| When you look for the gift in whatever comes | | | | what you surround yourself with in your home, |
| into your life, you take yourself out of | | | | your clothing, the people in your life, how |
| victim mode and empower yourself to gain from | | | | you spend your time, are enormous. |
| the experience. | | | | |
| | | | Are you surrounded by uplifting influences? |
| A client of mine has chronic fatigue | | | | Or is your environment draining your energy? |
| syndrome. | | | | |
| | | | The energy in your environment is directly |
| Lately she has been looking at her clothes | | | | affecting your prosperity, relationships, |
| through fresh eyes. She's discovered a | | | | health and quality of life, because it |
| connection between certain clothes and her | | | | affects your energy and that in turn |
| energy levels. | | | | determines what you attract. Like attracts |
| | | | like. If you are feeling bogged down and |
| When she wears jackets from her business | | | | uninspired, that's what you will attract more |
| suits her energy is depleted more than normal | | | | of. |
| during the entire day. She made the | | | | |
| connection between wearing these clothes in | | | | You might not have the gift of illness to |
| the work she was doing when she became ill. | | | | force you to take stock of your life. |
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| So, she set about going through her wardrobe | | | | And, you don't need to wait until you are |
| listening to the response in her body to each | | | | forced, to ask these questions. No matter how |
| piece of clothing. | | | | lethargic and bogged down you feel, it has to |
| | | | be easier for you to take action, than my |
| She's slowly discarded anything that doesn't | | | | client. Ask yourself these questions and |
| raise her energy. | | | | decide where you would like to start. |
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| This led to reassessing everything in her | | | | 1. Are you aware of what drains your energy? |
| environment. She's been replacing pictures on | | | | |
| the walls that have negative memories for | | | | 2. How many things are you putting up with. |
| her, or negative symbolism. She's had friends | | | | Make a list. Are there more than 10? More |
| help her clear out her kitchen cupboards. | | | | than 20? More than 100? Over a few days, most |
| | | | people can come up with 100 things when they |
| What my client has discovered is that as she | | | | first do this. |
| has slowly gone through her things and | | | | |
| removed items that do not support her | | | | 3. What choices are you making in relation to |
| aliveness, she has gained energy. She still | | | | how you use your time and who you spend time |
| has chronic fatigue syndrome, but she has | | | | with? Do these choices reflect your |
| gained a degree of control over her energy | | | | priorities? |
| levels and life. | | | | |
| | | | 4. Does your environment remind you of what |
| She said this experience has been one of the | | | | you feel most passionate about, or is it full |
| most liberating things possible for her. | | | | of things you used to be interested in? |
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| Decluttering has been forced on my client. | | | | 5. Do you have at least one room in your home |
| She's been forced to look at how she spends | | | | that feels inspiring to you, so inspiring |
| her time, who she has in her life, what she | | | | that you can't wait to be in there? |
| has in her environment, what she tells | | | | |
| herself. She's discovered a gift in her | | | | 6. When you stand at your front door looking |
| chronic fatigue syndrome. She's become very | | | | in, do you feel relaxed and welcomed home? |
| sensitive to anything that drains her energy. | | | | Does it bring you a sense of peace, or do you |
| | | | feel bogged down? |
| Clutter is having the same affect on your | | | | |
| life. You may have forgotten what having 100% | | | | 7. Does your clothing make you feel great? Do |
| of your energy feels like. You may have | | | | you get compliments on how great you look? |
| forgotten what being inspired and passionate | | | | |
| about your life feels like. | | | | There are always clues you can gather in our |
| | | | environment. Whether illness has crept up on |
| Your environment is one major influence in | | | | you or not, what is one action you can take |
| your life. Even Donald Trump knows that. And | | | | today to create a more inspiring environment |
| the rewards of making conscious choices about | | | | for yourself? |