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1/27/2021

What are your defaults?

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What's your default way of thinking? It's probably not "positivity creates amazing realities." After childhood, we're wired for skepticism. It takes some serious practice to see that our healing operating system can be accessed only by quieting the inner critic's voice and trusting in your gut and your heart.

Here is an excerpt from You Are the Placebo by Joe Dispenza…

"If you repeat or maintain certain attitudes long enough and you string those attitudes together, that's how you create a belief. A belief is just an extended state of being — essentially, beliefs are thoughts and feelings (attitudes) that you keep thinking and feeling over and over again until you hardwire them into your brain and emotionally condition them into your body. You could say that you become addicted to them, which is why it's so hard to change them and why it doesn't feel good on a gut level when they're challenged. Because experiences are neurologically etched into your brain (causing you to think) and chemically embodied as emotions (causing you to feel), most of your beliefs are based on past memories."

What beliefs are you carrying around with you that no longer serve you? Ask your head, heart and gut (all separately) where the hangup is and how to move past it. You may be surprised to hear what your body has to say.

Thanks for reading!
—Cami

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1/10/2021

Art Experiment: an Inspiration Grid

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Throughout my life, and 2020 specifically, I've been collecting phrases and sayings, and even single words, that seem to trigger the best in me. They remind me who I want to become. And from what I've read, both in Personality Isn't Permanent and You Are the Placebo, residing in the emotion of your future self is pretty damned important to actually making those big goals happen. The other awesome thing that happens when you solidly visualize who you want to be: you get there faster!!

So I've made a list of these to help me with this:

Will it make the boat go faster?
BABY STEPS!
NOW. (THAT'S MY WORD OF THE YEAR FOR 2021)
You are the abundance you seek
Creativity breeds courage
lack of money is fear made physical
Fear is a rotten advisor. Listen to love
You better believe it, or it won't happen
Embrace vulnerability
What's on repeat?
Courage
INTERESTED OR COMMITTED?

I've got some 5x5" canvases on order from Amazon. My plan is to paint them the first day, then hand-letter the above onto the squares the next day. I want to hang them in my office as an inspiration grid where I can see them every day.

Another benefit to creating these is that creating art is therapy! It helps to heal you, it increases your well being, and it's fun!

What are your favorite motivational words or phrases?

Because I haven't done it before (and I have the technology to do it), I'd like to share this experience with you by painting them live—flaws and all—as an experiment over a Zoom call. I want you to come along with me for this! It doesn't have to be canvas and paint. It can be markers or crayons and plain old copier paper, just something that brings you joy!

Knowing me, I'll be sharing good juju, art tips (I do have a fine art degree) and maybe even a little wisdom. Or a lot of wisdom. Think of it as a group art/coaching session.

Have your art supplies ready, and your favorite words and/or phrases. You might even think of more as we're creating.

Sounds amazing, right? I think so too! This makes my inner 9-year-old so giddy!

I'll see you soon!
—Cami

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1/8/2021

The Abundance Trilogy

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Last year left me (and most people really) feeling an acute sense of loss, an ambiguous grief, for what I couldn't immediately put my finger on. I missed my old routines, sure, but it was more than that. It continues to be more than that.

Last year, I took a deeper look at what I wanted to keep in my life and what I wanted to leave behind. Yes, 2020 was a dumpster fire, but it also had some amazing gifts. Every problem is like that. They present gifts; your job is to find them.

The thing that helped me stay grounded, and able to keep moving forward toward big, juicy goals, is the idea of abundance planted by my mentor.

See that lovely tree? Imagine that's you. Everything you need is located exactly where you are. All you need to do is access it. You access it with love, gratitude and creativity, the abundance trilogy.

Love here refers to self-love and self-care. It's what you—at your core—need to thrive. Just like a tree would not think twice about taking whatever it needs from the soil around it, you need to put your needs first. No one else will (or should). You've heard this before: put your own mask on first before you help the person beside you. To do this, start by becoming aware of what's going into your body. Not just the food you eat, but the other things you consume: images, ideas, the news (?!), other people's opinions, your own thoughts and beliefs about yourself, your self-talk, etc. Also, be conscious of how are you treating your body. Are you moving it regularly? These are all part of self-nurturing.

Gratitude is what keeps you present and focused, and is a wonderful antidote to anxiety and worry. If you find yourself always thinking about what you don't have and operating from a scarcity mindset, start a daily gratitude journal. Write at least five things you're grateful for. They can be big things, like you've dodged the covid-19 bullet so far, or small things, like the beautiful colors as the sun set last night. Studies show that people who express gratitude regularly are happier, healthier, more successful and live longer! The tree that grows more wood stands the best chance of withstanding storms.

Finally, there's creativity. For years, I underestimated how important this piece is. I thought, I'm a graphic designer; I'm creative all day. But that's creativity with a purpose and a desired outcome. The kind of creativity I'm talking about here is self-expression. Creativity for the sake of making something. Approaching a blank piece of paper or canvas with no preconceived notions of what it'll look like when it's finished. And not caring about what it looks like at all, for that matter. I'm talking about allowing whatever you're feeling on the inside to come out in a safe and nonjudgemental way. That kind of self-expression is so healing, that sometimes I'm left feeling almost effervescent. I have a box of crayons and a beat-up sketchbook that I doodle in. There's no expectation that the art should look any certain way, or even look good. It's just creative therapy. This is growing your leaves. The tree without leaves cannot make enough magic from sunlight and sky to survive.

All three are needed for a tree to survive and thrive. You need all three as well. Since you get more of what you focus on, make sure you start with the daily trinity for abundance: love, gratitude and creativity.

If you need some abundance, I'm here for you. Thanks for reading, and good juju to you!

—Cami

Tree illustration by the lovely Joy Halstead.

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1/2/2021

Will it Make the boat go faster?

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Yesterday, January 1st, I was a couch potato, watching some dubious entertainment chosen by Husband. I had no intention of setting any new year's resolutions.

But last night I had a dream about making the boat go faster.

Background: Last week, I came across a story about the British rowing team that had a habit of missing out on medals, year after year. However, before the 2000 Olympics, they started re-evaluating everything they do within the framework of a simple question: Will it make the boat go faster?

When one of the rowers wanted to go to a party instead of staying home and getting a good night's rest, he asked himself: Will it make the boat go faster? Should I eat this donut? Will it make the boat go faster? Should I run an extra lap? Will it make the boat go faster? By making all decisions about that big juicy goal, the team became laser-focused, and saw results right away. The ended up taking home the gold medal in the 2000 Olympics!!

So back to my dream… in my dream, my big juicy goals were plain as day:

Get stronger and more flexible
Finish the bathroom remodel (don't even get me started)
Take more calculated risks
Increase my online coaching workshop offerings (more on that in a later post)
Finish the book (more on that later, too)

I woke up so freaking motivated! That kind of laser-focus on big juicy goals has boosted my motivation so much! The first one, for example. If I've already decided I want to get stronger and more flexible, any physical activity I do can potentially make me stronger and more flexible. I don't have to dread exercising, because I've already made the commitment. Binge watch another episode…? Will it make me stronger or more flexible? Go for a walk…? Will it make me stronger or more flexible? The decision has already been made, so no decision fatigue will be ruining my plans! What a relief!!

Why not decide ahead of time what big juicy goals you'd like to work toward this month or this year.

Ask yourself, will it make your boat go faster?

Thanks for reading. Good juju to you!
—Cami

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Art Experiment: an Inspiration Grid

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Will it Make the boat go faster?

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Good juju to you until our paths cross again (or for the first time)! ​© 2022 Cami Travis-Groves

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