The Mindset Monday theme of the week has been brave and all the different ways we can be brave.

The biggest kinds of brave are ones that you might not even recognize as bravery, they are the ones that you face every day. They are the choices you make everyday in how you show up in the world. When you test yourself, your values, your beliefs that are no longer serving you. We aren’t going to use the excuse that because we face these choices every day, we kind of feel like they “don’t count.” It’s these small moments of bravery everyday that build the muscle, that shape who you are, who you are becoming. Let’s give more credit ourselves and all the ways that we are brave. And keep finding ways to be brave with your life.

• sending a fun card to a friend because they are awesome and you want them to know it (because you know how fun it is to get snail mail!)

• reach out to someone you know is hurting and could use assurance that you are thinking of them

• take some time to write in your journal (my current journal choice)

• connect with someone new and begin building a friendship

• have an open conversation with a friend or family member

• doing some exploration into your core fears and motivations

• find a way to really express your true self with the world

Courage

Courage and bravery go hand in hand. Courage stems from the word cuer, from the heart.

Courage can be described as ‘To act in accordance with one's beliefs’.

So in this way, happiness is a form of courage. To show up for yourself and live from your heart.

It’s truly an act of bravery to live a life of happiness, one that lights you up. Not everyone has the courage to live so bravely. To be bold enough to declare that they are happy, because they feel it will only tempt others to try and take it away from them. That it’s tempting fate somehow. That living a life that they love will somehow make it all disappear.

But that’s where you are different.

You are a Firefly Scout.

You bravely seek out your inner glow and boldly share it with the world.

And you live a life that lights you up

The Journey Starts Here

Worried that the magic isn’t within you? It is unfortunately far too common to feel that key elements are missing within us, causing an underlying anxiety that can affect us in all areas of our lives. I want you to take a deep breath. Take a couple minutes to listen to this meditation to help ease this powerful unconscious anxiety.

If you are ready to start your journey of remembering what lights you up, what grows your glow, what makes you live bravely, it’s time for you to get the Illumination Kit. I’ve created this set of guidebooks to help guide you through the exercises and actions that will help you remember exactly what kind of magic lies within you.

And if you are in need of an extra nudge, use these suggestions as a start. Honestly, I want to see you be BRAVE with this one precious life. Start showing up for it. Sing this song out loud and feel it down to your soul.

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