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Dissolving resistance +
getting grounded in a new rhythm
 About Danielle
Danielle LaPorte is the author of White Hot Truth, The Fire
Starter Sessions, and creator of The Desire Map Day Planner
system, based on The Desire Map book—which has been
translated into 11 languages, and is a workshop program with
licensed facilitators. She’s a member of Oprah’s Super Soul
100, and millions of visitors go to DanielleLaPorte.com every
month for her #Truthbombs and what’s been called “the best
place online for kickass spirituality.”

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 My friend Todd Herman is a sports psychology coach. Topflight. He helps
people win Olympic medals. Todd has one of the most encouraging theories on
resistance and new habits that I’ve come across.

“Your body is just going through a change, and you’re interpreting it as

either positive or negative. Really, what you should do is get excited about
[resistance]. The change that needs to happen in order for your new habits to
take form is taking hold. It’s taking hold inside your body, ” says Todd.

“The most difficult part of the journey is the first sixteen days, but then after
that, it’s a piece of cake. We don’t need to think about it anymore. It goes from
our conscious mind to our unconscious, or habit mind, where it’s happening
automatically for us.”

So, instead of shutting down the new habits when they start to feel unpleasant,
we need to shift our attitude toward loving the resistance that arises. Because
if we can push through the awkward growth spurt—giving our cells adequate
time to catch up with our good intentions—we gain prodigious momentum.

Stay steady with your wanting. On really hungry days you may have to whisper
to yourself over and over again, I just want to feel what I want to feel… I just
want to feel what I want to feel… reminding yourself that you always have
the right to desire something more than what’s currently in front of you.
Eventually, how you create your most wanted feelings will become a habit of
your true nature—instinctively healthy and self-aware.

You are the architect of your own fulfillment—and you have so much to give…
and receive.

Steadfast Love,

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 PERSPECTIVES + PROMPTS FOR
LOVING YOUR RESISTANCE,
GETTING THROUGH AWKWARD
GROWTH SPURTS, AND HELPING
GOOD HABITS TAKE ROOT…

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 1. Fierce, but flexible is the mantra.

Be really really focused on your vision—the capacity

to lock on to a dream and tune out distractions is
the difference between an idea and an empire. AND,
be bendy about how you’re going to pull off your
ambitions. Life might show you a circuitous-but-magical
backroad to your goal if you’re awake enough to see
the turnpike—and daring enough to take it.

What new vision for your life are you

currently creating?
What do you desire… really?

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 2. Pay attention to your
Core Desired Feelings.
Really, that kind of clarity could overhaul your ambition,
and it will most definitely create shifts in how you go
about getting stuff done. In my line of work, there are
a ton of tried n’ true things one could do to sell more,
wrangle more, be more popular and all that, but if those
tactics don’t make me feel incredible doing them, then
I’m going to pass.

What are your Core Desired Feelings?

Write them out…
Free. Beautiful. Present. Alive.

(If you’re not sure, you

can check out:
The Desire Map Planner
+ Planner Program
to discover your CDFs.
Or just start by writing
down how you want to
feel most of the time.)
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What new behaviours/practices/habits have you started (or plan to start) to help
you feel those feelings?

Which of your new habits feel good?

Write them down… and pay attention.

Do any of your new habits make you feel bored/heavy/stressed/not good?

Write them down… and pay attention.

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 3. Are you working on forming new creative habits?
Then honour the muse…
When she comes, she’s serious. And she’s not coming back if you don’t keep
inviting her in when she knocks. The muse is as sensitive as she is enthusiastic.
Respect her. Big time.

What are you already doing to honour your muse?

Or how could you be more welcoming?

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 4. Nap when needed.

Seriously. Here’s a mind trick for all of

us productivity hounds. Tell yourself this:
“If I take a break, I will actually be more
productive.” This is true. It’s scientifically
proven. But you are also “allowed” to
take a break because your body and
mind really need it. No proof or reasoning
required.

Repeat after me:

Rest is
productive.
No prompt this time. Just let that thought
settle and do its thing...

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 5. Let the love take you over.
Enthusiasm saves lives, I say. Be stoked about being stoked!

What gets you giddy about this season of newness?

What about your new intentions/rituals/habits/goals are
you in love with?

And why?

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“What am I going to do today to feel the way I want to feel?”

That’s it.
That’s the question you need for intentionally designing
your life. Every single day.

Now that you’re ready to move through resistance

when it comes up, use the Soulful Habit Tracker on
the next page to make note of how you’re creating your
days with intention. Print it out, and tuck it into your day
planner, keep it on your desk, or your fridge.

The Soulful Habit Tracker reminds you that the primary

intention is to feel good, and the more conscious
your choices are, the more you experience your Core
Desired Feelings. More intention = more fulfillment.

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Manifestation requires clear intention and steady devotion...

Plan with Soul.

Choose new habits for richer, more intentional
living, and make a plan to help them take root.
Start with how you most want to feel. Then... design
your life around that. A whole schedule that’s aligned
with your true desires. THIS is Desire Mapping.

Your Core Desired Feelings and Goals with Soul come

to life when you create a plan to make them happen.
And The Desire Map Planner is THE tool for this. We
put a lot of care into designing a Planner that you’re
excited to use every day… because feeling good is the
whole point.

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