Wishing You A Happy New Year

During this turbulent year, I hope you have stayed safe, healthy and motivated as much as possible. Each of us has had our own journey this year and I want to share with you some of my reflections as we embark on a new year.

2020 has been a very different and challenging year for many of us. Socially, politically, economically and medically we have been challenged in ways as a global community that we haven’t in recent memory. It has been hard to say the least.

It took me a life long journey to get to a place where I understand that my heart knows my path to JOY in life, the power of my mind is augmented by cultivating the CALM, and that honoring the connection between the two is the absolute way to living an authentic life.

Heart Mind Tuning mission was born out of this journey and my own struggle to heal past a traumatic brain injury. I learned first hand what it means to lose hope, what it takes to build resilience and how IMPERMENANT life can be.

As I send you this new year wish, I want to remind you of your power: Your story, is yours. You are the author. Own your power as the author. It is possible that we experience writer blocks at times. We might run out of ideas on how to craft that story. I see coaching as that partnership to GET YOU GOING. You are not handing your pen to anyone else. You are just learning that it is never too late to write another chapter, choose your own adventure, change your path, redefine your values, re-write your whole life story or even cast yourself in a totally different story as a hero! ??

2020 has proven that having a WHY to live is essential. Many of us have kept our hopes ALIVE by summoning the thoughts of people we LOVE. In 2020, it was access to the meaning of life that led us  to developing what I call modern resilience. Modern resilience is not just about bouncing back from adversities of life but the ability to be present with sufferings coming our way so we can respond to them real time. When we have developed such resilience in ourselves, we have the inner strength to raise us above our outward fate. Our outward fate at this time: Pandemic, unemployment, isolation, lock down and most importantly uncertainty of when it will all finish.

When regarding inner calm in this light, I am reminded of Victor Frankel insight: “Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.”

My invitation to you is to GRANT yourself a Mini Retreat. Plan to get totally disconnected amongst the nature and assess: Are you HAPPY? How much of that mental capacity for modern resilience you can access? Where is your inner power?

As we say in coaching: practice self-care, and do something good for yourself. This is your self-care. This is your gift to yourself. Living without letting yourself ask these questions is like allowing yourself to be punched over and over. Maybe you have grown strong enough or numb enough that the blows do not even find their mark on you but their hurt under certain conditions is more than the ones that find its mark. This is a time to fill your own cup. This is NOT your break from life, but investing in CONNECTING to life.

It is ONLY through this Mini Retreat that you can allow yourself to integrate your 2020. What chapter did you write? What chapter do you want to write in 2021? The turning of the year is a perfect excuse to take a PAUSE and connect with what really matters to you.

If you and I are connected on Linkedin, you will receive an email from me with resources to support you in planning and holding your Mini Retreat. If we are not connected, please email me to share them with you. I absolutely believe in the collective good that comes out of taking this PAUSE for you and for the universe.

In the end, I hope you will continue our collective journey in the practice of tuning the heart and mind by allowing us to partner with you in building the PAUSE in your life, career, and leadership to be more PRODCUTIVE, IMPACTFUL and INTUNED with your INTENTIONS for 2021.

Cheers to a graceful close to an unbelievably tough year, and wishing for a hope-filled 2021.

Your Partner in Pausing to Rise;

Kathy Hadizadeh