Are you living an “unconventional” life?
Maybe you have decided not to have children.
Maybe you’ve opted to be in a partnership vs. a marriage.
Maybe you have decided to use your college funds to travel to Indonesia.
Maybe you are an artist from a family of lawyers.
Maybe you’re an Ayurvedic Nutritionist living in Alabama.
Maybe you just left your high-paying corporate job to pursue yoga teacher training.
Maybe you are a truly independent spirit, a seeker, a revolutionary.
You have chosen to live you life in accordance with the whispers of your soul. That is to say essentially and truly wild.
As a person who has been on this wild path for some time now, I’d like to offer up some tips to help you on you path. Some recycled wisdom for you to take or leave. What ever suits your soul.
Here are 5 Tips for Walking on the WILD Side
1. Know why you are living “unconventionally.” Being rebellious just to be in opposition doesn’t give you anything positive to get excited about. If you are an artist or an entrepreneur, focus on what you love about your craft versus what you hate about corporate America. Don’t be anti-fast food but be pro-wholesome nourishment. Don’t be Democrat just because you don’t like Republicans. When we think in terms of anti-we don’t stand for anything, we stand against. It’s hard to find the joy in against.
2. Find your people. Connecting people who have similar values and really see you and what you are creating is essential. It’s hard to go out and bring your true self to all you do. Sometimes it can feel like you are standing all alone and it sure helps to phone a friend. “You are doing great. Keep going. I got your back.” Ahhh…
3. Incorporate Humor or Get Your Laugh On. Please please don’t take yourself too seriously. When I start to get angry (which I do) and stressed (which I do), I remind myself of how very small we are. I think of how we are all just ants on a hill, in the grand scheme of the universe. And if that doesn’t calm me down, I reach out to one of my funny friends. It is practically mandatory that you be hilarious to be in my close inner circle. I didn’t collect all the funniest people around on purpose. It just happened. May have something to do with my taking everything so very seriously. Balance, people. Don’t have a roster of live funny peeps? Seek out the greats. Watch, listen, and laugh, please laugh.
4. Move your body. Your body is the instrument for your soul. Do your very best to treat her like it. If this means going to the gym for you, go. If this means finding time to dance, twirl away. If it means yoga, OM. If it means getting fresh air, get out of the house. Let your life force move through every cell of your being.
5. Practice unconditional self-love. When you can learn to love yourself, scars and mistakes and vices and all, that love will pour out and touch everyone you meet. So be nice to you, wild one. Treat yourself with the love and loyalty you treat your best friend with. Look in the mirror and tell yourself just how beautiful and extraordinary you really are. And you are, you really are.
Living wildly no longer feels like a choice to me. In my mind, there is no other option. I am here to live not as I’m told but rather as my soul guides me.
I am here for you. Looking to provide you with as much support as I can on this WILD ride of yours.
Here are a couple of soulful happenings starting next week:
WILD Women of NYC, WILD Woman Initiation begins next Thursday, January 10th this workshop is aimed at unleashing the WILD Woman in you. I truly hope you can be there. This will rock your world. Details Below.
CIRCLE week starts next Thursday…There are live circles going on all over North America and even a TeleCircle with WILD Woman Astrologer Kali Johnson.
Wishing you a WILD New Year,
Chris
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Using a dynamic meditation journey, we will tune into the New Moon, to your own Inner Guidance, synced up with wild-hearted women from around the world. This offering will include music, storytelling, meditation, journaling prompts & intention-setting.
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Chris Maddox is the founder of The Wild Woman Project where she teaches women how to utilize the gifts of the Wild Woman Archetype in their everyday lives & how to lead women’s circles in their local communities. She is the organizer & facilitator of the beloved annual WILD WOMAN FEST, a women’s retreat-festival hybrid which fosters a deep connection to nature, a direct experience of the divine feminine & profound spiritual sisterhood among the women in attendance.
An ever student of the great mysteries of existence and nature itself, Chris believes women are holding innate gifts & tools that society at large needs – now more than ever. She is committed to helping women remember their special magic and to bring it forward into every corner of their lives, for the greater good of the planet.
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