Winter Solstice Magic EP:24

Hello, my friends and welcome. You're listening to soul inspired decisions, a podcast for ordinary moms living extraordinary lives. My intention with this podcast is to teach, motivate and inspire by sharing stories, tools and strategies to help you unlock your greatest fears, annoying habits and old stories and make a move towards the things that have been on your heart. If you have been a little lost, or in a funk, and want to reconnect with your purpose, your passion and feel empowered again, then this is the best place for you to be hanging out. My name is Carrie linkway. And I'm an ordinary mom making extraordinary decisions. This is me putting one foot in front of the other, moving towards my next goal, and hoping to inspire you along the way. Let's get started. Hello, everyone, and welcome. I'm having a great morning, which Tuesdays are usually good days for me. So it doesn't really surprise me. But started off super early and a little rocky, but has since really taken off from there. I just start off with a story because it seems you really like hearing the reality of while I'm trying to record a podcast at home. And I do all my work from home and with kids or dogs or whatever it is around husband and try to do things the best I can and I get distracted 100 times a day. And sometimes don't even get it done in the day. And I have to come back and then I forget about all the things but specifically today I am typing my notes. I said I would do this today. It's snowing, it's beautiful. I'm home, I'm focused in here, this scratching. And I'm trying to ignore it. But it's getting louder and louder. And it's pretty consistent. And I'm like, oh goodness. What's the cat doing to the dog? Or what's the dog doing to the cat. She's got it pinned somewhere bugging her. I don't know. But so now I'm distracted. And you know, it's tough to know that you're distracted. Because when you get back into trying to get back into your work always takes longer. I think there's for every time you're distracted, that takes 10 minutes off your day, I'm trying to get back into your momentum. So now distracted, so I better go find out what Jenny our four month old golden lab is doing. And I go out and I hear nothing. And then I say, Jenny, and I hate to see her lunge out of the bathtub. And she slips on the floor. And she's so clumsy. She just hit her head right on the floor and her body and legs are everywhere. But here I can look and she's playing with a little bit of water in the drain. And our tub isn't little, it's quite a big jump into but she managed to somehow get up into the term and was playing in the tub. And thankfully, she wasn't bugging the cat. But I I clearly needed to get her out of the tub to get on with my day and get her out to side doing something more productive. But she brings all sorts of smiles to our life.

She's here at perfect timing, I truly believe that. But on today, today, I'm recording this episode for you for winter solstice 2021. We are here just like that. It happens to be on this day, the longest night and the shortest day which brings breaths to our mind and our soul and allows us to wake up relaxed, non resistant, in clear, which is one of my morning mantras. And this has been a practice and everything we do in personal development. And personal growth is practice, we don't just wake up and it happens we have to shift our mindset that we want to create a change, make a change. And to make a new pattern, we have to practice it. So this has been months of me doing this. But now when the alarm clock goes off, I put it on snooze and quietly say to myself, I'm relaxed, non resistant and clear. My body is rested, my mind is clear and I'm able to see what's going on with my body anything any pains and aches. And usually there's nothing but it just allows me to know that and know and be grateful that relaxed and clear and it's the start of a new day, which is the perfect lead in on this day, which is winter sauces. And welcome to a festive day if you are listening here. You can and most people do create their own traditions and festivities on this day or in your life and it is celebrated around the world for sure but in your own life. I mean it may not for me we're not having a facility tivity or anything like that. But I remember from Growing up hearing my grandma always mentioned the longest day or the shortest day of the year, knowing that it was kind of something special and throughout the years, knowing that there's like magic in the air on the state's like a reset of the whole year even though it's not New Years, it's more magical, it seems to me more energy and today. So today is if you don't know who marked by a dance between the poles of light and dark, Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year with the longest night which I find super magical. Most of the time, it's not overly Sunny, it seems more mystical than anything. And the winter season represents the Yin apologies of slowness, reflection, and this season also allows us to slow down and be excited for the sunlight, which starts to rise after this. And even though it doesn't, the days get colder for us here in Alberta, Canada, they start to lighten up more as well. But the days get colder and all warmer. And after a winter solstice. It's celebrated with festive meals and treats and music. But it's still quite cold and cool here. And we look forward to the Christmas and New Year's festive season coming up right around the corner. So the sun's downs. Specifically today, it seems kind of bizarre, because it looks like the sun doesn't move throughout the day, if you've never noticed how there's my dog right now pushing up with a door. So hopefully she's quiet. So it looks like in the sky, the sun stands still throughout the whole day and hardly moves. And that's because it's at the lowest point of the year at closest to the equator. And it's a time for quiet energy, where you get the opportunity to look within yourself and focus on what you want to need. It's super exciting. It's really, it feels like a really slow down day. So it's a great day to go within and reflect on the here. As you're listening to this today. Remember this that there is so much power in setting intentions, it creates instant clarity. And writing things down is one of the most powerful ways to create fair Chicago, she's found a pile of papers here. So

just move those once you won't be digging and bugging them. So, so sorry. She's looking at me with these little puppy eyes. What did I do but anyway, manifesting my puppy is creating havoc in all sorts of other areas of life. It's fun, but it's you know, she's, she's so cute. Anyway, back to when I was writing things down is one of the most powerful ways to create your goals, dreams, wishes and desires. And she was on my she was on my vision board guys, I'm not gonna lie, she's something I talked about. With my husband constantly for over a year. I wanted a younger pup for my boys. So she be out and playing with them and protecting them. So my vision board I talked about or I do daughter gave her I tried to give her names and, and she's here. So you're, I'm practicing what I'm talking about. It's not just something I read about and hear about other people doing. It's happening in my own life as well. The practice that I know sometimes sounds a bit silly, even while I'm doing it is writing it down. And I know that there's so much power in magic when we put pen to paper. And when we look at back when I look back at all the things I've created in my life, I know that there are very clear moments of intentions being set at specific times when something comes fruition something happens. An opportunity comes about, I can pinpoint the moment that I had clear intentions on making that happen or wanting that to happen. And that's the magic of manifestation and creating the best future self that we can create for ourselves. So keeps me motivated, focused on moving forward even when the days seem exhausting or overwhelming. Which, as a man that is almost every day right? Like every depending on what is what's happening, especially now that both boys are in school. Oh, my goodness, it feels like they come home and they fight. And then we have separate and then they fight and kill each other and then they have to go to bed. So then they want to pester each other and bug each other some more. So, you know we get distracted as parents so easily. What it is we actually want to create that there feels like sometimes no time to create anything outside of the world of our own reality. So in Moments like this, I'm happy you're here and you get this, a few minutes of being who you are and being a real person. And you're there's so much more to you feeling festive on today on a day like today and thinking about the things that you want.

Maybe the things you want to experience people you want to connect with in your future, things you want to achieve or work towards. And most importantly, is how you want to feel. So wherever you are, if, however you are on it on it, maybe on a scale of one to 10, like if zero, you're feeling like at your lowest point where where can you go towards a 10 and 10 is very overwhelming. So we're not looking at shooting you to attend, we're looking at just getting you from a zero to a one, zero, to maybe moving forward to a two and that will move your energy. Because when we move our energy, we create more good things, and it creates a nuclear clarity and happiness in our life, even if it's just the slightest shift. So want to stop you right here, as you think about that. And where you want to move up the scale on how you're feeling is give you a second to think about one thing that you want for yourself over the next year or maybe over the next couple of weeks. And what that is for you. And I know for a fact that it always pops into our head when somebody else says it. So whatever's popped into your head of the thing that you want. That's what you truly want and desire. And now, if you had that, how would having that make you feel. And that's the creating the vibrations of rounded of what it might be. So might be more peace, it might be better health, it might be more money, it might be creating business plan, education plan, all sorts, it can be whatever you desire and want. And it's just true to you and your heart, you don't have to share these things I don't share a lot. With my husband, it's my own thing. It's my own thing that I move towards. And then once I've decided, and I'm moving towards it, then I'll share because there's something super powerful in deciding what you want moving towards an event sharing, or just not sharing and just killing it. And you know, for a fact that that is true to you because you're working towards it. And you're the only person accountable for it. The key component is creating the energy of excitement, and allowing it to flow through you on what it is you desire. And what you want to attract whatever that is for you. That's true to you. And I'm here supporting women and moms all over the world on this because I truly know the power in creating our own journeys and the work it takes and how easy it was before kids and are trying to navigate doing all those things with kids and staying on course to what it is I want to create and what I want to achieve still being the mom that I want to be in the wife that I want to be but still having my own desires as as a woman as a mom, as a wife to keep moving forward and be inspired in my own life that is super important because you're still your own individual person with needs and wants and qualities that are looking to give to the world and shine outside of just your your family. So I invite you today to dream so big that maybe you'll make other people uncomfortable. That's my wish for you right now and to know how strong you are and even if you feel like you have been in a little funk or a big funk or feeling lost, know that that's okay. And honor that be notice that you that's where you are and that you want to shift out of that and notice on this day of this energy of this winter solstice in the magic in the air to create your own ritual. Moving forward from today and carry on through traditions ahead of you of lighting a candle or a walk outside run outside. Depending where you are, make make a you will log do something different. Create our mega warm tea, a magical recipe that you like a random act of kindness. There are so many little traditions that you can create. Or you can celebrate in a big way. If you're in a community that celebrates today with big festivities, then do that as well. But connecting for me today on this specific day it will be being out in nature somewhere taking a walk going skiing. Just being outside is one of my most favorite things to be as outside are surrounded by trees and the fresh air and that helps ground me and