In Balance - Bridging the Gap

Are you keeping the promise you made to yourself ? Or have you ever broken a promise that you have made to yourself? Well I know I have, many times. Somehow it seems so easy to pull out on personal promises.

Promises like : “I promise to start eating healthy on Monday”, “I promise to get up early and go for a walk before work”, “I’ll go to bed early tonight”

More often than not, when you don’t live up to these personal commitments – you lose trust in yourself.

If you had a friend who constantly made promises and then let you down, what would you think of them? What value would you place on their promises? How long would you tolerate their behaviour?

Sometimes we treat ourselves much worse than we treat others.

When you break promises to yourself, you send a powerful message that you’re not important, you’re not worth it. You go against your values and your standards.

It can be really challenging to look yourself in the eye with respect and trust when you keep breaking promises to yourself.

Keeping promises to yourself has huge value for boosting self-confidence, self-esteem and self-love.

Learning to be accountable to yourself means you start to trust yourself. Each and every commitment you keep to yourself builds your self-esteem and faith in your ability to deliver. You learn to consistently do what you say you will.

Developing this sense of integrity will start to radiate into your relationships with the wider world. When you trust yourself, others will trust you more. You’ll find it easier to be honest with the world and call things as you see them.

Finally, you’ll be more productive and focused as you follow through on your most important commitments, commitments to yourself.

If you’d like to start keeping promises to yourself, START TODAY.

Finding your True North?

We all have an inner compass and as the traveller, in our journey, we need to ensure we are following our True North.

Your “true north”, your orienting point - helps you stay on track. It is staying true to your beliefs, values, and the principles you live by. When you have a clear understanding of what your beliefs and values are your life choices are purposefully and you experience the things you want.

When you are in conflict with your beliefs and values you may experience uncertainty, stress and poor decision making.

Today find your inner compass and continue to live a fulfilled life.

Writing helps us increase our self-awareness and also offers deeper insights that lead to both healing and transformation.

We all have a story to tell, whether we think we have lived what is considered an 'exciting' life or not. It is important to remember that, at some point, everyone has a life experience worth putting on the page. For many people, it is only through the action of writing that the healing of any emotional wounds can begin.