Badass Inspiration

Hello! Ecstatic and grateful that you are joining me.  I want to start things off by tossing a little inspiration in your direction. I’d like to share with you one of the key elements that helped me get to this point, writing this blog, as well as jumpstarting other areas of my life.

If you are looking for giant helping of motivation and a fire to get off your ass with a dash of humor. Look no further than the amazing Jen Sincero’s book You Are a Badass, it is just what you didn’t know you were craving. 

A little background on how I found this book and how it helped me. I am a huge believer in life happening the way we need it and in the timing we need it. We just need to get out of our own way. It often starts as a little nudge, often referred to as intuition, saying, “Hey you. Time to make a change.” Or “Stop doing that.” Or “Don’t go that direction.”  If we refuse to listen, it will keep knocking, sometimes hard enough to knock you off your feet, forcing you to sit back and take stock. This is exactly what happened for me. I was working a job I hated. Actually, that’s not accurate, I despised this job. It literally made me sick to my stomach, had me contemplating my self-worth and was dragging me down. Day by day and bit by bit it was eating a piece of my soul. I was miserable. I justified staying, because of the benefit of allowing me to work remotely and allowing me to live full time in my camper. What I didn’t realize at the time was I wasn’t enjoying my ability to travel to the fullest because this job was slowly stealing my joy. Like a toxic relationship, it was gaslighting. Presenting a false front, while sabotaging my character when I wasn’t looking. There were many signs that I should quit this job and move on. However, the hovering ideals of society’s “norms” and “should dos” of being a responsible “adult” pushed me to stay on til I had the energy to make a shift, oh and I was holding on for the end of year bonus. 

Well. Life said ENOUGH! I was fired, for the first time ever in my life. Less than two months before bonuses were given out, by the way.  But do you know what happened? Almost immediately, I could feel the change in my body. I could physically feel the weight lift. I knew with all my being, that this was what was best for me. The little niggly things popped up of course. “What am I going to do now?” “Bills!!” And all of those kinds of things. I took a deep breath and sat in silence. I focused on gratitude. I no longer had to be tied to this thing that was destroying me. I was in a safe and loving environment. I had just parked my camper and home on wheels at some of my framily’s (for those who don’t know,  framily is friends that have become family). They are the most kind, generous and supportive humans. I was right where I needed to be. 

Another deep breath.  I looked around my tiny living space and eye spied “You Are A Badass”. I had been wanting to read it and brought it on my adventure intentionally instead of tossing it in a box to go into storage.  I grabbed it and started to read. Jen spoke to me, like a sassy little friend who had the answers in my time of need. I read, re-read and even downloaded the audio version so I could continue to be hammered with the positive and encouraging words as I walked the country roads with Dexter. Each step nodding and pumping my fist into the air, saying “YES”! 

I began doing the work suggested in the book. Really thinking about what it was I wanted. Focusing on God, or the Universe, or whatever you relate best to, and letting go of control. Believing if I do the work, what is meant for me will come. I interviewed and dove deep into the “job search process”. Only to realize I was starting to try and control the outcomes. Again, I sat back, took a deep breath, got quiet, focused on what I had to be grateful for. 

And Whammy! It was right in front of me. An opportunity to step back into physical therapy.  A role at a local hospital working with colleagues I had just met a few years prior, that I trusted and respected. I had been so focused on new and different, that I didn’t initially want to look at what I had previously done. I had it in my head, that going back to physical therapy was taking a step back. In reality, that “step back” was really a step forward and was putting my life in the right direction. This is exactly what I needed! 

“Everything you do along your journey contributes to where you’re going” Jen Sincero

I landed in a place that was filled with kind, caring, supportive and genuine team players. They welcomed me and I was immediately made to feel a part of the team, something I hadn’t felt in my work environment in nearly two years. I have spent time with these amazing humans day in and day out, working in a role that I forgot I loved. My confidence was coming back. I was laughing, joking, having fun AND making a difference.  The joy was filling my heart and soul. With that I had more energy, motivation and a drive to continue to grow. To find purpose and the roadmap to move forward.

Again, by reading, re-reading and having Jen in my ear, literally, I surrounded myself with not just motivation but more importantly began changing my way of thinking. 

“You have to change your thinking first, and then the evidence appears. Our big mistake is that we do it the other way around. We demand to see the evidence before we believe it to be true.” Jen Sincero

Her straightforward approach and humor make all the concepts down-to-earth and approachable. Not only does she give numerous insights, but the book also includes ways to do the work. Finding ways to apply to your own life. Giving you bite sized “homework” with gigantic results.  Just like anything, you can’t just think about it, you have to do the work. 

“This can’t be just rattling off nonsense – you have to feel it and want it and get worked up by it in order for it to work.”  Jen Sincero

Go grab this wonderful piece of kickass encouragement, do the work and become the badass I know you can be!

“There’s nothing as unstoppable as a freight train full of fuck-yeah” Jen Sincero