What is it that you are longing to do?

What part of your life do you just wish you could branch out and be your best self?

There is some dream you wish to achieve and some level you know you can ascend to but just haven’t gotten there yet.  Whether it be an out of this world aspiration of crazy heights that you keep to yourself as a deep dark secret, or just one step higher on the ladder of your journey that your loved ones know you are striving towards – know that you can do it!  Know that you are worthy of reaching your full potential and you are worth it RIGHT NOW, right as you are – even if you don’t believe me.

There are so many things in my life that I have huge dreams to accomplish and so many times I doubt myself thinking “Who am I to share my thoughts with the world, why does the world care about what I have to say? Does the world really need another artist, or another fashion designer?” I have had these very thoughts millions of times, some right when I was procrastinating making my next move, and some RIGHT AS I was writing a blog, drawing my art or designing an outfit.  But then, I get just one person telling me I helped them, one more person commissioning a custom illustration or getting the opportunity to be asked to create artwork for their book (Like Cindy’s new book REAL Beautiful that my art is featured in– click here to read more) and I realize that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing.  It’s a hard voice to stand up against. We all have this doubt and sometimes the voice asking those questions is louder than others.  I have learned in all of my years of constant self-discipline, self-growth, education and experience to quiet that voice inside and sometimes (but not all the time) I don’t even hear it any more.

I am here to say it’s ok to take the step further. It is MORE than ok to have everything you ever wanted, but to get it you must be willing to invest in yourself.

As Marianne Williams’ famous quote goes: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God / the Universe. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God /the Universe that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson

That being said, Invest in yourself. It may be scary. Heck, its HELLA scary, but oh-so-worth it when you take the leap. You are investing in your future!

Whether it be investing time, money, experience, dedication, total commitment, or all of the above, dig deep and do it.

CHANGE the way you think about the things you deserve to have.  In order do the things you want in life you need to change the way you do things now.

“The biology of change – is stepping outside your comfort zone. Taking on new ways to think is how you can serve the world. Change is uncomfortable and scary and it involves facing a lot of fear and insecurity. When we are uncomfortable we think something is wrong so we pull back and stop moving ahead but in doing so we quit on ourselves….Mentally emotionally and physically – celebrate the discomfort of change.”  – Marie Forleo

The only way to serve the world in a massive, better and great way is to step out of your comfort zone and really take the leap.

Know that you are worth it. – trust in yourself and say a big YES to yourself and the universe for more good things to come your way.

By investing in yourself you are planting and watering the seeds of your abundant garden to grow. By sowing your crop you will elicit the change from being curled inside your shell, buried underground to busting through the walls, through all the dirt and reaching up towards the sunshine.  You are the seed.  Invest in yourself.

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I am honored to share the insightful work of my friend Cindy Heath [R.N., BScN, women’s health educator, and energy healer] through her revolutionary book REAL Beautiful: The Secret Energy of The Mind, Body, and Spirit.  Cindy guides women to uncover the sacred science inside their physical bodies that can raise their vibrational energy to gracefully dissolve anxiety, depression, addictions, embrace the secret Beauty and POWER every woman owns, and so much more. Cindy shares some magical secrets that show women how to experience REAL Beauty, inspiration, self-love, bliss, success, prosperity, and the heaven on earth they have searched for and not found.  This book is a beautiful gift that will uplift and empower women like you across the world!

A message from Cindy about the REAL Beautiful Book:
“I have held the hand of a dying woman whose final words to me were, “I never felt good enough.” I have looked into the desperate eyes of a fourteen-year old girl near death from starving herself to feel perfect and pretty. My heart broke when my own mother told me just before she died that she felt she hadn’t managed her journey through cancer good enough.  My own personal search to feel good enough, my experience in caring for those at the doorway between life and death, the insight of enlightened spiritual masters, and a near-death experience have uncovered some beautiful and sacred insights, practices, and technologies that have divinely lit a path to the beauty, power, healing, magic, and miracles I have hoped for in life!  I offer these SECRETS to every woman on earth so they too can experience living and being REAL Beautiful like me!”

Get a book for you and every woman you LOVE today @ www.realbeautiful.ca/book .  Don’t forget to sign up to receive your SPARKLING HEART, free downloadable Illustrated Birthday Card by me, Emily Brickel for you or to send to one of your friends and a free WATERFALL MEDITATION that gets you connected to the Magic & Miracles that are waiting for you via Cindy’s teaching!

Know that you are REAL Beautiful always!
Hope that inspires you!!!
Xoxo
Emily