Welcome to week 6 of The Art of Change Book Club!
Last week, we built the scaffolding for our reinvention by reconnecting with our boundaries and honoring our own needs and desires.
This week, we’re going to take a look at the sixth dimension, our choices, and the pivotal role they play in fulfilling our vision.
Week 6: Choice
Choice is an integral part of the Transformation Equation:
Change = Vision + Choice + Action
Every single choice we make (or don’t make) does one of two things: serves or sabotages our vision for our reinvention.
The sticking point is that our choices are often dictated by deeper commitments that are buried in our unconscious (much like those limiting beliefs we looked at in week 3). We make choices without being aware of why we’re making them.
Such commitments explain the disconnect between what you say you want–your authentic desires–and what you’re actually experiencing.
To address this, we’re going to begin the process of moving into a place of conscious awareness.
In the week ahead, I invite you to uncover the primary hidden commitment you’re still serving and replace it with a new empowering commitment that is in alignment with what you actually want.
Begin by asking yourself:
- What do you really want in your life? Do you want to save money? Lose weight? Find love? Come up with three things.
- What is the disconnect between what you want and what you’re experiencing? What underlying commitments are reflected in your experiences? Are you actually committed to being invisible, comfortable or alone, for instance?
Now, use everything you’ve learned so far and pull from a place of deep self-acceptance to line up your commitment and your desire.
This doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be as simple as saying, “I commit to being seen.” Then, come up with one action you can take to stay in alignment with this new commitment.
This is how reinvention happens: one step at a time and from the inside out.
For a deep dive into the power of choice and the underlying commitments that drive them, you can pick up my book, The Art of Change. The prompts and exercises inside will take you through the full process of shifting into a place of conscious choice and action.
See you next week.
xo
nancy
