Posts Tagged ‘Freedom’

You were born for this…

Posted on: April 4th, 2018 by Lynika Write A Comment

Playing small offers no favour to this world

 

Those who work hard and invest in themselves do so to stay in the world stronger and longer for the people they love, and for all those they will inspire and encourage as a result.

 

Playing small offers no favour to this world.

 

Do not quit or be guilted about self-investment.

 

This is your LIFE and legacy at stake and nobody has the right to throw opinionated rocks at you, nor distract you with fear-soaked ‘cotton wool’ limits.

 

If you’re operating from reason and integrity then you must play all out for yourself.

 

It’s the only way to authentically reach the platform where you can go all out for others.

 

The more you make of yourself the more you genuinely have to offer.

 

“To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.”

Michael Jordan

 

Great minds think alike, so rise up like Baruch, Michael and I, and countless others who have held fierce to their life, and don’t EVER allow yourself to be shamed out of creating your greatest self, your legacy.

 

You were born for this.

Dr Lynika Cruz

 

 

Keep Walking

Posted on: April 3rd, 2018 by Lynika 1 Comment

Keep Walking

There will sometimes be worthy things that pop up and need your attention from time to time. Fakes aren’t one of them. Haters are just fake distractions hoping to become more. Breeze past that trash. You do You. You amazing, worthy, powerful light. Keep Walking.

Dr Lynika Cruz

 

 

Own Your Life

Posted on: March 26th, 2018 by Lynika Write A Comment

Live out Loud

Contrary to what most have been told, championing and believing in yourself is your birthright, and the key to successful living…

Successful living? 

You might ask ‘what is that?’ 

Well let me assure you, it involves much more than just surviving this life…

It means living it with all your callings and passions pursued and relished. 

Life is in the living. 

This moment right here, right now? It’s not a draft; it’s the real deal. Don’t waste a minute more.

You want to saturate yourself in your life, live in all your bones with all your heart. 

This means being on your own side, talking with respect to yourself, it means listening to what your ‘self’ is telling you, and caring deeply, with priority, about those wants, passions and needs. 

This person that you are, the human that you came in to be, that person is at your mercy, treat them well, with dignity, respect, encouragement and belief. 

Know you are worthy and start living it…. 

Everything else is conditioning, everything else is someone else’s agenda. 

And remember, living a self-empowered life means helping others along the way, who have forgotten. 

When they stumble over the self-denigration minefield, put out your hand and remind them, tell them; they are worth the push it will take them to stand back up.

Never underestimate how much this world needs you to be good to yourself so you can inspire yourself and others, toward an authentic, full life.

Self-esteem is not a dirty word. 

But putting yourself down, not believing in the immensity of who you are? 

That is foul play. 

And you rob this world of the light you came in with… and that is the real you, not the filter others and you have placed on yourself. Clean the lens! 

Be who you are and be damn proud of it. 

We are all wise enough to know this isn’t about an over inflated ego… it’s about gutsy, show up for yourself honour. 

Let that stuff shine.

Dr Lynika Cruz

 

Fill Your Thank Tank

Posted on: March 21st, 2018 by Lynika Write A Comment

Let Joy Come At You

 

If you want to feel joy come at you, make sure you notice and  appreciate what massive blessings already surround you.


Even if things are rough right now and you feel you’re coming up short on your list of gratitude, try these for starters…

 

Clean drinking water

 

Flushing toilets

 

Garbage picked up every single week, outside your house

 

Freedom, education, rights

 

Breathing without a machine


Things so often taken for granted yet even without one of the above,  your life would change, rapidly.


The more blessings you notice, the more you fill with gratitude.


Fill your thank tank
today and let joy come at you like the bright beast it is.

 

Dr Lynika Cruz

Your Story Matters

Posted on: June 11th, 2017 by Lynika Write A Comment

 

 

Your Story Matters

Stories are bridges where we can meet, a light for those walking behind us on the path, and our legacy to the world. Your story matters.
Dr Lynika Cruz

If your light is too bright…

Posted on: April 3rd, 2017 by Lynika Write A Comment

Don’t dim your power for anyone

Power shot for you my friend…

Last week I quoted Ronda while speaking to a brilliant audience (at Aaron Sansoni’s Entrepreneurs Summit) with Netflix Co-founder Mark Randolph

So to YOU my wise friend, today (or any day) should you encounter someone who wants you to shrink to please them (or to fit a so called status quo)… breathe in deep and take up all that rightful, valuable space in yourself.

Never back down on backing and investing in yourself. You were born to be you. Don’t dim your power for anyone…

Authenticity, self-respect, bravery, permission to be ALL that you are… the world not only needs that stuff like insulin…

There are also others watching you, who by proxy will learn that it’s invaluable, imperative and necessary to back who they are without shame, without shrinkage or dissolution.

Go out there and live ALL that you are…

Makes me so darn proud and overjoyed when I see someone take up space and OWN their life.

Go, you good thing, GO live out loud.

I’m cheering you fierce from the sidelines, I believe in you, make sure YOU believe in you and don’t back down…

If your light is too bright, others can be warmed and inspired by it or buy shades and sit respectfully in a back row.

Shine on my friend!

Dr Lynika Cruz

What we fear…

Posted on: March 21st, 2017 by Lynika Write A Comment

Presence and an open mind

If we take a breath and pull up a seat, we find that most of what scares or stalls us holds great alchemy.

With presence and an open mind we often find that what we fear is simply waiting for us to listen and receive insight.

Adversity, fear, ‘dragons’ are there for the taking, to transmute into self healing, self empowerment.

Dr Lynika Cruz

The bright messenger…

Posted on: February 10th, 2017 by Lynika Write A Comment

The bright messenger…

Contrary to many negative opinions on this emotion, I personally don’t view anger as the bad guy. 

Like money, it’s the use of it in our hands which determines a positive or negative outcome. 
Anger is a powerful and bright friend who alerts us when our boundaries are being crossed. 
It lets us know when something matters and we need to take action. 
It allows us to get clear, to take a stand, to not force our self-knowing into mute rage inside our bodies. 
Anger helps us rise, and say: ‘No’ 
Anger tells us when to walk away from what doesn’t serve us and it gifts us the fuel to believe in our worthiness, to choose what does belong in our lives. 
Don’t compromise your integrity by misjudging or fearing your anger. It’s a messenger. 
It says;  “This matters, and so beautiful soul, do you.”
– Dr Lynika

Remember this…

Posted on: January 26th, 2017 by Lynika Write A Comment

Champion yourself…

After my last post and the influx of responses received, I wanted to speak a little more to the power of owning yourselves…
 
the power of not being beholden to other peoples projections, expectations, misconceptions or in some cases, outright bullying…
 
Remember this; it’s what you do with the words after someone has spoken them to you that counts. That’s where the true power lies.
 
You are the sole person who gets to say if they’re true and to take them into your life.
 
I’m here to tell you, it’s not true that you are unworthy of love. It’s a story, but it’s not true. It’s actually a lie.
 
And most of all, most imperative of all is loving yourself. Gosh, so much has been said on self-love that you may initially wince when you read those words.
 
I’m not a mushy kind of person. I’ve been new-aged to death like everyone else. But the truth is, REAL self-love is not some soft-coated, flowery coat you put on with affirmations in the pockets.
 
Real self love is strong, gutsy, ballsy, respectful, take-no-prisoners energy towards yourself that shows up in your life as courage, dignity, repeated-resurrection, humility, compassion, humour and down to the bones living.
 
As Hemingway said: “A man can be destroyed and still not be defeated’
 
You can get knocked down by someones words, the song was wrong, sticks and stones can hurt your bones and words CAN also hurt you!
 
BUT, massive clause here, don’t you leave it at that. No sir!
 
You get back up, smack those words off like dust and remember the truth…
 
Sure some sucker can come along and knock you off your chair for a moment but YOU remember who you are, remember that ballsy self that doesn’t hand over life and truth to someone who thinks it’s okay to knock you.
 
YOU’RE the driver of your life, kick anyone out who tries to climb up in the rig and grab the wheel. They can get back in their own truck and deal with their own speed bumps.
 
You’ve got a road you’re on and a journey to make.
 
Love the person at the wheel, they’re gonna take you places you never imagined possible, you just have to remember they’re there, and don’t let anyone get between you and that kind of love.
 
That’s one place that rightfully and completely belongs to you, one love that won’t leave you high and dry. Period.

When it’s over…

Posted on: January 17th, 2017 by Lynika Write A Comment

“I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.”

Live while you’re alive, right now this moment, this one and the next, these moments are your life.

Live in all your bones, don’t settle for someone else’s version of you or your life.

You came here to be you.

Live that amazing self out loud.

“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

When it is over, I don’t want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.

I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.”

-Mary Oliver