New Latina 2012 #NLRenewal Challenge Week 1: "Shedding" Part 1

Being part of the New Latina Renewal Challenge Team has been an honor and continues to be a magical creative experience.

I will be sharing part of my journey as a participant here on Kindness and Kisses in notes and thoughts as well in comments on the New Latina Facebook page in order to maximize the personal benefits of being part of this NLRenewal Challenge. 

Still, the work that we have put forth in this Renewal Challenge is no piece of cake!  Even with my clinical training as well as my history of seeking professional help when I have needed it in the past, I am finding that as many times as I have faced myself, it is not easy to face those things I have been holding onto for so long and attempt to say, "goodbye forever."

Me Jan 2010 in AC,
 hanging on to a bear
 I was trying to let go of.
Sound familiar?

Exercise#1:

I don't need you, you things that weigh on me.

I don't need you extra weight that just hangs on my body.

I don't need you ex-lovers that don't fill me up in the ways that matter.

I don't need you, overly-cluttered  home.

I don't need you stupid fear of achievement that looks like:

• procrastination
• self-sabotage
• incomplete work
• missed opportunities
• disorganized everything

Exercise#2:

 I've been stuck.  I've been stuck in not completing academic submissions.  So, basically I owe work to my department.  Ugh.  

What's been getting in the way is ME.  I have not created the time or space for it to be done and done well.

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This looking in the mirror is challenging, but there's beauty there and I'm okay with shedding old skin.  to be continued.

Are you doing the Renewal Challenge?  Let me know!  

Also, you can still join the Renewal Challenge here.

Wishes of Courage to Shed,

Vicky