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The Source of Your Creative Power
Posted by: | CommentsThe other night I was listening to MOTH Radio and one of the performers was Aimee Mullins. She is a paraplegic who refused to hide who she was in order to make other people comfortable. I found her talk so inspiring that I looked it up on the MOTH website so that I could listen again. The same talk aired on NPR the next day while I was in the car so I knew it had a special message for me.
I know, I just wrote a post about Aimee last week, but this chick is inspiring and her story keeps popping up for me so I’m going with it.
Aimee embraced the fact that her legs were amputated below the knee and decided to have fun with it. She wouldn’t settle for the typical prosthetic legs that were available to her. The options were extremely limited.
She decided that she was having conversations about what was possible for her legs with the wrong people and set out to find people who would say “yes” to her ideas.
She sought out the people who would see the potential and the possibilities rather than the limitation of having no lower legs.
Looking for the right people opened up a world of possibilities and opportunities for her.
She became the fastest paraplegic women in the world with some new sprinting legs.
She walked the Paris runways in fashion shows with beautifully carved wooden legs and feathered legs. She could pick what height she wanted to be. She acted in film and TV and now is a key note speaker and an inspiration to people all over the world.
All this happened because she wouldn’t settle. She wanted to do more with her life.
Aimee embraced what made her different and allowed it to make her extraordinary and exceptional.
We all have something about us that makes us different. For the most part we have been taught to hide those parts of us away so that we fit in and be normal. We don’t want to make other people uncomfortable so we make ourselves uncomfortable by hiding who we are and not allowing ourselves to be fully self expressed.
I like what Aimee has to say about this-
“When we celebrate and truly own what it is that makes us different we are able to find the source of our greatest creative power. “
What would happen if you embraced what made you different?
What might be possible for you?
You can listen to the story told by Aimee by using the player below. Her story is the first 15 minutes of the show.
How Did She Break Free of Her Pre-Packaged Life?
Posted by: | CommentsAngela Minelli is a great example of someone who was living a less than satisfying, in-the-box, kind of life who empowered herself to make some major changes in order to take charge of her health and career.
Angela was considered to be very successful in her career in the insurance industry. She made great money, but she was uninspired and burnt out. She was dealing with all kinds of physical aliments that made it hard for her to feel passionate about anything.
Then she empowered herself to do something about it! She set out on a healing journey that lead to many great awakenings and a career that she is passionate about.
How did she do it?
Check out this 60 minute interview where we explore how Angela broke free from her pre-packaged life, embraced her passions and created her version of a Kick-Ass Life.
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Click here to learn more about Angela and what she has to offer at her website-Wellness with Angela-
Tune into Your Inner-Guidance by Embracing Your Psychic Ability
Posted by: | CommentsTuning into your inner -guidance is necessary of you want to break free and start living a Kick-Ass Life ! It will show you the way to all kinds of awesomeness!
In order to help you tune into your inner-guidance I asked a fellow Defy the Boxer 
and Kick-Ass Creator -Lisa the Punk Rock Psychic – to come talk about embracing your intuition/psychic ability in order to know what is right for you.
We discuss how to access your inner-guidance and strengthen your connection to it, the practical uses of intuition-like finding parking spaces to getting ideas for projects, and how to use intuition to get unstuck. We also talk about how the clair’s work (our psychic senses that are simply psychic replicas of our physical ones), and some simple psychic tools like oracle card decks and how to get messages in a way that works for you.
You can listen to the 60 minute interview by clicking here-
You can learn more about Lisa here- http://punkrockpsychic.com/about/
This show is hosted by Leah Shapiro- the Kick-Ass Life Coach at Defy the Box . Leah helps spiritual, creative, non-conforming souls embrace what makes them unique and different in order to create the Kick-Ass Life of their dreams.
