Nourishment for your spiritual awakening

Published by Lola

I recently embarked on a wonderful Coaching course, which involved accelerated growth opportunities (yay!).  All attendees involved took away something different from the course; nobody went away empty handed.  I left with the realisation that it was time to stop playing small and to step up and be who I really am, to play big!

Playing big by own definition means truly being who I am and making no apologies for that.  Achieving big style, excelling in all I do and being proud of that.  Having pride in my strengths and enjoying recognition.  Letting go of some of my modesty yet staying humble.  In short, unleashing all of the beast within - watch out! 

By nature, I’m an extroverted big personality, although I draw attention I’m not an attention seeker.  I noticed a long time ago that I seem to bring out people’s competitive side and feel used me as a yardstick some measure their achievements against.  I am not competitive in that way and if anything only really compete with myself.  On noticing this, I have played myself down so that I do not stand out as different or make anyone feel inadequate around me. 

The problem is that I have been the one to suffer.  I have set up a number of situations over the years to trap me in this world of “playing small” that I didn’t like and have got so used to it that I am having to relearn how to play big!  Also, I am realising that you cannot conveniently shut down a part of you without shutting down another part you may want to keep.  It’s best to embrace all of who you are and run with it. 

I am sharing this with you as I think this is an issue many of us have and I’m now switching on my play big switch.   So, I’m still learning but for now this is how I’m embracing my personal power:

Activate it - I can change my direction instantly by making the decision to activate my power.  Literally flicking the  switch to on.

Affirm it - As I have spent a long time playing small, a fair amount of reprogramming will be required.  The best way I know to reprogram is through affirmations, using positive statements in the present tense to plant new seeds.  I’ll start with I give myself permission to be big and see how I get on from there. 

Watch yourself without judgement - Now that I am aware of this limiting behaviour and want to be free of it, I will stay consciously aware and observe my thoughts and behaviours without judgement to see exactly where I play small and opportunities for playing big.  Also, affirmations can throw up resistance so I’ll be observing how these surface.

Write a list of all the previous effects of playing small - Following on from the previous point, I will start compiling a list of the results of playing small so I can consciously reverse each point into actions for playing big.

Accept that you cannot control other people - As other people’s feelings and reactions seem to alter my behaviour, I need to understand why so it can be released.   How people feel is outside of my control and I no longer want the consequences to be stifling or suppressing for me.

Seeing as how this is unchartered territory for me, I’d be interested to hear any tips others use to embrace their personal power, please share by leaving a comment below and I’ll let you know how I get on.

Love, light and abundance x x x

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Jul 31, 2007
Filed under: Personal development, Growth, Personal Power