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Open loops, the gifts of C*vid + the MAGIC of ceremony & ritual

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As you read last time I wrote, the Vid finally got me, and in some ways at the worst time possible. My entire executive team flew to Boulder to meet in person, and I had a big video shoot planned to upgrade our curriculum.

Crap! 

On top of that, my business partner’s wife also got Covid at the exact same time. So, now, neither of us would be attending the in-person offsite.

And one of our key team members in Boulder also got Covid, so we ended up reshuffling everything so our out of town team could all meet together in a local hotel conference room, and the three Boulder team members would Zoom in …

Irony! 

The good news was that I got to see and feel how adaptable we are, and we still had a great 2-day offsite, pushed our video shoot to the weekend and managed to find a way to make it work, as a team.

The realities of meeting as a team when 3 out of 4 of you have Covid!

But, we pulled it off, and rescheduled the video shoot, and we’ve got some great new content and curriculum coming for our lawyer community, and for all of you, soon.

Here’s one of the big gifts I found from Covid now that it doesn’t seem to be a major killer, but more of a highly contagious cold. If there’s anything you really don’t want to do, Covid is a great excuse for not doing it. And, it will also show you what you really do want to do. For some, Covid brought on high emotions around the fear of death, and perhaps feelings of am I doing with my life what I really want to make sure I am doing before I die. 

These inquiries: what am I doing that I don’t want to be doing, and am I doing what I need to do before I die, are inquiries that should be happening in your life with or without Covid (in my opinion) because the use of your time, energy, and attention is literally how your life is created.

So, if Covid gets you thinking about life and death in ways you have not before, good … it got me to create some clarity in my own life about what I want to keep doing and what I don’t. 

And, one thing is clear to me, I want more time with my loved one’s playing and having fun.

All of that led into some big things happening this past week or so that have helped me to understand the critical importance of signing agreements, closing loops and the true magic of ceremony and ritual.

I’m starting to understand that as a lawyer, I’m actually operating at two very different levels — the 3D/practical/surface level of agreements, contracts and the like … and then there is the “field”, sometimes called the 5D.


If you’ve done any Family Constellation work, you know about this field … it’s the energy field that exists all around us, all the time, and in which everything is happening all at once.


Funny enough, years ago, when I was in my first turn of the wheel of awakening, I named my company “It’s All Happening” to remind me whenever I would forget, and it’s burned into the wood on the back of my van, and yet I can still sometimes forget.

We live in a quantum universe in which time is actually an illusion we’ve imposed on ourselves so we can interact on this 3D plane of existence. But, in Reality (capital R reality), all things are actually happening all at the same time, and as Creators we are constantly choosing to live into the timelines of future and past by the choices we make in this 3D plane.

We choose the timelines through the power of ritual, ceremony, and yes contracts and agreements.

So, when I married myself this past February with a full wedding ceremony, I continued a storyline of commitment that began when I first created my marriage contract (called a Ketubah in the Jewish tradition).

But, here’s what’s really odd … I never signed the actual ketubah!

Until last week.

I was in an immersion around the expansion of my personal brand, and as we were moving through the process of discovery, the magician I was working with (and he truly is a magician) and I realized I had never signed the actual contract!

Right then and there, he said … let’s do it. Let’s complete this ceremony and sign this contract. So, we did.

Watch the Unedited Video of Me Signing My Ketubah Here.

Following that ceremony, I went into a 2-day immersion with my business partner, Andrew, and two more magicians. I’ll be sharing more details of that immersion soon because truly a miracle occurred during the immersion.

But, I can’t share the details right now as I’m heading out into another immersion — yes, it’s a time of immersions for me — this one with the Luminous Awareness Institute so I can do more of the work I need to in the subtle energy realms.

In the meantime, here’s what I’d like you to consider …

What are the open loops, unsigned agreements or contracts, that may be creating turbulence in your field and keeping you from making the kind of progress you want to be making?

Divine/Universal law is real. Closing loops, making explicit agreements, signing those agreements … it all has more meaning than you may see on the surface.

Until next time … keep your eyes wide open.


Love,

Ali

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Remembering How to Pray

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I grew up Jewish in a non-religious family with a dad who believed God was for stupid people, and a favorite grandma who concurred. Prayer was not something we turned to in my family.

Yet, as I grew into my own independence as an adult, I found myself in so much pain and confusion around the reality of life that I found myself looking for a church, and ultimately turning to prayer.

The synchronicities that led me to find the church that changed my life — Agape International Spiritual Center —  were shocking to my system, especially back at a time when I didn’t have any idea about the “5D/spirit world”.

And, those synchronicities probably saved my life.

I was extremely lonely, and had zero tools for understanding where I had gone wrong.


I had followed all the rules, won all the games I was taught to play — marriage, babies, 6-figure job as an associate at top 100 AMLaw firm — and, yet, there I was at not quite 30, and I couldn’t imagine living the rest of my life so alone.

I recognize now that even back then, before I knew how to pray, I was praying.

My heart was longing for something other than the life I had.

I let myself feel the pain and confusion, fully.

I didn’t numb with drugs or alcohol. I would find my way to addiction later in life, when I forgot the power of prayer and the beauty of longing, but back then when my kids were little and I was new in my adulthood, I just felt it all.

And even though I didn’t know it at the time, that longing and the pain of the loneliness became a living prayer that was so strong that it pulled everything I was dreaming of into my life.

God.

Church.

Prayer.

Friends.

My own business.

The right teachers.

But I didn’t really know how to pray.

In the beginning of my connection with prayer, I really only used it when I was at my wit’s end, and had nowhere else to turn … my prayers would come amidst tears, and wailing, and would sound something like “please help me, I can’t do this. I need your help. Show me the way. I’m lost and need guidance.”

Over the years, though, I’ve found more ways to pray.

Prayer through visualization, imagination, and the possibility of a life worth living.

These days, everyone is doing it … mindfulness, meditation, manifestation.

You’ve surely heard of it, maybe you even believe in it, and use it yourself.

It’s not weird or on the fringe or even “new age” anymore.


Collectively, we are waking up to recognize that there is support for us beyond what we can see, and that accessing that support begins with closing our eyes, seeing a vision of the future we want to create, and making ourselves available for support.

And, if you haven’t gotten there yet, but you are feeling the pain of loneliness, or longing, or even using addiction to numb those feelings out, I want to invite you into a conscious practice of prayer, rather than letting Life force you into it because you’ve created a reality where there is nowhere else to go.

Force or choice.

We either choose, or Life will force it upon us.

Illness. Relational crises. Financial crisis. These are the ways Life shows us when we do not choose to live into our soul’s calling.

Before you get forced, I invite you to pray. 

Whether you are already at the place of needing to beg for help, or you are still in a place of comfort, but have gotten out of practice, I invite you to pray.

I’m speaking this to you from a place where I can feel myself at the edge. A precipice moment, a turning point … I either get back into my daily practice of meditation (proactive prayer in action), 30 minutes minimum in the morning and night, or I will find myself back to the painful place of beseeching God for help as a result of any number of crises that are just right there waiting to come my way, if I don’t keep being willing to envision the life and legacy I do want, and then moving into the discomfort of taking the actions to create it, step by step.

Holy moly, my mind is sure certain that I should just stay where I am. Stop stretching so darn much, and just be happy right here.

Right before I walked away from everything I created ten years ago, I remember hearing a coach say “if you aren’t growing, you’re dying” and upon hearing it, I said to myself “I don’t want to grow anymore, so I’ll just die, I guess.”


Then, I did just that. I threw up my hands, and walked away, thinking that would be the easier path. I’m done growing. Kill me now. 

And, there is so much to be said for dying before you die.

As Eckhart Tolle and many other masters have made clear, we must die before we die, if we want to not allow the fear of death to drive our every decision.

And, I can assure you that having ego death forced onto me was not the easier path by any means. Sure, I LOVED my year at the farm in so many ways. And that year forced me into prayer in a way I had never been forced before. 

But one of my greatest learnings from that time is that I don’t want to have to be forced into death when I can choose a truly easier path — I can choose to die before I die, gently, lovingly, and with ease and grace. 

I can close my eyes, and for 30 minutes at a time, let myself die to the outside world, and while there in the void, pray through visioning the life and legacy I desire to create.

So that’s what I’m doing … I’m praying. I’m asking for guidance. I’m envisioning this life of love, and connection, and multi-generations coming together, and growing food, and living on land, and getting in water together, with people I love.

Then, I’m letting Life show me the way.

As a result, I’m being stretched. Life is asking me to show up more, bigger, and to bring the wisdom of the past twenty years out in a deeper way. 

And, I’m listening. 

In service to the listening and what I’m hearing is next, I signed the contract to rent out a retreat center here in CO this summer, for a week of what I’m envisioning as Soulful Summer Camp with 44 souls ready for more clarity, connection and commitment to all of Life (official title is Commit: the Next Level of Your Soul’s Calling), where we will come together to pray and leave with a deeper commitment to ourselves, each other and all of Life.

This Commitment is bringing up all of my “stuff” — all of my reasons to not do it, to not take the risk, to not get in person, to not face my intimacy fears (more on these fears soon).

But that’s not what’s true. 

What’s true is that I’m Committed. I’m going to die before I die. I’m willing to risk it all. And, I’m going to share it all with you, each step of the way.

Tonight, in Eyes Wide Open: the Membership is our Mistressclass for May, and I’ll be talking about the Power of Commitment. If you are part of the Membership, I’ll see you there.

Otherwise, stay tuned here and you’ll get bits and pieces of what’s coming through over the coming weeks. 

Creating My Ketubah

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A New Paradigm for a Self-Marriage Contract from an Old Paradigm Template

Two years ago, I was in the middle of a tumultuous breakup and a friend told me she had made a marriage contract with herself (a Ketubah in the Jewish tradition), and it had changed her life. After hearing about the hard time I was having with this break up, she hinted it might be something I would want to do for myself.

A marriage contract with myself, I thought. Hmmm, I wonder if that might support me to stop looking outside myself for “the One” and find exactly what I’ve been seeking right here, inside of me.

I decided it was worth a shot, and asked to be connected with the person who could support me in creating my own Ketubah.

Together we embarked on a 4-month journey of clarifying who I am, why I am here, what’s mine to do, my relationship to my community, my relationship to myself, my vows to myself and the practices that would support me in honoring these vows.

The ketubah was then framed, and I embarked on the question of when I would sign it, what sort of ceremony I would have, who would be there and how it would all happen.

Creating my ketubah gave me the opportunity to enter into a deep process of discovery around what I really love about myself and what my relationships would be with all the connections in my life; with myself, my blood family, my chosen family, my friends, my business family, my fans…it all had to be clearly outlined and the parameters defined so I could build safety for myself instead of seeking it an unsafe world.

I like my danger in a container of safety. 

I like to live out loud, take risks, put myself out there … and without a container of safety, it’s too scary, so I either look for others to create safety for me, or I get to create it for myself.

You see, I had spent most of my life looking outside myself for safety, wishing that the people in my life would provide for me what I didn’t seem to know how to provide.

In my earlier years, I looked for safety in fame and fortune.


If I just got wealthy enough and famous enough, I thought, then I’ll be safe.

But, when I created fame and fortune it was the exact opposite experience.

In 2009, I began appearing regularly on TV, getting coverage from major news outlets, and leaning into the public view. I was getting a lot of attention, but I quickly realized that fame does not create safety.

My first TV appearance on the Today Show in 2009.

In fact, it was the exact opposite, it seemed. Suddenly, there were so many people who wanted to be around me, and I couldn’t tell who I could trust, whose reflections were worth listening to, and who was truly a friend versus who just wanted something from me that they perceived I had.

And, the hate, the projections, the judgments, the comments! I took every single comment seriously, and didn’t know how to separate out what to listen to and what to dismiss. 

By now, we’ve all heard Brene Brown’s advice on how to deal with comments when you’re in the limelight, “Don’t grab that hurtful stuff from the cheap seats and pull it close. Don’t pull it anywhere near your heart. Just let it fall to the ground. You don’t have to stomp it or kick it. You just gotta step over it and keep going. You can’t take criticism and feedback from people who are not being brave with their lives.”

But back then, I didn’t have Brene’s guidance. 

I let the wrong people into my inner circle. I didn’t know how to relate to the people in my life. In my naivete, I treated everyone as equal. At the time, I thought trusting so much was novel and revolutionary, but the results were painful and the lessons learned came at a great cost. 

I withdrew. The story of that period is for another day and time, but for now what I can say is that the process of creating my Ketubah gave me an opportunity to look at my relationship to fame and fortune, and how I could step back into the public eye and create my own safety.

My Love

The Ketubah begins with an acknowledgement of the parts of myself I love, honor and respect, as a reminder to myself when I forget who I am.

Willing, brave, honest, fluid, integrated, incorruptible, smart, purposeful, persistent, resilient, integrous, sensitive, creative, truth-teller, permission-giver, teacher, lifelong learner, leader, courter of fear, forgiver, valuer of myself, resolver, experiencer of equanimity, and finder of clarity.


These are the things I love about myself.

My Relationships

The next section of my Ketubah clarifies my relationship to the various rings of people in my life – my relationship to my blood family, my chosen family, my purpose family, my business family, and even my fans family. 

By clarifying my commitments and boundaries with each of these rings of relationship, I can relax into knowing who to listen to, for what, and what I am willing to give and receive. 

This delineation creates safety for myself as I step back out into my next level of public thought leadership. I no longer have to wonder how to relate to each of these rings of relationships, I intentionally create clarity, and I get to trust myself.

My Vows

Once my rings of relationships were defined in my Ketubah, I created commitments to myself, as well as a reminder of how I will meet the moments when these commitments are challenged.

I created a set of weekly, monthly, and annual practices to keep me in consistent relationship with practicing these vows.

This is a lifelong engagement with the things that I love about myself, navigating my relationships with wellbeing held first and foremost, committing to my vows, honoring those vows, and honoring myself.

This is a marriage contract to life, all of life, and the people in my life. 

Now, the Ketubah does not just hang on the wall. It’s been printed, and will be shared with those at the ceremony today.

You can read my Ketubah in full here. And massive thanks to designer Christy Sharafinski who worked with me late Saturday night and through the weekend, to design this gorgeous piece so I could take it off my wall, and share it with you.

Next week, I’ll share the process of getting from marriage contract to wedding ceremony, plus share pictures of the dress I ultimately chose to wear, and why even that was so meaningful.

Thank you for being here with me on this journey. As you’ll read in the Ketubah, I don’t take you for granted and I expect nothing from you in return. I hold you with reverence, and care, and deep gratitude for your desire to learn, grow and evolve through my experience. 


Watching others share their lives via their books, blogs, newsletters, podcasts and social media has impacted me greatly on my own journey, and I look forward to stepping back into my thought leadership and the public eye in a way that feels safe and good to me, so I can continue to model that which I want to see more of in the world.

Here’s to a new chapter. 

With all the Love for your eyes (and heart) wide open life, 

Ali Katz

Resources:

Ali’s Ketubah Doula, Skippy Leigh Upton Mesirow

Ali’s Graphic Designer, Christy Sharafinski
In devotion to living your vows, Gaby Sundra

Ali’s Ring – Katherine Sans – Moon Spun Jewelry

Brene Brown – The Call to Courage on Netflix

To get caught up on what you’ve missed:

Ali’s Wedding Journey:

Watch the video of Ali’s Engagement Ceremony

“My Quest to Call in “The One” is Over” – Ali’s article on Medium.com

I am getting married in just over a week…

WHY am I getting married to myself? – Ali’s Prayer for her little one

Ali’s “Maybe” Dress

Entreprenuer features The New Law Business Model Book as a “Must-Buy” for 2021

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When I release a new book I don’t know if people will really grok it until they start reading it. There is this terrifying gap between finishing the manuscript and the reviews coming back where your monkey mind can tell you anything. All your old creative scars come up. Luckily I a built a team around myself to finish projects even when self-doubt creeps in.

Now that the book is finally out in the world, getting back the first reviews has been thrilling. I’m excited to hear that readers from all backgrounds are getting inspired from my journey. My dream is that everyone is able to shift their field to serve their clients with love, in a way that they love to serve.

As the world changes rapidly, there has never been a better time to change how you serve.

Use this link to buy The New Law Business Model book now.

My New Book is a #1 New Release on Amazon this week

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I’m excited to announce that my new book, The New Law Business Model, officially launches today.

What is The New Law Business Model? I wrote this book to show lawyers how to use their most valuable asset—their law degree—for the good of families, small businesses, and most importantly, to build their own business into one they love. Pulling from my own journey, I share the roadmap I followed and insights I found that made my own success as a lawyer and business owner possible.

Is it relevant for you, if you are not a lawyer? Yes, and here’s why: 1) you probably need to work with lawyers in your own life and business, and it’s a really good idea to understand how lawyers work so you can find a lawyer who can actually and truly help you, and 2) if you are a business owner yourself with a valuable service to offer the world, everything I write about in the New Law Business Model is directly applicable to your business too.

In fact, as I was building the new law business model into my own practice, I did it by learning from other entrepreneurs outside of the legal profession and applied what I learned to my law practice — this is how you get ahead, in my opinion — you learn from business owners in industries outside of yours, and apply what you learn to innovate in your industry.

What’s my give? My publisher has agreed to discount the Kindle version of my book from its full list price of $24.99 down to $0.99 for the first week of launch so I can share the book with friends and family inexpensively.

I’d love to offer you a discounted copy! For those of you without Kindles, the paperback version is also available.

Use this link to buy The New Law Business Model book now.

What’s my ask? Do NOT feel obligated, but if you have an active Amazon account, I’d be extremely grateful if you leave a review. Reviews are the most important factor in how many new readers the book is able to reach, and each one makes a real difference.

That’s it! Thank you so much for your support. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.

Best,
Ali Katz

The Paradox of Pride … How to Be Proud of Yourself Without Being a Narcissist

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It’s time to start chronicling, and blogging again. A living history of one woman’s experience, in these strange times we are living in.

I silenced my voice for many years because I wasn’t proud of the woman I was, or who I had become.

Today, I am.

And, if you are a high-achiever like me, with important work to bring to the world, and a big, sensitive heart, and who is sometimes way hard on yourself —  I want you to experience the peace and fulfillment that comes with becoming someone you’re truly proud to be as well. 

Because if you can’t tell, the world really needs the best of us right now.

Out beyond the imposter syndrome …

Out beyond the posturing of false pride, faking it until you make it, and hubris …

Out beyond the narcissistic behaviors of blame, self-protection, projection, and defense …

There is a place of rest and true pride where we get to show up, fully.

In this place, you know when you are being of service by speaking, and you also know when to shut up and listen.

In this place, you know when what you are bringing forward is good, and true, and beautiful. And, you also know where you have opportunity to grow.

It’s a place that’s intimate, so very intimate.

Tender.

And real.

Fleeting, felt in moments, and gaining more consistent footing inside of myself daily.

Now, I wish to share this journey with you, through my eyes, heart and soul.

Because if you are a high achiever who holds yourself to the standards I hold myself to, the world needs the you that you are truly proud to be. 

The tender, hurt, scared, sad, wounded, hopeful, truly fucking proud of who you are … YOU.

And maybe if I share my struggle, the journey it took me to get here, the pain and the mistakes, and the ways I made it way harder than it needed to be for myself, your path to real, deep down, damn it feels good to believe in myself pride can be easier than mine.

And maybe you can even be someone I want to create Life with. 

Because, honestly, I’m pretty disappointed in most of us right now. And, yes, I can and do have compassion for it all, but I’m also tired.

I’m tired of the false pride that prevents collaboration, the perpetual competition and comparison despair hidden behind exclusion, the scarcity consciousness shrouded in talk of abundance, the gossip cloaked in “call out” culture, the finger-pointing, the cancel culture, and the projection, fear, blame, shame, guilt, and all the places we are not each taking full 100% responsibility for everything we are seeing and experiencing.

I’m tired of experiencing these things inside of myself. And I’m sure as hell tired of seeing it all “out there”.

It’s taken me many years of finding the balance between “what’s mine” and “what’s yours” to come to see it’s both all mine, and all yours.

It’s taken me years to learn to discern what’s real and true.

What I know now is that “what’s mine” is who and how I be in the face of whatever comes my way, and in the face of whatever I see out there, reflected back to me.

It’s taken me years to discover the source of true pride … who and how I be when life disappoints me.

Can I stay open, curious, and trusting? 

Can I keep relaxing, surrendering and intending?

Can I hold a vision of possibility in the face of the impossible?

What’s yours is the gift you give me of getting to practice being with it all, and choosing how to respond to all of it. That’s where my choice is, and that’s where your choice is. 

Who and how will you be? And what does it look and feel like to be someone you are truly proud to be when we’ve got real wounds and trauma and pain living inside of us that can make it oh so hard to see? 

The paradox … 

Today, I woke up in bed alone, and yet full of love and connection and immense gratitude for my freedom, and the choices that led me here.

I am spending the weekend in the home of my beloved, with his dogs and mine, while he is in Tulum, having a ball with his men friends, and a woman or two he may connect with, while there. 

And, I’m okay. Better than okay. I’m free. 

I’m free to love him, as he has his experiences in the world without me. 

I’m free to be here with other beloveds, having spent New Year’s Eve cooking dinner with my son, and G and his kids, and his pregnant partner, and another couple I care for deeply. We played Catan until we rang in the new year with hugs and love all around.

I’m free to write this morning, and all day, if I choose.

I’m free to work as much as I want, or not at all.

I’m free to be bored and boring.

I’m free to be on Clubhouse (hot new social app) for hours, if I choose. Find me there @alikatz and click the little bell next to my name to get notified when I start a room, so you can join in. 

I got to participate in a room the other night called “rich white woman secrets” started by a black woman, Galyn Fergerson – follow everything she does – who was spoofing on the “Bro Marketer” rooms that have begun to dominate the platforms with their rich white men secrets, and it was one of the best things I’ve gotten to do in a long time.

I’m free to give a friend an hour long coaching session because he was in a lot of pain, and needed it.

I’m free of my craptastic mindset, or at least I can see when it’s sneaking back in and meet the pain of the trauma that led to it, and create a new reality, now.

I’m free to be me.

And, from here, I can truly serve in a way that has me proud.

As we begin 2021, a new year, a new reality … I commit to using the tools of my privilege, my choice, and my freedom to share what brought me here. With the hopes that I can support more of us to truly understand the power of our minds, and the massive gift we have to put our minds in service to our hearts, so we can heal and actually step into a new future together.

This was not a luxury most of our ancestors had.

Our ancestors had to fight, steal, cheat, lie, and protect just to survive. Those patterns live inside of us, and they play out in ways that can unconsciously perpetuate exactly what we do not want to create. 

And, it can be hard to see, hard to take just the right amount of accountability for, hard to forgive in ourselves and others, and I believe it’s THE most important work we can do individually and collectively.

I’ve come to understand narcissistic behaviors (which are different than true NPD) as the protective mechanisms we engage in to protect our fragile image of ourselves. 

And, listen, if you worry about whether you are a narcissist, you probably don’t have NPD, but you very well may be engaging in narcissistic, defensive, protective behaviors that you can stop doing … in service to being truly proud of who and how you are.

It took me many years of “struggle and fight trying to get it all right” before I was able to come to see that I will never get it all right, to be okay with my wrongness, to forgive myself, and come to understand that the uni-verse has always been showing me the way, as one of my favorite musicians Fia reminds us in her song, “The Art of Letting Go”.

Surprisingly, I had to discover and accept and feel the pain of my own wrongness to find the truth of my beauty, goodness and rightness.

This year, I commit to exploring this paradox here with you in service to helping you see where the true root of your power exists. 

It’s time for us to wake up, grow up and show up, my friends. We don’t have much more time … and, yet, we can also trust in the perfection of the timing, as long as we keep doing what we came here to do — to wake up, to grow up, to show up — and, yes, to heal.

If you are a high achiever who suffers from imposter syndrome, and who does not rest into the pride of all that you are, I am here with you, and a stand for your greatness.

Today is the day we get to be accountable for our past actions, and forgive ourselves in service to truly being the change we wish to see in the future. 

Forgiveness simply isn’t possible without accountability. 

And real pride, true pride, pride beyond hubris simply isn’t possible without a willingness to see where I’m not as good as I think I am, own my weaknesses and my strengths, and rest into what’s true.

This is the paradox of pride … to be truly proud of yourself in a good way, you get to know and claim where you are awesome, and also be willing to know and own where you aren’t. And here’s the great part, where you aren’t awesome is where you get to make space for the awesomeness of others and begin to see that you don’t need to do it all yourself. You don’t need to be the best at everything. You get to relax into the support of others. 

You get to relax …

You get to relax …

You get to relax …

Let’s make 2021 the year we all relax a bit more, together. And from this space of ease and grace, we can truly rise, together – with pride.

Ali Katz

P.S. One way to create true pride is to face the reality that you are going to die, and do the right thing for the people you love. I want to give you my Personal Resource Map tool…it’s an inventory of what matters to you for the people you love. Get immediate free access for yourself and your family.

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