Self Love
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It’s going to be worth it
That day is coming...
One day you’re going to feel so alive again and you bet it will be worth it.
Your cheeks will hurt from smiling so much.
Your stomach will ache from how much you laugh.
Your shoulders will be free from the aches and burdens of the world.
You’ll be dizzy with euphoria riding high on life.
I promise you that day is coming.
I promise you that you’re stronger than you think and you can handle anything that happens in the meantime.
What a beautiful day that will be.
The Great Unlearning
📖 The Great Unlearning by Phi Dang
Available worldwide 23 June 2023 via Amazon
Australia via Booktopia
🦋 Work with me via 1:1 coaching or a human design reading — link in bio or DM me.
🎥 @juliiathompson
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Thank your past self
Old memories...
In this lifetime, we will mourn and hold funerals for all the versions of ourselves that we’ve been.
You aren’t who you were in the past anymore.
You are who you are now, here, in this present moment.
Thank your past self for helping you survive.
Thank your past self for being strong and enduring pain.
Thank your past self for doing their best and fighting hard.
Thank your past self for being brave.
Thank your past self for getting back up and continuing to try.
Thank your past self for making you who you are today.
Thank your past self for making mistakes which you’ve learned from.
Thank your past self for letting you move forward.
Thank your past self because even if they no longer resonate or align with who you are today… you couldn’t have done it without them.
Let go in order to be you are now
It’s understandable if you’re mourning for who you used to be and feeling all of the feels that come with change: sadness, joy, fear, excitement, anxiety and elation.
You’re allowed to mourn for who you used to be whether you were proud of past you or not.
And when you’re ready, truly let go… in order to be who you are now 💐
Who you are becoming.
Who you choose to be.
Whilst remembering with great gratitude to the past you, who has enabled you to be who you are today and where you are today.
How you show up today, will result in who you become in this moment, in tomorrow, in the future.
An excerpt from my book — The Great Unlearning: Awakening to Living an Aligned and Authentic Life.
Available worldwide June 23, 2023.
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Honour your truth
Honouring your inner truth
Exercise the ultimate act of self-love, honouring your inner truth even when it is painful.
This means walking away from and letting go of what no longer serves you.
Maybe it’s a job, relationship or location.
It’s breaking free from what boxes you in – the pressure of society, the weight of what other people think and your own beliefs.
When everything falls away, one thing will always remain: the truth.
It cannot be ignored.
You can live in ignorance, but the truth won’t.
There will be days when loving being yourself will be tough.
Sometimes all you can do is love a tiny bit more than yesterday and that is more than enough.
Sometimes growth means walking away
Can you really hear yourself? Your soul; your true inner voice? Or are you weighed down by other voices: conditioning, programming, culture, the outside world.
Honour your truth.
That may be painful for others but you owe yourself the love and dedication you so willingly give to others.
Sometimes life and growth means walking away 🌱
Making space and letting go for a new door to open 🚪
On the other side is everything you could’ve wanted and more, are you brave enough to open it?
An excerpt from my upcoming book — The Great Unlearning: Awakening to Living an Aligned and Authentic Life
Available for preorder world wide, out June 23 2023.
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Who are you?
The jigsaw puzzle of life
Stories aren’t just found in fairy tales, books and movies.
We live inside stories that our mind creates and identifies with.
Our brain pieces these stories together to create the ultimate story of ‘me’.
The voice inside your head has created ‘you’ by weaving together pieces of your past experiences and what you believe to be true.
It all then pieces together like a jigsaw puzzle.
Only certain pieces make it into this jigsaw puzzle.
The great unlearning...
So who are YOU really? You aren’t these stories, you are what’s beneath them all. Pure consciousness — soul.
Have you observed this story telling?
The stories vou believe in the form of “l”.
I am the type of person who…
I am not like that because…
I am not worthy because..
I believe that…
I am right because…
The stories make us feel a certain way, the stories have us act a certain way.
Your true self doesn’t identify with the stories.
Your true self is in your expression, being, essence and knowing.
There’s nothing to defend, assert, prove or cling onto.
You haven’t done this knowingly – it has instinctively happened through your experiences and conditioning.
You aren’t who you think you are – you are the presence underneath and behind all the layers.
You awaken to your true self when you become conscious of this and free yourself from the stories.
You are.
So freeing, so powerful – to break free from the stories and simply be.
This is the great unlearning…
An excerpt from my debut book “The Great Unlearning — Awakening to Living An Aligned and Authentic Life”
Currently available for preorder in Australia via Booktopia or Amazon (link in bio), International preorders opening soon via Amazon and Book Depository. Releases worldwide June 23rd 2023.
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Open your heart
On opening your heart...
Opening your heart is messy.
Opening your heart means expansion.
Opening your heart means letting it all in – the good, the hard, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful.
Opening your heart means being vulnerable, to not only be fully seen but fully felt too.
Opening your heart can be complicated, confusing and conflicting to the mind, it is not logical.
Opening your heart means softening in love, thawing and melting your protective walls.
Opening your heart is to be brave.
Opening your heart means to take on the world with your strength and courage.
Expansion...
It might feel like your heart is closed and breaking, when really it is expanding 🌹
Opening something as divine as your heart isn’t easy or simple, it’s messy, raw yet beautiful.
Sometimes following your heart leads to the path less taken, yes to it breaking but in shattering your heart opens — it expands.
Tell me, what is your heart saying to you right now?
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You are stronger than you think
Life is tough but so are you
Maybe right now it feels like there is no way that you will be able to get through what you’re going through.
It is my hope that you remember this.
Your track record in surviving tough times and hard days is perfect because you are still here.
You made it.
I know there are big battles and waging wars within you that no one will ever know or see.
Even if no one recognises your progress, it does not mean there hasn’t been any made.
Give yourself the recognition you deserve.
Your growth and wins won’t always be visible and loud.
Nor do they need to be.
Quiet revolutions.
Who knows what will happen in the future, no one can be certain but one thing is for sure… you have this moment here right now.
Take it day by day because life gets easier this way.
Don't forget yourself...
life is tough but so are you 👊🏽💥 you won’t always hear the cheering or applause but you know within yourself the incredible wins you are having whether big or small 🚀
take a moment to recognize all that you’ve been through and how despite it all you continue to better yourself and create a beautiful life you love to live.
I think that is so brave 🫶🏽
Even when life couldn’t harden you, you remain beautifully strong and graceful.
You continue to listen to your heart and see the best in people… don’t forget yourself.
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This year I am…
This year I am...
In the year to come, I hope you find the strength to fail because it means you’re taking risks and stepping outside of your comfort zone.
I hope you find the courage to say goodbye to what is no longer in alignment with your heart and soul.
I hope you find the excitement to be open to new moments and opportunities that will fill your life with so much love and joy.
I hope you find the patience to allow yourself to grow at your own pace undeterred and bloom in your own time.
I hope you find the courage to make mistakes because you aren’t afraid of truly living and making moves.
I hope you find the words to express your truth and be your most authentic self.
I hope you find the grace to let go of what no longer serves you and walk away with your head high.
I hope you find peace in knowing everything happens for a reason and what is meant for you, is already yours.
A brand new chapter
Above all in 2023 I hope you find your heart — to give this year your all and tune into what you truly want.
This time of the year can be full of noise, being clouded by conditioning and the opinions of others.
What do YOU really want? Your heart and soul. Not your ego. Not the must or shoulds.
What brings you closer to who you are and who you want to be, your biggest self?
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Welcoming 2023…
2023 is where I'm arriving...
2023 looks like a brand new chapter, one that has been built on the pages of the past and gleaming for the future.
A heart cracked open and a curious mind.
Unlearning.
Rising from the ashes.
Rebirth.
Grounded roots.
Riding the cosmic wave.
Higher love.
True love.
The unexpected.
Letting go of logic and opening up to magic.
Experiencing and savouring all that life has to offer.
Making love with life.
Pleasure.
Power.
Presence.
Fun.
Hips like honey.
Dripping in devotion to self and service.
Daring to dream bolder.
Heart felt gratitude and appreciation.
Leading with soul.
Loving all that is.
2023 is where I’m arriving.
Learning to rise up from the ashes
Uh huh honey 🍯 bring on 2023. The last year for me has been burning everything to the ground and rising from the ashes.
The loss of my corporate identity — officially been a full time life coach for a year now!
The loss of a relationship — the first time I’ve been single in 3 years.
The loss of my home I started my side hustle now business, got promoted to manager at work and fell in love — I now live in my dream home opposite the beach.
The loss of my grandpa — and the opening up to more of my family and knowing my ancestral roots.
My book is coming out JUNE 2023!!!
I cannot wait!
I’ll also be bringing back something I used to offer 😋 aaaand opening up more spots for coaching and human design, if you’re interested link in bio or DM me 🧡
The prompt for this post was a thought starter from my beautiful friend @girlandhermagic 🪄
love & positivity ✨ phi -
Getting back up again
On who you are...
Time and time again, you get back up and I think that’s a beautiful thing.
That is who you are.
Someone who doesn’t give up.
You always find a way to get through tough times because you are a survivor.
A mountain of strength with a heart of gold.
A lotus who has bloomed from chaos and crisis.
Your gift, being able to be broken open time and time again to deeper love and growth.
Whatever it takes, you have it all within you.
It's all up to you...
Sometimes life will throw you a curve ball and a challenge, an invitation, an initiation.
You rise to the challenge every time you decide to meet it.
It’s in every choice that you make. Every breath, every step, every decision — you get to decide to go again 👊🏽💥
This is your power, nothing in life can take away from it no event, circumstance or person.
You choose who meets it.
love & positivity ✨ phi