{"id":3950,"date":"2015-01-30T18:03:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heartsdesireintl.com\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2015-01-30T18:03:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T18:03:24","slug":"transforming-from-the-inside-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/transforming-from-the-inside-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming from the Inside Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">by Gladys Diaz<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This week I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Many of our clients are experiencing the growing pains that come with making real changes in their lives. The kinds of changes that lead to <em>true transformation<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It\u2019s easy to forget that change \u2013 even when it\u2019s \u201cgood change\u201d \u2013 can feel uncomfortable. In fact, at times, it can feel downright painful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Transformation is a process.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It requires letting go of what\u2019s become familiar \u2013 what we\u2019re used to \u2013 and taking on new beliefs, behaviors and ways of being.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It involves being <em>willing <\/em>to try something new \u2013 something that brings with it the promise of new \u2013 or renewed \u2013 love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Transformation requires courage.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It involves having the courage to hope that things can improve and turn out differently, without knowing exactly what that final outcome will be or look like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">My favorite symbol of transformation is the butterfly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A butterfly is so beautiful and delicate. She flutters from one place to another with such grace and ease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To see her in all of her splendor, it\u2019s easy to forget that that she wasn\u2019t always that beautiful, graceful being.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">At one point she was a small, fuzzy, worm-like thing. Not necessarily something that inspired awe or wonder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>To get to this beautiful stage, the butterfly had to be willing to transform herself <em>from the inside<\/em> <em>out<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartsdesireintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/butterfly-transformation_bing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heartsdesireintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/butterfly-transformation_bing-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"butterfly transformation_bing\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">She had to be willing to be uncomfortable. She had to be willing to go through the pain and then <em>release herself <\/em>from what had been keeping her captive!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It\u2019s the same with you, my beautiful butterfly-in-the-making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To make changes so that you can experience the happy, loving, passionate relationship you have always wanted, you\u2019re going to have to go through some changes. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">You\u2019re going to have to be willing to be courageous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">You\u2019re going to have to be willing to let go of and <em>release yourself <\/em>from the beliefs, fears, and behaviors which do not serve you and are not giving you the results that you want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It won\u2019t always be easy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">There will be times when you\u2019ll wonder if it\u2019s just easier to stay inside of your cocoon of fear, doubt, pain and resentment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And it might seem like it for a while, but staying there will not allow you to break free, spread your wings and experience and enjoy the love and happiness that are waiting for you on the other side!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I invite you to break through the resistance and resignation and embrace the life and love that are your birthright.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartsdesireintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/butterfly-flying-away_bing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3952 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heartsdesireintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/butterfly-flying-away_bing-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"butterfly flying away_bing\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It\u2019s time to break free and spread your wings so that you can discover the love that is already waiting for you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If you\u2019re ready, we\u2019re here to help guide you in becoming the beautiful butterfly you were created to be!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Comments?\u00a0 Question?\u00a0 Let us know below!\u00a0 We love hearing from you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gladys Diaz &nbsp; This week I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about change. 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It\u2019s easy to forget that change \u2013 even when it\u2019s \u201cgood change\u201d \u2013 can feel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,11,16,17,22],"tags":[42,47,50,56,58,59,63,68,70,87,105],"class_list":["post-3950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dating-2","category-hearts-desire-international","category-heartache","category-love-2","category-marriage","category-relationship-advice","tag-communication","tag-dating","tag-empowerment","tag-happiness","tag-heartbreak","tag-hope","tag-intimacy","tag-love","tag-marriage-2","tag-relationship-advice-2","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heartsdesireintl.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}