Transformation can be messy.

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It may be fun at times.

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Or it can be difficult.

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Yet the real magic lies in something else.

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The real magic actually comes afterward.

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Not in the moment we are experiencing something new.

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Or when we are in a peak state.

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When we are going through the transformation, we might think that this is it.

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That we are making it through the hardest part.

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In that moment, it can feel amazing or excruciating.

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And the real work starts when we come back.

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When we are in our normal, day-to-day existence.

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That is when we have to take action.

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To take action on the new vision, the new insight, the new way of being that we experienced.

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Transformation without integration does us no good.

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It is only when we take the lessons we have learned, or the new experiences we have felt, and put them into practice in our normal lives that we have truly transformed.

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When we integrate these peak experiences, we change our lives.

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Transformation needs to be grounded in action.

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It must inform how we show up in the world.

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In order for the transformation to mean anything, it has to impact us enough for us to be different people.

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To make different choices.

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Or move forward where once we were stuck.

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The key is in the integration of a new way of being.

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It does not matter if the change is around relationships, career, business, finances, or health.

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Every aspect of our lives only transforms when we put into motion the shifts we are committed to.

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To not do so is to waste the most precious gift we have.

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The gift of choice.

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To choose to actually be different, not just for a minute or an hour, but for a lifetime.

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The transformation make take place in a deep, inner part of our soul.

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Yet the evidence of the transformation is only apparent when our actions shift.

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Maybe not right away.

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Perhaps not all at once.

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Yet day by day, week by week, month by month, the changes become obvious.

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Whether it comes from a workshop, a book, or perhaps even some kind of crisis, it does not matter.

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The only evidence of the transformation will be how we now act.

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How we respond to the situations in our life.

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And what we do with the new insights we have received.

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When we mobilize the sides of ourselves that are ready to shift, the world will notice.

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So where in your life do you have lessons that you need to integrate into your life?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour