Hello, my dear reader!
I am so happy that you are back! It is a pleasure to be able to write to YOU!
It is full swing into summer. As a family we are enjoying swimming lessons, playing outside, taking walks, and eating good fruit! We are also preparing for travel and I am so excited about what that will all bring. There is always a renewal upon leaving the home and venturing to another place. I love to come back home after trips feeling refreshed and ready to start new things.
I have committed to this blog for Step into a New Day Life Coaching and I always ponder what to write each week or two. I allow the topic to come to me so to speak. It has been on my heart to speak about the importance of having a supportive team in our lives. This thought came to me as one of my clients told me, " I finally have my team now!" She was so happy and excited to journey through this life with trusted people who can help her live optimally and God's best life for her! She felt complete, supported, and had the strength and power to move toward the life that she wanted. I was so honored to be part of her team as her life coach at that time!
My dear reader, a team of people and helpers awaits you too!
I remember about a decade ago or more after uncovering my trauma and realizing that I was ready to GROW and let the past GO, I dove into my spiritual journey of healing and wanting to fulfill the plans that God had for me.
I needed a team.
I needed people who thought outside of the box.
I needed people with a new perspective.
I needed HOPE!
I was so scared and felt unworthy to start my team. I didn't even know I wanted a team of support. However, I felt like I didn't deserve it, I also was hesitant to invest the money into the people who could help me. These helpers are people who are not typically part of my insurance plan.
But I knew I needed to move forward and find my people anyway!
My dear reader, after the passing of my brother who has been gone for 8 months now, I needed a team desperately to come around me to help me through this tragic event. Fortunately, I had a team in place and I leaned on them heavily. I am so thankful for this team of mine that is comprised of a life coach, a therapist, a naturopathic doctor, and my regular doctors of all kinds. They each help me with a different area of my life and they are there when I need them. I never feel ashamed for needing this help! They are part of my team!
I feel supported.
I feel loved.
I feel challenged to GROW!
I am getting healthier.
I am feeling stronger.
I have a place to put my pain, fears, hopes, and dreams.
I feel HOPE!
You may be asking yourself at this point, what is the definition of a team for optimal living? Well, your team can be whatever it is that you need in your life. My team will most likely be different than your team. However, this team that you allow yourself to put together or better yet come to you will all have the same goal.
What is that goal?
This team will help you live OPTIMALLY and God's best for you!
To live optimally is to move toward thriving in your life as opposed to surviving.
Many of us live to survive. We live and cope and live and cope with whatever is going on around us. We never stop to ask ourselves, " What do I really want?" We just go on to live and cope and live and cope.
My dear reader, to live optimally is to stop living and coping. It is to give yourself the consideration it is that you need. It is to step into life, partner with God, and make your own plans.
There are people out there in this world who want to come alongside you and help you live optimally!
We need each other in this world!
We need each other in this world!
We need each other in this world!
We all have very different gifts. We need each other's gifts.
Pray and ask for the people with the gifts it is that YOU need!
So I pause and ask you, my dear reader.......
Who do you need on your journey at this moment?
Do you want to live optimally?
Do you want to stop living and coping and living and coping?
Do you want to start to thrive and have direction to move towards?
Do you want to believe that partnering with someone else can help you get to where you want to be?
If the answer is yes, let's think about what our team can look like.
Here are categories of professionals that we may want to include on our team.
1.) Teachers-they are here to teach us about anything that they are experts in.
2.) Healers- they have experience with being able to heal others on an energetic level.
3.) Functional Medicine Doctors-they are here to get to the root of the problem concerning health issues one may have.
4.) Naturopathic doctors- they specialize in many things but are also here to get to the root of health problems and I have come to learn they really help with stress management and our guts.
5.) Therapists- they are here to help heal on an emotional level by taking a look at the past. They are also able to diagnose.
6.) Mentors- they are able to come alongside you and give you advice based on something that they have gone through and are experts in.
7.) Consultants- this is someone who is also an expert in something and they know how to get results for you because they have a tried and true method.
8.) Life Coaches- this is my personal favorite! Ha! Ha! This is someone who is trained in the coaching process! As a client, you are in charge of your progress. A coach helps you move forward and can ask deep questions that allow your true self to answer. A coach can touch the longings of your heart and help you make them a reality step by step!
9.) Nutritionists- they will help you with your nutritional goals.
10.) Personal Trainers- they will help you with your physical workout goals.
11.) Spiritual advisors can be pastors, clergy, or other people who specifically help with spiritual matters.
12.) Home Organizers- this is someone who can come into your home and help you with all of your home organizing needs!
and so many more categories and people, I would be here for EVER...................
The team that you create to support your own mind, body, spirit and home is up to YOU!
The main point of this blog is to encourage you to start to form one. Allow yourself to really ask yourself what you need in order to support your journey here on earth.
You are worth it!
You deserve it!
You have one life!
Is it worth it to just be living and coping and living and coping all the days long?
There is more for you out there. You are here to GROW!
GROW How?
Physically
Spiritually
Emotionally
Mentally
LOVINGLY!
Yes, LOVINGLY, is probably the most important one! You are here to grow in love my dear reader. To grow in love with GOD, yourself, and others!
To those of you who feel like you are in a dark hole and can't see, I ask you to raise your hand! Raise your hand right now and start forming your team!
Take the first step!
Who do you need by your side?
Who do you need to walk with you toward your best life?
Now, I would like to challenge you today. Are you ready for the challenge?
CHALLENGE
1.) Get quiet, grab a paper and pen and ask yourself, " who do I need on my team first?" Is it a life coach? Is it a therapist? Is it a personal trainer? Who do you need? I invite you to write it down.
2) Once you have the first person on your team selected, it is time to find the actual person. Ask your trusted friends and loved ones for suggestions. Look up the person on your local community Facebook page. Google it! Pray about it and allow God to guide you to the specific person that you need to encounter!
3) Make. the. call or book the appointment- Do it! You may be hesitant, you may not want to invest the money. You may be scared to show up for yourself. Do it! Start the process and get it moving. You will not regret what you will receive on the other side.
4) Commit to yourself! Commit to forming the team it is that you need to support you while you are here on earth! Do numbers 1-3 all over again when you need to add the next person to your team. You will know when the time is right!
Did you do it? High Five through the blog page!
We all need a team, my dear reader! You will be on your way to an optimal life as you set up your team little by little and step by step!
We are here in this world as lights so that we can light the paths of others!
Allow some light into your life! You will not regret it!
I pray for your journey my dear reader and the guidance that you will receive to build your team! I am truly excited for you! It is such a blessing to receive HELP from others! Tell all the naysaying in your mind to take a hike and allow the LOVE to come pouring in from those who LOVE you!
YAY! I bid you peace, love, and joy on this journey as you BUILD your team!!!
Please know that you are not alone and that you just might be searching for your
"team to support you in your optimal" life as well. I love you and God loves you! All are welcome here!
I invite you to subscribe to this blog if you are a hurting person who is still determined to lead a healing life! I am here for it and I can't wait to see where the Lord takes us!
Please pass this along to friends and family who would be interested in these topics.
I love you!
God Bless You!
Brandis
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
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What a great blog! I wholeheartedly agree that we all need a team! I'm going to pray about who I need to add to my team right now! Thanks again for this reminder and encouragement! BTW, I just ordered "The Climb" Volume 1. I can't wait to receive it!