Does the state of the world overwhelm the part of you that so wants to help…but doesn’t know how? We never tire of the wisdom in this little story that may reassure you:

It’s all too common for people to feel like they have nothing to contribute unless they are wired for massive action. Not so! When you are tapped in the the Blue Topaz Power of Altruism, you understand that all small efforts together become massive action when it comes to lending a supportive hand to the those in need.

Strengthen your connection to Blue Topaz energy, and shift your mindset toward who you are, what you have, and what you naturally can give that is true to your own Vibrancy Signature. Your Vibrancy Signature is an excellent tool for knowing what circumstances and situations will feed you rather than drain you. This all important when committing your valuable time and energy to things that are important to you.

And remember…

Now…how can you be of benefit? Read on…

“If we keep going in the direction we are headed,

we will end up where we are going.”

~ Chinese Proverb

“But… how do I know if where I’m headed is where I should be going??” you ask?

Call on the Emerald Power of Precision to hone in on the best direction…for you! This is the energy that is expert at helping you harness your attention, cut through the non-essentials, and get on with whatever is truly calling to you…rather than going down long winding roads to nowhere. At least nowhere that’s meaningful to you.

Emerald…

• is intuitive, not getting lost in mental deliberation about this road or that.

• is logical, able to quickly use the information you have to assess a situation clearly.

• is not distracted by all the “pretty lights”, all the different directions you could go.

• pays attention to what’s in front of you. “Is this where I want to keep going?”
  

• looks out for and guides you around the possible roadblocks.
  

• notices the things that may be tempting you away from what you really want, and alerts you not to blindly follow.

• and, most importantly, helps you zero in on what matters to you, what is aligned with your aspirations and your values.

Essentially, Emerald helps you get to your desired destination as efficiently as possible. Like your own inner GPS system. Would you like more of that?

3 to 1…Apparently, that’s the magic ratio that will lead you to flourishing in life, rather than languishing.

Many studies have shown that if you want to be truly and deeply joyful, creative, and open, you have to have at least three positive thoughts or feelings for every one negative thought or feeling.

It sounds easy, doesn’t it? Sure, if the Mocha Gold Power of Optimism is flowing freely through your being. But…what if it doesn’t seem to be?

• What if you’ve succumbed to all the fear in the news?

• Or what if life has just knocked you around one too many times recently, especially this past year?

• Maybe you’ve soaked up the negative thought patterns of those around you who focus on all the things that have gone wrong, are horrible now, and/or will be disastrous in the future?

Any one of these scenarios (and more!) can make it hard for you to easily access this inner voice of resilience and positivity. But there is hope! Fill your cells with Mocha Gold energy, and you too can think like an optimist!

Bring more of the Power of Optimism

into your life this week

with the following exercise!

1) First, saturate your thoughts with these affirmations:

I help myself.

I think positively.

I’m self reliant and resourceful.

I transform by being optimistic.

2) Next, consider one area of your life that you feel cornered by ~ some situation, person, or event that weighs you down in some big or small way.

3) Ask yourself these four simple questions (from Byron Katie’s The Work) about the thought or feeling you have about that topic that causes you to suffer, writing down your responses :

1. Is it true?
2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true?
3. How do you react (what happens) when you believe that thought?
4. Who would you be without the thought?

Then turn the thought around so you can experience the opposite of what you’ve been believing. Write it down. Read it frequently and let it seep into your system.

4) And keep this in mind in the days to follow:

Walk on the bright side!

Spring has sprung (here in Virginia anyway!), and so has that energy that is ready to wake you up out of any leftover winter slumber. Plants… animals…people – all seem to be popping into bloom. How about you? Do you feel the enthusiasm of the season? The sense of wanting to jump up? bust out? and rev into action?

…or… maybe not so  much…?

If you’re slumping more than springing,

call on the Power of Enthusiasm!

This is the Power that, simply put, wants to motivate you. It wants to see that bounce in your stride. It wants to zest up your life, and fill you with a passion for feeling great in body, mind and spirit. It’s not about getting through the day with your internal setting on “mediocre.” Nope, it wants you to feel alive and full of the energy to sink your teeth into what enthuses you the most.

Would you like a little extra taste of that flowing through your cells right about now?

Should I? or Shouldn’t I?

Do I want to stay? or do I want to go?

Would it be better to do this? or to do that?

Does this sound familiar? Indecision often happens when you have conflicting feelings about the options available to you.

• You love your partner…but…you keep fantasizing about a fresh start.

• You have a great job, but keep dreaming of something “better”.

• You want to plant a garden this year…but wonder if you should just opt for a lot more free time by shopping at the farmer’s market.

• You contribute to one cause you believe in, but keep wondering if you should shift to a different one with a different focus.

• Or maybe you have your own scenario that tugs at you on a daily basis…hoping the “right decision” will just materialize…but it never really seems to.

If you’re not 100% sure you want to get out,

then jump 100% in with both feet!

Allow the Power of Commitment to carry you!

Blue is the energy that supports you in giving yourself fully to who and what you love. It fills you with with a sense of devotion, loyalty and dedication. There’s no match for the emotional depth of feeling that this energy pours into your cells, carrying the message of commitment into your chosen relationships.

With both feet in one camp, you can pour all of that love and devotion and caring into one place, rather than a half baked approximation that leaves you splintered, weary and confused. Both you and the recipient of your care, whether person, animal, or hobby, will thrive with that level of dedication.

Imagine if your daily life was completely infused with the affirmation below. How would that feel?

What’s been the benefit of the current pandemic? (You’re likely quite familiar with the downsides!) Many are saying it’s been the unanticipated opportunity for inner growth. Though it may not have been intentional, you likely have had a little, or maybe a LOT, of extra time to confront some of your own edges.

That’s something that doesn’t readily happen when you’re super busy and preoccupied with living life “in the world.” You’re less likely to take on the challenge of clearing out old, worn-out behaviors and patterns when you’re distracted or always on the go.

Maybe some of these scenarios are familiar? (All offered with great compassion, if you have found yourself in these uncomfortable situations.)

• Rather than address your relationship challenges, you used to avoid interacting in a deep, authentic way. But lately you can’t, because it’s been harder to get away, literally.
• You used to be able to ignore any dissatisfaction with your work life, because you were stuck in that feedback loop of showing up every day to collect a paycheck. With this recent slow down, how you really feel about it has resurfaced. You have visions of something more suited to your gifts and needs, but aren’t sure how to make any changes.
• You’ve seen and read about others who practice, and even teach, novel ways to evolve themselves into new ways of being in the world. That seems so fulfilling…but it all sounds overwhelming and scary!
• Maybe you have your own story? That story you tell yourself that keeps you stuck and unsatisfied.

Why not maximize the time you still have now to transform?

It’s Spring, and you can call on the Red Gold Power of Growing to help you out! Red Gold energy is what gives you the strength to tell the truth about what’s going on with yourself, the stamina to do the hard work of doing things differently, and the willingness to let your own worn out ways burn up, making way for those “green tips” of new growth. Internal gardening, anyone?!

Do you love a little excitement in your life? A step to the edge? An adventure to get your pulse racing? Although everyone’s definition of adventure is different, we all need a little Mango Power of Courage in our lives to feel engaged, whole and healthy.

When you think of adventures, you likely think of the physical, “outer world” kind – traveling to new places, meeting new people, exploring new places, trying something different and daring. Those types of adventures have been harder to come by these days with limits to our movement, proximity, and well, you know.

But there’s another path of adventure

that can be taken at any time!

And that one is on the inner level.

If you want to explore your edges, you don’t have to jump off a cliff.

You just have to look inside.

Surely there is an area of your life where you are afraid to go, isn’t there? One with a personal reward that just might be worth the risk? The Mango Power of Courage is right there for you to tap into and take that risk! 

Would you like to:

• drum up the courage to embark on a more rewarding line of work?
• be bold and share something vulnerable with your partner that you’ve never been able to before?
  
• challenge yourself to engage with that project you’ve let slide because you doubted you could really complete it successfully?
• risk your comfort and make a much needed change in your life that your heart knows is needed, but that you’ve always kept in the future?
• step up and learn something new that you are passionate about, but the thought of actually doing it makes you shake in your boots?

You may have something else in mind, but small steps or large, when you have the courage to take them, to keep on going and venture into seemingly scary territory, you’ll keep on growing, and discover passions and capacities you have that you never knew before.

This week…   Choose one scary step in your life that you really, really would rather not take, but that you really, really wish you could. C’mon, just one. You can do it. If you need a little help, here are some good Power of Courage affirmations: I am brave and courageous. I choose my own exciting adventures. I respond to emergencies quickly. I’m a calulated risk-taker. If your first thought is really adventuresome, but it freaks you out, then break it down into smaller do-able steps. Ok, maybe another few rounds of affirmations if you need it, and then, let’s take that first step. Who knows. It may lead to two! And each one after may lead to you doing the very thing you thought was impossible.

You are brave and courageous!

Though you’re probably celebrating the holidays a bit differently this year, you still may have need for a little back up support from the Indigo Topaz Power of Connecting.

When this energy is alive and well in you, it’s joyful and easy to connect with family and friends and feel that community spirit.

Even in the midst of this pandemic, Indigo Topaz energy will tug at your sleeve to jump on a Zoom call, share holiday inspirations on social media, or simply pick up the phone to “feel the love”.

But if this energy is low or imbalanced, you might find yourself….

• Having a hard time coming up with fun and safe ways to be together with special people in your life.

• Find yourself dreading another zoom call, or at the very least just needing more oomph to want to get on one.

• Still feeling a little alienated from, or judgmental of, friends or family members in your life due to political differences.

If ‘connection is why we’re here’ as Brene Brown tells us, then isn’t it worth strengthening and balancing your Power of Connecting? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have the resistance melt away, and be replaced by desire to connect in a loving way?

Do you need an extra boost of the Power of Connecting? Here are some practices you might want to try in the coming weeks (and year!) to help you bring more warmth into your life, and build more bridges with others in your world.

• For a week, lay aside your struggle with the little differences, annoyance and impatience you my typically have with others. In their place, keep your attention on what you appreciate them, on what they bring to your life. The other “stuff” will always be there if you want to go back to it.

• Have fun. Enjoy yourself! These times are great for dreaming up novel ways to be together without making anyone uncomfortable or unsafe. Online game night, writing real letters to loved ones, sending gifts that help you bridge any gaps that may have crept between you. Come up with your own unique way to stay in touch.

• Know your needs and your limits in connecting…and honor them. Notice how long to stay on the phone without getting glassy-eyed. Decide how many people you want to be on a zoom call with before it gets too chaotic. And be aware of how often you need to connect to feel human, to feel alive, to feel all cozy inside. Find your sweet spot of not too much and not too little…you want just the right level of connection time to keep your Indigo Topaz tank full while still honoring your temperament.

Something dramatically healing and transformative happens when compassion is brought into your circle of responses. And given the incredible uptick in challenging circumstances around the world, it’s a good one to have in your repertoire, both for yourself and others!

The amazing thing about compassion is that when you get good at self-compassion, it seems to fill up a bucket that easily overflows and it becomes so much easier to offer it to others.

So, let’s focus on that for the moment. How do you treat yourself when you are suffering or struggling? What is your inner dialogue like when you are in pain, or facing the challenging emotions like anger, fear, panic, anxiety, frustration, overwhelm?

Do you berate yourself for being petty or weak?

Do you shame yourself for not being stronger, more resilent, less affected?

Do you push yourself, or even bully yourself, to stop whining and just get on with things?

Do you stay stoically calm, cool and collected? Unnerved, untouched, (but possibly with a lump of feelings stuck in your throat)?

If you’re like most people, you’ve grown up in a culture that has elevated strength, power and accomplishment above all else, while overriding and often dismissing the less manageable, less controllable world of feelings, human rawness, tenderness, sensitivity, and softness.

Such things as your fear, your heartache, your sadness, your concern are driven underground until the next time something triggers you and they rumble back to the surface.

This is where the Power of Compassion can change your life.

Embodying this energy, (which is the color White), will be like gifting yourself with the inner voice of the most loving, kind, compassionate parent the world has ever known.

This voice won’t let your emotions be ignored or dismissed, which, let’s face it, doesn’t work in the long run, does it?

Your pain and your uncomfortable feelings are part of your life’s journey, and you deserve to be able to breathe through them, not be overrun by them, or have to push them down.

As unnerving as they may seem, and although you might not yet even have words for them, these experiences are authentic to you, and they just want to be seen, acknowledged, and yes, loved. This is the healing opportunity.

The Power of Compassion, as self-compassion, acknowledges your suffering and gives it some space to just be, without judgment.

Being healthy and balanced with the Power of Compassion, gives you the ability to self-soothe with a loving inner voice that says things like:

I see you.

I hear you.

I know you’re struggling right now.

I accept you exactly as you are in this moment.

I’m here. I’ve got you.

I love you.

I’m not going anywhere.

What would it feel like to hear that when you are hurting?

True compassion doesn’t concern itself with answers and strategies and solutions. It doesn’t need you to be fixed or happy or better.

It knows only to offer itself as a healing balm, helping you to reconnect with your own essence and your own heart.

Let the healing begin!

Bring a little more Compassion

into the world this week.

Our message today was inspired by a powerful talk by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic, and Eat, Pray, Love. She also shares a beautiful exercise of writing yourself love letters with this compassionate inner voice. We can’t think of a better Power of Compassion exercise to offer you than that! Click HERE to listen.

With everything going on in this country and in the world, we thought maybe you could use a little time out, an opportunity to slow down, soften, and get back in touch with your heart.

With all the political tension, did you find yourself putting a shell around your heart to protect it from the intensity? Maybe you’re even feeling numb.

Do you feel like you might have momentarily forgotten how to just love other people, for no other reason than that they are fellow humans?

What would it feel like to invite your heart to open up to anyone in your world that is on “the other side” politically? Yummy? Scary?

Or maybe you have felt alone and isolated due to all the focus on protecting yourself during the pandemic.

If you are bumping up against any of these painful edges, the Power of Love is the antidote you want. It’s Pink vibration will soothe, heal, and strengthen your heart.

Here is a 15-minute guided meditation with Chaya, helping you reconnect with your heart, and allow the Power of Love to saturate your body and guide your day.

Please treat yourself by carving out a quiet space and time so you can settle in to:

The Power of Love Meditation

Bring more Pink energy into the world this week with the following exercise! Let this affirmation be with you as you go through your day. Think it, sing it, hum it, whisper it. Allow the feeling of it to sink into your cells, much like the feeling of soft kitty fur on your cheek. However you do it, let it permeate your consciousness just for a little while. Notice how it affects your experience, and and the quality of your connection with others, during these challenging times. From our hearts to yours, with love.