Celebrate… New Year… New You!
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Inner Alchemy, Manifesting, Transformation
I know it’s silly… but I still get excited about New Year’s Eve. It’s the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Some chapters seem to be more memorable than others, some I’d rather forget all together, but it feels like a great time to make a change. Not to mention, January is my birthday month. Yes I celebrate the two weeks before my birthday and the two weeks after! So every day in January is a party for me!
So I know for many making changes (resolutions) to do something different may be a challenge. Often times when we fail to work towards a goal it give us an opportunity to beat ourselves up. So why even try, right? But what if you stopped with the negative criticism? What if you kept moving forward even when you hit bumps in the road?
I haven’t had a client yet that moved forward continuously. No! We move forward a few steps, then back a couple, then forward again.
Any change requires that we step out of our comfort zone. That’s why we take the steps forward and when it feels too uncomfortable then we try to get back to our comfort zone. It’s a touch stone to give us a familiar place to come back to, yet we know the situation no longer works for us so we find the courage to move forward again and again. You did this pattern when you were younger and you’ll do it every time you make a change.
Keep in mind this isn’t a race or destination… it’s a journey. As we make changes within us, we create changes outside of us. The journey is more important than the final goal. What’s most important is that we continue on a path, no matter how jagged, moving in the direction of our dreams.
If we keep this in mind anything we set in motion to change and fuel with your emotions will be successful. How many times have you made resolutions that you did for other people? It’s no wonder you failed! The emotional charge wasn’t there feeding it!
Your intentions, goals, resolutions, or whatever you want to call them have to come from your heart! It isn’t what your spouse wants, or your family, or your boss, or your friends, or whomever, this is about you and what you want.
Without the heart and your emotions fully committed, your success or ability to achieve your goals will be limited. So before you dive into your New Year’s resolutions take a step back and ask yourself, “How emotionally committed am I to this goal? Am I doing this to please someone else? Am I doing this to feed my ego?”
By stepping back and seeing what is really motivating your goal you may gain valuable insight into yourself. By learning more about yourself you’ll discover underlying resistance that holds you back from getting what your really want.
This year is about YOU!
It’s about YOU healing to your highest possible perfection!
It’s about YOU creating what you want!
It’s about YOU caring enough about yourself to heal and evolve!
It’s about YOU shifting your prioritize so align yourself with your God/Goddess-self!
You have the capacity within you for greatness. Now is your time to shine and create an AMAZING year.
Happy New Year! Happy New You! Celebrate the God/Goddess YOU are!
What can I do to help you manifest YOUR brillance in 2011 and beyond?
Tags: alchemy, challenges, change, emotional healing, emotional health, goals, higher self, inner alchemy, jana matthews, law of attraction, Manifesting, meditation, new moon manifesting, new year, new year's, new you, resolutions, Transformation, trasitions
Changes and Challenges
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Manifesting, Transformation
Change isn’t an option, it’s necessary at this time. The crumbling old foundation is causing many to embrace fear. But the evolution in our energy is causing us to move out of a state of greed and survival and into a place of love. Our new foundation is based in the heart chakra instead of the lower three survival chakras. The push and pull you may be feeling is part of this transition helping you eliminate old survival skills and resolving emotional wounding.
Keep in mind that everyone that you’re in conflict with has contracted with you to help you grow and heal. Our Divine Intelligence gave us crutches to help us overcome our challenges in life. Unfortunately these crutches turned into addictions. It’s easy to get caught in the drama and support yourself through your addictions. Addictions come in many forms: drugs, alcohol, work, exercise, some people are even addicted to drama and create it constantly. These behaviors are rooted in survival instead of growth. They keep us tied to our stories and emotional wounding instead of healing them.
The cosmos is shaking all that up right now. The message is to “stop embracing addictions and emotional wounds, and heal yourself.” The more we resist change the more change is forced upon us. There are some simple steps you can do to manage change instead of feeling victimized by it.
1) Face drama: View drama in your life without attachment to emotions around it. Typically the first response is to emotionally lashing out, but take a step back and ask yourself “Why you are reacting this way?” As soon as you bring awareness to the situation instead of more drama to it you’ll begin to resolve and dissolve it.
2) Release Fear: When you feel the survival skills of the lower three chakras, recite affirmations to shift the energy away from fear and into love. For example, perhaps you are struggling financially. Instead of marinating in the fear and lack of your perceived financial distress say, “The Universe is my supply. I’m so grateful the Universe provides a continuous stream of prosperity and abundance (or whatever the lesson).” Find something you can be grateful related to that person or situation so you shift your vibration. Only you can choose to shift your lower vibrating emotions to higher ones.
3) Remove assumptions and expectations: By making assumptions or having expectations we actually limit possible outcomes. Making assumptions is a breakdown in communication because you assume everyone thinks the way you do. Making assumptions causes misunderstandings because the assumptions fill in the gaps of communication. Drama and sadness is based on our assumptions. Instead of making assumptions find the courage to ask questions until you feel clear about the situation. Find your voice!
An expectation is anticipation of a particular outcome. When we have expectations we may shut down or don’t see other possibilities because we are so focused on a specific result. When things don’t turn out the way we expect it creates frustration, anger, sadness, doubt, and disbelief.
4) Gratitude: Each day make a list of what you’re grateful for. The list includes both things from the past, present and intentions in progress. Expressing gratitude is a big way to shift your energy and vibration. Write out a daily list of gratitudes for a month and see how your life transitions. Make your statement in the form of an affirmation such as “IAM so grateful ….” Even if you don’t initially FEEL grateful for the lesson, situation, or person, writing down a statement of gratitude shifts your perceptions and emotions, so you resolve it.
Tags: addictions, challenges, change, emotional wounding, gratitude, injustices, Manifesting
An Attitude of Gratitude
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Tips, Manifesting, Transformation
Sometime it’s easy to get caught in our thoughts of what we believe is missing in our lives instead of embracing what we do have. See if your attitude or perspective about your life changes after watching this video.
What are you telling yourself you can’t do? What are you taking for granted? What are you grateful for?
Tags: attitude, can do, challenges, dream big, gratitude, patience, perspective, success, worthiness
To prepare for the manifesting, write down a list of goals or intentions you want to attract or issues you want to release during the lunar cycle. After the cycle is over, review your old list crossing off goals achieved and file it, then begin a new list for the new cycle. To maintain balance in your life, look at goals on several different levels including financial, spiritual, mental, emotional, and physically.