Hi Reader!

Over the weekend, my daughter Kiara took a swimming lesson for the first time in a year and a half.

The last time she took lessons, she jumped into the pool, got water up her nose, and decided she never wanted to put her head in the water again.

Her new teacher, Yana, patiently showed Kiara how to glide through the water without putting her head in. After the lesson, she practiced her glide again and again.

Suddenly, she slipped and her face went under the water. She came up with a shocked expression on her face, and I braced myself for tears.

Instead of crying, she opened her eyes and said, "Well, that wasn't that bad!" She then spent the next hour seeing how long she could put her head under the water.

As we drove away from the pool, she told me, "The best part of my day was when I fell under the water because I realized it's not that bad!"

Afterward, I kept thinking - how did she shift her perspective that fast? Is it because she was just ready for swimming now, when before she wasn't? Or is it her Aries Sun with Mars in Capricorn - basically built for "well, that wasn't that bad, let's do it again"?

(I'd like to think part of it is that as her mom, I've helped her feel safe in the world, too.)

But here's what really struck me: we all walk around with these invisible filters that tell us what's scary, what's possible, what we're capable of. And most of the time, we don't even know they're there. We just assume our current version of reality is THE reality.

Kiara needed to literally get her head under the water to see that it wasn't as scary as she thought. Sometimes we need that too - an outside force to help us realize our perspective isn't the capital T "truth."

Is there something you've been avoiding because you already "know" it'll be hard/scary/uncomfortable?

Here are a few outside forces that can help shift your perspective:

• Friends who aren't afraid to challenge you
• A good therapist or coach
• Books that show you a different way of seeing things

Pulling a tarot card can also interrupt that loop - it stops your brain from cycling over the same thoughts and gives you a message from your guides to help you see things differently.

So...here's a tarot pull just for you! Hold that thing you've been avoiding in your mind, take a deep breath, and click a card below.

If your card pull actually shifted something for you - even just a tiny bit - I'd love to hear about it. Just hit reply.

Warmly,
Daniela

P.S. If you're looking for a coach to help you get that perspective shift you need, click here to set up a free initial coaching session with me. ​

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