The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

DIG Deep
Get Deliberate: When I’m flooded with fear and scarcity, I try to call forward joy and sufficiency by
acknowledging the fear, then transforming it into gratitude. I say this out loud: “I’m feeling
vulnerable. That’s okay. I’m so grateful for ____________.” Doing this has absolutely increased my
capacity for joy.
Get Inspired: I’m so inspired by the daily doses of joy that happen in those ordinary moments, like
walking my kids home from school, jumping on the trampoline, and sharing family meals.
Acknowledging that these moments are really what life is about has changed my outlook on work,
family, and success.
Get Going: From taking turns being thankful during grace to more creative projects like creating a
jar to keep gratitude notes in, we’re making Wholeheartedness a family affair.
How do you DIG Deep?

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Everything about this research process has pushed me in ways that I never imagined. This is
especially true when it comes to topics like faith, intuition, and spirituality. When the importance of
intuition and faith first emerged as key patterns in Wholehearted living, I winced a little bit. Once
again, I felt like my good friends—logic and reason—were under attack. I remember telling Steve,
“Now it’s intuition and faith! Can you believe it?”
He replied, “I’m surprised that you’re surprised. You work off of faith and your gut all of the
time.”
He took me off guard with his comment.
I sat down next to him and said, “Yeah, I know I’m a gut and faith kinda girl, but I guess I’m not
very intuitive. Read this definition from the dictionary: ‘Intuition is direct perception of truth or fact,
independent of any reasoning process.’”
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Steve chuckled, “So, maybe the definition doesn’t match what you’re learning from the data. You’ll
write a new one. It won’t be the first time.”
I spent a year focusing on intuition and faith. I interviewed and collected stories so that I could get
my head and heart around what it means to cultivate intuition and trust faith. I was surprised by what I
learned.