The breakthrough cycle
I teach that all personal and professional growth follows a natural pattern-plants follow this growth pattern and humans do as well. I call it the Breakthrough cycle. Just like a plant was never meant to stay a seed, we were never meant to remain in our comfort zones. So…what happens next?
I recently had an amazing breakthrough around setting goals and believing my goals were “big” or “difficult”.
I went through each of these steps and along the way, I felt so reassured and confident because I knew what was coming. I knew that good things were already on their way to me.
The comfort zone
This is the place, not of comfort, but of familiarity. Even if what’s familiar is pain, poor treatment, disappointment, self-abandonment, frustration, and feeling judged or overlooked. Until we recognize that we get who we are, we can’t really change our results.
And when we decide we want something we’ve never had before, we step outside of our comfort zone and into:
The tension phase
During the tension phase, any limiting belief or block we are holding that prevents us from being successful will come up for us to deal with. For people unaware of the Breakthrough Cycle, they get wrapped up in the drama of it all, putting out fires and feeling frustrated and stressed with life.
We don’t need to have a tension buildup before a breakthrough- I think it’s important to clarify this. Tension ONLY builds when we hold limiting beliefs that conflict with our ability to accomplish our goals or have our dream. Focusing on our dream or goal inherently means that our unconscious mind releases to our awareness anything that prevents us from having it.
The problem is that most of us don’t know this and buy into it. Which leads to a breakdown.
But…if you’re like me and understand what’s happening, you learn to just observe how you’re showing up during the tension phase. Are you showing up with frustration, comparison, self-judgment, and more? How you be now is what you get back later.
Or…as the tension builds, are you loving yourself and others? Are you trusting that everything is unfolding for you, not happening to you? Are you smiling inside, knowing that no matter the external troubles, you know in the pit of your stomach that something good is about to unfold.
The decision point-breakdown or breakthrough?
When our mind is done providing us with our limiting beliefs on a platter, we are left with a decision. We can break down? or Breakthrough?
And every moment we spend judging, doubting, comparing, regretting, hesitating, and more, ensures that we break down instead of breakthrough.
But ever moment that we choose to see the good, we choose to focus our thoughts toward what we want, we celebrate our lives, we choose love and compassion , we are then choosing a breakthrough.
And I think it’s important to say this (this stuck with me after one of my mentors shared this):
You don’t NEED to have a breakdown in order to have a breakthrough…but if you’re going to break down…you might as well break through, right?
So, what is a breakthrough?
A breakthrough is a sudden realization that provides us with clarity, direction, and momentum toward our desired life. It’s that “a-ha!!” moment, the glass-house shattering, the light-bulb clicking on, the sudden awareness where you’ll never see your life and choices the same way again. And deep inside, this “new” realization is not new-it’s truth that you’re remembering after years of smothering it with limitations.
Why do we need breakthroughs?
Breakthroughs change the way we act! Now that we understand things differently, we feel differently-hopeful, an inner knowing in our tummies, curious.
Once we feel differently, we start acting differently. Our actions are fueled by possibility instead of predictability. We act from the place of already having the thing we want-this perspective and the feelings it brings up for us naturally lead us to choose different actions than we would have before a breakthrough.
Now, instead of splattering things against a wall to see what sticks, you’re showing up from the energy of “I do all I can with all I have and I know the universe will meet me with like force.”
And that’s when your results truly change.
When I had a breakthrough around viewing my goals as small rather than big and difficult, I made my goal! I created a $25k month and couldn’t be prouder!
So, is breaking through limiting beliefs worth it?
Absolutely. (see above-confidence, and a $25k month.)
Does it get results?
It’s the ONLY thing that really does get results. It was never force applied. It was the thoughts that created the force…applied in the right direction.
So, next time you feel the tension building, I want you to remember this;
what if the tension in your life right now is just a sign that good things are coming?
What do you think? Have you experienced the Breakthrough Cycle in your life? I’d love to hear about it-comment below and share:
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