FROM CRISIS TO COURAGE AND PAIN TO PURPOSE. The LinkedIn Guideline For Creating the Greatest Expression of Your Life You Can Imagine.

Article #01 - Introduction

If you feel like something is missing from your life – you’re right and it’s your purpose! Many of us live our lives from day to day with that nagging feeling deep inside like we deserve to have more happiness and freedom in our lives but the question remains: “How do we take that feeling and create strategies and activities that will actually begin to transform our lives?”

You see, abundance in all forms is simply the byproduct of discovering and bringing your purpose to life. Because a majority of us on LinkedIn play in the corporate arena, this statement might sound sort of “out there” but the more I experience life, the more I am convinced that this is the truth.

This LinkedIn series is written for the professionals that are wandering around the desert of uncertainty, thirsting to have more clarity on how to be truly happy and to come alive again. It’s for those who just don’t aspire to make a living, but aspire to make a difference. For those who are willing to press PAUSE and finally get to the root cause of what is keeping you stuck and learn ways to put new knowledge into action. It’s not for the comfort seekers, because comfort is a stance of avoidance rather than the pursuit of excellence - the more comfortable, the less alive. It’s for the purpose seekers, the ones that have tried many things, have succeeded and failed, but will not stop trying until that ever so rare “click” happens where you know without a shadow of a doubt, that you are on your way to greatness.

Why am I writing this article series titled “From Crisis to Courage and Pain to Purpose”? Because I lived my life on autopilot, which is the worst kind of shallow life to live, being at the whim of whatever happened to me. I was stuck, confused, and pined to connect to this incredible energy and power I knew was inside of me but was dormant and hidden. Unfortunately, it literally took the life that I spent building for over 35 years, completely blowing up, along with my sense of control and vision for my future. And through that series of crises and a lot of pain, I finally came to a place where I literally had no choice but to either completely give up or to dig as deep as I could to begin to learn how to put the pieces of my life back together. The only difference was, that this time, I promised myself that I would do whatever it took to re-create my life the right way, where all the pieces fit seamlessly and perfectly together. I was determined to create a beautiful picture of the life I always longed for and deserved. 

Over the course of my years of rebuilding, I’ve noticed that the more that I fight for my dreams and step fearlessly into my purpose, the more peace and happiness I have. But don’t get me wrong, changing thought patterns and habits is not easy at first. Especially when you start from a place like I did where you have no clue what to do. It was like I was given a blank canvas with a few specific tools and a very limited amount of supplies, and I had to create what I felt to be a beautiful work of art that would finally describe the truth of who I was to the world. Not who I thought I should be, because that didn’t last, but who I was created to be. I distinctly remember being given the task to write down a short paragraph about “what makes me happy in life?” Well at that point, I had lost almost everything that had given me a sense of contentment, but to actually give myself the opportunity to be happy and describe what that could be? I was numb and couldn’t even put a full sentence together to give an honest answer. That’s when I realized for all of those years I was hiding in who I thought I should be and at the same time, I was losing myself.

I had to learn the hard way that if you want to get something you never had, you need the courage to do something you never did.

This series of articles will take you through some of the key steps that I took to begin to understand my purpose and the hidden code for transforming your dreams into reality. Over the next few months, I will post an article weekly writing on the following topics:

·        Reveal Your Survival Patterns

·        Eliminate Toxic Thoughts

·        Get Clarity on Your Dreams

·        Identify the Limiting Behaviors and Stories

·        Discover the Root Causes That’s Keeping You Stuck

·        Steps to Healing from the Past

·        Identify Your Meaning, Sense of Purpose, and Social Contribution

·        Create Courage Steps

·        Motivate Yourself Through Fear

·        The Live Full Action Plan

LinkedIn is a large forum with thousands and thousands of professionals from across the world coming together. But what is even more powerful is that we all share something in common: we are part of something greater. All pain comes bearing lessons, all suffering has meaning, and all of us long to live life to the fullest and make an impact in the world.

So get ready to take a journey with me that will change your life forever. Don’t let another day go by standing in the way of the light that could shine through you. You have a choice to change and come alive again. When you begin to take the steps necessary to identify your purpose, you won’t have to aimlessly chase money, money will abundantly flow to you. Your soul mate will be where your purpose is, you can step into a life of health and wellbeing and make peace with food and your self-image. Your purpose will also guide you to a career or business of your dreams!

Remember, you matter and can make a difference!

Always,

Leah