Be. Do. Have. Good Vibrations for Success!

Every week I send out an email reminder, what I like to call a gentle nudge, to the members of the Stepping Up – Beyond Baby Steps Group.

It’s a weekly intention setting reminder to support each person’s desire to create the success she dreams of in her life and her business. Some members are building businesses, some are teaching, some are creating art, and some are transitioning into new adventures, the details of which are yet unknown.  All are learning and growing together, inspiring each other to be the very best they can be.

This week I was encouraged to share my morning ritual of affirmative reading. This self-care practice is always enlightening, and it’s an integral part of the 12 Baby Steps Foundation Formula I introduce to everyone in this community.

As I prepared the weekly email, typically exclusive to the Stepping Up Monthly Mastermind group members, I decided this was the perfect message to share with you, my blog readers, too. I often receive questions about the benefits of participating in a group coaching and mastermind forum, so by sharing the content of a typical weekly email, I can introduce you to one of the most powerful benefits — the inspirational boost and accountability push that members receive from these weekly messages.

Today’s message came from my morning reading from “Ask and It Is Given” by Esther & Jerry Hicks, all about the art of manifesting. You may have seen last week’s blog post featuring the same book: https://wisewellwomen.com/declaring-i-am-a-creator-will-you.

Today I opened to this reminder:

“When your desire feels so big that it feels unreachable, it is not on the verge of manifestation. When your desire feels to you like it is the next logical step, then it is on the verge of manifestation.”

So, today I ask… how do you feel?

The entire basis of the baby step philosophy is that you can’t, and won’t, step into your greatness until you have built confidence in your ability to arrive at this new height, and maintain it, too. Little by little, step by step, you move closer to seeing and feeling that possibility for yourself. Eventually, with daily practice, that vision starts to feel real to you.

There is a progression to the process. One baby step at a time you gain the confidence to step up.

In the language of Esther & Jerry Hicks:

“You can tell by the way you feel whether your vibration is in the place where you are allowing Universal Forces to deliver our desire to you now… or not.”

Releasing resistance is the key to raising what Esther & Jerry Hicks call your Emotional Set-Point. And your Emotional Set-point determines your alignment with Source and therefore influences your ability to attract what you desire.

The 22 point scale of emotions named in this process range from a high of joy/knowledge/empowerment/freedom/love/appreciation to a low of fear/grief/depression/despair/powerlessness, with anger, disappointment and boredom falling in the mid-range. (You’ll find the complete list and description of this Emotional Guidance Scale in Chapter 22, page 113. You can order the book here: Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires )

Throughout your life, you will continually flow through the experience of a full range of emotions no matter how evolved you become. Through awareness and practice, you can learn to adjust your set point consciously and deliberately with your thoughts and actions.

So, to begin, you simply provide attention to your feelings and thoughts. When you feel fear, you first identify it for what it is, then consciously choose something else to focus on. You choose to shift your thoughts and evaluate whether or not that new thought makes you feel better. Shifting your thoughts might be accomplished by playing some uplifting music, reciting an affirmation, using rituals, or simply stepping out into the sunshine!

Your willingness to be conscious of your thoughts and to make a shift is the releasing of resistance. You cannot feel fear and another emotion at the same time. So even if your next thought is one of anger, you have raised your set point. It’s important to note that the intention is not to miraculously shift your emotions from the lowest point of fear to the highest of pure joy. In fact, that would not be the next logical step, would it? The key is to acknowledge that any shift in thinking made you feel better.

According to Esther and Jerry Hicks, this process is simply an act of remembering that you are an extension of Source Energy in physical form. Therefore, by choosing conscious thoughts you are remembering things that you have always known. You remember that you have Inner Wisdom that will act as your internal GPS if you allow it. You remember that the better you feel the more aligned you are with your true self.

You remember there is nothing you cannot be, do or have.

You remember that your possibilities are limitless.

From this new place of awareness, you step up to experience the power to change your state of being.

So, here’s where you can tie the practice of rituals to the practice of intention setting to create vibrational alignment. This energetic vibrational alignment serves to attract to you the things and the experiences you desire.  Simply put, you are creating good vibrations!

So to get you started, find a recording of “Good Vibrations” on YouTube and give it a listen.

You feel better, don’t you?

Now, use the questions below to set your intentions for the week, and share them here in the comments below.

What do I want to celebrate as my accomplishments from the previous week? Raise your vibration and start with the good stuff!

What am I grateful for today?

What needs my attention this week? What is the most important thing I must do for myself personally, and the most important thing I must do for my business?

Answer the question: How Can I? What specific actions will I take this week to get those important things done? And then what can I do to support my biggest vision?

Lastly, what would make me feel accomplished at week’s end?

Please forward your responses to me via email at nanette@12babysteps.com, as you are comfortable, or post here in the comments below, knowing that you will receive all the support you need when you ask for it.

I make myself available and am honored to receive this check-in to hold the energy of your powerful intentions. Remember, you are shifting your set-point here. Share your celebrations and successes, too! Feel free to share your experience with intention setting, as well. Has this practice worked for you, or not? Let’s open a dialogue in the comments below.

I wish for you everything you dream — and more!

P.S. Stepping Up Beyond Baby Steps Group members also share their intentions on a private Facebook page, giving and receiving support 24/7 on that forum.  If you are feeling called to receive more support in your life and want to explore the simple, gentle ways that you can get started, send an email to nanette@12babysteps.com with “Show Me the Way” in the subject line and we’ll get started, OK?