Living the Yes Life: What Alignment Actually Looks Like

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Well, hello, my valued listeners, and welcome back to another episode of Living in Your Power.
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This is the final episode in our August series, The Empowered Yes,
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Aligning with What You Are Called to Do.
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I'm your host, Dr. Marlene Greenleaf. And this month has been a journey from
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unlearning, people-pleasing, and fear-based yeses to embracing rest,
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discernment, and deep alignment with what God is really calling you to do.
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And now, as we close this series, I want to ask you one more question.
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What does it actually look like to live a yes life?
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Because that phrase sounds exciting, right?
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But it's also been overused.
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Living your yes life isn't just about being booked and busy.
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It's about being rooted and responsive. So today's episode is entitled,
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Living the Yes Life, What Alignment Actually Looks Like.
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Now we live in a culture that celebrates doing constantly. But here's what I've learned.
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Activity isn't always alignment. I mean, you can be successful and stressed.
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You can be productive and off path.
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You can also be serving others and still betraying yourself.
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Living the yes life means saying yes to what reflects your values,
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not just your visibility.
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It means your goals, your relationships, your schedule, and your spiritual walk
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are not in conflict, but in agreement.
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Now, Romans 12.2 tells us, Do not conform to the patterns of this world,
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but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is.
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His good, pleasing, and perfect.
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That, my dear listeners, is alignment. It's a mindset that keeps your spirit,
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your decisions, and your boundaries in sync with your assignment.
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It doesn't mean that life is perfect. What it means is that you are not constantly
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fighting against yourself.
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Now let me share what alignment looks like for me.
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Alignment is when I can say yes And
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feel peace and not panic It's when my no is clear And unshaken without an explanation
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And it's when I serve not to prove But because I am cold And honestly,
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it's taken me time And healing to get there,
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I mean, I used to be overbooked.
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I would overbook myself, say yes to things that made my sister turn and call it servant leadership.
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But what I was actually doing was sacrificing my wellness for my image.
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But now I check in, I pray, and I listen to God and my body.
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And when I feel that deep yes in my spirit, I know it's aligned.
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So I want to share with you three ways to start living a yes life for real.
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First, I want you to do a weekly alignment check-in.
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Ask yourself, what feels forced right now? What feels flowing?
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And let go of what feels off.
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Next, I want you to check for a fruit and by this I mean is this yes bearing
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peace, joy and growth or is it giving stress,
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confusion and depletion?
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And third align your inner
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and outer life listen don't speak
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and live chaos let your choices reflect your values i want to repeat that don't
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speak and live chaos you must let your choices reflect your values.
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So here's your empowerment prompt for this week.
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Where in your life are you ready to walk in full alignment?
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What's one yes you've been avoiding because it scares you, but deep down you know it's right?
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I want you to write it down, pray on it, and take one action step this week on that.
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Now in closing I want you to remember that living the yes life is not about perfection,
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It's about permission Permission to show up whole, rested, focused and led by God Not by fear or hustle,
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You don't need to chase alignment You just need to return to it again and again.
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I want to thank you, dear listeners, for walking through this series with me.
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And guess what? We're just getting started.
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I will be back next week with a brand new theme for September.
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And trust me, you don't want to miss it.
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So until then, I want you to continue to live boldly in your power.
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And if it gets tough, just breathe.
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You still.
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Music.