Your Life Is Your Art — And Today I Had to Lead Myself Through It

A Lesson in UnFunking Yourself

I woke up in a funk today.

Not overwhelmed.
Not spiraling.
Just off.

That quiet kind of tension where you can’t quite explain what’s wrong, but you can feel you’re not fully in yourself.

My first thought was: “I probably need to meditate or journal.”
I had a few cancelations, so I did what I could:
I meditated.
I took a 75-minute walk alone in the woods.
I went to hot yoga that evening.

And at the end of class, my teacher said a line that landed harder than anything else I heard all day:

“Your life is your art.”

Simple.
Direct.
True.

And it sparked the series of questions I needed:

Am I creating today from tension or relaxation?
From connection or disconnection?
From expansion or constriction?
From alignment or conditioning?
From fear or courage?

And when my head hits the pillow tonight…
Will I be at peace with the art I created today?

That was the moment I realized:
I wasn’t navigating through avoidance — I was navigating through Internal Leadership.

Two Paths of Navigation: Avoidance or Internal Leadership

Every time resistance shows up, you have two options:

1. Avoidance

Distract.
Numb.
Scroll.
Dissociate.
Push it down.
Hope it passes.

2. Internal Leadership

Turn toward the experience.
Name it.
Work with it.
Choose aligned action despite it.

Today, I could feel the fork in the road.
Avoidance would have been easy — get on my phone, eat mindlessly, disconnect, blame the mood.

But I chose the second path — not perfectly, but intentionally.

And the day became a real-time example of the Internal Leadership System in action.

Recognition → Ownership → Direction → Execution → Integration

Here’s how today unfolded through that lens:

1. Recognition

I noticed the funk.
The tension.
The heaviness.
The lack of clarity.

I didn’t overanalyze it — I just acknowledged what was there. I named it.

This step matters more than people think.
If you can’t recognize resistance, you’ll react unconsciously to it.

2. Ownership

Instead of judging myself, I said:

“Yeah, it makes sense I feel this way. And i’m okay is where I’m at today.”

No shame.
No fixing.
No pretending.

Just accepting reality as it was. And being responsible for it.

3. Direction

Once I saw the resistance clearly, the next question was:

“What’s the most aligned thing I can do right now to move toward the person I want to be today?”

Not the perfect thing.
Not the productive thing.
Just the aligned thing.

I am working towards being someone who doesn’t avoid, so the next actions became clear:
clear my mind, reconnect to my body, and create space.

4. Execution

This is where most people freeze — but it’s also where the shift happens.

I executed three actions:

• meditation

• a long walk in the woods

• hot yoga

None of these “fixed” my mood instantly.
That wasn’t the point.

The point was choosing action aligned with my direction — not with my tension.

5. Integration

The insight didn’t happen during meditation.
Or during the walk.
Or even during the yoga flow.

It happened in the final minute of class, when the teacher said:

“Your life is your art.”

And suddenly the whole day made sense.

The observation wasn’t:

“I had a bad day.”

It was:

“I created from tension this morning — and I shifted into alignment through action.”

Integration is noticing:
What did this resistance teach me?
What changed?
How did I show up?
What would bring more peace tomorrow?

That’s Internal Leadership.

The Real Takeaway

Today wasn’t about yoga, meditation, or a long walk.

It was about choosing how I navigated resistance.

I didn’t avoid it.
I didn’t overpower it.
I worked with it.

And that’s the whole point:

When your life is your art, your choices become the brushstrokes.
Internal Leadership is how you choose the next one.

Not perfectly.
Not dramatically.
Just honestly.

One aligned action at a time

If today’s reflection hit you—if you’re noticing you slip into avoidance when resistance shows up—the 8-Week LFP Group is where we build the skillset of Internal Leadership so you can stay aligned even on the hard days.
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