Breathing IS Receiving

How good are you at receiving? I mean, really letting the good stuff in?

• Compliments
  

• Someone holding the door for you
  

• An employee offering to carry your groceries to your car (company policy)
  

• The quarter you stepped over to leave for someone else
  

• Someone slowing down on the interstate to let you merge...

(I hear you: “Nobody lets me in; they just zoom past.” That’s a curiosity for another time, my friend!) :D

There are so many ways we politely—or not—decline abundance. And then we wonder why nobody notices our new haircut, or why we were turned down for that raise.

Here’s the truth: These patterns are connected.

When we deny abundance—in ANY form—we’re sending a signal to the Universe: “Nope, I’m good. I don’t need anything.” And the Universe responds with, “Cool, I’ll stand by,” or worse, gives us more of the same: less, lack, and limitation.

Does this mean you should say YES to everything without discernment?
No, of course not. But it does mean it’s worth paying attention to where you don’t feel comfortable accepting help or offers of abundance. Or where you leave that quarter (or opportunity) on the table because “someone else needs it more.”

(Yep, I’ve been there.)

A while back, I realized:

Breathing IS Receiving.

So many of us—especially women—are in the habit of giving, giving, and giving some more. We know we can’t pour from an empty cup, but somehow that doesn’t always stop us from trying.

Let’s do something together:

• Exhale all the air from your lungs.
  

• Pause.
  

• Take a tiny inhale... and exhale fully again.
  

• Keep going.

How long before you’re low on oxygen? Feeling lightheaded? Tired? Annoyed at me for asking you to exhale more? (Do you see where I’m going with this?)

We cannot survive by exhaling alone. And we cannot thrive by giving alone. It's simple biology. And quantum physics. And other science-y stuff. It’s the truth of our bodies—and our energetic selves.

This is SO important, I’m going to repeat it: WE CANNOT THRIVE IF WE ONLY GIVE.

Today, notice how you breathe.

• Are you taking deep, nourishing inhales?
  

• Or just sucking in enough air to get by?

Notice your breath AND notice how you receive. What are you allowing in right now? No judgment—just awareness. And once you notice, you get to decide what you allow in next.

Keep inhaling, my friend! You’ve got this.

PS: Need some help figuring out why you’re having trouble letting the good stuff in? Email me—We CAN help you create new patterns and receive more of what you want most.