The Daily Love

Just two days before I left for Florida, I had the priceless opportunity to help out at The Daily Love Enter the Heart Tour. I'm still pretty amazed that the tour date fell right on the perfect date, at a time when I was gearing up for the official beginning of my own journey as a life coach.

I've talked about it many times before here but I've been reading The Daily Love emails each day for over two years now. Mastin Kipp is the author and founder of TDL and I found him just a few months before the two hardest trials of my life. Through his emails in my inbox daily, I started seeing how I could turn those trials into something positive, and because of that, through a whole lot of work and personal growth, I turned my life into being greater than it had ever been before.

I decided it was time to make my dreams a reality. I moved to San Diego. I found my true self. And most importantly, I found my purpose and my decision to become a professional life coach has been the most rewarding decision yet.

Life has truly been beautiful and Mastin has been a huge light over these years, guiding me there through his insightful, eye-opening, inspirational real-life emails. (If you're not already a Daily Lover, go on over here to sign up today! Who knows? Maybe your life will be changed too!)

So, on a brisk Wednesday afternoon, I headed to a brick building on O Street to help set up for a night of Kundalini Yoga and some powerful awakening and empowerment led by Mastin himself through his Kipp Heart Therapy that he introduced to us. The studio with the sun beaming down onto the old, hardwood floors set a beautiful scene for what was about to become a studio filled with positive vibes and incredible people.

There were massage lines going on, a whole lot of yoga, Love Grace came all the way from NYC to share their absolutely amazing raw, organic, cold-pressed juice with us (their Probiotic Smoothie is one of my favorites!), and of course… Mastin wowed us with his wisdom. There were so many truly powerful and touching moments as we opened up to each other and most importantly, to ourselves.

The world is a beautiful place filled with beautiful people. Now, here were some of my biggest take-aways:

"Fear is a biological reaction to uncertainty." Boom.

"Don't make a circumstance your identity." Boom.

And so much more… perhaps this deserves a separate post?

Mastin, you're the man. Thank you for all that you're doing. I'm so grateful that I had the opportunity to help out, hang out and chat (even if he's got jokes about our height difference :) It was a stellar night!

Here's to never giving up on your dreams, to us all being a drop of the Divine, serving others, and always listening to your heart!

I am so grateful for the path my life has taken and the wonderful surprises like this one that happen so perfectly. And I'm even more grateful that I now get to work in this beautiful field of self development, to guide others to live their own purpose and find peace, bliss, and love!

Shoot me an email if you're ready to make some awesome shifts to live your truest, happiest life! I'd love to be your life coach! chelsea.lifeisasunset@gmail.com

Using Fear as a Compass

On Friday, I wrote something that I want to share with you today. I choose today to share it with you because of its significance to me and the growth I have already experienced since then and can't wait to share with you:

I sit here in Orlando, eagerly awaiting tomorrow. Tomorrow is officially the day that I begin my new life coaching journey. I'm nervous. I'm curious. I'm enthralled. I'm antsy. I'm ready. I feel like I'm at such an important part of my life. I'm finally understanding my purpose, my passion. I'm in the best physical, mental, and emotional shape that I've been in in my whole life.

But I have to be honest, in the days and hours leading up to leaving for Florida, there was a sense of anxiety within me. It was really hard to explain and to put into words but it was there and it sat with me until I had my feet in Orlando. So, I started thinking about that feeling. What it was, where it was coming from. And that's when I made the connection to something we talked about on Wednesday, when I helped out at The Daily Love event (which I can't wait to write about!!)

Mastin Kipp (from The Daily Love) says:

Boom. The anxiety/fear I was experiencing was there as a compass. They say if your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough and that's exactly what this was. When you have a dream so big and then one day, there it is, staring you right in the eyes, giving you the go-ahead, you're going to have a minor (or major!) freak-out.

It was once I arrived in Orlando, drove around, got accustomed to my new surroundings, and took a deep breath and smiled… that's when I could explain those feelings I had earlier. At the beginning of every new life journey, as we open the door and look back at our old life and into the new one, there will be a few moments right there in between. They're not moments of hesitation or moments of doubt. No, not at all. They're the moments we realize we're defying the odds, or, as Disney would say, "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."

Blow your own mind. Excel higher than the goals you set for yourself. Show that fear/uncertainty/anxiety that you have, who's boss. If you told me ten years ago, or shoot, even five years ago, that I'd be here now, beginning my journey and living my purpose as a life coach, I wouldn't have believed you. So, believe in yourself. What ever your heart is calling you to do, do it. And when you get to that space between the two doors, keep going. 

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Last Chance For The Daily Love Extravaganza

Each time someone thanks me for introducing them to The Daily Love, I have a celebratory dance party. I do the same thing each time Mr. MASTIN KIPP himself re-tweets me! It's funny how the Universe is so connected. Share the love to others and it will be brought back around full-circle, my friends.

I am so ecstatic that so many of you read this little blog of mine and felt inspired enough to go check out all the gems of self-development goodness that Mastin writes everyday [among other authors as well!] And, after yesterday's post, several people asked me HOW they too can take part in The Daily Love Extravaganza that's going on this week!

Well... stop what ever it is that you're doing and head on over to sign up here right this second! Today is the FINAL day of #TDLextravaganza [as we refer to it on Twitter] so if you sign up now, you might make it in time to receive the special link for the final day!

Unfortunately, each interview is only available for 24 hours so, unless you upgrade for a price, you missed out on the previous days. However, I'd be more than happy to recap some of my favorite interviews! Just say the words and I'll start writing :)

I am in this crazy, awesome realm of self-growth and energy and light and I'm so excited to kind of debrief once the Extravaganza ends and see which areas I'd like to focus on growing in next.

That's all for today. Keeping it short because I have a lot more note taking, learning, reflecting, and reading to do in the midst of my first week in this new work position of mine. Sending lots of love and hugs to those who are needing it right now.

What's inspiring you on this Friday? Do tell!

The Retweet That Meant the World

I had the longest post I've quite possibly written typed up for this but decided I just wanted to keep it simple. For the past two and a half years [and even before that] I have started my day everyday by reading The Daily Love email that I subscribe to. If you don't know already, The Daily Love is based around a blog/daily inspirational message written every single day by a man named Mastin Kipp. He uses real life experience and quotes from many motivational leaders and authors and speakers from around the world to help convey these messages of love to us. Well, yesterday, this happened:

Mastin and The Daily Love literally helped me get through the two most difficult times of my life. It made me re-evaluate my thoughts. My attitude. My perspective. And my true purpose here in life. The Daily Love was the beginning of a new phase of my life where I made it a priority to understand myself on a much deeper level spiritually and mentally. That phase still continues today and it will be an ongoing process as I journey through life and accomplish my dreams.

I have mentioned my new meditations that I have started and lately, instead of praying for certain things that I think I want, I have been asking the Universe to take me where I need to go. In just this short amount of time compared to the grand scheme of things, I have felt so much better connected to the Universe as a whole. I have been hearing the messages I've needed to hear. And then Wednesday night happened.

I'll skip all the details but just know that Wednesday night is what inspired that tweet that I sent out. I had experienced such a spiritual moment while hearing something in his talk that I had been needing to hear. I kept thinking about how I wanted to write Mastin an email, thanking him. I wanted so badly for him to just know that that one talk resonated so deeply with me. But before I could even start writing that email, the Universe did its work...

To me, this wasn't just about the fact that he retweeted me. It was about the bigger picture again. It was about the Universe. At a time of such uncertainty in my life, this was the Universe's way of saying, "I hear you. I love you. I support you." That one single tweet I sent out turned into a short conversation that I'll always remember. And now Mastin knows how grateful I am for him, for his message, and for his courage to follow his true purpose.