It’s a New Life.

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Hard to say goodbye…

Change is never easy. I don’t know why I haven’t gotten used to it by now, my life has never stayed the same for longer then 18 months at a time. That’s my record. Jobs. Homes. Addresses. Eighteen months seems to be the magic number for me since the beginning of time. I guess the only exception is the 16 years I spent in a relationship, but other then that my life is like the ocean; constantly moving, the shore line always eroding.

The past few months have been difficult, adjusting to a new life in Seattle. New school for Kanen. New job for me. New home. New town. New one-hour commute each-way. New traffic. MORE rain, more depressing black sky, day after day.

It’s been a lot to take in for all of us, but the one thing that has made it all work, has made it all manageable has been Miss Amby. She moved with us to keep as normal of schedule for the kids as possible and has been a God send. She’s been my stay-at-home mom, doing all the things I would do if only I had a clone. It’s the first time ever I’ve really had help in the three years I’ve been a single mom. She has nannied for us for over a year but in Portland it was 8-5, and though amazing was definitely a different dynamic then we have had since moving here in December.

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This has been the first time I’ve lived with anyone since my ex-husband. The first time I’ve had an adult to talk to when I get home. Someone to share my day with, talk about the kids with and genuinely be there for us. It’s been such a huge blessing. I cant imagine what it will be like when she needs to move back home to Portland… in three weeks.

The thought of it makes me want to cry.

All I can think of is that I’m going back to where I was three years ago when I was completely and totally alone. Isolated. Just me and the kids, day in and day out, for two full weeks without break. For those of you who are double parent house-holds and are thinking “I have my kids every day all day” let me remind you that in most cases it’s not JUST you, and JUST them 100% of the time. That feels like a prison let me assure you. I LOVE my kids, god and all creation know this! But to not have another adult to talk to or be part of your life day in and day out, you eventually think you are going to lose your mind! I’ve been there… I don’t want to go back.

I’m trying to stay optimistic, because I know I have so much to be thankful and grateful for, but it’s scary. Having no family or friends in a place that is dark as night 24/7 and living an hours drive from anything is more isolating then I even wanna consider.

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I’m blessed because I love my job, and am blessed to have it, and love the house too… it’s just going to take a lot of effort to get us all assimilated to where we don’t feel like we are on a deserted island. But maybe this lack of distraction is just what I need to get the book I’ve been writing for two years ready to publish.

Everything happens with purpose.

I will miss Miss Amby so much and my babies will miss their Auntie/2nd Mommy… it will be a sad day when we have to say goodbye. But we know she will always love us and us her…

Dear Miss Amby,
I’m so thankful and grateful for all you have sacrificed the past year to be there for the kids and me. You have done more for us than our family, parents or siblings. You have loved us and supported us sometimes without pay, and without reason in one of the worst years we’ve ever had. We are eternally grateful for your love and loyalty and pray the day comes when we can repay you… even just a little. 
 
Love,
Sarah, Kaney, Meme and Izzers.

 

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Always with us… LOVE 🙂

 

 

Sarah Centrella is the author of the book Hustle Believe Receive which teaches you how to apply the #HBRMethod to change your life and live your dream.

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Inspirational Mantras

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I think mantras are such a major part of finding success using the Law of Attraction. They are what keep you on the path when your otherwise discouraged. They keep you motivated when you want to give up and they help give you power when you feel weak.

I don’t have any “rules” about mantras, I simply try to keep it simple and something I will remember when I need it. To me the key is to repeat it several times (at least 5) in a row when you need to “cleanse your mind” of negative thoughts. I kinda think of it like the coffee bean you smell at the perfume counter to cleanse your sense of smell. They are a quick way to wipe the “white-board” in your brain of the thoughts that are creeping in trying to get you to lose faith and focus on the negative instead of the positive.

Here are a few that I’ve used and that help give me strength and faith….

  • I can do it, I am strong.
  • If I don’t get discouraged and don’t lose heart, I will reap my reward when the times right.
  • The closer you get to being tired, the closer you are to the prize.
  • Don’t give up when your almost there.
  • When your weak SAY your strong.
  • Remove yourself from doubt and fear.
  • Don’t SAY it if you don’t want it to come true.
  • When you start to feel tired know your breakthrough is around the corner.
  • Doubt might not be able to directly get to you, but it can go through
    the people you believe IN to get you to lose faith. Don’t allow someone else’s doubt to affect your faith.
  • What you focus on expands.
  • Thoughts become words, words become actions, actions become your future. Watch your thoughts.
  • Control your thoughts control your future.
  • You’ve got to give love to get love.
  • Be the light for someone else.
  • Be a blessing.
  • If your not grateful for what you’ve got, you’ll never get more to be grateful for.
  • In ALL THINGS be thankful.
  • Be still and Know.
  • Hustle.Believe.Receive.
  • With work and faith come rewards.
  • I am grateful, I am blessed. I have MORE than enough to provide for myself and my family. I am rich, I am beautiful. I am happy.

 

 

Sarah Centrella is the author of the book Hustle Believe Receive which teaches you how to apply the #HBRMethod to change your life and live your dream.

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Ugh.

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This hurts more than it should.

I wish I could shake it off. But I can’t.
When you feel something for the first time, it knocks the wind out of you.
It stops you cold.
It changes the meaning to everything. Makes you look at life in a new light.
Makes you love every butterfly.

Getting over that loss and pain is bitter sweet.. you want to shake it off so you can return to being a normal human again, but you don’t because if you do then that feeling dies.
And if it dies, will you ever have it again?
The pain is almost better, it insures you’re still capable of feeling something.
I don’t want to forget. Don’t want it to fade away or  be forgotten.
I don’t want to be forgotten.
… I will never forget.
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“I keep reachin out for you, hopin you might stay.. reachin out for you, as you turn away. The door is closing and I just can’t change it…”

 

Sarah Centrella is the author of the book Hustle Believe Receive which teaches you how to apply the #HBRMethod to change your life and live your dream.

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Life is Like Running

Posted on by Sarah Centrella Posted in Health & Fitness, Motivation & Inspiration — No Comments ↓
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God I wish I looked like this running!

I went for an amazing run this morning, on the first sunny day we’ve had in Seattle since I moved here and had a thought.

The road I ran reminded me so much of my life the last few years. It had some really great down-hills where I could look at the beautiful scenery and just coast, turn up my iTunes and enjoy the amazingness of life. Then there is of course the up-hill climb that always follows a good down-hill coast right? It’s just like in life, you can’t ever get too cocky or confident in those easy beautiful down-hills because just when you do a nasty climb will be waiting around the next turn.

We just had some pretty scary weather here, so I ran over swampy roads filled with mud, areas that had been washed away by recent floods, debris filling the road…just like my 2011~!~ Lots of crap in the road that you need to be creative to get through, but NOTHING you cant get through. Nothing you cant hop or jump over or worst case run right through. Yeah you might ruin your new Nike’s, and come out the other side of something unpleasant a little changed, a little more ragged for the ware but you CAN GET THROUGH IT.

Sometimes we can see the big picture…

And I have and will. And so can you.

Then there is the BEAUTIFUL moments, like turning a corner this morning and being comforted with a panoramic view of a horse ranch and Mt Rainier as a picture perfect back drop. The moments that come up on you, shock you and take your breath away. God I’ve had so many of those amazing moments. Those are the ones that keep us on the path, the ones that keep us motivated to get through the mud.

There are moments where we can see the end of the road, it looks clear, straight and for the most part easy. We can see that Big Picture, and we are motivated to go after it. It looks completely within our grasp. But like life always does there are surprises along the way, things put in our path to discourage us and throw off our concentration, get us to stop running. To quit trying and give up. Sit on the side of the road and call a cab, go home and crawl in bed. But the reality of life is that you have to remove that option. It’s not there. The only option is finishing what you started out to do, no matter how difficult. And trust me there are moments when to keep going all you can do is look at your feet right in front of you and put one foot in front of the other, to keep you from looking at the whole mess and losing faith. And that’s OK. AS LONG AS YOU DON’T QUIT.

Sometimes not so much..

When those hard times come we do whatever we need to, so we don’t let the challenges in our way stop us from reaching our goals and our desired outcome. And the beauty is that when you turn that corner, there is going to be another amazing view that will knock the wind out of you. You’ll look up to the sky on a day when the sun is shining and say… “I made it”.

 

 

Sarah Centrella is the author of the book Hustle Believe Receive which teaches you how to apply the #HBRMethod to change your life and live your dream.

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Happy Birthday Son!!

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sarah centrella and son Kanen Rossi
Kanen and I at UCLA game, court-side

Nine years ago you came into my life and forever changed everything about it. You’ve made me a better person, and are the motivation for everything I have or ever will do.

You are the most amazing little human being. Your kind, thoughtful, loving have the biggest most protective heart of anyone I’ve ever know.

Your growing into such an amazing young man. Everyday you make me laugh and smile and there is no way I could ever repay you for all the love you bring to me. I love you more than any words could ever say. I’m more proud of you for all you’ve endured then words can express.

You ARE AMAZING.

I love you Kanen Rossi,
Love,
Mama

 

Sarah Centrella is the author of the book Hustle Believe Receive which teaches you how to apply the #HBRMethod to change your life and live your dream.

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A Love Letter to You.

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I wanted to write a love letter to you my readers….

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I’ve always written this blog pretty exclusively for my own personal therapy, the fact that anyone reads it let alone relates and is moved by it is some amazing blessing beyond what I can understand.Today like so many others you have taught me a huge lesson. I got a beautiful comment on one of my posts, Letting Go which I read this morning and it stuck with me all day. The reasons it was so profound are hard to articulate, but it reminded me of who I really am and what my purpose is. It was the answer I had been looking for that I didn’t want to find, but exactly what I needed to hear. It reminded me to stay true to myself and that my experiences are not just my own. That each decision we make every day affects the people around us in ways we can’t possibly know or fully understand.

When you think no one is watching you, looking at you to be their example remember there is always someone in your circle or beyond that looks to you for something.
Be the example.
Rise above the temptation to be less than what you’re capable of.
We honestly never know what impact we make.

That one single comment this morning made a life changing difference for me today, something I’m sure my reader had no idea it would do. I’ve said it before and I’ll always say it, I learn so much everyday from each of you, thank you so much for letting me ramble and then giving me feedback, for writing, messaging, Facebooking and commenting. I read every single one and each of you has made me into a stronger more determined women then I even knew was here.

I love you!

Thank you and keep it coming. Light-bulb moments happening here on the daily!

 

 

Sarah Centrella is the author of the book Hustle Believe Receive which teaches you how to apply the #HBRMethod to change your life and live your dream.

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And the Moon Said….

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The funny thing about asking a question of the Moon is that sometimes it responds. As I wrapped up my post last night A Letter to the Moon, I got a reply in the form of a calming, seemingly “random” text. It reminded me to not always wish for, or invent the end before I’ve had the beginning (yes this was an actual text AFTER I had basically just written those words…the Moon is magic!).

Then the light started to slowly go on for me….Tonight. (I can be a little slow sometimes).

Don’t always ask to skip the beautiful parts just so you can have the perceived inevitable hurt sooner.
Don’t always assume that there will be a bitter unavoidable end.

And for the love of god women, enjoy the ride from point A to point B regardless of what that might be.

There is a huge part of me that has the instant reaction of “duhhhhh you KNOW this stuff!! it’s called the Law of Attraction! If you think it will implode in a blaze of mundane then guess what you get what you order.” I do know this. But god it’s easy to have it slip, in various areas of your life, especially the place where you are most vulnerable and afraid.

I was able to be still and listen to the feedback. I realized that this pattern I had so greatly perfected to the point I wasn’t even able to spot it and correct it had been standing in the way of my true joy for a long time. I draw or attract the person into my life, am given just what I’ve asked for but then when left to me to take it from there I throw darts at it until it deflates like a helium balloon. It’s what I do when happiness is right there, I try to destroy it’s potential before it can take me off into the shark infested surf at sunset.

Maybe I should wise-up and listen to what I know to be true; that just because there is a possibility of sharks being in that water, doesn’t mean there’s not an equal chance it will be filled with Dolphins instead… and lets face it I love Dolphins. I just need to believe and get back in the water. Three and a half years is long enough to have been out on this damn island alone.

Thanks Moon, your the BEST!
Love Me

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Thanks Moon.

 

Sarah Centrella is the author of the book Hustle Believe Receive which teaches you how to apply the #HBRMethod to change your life and live your dream.

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A Letter to the Moon.

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letter to the moom
Dear Moon….

 

I know you can see the big picture, when all I see is a thumbnail.
So I ask you tonight, why?
What is the purpose for giving me exactly what I dream of and wish-upon-a-star for but yet insure that I’m unable to actually have it?
Can you give me a fast forward version of this story? A cut to the damn chase already? A little peek into the lesson so I can skip this part, the part that is frustrated, broken and sad?
I want to throw snow balls at you.
To shake my fist in your direction.
To curse at you like a sailor.

I want to know why my perfect prize is here but hidden in a glass box out of reach.

I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure I deserve this.
Pretty sure I’ve worked my ass off for it!
Fought through the fire and all the crap to get here.
As a matter of fact I know I deserve this prize.
I worked.
I’ve waited.
I WANT it.
Give it to me! 
Don’t tease me.
Don’t you daaaarrrreeee tease me.
I will get a damn latter and climb up there and pull you outa the sky with my own two hands!
Don’t think I wont.
I know you bring me lessons, I know you make me stronger.
And wiser.
I know I will get my prize in the end…
but for real, Dear Moon…can I just have this one tonight?
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Yelling at the Moon…

 

Sarah Centrella is the author of the book Hustle Believe Receive which teaches you how to apply the #HBRMethod to change your life and live your dream.

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