429: Perhaps Pain Is a Prerequisite For Power
Sometimes we forget that we have power.\xa0So much power.\xa0That no one and no circumstances can take from us.\nWe forget that we have the power to make choices, the power to decide (and upgrade) our thoughts, the power to manage and adjust expectations, the power to pause before reacting, the power to find joy in the middle of deep sadness, the power to build something when everything around us is seemingly falling apart.\nWhen we are in pain, it can be hard to find our power.\nBut what if your pain is a prerequisite for your power?\nWhat if it is the pain that pushes you to reach in, lean in, own your power, and stand back up?\nYour power is abundant.\xa0It is limitless.\xa0It is expansive and constantly evolving.\nRight now you are likely in pain in one way or another, or perhaps in many ways.\xa0Know that from that pain you have the power to:\n* Manage and upgrade your thoughts\n* Determine your actions\n* Demonstrate love, compassion and kindness\n* Make choices that serve you and your family\n* Set boundaries\n* Choose to be purposeful and intentional\n* Restore hope\n* Connect with others in new ways\n* Be creative in how you operate in new norms\n* Adapt to circumstances that initially felt overwhelmingly uncomfortable\n* Change you see the world\n* Create new guidelines for how you want to live\n* Grow into new ways of being that feel positive and purposeful\n* Channel joy in the smallest moments of the day\n* Nurture relationships in new ways\n* Thrive under conditions that would normally seem oppressive\nI want you to look at the verbs that kick off each of the above examples of power:\n* Manage\n* Determine\n* Demonstrate\n* Make\n* Set\n* Choose\n* Restore\n* Connect\n* Be\n* Adapt\n* Change\n* Create\n* Grow\n* Channel\n* Nurture\n* Thrive\nThese are all actions you are capable of, actions you have power over.\xa0What forms of power will you choose today?\xa0How will you harness your pain and turn it into something that allows you to KEEP GOING, to KEEP SHOWING UP, to KEEP SHINING?\xa0\nListen in for more guidance to tap into your innate power during hard times.\nLinks mentioned:\nJoin the Shameless Mom Con Collective\nThank you to our sponsor:\n\nGrove Collaborative: For a limited time, when my listeners go to Grove.co/SHAMELESS you will get FREE FIVE PIECE cleaning set from Mrs. Meyer\u2019s and Grove - in crisp scents like mint or rose - a THIRTY DOLLAR value! Check out Grove and our special offer at Grove.co/SHAMELESS.\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices