Whether you're starting a new year or a new life chapter, give yourself some time to reflect on what you've accomplished so far, what you didn't, what was good, and what wasn't so great.

Too often people feel like they've fallen short of their expectations and spend time beating themselves up over mistakes, missed opportunities or what could have been. Perhaps this is why many people fall into a bit of a depressed state as their Inner Critic is celebrating with a good dose of self-judgment, blame, criticism, and added drama.

If this sounds familiar, it's time to put the Inner Critic to bed for now, and let your Inner Wizard come out and play. Your Inner Wizard, the voice of your truth, intuition and inspiration, knows that mistakes are opportunities to learn and grow. Missed opportunities provide more gifts in the lessons they provide. Empowered Inner Wizards focus on what "can be" instead of what "could have been."

It's time to Empower your Inner Wizard and ask:

If I got really radical today, stopped fearing the consequences, let go of any doubts about my ability to succeed, and enthusiastically set out to be what I was born to be, what would I be doing?

Once you have your answer you have your intention. Write it down! Tell others about your intention to hold you accountable. Empower your Inner Wizard to guide you, give all of your energy, attention and focus to that intention, take action as guided by intuition. Mindfully speak and act with purpose and in the direction of what your heart is calling you to become and you will absolutely turn that dream into a very real experience.

As creative beings, our fundamental life-affirming need is to continue to move forward and grow. Like sharks, if we stop moving we will whither and die. If you notice that you are holding yourself back from acting upon your intention take a breath, acknowledge where you are, and take one baby step forward. Then another. Soon you'll be off and running again.

May this new beginning bring you love, laughter and empowerment.

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