Compassionate Transformation
The honest perspective that makes navigating the challenges of your life, and business, a lot kinder.
Let’s be very honest - the idea of goals connotates an end-point. The hope (unspoken or not) is that there is a destination where our challenges will no longer exist. A place where our lives are perfect, and we are free from trouble or sorrow.
This mythic place doesn’t exist. And that is excellent news.
Bumping into challenges is part of growth.
Actually, it’s just part of life as a human.
Have you ever thought to yourself, “Why do I keep bumping into the same challenges?” or “I shouldn’t have this issue any longer!!” This flavor of perspective adds insult to injury. Not only are you deciding how you might navigate the challenge, but you are also heaping judgment on top of it, making it far more painful.
Let’s drop the judgment.
A more honest and compassionate approach is to acknowledge the challenge and accept that it’s an invitation, a part of life. There is nothing wrong with you for having something come up again - it’s just another evolution of learning on your beautiful path. Seeing it as such lifts the burden of judgment and can (if you let it) turn your attention to your capacity to meet the challenge with curiosity and creative problem-solving.
To recap…
There is no perfect end-state, which is good news (because that means you are still alive).
Judging yourself for experiencing the same challenges repeatedly makes addressing what’s happening far more painful.
Challenges are part of life, a vital part of your evolution.
What is possible for you?
What if you gave up on the idea of a perfect end state and instead embraced (with playful curiosity) challenges are a natural part of learning, growth, and evolution? What if you were compassionate with yourself for bumping into the same lessons (again)?
As Pema Chödrön says, “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
So can you welcome this next evolution of your transformation as vital to being the woman you are meant to be?