Iman Gatti

How To Stop Being A Victim

July 13, 2017 by Iman Gatti

Decide.

Decide that it wasn’t your fault. That choices were made that didn’t serve your soul.

Decide that this doesn’t mean you shirk responsibility, but that as a child, you didn’t get asked.

Decide that although you cannot remember signing up for this life, you are giving it all that you’ve got.

Decide that those past hurts cannot be reversed but they can be remedied.

Decide that tomorrow isn’t going to look like yesterday.

Decide that tomorrow you aren’t going to respond like yesterday.

Decide that one yes or agreement doesn’t equal a lifetime of choosing wrong.

Decide that your fears are liars and that your dreams know things about you that you have forgotten.

Decide to heal the wounds that live on your body and in your soul, even if you didn’t put them there.

Decide that it’s still possible to change everything. To wake refreshed with another chance to try again.

Decide that this life will not be wasted looking back on paths you wish you’d never walked.

Decide that today is as good a day as any to turn it all around.

Decide that forgiveness will wrap its wings around you and soothe it all.

Decide that you are worth every song that beats in your body and every dream that replays in your mind.

Decide to empty your hands of what was so you can embrace everything that awaits you.

Big Juicy Love,

Iman

The Importance of Being Authentic

July 13, 2017 by Iman Gatti

There is only one of you. You are the only one with your specific DNA, heart, thoughts, desires, passions, and idiosyncrasies that make you, you. The chances of you being here was one in trillions and trillions and trillions.

Something I know for sure, is that we all really want to be doing whatever the hell we are here to do. Each of us can hear the distinctive calling of our own hearts, desires and passions. The undeniable urge to see more, do more, have more and love bolder lives within us all. We are each placed here with our own unique and incredible talents, gifts and the desires that live inside each of us, so we can bring them to life.

None of us are any more or any less special than our brothers and sisters, because our uniqueness, like our DNA, belongs to us but also exists within each other. Like snowflakes, fingerprints and clouds; no one more important and no one less magical than the rest.

This is who you are.

Your work is to uncover everything you have come to believe that blocks you from feeling this magic every single day. Your job is to come alive and bring these phenomenal gifts to the entire world. They live inside of you but they long to be free. To be shared. To be lived and used and of the highest service.

Your job is to remember who you were before anyone clouded your vision. You know the feelings you have when you close your eyes and sit in stillness and feel peaceful as you feel your heart beating through your chest? That is who you are. You are the child inside the grownup who dreamed and dreamed and dreamed. Those wishes and hopes were a map filled with inspiration on how to bring every desire to life.

Work your magic

Commit to coming to life. Commit to being yourself. Commit to discovering who the hell that self is and then with every moment of your time here, commit to bringing that being into every single breath. That is the importance of being authentic. The importance of truly being alive.

You are a miracle. So, now what? What will you do with your miracle?

Big Juicy Love,

Iman

A Reminder for the Hard Days

July 13, 2017 by Iman Gatti

A little reminder in case you need it….

Out of all the possibilities of creation in all the galaxies and realms, you were born. You were chosen and brought forth and decided. A mix of miracles, magic and stardust. The alchemy of the Universe’s love bounds and pulses in your veins. You my love, are no accident.

It is no coincidence that you are here and that you have climbed and fallen and trekked this dangerously beautiful path laid out before you. There is no serendipity profound enough to explain why your heart pulses and beats for the things that it does. Your cravings do not come upon you as an accident but instead, reveal themselves to you as a prophecy that your soul remembers from long ago.

That is why you ache and moan with discomfort at not having all the answers while somehow being so damn sure that this is who you are. That is why your dreams haunt you when you are awake and even though you are unsure of the next step, you somehow cannot stop believing that it is possible. Even when the evidence is missing and the world keeps telling you it is not possible. There is a force within you that will never stop believing in the possibility that perhaps somehow, someway, if you can only figure it out, you can bring these visions to life.

And you know for certain, even though there is no proof, that you were destined for this one great life. This one chance at throwing paint at the canvas and trusting that it will be art. For what is an artist anyway? Someone who creates because they MUST create; because there is nothing left of them if they do not create. And so, you move closer to understanding that everything you wish you could have and hold is intangible. This shapeshifter will not settle in the palm of your hands or behave in any way that you wish it to.

No, it is much more complex and yet all too simple. This thing you long to have and discover has been in plain sight all along. Like a flower that has opened and gone unnoticed, but still blooms all the same.

We realize that we won’t be able to see and feel and hold this greatness when we believe the evidence of the world. We must never believe the evidence of absence because it is an illusion.

Only when we commit to the deep knowing, the artist, the dancer, the flower that blooms within us all, even when we cannot see it – only then are we on the path to greatness.

The unveiling of our true nature is only as spectacular as our conviction of our magic.

So, you see, there are days when things may not go your way. When we cannot see how it will all turn out.

But perhaps, those days are the necessary ointment we rub on our eyes so that we may really look inside at everything that we were created for.

Big Juicy Love,

Iman

How to Transform Your Suffering

July 13, 2017 by Iman Gatti

One thing that I know we all have in common is the very human condition of suffering. Oh, I bet you can come up with a big old list of how many ways you have suffered in this life. You probably think about some of them way too often, right?

I used to let my suffering rule my life. I would run through every incident in my mind and mentally berate, attack and relive every. Single. Fucking. Minute of my pain….Uggghhh it was so awful to live that way because not only was I torturing myself, I was also spending so much time on the negative stuff that I didn’t really think about the great things that were happening or the great things that I wished were happening. It is pretty hard to see outside of suffering and that is why I think healing is one of the most magical, loving, pampering, luxurious and necessary things that we can do for ourselves.

So, how do you transform your suffering then? Well, the first question I have for you is, “Are you willing to transform?”

You see, everyone wants the prize. The success, the happiness, the love story, the happily ever after…right? Of course, you do! And I think you are oh so worthy of it gorgeous.

But you aren’t gonna get there feeling sorry for yourself and being stuck in the never-ending loop of suffering that you keep participating in.

I am not saying anything you don’t already know, right? So, if we all know this stuff then why don’t we change? Why aren’t we all rocking the shit out of our dreams and counting our money whilst being fed grapes by someone incredibly delicious?

Permission. That little word holds a big punch. So many of us do not think we are worthy of letting go of our suffering. Even worse, many don’t realize that suffering is a choice.

Don’t get me wrong, the things that happened TO YOU were likely not always your choice. BUT your reaction to them very much is. I know what you are thinking, “Fuuuucckkkkkkk!! That sucks!” And you are very right.

However, the fabulous news is that you are in charge of this incredible journey and if you haven’t been told before, you CAN take your power back.

One of the best things that ever happened to me was when I put myself back in charge of my happiness.

A mentor and I were having a conversation and I was listing off the reasons why my life was so difficult at the time. I heard myself go into a huge list of all of the horrible things that had caused me suffering and in those moments, I could very much feel the pain burning in my heart. All the tragedy and misfortune was weighing heavily on me and I knew if I could just move past them that I could finally see what I was meant to do here on this planet.

My mentor looked at me and said, “Iman, you are already suffering. That is life sometimes. Why don’t you try suffering for your greatness?”

It took a while for his words to really sink into my soul….but when they did, holy shit! I had never thought about it like that. I mean, I was really good at suffering and I used to joke that I was an expert.

So, if that were true, then could I put my pain into something great for the world? If we cannot avoid the stumbles and scraped knees and sometimes brutal hurts of this world, then maybe we can decide to fight the good fight. The one our soul is begging of us.

I decided very quickly that I would no longer look at suffering the same way again. I took my power back and made the very conscious choice to work towards answering the calling of my heart. To give back all the tools, tips, lessons and endless love that I have accumulated in this world.

Now, I can barely recognize my life sometimes. I look around at all the miracles that I have worked and intentionally called into my life and I think back to that young girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders suffering with every breath and I am so grateful that she found a way to transform her suffering into following her greatness.

I was willing to see things differently and although that doesn’t seem like it could change the world – it was exactly what I needed to change my mind and turn my pain into my power.

If this resonates with you let me know! Comment, reply to this email and share it with someone who might need a little love nudge <3

You really do make a difference XO

Big Juicy Love,

Iman