Healthy Chicks

This past Saturday evening, I had the pleasure of meeting the beautiful Gabby Bernstein at her talk + booksigning in Boston for “The Universe Has Your Back.” 200+ curious souls came together at a church in Brookline to hear this wonderwoman speak.

She spoke of seeing the lesson when sh*t hits the fan, surrendering again and again, and how obstacles are really detours in the right direction. We meditated. We chanted. We cried. And then when it came time for the Q & A, something inside me said “Go ahead, get up there and ask.”

I found myself in line with about 15 other women, shaking as the church fan blew my hair. Finally, it was my turn at the microphone. It was time to get real. It was time to get vulnerable.

“Hi Gabby, I’m Rachel. A couple months ago I left a job that was no longer serving me. I had a strong voice inside me saying ‘Stop striving and seeking, and let things flow to you.’ It’s now been 3 months, and I feel like things aren’t really flowing. I’m feeling very behind. What do you advise I do?”

Her first word: Gratitude.

Gabby told me that I needed to pause, and appreciate all of what I do have by practicing gratitude and finding something every day – even if just your morning coffee – that I appreciate. She told me the story I had been telling myself of “It’s just not working!” is the very thing that was keeping me stuck.

Bam. Boy did she hit the nail on the head.

That next morning, I curled up on the couch with my morning lemon elixir and my new book, and made a commitment to myself to see things differently. In that moment, I decided to go back to an old practice that needed some dusting off: my gratitude journal. Each and every day, I will write something I am grateful for.

After all, as Gabby says, “Energy flows where your attention goes.” Now isn’t that the truth?

Xoxo,

Rachel