"Be who you want to be!"

I have the urge to talk about breaking old patterns and life's perceptions. I have created and implemented a 4-week workshop for women called "New Beginnings." It is a wonderful workshop that help women break old patterns and perceptions, face the fear that binds them, and discover their gift or purpose in life. We also work on where our patterns and perceptions came from. Humans have been a product of their environment for so long. whether its from their parents, society, race, gender and culture. We literally buy into what we are taught. Take body image for example, we live in the society that tells us that being thin, is beautiful. But not only do we have to compete with the media and magazines, we have to compete with ourselves. Breaking old patterns and changing our perceptions is possible. It is stepping out of the little world we have created for ourselves and creating the world of our choosing. If you are unhappy, start by looking at what you thought was true. If you are taught to be a racist, it is most likely you will grow up to hate. If you are taught that a woman's place is in the kitchen and raising children than there is a good chance that is how you live your life. Now there are exceptions, but I am not speaking to those exceptions. You can change your life right now. You can choose to be what you want to be, even if it means rejecting what you have been taught or the beliefs of your friends and family. Look at the world around you it is an incredible place and there is so much out there to learn. There are opportunities for us all. Be who you want to be not what everybody else wants you to be. Remember reach for the stars you might get the moon, heck, I'll take the moon, how about you?
Lauren