If I’m Wonder Woman, Then I Must Have Lost My Lasso
By: Ashley Lambert-Wise
Tags: Focus, Spirituality, Purpose, Empowerment, Womens Health

Universal Truth: Reconnecting with your power begins by realizing that you lost it.

From January 2018. I share as I find my writings as a public rememberance of where I was such a short time ago…and yet it feels like another lifetime ago.

So, this is about a week-ish in to my journey through Gabby Bernstein’s book, “The Universe Has Your Back” and it has been a challenging and rewarding-ish. I shouldn’t really say “rewarding-ish” — and not because it isn’t a real word, but because this has been a lesson in patience and realizing that this sort of journey takes time, just as a health and fitness journey takes time. Also parallel to a health and fitness journey is that, similarly to how you cannot just show up to the gym, not do any type of work out, and expect to get any result whatsoever, with the inner work, emotional and spiritual healing, you must take the time and put in the work. This journey has been very challenging for me this time around because I’ve chosen to dive really deep. I chosen to make sure that the answers I write down are actually true for me — and there are times when I feel blocked and I have to sit in that uncomfortable blocked state — sometimes stepping away from the journey for a while — until clarity and inspiration set in again.

I’m learning how to tolerate being uncomfortable.

I’m learning how to ask some tough questions — questions that push me further out of my comfort zone.

I’m also learning that, like my massive identity crisis in 2013, I am learning that what I thought I believed in then, I now no longer believe. I’m also seeing wounds previously shrouded in anger and resentment that I never processed, and I am taking the time now to truly process them.

It’s messy work that is sometimes more exhausting than manual labor.

It’s challenging work — forcing me to learn how to trust in a higher power again. It’s also forcing me to relinquish control. (That aspect is ironic because the whole idea of control is a myth anyway.) And in the process of surrender, I find myself reacting in a rather goofy way.

See, I thought — and still catch myself believing the “mad” idea — that surrender is incredibly scary and at any given moment I will fall into some dark abyss and proceed to fall, out of control forever. What that process really looks like is something like walking up the stairs in the dark, taking a step thinking there is one more stairstep to walk up, only to find you were already at the top and took this big “goose-step” looking step that almost caused you to lose your balance. It wasn’t that bad — it just feels silly and odd.

Know what I’m talking about?

These next steps are from Chapter 5 of “The Universe Has Your Back” along with my answers. Putting this journey out there is part of my choice to be powerfully vulnerable. As in the words of Ana Nalick’s song “Breathe”:

Two AM and I’m still awake, writing a song

If I get it all down on paper, it’s no longer

Inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to

And I feel like I’m naked in front of the crowd

’Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud

And I know that you’ll use them, however you want to

’Cause you can’t jump the track, we’re like cars on a cable,

And life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table

No one can find the rewind button now

Sing it if you understand.

And breathe, just breathe

So….

Here goes…

Step #1: Be determined to see with love.

What are you saying (out loud or to yourself) that’s disconnecting you from your power?

I’ve wasted a large portion of my life not knowing what I wanted to be when I grew up. Rather, it’s not that I didn’t know, it is that the enormity of the impact I felt called to make has terrified my most of my life and I have lacked clarity and direction on how to accomplish that desired impact. I’ve also felt unworthy and unqualified.

What is my number one low-vibe story that I have on repeat?

I have failed in the past and I will likely fail again in the future or lack the financial resources and emotional support to accomplish my dreams.

How does this low-vibe story make me feel?

Powerless. Worthless. And like a complete failure. As though even trying to go after new dreams and goals is an utter waste of time. (I know in my head, heart and soul that this really isn’t true, but it can feel very real.)

Commit to change by saying: I am determined to see this with love. I surrender this story and

let the Universe do its thing.

Bam! Commitment made! I am determined to see this with love. I surrender this story and let the Universe to its thing.

Step #2: Let your feelings navigate your path.

Universal Truth: Be unapologetic about how you want to feel.

Get crystal clear on how you want to feel.

Magnetically aligned. Passionately on-fire. Confident. Secure. Focused. Driven.

What does it feel like to be in a place of joy?

Peaceful and powerful all at the same time. In the “flow” zone.

What do you want to manifest into your life?

Professionally: Marketing and booking clients. Life coaching clients. Mega names to interview for my YouTube show, podcast and eMagazine. Multiple paid speaking engagements, multiple invitations to be a guest on TV/Radio/Podcast/YouTube shows, magazine articles/features/covers, to be asked to do a TEDx talk on my work and be offered a book deal — as well as to be asked to co-author in other books. Super successful launch of “Show Me Spirit” workshop. Investors to launch the Bar/Recording Studio/Marketing Firm Office on 7th street in Joplin. Get into real estate/flipping homes and turning 4 and 5 bedroom homes into affordable rentals for families in the 4 State Area.

Personally: Multiple 6-figure income that will allow the family to do $10,000 a month in random acts of kindness. Design and build a home on land with a river running through it with Mike. Establish a debt-free lifestyle with $100K in savings and another $100K invested. Take out children/family on vacations around the world — and design some that are meant to be eye-opening/mission trips to help in various places in the USA and world, allowing the children to see how blessed they really are and provide an opportunity to give/help others who will never be able to repay the help.

How do you want to feel?

Magnetically aligned. Passionately on-fire. Confident. Secure. Focused. Driven.

Step #3: Ask for your sign.

Decide what your sign will be and write it down.

I’ve been seeing the number 11 a lot for almost 2 years now. Lately, I’ve also started seeing others numbers repeating, like 333 and 444, along with numbers in sequential order, like 321, 123, 432, etc. So, I already pay attention to that — taking it as a sign that I am being guided. I will also look up the meanings to those numbers.

BUT, for this, a hummingbird? I wrote “butterfly, flower, infinity symbol” in the book as I was reading it. Oh my, I am overthinking this. I’ll go with…I’m going to give it to the Universe and wait to see what my sign is going to be because I’m really not….a lotus flower. That is what just came to me. A lotus flower is my sign. It’s also part of my logo for “The Battle Babe”. Hmm…this should be interesting.

No, I’m going to go with the hummingbird. That image hit me when I was talking to Mike about it the other day — and after looking up the spiritual meaning of the hummingbird, I’m digging what I’m reading. I’ll continue to pay attention to the number 11, the number sequences and repeating numbers.

What is SUPER cool about the hummingbird is something I just read. So, I wrote “infinity symbol” in the book as I started to contemplate what symbol I wanted to ask for from the Universe, and I was just reading an article about the humming bird. It states: It is not commonly known that the fluttering wings of the hummingbird move in the pattern of an infinity symbol — further solidifying their symbolism of eternity, continuity, and infinity.

Crazy cool!!!

Step #4: Turn it over to the Universe, and be patient.

Remember, nothing can take away your true power — the love and peace within you.

The moment you embrace your peace within and surrender the outcome is the moment

the Universe can truly get to work.

Universal Lesson: You are always being supported

Step #5: Welcome creative possibilities.

When we are willing to design our life from a creative place, the Universe can come out and

play.

Commit by saying: Thank you, universe, for transforming limitation and doubt into creative

possibilities.

Use this prayer when your logical mind gets the best of you. Stay open to receive new and

innovative ways to perceive your circumstances. Some sort of clear direction toward creative

ideas will be placed on your path. Be willing to let go of what you think you need and allow

the Universe to lead you. Your willingness to play, have fun, and be creative opens up your

channel to communicate with the loving energy of the Universe. Joy is the ultimate creator.

What would happen if you chose to be more playful and have more fun?

Get psyched about your capacity to connect with the Universe. You have denied your power for

far too long. Now is your time to receive love, light, and a sense of deep connection.

When you tune into the loving frequency of the Universe, everything in your life becomes a

divine opportunity for optimal growth, healing, and freedom. Commit to your new prayers and

affirmations and open your heart to continue on this beautiful journey of new perceptions.