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The Year You Let It Be Easy
No matter when you’re reading this, I invite you to close your eyes and picture yourself a year from now, having just had your best year yet. What would it look like? Which things would change? Are there things that would stay the same? Now ask yourself, what is holding you back from letting it be easy? Which thoughts or habits are keeping you in the same patterns? What would it feel like to stop pushing so hard and start believing that things can flow?
How to Let This Be the Year You Let It Be Easy
Our brain does not like change. It prefers what it knows. When we start to dream of a different future, our primitive brain resists. It predicts more of the same because it only pulls from our past experiences. That is why so many of us feel like we are living the same year over and over, repeating familiar patterns in our relationships, health, and work.
This year, we are choosing something different. We are choosing ease. We are learning how to use our powerful brain, to think about what we think about, and to gently interrupt the thoughts that keep us stuck.
When we lead our life with self compassion and emotional intelligence, we begin to see how much of our struggle comes from the belief that life has to be hard. It doesn’t. You can create personal growth and self development through ease. You can evolve without overworking or proving yourself.
Not On My Watch
In earlier episodes of the Love Your Life Show, I’ve shared tools to help you let go of what others think and begin prioritizing your own peace. Inside the Love Your Life School, we go deeper into these mindset shifts so that you can stop fighting your brain and start flowing with it. This month, we’re doing it together: learning how to make this the year you let it be easy.
Your brain’s job is to keep you alive, not happy. It wants comfort and familiarity, even when that means keeping you stuck. But being “just alive” is not enough. You deserve to feel calm, light, and connected.
Grow or Shrink
We are either growing or shrinking. There is no standing still in humaning. Life will always invite you to grow. You can resist it and make it harder, or you can lean into the natural flow and let it be easier.
Every one of us has unique dreams and desires. They are not random. They are part of your purpose and your next evolution. The desires you have are a map to your best year yet.
3 Steps to Let It Be Easy
If you are reading this, it is your time. No more waiting. No more buying into the story that things have to be hard to be meaningful. You get to choose ease.
- Step One: Word of the Year
No matter what time of year you’re listening to this, go to www.smbwell.com/word and choose a word of the year. Preferably one that makes you feel a bit nervous. Choose a word that pushes that primitive brain to believe a bit bigger. Furthermore, commit to having dreams and desires that fall outside of your ‘safe’ zone. If this is your first time choosing a word of the year, you’ll want to listen to this quick episode here on Apple or Spotify
- Step Two: Intentional Dream Time
Schedule quiet time to listen to yourself. Turn down the noise. Let your mind wander and dream. Give yourself space for clarity and spiritual downloads. When we are always rushing, we miss the guidance that’s trying to reach us.
- Step Three: Gentle Action
You don’t have to know the whole path. You only need to take the next small step. The key is gentle consistency. Small steps taken with calm confidence create massive change.
Letting Go of “Good Enough”
Are you still holding yourself back from dreaming? Do you tell yourself to settle for “good enough” because your past hasn’t looked like your hopes?
This year, I invite you to trust that it can be different. Ease does not mean you are doing less. It means you are doing it differently, with trust, self compassion, and a calm nervous system.
If you need support, get a coach to help you see where you are making things harder than they need to be. You deserve a life that feels light and fulfilling.
Many incredible women over 40 are joining the Love Your Life School to learn how to let it be easy. I would love to welcome you in. You have something to offer this world that no one else does. It is your time. Let it be easy.
Links Mentioned
- Grab one of my OPEN ONE-ON-ONE coaching slots
- The Love Your Life School Membership
- The Podcast Roadmap
- Find out your Word of the year
- Paul’s meditation on Your Future Self
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