Hi beautiful one!
I loved getting so many of your emails! As mentioned I prayed for everyone and responded to each one I got. I hope it blessed you!
One of the things I found fascinating about my stay at the monastery was there was no mirror in site, and yet somehow I was confronted with seeing myself.
It was an interesting experience going through the routines of showering, getting ready for the day, or getting ready for bed and looking to glance up to see myself in a mirror and yet there was no where for me to focus on the external self.
Our society is set up to consistently bombard us with focusing on external factors in hopes that if we can fix something outside of us, or obtain something external, then somehow we’re going to be safe, loved, happy… but it’s such a lie. I bet if you look around at your life right now you’ll see things you achieved or obtained that you were sure would be the answer to your problems, challenges, and/or pain and yet it hasn’t.
That’s because your breakthrough was never wrapped up in something outside of you. Read that again.
I call this mental virus the “if/then” theory. If this thing happens, then I’ll feel happy. Plug in whatever is relevant and you’ll see that you may have at times fallen victim to this mental virus that just keeps you chasing dangling carrots. Once one carrot is caught, the realization that this carrot didn’t hold what you thought you’d experience and then on to the next carrot. Rinse and repeat over and over and over and over….
Because it’s an internal change and freedom that needs to happen. I guess that’s partly why I’m so incredibly passionate about the work I do, I spent so much of my life trying to change the external, or obtain and achieve things outside of me to heal the deep pain I was in and free me from the torment. But it wasn’t till learning to how to effectively change my inner world and subsequent neural pathway wirings (thought highways of the brain) that I actually experienced real breakthrough and lasting change. Pair that mind renewal with a relationship with God and well that’s the recipe for a life completely transformed.
I don’t even recognize myself anymore in the best way. The Ashley who grew up a punching bag with so much heavy pains I carried everyday, every hour, every second has been freed. And for so many years I’ve gotten to help my clients do the same.
So at the monastery, I may have not been able to see my reflection but you know what I saw? The incredible work God has done in me, the freedom I now have compared to my younger years, and yet still all the sneaky ways that were hiding in which I’ve conformed to the world that I made a commitment right then and there to grow past. And it’s been incredible what has happened in me and my life since then… …just a few short weeks ago. Amazing!
Can you see why I geek out on this work? So grateful that this is what I get to share with the world, and this gets to my legacy while I’m here.
If you’d like to work with me whether you’re brand new to my work or a treasured returning client, you can schedule a consultation or email my office at info@AshleyMaven.com
So much more I’d love to share with you but once again I think I wrote so much in my zeal.
Can’t wait to share more with you soon.
Always remember, you are loved!
Blessings & Wonders,
