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Breakthrough Energy – Call the Elephant

  • Writer: Brainz Magazine
    Brainz Magazine
  • 2 days ago
  • 4 min read

As an Empress, an Entrepreneur, and A Master Leader in the work of Transformation, Paula guarantees a new idea leading to a new game. New game = New results!

Executive Contributor Paula Margulis

Here we are… on the slow approach to the completion of this guided tour. I invite you to stay seated for the remainder of this journey. And yes, we’re about to hit some turbulence as we move through some rough weather. Ha!


Close-up of elephants' faces with wrinkled skin, peering through reddish-brown bars. The image conveys a calm and serene mood.

Jokes aside… we are about to cross into more tumultuous terrain. And before we do, let’s revisit the stops that brought you here. The first stop was a real eye-opener, you are your greatest asset, investment, and gift.


The next few stops offered you an opportunity to discover what life can feel like when you are aligned, balanced, grounded, in homeostasis, living into your vision, a life by your design. We also acknowledged how you’ve lived up until now, and where you may have been operating on autopilot.


As we moved through the middle of the journey, we explored all things related to The Gap, your gap: where you are versus where you want to be, and what lives in between. Those are my favorite stops. Do you have a favorite so far?


Now… let’s continue.


All that knowledge and wisdom of self has led us to the opportunity to shift something in your life, to shrink the distance between who you are today and who you get to be.


Last month’s article began to broach this subject. Today, we go in.


Shall we? Buckle up. Today, we step into breakthrough. Today we declare: I trust myself. Today we declare: I am worthy. Today we declare: I deserve my best. Today we choose: change, growth, empowerment, and greatness.


You’ve had the chance to assess your current reality. You’ve had the chance to acknowledge where you’d like to be. You’ve had the chance to explore what lives between you now and you in your vision. Now… here comes the interruption:


What’s in the gap?


What’s in your way? What’s in between you now and the life you say you want? Do you know? Can you see it?


The space inside the gap is often filled with:


  • limitations

  • obstacles

  • hardships

  • challenges

  • and the stories we tell ourselves about all of it


And here’s the breakthrough: Once you name what’s in the way, it becomes workable. Once you call the elephant out, it has a face. And when it has a face, you can handle it.


So here’s your opportunity: Call out the elephants in your room. Metaphorically speaking, what are the limitations, obstacles, hardships, and challenges that are holding up your show and keeping you from closing the gap?


Name them. Look at them. Acknowledge them. Sit with them. Learn from them. And then… choose to release what no longer serves you. Let me give you an example.


Once upon a time, I had a belief that earning a powerful income meant I would experience pain. The belief was simple, making money is painful. That belief was created through childhood experiences. And because it formed early, it lived quietly in my system for years.


The result?


For five years, I never made more than $100,000. Not a dollar more. It was as if my life had an invisible ceiling. That’s what I call an intangible limitation.


Now, I want to be clear, the articulation I’m giving you today comes after years of re-circuiting my brain and healing my heart.


Back then, what I thought was true sounded like this:


  • I’m only as good as this income.

  • I don’t deserve more.

  • I’m not worthy of more.

  • I can’t make more.


That was obviously not the case. Obviously, I could make more. Obviously, I was worth more. Obviously, I deserved more. So what was really in the gap?


Stories.


We are deeply impacted by the stories we tell, repeat, and believe. So… what are you telling yourself?


What are you saying to yourself when you hit a challenge, obstacle, or limitation? What stories rise up when life asks more of you?


For me, the inner noise sounded like this:


  • “This is it.”

  • “This is as good as it gets.”

  • “There’s no hope.”

  • “There’s no point.”

  • “Will it ever get better?”

  • “What’s wrong with me?!”

And that’s where the breakthrough begins. Mirror work. When you reach an obstacle… What story do you immediately attach to it? Because here’s the truth:


It’s not only the hardship that’s in your gap, it’s the meaning you’ve given it. So take some time this week and:


  • identify each elephant in your room

  • listen for the noise in your mind

  • clarify the stories being communicated by you and your environment


This is your breakthrough moment. Because when you can see what you couldn’t see before, you can change what once felt impossible.


Making moves to close your gap becomes remarkably more attainable, and can be received with love and generosity, once you remember. You are your greatest source of everything. Want support?


If you’re ready to create real breakthroughs, not someday, but now, support can change everything. When you’re done circling the same patterns, reach out. I’d be honored to walk with you.



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Paula Margulis, Master Leader in the work of Transformation

As the CEO of PawlaNation Inc., which was founded in 2018, a Business Marketing graduate and licensed Realtor since 2011, Paula is a seasoned full-time Sales Representative with EXP Realty. She continuously chooses to expand and build her empire, which includes Chief Networking Officer of Total Knockout Referrals, Founder & CEO of PawlaNation Leadership, Foundation & Sanctuary. For the past 12 years, she has been choosing her personal development in a committed and rigorous manner, leading herself to her personal power, potential, authenticity, vulnerability, peace, and serenity, all the way being guided by a powerful vision and mission; to empower humanity with their humanity.

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