April 7, 2025 • 24 mins
Have you ever noticed the profound difference between dragging yourself through tasks and being magnetically pulled toward an idea? That distinction between motivation and inspiration isn't just semantic—it's the gateway to an entirely different way of living.
Most of us were taught to operate from motivation—grabbing an idea and willing it into existence through sheer determination and discipline. Like completing taxes on a perfect swimming day, motivation gets things done but often feels like pushing against resistance. I've spent years as an educator thinking this was the gold standard of achievement.
Then something shifted. I discovered that inspiration—literally meaning "in spirit"—operates from an entirely different energy. Instead of you grabbing the idea, the idea grabs you. It pulls on your heart with a knowing that defies logical explanation. As Wayne Dyer beautifully expressed, when we're inspired, "we give it over to a force greater than our physical being."
This podcast explores the magical realm of possibility versus the safe boundaries of probability. Your brain naturally gravitates toward what's familiar and likely based on past experience. But your spirit? It craves expansion beyond current limitations. Remember the Queen from Alice in Wonderland who thought "six impossible things before breakfast"? That mindset opens doors to extraordinary experiences.
My life transformed through following inspiration's mysterious pull—pursuing yoga teacher training that made no practical sense yet opened my heart in unexpected ways, meeting my husband of 42 years through a series of "coincidences" at jobs neither of us typically would have taken, and manifesting our dream home in South Carolina against all odds.
Whether you're contemplating spring changes in your garden or your life, I invite you to listen to your soul's whispers before they become shouts. Embrace the five practical steps I share for living your most inspired life. Drop the "how," trust divine timing, move toward joy, and remember: your inspired ideas, like garden seeds, bloom in their own perfect time.
Ready to step into your most inspired life? DM me the word "inspired" for a special gift. I'd love to connect and hear how inspiration is calling you forward.
Thank you for joining me!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to Just Count Me In, a podcast designed to
help you break free from yourlimitations and step into the
life that you actually weremeant to live.
I'm Sari Stone and I'm aholistic coach with a background
in education.
For the past six years, I'vebeen guiding people to transform
their lives from the inside out.
My journey, to be honest withyou, was not always clear out.
(00:27):
My journey to be honest withyou was not always clear.
For years, I actually felt likeI was living someone else's
life, checking all the rightboxes but never feeling quite
truly fulfilled.
That all changed when Iexperienced a few miracles, met
some incredible teachers and hada major wake-up call that
forced me to shift my entireperspective.
And had a major wake-up callthat forced me to shift my
entire perspective.
Wayne Dyer once said when youchange the way you look at
(00:48):
things, the things that you lookat change.
And that is exactly what thispodcast is about Helping you see
your life in a new way so thatyou can start living with
authenticity, purpose andpassion.
Each week, I'm going to bringyou 30 minute episodes filled
with insights, practicalstrategies and inspiring
(01:15):
interviews to help you uncoverwhat truly lights you up and
identify what's been holding youback.
Eventually, this is going toignite your motivation and
create real change.
Are you ready to step into thelife you were meant to live?
Then just count me in, hit,subscribe and join me on this
journey.
If this episode resonates,please share it with a friend
(01:35):
who needs a little inspirationtoday.
Let's do this together.
Hey, thank you again forjoining this week in the
Transform your Life.
Just Count Me In podcast.
I'm going to dive into a topicthat's really close to my heart
the real difference betweenmotivation and inspiration.
Why it matters now more thanever, especially in this spring
(01:59):
season of growth, alignment andpossibility.
So what happens when you followthe pull of inspiration, even
when it doesn't make sense?
Why we revert to motivation andhow we can break free or figure
out how to better use it andhow you can start living more in
spirit and less in survivalmode.
(02:22):
Are you ready to say yes toyour most inspired life?
Do you feel like you wantsomething a little bit more this
season?
Well, stay tuned and please DMme with any thoughts or
questions that you have.
I would love to hear from you.
Enjoy so very often when we'rein this season, in this spring
(02:46):
season or the springtime of ourlives or the chapter where we're
making new beginnings.
We revert back to motivation andthat's what we were taught very
much, very much.
We were taught in that more oflike the male dominated type of
(03:07):
energy, and I was really good atit.
I actually was.
A lot of people hire me to workwith their kids because they
need motivation for school.
They need, they wanted them tohave motivation for sports, and
I'm all about that and I thought, wow, I really, I really like
motivation.
I try to think of myself as amotivational teacher.
(03:28):
But then I thought more andmore, really, it's more like I
would rather be inspirational.
So I thought let me take a lookat the difference between these
two things, because I know thatright now to function, I need
both.
I mean, have you ever justwondered how to get started?
(03:48):
We're coming off this weekendand my husband I say we, but it
really was him, you know did ourtaxes, which is a lot, and we
looked at each other and we werelike, okay, we got to get
motivated to do this.
If I'm saying we have to getmotivated, it implies and it is
very true we were not feelingthe pull, not the pull to do the
(04:09):
taxes.
I mean, it was a beautifulweekend.
We probably could have swam inthe pool this weekend, but we
were doing the responsible adultthing and doing our taxes so
that they'd be filed on time.
I can't say that that was anaction based on inspiration or
change.
It was just a responsible partof my life.
Okay, motivation is basicallywhen you grab an idea and then
(04:34):
you figure out how to make ithappen and you can probably tell
by the charge in my voice.
I loved doing that.
Part of me still loves doingthat and I can definitely coach
people for that.
More and more I've realized, aslife goes on and I'm getting
wiser, inspiration plays alarger and larger role.
(04:56):
My greatest changes have beenthe result not of motivation
maybe motivation to do the tasksI want to say but the
inspiration that I feel for theidea.
So, motivation you grab an ideaand try to make it happen, and
you do very often make it happen.
It's very linear, it can bestep oriented, it can involve
(05:19):
goals.
It's concrete, it uses yourbrain, the analytical mind,
inspiration completely different.
The other end of the stick.
If they were on a gradient itwould be one and the other
inspiration the idea grabs youand pulls you.
It pulls on your heart.
(05:40):
It's a knowing in your gut.
Often it makes no sense in yourbrain.
So when we're feeling inspired,and to break it down, that's in
spirit.
We are aligned with spirit.
That's an invisible field andWayne Dyer said when we're
(06:04):
inspired, we give it over to aforce.
We're connected to a forcegreater than our physical being.
When we're inspired, so rightaway your mind jumps in, or my
(06:26):
mind does, and I think aboutpossibility versus probability.
When my mind comes in, rememberyour brain likes the familiar.
Your brain wants to make itselfright.
So I'm going to make aprediction based on Sari's past
experiences, and I just workedwith a client this week who said
she's in the process of makingchanges, finding her voice and
(06:50):
advocating for herself with herfriends.
She's a teenager and it's roughto assert yourself sometimes,
because sometimes you pay theprice of not being liked when
that happens, and that's hard,and probability is that she's
not really going to assertherself and she might do the
(07:12):
chameleon thing to fit in.
Because we want to feel loved,we want to feel accepted.
We know that that's aprimordial part of our brain,
because connection is how we'rewired and rejection used to mean
that we would starve to death.
So it's a survival thing, okay,possibility, and I loved that
(07:33):
quote.
My mom used to call me her Alicein Wonderland child and I think
it was the queen in Alice inWonderland, but not sure.
And through the looking glass,he said, I sometimes think six
impossible things beforebreakfast.
Well, anybody that knows meknows that that is me and it
drives some people absolutelycrazy, but it is just who I am
(07:55):
and I'm fine, I enjoy it.
It's possibility is when we canlive in what is possible, or
maybe even impossible, but itjust hasn't happened yet, but we
feel it.
It's a desire that goes waypast our talents and way past
our abilities very often, and inthat realm of possibility is
(08:22):
the most magical, magical placeand the most magical lives that
we could possibly live.
And it can be something small.
I can be inspired to paint apicture.
I could be inspired to work inmy garden.
I could be inspired to move thefamily across the country,
(08:44):
which we did do.
Okay, it doesn't matter, itdoesn't have to have a big, huge
, concrete result, and it can.
It's just a good way to live.
When we live in touch with that, we're living in touch with who
(09:09):
we actually are inside.
Rumi said in the garden of theworld has no limits except in
your mind.
In my classroom I had hanging aposter that had all these
beliefs on it and our motto wasbelieve.
We walked around singing the IBelieve song, michael Franti,
(09:41):
and our motto was believe, belove, be kind, become and be you
, and I think that's a great wayto go through life.
So when we're inspired, there'sforces come into play to make
these things happen in our lives, and it's happened to me
(10:01):
several times, several times.
I really feel like this podcastis part of this is for me to
help you change your awarenessand help lead you back home.
I know Joel Goldsmith said tolead us back to the kingdom of
God within ourselves is theteacher's job, or to lead us
(10:25):
home, whatever you believe in.
So I'm going to ask you what'strying to emerge within you and
I'll give you some examples ofhow things have worked for me.
(10:46):
So when I was living in Colorado, I started getting a pull tour
in the direction of Boulder.
I didn't live in Boulder and Iwas teaching yoga and then
started teaching yoga beforeschool.
On Wednesday mornings I hadkids waitlisted from a yoga club
.
It was one of the best things Iever could have done.
But I felt like I needed to getcertified, more than just the
normal yoga fit certification,which there's nothing wrong with
(11:07):
.
But I'm an an education geek soI feel like I need more
training.
And I then was introduced tosomeone who was doing a yoga
teacher training up in Boulderand I could feel the pull.
It did not make sense for me todo this.
It was not going to besomething that I made money from
.
It was not going to be.
I didn't have a lot of extratime and I had to.
(11:28):
It was really hard.
It was 12-hour days on theweekends, one weekend a month,
and it was hard mentally.
At the same time.
Anyone that's ever been throughyoga teacher training knows it
breaks you.
It breaks your heart open todifferent layers.
It takes away the hard layersthat we've put around our heart
and changes your life, changesyour perspective.
(11:49):
It is so much more than just Ithought it was just athletic
type teacher training.
That is not what it is.
It's a life changer, or it wasfor me, and I felt that pull and
followed it, and I have metsome of the greatest people and
helped so many people with thetechniques that I learned people
(12:11):
and helped so many people withthe techniques that I learned
and I practiced yoga before that, but I'm definitely dedicated
to always being I'm a lifelongyogi lifelong yogi.
So it changed my life.
When I met my husband, I was inthe middle of going to college,
a single mom with afour-year-old son, working when
he was with his dad on theweekends, between 24 and 32
(12:34):
hours between Friday night andSunday night to support us, and
I had no time really to dateanybody.
My husband took a job at acountry club and it was a job he
never would have taken.
He just had a friend that ranthe kitchen.
I took a job at a country cluband it was a job he never would
have taken.
He just had a friend that ranthe kitchen.
I took a job.
I had a friend from high schoolwho got me the job as a banker
(12:54):
waitress.
I just needed to make sure thatmy son and I had steady income
and that they could work withinmy hours, and they did.
They worked with me and so Itook the job.
It was not my favorite place towork.
I met absolutely the love of mylife there A couple months
after I started it was threemonths after I looked up when I
(13:15):
put an order in the kitchen andI saw this guy and he had a red
bandana on and I saw his eyesand I saw just him and I thought
, wow, that's a really hot guy.
I think I want to get to knowthis guy.
And then I thought, oh, this isnot the time and I just kind of
let it go.
So that was the initial.
It wasn't you're going to bethe love of my life, it was just
that kind of thing.
(13:36):
And then about a week later Iwas doing a cocktail shift and
he was having a beer after workwith his friend who got him the
job, who ran the kitchen there,the head chef and he said he
looked at him and he said I wantthat one.
He said that's the one for meand the guy Vinny, actually
(13:59):
would have still been a friendof ours if we'd stayed in touch
with him a little bit longer.
He did the food at our weddingbecause he introduced us.
Then he looked at him and saidI don't think that you, that she
dates people because people askher out.
He said I actually think she'sprobably a lesbian because she
does not go out with any of theguys here.
So Stan thought you know whatI'm still going to try, and I'm
(14:21):
so glad he did so.
We've been together almost 42years now.
We had one date I was notdating.
We had one date.
We took my son because therewas no way I was going to not
have him with us to the beachand had ice cream, and that was
our first date.
May 25th it will be 42 yearsago and we have been together
(14:44):
ever since.
It was the most powerful thingthat has ever come over me,
other than when I gave birth inmy life.
When I met him it was as if Iwas under the influence of some
kind of I don't know what Idon't even know how to describe
it Like the moon came up.
We started talking, we talkedall night and we've literally.
(15:07):
It made no sense for us to betogether and we've been together
ever since and worked through alot, but he is absolutely the
love of my life, totally.
Could have talked myself out ofit intellectually, my heart was
a hundred percent in Moving tothis state, to South Carolina,
(15:28):
and manifesting our dream houseis an episode in itself.
So stay tuned for that one.
But I can tell you it works.
It definitely works.
It's just a matter of trustingyourself and staying open to
things.
(15:48):
When we have problems, we eithergo to a frail part of us or we
go to the oneness and thestrength in us.
We either go to a place of thisis right or wrong, and I can
tell when I'm in that place,because I'm relentlessly blaming
(16:08):
people and my conversations arelike oh, this is what happened
and that's what happened.
And you know poor me, I have apity party usually and also I'm
not feeling secure, so I startto seek advice all over the
place.
Everybody else's opinion isbetter than mine, I, I mean, I
totally lose my connection whenI'm in a place like that, when
(16:30):
we have a problem and we'redealing with it in an integrated
, inspired way, we connect tothe oneness and we go within,
because we know that we have ourown answers.
We know that we're connected toa greater source that helps us
be in touch with our own answers.
We know that we're connected toa greater source that helps us
be in touch with our own answers.
(16:52):
Instead of seeking advice, weseek knowledge.
Maybe we research something,but we take back the control in
that way and we let go at thesame time.
So we take the control that wegive other people out of it and
take back our power, because wehave power from so many more
(17:17):
than just us.
So I know this is a lot, butthis is spring and you're
probably on the verge of makingsome changes, whether it's I'm
going to be planting a gardentoday and that is totally
inspiration and I see thatgarden in my mind Now.
(17:41):
Am I inspired as I'm diggingthe dirt?
I'm thinking about those plants.
When those plants don't come upin a month, am I going to put
my hand into the ground and grabthem up at any stage, just and
say, hey, hey, I, you know, itsaid 30 days, you're supposed to
sprout.
I mean, of course not, I'mgoing to wait until they come up
on their own.
So there are some practices tohelp you along with this stage,
(18:10):
with this process.
But I wanted to share a story.
I read it in a book, in a WayneDyer book actually on
inspiration, so I'm going toshare it with you and it's
called Carrots, eggs and Coffee,and I think a daughter came to
her mom and she was havingproblems in life and she said
(18:30):
you know what?
Google wasn't around then.
So she was like well, what doyou think I should do, mom?
And her mom took out carrots,eggs and coffee and she boiled
some water and she put all ofthem in the water coffee beans,
raw eggs in the shell andcarrots, coffee beans, raw eggs
in the shell and carrots.
Now, as you can imagine, thecarrots were hard and they got
(18:53):
soft.
The eggs were fragile and theygot hard.
The coffee kind of went with itand changed the actual water.
So the lesson being sometimesyou can be strong on something
and problems can make you weaker.
(19:14):
Sometimes you can feel fragile,but you can actually be tougher
than you think.
I would prefer to be like thecoffee and just change and
dissolve and go with the water,still retaining who I am.
It was still coffee.
Why not turn into somethingthat people love, like coffee?
(19:35):
So just a little story.
Here's some practices that youmight want to put into place to
help you live your inspired life.
So the first one is rememberyou don't need anything.
You don't need anything forthis.
Just listen to your nudges andyour desires, keep your heart
(19:58):
and your mind open and livejoyfully.
Okay, number two if you reallywant to make God laugh, tell him
your plans.
And that was said by somebody.
It's an old quote and Iapologize, I don't know the
person who said it, but if youreally want to make God laugh,
tell him your plans.
Remember, things arrive on theirown time.
(20:21):
When I plant in my garden, Ihope that it's going to come up,
but it doesn't come up becauseI'm standing there pulling it up
out of the ground.
It comes up when it's ready,and it's the same with your
intentions, it's the same withwhat you're manifesting in your
life.
It comes when it's ready.
You do your job.
The universe does her job.
(20:42):
Live joyfully, as joyfully aspossible, with as much love as
possible, so that you'reenjoying the ride and you're
staying open to things.
The answer to how?
Is always yes, yes to whatmakes me feel good, yes to what
(21:07):
feels like the most lovingchoice.
You don't want to be on yourdeathbed wondering whether you
really lived or not.
Don't die with your music inyou.
One of the affirmations that Iuse, that I like so much, is
it's on its way, it's arrivingon time and it's going to be
(21:30):
even better than anything I everimagined.
So I decided to include somequestions and some journal
prompts in this episode.
Include some questions and somejournal prompts in this episode
.
So for the first one step, onewould be listen to the nudges.
Your soul always whispersbefore it shouts.
Think about something that'sbeen tugging at your heart
lately.
Is there a pull, a nudge you'vebeen ignoring?
(21:53):
So what's something I feeldrawn to, even if it doesn't
make sense right now.
Drawn to even if it doesn'tmake sense right now.
Step two drop the how.
If you want to make God laugh,tell him your plans.
Inspiration doesn't come with ablueprint.
You don't need to know the how,just trust the what and the why
(22:14):
.
Write one inspired idea ordream you've had lately.
Then write.
I don't need to know how, Ijust need to say yes.
Next step embrace possibilityover probability.
Your brain loves safety andfamiliarity, but your spirit,
(22:36):
she craves expansion.
Shift your mindset Instead ofasking is this probable?
Ask, is this possible.
But your spirit, she cravesexpansion.
Shift your mindset Instead ofasking is this probable?
Ask, is this possible.
Write down three impossiblethings you'd love to believe in,
just like Alice in Wonderland.
(22:57):
Step four move with joy.
Joy is a compass.
Move towards what feels goodlight, playful, soulful.
For a little challenge.
What's one thing you can dotoday that feels inspired, not
obligated?
Can you choose inspiration overobligation, just for one little
thing today?
Step five let it bloom, justlike planting seeds in the
(23:23):
garden.
Your inspired ideas are goingto need time and space to grow,
so trust your divine timing.
Keep watering your dreams withbelief, joy and aligned action.
Your inspired motto can bebelieve, be love, be kind,
become and be you.
Step seven is stay connected,and it's a little bonus Listen
(23:49):
to the Transform your Lifepodcast, follow me on Instagram
and book a discovery call forcoaching or classes.
I would love to hear from youfor coaching our classes.
I would love to hear from you.
Ps, if you DM me the wordinspired, you've got a special
(24:09):
gift and we all like surprises.
Take care.
Thank you so much for joiningme today.
If you like this episode,please let me know.
Stop by at social media, onInstagram or my Facebook page
Just count me in and pleaseleave a comment.
If there's anybody that youthink could benefit from this
episode, please forward it tothem and I look forward to
seeing you next time.
We're all in this together.
Welcome to Just Count Me In, a podcast designed to
help you break free from yourlimitations and step into the
life that you actually weremeant to live.
I'm Sari Stone and I'm aholistic coach with a background
in education.
For the past six years, I'vebeen guiding people to transform
their lives from the inside out.
My journey, to be honest withyou, was not always clear out.
(00:27):
My journey to be honest withyou was not always clear.
For years, I actually felt likeI was living someone else's
life, checking all the rightboxes but never feeling quite
truly fulfilled.
That all changed when Iexperienced a few miracles, met
some incredible teachers and hada major wake-up call that
forced me to shift my entireperspective.
And had a major wake-up callthat forced me to shift my
entire perspective.
Wayne Dyer once said when youchange the way you look at
(00:48):
things, the things that you lookat change.
And that is exactly what thispodcast is about Helping you see
your life in a new way so thatyou can start living with
authenticity, purpose andpassion.
Each week, I'm going to bringyou 30 minute episodes filled
with insights, practicalstrategies and inspiring
(01:15):
interviews to help you uncoverwhat truly lights you up and
identify what's been holding youback.
Eventually, this is going toignite your motivation and
create real change.
Are you ready to step into thelife you were meant to live?
Then just count me in, hit,subscribe and join me on this
journey.
If this episode resonates,please share it with a friend
(01:35):
who needs a little inspirationtoday.
Let's do this together.
Hey, thank you again forjoining this week in the
Transform your Life.
Just Count Me In podcast.
I'm going to dive into a topicthat's really close to my heart
the real difference betweenmotivation and inspiration.
Why it matters now more thanever, especially in this spring
(01:59):
season of growth, alignment andpossibility.
So what happens when you followthe pull of inspiration, even
when it doesn't make sense?
Why we revert to motivation andhow we can break free or figure
out how to better use it andhow you can start living more in
spirit and less in survivalmode.
(02:22):
Are you ready to say yes toyour most inspired life?
Do you feel like you wantsomething a little bit more this
season?
Well, stay tuned and please DMme with any thoughts or
questions that you have.
I would love to hear from you.
Enjoy so very often when we'rein this season, in this spring
(02:46):
season or the springtime of ourlives or the chapter where we're
making new beginnings.
We revert back to motivation andthat's what we were taught very
much, very much.
We were taught in that more oflike the male dominated type of
(03:07):
energy, and I was really good atit.
I actually was.
A lot of people hire me to workwith their kids because they
need motivation for school.
They need, they wanted them tohave motivation for sports, and
I'm all about that and I thought, wow, I really, I really like
motivation.
I try to think of myself as amotivational teacher.
(03:28):
But then I thought more andmore, really, it's more like I
would rather be inspirational.
So I thought let me take a lookat the difference between these
two things, because I know thatright now to function, I need
both.
I mean, have you ever justwondered how to get started?
(03:48):
We're coming off this weekendand my husband I say we, but it
really was him, you know did ourtaxes, which is a lot, and we
looked at each other and we werelike, okay, we got to get
motivated to do this.
If I'm saying we have to getmotivated, it implies and it is
very true we were not feelingthe pull, not the pull to do the
(04:09):
taxes.
I mean, it was a beautifulweekend.
We probably could have swam inthe pool this weekend, but we
were doing the responsible adultthing and doing our taxes so
that they'd be filed on time.
I can't say that that was anaction based on inspiration or
change.
It was just a responsible partof my life.
Okay, motivation is basicallywhen you grab an idea and then
(04:34):
you figure out how to make ithappen and you can probably tell
by the charge in my voice.
I loved doing that.
Part of me still loves doingthat and I can definitely coach
people for that.
More and more I've realized, aslife goes on and I'm getting
wiser, inspiration plays alarger and larger role.
(04:56):
My greatest changes have beenthe result not of motivation
maybe motivation to do the tasksI want to say but the
inspiration that I feel for theidea.
So, motivation you grab an ideaand try to make it happen, and
you do very often make it happen.
It's very linear, it can bestep oriented, it can involve
(05:19):
goals.
It's concrete, it uses yourbrain, the analytical mind,
inspiration completely different.
The other end of the stick.
If they were on a gradient itwould be one and the other
inspiration the idea grabs youand pulls you.
It pulls on your heart.
(05:40):
It's a knowing in your gut.
Often it makes no sense in yourbrain.
So when we're feeling inspired,and to break it down, that's in
spirit.
We are aligned with spirit.
That's an invisible field andWayne Dyer said when we're
(06:04):
inspired, we give it over to aforce.
We're connected to a forcegreater than our physical being.
When we're inspired, so rightaway your mind jumps in, or my
(06:26):
mind does, and I think aboutpossibility versus probability.
When my mind comes in, rememberyour brain likes the familiar.
Your brain wants to make itselfright.
So I'm going to make aprediction based on Sari's past
experiences, and I just workedwith a client this week who said
she's in the process of makingchanges, finding her voice and
(06:50):
advocating for herself with herfriends.
She's a teenager and it's roughto assert yourself sometimes,
because sometimes you pay theprice of not being liked when
that happens, and that's hard,and probability is that she's
not really going to assertherself and she might do the
(07:12):
chameleon thing to fit in.
Because we want to feel loved,we want to feel accepted.
We know that that's aprimordial part of our brain,
because connection is how we'rewired and rejection used to mean
that we would starve to death.
So it's a survival thing, okay,possibility, and I loved that
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quote.
My mom used to call me her Alicein Wonderland child and I think
it was the queen in Alice inWonderland, but not sure.
And through the looking glass,he said, I sometimes think six
impossible things beforebreakfast.
Well, anybody that knows meknows that that is me and it
drives some people absolutelycrazy, but it is just who I am
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and I'm fine, I enjoy it.
It's possibility is when we canlive in what is possible, or
maybe even impossible, but itjust hasn't happened yet, but we
feel it.
It's a desire that goes waypast our talents and way past
our abilities very often, and inthat realm of possibility is
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the most magical, magical placeand the most magical lives that
we could possibly live.
And it can be something small.
I can be inspired to paint apicture.
I could be inspired to work inmy garden.
I could be inspired to move thefamily across the country,
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which we did do.
Okay, it doesn't matter, itdoesn't have to have a big, huge
, concrete result, and it can.
It's just a good way to live.
When we live in touch with that, we're living in touch with who
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we actually are inside.
Rumi said in the garden of theworld has no limits except in
your mind.
In my classroom I had hanging aposter that had all these
beliefs on it and our motto wasbelieve.
We walked around singing the IBelieve song, michael Franti,
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and our motto was believe, belove, be kind, become and be you
, and I think that's a great wayto go through life.
So when we're inspired, there'sforces come into play to make
these things happen in our lives, and it's happened to me
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several times, several times.
I really feel like this podcastis part of this is for me to
help you change your awarenessand help lead you back home.
I know Joel Goldsmith said tolead us back to the kingdom of
God within ourselves is theteacher's job, or to lead us
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home, whatever you believe in.
So I'm going to ask you what'strying to emerge within you and
I'll give you some examples ofhow things have worked for me.
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So when I was living in Colorado, I started getting a pull tour
in the direction of Boulder.
I didn't live in Boulder and Iwas teaching yoga and then
started teaching yoga beforeschool.
On Wednesday mornings I hadkids waitlisted from a yoga club
.
It was one of the best things Iever could have done.
But I felt like I needed to getcertified, more than just the
normal yoga fit certification,which there's nothing wrong with
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.
But I'm an an education geek soI feel like I need more
training.
And I then was introduced tosomeone who was doing a yoga
teacher training up in Boulderand I could feel the pull.
It did not make sense for me todo this.
It was not going to besomething that I made money from
.
It was not going to be.
I didn't have a lot of extratime and I had to.
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It was really hard.
It was 12-hour days on theweekends, one weekend a month,
and it was hard mentally.
At the same time.
Anyone that's ever been throughyoga teacher training knows it
breaks you.
It breaks your heart open todifferent layers.
It takes away the hard layersthat we've put around our heart
and changes your life, changesyour perspective.
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It is so much more than just Ithought it was just athletic
type teacher training.
That is not what it is.
It's a life changer, or it wasfor me, and I felt that pull and
followed it, and I have metsome of the greatest people and
helped so many people with thetechniques that I learned people
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and helped so many people withthe techniques that I learned
and I practiced yoga before that, but I'm definitely dedicated
to always being I'm a lifelongyogi lifelong yogi.
So it changed my life.
When I met my husband, I was inthe middle of going to college,
a single mom with afour-year-old son, working when
he was with his dad on theweekends, between 24 and 32
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hours between Friday night andSunday night to support us, and
I had no time really to dateanybody.
My husband took a job at acountry club and it was a job he
never would have taken.
He just had a friend that ranthe kitchen.
I took a job at a country cluband it was a job he never would
have taken.
He just had a friend that ranthe kitchen.
I took a job.
I had a friend from high schoolwho got me the job as a banker
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waitress.
I just needed to make sure thatmy son and I had steady income
and that they could work withinmy hours, and they did.
They worked with me and so Itook the job.
It was not my favorite place towork.
I met absolutely the love of mylife there A couple months
after I started it was threemonths after I looked up when I
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put an order in the kitchen andI saw this guy and he had a red
bandana on and I saw his eyesand I saw just him and I thought
, wow, that's a really hot guy.
I think I want to get to knowthis guy.
And then I thought, oh, this isnot the time and I just kind of
let it go.
So that was the initial.
It wasn't you're going to bethe love of my life, it was just
that kind of thing.
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And then about a week later Iwas doing a cocktail shift and
he was having a beer after workwith his friend who got him the
job, who ran the kitchen there,the head chef and he said he
looked at him and he said I wantthat one.
He said that's the one for meand the guy Vinny, actually
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would have still been a friendof ours if we'd stayed in touch
with him a little bit longer.
He did the food at our weddingbecause he introduced us.
Then he looked at him and saidI don't think that you, that she
dates people because people askher out.
He said I actually think she'sprobably a lesbian because she
does not go out with any of theguys here.
So Stan thought you know whatI'm still going to try, and I'm
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so glad he did so.
We've been together almost 42years now.
We had one date I was notdating.
We had one date.
We took my son because therewas no way I was going to not
have him with us to the beachand had ice cream, and that was
our first date.
May 25th it will be 42 yearsago and we have been together
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ever since.
It was the most powerful thingthat has ever come over me,
other than when I gave birth inmy life.
When I met him it was as if Iwas under the influence of some
kind of I don't know what Idon't even know how to describe
it Like the moon came up.
We started talking, we talkedall night and we've literally.
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It made no sense for us to betogether and we've been together
ever since and worked through alot, but he is absolutely the
love of my life, totally.
Could have talked myself out ofit intellectually, my heart was
a hundred percent in Moving tothis state, to South Carolina,
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and manifesting our dream houseis an episode in itself.
So stay tuned for that one.
But I can tell you it works.
It definitely works.
It's just a matter of trustingyourself and staying open to
things.
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When we have problems, we eithergo to a frail part of us or we
go to the oneness and thestrength in us.
We either go to a place of thisis right or wrong, and I can
tell when I'm in that place,because I'm relentlessly blaming
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people and my conversations arelike oh, this is what happened
and that's what happened.
And you know poor me, I have apity party usually and also I'm
not feeling secure, so I startto seek advice all over the
place.
Everybody else's opinion isbetter than mine, I, I mean, I
totally lose my connection whenI'm in a place like that, when
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we have a problem and we'redealing with it in an integrated
, inspired way, we connect tothe oneness and we go within,
because we know that we have ourown answers.
We know that we're connected toa greater source that helps us
be in touch with our own answers.
We know that we're connected toa greater source that helps us
be in touch with our own answers.
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Instead of seeking advice, weseek knowledge.
Maybe we research something,but we take back the control in
that way and we let go at thesame time.
So we take the control that wegive other people out of it and
take back our power, because wehave power from so many more
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than just us.
So I know this is a lot, butthis is spring and you're
probably on the verge of makingsome changes, whether it's I'm
going to be planting a gardentoday and that is totally
inspiration and I see thatgarden in my mind Now.
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Am I inspired as I'm diggingthe dirt?
I'm thinking about those plants.
When those plants don't come upin a month, am I going to put
my hand into the ground and grabthem up at any stage, just and
say, hey, hey, I, you know, itsaid 30 days, you're supposed to
sprout.
I mean, of course not, I'mgoing to wait until they come up
on their own.
So there are some practices tohelp you along with this stage,
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with this process.
But I wanted to share a story.
I read it in a book, in a WayneDyer book actually on
inspiration, so I'm going toshare it with you and it's
called Carrots, eggs and Coffee,and I think a daughter came to
her mom and she was havingproblems in life and she said
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you know what?
Google wasn't around then.
So she was like well, what doyou think I should do, mom?
And her mom took out carrots,eggs and coffee and she boiled
some water and she put all ofthem in the water coffee beans,
raw eggs in the shell andcarrots, coffee beans, raw eggs
in the shell and carrots.
Now, as you can imagine, thecarrots were hard and they got
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soft.
The eggs were fragile and theygot hard.
The coffee kind of went with itand changed the actual water.
So the lesson being sometimesyou can be strong on something
and problems can make you weaker.
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Sometimes you can feel fragile,but you can actually be tougher
than you think.
I would prefer to be like thecoffee and just change and
dissolve and go with the water,still retaining who I am.
It was still coffee.
Why not turn into somethingthat people love, like coffee?
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So just a little story.
Here's some practices that youmight want to put into place to
help you live your inspired life.
So the first one is rememberyou don't need anything.
You don't need anything forthis.
Just listen to your nudges andyour desires, keep your heart
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and your mind open and livejoyfully.
Okay, number two if you reallywant to make God laugh, tell him
your plans.
And that was said by somebody.
It's an old quote and Iapologize, I don't know the
person who said it, but if youreally want to make God laugh,
tell him your plans.
Remember, things arrive on theirown time.
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When I plant in my garden, Ihope that it's going to come up,
but it doesn't come up becauseI'm standing there pulling it up
out of the ground.
It comes up when it's ready,and it's the same with your
intentions, it's the same withwhat you're manifesting in your
life.
It comes when it's ready.
You do your job.
The universe does her job.
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Live joyfully, as joyfully aspossible, with as much love as
possible, so that you'reenjoying the ride and you're
staying open to things.
The answer to how?
Is always yes, yes to whatmakes me feel good, yes to what
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feels like the most lovingchoice.
You don't want to be on yourdeathbed wondering whether you
really lived or not.
Don't die with your music inyou.
One of the affirmations that Iuse, that I like so much, is
it's on its way, it's arrivingon time and it's going to be
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even better than anything I everimagined.
So I decided to include somequestions and some journal
prompts in this episode.
Include some questions and somejournal prompts in this episode
.
So for the first one step, onewould be listen to the nudges.
Your soul always whispersbefore it shouts.
Think about something that'sbeen tugging at your heart
lately.
Is there a pull, a nudge you'vebeen ignoring?
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So what's something I feeldrawn to, even if it doesn't
make sense right now.
Drawn to even if it doesn'tmake sense right now.
Step two drop the how.
If you want to make God laugh,tell him your plans.
Inspiration doesn't come with ablueprint.
You don't need to know the how,just trust the what and the why
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.
Write one inspired idea ordream you've had lately.
Then write.
I don't need to know how, Ijust need to say yes.
Next step embrace possibilityover probability.
Your brain loves safety andfamiliarity, but your spirit,
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she craves expansion.
Shift your mindset Instead ofasking is this probable?
Ask, is this possible.
But your spirit, she cravesexpansion.
Shift your mindset Instead ofasking is this probable?
Ask, is this possible.
Write down three impossiblethings you'd love to believe in,
just like Alice in Wonderland.
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Step four move with joy.
Joy is a compass.
Move towards what feels goodlight, playful, soulful.
For a little challenge.
What's one thing you can dotoday that feels inspired, not
obligated?
Can you choose inspiration overobligation, just for one little
thing today?
Step five let it bloom, justlike planting seeds in the
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garden.
Your inspired ideas are goingto need time and space to grow,
so trust your divine timing.
Keep watering your dreams withbelief, joy and aligned action.
Your inspired motto can bebelieve, be love, be kind,
become and be you.
Step seven is stay connected,and it's a little bonus Listen
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to the Transform your Lifepodcast, follow me on Instagram
and book a discovery call forcoaching or classes.
I would love to hear from youfor coaching our classes.
I would love to hear from you.
Ps, if you DM me the wordinspired, you've got a special
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gift and we all like surprises.
Take care.
Thank you so much for joiningme today.
If you like this episode,please let me know.
Stop by at social media, onInstagram or my Facebook page
Just count me in and pleaseleave a comment.
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seeing you next time.
We're all in this together.
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