Vortex Tool
A vortex is defined as the motion of a fluid swirling rapidly around a center. 
That is what this tool I developed is all about.  By diving into the process  (a dying of the old self) what is born out of the vortex is your true self!  A vortex of inwardness of inward being.

Values - discover your top 5 values through awareness, insights, and perspectives.  When you know your values and incorporate them into your daily life you are honoring who you are.   Decisions and life choices will be clear and made with ease by knowing what it is you value.  Much happiness will arise from living in alignment with these values. 

Objective -  relating to an object or end goal. What are your goals?  When you know your values and the goals you set are in alignment with those values your chances for successful achievement are substantially greater. 
*develop an action plan to achieve your goal with structures set in place to ensure success.
*remember to celebrate and acknowledge yourself when action steps are met.


Role models have the ability to move us forward on our life path.  Think of a characteristic or quality of one of your greatest role models.  Now close your eyes and image and feel what it is like to be that person.  How do they act and move in the world? See yourself as moving and having your being in this manner.   Or.....if you are really bold be your own role model.  Model out in the world who it is you want to be regardless of whether you think you are that or not.  Just be it!  You really are that already - you have just forgotten.  Remind yourself. 

Teachings are a great motivator in helping you to stay positive and focused.  Think of what teachings you have used in your life or take some time to find teachings that inspire you and help you move forward with your life and goals. 
     Think on these:
Regardless of your lot in life, you can build something beautiful on it.    -Zig Ziglar
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.   -Martin Luther King
Decision is the spark that ignites action.  Until a decision is made nothing happens.  -Wilfred A. Peterson
If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.  -Cavett Robert
Don't be afraid to go where you have never gone and do what you have never done because both are necessary to have what you have never had and be who you have never been.  -Mike Dooley
and my favorite...
Be the change you wish to see in the world.  -Gandhi

Experience or action.  Move into new experiences that you decide upon that support your goals.  Embrace life with these experiences.  Also, think on past experiences and how they served you.  What worked and what didn't?  What did you learn from them and how can you apply that to your future experiences?

X stands for an exemplary life  (so commendable as to serve as a model).    You will be living an empowered life that you created.  This empowerment has the ability to serve you going forward in every aspect of who YOU are. You will be a shining example to the world.

Happy Journeying my friends :)
Dawn

The Cure for Judgment

The cure for judgment is not simply acceptance of the other.  The path is slightly more circuitous than that.  The cure for judgment is self-love.  When people lack love for themselves, they move into the world from an unstable base.  In order to try to gain a sense of their place in the world, they begin comparing themselves to others.  When you compare yourself to others, you are in a state of judgment, because no two people are the same and you will always end up with a conclusion that you are better than the other person or they are better than you. 

People, who truly love and value themselves, don't feel the need to compare themselves to others.  Where they do make comparisons, it is with their own performance at an earlier point in time, and their vision of themselves in the future.  They become their own touchstone for achievement and success.  Once you are in this state of feeling in control of your own success, you have a stable base from which to engage with others.  Instead of comparing other people's lives to yours, you are able to allow them their own journey.

When you practice self-love and focus on your own life journey, it is a natural extension to then allow others to do the same.  A person is able to look at another person, without comparing their life to his or her own.  Instead, they support the person to go through a similar process of growth, to become their own touchstone for achievement and success.  A person who doesn't judge is able to respect and celebrate the separate and unique human journey of another person.

The world is divided up between those who practice self-love and those who don't.  Self-love is a long-term disciplined practice, which all human beings struggle with over time.  If you feel that judgement is creeping into your relationships, perhaps this is a signal to stop for a moment, and focus on nurturing yourself.  Revisit your own goals, acknowledge yourself, reconnect with your support circle, celebrate your magnificence, and then feel the judgment simply fall away!!

Releasing Judment ICA module