How to deal with setbacks

Well my friends, last week I spent dealing with a dripping nose and what felt like a box squeezing my brain.

The change of season lurgy hit me hard.

All my grand plans for getting another video out to you and dazzling myself with my ever shrinking and firming butt came to nought.

It was such a great reminder that things don't always happen according to your time table. Manifestation has its own magical agenda.

The trick of course as a powerful creator is to steer away from the 'woe is me, now I am way behind' vibe that comes up when you face such a setback.

And boy was this hard to do last week! It is incredibly difficult to shift a negative vibe when you are feeling so worn out, heavy-headed and uncomfortable.

But what we resist, persists, right? So I knew I had to find some way of shifting my focus away from "I don't want to be sick" thoughts.

I tried appreciation. What could I appreciate about the situation? Nothing, was my brain's answer.

If I might find something to appreciate about the situation, what would it be? Nothing.

Hmmm...not working. How about, what am I grateful for?

And then the trickle started:
I am grateful for the fact that I can actually still work a little.
I am grateful that I LOVE my work.
I am grateful that my clients are so awesome.
I am grateful that my on-line business ticks over even when I am sick.
I am grateful for the fact that I no longer have cancer.
I am grateful for the fact that this is the only time in 12 months that I have been sick - that shows my immune system is getting stronger!

The gratitude rant gave me an opening - and my good vibes started to flow again - I felt more in the flow.

Next I imagined what it was like to be fit and healthy again - running through the bush trails and feeling alive and vibrant. And for a nano-second, my head did not hurt at all.

I'd opened up the flow and got some relief.

And now this week with just a few lingering traces of my cold, I am so grateful for my return to health, my return to the gym, and the launch of my new Inner Circle program.

What seemed like an eternity of setbacks and delays now just seems like a blip. Not even.

Just goes to show how even the smallest of shifts, in the toughest of circumstances, can keep you flowing in the right direction.

As far as Booty Bootcamp goes, it's back on!

This week's focus is on 'acting as if'. Acting as if I'd already achieved my awesome posterior. What would I be thinking? What would I be saying? What might others say to me? What do I do to maintain my Charlie's Angels figure? What does a Charlie's Angel eat to honour her tush? What does she do for exercise? I'm doing it all dudes!

And here is a photo of me in my ever-fashionable wetsuit that I wore the weekend before I got sick (possibly one of the reasons I got sick in the first place - two days of surfing in cold water).


This photo reminds me that I am ever so grateful that I have a body I can take surfing :)

Have a wickedly wonderful week folks!

Zoe