When you invest in yourself, you invest in your future!
And as much as we know that saying to be true, life can make us still feel a little self-critical at times.
Like the direction that we’re heading in doesn’t feel right or we’re often tired of doing the same old, same old, making us desperate for some real-life change.
And that’s totally okay — change can come!
But only if you are willing to take some leaps of faith and follow some profound steps from renowned self-help coach Dr. Joe Dispenza to really change your life around.
And if you haven’t heard of Dr. Joe Dispenza before, get ready!
Dispenza has laid out some simple and straight-forward techniques from all his teachings on how you can change your life for the better.
He says you can do this, simply by harnessing your true power from within, so you can reshape your perception of how you do things on the subatomic level.
We’ll be highlighting just a few of his profound life steps below, so you can change the direction of your life — starting today — so you can start living life with more joy and confidence.
Let’s take a look at these seven steps so that you can make some real life-lasting change in your life — starting today!
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7 Steps to Make Real Change In Your Life (Inspired by Dr. Joe Dispenza)
1. Start by disconnecting from your world.
We’re going to start off with one of Dr. Joe Dispenza’s first steps (from his profound teachings) — that is to take some time out of your busy life to disconnect from your world.
That means shutting off your cellphone, turning the TV off, powering down your computer, and reflecting for a few minutes from within with your eyes closed.
“Your mind needs to disconnect so it can connect to its infinite source so it can help you”, Dispenza says.
And the only way to do that is to sit your body down for a few minutes, have your eyes closed and just be one with yourself.
Start listening to your inner voice. Dispenza says this is the first and most critical step in order to start the process of true infinite change.
For tips to help you look within and disconnect, try this:
- Mindfulness meditations are the best way to connect to your body and they’re simple, just settle in, and find a quiet space.
- Make sure you are warm, relaxed, and comfortable.
- Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and relax your mind and body.
- Take one to four deep breaths. Focus on your breathing to allow you to connect to your body.
- Stay focused. Thoughts will try to pull your attention away from the breath.
- If an uneasy feeling presents itself, offer yourself some mindful self-compassion. Now is the perfect time to feel compassion and love for whatever pops up.
- Remain focused on your breathing, bringing your awareness to your body so that you can center your attention on the present moment to really master change (More on this in tip #2).
- Try to do this at least once a day for 10 minutes. Daily practice will provide you with the most benefits.
2. Get used to centering your attention to the present moment so you can tune-in to who you really are.
Now that you know that disconnecting from your world and reality (through deep breathing and meditation) is vital towards making a real life-lasting change in your life…
If you practice disconnecting daily then this is where real change can really take center-stage in your life!
This is where the subconscious mind can really take a back seat now, and the more you practice tapping in, you’ll start opening the gateway of awareness to who you are really meant to be.
“When you center your attention on the present moment, you are harnessing your truest power of energy. This energy has the power to create the life you desire”, Dispenza says.
So keep working on settling yourself back down into the present moment on a daily basis.
When your mind wanders to the predictable future or the familiar past — this is totally normal — just center your attention on being still and make this your daily ritual for true change in your life.
You see, your mind wants to be in control all-of-the-time and the key here (by centering your attention to who you really are) you are opening up the channel to becoming more aware that the thoughts you think are mere — thoughts.
Once you know this then you can head to step three, by rehearsing who you want to be in your life!
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3. Rehearse visually in your mind who you want to be during those little moments of awareness.
Now that you have become familiar with learning how to disconnect from your world and you’ve become quite good at centering your attention on the present moment on a daily basis…
Now you can add rehearsal into those powerful moments!
A good thing to know first is that the things that you have to do, the choices that you have to make, and all the little decisions that you have to make (in-between your day-to-day events) should be done by the person who you WANT to be.
This is where visualization comes into the picture!
Visualization is the perfect ingredient to add (during that open window of awareness) so that you can start rehearsing your future and NOT be the person you once were from your familiar past.
When you are tuned in, tapped in, and aware, rehearsing in your mind who you’re going to be will allow you to create the change in which you are seeking to experience.
Tap into the feeling of the person in which you wish to create in your physical reality. Make mental notes throughout the day to correct your daily decisions (when your eyes aren’t closed) so that you become purposefully aware to enhance your life even more.
4. Teach your body emotionally to feel the life that you’re craving to live.
Dr. Joe Dispenza says, “You must train yourself to rehearse your future over and over again, to make it concrete, so it can start feeling familiar!”
By teaching your body emotionally to feel the life that you are craving to live, that awareness starts to open up and your visualization is going to start feeling very real for you.
When this happens you’ll start getting familiar with this feeling and when you do, this is where you can start fine-tuning by creating even more life-lasting change for yourself.
If you harness the power of feeling your way to your desired outcomes, eventually your body and mind will follow that feeling.
Simply put, if you start retraining your mind and body to feel the way you would like to feel, and more often, Dispenza says, “This will create superhighways of change in your life”.
Those highways are the new program that you are intentionally integrating into your reality. And by deliberately feeling your way to that change, you’ll start to notice that you will make little active decisions (based on those feelings) in your day-to-day life!
But you must decide in each present moment the emotions that you’d like to feel, that way you can begin to create the future that you crave.
Dispenza says, “When we become aware that we don’t have something we want, we naturally experience the emotion of lack from not having what we desire. This is how we begin creating through our imagination. It is our natural, innate propensity to be creators at play. The more we think about these things and imagine what it would be like to have them, the more our brain naturally starts creating pictures and images of what our future could look like. This is what it means to dream the dream of the future”.
So let’s put this into action!
For tips to help you teach your body emotionally, try this:
- Let’s say that you are feeling angry but you would like to feel happy… Then the first thing you should do is acknowledge how you feel, and let your anger out with a good cry or write out how you feel.
- Dr, Joe Dispenza also encourages that you shouldn’t sit with the emotions that you don’t want for too long!
- Then get present with yourself by disconnecting from your world and closing your eyes.
- Focus on your breathing and center your attention only on the present moment.
- Start rehearsing and visualizing who you want to be, getting to that golden feeling.
- Teach your body emotionally what your future’s going to feel like and don’t get up until you begin to feel those emotions in the present moment.
“You must feel it to receive it”, Dr. Joe Dispenza says and you must do this every single day to get to your desired results quickly.
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5. Thoughts play a powerful role in change — decide what thoughts you want to bring with you to your future.
When it comes to manifesting true change, Dr. Joe says it like this… “You can’t go into the future holding onto the biology of your past”.
The biology of our past is what truly binds us by the thoughts and memories that we hold closest to our hearts.
So that means that you and only you — must decide today what thoughts are truly holding you back in life and what thoughts will get you to feeling like your future self.
Remember that if you’re thinking thoughts like; “I can’t“, “It’s too hard“, “I’ll never change“, “I’ll do it tomorrow“, “I hate my life“, “I’m too old” — will only limit you!
Once you are aware of your negative recurring thoughts, (especially in your moments of awareness) you should then actively try to rewrite/rehearse new thoughts that are more positive that will serve your highest good.
For tips to help you retrain your thinking, try this:
- Observe your thoughts and get crystal clear on the thoughts that are holding you back.
- Be open to humor and see if you can find a humorous way to look at how you are currently thinking.
- Follow a healthy lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle will always help you remain in a positive state with your thinking.
- Practice positive self-talk. Deliberately speak to yourself as your ‘future self would’ and give yourself compassion when shame and negativity start to creep in and take hold.
- Lastly, always surround yourself with positive people. They’ll naturally rub off on you in a positive way.
6. Repeat, “What do I want in my life?” daily.
Start by asking yourself this question “What do I want in my life?”
If you can define a vision of your future instead of recreating the memories of the past, you will be actively thinking outside the box.
And as you begin to contemplate and think about the answer to this question more and more, whether you know it or not, Dispenza says, you’re changing your brain.
So much of our lives are made up of the memories of the past and that is the very thing that is holding you back from creating lasting positive change.
Furthermore, when you make your brain fire in new sequences with new patterns and new combinations (by deliberately asking yourself this powerful question), your mind will start trying to figure out the answer for you and will look for opportunities to help you solve it along the way.
7. You must monitor your behaviors in order to nix them.
Lastly, the final step to really creating true life-lasting change is to decide what behaviors, actions, or unconscious habits that you may have (that you would really like to stop doing), and set out a plan to slowly change them out.
Right now, truly is the only time to become more aware of those behaviors so you can stop them, and chances are that you already know what they are!
Dr, Joe explains in his book Becoming Supernatural, that; “You can become so conscious of your limiting behaviors that you’ll never go unconscious again if you stay committed to actively observing them”.
So that means, how you talk to yourself, how you complain, if you deflect, if you blame, if you make excuses, choose to be lazy, or feel sorry for yourself? They are all within the grasp of your control.
You have the power to become aware of what’s holding you back — that means you can change them!
For more tips on how you can change your life, try this:
- Observe your thoughts. See what frame of thinking is holding you back so you can change it.
- Find Meaning. Spend some time trying to sort out what is important in your life and why it is important.
- Create a dream board. When we were children, we would daydream all the time but you can still do that as an adult. Find some magazines and cut out anything that inspires you to dream more.
- Set goals. No matter how large or small (if you are striving to complete it) a goal will always be a positive thing in your life.
- Let go of past regrets. Sometimes to start a new life and in order to create new change, we have to let go of the carnage of our pasts.
- Face your fears. Do something that scares you. Pushing past your comfort zone is a good thing and will help you change your life for the better.
- Start living a well-balanced life. Get your sleep under control, stop bad habits if you can, and start leading a more healthy lifestyle, one that you can be most proud of.
- Accept Yourself. You are just as unique as each star in the galaxy. Be proud of what you’ve gone through in your life and accept yourself where you are now. You can change your life starting today if you have compassion towards yourself.
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There you have it! When you’re in the present moment, that’s truly the closest place to actively changing your life from within. And once you make this a daily ritual, you too can really be in control of your life again!
You can find out more about Dr. Joe Dispenza’s outstanding life-changing advice written in several of his books, self-help programs, or website.
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Hi, my name is Rebecca and I am the face behind Everything Abode! I am a lifestyle and wellness writer based out of Vancouver Island. When I’m not writing or exploring mountains and beaches with my furry rescue, I love spending time learning creative ways to manifest a healthy home. Thanks for stopping by!
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Great Post! Dr. Joe is so inspirational and you did a Really Nice job paraphrasing His Message.
Yes! Being in the Present moment is so important and one of the most difficult things to do as a human. We are so wrapped up in beating ourselves up for yesterday and/or worrying about tomorrow that we don’t enjoy what is happening right now.
This is why I have a pinterest board for Hygge, FIkA, ETC. It’s all about being in the present moment. I pin to the board to remind myself to enjoy right now. Even as I write this comment I am sitting in front of a large window watching the leaves fall on a chilly morning with a steaming cup of coffee, Music playing and candles lit. I am surrounded by fall decorations.
So even sitting and commenting on a wonderful post, I am in the present moment, enjoying it.
I AM A BLOGGER as well and I know how much stuff needs to be done. I could be worried about it but it won’t make it get done faster. I know that I have made mistakes or even published posts that I no longer agree with. It can all be fixed.
I like what you have to Say here and am subscribing to your blog.
So wonderful to hear Maggie, thank you for such a generous comment. It made my day!:)