What IF what you think is giving you protection is actually imprisoning you? You’re about to learn 3 things that’ll help you redefine what living UNCOVERED, Exposed + Naked really looks like. NOPE, today’s show isn’t X-Rated. It’s “G” for Genuine. (And you can leave a rating/review in iTunes or Stitcher.) 🙂
SHOW NOTES…
Living uncovered means that you’re committed to living a genuine, authentic life.
This is definitely a continuation of yesterday’s EPISODE 026: Live Unfiltered.
I hope you’ve listened to it, and taken your SACRED S.O.L. STEP to begin the process of living unfiltered. Today we’re going deeper in order to live uncovered.
What would your life look like UNCOVERED?
Today I’m going to help you see what your life would look like uncovered, exposed, and naked.
Uncovered means fully free; exposed to the light. It’s bright, light, free, and not heavy.
These 3 things will help you redefine what living UNCOVERED, EXPOSED + NAKED really looks like.
1. Uncovered = Revealed or Revelation.
It’s the beginning of a discovery process. When you uncover, you peel back whatever it is that’s covering your truth.
This can feel scary at times, because we don’t know exactly WHAT will be revealed.
What LIFE are you missing, or not seeing, because you’ve allowed fear to keep you from uncovering it?
Under the cover is OPPORTUNITY for growth.
But if you allow IT to be covered too long, that darkness will absolutely hinder your growth.
There’s a time to be uncovered and revealed. It’s now, so you can allow what’s truly underneath to come to the surface.
TRUTH is revealed when we UNCOVER.
Where there’s TRUTH, there’s opportunity.
Are you willing to uncover, and discover truth, so you can enter into the opportunity that’s available to you?
When you cover yourself and hide, you’ll feel suffocated and UNINSPIRED – like you can’t breathe. It’ll also make you feel OVERWHELMED.
When I think of COVERED, I think of drowning. It creates a feeling of overwhelm, heaviness, darkness, and fear.
2. EXPOSED = Released.
Often when we think of something being EXPOSED, we think of a secret being released. People get nervous, and a lot of times there’s shame around it. People don’t want the truth to be exposed, because their “secret” will be known.
Perhaps that’s YOU today? You’ve got some secrets, baggage, or painful truth that you’ve been carrying around with you.
Is it possible that you’ve allowed “IT” to define you, and you’ve labeled yourself because of it?
All these labels will cover up, and create a heavy weight for you to carry. Imagine what it would feel like to let go, reveal, and release yourself today?
The extra weight is holding you down. It’s covering you up, and keeping you captive.
Often we feel that by covering up we’re protecting ourselves, but actually we’re creating a prison that hinders our growth, expression, and is shutting us down.
If this is you, are you willing to allow yourself to expose the TRUTH, and be released?
You can live freely when you allow yourself to be released from whatever it is that’s covering you.
3. Naked = Restore.
When we wear something on top of who we really are it’s time to get NAKED.
Naked is so misunderstood. We come to planet earth in the skin we’re in. Naked and unashamed.
For some reason when I think of naked, I think of a hospital. Yes, probably because a lot of babies are born in a hospital.
One of the things that happen when you go to a hospital is they ask you to take off your clothes.
Why is that? Because it hinders access, whether you’re having a baby or you’ve had surgery or trauma.
People go to a hospital to get care, and to begin the recovery process.
I remember years ago getting the revelation that I didn’t desire RECOVERY for myself, my patients, or anyone.
Why? Because to RECOVER is the opposite of UNCOVER.
We UNCOVER truth, the cause of a problem, a revelation, and an opportunity. Once the secret’s out, the truth’s revealed…and can do its work. The power’s released.
The last thing we want to do then is RECOVER!
What if we started looking at NAKEDNESS as an opportunity to RESTORE?
To completely restore, and begin the REBUILDING process.
Imagine what this would look like…
RESTORING and rebuilding allows you to become healthier, happier, stronger, and more powerful than before you lost whatever it was that you feel you’ve lost or the hurt you’ve experienced.
This is so exciting to me!
Maybe you haven’t experienced a trauma or loss, but life’s gotten average or feels like it’s lacking ADVENTURE. I invite you to continue to seek the adventure of a lifetime, and fully enter into that adventure called SIPPING ON LIFE.
When you enter into the adventure of LIFE, your good can become great.
Sometimes in order to access great, you’ve got to let go of good.
You have to be willing to uncover, release, expose, and actually RESTORE AND REBUILD.
There’s no such thing as RECOVER. It’s all about RESTORE AND REBUILD.
Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage with yourself.)
TODAY’S SACED S.O.L. STEP:
1. Take an honest look at your life. Ask yourself WHERE you’re covering up, and where would you desire to be UNCOVERED?
WRITE IT ALL OUT. Let it out. Whatever secret, lie, desire, or whatever it is, allow it to come to the surface.
2. Make a commitment, and take at least one step to begin to UNCOVER.
Perhaps that one step is simply writing it all out in your journal. That’s the beautiful thing about journaling. You can write it all out, and discover some truth about yourself. Sometimes you don’t even know what’s going on under the surface. Then suddenly you can see it so clearly.
Expose it with the light of truth. Take a step today that’ll allow you to live uncovered, exposed, and naked.
Thanks for being here today. I’d love to hear from you. Come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com and let me know how you’re doing. If you haven’t yet subscribed to the podcast, you can do so at iTunes or Stitcher.
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xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life’s work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.
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