Category: Challenges

Challenges, change, debt

Facing Debt

livingwholecoaching

On our journey to a life makeover, today’s action step was about debt.  Ugh!  Well it’s something that we all face in some facet throughout our lifetime.  Hopefully, yours has been a positive experience, personally mine has not.

Some issues are due to my own fault of not being a good steward over the finances that God entrusted me with.  Until I got to that level of thinking and looking at my situation, I could never be free to face it and dissolve it once and for all.

I have too much to do for God to be burden down with debt and all that goes along with it.  So as a part of my life makeover I have decided to face it head on!  Here we go!

Day 3 action step is to create a spreadsheet or chart that lists all your outstanding debt including the name of the creditor, their address, phone number and the amount you owe.  It may seem like a daunting task and it was for me, but once I completed it I felt liberated.  And guess what it wasn’t as bad as I had imagined.  Now I will put the steps together to whittle them all down to nothing and finally be free!  By the end of this 6-month life makeover I will owe no one but to love them a mandate from God!

I found a wonderful tool that is biblically based with financial tools to get you from point A to point B.  If you need assistance check out www.crownmoneymap.com.

In order to be successful with this part of our lives we are going to have to have a new mindset on how we look at and deal with money.

I don’t know about you, but I am ready to be free from debt and being able to be a blessing to others financially instead of living paycheck to paycheck.  Are you ready?  Well get going then it’s all in your hands.

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

believer, Challenges, change, coach, finding God, Life Coach, wisdom

Turn the Page

livingwholecoaching

It’s time to turn the page in your book of life.  Time to write the next chapter as you see it vividly through God’s eyes.

Matthew 6:33 says; “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” NIV  When we finally come to the conclusion that God is there for us and we can look to Him for our everything, He will make it plain the plan He has for you and help you in the struggles of life that you face.  So all the areas in your life that you want to makeover really need to start with a belief in God.  What we will do over the next 6 months are things that will help you make positive move towards those goals, but it isn’t solidified until you choose God to lead you through life.

You don’t have to believe to understand biblical principles, but you must believe in order to activate them.  We are always going to refer back to our foundation – God during this journey.  It is not the only thing we know, but it is the best.  We will never push our beliefs on you, but we want to invite you to try this God that we speak about.

One thing I know for sure is that God has amazing things that He wants to show you and share with you, and you freely have the choice to choose His gifts!

Since we have reflected on our lives, taken an honest look at where we are in our lives, we should now be able to turn the page of our lives to begin to re-write the script of who we are.  This 6-month challenge is not going to be easy for some, it is not all going to be happy, happy, joy, joy; there are things that we will need to face in order to move forward into the life we desire.  So stick with me on this one, I promise that if you try at least some of the action steps that you not be disappointed.

Day 2 Action Step – Let’s start with wisdom, now you know I disclosed in the beginning that most of the areas that we will touch on will have multiple meanings and this is one of them.  This step will have a dual action step so pay close attention.  Part 1 – If you have a church home and are not attending regular bible-study then now is the time.  Make the sacrifice to join and be committed to it.  I have decided that I was going to join my fiance in studying the bible in a year, we started a while back, but I admit it was me that slacked off.  But I am going to call him right now, and ask that we start back up or at least that I start back up with him.  If you don’t have a church home that you belong to I am sure that any fellowship in your area will welcome you to attend their study.  Part 2 – What is it that you desire to do with your career?  Want that promotion, want to become an entrepreneur?  Then let’s takes a course!  Find out what you have to do to sign up for either a credit course or continuing education course that you would enjoy and invest in yourself for a change.  Don’t give me any excuses because I have used all of the myself, just do it!

I hope that this challenge will catapult you into the person that you desire to be, you know the life that you daydream about it only takes commitment and effort, I’m giving you the tools for free!

See you around campus!

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

Challenges, change, God, hope, Life Coach

Start from Square One

livingwholecoaching

Well today marks the first day of our 6-month life makeover challenge!  Woo hoo! I am super excited about all the new beginnings and possibilities to change my life from the place that I am right now into the place that I desire to be in every area of my life! It’s not going to be easy that is why we called it a challenge.  There are some parts of our lives that we will breeze right through, other parts not so much.  But I am committed to seeing the process to the end of the 6-months just to see how strong I really am.

I prayed and thought and thought and prayed about what the first action step should be on this challenge and it dawned on me that in order to begin to change the fabric of our lives we need to really have a clear picture of where we are.  Make sense?  How can we challenge ourselves to makeover areas in our lives if we don’t really focus on where we currently are.

So the first action step is going to be internal.  What do I mean?  Well I mean in your heart; I need you to focus on the inner being of who you are right now.  Look at yourself in your spiritual mirror and take an honest look at yourself.  Where are you?  Reflection on oneself is not something that we do everyday or even at all, but in order for us to move into a new dimension of who we really are supposed to be we must figure out who we are right now!  Are you following me?

I know that I shared this part of my journey with  you many times before, but it stand telling again so you get exactly where I am coming from for this action step.  When I was depressed and started to heal (with the love of God), I asked God why did I end up in this place that I was in?  His response to me was simple, “look in the mirror of your soul and take a close look at your life”.  My life had become a jumbled mess of compromising who I really was, what I believed and my values.  For many reasons I found myself compromising to be liked, to be loved, to fit in, and to please people. But that portrayal of who I thought people wanted me to be was false,it was taxing on the real me. For me it was bittersweet to finally realize what was going on with me; on one hand I could finally make a decision to change and become the real Lisa, on the other hand, I had to face that I had let God down.  And that my friend was the bitter part.

Day 1 Action Step – Find a quiet place and begin to focus on your life, every part of it, the good, the bad and the ugly.  Listen to what your heart is telling you about what your life really looks like.  Some of it may hurt, some may make you proud, but remember there is hope for a brighter future.  Now one thing that I want to make clear is that it all begins and ends with you.  You can’t do this exercise and include others in the process.  If you have deep embedded hurt and unforgiveness that you need to deal with please seek a professional therapist to work those issues out.  One thing that God showed me in my process was ME, no one else, only me, I was responsible for myself – period.  After you have gotten a clear picture of where you are now is the time to begin to vision where you want to be in the next 6-months.  Have a set goal for every area of your life that you want to change.  This will give us a clear measurement of your progress.  If you haven’t purchased a journal to record this journey I suggest that you so today. You are going to be wowed at the end of the challenge about how far you have come and accomplished!

Ready?  Let’s go!

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

Challenges, change, facebook, Life Coach, wealth, wellness, wisdom

Wellness, Wealth, & Wisdom Challenge

livingwholecoaching

I have decided to do a 6-month life makeover.  I had a wonderful woman of God challenge me to start a new beginning with my life.  I have taken on the challenge and want to extend it to you as well.

Each area will have multiple meanings so you have to pay close attention.  Each week for the next 6-months there will be a new action step to accomplish.  The fun part is that I would like everyone to share their experience with the action steps.  Let us know if you accomplished it with no problem, if you struggled with it, and we can then help to motivate you to “just do it”!

I will include the action step in a post on that topic for the week.  However, if you would like to join us on our facebook page for more interaction, please do so.

At the end of the 6-months we should have some amazing stories of change.  This will give you the boost that you need to move from where you are to the place that you desire to be.

Prizes?  Of course there will be prizes throughout the entire challenge.  We want to make this fun with a serious outcome!

This is your opportunity to change and live your best life!

The  Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

 

 

Challenges, coach, depression, Faith, purpose, seeking God

Every Day A Challenge

livingwholecoaching

Even though, I am living my life on purpose now and far from the land of depression that I suffered a short few years ago, I still have challenges.

Every day is a challenge for me; something is always evolving from situation that I would rather not have to face.  But this just life.  I have to face my challenges and I do, sometimes with zeal, prayer and supplication.  Other times not so much.  I run to my friends for encouragement (while nothing is wrong with that), I come to know that really I need to seek God first in everything.

All of us have challenges we face on a daily basis, but our choice in how we face them is the key to getting through them in the shortest, most productive way that we can.  For me it’s prayer (conversations) with God directly.

Sure I can call on my friends, however, they have their challenges too and so they may not have the energy to deal with me at that particular time.  So  now I feel left out, I feel not valued or loved, but no I need to understand that my issues are just that – mine.

Trust me when I say that when I was engulfed in my depression there was no one and I mean no one that could come to my aid.  But the lesson I learned from that is that God wanted me to look to Him for everything that I needed during that time.  It was a lesson in FAITH and it has prepared me for the things that would come my way.

Find your comfort in facing your challenges, but do face them.  The worst thing that we can do is bury our heads in the sand, or couch and try to pretend that they don’t exist.  It will only get worse.  But next time seek God for the answers of how to deal with your challenge in a more spiritual way and see how He will orchestrate the outcome for you.

Join our new Life Coaching Program – STAGES to give you  the tools to navigate life in a more excellent way and catapult you into a life of purpose.  Email – lisa@thebutterflyjourney.net

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa