Waking Up Free

Healing Hands, Caring Heart

Believe Accept and Receive ❤❤

It's easy to be grateful when we have everything we need or want to be comfortable.

It's in those moments we can't afford gifts for our children, can't put gas in the car or we are really sick, those are the times we have to be intentional about gratitude.

That's exactly what is meant by there not being anything outside of us that can bring lasting joy.

Gratitude in any circumstances means looking around for the truth. Not what the world says, but the truth.

6 Ways to Mindfully Handle Big Emotions

https://www.wakingupfree.com/blog/6-ways-to-mindfully-handle-big-emotions

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Journal for Joy

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I used to love a good complaint.

Complaining had become part of my life, so much so I didn't even know I was doing it.

Now I see my own behavior is the root of my suffering, not the way they bagged my groceries or someone's rude comments.

Living life on life's terms is a practice in surrender.

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Beliefs>thoughts>feelings>behavior

The Mastery of Self by don Miguel Ruiz Jr.

The Mastery of Self is a book by don Miguel Ruiz Jr. See link in our BIO for an excerpt from The Mastery of Self OR visit the link below! http://www.hierophantpublishing.com/mastery-self-don-miguel

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The Mastery of Self by don Miguel Ruiz Jr.

The Mastery of Self is a book by don Miguel Ruiz Jr. See link in our BIO for an excerpt from The Mastery of Self OR visit the link below! http://www.hierophantpublishing.com/mastery-self-don-miguel

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The Holistic Psychologist

Our ego is a storyteller.

The ego is a concept of who we are based on our past lived experience.

Our ego is who we believe ourselves to be. Who we believe ourselves to be begins at birth. We unconsciously absorb the ideas of who we are based on the ideas + core beliefs of those closest to us. We internalize these beliefs. They become “truth.”

As we begin to awaken, we become aware of the constant chatter within the mind. “I am smart” “I am shy” “I am always attracting the wrong relationships” “I’m always behind.” This chatter is what the ego does all day long driving us to engage in the same patterns, habits, + beliefs.

Becoming conscious to the story of who we are allows us to begin to make choices beyond our own ego stories. Stories that are not truth, they are simply practiced thoughts we unconsciously believe to be true.

These are some of the most common ego stories. I have these stories running through my mind often— most of us do. This is the egos way of protecting us. Of keeping us safe. This is how the ego keeps us repeating our past— even if the past no longer serves us.

The truth is, we are not our ego stories. Healing allows us to see this. Healing allows us to find CHOICE.

What ego story are you working through? #selfhealers

Wild Woman Nation

I did not rise because I am strong. I rose because I have a purpose stronger than all of my weaknesses ~ Dru Anthony

This is what I know to be true for me. That hole that was in my soul could not be filled with anyTHING. My life is not perfect but I'm incredibly grateful today to feel alive.

Brené Brown Courage

If you like vulnerable, honest, and messy, this might be the episode for you.
Thank you Tim Ferriss and Dax Shepard for keeping it real and choosing courage over comfort.
http://bit.ly/2ITAtsK

Dr Chris Brown

Dr Chris Brown

Sometimes you’ve gotta dream big 🥛🤞😂

Belle's & Rosie's Reflections

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At the heart of recovery is mind training. I no longer believe everything I think.

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Negativity Bias

Ok first of all I had to escape to the garage (away from kids) and the lighting is super weird but it's actually really quite. 😂 Hope you guys are having a great week. ❤️

The false narrative started when I was given labels that I accepted as a child. I wore that identity like they were facts.

I now see that people will say mean things to control, or to make themselves feel superior.

It had nothing to do with the truth of who I really was but a tender hearted child doesn't have this insight, and here I am undoing all of this nonsense as adult.

I can't go back and change things but I can make things better for my children and help others to see that what people say or do isn't a measuring stick for their value.

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TeaL SiLver SteeL

LS~

Something every sober special needs mom needs to hear.

https://www.wakingupfree.com/blog/something-every-sober-special-needs-mom-needs-to-hear

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People willing to be vulnerable are real.

Resilience.

That's what I'm building. I'm not trying to live some fairy-tale instead I'm adding tools to life's toolbox.

Sobriety has been the catalyst for this because I would have still been putting bandaids on bullet holes if not for being devastated by obvious addictions.

Uncertainty and suffering are never going away. The only thing I can do is embrace situations as the arise. Flipping the script almost always gives me a way out of my paralysis. It can snap me back into some form of action.