ROCK YOUR LIFE | Week 13

Courage and Curiosity.

I absolutely love the process of creating these custom weekly teachings just for you. It's a personal journey of yours that I am so privileged to be a part of. I deeply hope you are connecting with your authentic self, the source of love and joy in your life (as it is in the here and now) and the excitement of what will be.

This is a FUN week (so set the intention!) with a simple question as your theme.

ARE YOU CURIOUS?

CURIOSITY: a quality related to inquisitive thinking such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in human and animal species. Curiosity is heavily associated with all aspects of human development, in which derives the process of learning and desire to acquire knowledge and skill.

Over the last 13 weeks I have been strategically teaching you tools for creating a fulfilling life. Go back and read through every week. DO THE WORK. Ask yourself the questions. Answer with deep truth. Explore new mental possibilities and try on new stories. Take action. Experience failure. Create success. And through all of this ongoing learning and doing remember this----->all the personal development in the universe will serve you to the extent you are developing from a genuinely curious mindset.

So dig deep with me this week. I will keep your LoveWork short. You keep it moving inward. But not inward in a "I need to find out what went wrong" or "why me?" kind of way....move inward with a mindset of curiosity. A truly flourishing and fulfilling FUN life can only be created when you move away from self-reflection that leads to feelings of shame or blame. It really is possible to experience the FREEDOM of breaking up with that form of reflective thinking. Keep practicing and be gentle on yourself---mindset tweaking takes time!

A CURIOUS LIFE IS A FUN LIFE.

Remember that all the crap that has happened to you is done and very much unchangeable. So...OWN YOUR SHIT--yes!--but don't let the process of understanding where you have come from hinder where potential, possibility and curiosity can take you. This is why all personal development must be practiced with a mindset of curiosity.

You may be thinking, "So smarty pants Trisha why didn't you teach this during the first week?!?"

Simple. It is the change in your thinking that will show you how powerful this lesson really is. This is why I would like you to go back on all of the past week's teachings and read through your answers. When you examine your stories, how you responded to questions, the patterns of your focus, the listings of your desires and passions with an intention of curiosity you will gain valuable knowledge about how your thinking is, and in some cases, is not working for you.

Oh how I ADORE that quote! And isn't it true? How many times have you languished over things that have happened or worried about things that will happen or.....spent endless energy on trying to understand the AH-HA moment that will help you know, with deep certainty, what you need to do or who you need to be? This quest for certainty is diminishing your FREEDOM!

Here are 7 AWESOME Tips to Heighten Your Curiosity from Jim Canterucci.

1. Think like a child: children are like miniature reporters, constantly asking who, what, when, where, and particularly why. They also have very few preconceived notions, so they are open to taking in new information without being constrained by biases and judgments.

2. Look beyond the obvious: the obvious can mask information that may be vital to learning the truth of a situation. The next time you catch yourself thinking, writing, or saying, something negative make a note of your assumption. Then invest time in looking beyond what appears to be true. Keep searching until you find at least three pieces of information or sources that conflict with what you classified as negative.

3. Fire your inner critic: remember that someone had every great idea in history. Why not you? We can be so critical of ourselves. Fire that inner critic. Give your ideas time to develop. Respect your intuition. Let ideas percolate for a time prior to applying a critical eye.

4. Vary your daily routine: take different routes to work, or school, or the market. Use your curiosity to see how many ways you can get there from here. Ask directions of a number of people and evaluate how many variations you hear in these directions. Try them all and evaluate the differences.

5. Identify the most impossible solutions: when faced with a challenge, try to identify the most absurd solutions possible. This can be a fun exercise and may unmask a solution. This process tends to expose the boundary lines in your thinking.

6. Work like a detective: good detectives follow all potential leads, often gathering a huge amount of possibly relevant information, much of which turns out to be useless. However, your attention to detail can eventually pan out when you find the one thread that leads you to a solution.

7. Try new things: take a class. Try a new mini-hobby. Taste a food that is new to you. See a movie that you normally wouldn’t be attracted to. Read a book on a topic that is unfamiliar. The more you put yourself in learning and questioning mode, the more you develop curiosity as a habit.

WEEK 13 LoveWork

So....are you curious? How do you express your curiosity? How do you stifle it? The most important part of this week's teachings is to help you embrace curiosity as a mindset that promotes self-love, self-expression and self-compassion! It's time to reflect, with curiosity, on the relationships, the experiences, the moments and the stories that have helped shape your thinking to live in the shadows of "MAYBE I WILL" instead of the light of "YES I CAN."

SHADOWS = emotions that do not serve your spirit, life goals or positive joyful life experience. Shadows are the stories that keep you down instead of lifting you up. Shadows are anything that represent resistance over momentum.

LIGHT = anything, anyone, any place and any activity that invites joy, fun, love and fulfillment into your life. Light is delivered through mind sets that serve your purpose and possibility.

Can you think of ways that you live in the shadows of "MAYBE I WILL" instead of "YES I CAN"?

NEXT STEPS

Download your PDF LoveWork and spend at least 15 minutes brainstorming how you live in the shadow instead of the light. Be sure to do this from a perspective of curiosity and NOT self blame or loathing. After you have completed that brainstorming session TAKE A BREAK and then invest 15 minutes brainstorming how you live in the light instead of the shadow. Don't cut back time on either writing session because you can "not think of anything"....commit to the 15 minutes for each one. ALWAYS end with writing/brainstorming about living in the light.

Now decide on 4 ways you can be more curious (use Jim's list for creative support). Your list should include things you are committing to doing--everything in this course comes down to intention and action!

DOWNLOAD YOUR WEEK 13 WORKBOOK

Enjoy the process.

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