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September 3, 2014

Feeling Stuck?

Sometimes we get comfortable in places that don’t quite fit. We might feel content for a while… but, over time, the corners and edges begin to constrict and squish our creativity… making it difficult to move yet so uncomfortable to stay… and pushing dreams out of reach. But just because…
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September 3, 2014

Surfboards and Straw Hats

In my mind, I’m the chick in the Athleta catalog with the easy smile and spontaneous spirit, my dog and surf board and straw hat beside me in the Jeep as we head from the beach to the mountains on our next adventure. I try to relax and get closer…
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September 3, 2014

Welcome!

Welcome to You Are Not Stuck, a community for dreamers, for seekers, for all of us who want a life of meaning, freedom and contentment. The choices are in our hands. Don’t be afraid of change!
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Wednesday it was like this. Today it’s like this

Wednesday it was like this. Today it’s like this. The only constant is change.

#nowitslikethis #youarenotstuck #change #parinamavada

This illustration from @milanicreative nails it: I

This illustration from @milanicreative nails it: It’s not *usually* about taking the one giant Thelma and Louise-type leap. It’s about taking a series of small, deliberate steps in the direction of your dreams. Consistency and persistency over time, as an old boss used to say.

Is there risk in some of those steps? YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. Every time we step outside the realm of what’s safe, what’s predictable, and what’s known and step into what’s potentially unsafe, unpredictable, and unknown… we accept some degree of risk. What if?? What then??? But mindset matters. Will we step with confidence or trepidation? Mindfully or on autopilot? Carrying a sense of direction or one of desperation?

I think back to 10 years ago when I stepped off the corporate wheel. That was a risk, for sure – but very much a necessary one. Later, it felt risky when I began to identify myself a yoga teacher and, years after that, a writer. But we become by doing; we validate ourselves through our experiences; we reap the bounty by planting seeds. We walk by stepping.

The question is, as @elizabeth_gilbert_writer puts it: “What are you willing to do to have the life you say you want?” What are you walking toward, and what are you willing to risk to arrive there?

#babysteps #intention #mindset #goals #change #choices #risk #worthit

I had The. Best. Time. talking recently with @case

I had The. Best. Time. talking recently with @caseymdavidson on The Hello Someday Podcast. 😁 We chatted about what stops us from changing what’s not working in our lives as well as...

✅ How making soul-guided choices is they key to getting unstuck

✅ Why women often don’t feel authorized to disrupt the status quo

✅ Why alcohol acts as a pacifier to keep you quiet

✅ How to break the cycle of fear and make bold choices

✅ How to give yourself permission to change

✅ High heels vs. minivans (+ so much more)

I'd love for you to give a listen! There's a link in the bio under "Becky in the News."

#youarenotstuck #youarenotstuckbook #empowerment #choices #unstuck #sober #soberlife #sobercurious #sobriety #soberauthor #soberpodcast #highheels #minivan

Just a reminder about my weekly online gathering T

Just a reminder about my weekly online gathering THE CIRCLE. It's every Wednesday at noon E / 11 a.m. C / 9 a.m. P via Zoom, a combination deep talk/soul food/big hug/forehead kiss. Come one, come all. 💜

https://www.youarenotstuck.com/the-circle/

#youarenotstuck #empowerment #choices #thecircle #cometogether #gather

It’s been exactly a decade since I stepped out o

It’s been exactly a decade since I stepped out of the corporate world to pursue a life that looks radically different from the one I lived then: new priorities, new career, new marriage, new home – even new tattoos!

During that time I grew my yoga and personal development teaching, I mostly avoided the realm of business, in part because I felt it unrepresentative of the new life I was creating but also because I felt *I* was now unrepresentative of business culture. No one told me that but my own mind, of course; it was a byproduct of my own rebellion. I outcasted and othered myself.

In the last year since I have returned to business consulting, I’ve realized just how unnecessary, even shortsighted, my self-imposed absence was. First, business is in my blood. I can’t deny it… nor do I want to. More than that, though, business – and the real human people who work within it – needs these principles more than ever:

Empowerment. Values. Choices. Self-awareness. Self-trust. Self-care. Agency. Permission. Mindfulness. Boundaries.

We need these principles at work, at home, in our relationships with others, in our relationship with ourSelves. And it’s heartening to watch conversation around these topics move to the forefront of our thinking *and* our actions. What we see over on LinkedIn about mental health, physical health, family, flexibility and balance is proof that the ship is turning.

But, as we know, big ships turn slowly, and there remains so much more to change.

Thank you to the many companies and organizations that have invited me to talk about how employee empowerment serves not just the individual but the business as a whole, how it helps with retention and engagement, how it’s imperative and essential to performance and growth.

My passion for these topics has only deepened over these last 10 years, and It’s good to be back in the arena — tattoos and all.

#empowerment #choices #change #empoweringwomen #business #culture #mentalhealth #mindfulness #yoga #tattoos #engagement #personaldevelopment #growth #consulting #values #boundaries #balance #family

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