10 Tips to Light Up Your Life

Did you know your “reality,” or what you are experiencing in your life, is a direct reflection of what you are feeling inside?

Here’s how it works. Your thoughts and beliefs create your emotions. Your emotions create how you feel. This feeling is a frequency of vibration or resonance. The better things feel, the freer and lighter you feel and the higher the vibration or resonance. The darker things feel, the more constricted and tight you feel and the lower the vibration or resonance. Whatever you are feeling in your body, you are attracting and creating more of in your life.

Now listen closely. Your emotions attract the circumstances of your life. Your circumstances do not create your emotions. In other words, nobody or nothing can make you feel a certain way. You already have those emotions inside you. The circumstances/people are the trigger to bring them to the surface and have you feel.

Unless they’re extreme, you’re generally not aware of your emotions. Yet this awareness can be a monitor for what is showing up in your “reality.” When you allow emotions to control you, you can feel like a victim of your own life. With awareness and practice you can actually choose your emotions. In other words, with awareness and practice you can actually create your life.

Here are some suggestions for consciously lifting your frequency of vibration to attract and create more of what you desire…more joy, more love and more fulfilment!

1. Notice and give attention to what you are grateful for. It’s easy to get caught up in what is not going right in your life, instead of appreciating the things that are. Notice the difference in how your body feels. Remember, what you give attention to increases. A daily prayer of gratitude, keeping a gratitude journal, and paying attention to what’s going right can make a big difference in your vibration. Remember, the more you are grateful, the more things you attract to be grateful for.
2. Make food choices that support your body. Processed foods are dead energy. Live foods give you vital energy. It is important to notice the foods you choose and when you choose them. When we are vibrating at the lower vibrations of fear, anger and despair, we are more attracted to consuming lower vibration foods that have little life force, such as refined or processed food. When we feel alive and inspired, we crave food that shares our life force. Raw veggies, whole grains and other unprocessed foods raise or match our higher vibrations.
3. Don’t stuff your uncomfortable emotions. Get curious with them. Is there a story here that is creating self-pity, blame or jealousy? If so, let go of the drama. Remember, it’s a choice. No one can make you feel a certain way. If these are “authentic emotions” without drama such as sadness or anger, safely feel and release them so you can raise your resonance to a higher frequency. Treat yourself to a good cry or scream into a pillow. You’ll be glad you did!
4. Consciously choose who you spend time with. Are your friends or family sarcastic, mocking and cynical or supportive, optimistic and inspiring? How do you feel when you are with them? Do you aspire to be like them or do they leave you feeling lost, cynical or angry?
5. What information are you consuming? How is the information in the newspaper and on T.V. impacting you? When watching or reading, how are you left feeling? Most often, the news reports problems, negative issues and things to fear. Movies that bring fear will leave you feeling fearful and filled with dread. How inspiring and uplifting is the evening or morning news for you? Could you trade that for something that leaves you feeling better?
6. Spend time in nature. Have you noticed how great you feel after spending time at the ocean, in the mountains or after a rain shower? Fresh air, trees, and water all contribute to an increased flow of oxygen to the brain, resulting in more mental and renewed energy. As air molecules are exposed to sunlight, moving water and air, they create negative ions. Negative ions raise your vibration so you attract a higher vibration of people and experiences.
7. What music are you listening to? Music can certainly raise or lower your vibration. Notice how you feel when listening to a beautiful or fun piece of music. Have you ever felt like you just had to get away from certain types of music? Surround yourself with music that feels good!
8. Spend time moving in your body every day. Movement gets things circulating. It helps to clarify, purify and strengthen your energy and promote physical and mental health. I love to put on some fun music and dance at least once a day! Try it!
9. Connect with your inner self with quiet time alone. Take time to notice what you feel on a regular basis. Keeping busy, reading, watching T.V. or spending time with others can be a way of numbing out. It’s important to stop every day and check in with YOU. Whether it’s sitting in the sun, going for a walk or writing in your journal, time alone allows you to center and reconnect to yourself again.
10. Clear your clutter. It takes time, focus and commitment to keep up with clutter, but the impact is incredible. Do you remember the last time you cleaned your closet, garage or desk? How did it leave you feeling? (My guess is you probably sneaked a peek at it later that same day so you could get that fine feeling again!)

Stop for a moment now and focus your attention on how you feel. Drop out of your head and into your body and ask yourself, “How am I feeling in this moment?” On a scale from one to ten, one being the lowest and ten being the highest, what is your frequency in this moment? Are you creating more of what you desire in your life or could it be the opposite?

Practice taking note of who you are being. Begin to awaken to the impact of your surroundings, your thoughts, your beliefs and your fears.