Resistance Showing You the Way

Last week I saw this meme about what if what’s standing in your way, is the way?

That made me pause.

I wonder, how many of us choose to avoid, circumvent, ignore or try to find ways to work around the whatever is standing in our way?

How much energy are we wasting by putting energy into things we are trying to ignore only for those things to surface again and again until it becomes too unbearable to avoid any further?

What if instead, we considered moving towards our resistance and dismantling those things that are standing in our way one brick at a time?

Well, I put this to the test last week and I’m actively inviting in the resistance to show me the way.

Allowing myself to feel where resistance is showing up and then gently asking it what I need to move through it, the answers were given.

By being able to have uncomfortable conversations or even acknowledging my own trauma responses to situations and being ok with myself that this is another layer of healing I get to do, ease flowed throughout my day.

Healing and learning about ourselves and our dogs is never in a straight line, but knowing that growing and expanding ourselves doesn’t end maybe invites in a bit more of curiosity into what shows up for us.

How can you lean into resistance today? I’m curious to learn what shows up for you!

Hope Lights the Way

Fear is ever present in our day.

When we choose to trust ourselves wholeheartedly, we can begin to move through fear.

Sometimes our trust is tested. Sometimes our trust falters.

Worry seeps in its place.

What brings us back to our sense of trust is hope.

Hope that our current situation will shift and we will expand and the transitions in life will come to pass.

Hold on to hope. It will bring you back to trust so you can push through your fear again.

Learning and growing stretches us and our dogs.

Giving up isn’t an option. Precious lives are at stake.

Lean into trusting yourself so hope can light your way.

Fear then will become something that doesn’t paralyze you, but strengthens your belief within yourself.

Tapping Into Trust

The theme of trust has been showing up throughout the last few weeks.

Trust is not only vital within your relationship with your dog, but having trust within yourself to do the work it takes to build the trust between you and your dog is foundational.

You envision a joyous and carefree life with your dog.

The belief in yourself to get to the other side of fear of the unknown in learning something new is necessary for you to take action and go on the journey in the first place.

Hiring a teacher is only there to guide and be a touchstone to your growth.

Trust isn’t born from someone else telling you to “trust yourself”.

Trust is action oriented by being intentional in the choices you make.

The choice of showing up and practicing and believing you can do it all comes from you.

If you have questions about what to do or what’s showing up, lean into curiosity and see what unfolds.

When you have clarity about what the confusion or frustration is telling you, you will be able to trust your next step.

By taking action, your confidence grows and your belief in yourself expands.

You tap into the trust you’ve created for yourself because you allowed your dog show you the way.