Let’s talk about FLOW.
That feeling you get when life is flowing through you
you are IN the pulse of life
IN the beat of your own heart
things are just happening for you
and you feel supported
loved.
like everything is fully taken care of.
and you KNOW that you are on your way to the BIG things that you see inside of you.
you are creating
you are manifesting
you are making MAGIC.
and life is fun AF.
I was just about to get my Thai foot massage when this blog started to flow through me, so I quickly grabbed my laptop and headed to the library to let it pour out for you.
My feet can wait 😉
Before I share what has transpired over the last few days, let me provide a little context
As my good friend Caroline Davies once said “you are the most structured person I know”
For the record, this way of being is Anti Flow.
You see,
I used to be SOOOO structured
organized
“on top of things”
with a million to-do lists
that were nicely categorised,
with MORE to-do lists
on more to-do lists.
it was literally insanity lol
know what I’m talking ’bout girl?
all to make sure I got everything done
that I was a “proper” business owner
a “proper” chiropractor
a “proper” coach
a “good” girlfriend
a “good” daughter
a “good” friend
the lists go on and on.
Now I’m not saying organisation is bad or wrong
And I definitely STILL use post it notes to this day (of course)
However, there has been a significant shift.
Instead of my MIND trying to sort out an PLAN every minute of every day
I allow life to flow through me
I allow myself to be lead by what’s inside
I allow my body to guide me
Now, I STILL will have a loose structure of what I think I would love to accomplish and when
however whatever is flowing through me IN the moment IS the most important thing that needs to be attended to
you see we have been programmed to set goals
to reverse engineer the steps and action items,
and to have a step by step approach of how to get more of what we want
You know what I’m talking bout?
Can I ask you something?
When has the step by step approach actually gone to plan, as planned?! lol
Likely never. Well at least never fully.
Now don’t get me wrong,
Having a vision is significant & important
and provides purpose and meaning
A vision is like having a destination for your flight.
I mean, you wouldn’t want to hop on a plane with no destination that might run out of fuel after endlessly circling around in the sky would you?!
And the paradox is that if we plan and structure too much of every minute of every day, we might be missing what is right in front of us, guiding and leading us to exactly what we truly desire.
There are many things I don’t know
things I haven’t discovered
things that might shift the trajectory 1 degree and have me completely in another continent (LITERALLY!)
and if I’m constantly trying to figure it all out, I could miss something.
Something BIG.
However, when I find I set my intention and I’m IN the pulse of life, I have found that I have discovered the TRUE me.
My hearts TRUE desires
and if I never allowed myself to follow the inner nudge
my mind (always trying to protect me) would keep me having doing the same things over and over again, thinking “it” knows best.
and I’m beginning to trust
beginning to have full faith in
and beginning to see the impact,
in allowing life to flow THROUGH me
setting my intention
seeing it as done
and allowing what’s inside of me to organically flow through
to guide me
to show me
Currently I’m in Thailand visiting my childhood bestie Chantel.
Prior to coming, I literally did ZERO planning of what I would do over the next 3 weeks
Like none.
All I knew is that I was coming, and we were going to have a good time.
My old self would have literally had a panic attack.
Scared that every little detail wasn’t planned
and that I might miss out on something because I didn’t do enough research
What’s funny is that as I am sitting here in the library, I STILL have no plan
I still have “no itinerary”
(except my foot massage in a few minutes),
and I completely love it.
I know what I love doing so far….the massages, spa’s, health experiences, yoga, gym, people watching, food experiences, rooftop bars, and socialising with chantel’s friends
A bunch of them have asked me “what are you going to do while you are here?”
And my response has been “I don’t know, I’m just going with the flow”
One quote from Rumi has really spoken to me during this trip, and it goes something along the lines of…
“That which you desire and are seeking is seeking you”
Pause, take a breath, and read that again.
What if you didn’t have to try so hard?
What if you didn’t have to plan out every minute of your day?
What if those things on your to do list that don’t get done really don’t matter at all? Like really?
And what if all that was required was to set your intention, plug IN to you, and you would KNOW exactly what to do
You’d know what to do in your health
Your relationships
Your business
Your wealth creation
And all it took was plugging in, and setting the intention and trusting that life was happening FOR you?
What if you could relax, set your intention and then listen to the “knowingness” that is flowing through you,
guiding you
to exactly the right place,
the right time
exactly where you need to be
For me this has been true.
And has become quite fun and exciting.
I don’t necessarily know where my day will take me
yet I feel like what I truly desire to happen, happens.
This is one version of flow.
This is a form of flow I am completely new too
and can say it with 100% certainty it has been life changing.
Looking back, I can now see that my “need” to be organised and constantly planning was actually coming from an energy of not feeling safe. Not feeling like I could just BE.
be with myself
be with my thoughts
be with boredom
be with the unknown
be with uncertainty
And as I embrace the unknown, uncertainty, boredom, my thoughts I begin to really discover myself in a new way.
I begin to see how I am BEING
and why I am reflecting the reality that I am
and this is where I began to change everything
to more of what I prefer
I choose NEW thoughts,
Feel NEW things
Create newly.
and then my world changes.
new opportunities open up
some I NEVER saw before
Ian <3
Australia
Singapore
Thailand
just to name a few
What would your life look like if you allowed life to flow through you?
I’d love to hear how it flows,
XO
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