I’m evaluating 2019 a little differently. It’s been a year of self-reflection and inner work. Normally when I evaluate a year, I look at what I’ve accomplished. This year, my biggest accomplishment has been letting go. Here are a few things I’ve released this year:
- Equating my value with my ability to make money
- Needing to monetize everything
- Equating whether my actions or efforts have value based on my ability to monetize them
- Needing to always be “doing something”
- Needing to always have my phone with me / using it excessively
- My false belief that “men aren’t there for me when I really need them”
- Grief
- Releasing my son to go serve in a Central American country and all the worries/concerns that go with that
- Tying weight release to trauma (I lost 14 pounds in about 3 weeks during my mother’s death and the divorce… my subconscious had tied weight release to trauma so I released that)
- Needing other people to like me / choose to be with me (even those people I deeply love)
- Taking other people’s displeasure / upset / stories / negative emotions personally
- Responsibility for being the one to take care of the family financially
- Fear of the unknown (especially where my husband is concerned. I trust him and try things I’ve never done before)
- Seeing all my success/influence in the past and not in the present.
- Using the phrase, “I used to…” As in.. “I used to have this” or “I used to be able to do this” or “I used to be good at…” or “I used to look / feel / be …”
Freedom in the Stillness
In the stillness created by letting go of all these things, I found freedom and greater inner peace. I have a better understanding of what’s important in life. I’ve discovered that freedom comes from letting go of the need to do & have so many things. Less is more! Embracing the stillness has given me space to develop my character, talents and wisdom in ways I never could have without the liberating act of letting go.
I couldn’t have released all this without David. He’s the one who took care of me and talked things through with me and gave me the space to let go and explore my creativity this year. Between him and SimplyHealedTM, it’s been a smooth and enjoyable process.
How about you? What have you released in 2019? What do you want to release?
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About Marnie Pehrson Kuhns
Marnie Pehrson Kuhns is a Certified SimplyAlign Practitioner™ who uses music and creativity to mentor you past barriers, fears and doubts to discover, create, align with, and deliver your soul’s song (the mission, message or purpose you are on this earth to live). Marnie is a best-selling author with 31 fiction and nonfiction titles. If you'd like Marnie and her husband Dave to work with you personally on Your Great Reinvention, get a FREE 20-minute strategy session with Marnie here.
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