The newness September brings

September has always been a place of renewal for me. There is a feeling of shifting, deep within me. There is a freshness and energy in the air that inspires me. September is a time for a new notebook and a fresh pen. There is a calling to try new things, to launch into possibility.

This year I am going back to school. I am starting my PhD. There is an excitement within me and also this underlying nervousness that resonates from my solar plexus outward through out my body. I find myself breathing deeply and sighing as I prepare for this new chapter.

Noticing the conflict in my thoughts

What I know is that I love learning, I have wanted for years to do my PhD. and when I look forward a few weeks and months from now I see myself energized and full of joy. Though I must admit in this moment I can find myself questioning. Can I do this? Will it require too much of my time? How can I add this to the other things that I do? How will I make space for what supports me? These thoughts and questions make my feel contracted.

I choose expansion

I realize I have a choice. I can think the thoughts that make me feel contracted or I can think about how wonderful it will be, how much energy I will receive, what amazing things I will learn, the amazing people I will meet and that makes me feel expansive. I choose expansion. I make room for all the magic this future will bring.

Questions for reflection

• What newness are you welcoming into your life?
• Where are you choosing your thoughts to go?
• What thoughts make you feel expansive?

I invite you to experiment

I invite you to open your heart to newness and choose the thoughts that create expansion into that newness. See what opens up for you.

Remember you are amazing, you are so capable, you are unique and it is worth welcoming newness into your life with thoughts that allow you to expand into what is opening up for you.

Alison