What Ive learned from Lisa Nichols's Book "NO MATTER WHAT! 9 Steps to living the life you love"

Develop your "Bounce Back Muscles"

1 - Understanding Muscle -
Search for the gift in each circumstance
Look outside your immediate situation to the bigger picture
Go into your heart to find compassion
Put yourself in the other persons shoes

2 - Faith-In-Myself Muscle -
Turn off the negativ CD playing in your head and turn on the positive side
Treat yourself with REspect and kindness
Borrow fath from others when yours runs low
Surround yourself with your "rocket Booster Community" - People who love, celebrate and encourage you

3 - Take-Action Muscle
Recognize when youre moaning - i.e. "lying on the nail"
Refocus on your original goal
Be open to other, possibly better, ways to reach it
Keep in view your highest dreams and the ways in which you want to be of service while youre on this earth

4 - I-Know-Like-I- KNOW Muscle
Open yourself up to whatever Higher Power you believe in
Invite that Higher Power into your life NOW; dont wait until youre "perfect"
Learn to access a larger source of strength at will through meditation, breathing, or prayer
Feel the constant presence of your Higher Power in your heart through Gratitude

5 - Honesty Muscle
Be willing to take unflinching inventory of what works and what doesnt in your life
Take responsibility for your part in creating your situation
Address the things that dont work with detachment and clarity
Embrace yourself enough to share your truth with others

6 - Say-Yes Muscle
Hear and acknowledge what life is calling you to do
Test the waters by saying yes in small ways
Commit to playing full out
Formulate practical strategies to living your dreams

7 - Determination Muscle
Face the truth of your situation
Pick a target to aim for
Use the power of focus
Stay firmly connecte to your spiritual center and ask the people you love for assistance

8 - Forgiveness Muslce
Pinpint negative feelings revolving around old issues
Reconnect with your self love and begin to forgive youself
Go through Total Truth Process: honestly process the emotions beneath your anger and hurt and OWN all of them
Find compassion to embrace a deeper level of forgiveness

9 - Highest Choice Muscle
Become fully away of the unhealthy behavior you want to change in your life
Identify the nedd you are trying to fill through that behavior
Find the best and healthiest way to satisfy that need
Align your choices with your highest aspirations.