Before I dive into working on the “You Can Heal Your Life Companion Book” (basically a workbook for “You Can Heal Your Life”), I want to share the progress which I’ve made thus far with my Healing Project. I firmly believe that my focus on and commitment toward healing myself and my life has already resulted in some wonderful and surprising changes. I am confident that I am on the right track and that more positive outcomes will happen in the coming months!
Improved Attitude
The best change I’ve noticed thus far is that my attitude is greatly improved. I wake up each day with a much more positive mindset than I had prior to beginning this journey. I used to wake up with a feeling of either indifference or dread, whereas I now awaken feeling increasingly more hopeful about the day ahead and my future in general. This more positive outlook is also improving my sleep. In the past, I would lie awake for thirty minutes or more before falling asleep. Thoughts would be swirling around in my head and I’d be worrying about the coming day, my to-do list, and what I saw as my many problems. Now I find myself drifting off to sleep in ten minutes or less!
Increased Productivity
In the past few years, I’ve really struggled with getting myself going in the morning. I’d get up at a fairly reasonable time, but then I’d proceed to procrastinate on really beginning my day. I’d surf the internet, spend too much time on email, and wonder where the time would go. I was lucky if I got started on my critical tasks before noon each day! I’m now done having breakfast, exercising and showering before ten, which represents a definite improvement. While I may never really be a “morning person” in the true sense of the term, I am finding myself being much more effective in the morning hours. This has increased my overall productivity tremendously, and I am feeling much more successful in my day-to-day life.
Increased Confidence & More Business Opportunities
My increased confidence from getting an earlier start each day and accomplishing more overall has helped to attract more work projects to me. While I am not yet thriving in my business, I have received several new projects, as well as some inquiries regarding potential work.
For the first time in quite a while, I feel as if my career is on the upswing and that I am moving in the right direction. The simple act of writing this blog has helped to cement my identity as a writer as well as a web designer, so I am attracting both types of work as of late. My clients in both areas have been pleased with the work I’ve done, which is always a good thing! Client satisfaction not only helps me to feel good about what I’m doing, it also leads to more work, either from the same clients or through word of mouth. Win, win!
Better Relationships
Finally, I feel that several of my key relationships have improved. I’ve had positive interactions with both of my parents in recent weeks, including a nice visit with my mom in her new post-retirement home. In addition, I’ve also had some wonderful conversations with a few longtime friends and have been reaching out to more people than usual.
These improved relationships can be attributed to my more positive attitude. When I am feeling negative and in despair, I have a tendency to withdraw and shy away from interacting with others. I find it difficult to act happy when I’m not and I am hesitant to reach out for support when I’m in a slump, especially if I feel that I should be able to pull myself out of the doldrums all on my own. Whether or not this is the right way to be, it’s a long-term pattern of mine. Yet, the bright side is that I DO reach out when I’m in a more positive space, which has been the case as of late.
The “Law of Attraction” At Work…
The Law of Attraction is at work in my life since beginning the Healing Project. I am focused on healing my life and attracting more good into the sphere of my being. Like attracts like, so my focus on the positive is bringing more positive things into my life. There is a still a lot of healing to be done, but the journey has only just begun…
My next post will focus on “deservability,” a term coined by Louise Hay. I will share some of my wants for the future, as well as my feelings on what I do and don’t deserve in my life. I will be working through the exercises in Louise Hay’s “You Can Heal Your Life Companion Book.” I will share some of the exercises in my blog and invite you to work through them with me. However, if you’d like to read the support material and work through all of the exercises, I suggest that you purchase the book through Amazon.com (it’s just over $12 at present – I’m not affiliated with Amazon but frequently buy books that way) or at your local bookstore.
Debbie,
I have really enjoyed Your blog. This is great insight in the attributes I have been working on. To love me, plus feel good doing it. I learned to love others from a young age. I never considered myself. The place I am in my life right now is to love and believe I deserved to be loved back.
Thank you!
friend
George
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