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Wondering why your life isn't changing?⠀ ⠀ Trying to create change externally is an inefficient and painful way to operate in the world — trust me, I tried for many years! Start paying attention and you’ll observe that most of us try to change our own reality by trying to forcibly change the world around us. We exhaust huge amounts of energy trying to change other people’s behavior so that we’ll be happy, so our relationship will be better, so our boss will be nicer, so we’ll love our job.⠀ ⠀ Can you remember times you’ve tried to change the external to make the internal feel better? When has that ever really worked? Yet as a society, we spend countless hours of mental and physical energy trying. This leads to exhaustion, fatigue and even depression when it doesn’t work; we get stuck and don’t know what to do. Focusing your efforts on the external will only push you further away from your path; it will never take you on the journey back to yourself, and in my experience that’s the only journey that’s worthwhile.⠀ ⠀ Hint: The only thing you can control is what YOU do! So go inside; focus on controlling what YOU do and YOU think. Over time you will change and you’ll be amazed at how much easier and more effective it is to change internally than to try and control the external world.⠀ ⠀ Is there something external you’ve been trying to change? How can you make it an inside job instead?⠀ ⠀ #quotes #inspirationalquotes #quoteoftheday #carljung #mindfulness #motivation #inspiration #inspirational #personalgrowth #spiritualgrowth
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Are you taking time to stop and center?⠀ ⠀ I hosted family and friends over Thanksgiving and it was wonderful — but it also took a lot out of me. After everyone left, I literally sat on my couch for hours just recuperating.⠀ ⠀ Especially during the holidays, we’re prone to over-scheduling and stressing. Between the usual work and family commitments, holiday parties, shopping for gifts, cooking and visiting or hosting friends and family, we have a tendency to take on too much and overextend ourselves, leading us to feel anxious or overwhelmed instead of grateful.⠀ ⠀ When you’re feeling overwhelmed, take a timeout. Find the place inside you that’s still. Feel deep in your belly, above your navel. Focus on the stillness of your center — it’s the eye of the hurricane. Can you locate that peaceful place inside yourself? That’s the point to return to when you feel overwhelmed. We so often look externally for peace or calmness, but true peace can only come from within.⠀ ⠀ I’m writing this partially as a reminder to myself to find moments to pause during this busy time of the year. Comment with a 🧘♀️ if you’re committed to finding peace and calm during the holidays!⠀ ⠀ 📸 of my meditation room by @iamthezizz for @modluxdallas⠀ ⠀ #spiritualgrowth #personalgrowth #selfcare #selflove #meditation #consciousness #mindfulness
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You think *you’re* doing good in the world… and then you sit on a plane next to Mick Ebeling of @notimpossible Labs and he expands your consciousness so much that you go to the bathroom and cry for 10 minutes (true story).⠀ ⠀ Mick runs Not Impossible Labs which is an incredible group of geniuses that create technology for the sake of humanity — like tech that allows deaf people to hear music through their skin and an app that connects hungry people with restaurants that have extra food. Mick is a renegade and an instigator: He’s not waiting for permission, he’s going out into the world to discover absurdities and injustices and dreaming up solutions many people never thought possible.⠀ ⠀ Recently we held an event in my home for the Parkinson’s Foundation (@parkinsondotorg). Not Impossible is committed to improving the quality of life for those living with Parkinson’s Disease, which affects over 10 million people worldwide and for which there is currently no cure. Click the link in my bio if you’re inspired to make a donation; all donations are tax deductible and will go directly to The Parkinson's Foundation to conduct clinical trials that support Not Impossible’s technology to improve the lives of those living with Parkinson’s disease. ⠀ ⠀ Please share with anyone you know who’s affected by this disease — Mick and his team are truly doing Not Impossible things in the world.⠀ ⠀ 🎥: @paulytheknife⠀ ⠀ #parkinsons #changetheworld #inspiration #inspire #ambition #dreambig #technology #motivation #motivational #entrepreneur
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What if your only purpose in this life was to expand?⠀ ⠀ In my friend Harry Massey’s documentary “Choice Point,” motivational speaker @jackcanfield_official is asked about the universe’s purpose and he says, “The only thing I know the universe is doing for sure is that it is expanding. We know that from physics.” Canfield’s friend responds, “That’s right, and anything that supports expansion — the expansion of freedom, the expansion of consciousness, the expansion of abundance, the expansion of love — is going to get supported because it’s aligned with what the universe is doing.”⠀ ⠀ Think about that for a second: If the only purpose of the universe is to expand, it makes sense that anything we do to expand ourselves will be supported because it’s in perfect alignment with the physics of the universe. If your one goal in life was to constantly be expanding, how would that change the way you live? Would it help you prioritize looking deep within and doing your inner work so that you could constantly be expanding into greater joy, love and abundance?⠀ ⠀ My goal is to reach my highest evolution in this lifetime; I’m committed to expanding every day and I know the universe supports me — it supports us all.⠀ ⠀ How are you expanding today? Tag someone who inspires you with their expansion!⠀ ⠀ 📸: @danielnjohnson / epic edit by @circlecirclemath⠀ ⠀ #personalgrowth #spiritualgrowth #universe #energy #expansion #evolution #inspiration #inspirational #gratitude #mindfulness #enlightenment #motivation #motivational
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Focus is like a seed: where it is planted, it will grow.⠀ ⠀ Focusing with intent is a muscle that takes time to build because we’re always being lured to distraction. The people around us, the media, social media and the world in general are all begging for our attention. So we give them our focus and then often find ourselves pulled into negativity — by a friend’s personal drama, by sensationalist news programs, by the manufactured drama of reality shows. It’s an addiction, in a way. ⠀ ⠀ Remember: Your life is created based on where you place your energy. Spend your energy on the things that light you up and you’ll find yourself attracting more and more positivity into your life. If you spend your energy on negativity, don’t be surprised when your reality matches that and you create more things to complain about.⠀ ⠀ Don’t be lured into focusing on the negative even when you’re trying to shift away from it. Instead, reframe to a more positive statement: Instead of saying, “I need to stop doing _____ because it’s making me miserable,” say, “I am doing _____ to bring more joy and abundance into my life.” It’s a simple but powerful shift!⠀ ⠀ Where are you planting your seeds of focus? Comment with a 🌱 below!⠀ ⠀ #quotes #inspirationalquotes #quoteoftheday #lesbrown #mindfulness #motivation #inspiration #inspirational #entrepreneur #success #focus
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✨GIVEAWAY CLOSED✨⠀ ⠀ I’m GRATEFUL for you following me... and would love to share some ALIVE stuff with you!⠀ ⠀ I surround myself with the things that make me feel the most ALIVE. Whether it’s people, food, products or the objects in my home, I only want things that light me up and bring me energy. That’s something I’ve kept in mind when creating products for @poopourri & @supernaturalbeing — they’re made with essential oils that will uplift and elevate you. I'm thrilled to share them with you!⠀ ⠀ Enter below to win products from all three of my ALIVE brands:⠀ ⠀ -(1) Suzy Batiz “ALIVE AS S— denim jacket (men’s and women’s sizes available, $180 retail value)⠀ -(1) @Supernaturalbeing Starter Set ($75 retail value)⠀ -(1) set of the entire @poopourri Holiday Collection ($60 retail value)⠀ ⠀ TO ENTER:⠀ -Like this post⠀ -Follow me @suzybatiz, @poopourri & @supernaturalbeing⠀ -Tag a friend that makes you feel ALIVE in the comments⠀ ⠀ Winners will be announced via Instagram DM on 12/3. This contest is in no way sponsored, administered or associated with Instagram. By entering, entrants confirm they are US residents 18+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.⠀ ⠀ 📸: @iamthezizz⠀ ⠀ #giveaway #aliveideas #ideasarealive
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14 years ago, before I ever dreamed up @poopourri, I wrote an abundance course called InsideOut- creating change from within. I had successfully turned my life around, from a living hell to living in a blissful, ecstatic state. I found a secret to happiness and internal wealth and knew I had to share that pathway to abundance with others, so I put pen to paper and wrote it all down. But deep down, I didn’t truly believe that I could show others how to create abundance because I hadn’t truly mastered it in the material sense — after all, I had just filed bankruptcy 4 years prior.⠀ ⠀ Fast forward to 2019. I had recently been named one of @forbes Richest Self-Made Women and realized that wasn’t a finish line, but a new beginning prompted by an inquiry from my heart coach @awakenwithjp : It was time to bring that abundance course to life! I had been meeting regularly at my home with an amazing group of local women entrepreneurs called #SheMadeIt, and I knew they would be the perfect beta group for my course.⠀ ⠀ So we embarked on a 6 month journey of intense self-discovery and inner work — and I watched as this incredible group of women shifted and transformed before my eyes. We recently held a “graduation” ceremony to celebrate the completion of the course, and the appreciation they expressed to me for their newfound knowledge left me speechless. But I believe they gave me the greatest gift by being willing and eager beta testers for something I’d wanted to birth into the world all these years.⠀ ⠀ We’re still figuring out how exactly this course wants to live in the world, but I can’t wait to share it with you. Sign up for my newsletter (link in bio) to stay updated!⠀ ⠀ 🎥: @paulytheknife & @zacktzourtz #personalgrowth #spiritualgrowth #innerwork #inspiration #inspirational #womeninbusiness #entrepreneur #evolution #enlightenment
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Gratitude is truly the gift that keeps on giving.⠀ ⠀ So often we find ourselves in a constant state of yearning. We want more money, a better job, a cooler car, a different partner, a nicer house. Wanting can propel us forward, but it also prevents us from being present in the moment.⠀ ⠀ What if instead, we fell in love with ourselves and our lives exactly as they are right now, in this very moment? Contemplate what if not a single thing changed in your life — could you be happy?⠀ ⠀ This might sound scary to some, thinking that if they accept things the way they are and focus intently on what’s already positive in their life, then they’ll never change or move forward. But I can assure you that’s not the case! When you expand your perception of your life to become grateful for exactly who and where you are already, you begin to experience an immense amount of joy and happiness — creating a positive vibration that in turn creates MORE joyful and happy experiences. That's real gratitude, not fake pretend gratitude — and that's what makes a rich life.⠀ ⠀ What are you feeling gratitude for today? Tag someone you’re thankful for!⠀ ⠀ 📸: @danielnjohnson⠀ ⠀ #gratitude #grateful #mindfulness #bepresent #inspiration #inspirational #spiritualgrowth #personalgrowth #enlightenment #mindset
