From Brokenness to Wholeness: Embracing the Journey to Wholeheartedness

Ever had that aching feeling of being just a tiny bit too broken to bring everything together? Trust me, we've all been down that road.

Today I'm starting a conversation about our often fragmented selves and the journey to becoming wholehearted, inspired by the shards of broken glassware on my kitchen counter.

They're like a metaphor for our lives - sometimes fragmented, sometimes a bit too broken, but always worth piecing back together.

Join me as I define the characteristics of a wholehearted person, including self-acceptance, courage, emotional resilience, and the power of living in the present. I'll also share the tools and resources that have been pivotal in my own journey from brokenness to wholeness.

This might be just the spark you need to navigate your own path with renewed confidence. Keep in mind, it's not about being perfect, it's about being wholehearted.

 Let's embark on this journey together, one piece at a time.

00:01:50 Self-Help Overload 00:02:39 Finding Help 00:03:09 Feeling the Burden 00:03:50 A Sneak Preview 00:04:27 What is Wholehearted? 00:06:37 Emotional Resilience 00:07:31 Your Core Values 00:09:18 There is Hope 00:10:32 Closing

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Marijanel (00:00):
Do you see where you want to go in life and you
desire to live a wholehearted,fulfilling lifestyle, and yet
you just feel like things arejust too messy and broken and a
bit fragmented all over theplace and that your life is just
I don't know, a mess?
Well, we've all been there.
I know that feeling and I knowall of the steps that it's taken

(00:23):
me of deep inner work,reflection, introspection, to go
through the personal work ofarriving on the other side, not
perfect by any means, butpushing through to what I feel
like is living my life purposeand calling with confidence.
You know I have had sitting onmy counter all week some broken

(00:44):
pieces of glassware.
Okay, they got on my counterbecause they broke and I didn't
want to just throw them in thegarbage bin because I was
fearful that someone would likesmash down the garbage bag and
hurt themselves, cut themselveson the broken glass.
So I wanted to find somecardboard, wrap them up and then
dispose of them, and so theyhave been sitting on my counter

(01:04):
pretty much staring at me in allof their brokenness.
This here that you see onYouTube is a glass that broke in
the dishwasher and I found allthe pieces of glass so that they
weren't, you know, dangerousand put them in the glass.
And it's just been sittingthere looking at me broken.
And I came in from a walk thismorning and saw the broken
glassware just sitting there andhad something on my to-do list

(01:25):
which irritated me but became areminder of how we all feel at
times, of how our life is likefragmented and broken, and it
just sits there and stares at uson there on our to-do list like
it's on our to-do list to dealwith our own selves and we feel

(01:48):
exhausted from all that we haveto do in life.
In some ways we're burnt out ofself-help and you know the
Marijanel Show has reallypivoted to focus on things like
developing confidence andself-worth and knowing and
understanding our purpose andcall and using our talents and
applying that toentrepreneurship if that's what

(02:09):
the picture of our life lookslike.
And all of this would certainlyfall into the category of
self-help.
And I myself I'm deliveringthis message and you know I
myself am exhausted of all ofthe information out there that
is bombarding us with self-helpand yet somehow, somehow, we

(02:31):
have to navigate through thebrokenness of our hearts and the
world and find the help andtools to put the pieces back
together again.
And in the summer, later in theseason, i'm going to be
releasing some tools andresources that have really
helped me to come through theother side of brokenness, into a

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place of being wholehearted notperfect, but wholehearted.
And there is a difference.
And I came home from my walkafter previewing an upcoming
podcast where I speak onwholeheartedness and I my heart
was stirring and I was feelingthis.
I'm going to call it a burdenfor the brokenness, the

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fragments that we're all goingthrough, where we're trying to
sort through the pieces of ourlife to come through and push
through with confidence.
We all have this knowing, wehave this desire to live our
fullest lives possible and yetthere's so much that we have to
put back together again in orderto come through the other side.
And I had this burden and Ilooked at the glassware on my

(03:35):
counter and I was like, yeah, ihave to do a shorty cast today
and I have to pull out a previewof an upcoming podcast where I
share on wholeheartedness, justto give you a glimpse of what's
coming, but mostly to encourageyour heart and spirit that, no
matter what brokenness you'regoing through today in a

(03:57):
proverbial way, no matter whatbroken glassware staring at you
from your counter and justirritating you that you can't
figure out how to deal with it,there is hope.
There is hope for us together,as a community, to work through
our pieces and come to the otherside wholehearted.

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We might not be perfect, but wecan come into wholeheartedness.
And I've begun to define whatwholeheartedness means to me,
what I feel like it means, evenaccording to the dictionary, but
what it means to me to be awholehearted person.
So let me take you into thisglimpse preview of an upcoming
podcast where I single out justa few minutes where I talk about

(04:39):
the power and authenticity ofbeing wholehearted.
Some of the key characteristicsof knowing a wholehearted person
, or spotting one, would be theauthenticity the wholehearted
individual embraces their trueselves, living in alignment, as
I mentioned, with those corevalues, beliefs and desires.

(05:00):
Knowing my beliefs has beenincredibly pivotal for me, even
starting the mentorship programsand even for knowing where I
want to go with myentrepreneurial life or with
even impersonal relationships,because I know my belief system
and I'm in tune with it and thenable to set those boundaries.

(05:22):
Several episodes back, i talkedabout boundaries and and going
with your intuition.
If you don't know any of that,you'll be wishy-washy in the
wind and, trust me, i've beenthere before.
But you know, developingyourself through the practice of
journaling helps you to comeinto that, that place where you

(05:42):
no longer compromise yourauthenticity, you no longer
question your value system andyou can cultivate a deep sense
of self-acceptance and self-lovethrough this practice.
It helps you to take courage andthis is another trait of being
whole and being wholehearted,because you cannot be whole

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without courage, because youhave to step into that
vulnerable place to take risksand face the challenges head-on
with bravery, to do thingsafraid and to just, you know,
pursue, to pursue the dreamswithout backing down.
And whole individuals tend tohave their.
They've let go of theirjudgments and failures and

(06:28):
regrets and everything in orderto pursue their dreams.
So these are like someindicators that just show you
what it's like to be whole, andthey also carry emotional
resilience.
So what I mean by that is to bea whole.
Whole heart of person requiresemotional resilience, which
means you're able to navigateand process the abundance and

(06:49):
wide range of emotions, both thepositive and the negative ones.
Okay, you're able to navigatethat without getting overwhelmed
or shutting down, and, trust me, we all know how many different
of the overwhelming sense ofemotions and decisions that are
out there in the world today.

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It can be very, very confusing,and the art of journaling really
helps us to begin to labelthings and list things and
understand what's on our mindand what's bothering us even,
and then to sort it and be ableto make decisions based on our
core values and beliefs.

(07:30):
And you know, i feel that weare so decision fatigued.
I also am going to be sharingin the upcoming class about a
strategy that I call thedecision session having a
journal time session.
It is just about how, where Iteach, how I make decisions by
journaling, and it is, so youknow, transformative in the

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sense that when you are decisionfatigued and you can't sort out
your thoughts and you're justlike I don't know what to do,
you can journal yourself.
Through that.
You can journal yourself whole,and so these tools are really
invaluable.
You can grow so muchself-compassion that's another
mark of a wholehearted person isthe self-compassion because you

(08:15):
know yourself and you begin toforgive yourself, and you begin
to show grace on your ownmistakes and understand yourself
better and like where it's allcoming from and there another
mark is just living in thepresent.
The wholehearted person reallyembraces the now and they let go
of the past regrets and thefuture anxieties and just lives

(08:37):
here and now, in the richness oflife as it unfolds.
I hope something thereresonated with you and gave you
something to ponder through theweek as you consider what it
means for you to become awholehearted individual, to
become your most authentic self,living out your purpose,

(08:58):
calling with confidence.
And you know I go back tothinking about those broken
dishes that were sitting on mycounters, tearing at me all week
, and how they reminded me ofeven my own heart at the times
that I've been fragmented, whereI feel it felt really broken,
like I couldn't fix myself.
And I want you to know that ifyou relate to that, if you feel

(09:19):
like you're in a state ofbrokenness and you think, mary
Dinelle, i just don't know howto become this wholehearted
person, the mentorship programsthat I'm designing are going to
be aligned with supporting youand helping you to get there.
But I want you to know thatit's a journey.
It takes time and I hold on tofirm belief to hope that there

(09:44):
is purpose and calling anddestiny on your life, that there
is hope for you.
If there's anything that youtake away from today's short
cast, it's that you would knowthat there is hope and that all
the brokenness that you areexperiencing can be put back
together again to make abeautiful mosaic, to make a

(10:07):
beautiful picture, and I wantyou to know there's hope.
Thank you for being here.
You know where to find me.
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You can check me out on socialmedia.
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ways to get involved with whatI'm doing and my upcoming
mentorship programs.

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