hear many people at a place of challenging their “edges,” challenging the way they’ve thought of themselves up until now, how they have perceived of their value, the age-old fear of calling the bluff of their own “edge” and the all-or-nothing thinking that goes with it. The earth is not flat and neither are you.

Their huge life transitions challenge relationships, who they have been in relationship, who they have been (and not been) to themselves. They’ve reached the edge of growth their career can give them and their restlessness, even if they haven’t recognized it, calls them to draw from a deeper part of themselves, to work that doesn’t just have meaning, but comes from their own meaning.

They’ve reached “the edge” of where their current relationship with money can take them. They are being challenged to relate to their own value in a way that sheds the identities, hiding and coping mechanisms they’ve been living within. The growth or change they desire, that they need, in their businesses requires them to transform themselves and tap into a deeper expression of themselves.

In order to have the wonderful relationship they desire or to evolve the one(s) they are in, to start, grow or reconnect with the divine idea of their business, to cultivate vibrant health, to see an ideal or project through to a brilliant completion, to relate to money and feel supported financially to make the decisions and seize the opportunities before them, the edges of who they have been, just won’t do.

Here are a few tips for challenging your edge instead of staying stuck (or “busy”—same thing) going for another round of the same patterns and experiences:

1. Change your relationship (and definitions) with uncertainty and safety, which frees you from paralyzation. Your old definitions will keep you where you are and just won’t take you into your next evolution, the soul-driven life.
2. Shift your priorities for change from external to internal. Your external world is a reflection of your inner world. That gives you the power of change. You change your external world forever with what you transform from within. More than just a way of thinking, you’re changing the energetic patterns you live from.
3. Learn the true art of intention not as mere motivational goals, but as a dance with your soul and the power of the Universe. Set powerful intentions both for what you are done with and for what you are determined to create.
4. Remember that creating your life is not the same as controlling your life. Living consciously is engaging the dance with Life that brings together outcomes beyond your imagination.

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