A Power Word is a powerful alternative to new years resolutions and this is why.....
I stopped doing New Year’s Resolutions a few years back when I realised that by February each year I ended up feeling despondent and guilty as yet another one hit the skid pan. I am not alone nearly 80% of New Years resolutions have failed by the second week of February! It is not that New Year’s resolutions are bad but they are generally just not within you enough to inspire you to keep going. They don't help you make the decisions when things fall outside the scope...
Why do New Year Resolutions fail?
We often set New Year resolutions at the Do Level – I will get fit, lose weight or I will go to the gym x times a week. These are at the Do level and also a SHOULD thing. They seem reasonable but have a inbuilt guilt to them and of course are breakable. And they can be about HAVING a certain outcome like – then I will have more self-confidence this year.
Why a Power Word Does Work!
BUT for things to change they have to held BE WITHIN you. It needs to have an essence that inspires you at mind, body and spirit level and something you cannot break! That is where a GUIDING WORD or POWER WORD comes in – there is not an outcome, there is no should but there is just a feeling that guides you throughout the year. A power word reminds you what you are wanting to feel in the year when choices are needed. It is TO BE.
Choosing a Power Word in Life or Business...
A Guiding Word can be at personal or business level or both (or you could have one for both). Working in my Soul Alignment Coaching business as a solopreneur then my business is me and I am my business so they can become one and the same. This year for example the word I have choose is NURTURE because it will guide me at both levels. Personally I want to make more time for self-care, improved health and well-being (this encompasses the getting fit and losing weight bit for me!) At a business level I want to be guided to nurture business growth through nurturing my clients, followers and my lovely Radiant Soul Seekers community so this for me is a word that guides and encompasses everything I want to be about in 2018. In previous years I have had REAWAKEN, VISIBLE and FLOWINGLY ORGANISED (yes I know this is two words but organised was too rigid!) So you can see that is a very open way of being guided. Your word needs to embrace the feeling or action of what you want to accomplish.
In 2018 I created a free resource of "FIND YOUR GUIDING WORD" to help my lovely peeps find there Power Word. A Power Word is not just for January, you can do it at any point in the year when you need empowerment and focus you on bringing something into your life. The free e-Book also has suggestions how to use your word to have the biggest impact.
Blessings and enjoy your Word Empowered Journey