Vision Board 2011
Wow, what a week! This week has been both humbling and inspiring. Since my last post, I have taken a level II yoga class at Essential Yoga (review coming soon), did more than 50 sun salutes at a yoga mala benefit on Sunday at the Tower Club, got back on my road bicycle, and regularly burned more calories than I consumed. I also had a lovely time with some of my best girlfriends while we all created our vision boards and boxes. Plus, last night I played around with a new iPhone app and did a 37-minute meditation for inner wisdom. It was really relaxing and made me realize I need to be meditating more often!
I’m another two pounds lighter, but I consider my greatest accomplishment this week to be speaking for about 20 minutes in front of about 20 people! We had our very first wellness practitioner community meetup for a huge project I’ve been immersed in for almost a year now, the iBody Directory.
Like many others, public speaking has been a huge fear of mine since I can remember. Despite the many business networking and social events I attend, it’s been a long time since I’ve addressed several people at once with more than my 60 second elevator speech. I can’t help but think a big portion of my fear is related to my self image challenges. I mean, seriously….the last thing I felt qualified to do was stand up and preach health and wellness. But, after much deliberation and mental preparation before the event, I realized that if I changed my perspective, I could easily be the expert on the topic. Being a real person in our community who needs the support of our wellness community to reach my own goals, I was able to speak from the heart and find others who feel the same way. So, here’s to thinking outside the box and overcoming fear with passion!
by Nyah, 8 years old
Besides everything I’ve mentioned, I’d have to say the highlight of this week was looking closely at a picture our eight year old daughter drew of our family. In this picture, she drew me as a thin mom. As my husband and I were discussing this, it became apparent that I need to begin looking at myself through the eyes of my daughter – through eyes of love. I hope those of you reading this will do the same.
Until next time…
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Beautiful. Exactly the kind of thing I needed to read today.
Awesome, Kim! I’m glad.
How interesting! It wouldn’t have surprised me in the least if Nyah had drawn you with regular proportions, but she sees you the same as Curtis and herself – a person. I really love that. I’m also intrigued by the phrase overcoming fear with passion. I need to spend some time thinking about that – it resonates for me in a way I don’t understand yet. It feels like it could be a key to something for me but I don’t know what.
Wow, Angela! Thank you for the post. It’s interesting that you say that. The title of this post was almost ‘Overcoming Fear with Passion’. For me, it’s a feeling like a volcano of passionate thoughts and feelings in my gut that I can’t keep from erupting anymore. At that point, it doesn’t matter how it comes out or where it travels to, the flow has begun, ready to take natural course.