-round?
Simple, I made the choice to.
I choose to create a ritual for
myself that I show up for daily.
I chose a coach and mentor that
would hold space for me, not
pussy foot around me and tell it
to me straight. I made enough
excuses for myself, I needed
someone to call me out on them.
I obviously couldn’t overcome
these destructive patterns alone
or I would have already. I chose
to change my diet, initially only
for 40 days, of no alcohol and
no refined sugar. When I needed
to cry, I cried. When I felt tired,
I slept. When I was inspired, I
took massive action.
I stopped making excuses or
looking for a reason to derail
myself. Even on my worst days, I
still showed up for myself and my
daily practice. Even when it was
imperfect or I only had ten min-
utes. I changed my perspective of
things that were “not working” in
my life. Every negative thought
brought awareness to what I still
needed to work on. I set goals
and made steps each week to
achieve them. My life isn’t per-
fect, I am not financially wealthy
and things go wrong daily. The
difference is I am happy. I know
a delay in getting what I want is
not a denial, I know something
not working is out is actually
something working out via divine
guidance and I know what it
means to have faith. It all be-
gan with a choice and each day,
in each moment you have the
free will to make that choice to
change your life or self-sabotage.
What we resist the most in our
lives, is what we need to embrace
the most. Are you ready to make
that choice?
About the Author
Johanna Burkhardt grew up in San Diego, CA where she
spent most of her time living an unfulfilled successful life.
Always seeking the next big thing, career advancement,
business and even partner that would fill the void in her
soul. Never truly dealing with the cause of her emptiness,
she made a decision to uproot her kids and life and move
cross country to a one stop sign town in North Carolina.
She soon discovered that she couldn’t out run her fears
and limiting beliefs as they were fiercely thrown in her
face over and over. Johanna experienced extreme anxiety
that caused paralysis in half her body leading to the mis-
diagnoses of a stroke and depression so strong she found
herself at the brink of suicide. It wasn’t till she released
the reigns of control and surrendered to a higher power of
her own understanding that she was able to begin a heal-
ing spiritual journey filled with forgiveness, acceptance
and complete awareness of her own actions. Today she
spends more time in faith than fear and truly understands
what it means to live a peaceful and joyous life. After working in the corporate world and owning
several businesses, she answered the call to light the way and began empowering other women to
transform their lives, up level their business and awaken their souls. She believes we are all here for
a reason. Our greatness awaits, we only need to be willing. Johanna has been seen on The We Club,
as a guest a blogger on Life Coach Spotter, she is an author with a book in the works and a speaker
holding live workshops. Johanna has graduated from Marie Forleo’s B-School, Gabby Bernstein’s
Spirit Junkie Masterclass Level 1 and Jack Canfield Coaching.
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