Mental gymnastics is very similar to that.  We get to practice and exercise our brain; our mental muscle, so that we can do the gymnastics that are necessary to be complete and ‘go for the gold’ whenever desire.  Looking at the brain, you will see that it’s not like the rest of the muscles in the body. It is all convoluted, sort of like the maze in “Who Moved My Cheese”.

The brain’s job is different from any other muscle.  That job is to help you think, to be able to change your thinking pattern, to look at life the way it is and the way you want to create it.

The long days of summer lend themselves to thinking, reevaluating, reorganizing and generally getting your life on track; go for your gold.  Here are three tips to help you use mental gymnastics to get your life on track.

1. Make a decision—there will be several choices. Choose the best one for you at the time.  It can change; that’s where you will get to practice your mental gymnastics.  If it doesn’t work the way you desire…change.
2. Develop a plan—decisions die for lack of a plan.  Mental gymnastics help you see the obstacles as opportunities, mountains as mole hills and oceans as rivers.  Nothing can stop you because mental gymnastics engages your mind, body and spirit.
3. Follow through—having said all of the above, without follow through your desires will not manifest.  Follow through is the third leg of the table.  It is the component that whispers to keep you going.

Remember the gymnasts in the Olympics?  They didn’t master the bars on the first try.  It takes time to master a new skill.  Look at using mental gymnastics as a new skill to master this summer.  Be patient with yourself and “go for your gold.”

What will you do differently to ‘go for your gold’ today?

 Inez Bracy, Lifestyle Transitions Coach

Inez@InezBracy.com

So, what’s stopping you from being, doing and having; what’s keeping away your joy?  Could it be the story you tell yourself?

You know the story you tell yourself every time you fall short of your own expectations.  The story you tell yourself when you start to feel resentful because you said yes to something you really wanted to say no to.  The story you tell yourself when no one else is around and you think no one is looking.

I watched a movie last night, Love Happens, about a motivational speaker and author who was very good at helping others but had not faced his own backstory.  Not to give the plot away, the whole movie revolves around a dog in the road and a rainy night.

What is your dog in the road, the story that you so freely tell about your rainy night experiences?  This is the story that is acceptable and draws on the heartstrings of others.  The story that everyone can relate to and offer you the sympathy you seek.

BUT are you admitting and telling the backstory to the dog in the road, the real story, the story that keeps you up at night that makes you your own caricature. 

You know the story I’m talking about, the one that’s keeping you stuck, holding you from your bliss, having the life you dream about and deserve.  The story, that you’ve held on to for far too long, that causes you to feel shame and guilt, the feelings that you so abhor and want to release.

You can and must release the backstory if you desire to have a fulfilled, joyful, happy life.  Admitting your responsibility for causing the dog in the road is the first step on your journey to bliss.  Releasing the backstory requires being willing to do some in depth work on the inside.  Release those emotions that you’ve covered over.

I’m reminded of a poem by Langston Hughes:

Dream Deferred

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore–
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over–
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

Isn’t it time you stop holding on to the guilt, shame, fault and blame that makes you feel as if you’re going to explode?   You have choices, you don’t have to explode!  You can choose to begin the journey to self discovery and healing to live the life you desire and deserve.

Give yourself permission now and contact Inez@InezBracy.com to schedule a strategy session to begin the journey of uncovering and releasing your backstory to create and live the joyful life you desire and deserve.

Now somewhere along the way, the baby learns, like many of us, limits…boundaries imposed first by our parents and then by us.  These self-imposed boundaries are our limits, many of which we refuse to acknowledge.  This is the comfortable place, our comfort zone, in which we allow ourselves to dwell; even though we’d love to do something about it.

Has your comfort zone has become your prison? 

No, it doesn’t have the bars or the jailer, BUT you are still locked up! Taking time to reflect on your life right now can give you the answer.

Knowing yourSelf is the first step in bursting out of your prison.  I know there are many schools of thought on this.  One is to take small steps, just put your toe over the zone and see how it feels.  If it doesn’t feel good then go back to your self imposed prison!

Phooey, I say, jump over the zone; take a giant leap, a leap so big that it’s impossible to go back. It’s not supposed to feel good; staying in the ‘feel good’ place has imprisoned you.  The doors to that particular prison are closed to you forever!  

Here are a five easy steps to begin your journey turn yourself loose and burst out of your prison.

1. Ask and acknowledge your unique purpose – Ask yourself what do you truly desire to be / do / have? What do you feel compelled to do? Acknowledge yourself for your uniqueness. This will give you the courage to leap from your comfort zone.
2. Have the courage to be totally honest – What assumptions have you made about yourself and others? Self-acceptance and facing issues honestly give you the opportunity to uncover the truth and live life with integrity.  Living in integrity will not allow you to short-change yourself by staying with the status quo.
3. Find a Buddy – Ask someone you trust to support you in your journey of self-discovery and tell them how they can help. When people understand how your personal growth benefits them and the world (because you are showing up authentically and on purpose), you will be supported in bursting out of your comfort zone to create the life of your dreams!
4. Embrace change – Dare to dream, take big steps forward.  You don’t need to know everything before you proceed; and yes, there’s no such thing as a mistake when you’re bursting out of prison. Whatever appears is there for your greater good; a learning opportunity.
5. Celebrate – Choose something daily to celebrate.  Rejoice in all that you are attracting and creating.

Imagine yourself bursting out of your prison, arms akimbo, jumping up and down, eyes wide open and a BIG grin on your face!  You did it, you took the leap.  Now look around and see yourself into your new future; the future created by you, just for you.  Doesn’t that feel good!

Commit Today to Learn How to Turn Yourself Loose – Throw Away Beliefs, Attitudes and Expectations that Get in the Way of Your Ability to Create Your Best Life Now!

What steps will you take to burst out of your prison?

Intention sets the stage for desire.  What do you intend for your life this summer?  Setting a clear intention puts the desire energy in motion for your intention to be fulfilled.

Do you look at desire as a need, a lack and as long as you have that desire you will always be in that state of needing or lacking something?  Or do you look at desire as the opportunity to put forward the ideas that you want in your life?  See, imagine, have clarity and focus around it so that you move from the lack energy to abundance.

Recognize desire as energy and emotion to fulfill your intention.  Understanding how this energy works is crucial to embracing your desire.  Setting your intention and the type of energy you surround yourself with determines whether you are moving forward or standing still or going backward.

Your thoughts (intentions) are powerful, when you think, “I can never have this even though I’d like to have it.”  Your thoughts keep you from doing anything about it.  Because your intention is weak, you have not set the intention to to have it.  Or, on the other hand, “you start to feel the emotion of yes, yes, yes, this is what I desire. This is what I can have and this is how I am going to get it.”  You set powerful intentions aligning with your dominant thoughts give you total clarity around your desire and the energy is supportive.

Because if you are wishy-washy then you will never get the thing you say you want, the things that you dream of, the things that you yearn for, the things that you just crave to have in your life. When you are clear, then you will be able to go for your desire and you will see a magnificent shift in your energy to start bringing to you easily and effortlessly the people, the things, the places, everything that you need to have your desire fulfilled.

It is entirely up to you!  What intention will you set?  What is your desire?

You decide, take action and live a fulfilled life or…  I’d be delighted for you to share in the comment section below.

For more information on aligning your intentions and energy with your desires, call or email Inez.

In light of all that is going on in the world and recognizing the stress imposed on women to be all things to too many, it’s imperative that women take the time to claim their feminine power.  Claiming your feminine power allows you to be your real self all the time.  You no longer have to accept the stereotypes of others!

Are you tired of allowing others to tell you who you are and whom you can be?  Claiming your feminine power gives you the freedom to speak your truth and live your life by your design.  Here are three steps to help you claim your feminine power now!

1. Embrace and know that you always have a choice.  Give yourself permission to say NO when you desire instead of saying yes to something you know you don’t wish to do.  By giving yourself permission, you’re eliminating the guilt that can surface when you say no.  Now that you no longer feel guilty, you are free to do the things you enjoy.
2. Take the time to nurture your divine connection.  Connect with your Divine source so that you pay attention to your intuition, the small, quiet voice that guides you.  Following this guidance fosters the connection with hour goddess, freeing you to live your life by Divine design.
3. Become aware of the people you spend your time with.  Do you find them energizing, supportive and uplifting?  Does your energy soar when you are with them?  Do you feel better when you leave them than when you met?  If you answered ‘no’ to any of the questions, you have some decisions to make.  It is entirely up to you!

Right now you’re reading these lines and maybe you’re aware of your thoughts as you read.  Are your thoughts supporting you in claiming your feminine power?  In the old days women were taught to “be seen and not heard”.  Because of this message, women learned to quietly go about their day, hoping to be invisible.

Being invisible wreaks havoc on self-esteem, self-confidence and self-love. 

Now is the time to discard the previous teaching.  Learn to speak with your own voice, learn to be bold and be seen!  Don’t go around unseen anymore.  Start right now to cultivate self-love and healthy self-esteem and claim your feminine power.  Having self-love and healthy self-esteem gives you a sense of freedom and drives you to live your life by design.

Please comment below and tell me how you will celebrate this March, this Women’s History Month with new found enthusiasm and distinguish YOU from the crowd?

Inez Bracy
Lifestyle Transitions Coach

123 North Industrial Drive, Orange City, FL 32763

Inez Bracy International and The Doolin Healing Sanctuary celebrate grand opening of moving to Orange City, Florida.  Inez Bracy is offering 50% off to anyone who signs up for her VIP Coaching program during the grand opening event. Daya Devi-Doolin is offering 50% off to any new client for full healing session who signs up during the event.

On Thursday, February 16 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, Inez Bracy International and The Doolin Healing Sanctuary will roll out its signature red carpet to welcome city officials, the West Volusia Regional Chamber of Commerce, the DeLand Chamber of Commerce, local business and residents to its grand opening celebration at 123 N. Industrial Drive, Orange City.  The event is free to attend and open to the public.

Guests will have the opportunity to tour the new facility and learn about the individualized and group coaching programs that have helped thousands change their life.  The grand opening will include music provided by AKA Level 7 and light refreshments.

Orange City Mayor Laputka alongside representatives of the West Volusia Regional Chamber of Commerce will host a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome Inez Bracy International and The Doolin Healing Sanctuary to the Orange City community.  The event will also include several great prizes including a Gift Basket from Debbie’s Cottage Design, a free VIP Coaching Program and autographed copy of Inez and Daya’s books.

Unlike most coaching programs where one size fits all, Inez Bracy offers proven programs tailored to fit each client’s individual needs. The Doolin Healing Sanctuary offers transformational healing sessions and workshops.

To RSVP to the Orange City grand opening event, please contact Inez Bracy at Inez@InezBracy.com or call 386-748-5484.

About Inez Bracy International

Inez Bracy founded The Bracy Group, Inc. in 2005.  She rebranded her company to Inez Bracy International in 2011 to align with the global services she provides.  Over the past 6 years she has helped thousands change their life through her radio show and TV appearances, workshops, Teleseminars, seminars and speaking engagements.   ”The ability to inspire and command the personal growth from people is awesome” said Ed Pisani, Local West Volusia Business Leader. “I am glad to celebrate this significant milestone with Inez Bracy, her clients old and new will enjoy the new professional offices and the outstanding services available.”

About The Doolin Healing Sanctuary

Daya Devi-Doolin, Director of The Doolin Healing Sanctuary has served thousands of clients over more than twenty years to help them attain better health and healing.  They use alternative methods, Reiki, yoga, past life regression, etc., to balance and heal body, mind and spirit.

Often, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our dreams remain just that – dreams.

Our dreams and aspirations easily collect dust on the shelves jammed with self-help books.

This is a sad turn of events.   Instead of experiencing exciting adventures in creating the life we desire, we get caught up in the dull routine of living from day-to-day just barely existing.

But you know what?  You don’t have to just exist!  Life could be so much better, if only you knew how.

Knowing how is easier than you think.  The first step is setting goals.  You neglect to set goals because you immediately think, “it takes too long,” or “it’s impossible.”  So, why bother?  This is called stinking thinking. Allowing stinking thinking such as “I can’t do this”, “It’s too hard”, “I’m too old/young”, “It’s too impossible”, or “No one can do this” guarantees you continue barely existing.

Imagine what the world would be like if everyone thought that?  If everyone were content barely existing!  There would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.

Many of the conveniences we use today and take for granted would not have been invented.  What would your life be like without air conditioning, inside plumbing, electricity, stop lights, Supermarkets and the list is endless.

The bumblebee is a great example of limitless, breakthrough thinking and adventurous living. Theoretically, scientist said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly. Fortunately for the bumblebee, it did not know how to communicate with the scientist!  Therefore, it made up its own mind and does the impossible; it flies!

Wouldn’t it be great if we could be like the bumblebee and do the impossible?  We can, if only we could remove the “clutter” from all the negatives we’ve heard throughout our lives.  “You can’t do that”, “You think you’re better than us”, “It’s never been done in our family”, and the list goes on.

The people who gave you the negatives are the ‘scientist’ in your life.  These ‘scientist’ took their self-doubt and self-limiting beliefs (fear) and handed them down to you.  Holding on to these handed down beliefs is like wearing hand-me-down clothes.  That’s all you can do for now, you ‘have’ to wear them.

BUT you earnestly wish you could have something new; something just for you, something that fits you now!

Turn your life around by breaking through your limiting beliefs and self-doubt (fear).  You can have; in fact, it’s your birthright to have the life you dream of.  I believe if you can dream it, you can have it, be it and do it.  It’s entirely up to you!

One of the ways of breaking free from those ‘handed down’ beliefs is to set goals.  Set goals that cause you to question those limiting beliefs.  Because once you see them for what they really are, (fear) you are on your way to establishing an adventurous life.

Take a piece of paper and write down your dreams so they become goals.  Under one header, list down things ‘I know I can do’. Under another header, write the things ‘I might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘impossible for me to do.’

Every day do something to accomplish at least one of the goals under things ‘I know I can do’. Check them off as you accomplish them. As you check off all of your goals under that heading, start accomplishing the goals under the next header and the next.

The more goals you achieve, your confidence will soar and the easier it will become. You’ll discover that the ‘impossible for me to do’ goals are possible after all.  You no longer exist; you now live your adventurous, amazing life, created by your own design.

So dream on! Think big and do whatever it takes to have the amazing life you dream of.

What will you do today to take you closer to the I’m POSSIBLE person you know yourself to be?

Inez Bracy

Showing Sassy-Phenomenal-Inspired-Classy-Empowered-Yummy (SPICEY) women how to radiate confidence, feel sexy, be flirty, exude femininity, make money and design the lifestyle they choose infused with joy, love and laughter.

Joy comes in many different ways. What are some of the things that you do that bring you joy? Do you have some autumnal rituals that you look forward to?

Taking an honest look at yourself often begins a personal reflection process that allows you to embrace and acknowledge all the things that bring you joy. Being in this space helps you recognize that your world is a reflection of who you are. This realization can lead to taking action to do things differently.

For example, imagine that the your life is an orchestra and you are the conductor – what music are you creating? Are you creating symphonies or noise?

Playing symphonies causes you to feel and express joy, love yourself and experience feelings of peace. Your energy is at a higher vibration and you attract the things you desire. So if you desire more clients, more joy, more love and more money, pay attention to your thoughts, behaviors and actions.  When you notice your vibration is not where you desire it to be, play joyful, uplifting music to shift your state and raise your vibrations.

Noise often shows itself as clutter and tolerations. You have feelings of sadness, unease, unhappiness and general disapproval of self. Your energy is at a lower vibration and you attract the things you don’t want.  Now, look at your environment; are you experiencing more high vibration energy or low?

Realizing that you have the authority to create your own music is a powerful way to live. At the same time, it opens up infinite possibilities for creating the life you dream of.  Simply by asking yourself questions and listening to your answers you’re the creator of your world, playing your music. This gives you clarity and focus as you accept your circumstances, recognizing that it is but a reflection of who you’re being at the time.

Take some time this month and begin your personal reflection process that leads to creating the life you desire. Treat yourself with gentle kindness. Remember, there is no right or wrong way to do your process. There is no ONE road map to follow.

What is it worth to you to take full responsibility to create your own music for your life? Just Imagine!

Summer is the delicious filling, offering a multitude of tastes.  We savor the flavor of wearing lighter clothes; fully enjoying the outdoors as well as juicy fresh fruits and veggies, crabs, bar-b-ques and the beach.  Summer begins the travel, travel to family reunions, travel to favorite vacation spots, travel just because.

Autumn knows she is the end, the last of the sandwich and almost the last of the year.  She does not compete with the delicious filling of summer or the dance of spring.  She offers up herself to the splendor of peaceful, longer nights, crisp days, and soulfulness that only belong to her.  She offers first harvests, large harvest moons and crackling fireplaces.

In autumn we begin to practice slowing down, eagerly watching for the unbridled colors of the leaves.  Autumn brings her special scents with leaves burning, cider mulling and pumpkin spices.  She offers the time and space for introspection, reflection and meditation.  Autumn allows and encourages you to:

• Embrace your fullness—take time to experience the richness of who you are.  Express your femininity; allow your powerful feminine energy to flow through you like a river.  Speak your truth; in your own voice, choose your words to endow your goddess, love and honor yourself.
• Tap into your inner being—listen to your inner voice, your intuition, and accept its guidance for it comes from your soul, your spirit.  Live in each moment; thrive in each moment because you’re consciously aware.
• Rejoice in you—you are unique, you are special, you ARE.  Find at least one thing daily to celebrate you, let your joy shine on everyone you meet.
• Create the lifestyle of your choice—it really is up to you.  Now is the time to live by your rules taking full responsibility for your life.  Ask the question, “Who am I and what do I want?”  These answers will support you in creating the lifestyle you desire without guilt.

Unlike spring and summer, autumn might seem a bit curious with her colorful displays and cool days.  It’s as though she’s ‘flaunting’ herself.  Perhaps she is!  Because of this we feel an underlying current of ease, being laid back and patient.  These feelings allow and support us in changing, enhancing and growing our well-being.  Yes, autumn is the Lady who shows all her colors!  Won’t you join her?

Inez Bracy

Lifestyle Transitions Coach