Be (Explores)

A purposeful blog on being and exploring from the inside-out. http://www.be-explores.com

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Peace to all who enter here. #childhoodhome trinkets

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Sometimes you just need to find a free couch on the side of the road, plop it in your front yard, and read a book in the sun.... #consciousloving #sundayafternoon

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Letting go of that which does not serve us. In the past year I've connected with something inside myself that has changed my everyday experience of living my life... even my dreams have been radically different than 2014. I think at some point, the pain of continuing as I was became greater than the pain I was fearing might happen. I knew something wasn't quite right, so I lifted the lid of myself and explored. I found many uncomfortable things and I sat with them painfully for a good part of the year. I feel like 2015 lovingly held me in the midst of a major internal shift, cushioned by many many vulnerable and connecting experiences to love, cry, and melt my way to the truth of myself. I don't think I've ever had a year of more uncovered truth - Truth about myself and universal truths, like that if we listen twice as much as we speak then meaningful connection is likely to happen, and if we don't speak our truth we'll feel disconnected to ourselves and the world, and that we make changes out of fear then our actions are not truly free. A lot of this truth this year is due to an eagerness to grow, Satvatove's transformational seminars, and a lot of life coaching as coach and client. Yesterday I had a coaching session on the last day of 2015, and at the end my coach/ mentor inspired me to write down the things about myself that I am ready to leave in 2015, and burn them! I did. It felt like closure, and progress. I feel separated from some struggles that have dominated my life experience, and connected to something freshly reaffirming inside me that feels like truth. After I wrote down what I am setting my intention to bring more of within myself with 2016. A couple others joined and it was a really beautiful way to bring closure to the year, and set an intentional rhythm for 2016. To all the people wondering if you'll ever feel okay, feeling trapped by fear or insecurity or uncertainty, who feel like they are experiencing just a partial version of themselves and are hungry to experience more, 2015 was evidence for me that if we set our intention and are eager to create that inner change, it can get better. We can get better. It's there whenever we are ready.

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A @yogitea worth posting. I am beautiful, I am bountiful, and I am blissful. #satvatove #bedohave #being #lifecoaching #licorice #tea

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As I transition out of a typically employed lifestyle and into the self-employed world of uncertainty and excitement (life coaching full time), I've been finding myself getting lost in a subtle sea of "shoulds." I should be reaching out to more people, I should be generating more posts, I should be waking up earlier, etc. I realized this recently and have since been intentionally focusing my energy on being sweet and compassionate with myself; giving myself loving permission to make "mistakes" and take it slow, and doing simple things with the thought of self-love (i.e. making myself some hot tea with honey with the intention of nurturing myself). Today I re-read parts of Marshall Rosenberg's Non-Violent Communication, and the powerful pearl for me was translating my self-judgments into unmet needs. Looking at a few of my self-judgments in this way, I'm seeing the beauty inside my actions... I'm seeing how an unmet need that I've been expressing is life enrichment through serving as many people as I can, among others. That was really healing for me, so if I leave you with anything tonight, it's this: Next time you catch yourself being hard on yourself, try stopping to ask yourself, "What unmet needs of mine are being expressed through this judgment?" Once we realize are unmet needs, compassion naturally happens, and we can allow ourselves to be with whatever emotions come with that awareness. Self-love is this rainbow... the more love we give ourselves inside, the more we love we can shine on others outside. #selflove #selfcompassion #nvc #nonviolentcommunication #marshallrosenberg #latergram #bigsur #california #rainbow #lifecoach #lifecoaching

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Happy thanksgiving 🐱

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Today I am grateful for this guy.... For all the loves, triggers, laughs, and listening, for all the break downs and break throughs. Looking forward to more digging, deepening, growing, creating... To more breaking down and breaking through together. @bananarayan #bae #love #sweetness #linvillegorge

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Today is my last day at my job of two years... "A leap of faith is not a leap of faith at all. It’s a hike of self-trust. It is a bold, grounded, substantiated statement: “I trust myself to create exactly what I want.” While there is uncertainty, there is clarity. While there is mystery, there is no question. Clear intention and self-trust link arms to build an invisible trail manifesting itself one step at a time towards an uncertain yet clearly defined future." Read about my reasons for leaving in my latest blog post: http://be-explores.com/thoughts/hikeofselftrust (clickable link in bio)

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Yin & yang. Cuff links as personalities. The way you do anything is the way you do everything. @bananarayan #cufflinks #yinyang #yinandyang #balance #personality #privilege #patterns

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Day 17 of #100DaysofTransformativeLifeCoaching. One day about three years ago when running on this boardwalk, I came upon this intentionally placed note. It came at a relevant time in my life, and at first the message felt strange. At the time I didn't fully grasp the notion of fear being "outside" of me when it felt so much a part of me. Now I get it in a way I didn't then. While I still experience fear, I now believe that fear is separate from us, as well as our insecurities, doubts, mistrust, and expectations. My process over the past 2 years has been embracing this belief as well as identifying as the courageous sparkle that I am. I think we all get this opportunity... Let's figure out how we want to be and "just move" ✨✨✨ #sparkle #the100dayproject #selfawareness #selfdiscovery #selfgrowth #selfhelp #fear #notes #wordsfromastranger #wisdominstrangeplaces

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Caught with my eyes in the trees, double hammock napping with @bananarayan

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Live #bluegrass at @isisasheville for me and my partner's last night of our #NorthCarolina vacation. Coaching for at least 20 minutes every day for my #100DaysofTransformativeLifeCoaching has been a journey in trust in the uncertainty of every day, and an adventure, too, naturally. From the #AppalachianTrail to #Asheville to #Raleigh to #Carrboro to #Durham to #LinvilleGorge to Asheville, and back to #GainesvilleFL tomorrow. Thank you John O and Friends. #100dayproject #the100dayproject

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Day 6 of #100DaysofTransformativeLifeCoaching. 6 sessions strong since Day 1. Today I coached a friend. The experience was potent, and then I got an opportunity to release myself. A fun exchange. Here's my creative manifestation from my coaching today, a list #poem. Things that thrill. #the100dayproject #100dayproject #thrill #thrilling #sensuality #fleeting #sensegratification

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Day 5 of #100DaysofTransformativeLifeCoaching. There’s a light inside all of us that I believe we all have. Actually I believe this light is us. Today I spoke with a friend who seemed to have freshly connected with her light. She was radiating. Seeing the effect that being in her power had on those around her was deeply fulfilling and encouraged her to shine brighter. I resonate with her a lot. I haven’t quite experienced anything as satisfying as the spillover effect that being aligned in my personal power has on those around me.  But how do we connect with the light when we only feel darkness? One way that supported me was choosing to look at and accept my shadows. When we push down the darkness, while it doesn’t seem so obvious, we push down the light, too.  "One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious," Carl Jung said. I believe we are complete in our light and our darkness. Maybe the purpose of our lives is to be a bright candle that enlivens the lights of others; I believe that is mine. #light #drawing #charcoal #carljung #selfacceptance #shadows #beginwithin #personalgrowth #selfdevelopment #lifelessons #selfhelp #lifecoach #lifecoaching

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At the #crossroads, which do you choose everyday? #selfacceptance

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Day 4 of ‪#100DaysofTransformativeLifeCoaching‬. The first song of the series, a cover song of Ayla Nereo's "It's Okay". The lyrics in this song embody a message that changed my life when I started believing it. I hope they support you in your growth like they did me. Thank you Ayla Nereo. ‪#‎the100DayProject‬ ‪#‎selfacceptance‬ ‪#‎selflove‬ ‪#‎healing‬

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Day 3 of #100DaysofTransformativeLifeCoaching. First #haiku of the series. I coached one person today and facilitated one workshop...