Doing what you love: The Universe digs it

Tuesday // May 13 // 2014

Following your gut in a situation can be hard when all evidence pointing to the fact that it will work out is in a feeling… but do we ever really know what the future has in store? The future is unknown territory, and so it is up to us to choose whether we want to go into the unknown from our intuition or from fear. When you go into the unknown from a place of fear or a place of projection, you come up with a list of ways on how the future will be safer by going down that path. It seems safer because you think that you can plan out how the future will unfold. We don’t really feel safe in the outcome, we feel safe believing that the unknown will be less unknown.

How to Get Your Positive Mojo Back

Thursday // May 1 // 2014

Have you ever gone from being completely positive and trusting that all is good, to then find yourself being brought back into fear?

Life circumstances and engrained beliefs that I thought I moved through surfaced for a final clearing, and I didn’t see it coming. You don’t normally see fear coming but when you feel pretty in control of your mental state the majority of the time, it can come as a bit of a shock. I wanted to snap my fingers and be back to where I was, but looking back to how positive I was made the fear feel worse. The best thing I did was to take it day at a time and when that seemed too much, moment at a time.

Rad Livin’: Meet Brooks Dame

Thursday // April 24 // 2014

You know that feeling you get when you’re with your friends on a road trip, your favourite song comes on, and you look around feeling completely grateful for being exactly where you are? That’s how I felt the first time I watched one of Proof’s video blogs.

They were open, honest and real.

They were passionate, adventurous and collaborative.

They spoke as if anyone who watched their videos were an old friend.

Proof is a an eyewear company whose products are made from sustainable wood. They’re passionate about doing good to mother nature, giving back to those around them (a portion of every purchase goes to a good cause) and living a positive lifestyle. Aside from their awesome eyewear and charitable efforts, what instantly draws you into Proof Eyewear is the genuineness of the men behind the brand, the Dame brothers.

Meet Brooks Dame, Founder of Proof Eyewear…

Doing what you love: Why wait?

Tuesday // April 22 // 2014

When you think about doing what you love, fear or doubt might come in, but you usually believe that you will go for it at some point in time. Believing that it will happen in the future takes the pressure off the current situation, but if you know that you would love to do something, why would you wait until an unspecified time to finally do it? What if that time never comes because you are always too afraid, or you continue to push it more and more into the future?

Sometimes we believe that if we put our bliss aside, it will benefit us in the future by providing even more bliss. But… like attracts like remember? When you do something that you love now, your future will be more aligned with what you love because you will be in positive, blissful energy. Rather than putting your bliss on hold for hopes of a more blissed-out future, follow it now by doing what you love. Continue Reading…

Embracing Through a Summer Perspective

Monday // April 14 // 2014

When you believe that something is temporary, you can accept its differences. You can accept the place, person or situation exactly how they are and how they are showing up in your life. You don’t feel constricted because you know that soon, like most things, this too will change.

When you arrive in a new place, you aren’t trying to make it be exactly like you, because that’s the magic of it, it’s completely different and you accept that and appreciate the differences. It’s the same feeling as when you’re in the middle of summer, you become friends with those that you may have seen as different to you during the rest of the year. This is because you give yourself the permission to accept them for who they are and how they are showing up in your life, because it feels temporary. This is why the summer relationship may feel so blissfully intense; the walls are torn down and you enjoy the person for who they are because you aren’t trying to change them for the future. It’s easier to open up and fully show up for a situation when you know that later down the track you’re off the hook if things don’t work out. This flows out onto other experiences, for example a hostel roommate that you meet while traveling. They are totally different and unique, yet you embrace that about them. You embrace it with a different amount of acceptance than you may have if you showed up to your first day of college and met them, knowing that you would need to be roommates for the rest of the year. Continue Reading…