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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

We're All Just Doing the Best We Can

I was watching Oprah last night, and she had Nadya Suleman as a guest. She had octuplets a couple of years ago and, as you might imagine, was feeling extremely overwhelmed and worried about how she was going to continue to care for her family. In this show, Oprah talked about how our society is addicted to judging others. Nadya has been put through the wringer in the press and judged very harshly by the public. And while her situation is extreme - we can all relate to her in some way. We have all had days when we just felt like we couldn't do it anymore.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Perfectly Imperfect

There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to do your best. But what happens when wanting to do your best keeps you from living your best life?r

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Be Your Own Biggest Cheerleader

It is wonderful to surround yourself with loving friends and family who cheer you on and support you in everything you do. I feel blessed that I have a great support system. I have a wonderful husband who loves me and boosts me up no matter what I do. I have a loving mom who has always been there for me and allowed me to always be myself. And I also have supportive friends who love me and honor me. Their love means the world to me. And it's easy to sometimes rely on their support rather than look within and be my own cheerleader.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Keep Dreaming!

Do you ever wake up from a dream that felt so vivid, so real, and so powerful? Do you ever feel like it was trying to tell you something - a message from your soul? Have you ever experienced a dream that turned out to be a premonition? There are all kinds of dreams - some are merely a processing of the previous day's events - strewn together in a fun way that only our subconscious can do. And some are more meaningful - these are the ones that you can't seem to shake from your mind when you wake up. They are so vivid and keep coming back to you throughout the day.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Saying Goodbye So You Can Say Hello

Sometimes in life we have to make tough choices if we want to grow and live the life we know we are meant to live. We may have to give up a part of ourselves that we have grown comfortable with, even if we know that it isn't the self we want to bring on our journey.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Your Sacred Gifts

We all have so much to offer. We are all born with sacred gifts and special qualities that are meant to be shared with the world. When we are young, these gifts flow easily and pour out of us. We sing, we dance, we play - we share our talents with anyone and everyone who will listen. And even if they won't - we don't let that stop us. We are simply living our purpose and sharing our gifts.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Who Are You Living For?

This is a really important (and sometimes really hard) question to answer. In an ideal world, we are living for ourselves and only doing things that make us feel great and are on our authentic path. But...it doesn't always work this way. It's normal to want to please others. It's normal to want to be liked. But ask yourself at what expense are you willing to sacrifice your own wants and desires to fit in. Think of how you live and the decisions you have made and continue to make. Are you making them based on what you think people will want or expect you to do?

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

You Be You. And I'll Be Me.

I’m never going to be like you. I could try and try with every ounce of my being, but I still would be a lesser version of you than you already are. I could put all of my focus into acting like you, talking like you, writing like you, being like you – and you would still be better at being you tha I ever could.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

What's Your Story?

I was watching Oprah’s Lifeclass the other night and author and speaker Iyanla Vanzant was talking about changing the stories that we tell ourselves.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Are You Willing to Toot Your Own Horn?

Why is it so hard to step into our own power? Why do so many of us have such a hard time claiming our talents and shouting them from the rooftops? We have no problem tooting our loved ones’ horns, yet when it comes to tooting our own, we suddenly become mute.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Can You Push Through?

At some point in your life, you will realize that it’s time to start pushing. You will realize that your dreams are just on the other side of your fear and trepidation and insecurity and all of that gunk that you really don’t want to deal with and just wish would go away. At some point in your life, you will have had enough. You will stare all of these barriers straight in the face and with more determination than you have ever felt, you will break through them one by one. Insecurity – gone. Fear – gone. Anxiety – gone. Hesitation – gone. Uncertainty – gone.r

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Are You Running Away from Your Dream?

I am in the process of writing a book. It’s a different kind of book than the Soulful Jou als that my husband, Dan, and I have written. It’s a full-length book about pushing through fear to live the life of our dreams. It really gets to the heart of who I am – my soul has begun to emerge throughout the journey of writing it. This has been both a great experience and a real learning lesson at the same time.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

An Interview with Marilyn Tam

I am excited to introduce you to an amazing woman today. Marilyn Tam has such a strong spirit, and even the toughest challenges couldn’t stop her from fulfilling her life purpose: to make a positive difference in the world. To say that Marilyn’s childhood was far from ideal is an understatement. She was born in Hong Kong to parents that needed to be reminded to pick her up from the hospital after she was born. She was the second daughter born in her family, and because of that, she wasn’t seen as important.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

You're Already There

Have you ever wanted to be there – wherever that was? The only requirement for there is that it is far from here. There is a place where things just seem to work out. A place you have long dreamed of going to. A place where the puzzle pieces of your life somehow fit together. There is a place where faith rules over fear. A place where positivity and gratitude are far more powerful than negativity and anxiety. There is a place where everything is in abundance – love, money, time, self worth, laughter, joy. You always have more than enough.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

A Love Note to Yourself

I started writing a post about organization. And in it I talked about how in my ideal life everything flowed beautifully and life was magical. And then I started talking about my actual life and how things truly weren’t running as seamlessly as I would like them to. I talked about the endless list of to-dos and the piles upon piles of folders and projects and orders and call backs and write tos that needed to be finished.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

How to Avert and Full-Blown Pity Party

We’ve all had moments where nothing seems to be going our way. Your day just isn’t working out the way you had hoped it would. In fact, when you really start to think about it, you realize that it’s not just that your day or week or year that isn’t working out: your life isn’t working out. And in realizing this, you begin to spiral downward into the deepest despair. You are quickly entering a place where nothing ever works, no one is ever on your side, you are never good enough, no one understands you, things never fall into place, and disaster strikes at any given moment.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

It Always Comes Back to Self Care

Sometimes you just don’t feel like going within and centering yourself and slowing down. Sometimes you feel as though you truly don’t have time for it. Your life doesn’t allow for these seemingly frivolous breaks of jou aling, meditating, and soulfulness. What does this have to do with the real world anyway, you might ask yourself? How is this going to pay my bills or put food on the table? Rather than taking this time to slow down and nurture my spirit, you could instead use this time to catch up, run errands, and get ahead – right?

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Making Room for Your Dream

We all have dreams. They start with a simple idea and soon grow into a possibility. And as time goes on, they begin to feel more and more real. We even start to believe that they could actually happen. We really begin to see ourselves living our dreams. We can almost taste them they seem so real. Our dreams are our passions met with action. We take all of our talents that are swirling around inside of us, and we map out a plan of how we can put these talents to good use.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Try Again

Why is it so hard to slow down – to take ourselves off of the treadmill of our busy lives and just be still? Why are we not welcoming stillness and peace and serenity? Why are we instead choosing chaos and imbalance and busyness? I had planned on taking a day off this weekend. I had big plans to relax and unwind – to treat myself to a day on the couch where my only task was to chill out, watch a miniseries, snack all day, play games, read, and take lots of naps. It didn’t quite go as planned.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Are You Worth It?

This seemingly innocuous question from our Jou aling Further Within book can really bring up all sorts of outdated beliefs and issues of self worth if you dig deep enough. I think most of us believe that we are worth the necessities of life – food, shelter, love, etc. But if we go beyond this, our self doubt tends to kick in, and we start wondering what we are truly worth after all. A great example of feeling worth it is with regard to self care.r

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Do You Like Me?

We all want to be loved. We all want to be liked. We all want to fit in. We all want to be understood. We just do. We are social beings. We thrive in groups. We live in tribes. We have leaders and followers and pecking orders and those at the top and those at the bottom. And because of this innate dynamic, we tend to look to each other for support. We frequently look to each other for approval. This is completely normal and completely okay. We’re not supposed to go it alone on our journey. It’s good to have your tribe surrounding you and supporting you.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

The Choices We Make

Take a look at your life right now. Look at where you live, who you spend time with, how you support yourself financially, your level of stress, your state of mind, your health – all of it. Is this the life that you want to be living? Is this a life that you consciously created or is this a life that you created on autopilot?

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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By Jodi ChapmanRecently published1 topic

Asking for Help

I wouldn’t consider myself a team player. I have always been the type of person who would rather just do something myself than have someone else assist me. I thought that bringing in another person with their own set of expectations about how things should be done complicated things, and I found that it was just easier to work alone. So I created an entire life based on the premise that I didn’t need anyone’s guidance. I believed that I was fine (even better off) without anyone’s help.

Primary topic: Self Realization

Self Realization

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