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Dear Audacious You Readers,
The spring season has finally arrived with signs of revitalization all around us! How’s your garden blooming?
‘Tis the season when what we’ve planted with intention and care starts to bloom in the most exciting ways. In this issue, we’re taking stock of our cultivation efforts by retracing our journey, celebrating signs of fresh growth, and seizing momentum for the work ahead!
JANUARY: #CRUSHING YOUR GOALS
After two enormously challenging years punctuated by a global health crisis, we started off the 2022 new year with a renewed sense of optimism for good things to come. Your dreams and bold visions already exist in the spiritual realm and I wanted to ensure that you possessed the tools and avoided pitfalls to manifest your vision in the physical realm. The January post offered three practical Strategies for Crushing Your Goals in 2022:
- Allow Your Affirmations/Mantras to Inspire You
- Set Realistic Expectations
- Measure Your Goals & Celebrate Micro-wins
FEBRUARY: ADAPTIVE THINKING
Your ability to be flexible and adaptive is essential for thriving. But to be adaptive is a choice, one that requires daring and re-imagined ways of being. Embracing an Adaptive Mindset in a Changing World explored the question, “What is required for you to be adaptive in your thinking?” and offered a four-step activity that involved brainstorming ideas, choosing one idea for mindful exploration, journaling your findings, and striving towards habituation and your wellness.
MARCH: YOUR RESILIENCE DNA
Resilience is a character strength and an external resource of grit and ingenuity that enables us to bounce back after a setback. When applied optimally, it can be a powerful tool for overcoming hardships. On the flip side, its overuse can feel dispiriting. Understanding Your Resilience: Strength vs Liability explored your Resilience DNA—when andhow it serves you and when it doesn’t. The 4Rs Resilience exercise supported you to become better acquainted with your own resilience.
TAKING STOCK OF YOUR POWER
With a quarter of the year completed, you’ve experienced so much already about what your power can bring forth, from crushing your goals, being adaptive, to using your resilience to overcome obstacles. Now, let’s get ready to seize the next quarter with clarity and momentum!
Here are a few questions to reflect upon:
What micro-wins are you most proud of?
What made the wins possible?
Where might you need to refocus/realign?
What are you learning about yourself that you can leverage going forward?
Congratulations! I hope you feel an incredible sense of accomplishment for what your power has brought forth. 
Be reassured that you possess the necessary strengths and tools for your work ahead. And, while you’re at it, allow the season’s fresh growth and blooms to inspire greater possibility for a more bountiful you!
Keep Blooming, Beautifully,
About Glenda M. Francis
Glenda M. Francis is the founder of Audacious Inner Works Institute, a personal development and capacity building service organization. She is an ICF credentialed life coach specializing in confidence building and women’s wellness and power.
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