• “ Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.” – Eckhart Tolle.

For the last 7 years, I’ve been on a spiritual journey of discovering who I really am, so I can unbecome all I thought I should be to create the life of my dreams.

I want this for you too.

I’d reached my 40s and ticked all the boxes that society said I should. Got the degree, career, partner, kids, nice house, holidays, great friends so why wasn’t I feeling the happiness and fulfillment that was promised? Instead, I felt empty, disconnected and had that dreadful feeling of not being good enough or truly happy…

Was this it?

What started as a whisper during 2017 resulted in me being spiritually shaken awake in New York in 2018. In the space of 24 hours, I heard my name 7 times until I finally gave in, took a deep breath and said quietly but firmly “Whoever you are, I’m listening. Show me what it is I’m here for”. Since then, what has unfolded is magical. Now I understand I was being asked to listen within, to listen to something far greater than myself so I could live the life of my dreams.

Maybe you’re done with flip flopping around trying to grab that elusive joy like I was. I know the only place you can create this is from within…When you do this, you pave the way to freedom and create opportunities to have the most meaningful, magnificent and abundant life.

So how do you do this?

• Listen to the voice of your soul

To cut through the mental noise, you just need to turn up the volume on the inside voice, Allow that to be the guiding light on your path, instead of listening to the one in your head.  It takes bravery and courage to make decisions from the energy of your soul residing in your heart, because we haven’t been taught to live like this. Our authenticity is so often buried underneath who we think we should be to survive in the world, that we don’t know or trust who we really are.

Become very present and always check in with how you feel when you make choices. You’ll know from how you feel inside if it’s right for you. When you make decisions from your truth, this create the happiness and peace you seek, where it no longer feels like hard work and you bask in the ease and flow of life.

• Knowing your True Values

This is key to creating a happy life.  When I worked in the corporate world, I thought success, money, recognition, promotion and reward were my values. No wonder I felt so out of alignment with who I truly was! These weren’t mine, they had been conditioned into me as what I thought I should have.  Whether it’s what you value in a relationship, a job, where you live, or in your health or wealth goals, you’ll only create true happiness if you live according to what’s truly important to you.

• Challenge your Beliefs

Being authentic is daring to discover and challenge all those unconscious self limiting beliefs and thoughts conditioned into you when you were a child. They don’t belong to you! Think about what you believe, what you heard and saw that you took to be true and have lived your life by. Start poking holes in these beliefs, are they true? Who did you hear them from? What would you rather believe…and why?  When you pour awareness on this, you have the power to transcend your subconscious mind and start making conscious choices from who you really are, instead of being a slave to outdated programming.

• Stepping into your power

It might seem impossible or unsafe to follow your dreams, especially if you fear judgment or rejection. However, the trick is to know how to navigate this, otherwise it’s easy to plunge back down to where you once were, resulting in feelings of frustration, disappointment or powerlessness. When you have awareness, you can override these fears and remind yourself that it is not life threatening to live from your truth.

• Choosing to love yourself first

For you to live authentically as you, you have to fall radically in love with who you actually are. I began to fully accept myself, my decisions, my body, all that I had done or not. I forgave myself, letting go of other’s opinions of me and started to speak to myself with love, respect and dignity. I went into the parts of me I didn’t like, embracing all that I am and listened to my wants and needs, making sure I filled my cup every day. With a deep sense of trust in who I really was designed to always be, my confidence soared and my joy went through the roof.

This is a life waiting for you, where you choose to be led by the heartstrings of your soul, instead of the trappings of your mind.  It’s available to everyone and is the answer to what we are all searching for. The freedom to be authentically us.

About Diane Hill

Diane is a Transformational Coach, Author of the bestselling book “Authentic, Aligned and Abundant – Your Triple A Guide To Creating Your Magnificent Life” and an Energy Release Practitioner. Her purpose is to consciously uplevel the world so everyone lives from their truth to create the freedom and happiness she knows is available to everyone. She works with highly driven women who are ready to release the struggle and overwhelm of life – all the “doing” and chasing success, teaching them how to lean into the ease and flow of “being” who they were designed to be so they create the real success they crave – a life of meaning and fulfillment.  To learn more about her offering, visit www.dihillcoaching.com or find Di on Facebook (www.facebook.com/dihillempowermentcoach) or LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-hill-8621b71a8/