Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2016 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 40

gaining their personal balance is the belief that some emotions are not okay to feel – I’ m thinking particularly about hatred / rage.

Our culture especially conditions women not to express rage, and to avoid all anger at the cost of their wellbeing. So it’ s no wonder that so many women retreat through the thoughts that lead through insecurity, guilt and unworthiness and then sink into the mire of depression and helplessness!

My friend confirmed this was her experience and when I reassured her that if she would just allow herself to reach for a better-feeling thought( like the rage / revenge fantasy of taking her husband’ s kneecaps out with his golf club), she would move through the rage very quickly.

When I asked her which feels better- rage / revenge / anger or depression / despair / powerlessness- the answer was clearly the former.

To be clear, no matter where you are on the scale, you have the ability to create an upward spiral of positivity, rather than a downward spiral of negativity – and once you get the hang of it, you’ ll never get stuck in a negative loop again.

Remember, it’ s not“ the arriving” at your goal that’ s interesting – it’ s who you become on the journey. That’ s why you want to make sure that you’ re choosing good thoughts and feeling good about yourself all along the way.

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Stacey Curnow- Stacey helps women find and live their purpose. She left behind a 20-year career as a nurse-midwife, helping women give birth to babies, to help you give birth to your BIG dreams. You can sample her work by reading The Purpose and Passion Guidebook: 6 Steps to Doing Good, Feeling Good and Achieving Your Dreams. It will inspire you to tap into your deepest desires, claim your true value and identify your soul’ s work in order to live your best life. You can get it FREE from her website at www. staceycurnow. com.

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