On the outside,
you’ve got your shit together.
On the inside,
you’re at war with yourself.
Conflict.
Overthinking.
Fear.
Exhaustion.
Second-guessing.
Feeling disconnected from your own life.
And you’re aware of it.
It doesn’t have to stay that way.
You have a center.
When you begin living from your center, your relationship with life changes.
Fear becomes a teacher.
Conflict becomes the clue.
You see more clearly.
You feel more connected to your own life.
You begin choosing your inner world instead of being ruled by it.
When you’re centered, you are your own person.
You are not easily misled, coerced, manipulated, or controlled.
Your life becomes more your own.
Being centered is your nature.
Inner conflict keeps pulling you away.
Where We Look For Conflict
The first place to look is the body.
Conflict in the body is often easy to see. It manifests in many different ways.
Breathing.
Tension.
Exhaustion.
Sleep.
Digestion.
Food intolerances.
Stress responses.
It is very difficult to remain centered if you’re lactose intolerant and consume dairy on a daily basis.
The body is the perfect place to start because the body does not lie.
The second place to look is lifestyle.
The way you live.
The work you do.
The roles you perform.
The beliefs you carry.
Your relationships.
Where you live.
If you’re working a job you hate, if you’re in a toxic relationship, how are you going to stay centered?
Sometimes you’re living a life that pulls against who you are.
And then comes the mind.
The mind is trickier.
Unlike the body, the mind lies all the time.
It explains.
Rationalizes.
Defends.
Learns patterns.
Gets lost in stories.
The mind is constantly reacting to the noise of the world and the noise of your body.
Two of the biggest sources of conflict in the mind are fear and beliefs.
Often they stand in direct contradiction to reality.
If you believe you’re a bad person.
If you believe you’re a sinner.
If you believe there is something wrong with you.
That is conflict.
Because those beliefs pull you away from who you are.
All of it is connected.
As you work on one, you’re working on the others.
As you eliminate conflict on any level, you return to your center.
The more often you do that, the more stable it becomes.
The more stable it becomes, the more your life changes.
Then you no longer need an explanation.
Reading about center and living from your center are not the same thing.
Ready to experience the difference?