What Creates Change? Freedom is in the question.

I’d like to invite you into reflecting on a little scenario and see if it sounds familiar.

You are moving through your typical day and you think a statement like:

Something has to change…
I can’t keep doing this…
This isn’t working anymore, I have to change…

Followed by a little voice that whispers back, but:

I don't know where to start…
I don’t know how to change…
I don’t know what to change…

The universe tries to help you out with a random little inspirational video or you see a meme that lights you up to pursue changing things up! Suddenly, there is a new voice inside that is trying to cheer you on:

You got this!  
You can figure this out!
Just take it one choice at a time!  

You are now locked in a battle between the parts of you that are carving to break out of the old and take the risk of courageously moving into a new way of being and change while other parts of you that are digging in their heels or feeling bogged down with fears of what ifs and projecting defeat before you ever get into motion.  

If this crazy making feedback loop sounds familiar, you are not alone.  Not because you don’t have enough will to change, but because you are trying to create, to change, to grow in a system that is often closed because of conditioning.  Your Mental Being is running off the only thing it knows from direct past experiences and it doesn’t feel safe with the option of opening up to the unknown or “new” ways.  As a result, the Mental Being is defaulting you down to trying to rearrange the puzzle pieces to give you a new picture yet its progress is burdened by protective fears, habits, and protective mechanisms that are based on the old ways of being and experiences.  The more you try to change your Mind-Set, the more walls you hit.  That’s because the Mind is the wrong doorway of change - only the Heart and Soul Being aspects can call in change and create something new because they are comfortable with the unknown and the process of growth - trying something, reflecting and learning from that try, adjusting - rinse and repeat.  

There is a quote by Jack Kornfield that I absolutely love, 

“No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.”   

To really lean into the idea that no matter what past choices, experiences, and difficulties we have been through, each moment is an opportunity for us to begin again, to unbridle change within ourselves and our life, we must get outside the “closed” system of the Mental Being.  The only way to do that is by asking empowering NEW open ended questions that bring us into a Soul-Led dialogue with the unknown.  A Soul-Led dialog is not seeking just yes/no answers, but exploring totally new ways of being, thinking and perceiving ourselves and the choices that we have.  

Remember. if our Mind already had the answer within it, it would have picked it already.  Our Heart and Soul Beings are the part of us that can go beyond the protective closed system of the Mental Being and see options that are not attached to shadow fears or personal desires and bring us into NEW ways of being.  

The key that opens us to change is with questions that get our imagination flowing.

Check out this short video where I share a few of my favorite Heart and Soul opening questions. 

The list of empowering and liberating questions that can come forward from the acceptance that we can always begin again and make new choices that do match who we truly be - that to me is real liberation.  

Offering light, love, and JOY as you explore the freedom that Soul-Led questions can create! 
Michelle Holling-Brooks

PS - This short video clip is from Episode 13 of Soulful Practices Podcast which will air on August 4th. To check out the podcast and watch more pocket wisdom teachings like this one designed to help support you on your Wellness and Spiritual growth journey - pick the platform of your choice Youtube and Spotify.