4 Mar 2019

Keep your intentions ON TRACK with a quarterly check-in

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It may be hard to believe, but we’re almost a quarter of the way through 2019 already.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had to make some shifts and adjustments to the intentions I’ve set at the beginning of the year.

After kicking off the new year on a high note, I had to adjust some things and look at my biggest priorities from another angle.

The worst part about shifting priorities is that they require us to stop and get clear once again. This takes commitment to stay in alignment with our greatest desires.

So, if you’re like me and have had to realign your intentions, now is the time to get clear and recommit to a new course of action.

Checking in on your goals and progress so far. 

The first step is to review the intentions you set at the start of the year. Ask yourself, are they still relevant?

As you review, you might find that you’ve done more than you’re giving yourself credit for. If that’s the case, take a moment to celebrate your success.

If your intentions are still relevant, yet you’re falling behind on them, it may be time to look at what’s holding you back, and let go of the self-sabotage or limiting beliefs that are keeping you from the success you desire.

And if your intentions are off base, it’s time to get clear about what’s most important now. There’s no shame in letting go any intentions that no longer server you. What’s key is to get back into alignment with your high vibe desires.

The good news is it’s only March. You have so much time to get back on track.

But the thing is, you have to give yourself permission to receive that which you desire. Understanding the limited beliefs, the hidden fears and the trapped emotions that hold you back is the first step in getting out of your own way.

Give the March New Moon Intention Ritual a try to get yourself back into gear.

In this March New Moon intention ritual, you’ll shift your energy into the high vibration state that gives you permission to receive that which you’ve intended.

I’m hosting this 1.5-hour LIVE and INTERACTIVE ritual webinar on March 6th. I want to empower as many people as possible to reignite their intentions into inspired action.

In the ritual webinar, I’ll encourage you to reconsider those intentions you set for yourself for 2019. I’ll help you uncover what’s been holding you back from receiving their gifts. During the ritual, I’ll guide you to use March’s New Moon to get clear, and to rekindle your passion to take inspired action to move your dreams forward.

In this New Moon ritual, I will show you how to reignite your intentions and take action to turn them from desire into reality.

Incorporating 3 simple tools will enable you to:

+ Release the hidden fears that sabotage your dreams.

+ Set your intentions into forward motion.

+ Fuel every day to tap into greater abundance, income, and relationship.

After this ritual webinar you will feel:

+ In tune with your intentions.

+ Confident, unstoppable, fulfilled, energized and in love with your intention again.

+ Motivated to take inspired action.

Registration is now open at www.lynbishop.com/ritual

Live on the New Moon – Wednesday, March 6, 2019, from 5 – 6:30 pm Panama

5 pm Eastern, 4 pm Central, 3 pm Mountain, 2 pm Pacific

10 pm London | 4 pm Costa Rica

With the first quarter of 2019 upon us, I don’t want you to give up! If you aren’t where you hoped you’d be by the end of the first quarter, take time now to figure out how to set yourself up for success. I’m here to help.

Thanks for reading this Mindful Moment. What’s your experience been with setting an intention? I always love reading your thoughts and comments, so go ahead and share them.

Infinite ∞ Love,

Lyn Bishop
27 Feb 2019

3 Hidden Fears Preventing You From Receiving with Grace and Ease

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If you’ve been following my writing for a while, you know that I share a lot about hidden fears. Hidden fears are those subconscious beliefs that stay hidden from our conscious mind, that hinder our success, and sabotage our dreams and desires.

In today’s Mindful Moment, let’s look at the hidden fears that sabotage the ability to receive. For so many of us, it’s easier for us to give rather than receive. When we give, we feel good. It allows us to contribute to another.

Receiving, on the other hand, is where we often stumble. Receiving can cause us to feel embarrassed or a little more vulnerable, or we might feel unworthy of what is being offered.

In the past, if I received a compliment, instead of a simple “thank you” I’d counter it with some excuse to take the attention off of myself. I’m getting better at this, but, once in a while, I still find myself diminishing the kindness of others by making excuses as to why I don’t deserve it. Have you ever experience this?

Overall, though, I’ve come a long way in being able to just say “Thank You”. I’ll be honest, I’m still a work in progress and this weekend I needed to give myself a refresher class in the fine art of receiving, and I thought I’d share some thoughts on the subject with you.

Let’s take a look at 3 common subconscious fears that keep us from being able to receive what we desire with grace and ease. 

1. Unworthy.

Worthiness is a measure of what you’re willing to receive. If you’re unaccustomed to receiving abundance, be it as a compliment, love, compassion, kindness, you limit your ability to enhance your own self-worth. Self-worth is enriched by acknowledging your worthiness to receive.

2. Selfish.

When you resist receiving, you might subconsciously feel that you’re not being selfish. But what if it was the opposite? What if it might be even more selfish to resist receiving instead. When someone is being generous by giving to you, and you can’t receive, you actually take the pleasure and good feelings away from the person who is giving to you. People feel good when they give, and learning to receive with grace and ease is not selfish at all.

3. Obligated.

Sometimes receiving a gift or a kindness comes with the feeling that there are strings attached. Sometimes this is healthy discernment of a situation, but, if it happens often, it could be a subconscious fear that’s preventing you from receiving.

So, in the situation that occurred this weekend – it was a sort-of-kind-of date with a sweet guy from out of town – I had all three of these hidden fears come up again.

In the end, I mustered as much grace and ease as I possibly could, and reminded myself that 1. I AM worthy of receiving. 2. I’m not selfish for letting someone else give to me, and 3. I can let go of the fear of there being a hidden motive attached to the gift.

When I confronted my fears and allowed myself to receive, I was able to get out of my own way, move into the flow, and relax into having a great time with this person.

What has your experience been when it comes to receiving? I always love reading your thoughts and comments, so go ahead and share them.

Infinite ∞ Love, Lyn
21 Feb 2019

5 Tips to Lead an Authentic Life

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I have a theme word for this year, it’s integration. My big, juicy intention for this year is to integrate all the various parts of myself into one authentic whole.

What I’ve realized is that I’ve been living in separation. My sustainable farm life -separate from my coaching work – separate from my creative artist self – separate from my visionary entrepreneur. All of these parts, compartmentalized. And the result… I was living in ways that weren’t congruent with the whole person I truly am.

According to psychologists Brian Goldman and Michael Kernis, authenticity is “the unimpeded operation of one’s true or core self in one’s daily enterprise.”

At its core, authenticity requires self-knowledge and self-awareness. Authentic people accept their strengths and weaknesses. They are connected to their values and desires and act deliberately in ways that are consistent with those qualities.

What I’ve come to know is that self-awareness is the foundation of authenticity. It starts with the desire to be genuine. It requires a willingness to act in accordance with my genuine nature even when it feels vulnerable.

Integrating all of me into one authentic whole feels better than trying to be several separate personalities. It guides me to be purposeful in my choices and I’m more in touch with my big intentions because they’re based on my core values and most important desires.

Here are my 5 Tips to Live an Authentic Life. 

  1. Get Real. Know what you value and desire for yourself and for your best life. Get clear on what you care about and align your actions around these things.
  2. Be Open. Experience the world as a whole, from every angle and perspective. Challenge yourself to see all sides of the situation.
  3. Trust your Intuition. Notice when things just don’t feel right. Pay attention to your gut, your physical sensations, and impressions. These are your instincts guiding you. Honor them by taking the time to listen.
  4. Have a Daily Practice. Making sacred time just for you gives you a moment of pause, of percolation, of reflection. This is a time when inspired wisdom comes to you, or you may feel and sense the next best steps to move you forward with ease.
  5. Get in the Flow. Flow happens when you’re in alignment with your core values and take action to create that which inspires you most. Flow happens when you get out of your own way and embrace faith in yourself and your abilities.

Thanks for reading my weekly musings. I hope you enjoyed this mindful moment. I always love reading your thoughts and comments, so go ahead and share them.

Infinite ∞ Love, Lyn
28 Jan 2019

3 Reasons Why Asking For Help IS Courageous

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In my family of origin, self-sufficiency was something that was praised and admired, even more so when times got tough. I grew up in this bootstrapping environment, for better or worse. While I experienced my fair share of struggles in this family structure, I also witnessed how it made me a stronger entrepreneur and a capable adult.

Through much of my adult life, I would never think about asking for help. It just wasn’t in my make-up. It wasn’t until I finished university with a fresh degree in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management and moved my life from New England to Silicon Valley that I began to understand the value in collaboration and teamwork. Even there, I found myself reluctant to show the vulnerability necessary to ask for help too often.

Fast forward half a lifetime, and now I’m stewarding 16 acres of lush tropical farmland in Panama. As I’ve grown into my own ability to express vulnerability in being my authentic self, I’ve grown in my cultivation of courage to ask for help. It feels absolutely JOYFUL to allow myself to receive the help of others.

I write today’s Mindful Moment after having my community over for a barn raising of sorts. As I spoke to friends about the eco bamboo cob cabin I’m building, one friend, in particular, kept reminding me that he wanted to help. He mentioned this again on my birthday, and in the celebration of the moment, I set a date and committed to a plan to host a group of friends for a workday on the farm. We made a day of it, and with 8 hands on deck and lots of laughter, we made a giant push forward on the building. Accepting the love and help from my community allowed me to stretch into the JOY of feeling supported.

So next time you could use some extra help but are reluctant to ask for it, remember these 3 Reasons Why Asking For Help IS Courageous.

1. Helping benefits the helper.

One of the reasons to ask for help doesn’t only benefit you. It benefits the person helping you. When we allow the helpers to offer their help and have it received with appreciation and joy, we give them the gift of sharing their wisdom and experience with us. When we do it all ourselves, we withhold these gifts from the people who care about us and want to help. Why wouldn’t you give them the opportunity to feel their value?

2. Sometimes, we don’t have a choice.

Even if you’ve bootstrapped your way to success, if you’re a solopreneur, or just enjoy the challenge, the day will come that you will need to ask for help. Without practice, this can be quite awkward. So why not overcome your vulnerability and start practicing with small requests now.

3. Asking for help connects us to our community

When we ask for help, we build stronger connections with our friends, family, and business associates. The friendships that we build through sharing help and being of service often last much longer than the favor for help does.

So next time you want to ask for help, are offered help, or help another, know that it’s ultimately the connection to our community and each other as humans that really matters. Our connection with each other is worth so much more than the awkwardness in showing our vulnerability.

I’m feeling the gratitude for my friends and community for their smiles and strength in helping me last week on the eco bamboo cob cabin. I couldn’t do it without all of the hands that have helped me get this far. Thank you!

“When we support other people to be more successful, we discover opportunities for collaboration that ultimately enable us to be more successful ourselves.” — Janine Garner

I hope you enjoyed this mindful moment. I always love reading your thoughts and comments, so go ahead and share them.

Infinite ∞ Love,

Lyn

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