Written by: Laura Di Franco, Executive Contributor
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No matter what part of your life you’re ready to transform, there’s a simple 3-step formula to achieve that!
Behold the three As of transformation, a trifecta of power strategy to make your dreams a reality:
Awareness
Aligned Action
Accountability
Foundations of transformation
Awareness, the first step, is crucial. You must master this practice if you expect anything good to happen in the name of transformation. When you do, anything and everything is possible, and your shift will have already begun.
When I woke up and started living in the moment, I made huge, hard decisions that included a divorce and a career change. If you ignore your soul, the whispers become screams, and you’ll be forced into awareness. My soul’s screams came in the form of chest pain, something I couldn’t ignore.
If you’re new to awareness, it’s easy; start paying attention to what you think, feel, and sense. Practice observing your thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, and habits. With awareness, you have a choice, and what triggered you before becomes an opportunity for learning, growth, and an empowered response.
When you’re present in the moment and aware of what you’re thinking and feeling, you connect to the most powerful GPS—the one that leads to your heart’s desires and life’s purpose.
If you’ve practiced awareness for a while and are taking things to the next level, it’s about up-leveling two skills. How often can you remain in the moment and practice noticing? And how quickly can you flip the switch when you realize what you’re thinking, feeling, or sensing doesn’t serve your bigger vision for your life?
These are ninja moves of awareness.
As you practice and hone these skills, your transformation is expedited. Mastery is when the practice becomes a discipline.
The catalyst for change
Without aligned action, you’ll have a lot of feel-good inspiration without a lot of results. It’s the aligned action that creates the magic spark for transformation. Remember, you won’t feel clear, confident, or courageous first. You’ll need to move through your purpose-driven fears and take some action with the feelings of fear.
I remember the day I made the words “I want a divorce” come out of my mouth. I was terrified. But it was the move I knew I needed to make.
What action—small, medium, or large—could you take to bring you closer to your goal? What is stopping you?
Go back to step one if you feel stuck because awareness is the key to moving through your fears and taking the action you need to take to get to the next step.
Pay attention to overthinking and how it paralyzes you. Use a journal to sort out the old, unhelpful messages and create new, helpful, healthy ones. Write down your desires, goals, mission, vision, and passions.
It doesn’t matter what stage you’re in; feeling the fear and doing it anyway will provide clarity, confidence, and courage. And then, you’ll be able to choose the next step.
Commitment to accountability
The thing about awareness and action is that they’re short-lived without a commitment to staying accountable to your desires, dreams, goals, and vision. This commitment to staying accountable to your mission and purpose makes you the favorite to win in the long game. It’s also the answer on the rough days when you feel like giving up.
The journey of transformation can be painful. Ease isn’t promised. You can expect some difficult roads and impossible challenges. Those, however, will teach you what you’re made of. They will be why you feel so good about the victory and how you know you’ve earned the success.
Ask yourself: Am I truly committed to my dreams? And then map out a strategy of accountability.
What’s the daily routine, healthy habits, and inner circle of support look like? What do you know you’ll need to reach the vision? And what will you need on the hard days? Setting yourself up for success now will be how you overcome the challenges and choose to get up again the next morning and do it all over again.
Don’t give yourself the option to quit. Stay accountable, no matter what the inner voice says, what other people say or think, or what the Universe throws your way. Declare your commitment, make a plan, and follow the plan every day. Find others doing that too, and create a community to help hold you to your plan.
Ahas along the way
If there was going to be a last “A," it might be the aha of discernment. When you have the awareness that allows you to discern between survival fears and purpose-driven fears and thoughts, and you’re able to feel those in your body and recognize their boring message, your transformation will speed up, and you’ll be unstoppable.
Your transformation is three steps away. Are you ready to make your dreams happen? You got this!
Laura Di Franco, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Laura Di Franco, CEO of Brave Healer Productions, an award-winning publisher for holistic health and wellness professionals. She has 30 years of expertise in holistic physical therapy, 14 years of training in the martial arts, and her company has published over 50 Amazon bestselling books. She's a spoken-word poet, lover of dark chocolate, and has a contagious passion for helping you share brave words that build your business. BraveHealer.com
