The Trickle Down Effect of LBL Week

​What I Noticed
One of the cool parts of being a coach is that I don’t just have the feedback from my own personal experience, but also the feedback of clients and friends who’ve participated in some of my challenges and programs.  You may be asking why I felt the need to share this with you but it’s because I’ve actually had some really interesting feedback from clients and realizations of my own since we did the LBL Week challenge.  And here’s the really cool thing, all of it has been overwhelmingly positive!  There are a few similar themes, a few parallels, and some differences too.  But none of it was negative feedback, not that I thought it would be, but some of this is stuff I didn’t really anticipate.

I will say the level and speed with which these results were seen varied on how open people were to shifting their perspective to (and I cringe at using this term because I know people automatically assume it’s woo woo but hear me out…) a more spiritual one.  JUST WAIT! First let me share with you my definition of spirituality so you maybe don’t feel like running for the hills if “spirituality” is not your thing.  This comes from my teacher and mentor davidji, “Spirituality is simply the journey we each take from our current version of ourselves to our most divine version – our most self-actualized version – where we touch perfection, glimpse clarity, bask in brilliance, and receive insights.  But it’s not a one-way voyage – it’s a round-trip experience; we get to integrate the best version of ourselves back into our day to day life and incorporate these transformational life lessons into our thoughts, words, and actions.”.  (See, not so bad right?) Those that had that open mindedness, or even just embraced that perspective saw a fairly radical shift pretty quickly.  Those that didn’t really make spirituality a way of living didn’t see as lasting of an effect, but absolutely still noticed positive results.  So let me share with you what they were.
 
The More Spirituality Inclined
I mean, we know I’m a pretty spiritually open-minded person, if I do say so myself.  There may be quite a ways to go on my journey but my mind is wide open to possibilities and guidance.  Some of the people who participated in LBL Week may not be as gung ho or woo-woo inclined as I am, but they have an open mind and a willingness to explore a different perspective.  For those of us more on this side of the sliding scale there was a basic trend that happened.  Sheer joy and coming alive during the week itself, followed by productivity, followed by a “slump” (and by that I mean a slowing down of momentum), followed by a tiny bit of worry but willingness to just let it go, followed by a complete allowing as opposed to chasing.  And that allowing, and the realization thereof, was a total game changer.  Let me elaborate.

On the journey to joyful you find yourself in a place where you are excited to change your life.  The universe works with you, you notice synchronicity left and right, things fall into place.  You make a choice to change your life and it happens.  But here’s the kicker, you’re usually pretty active in making that happen.  It may not be a battle, you may not be chasing joy per se, but you are definitely actively pursuing it.  And honestly, there’s nothing wrong with that because for the most part it’s an enjoyable experience and you learn a lot from it.  However, when you do LBL Week you’re telling yourself I’ve taken all the action, done all the groundwork, and now I’m reaping the rewards and luxuriating in the final results.  It’s a pretty big mindset shift, but you’re “only doing it for a week” so you never question it.  And as you’re in that mindset you don’t question when the good stuff starts flowing your way, you allow it.  Well for those of us who decided to make this a lifestyle change instead of just a week long challenge, that mindset stayed and, without realizing it at first, we never stopped the allowing process.
 
Allowing Continued
Now remember I said there was a slump and tiny bit of worry?  This was when we went from actively trying to be that best version to accepting that we were and not pursuing it.  There was a moment for each of us when we actually chose to not worry about it and just go with the flow.  That moment is when the magic happened, that choice to allow.  We all have different careers and lifestyles but we took a step back and just let the days play out the way they were going to.  If we felt inspired to do something, we’d do the thing.  If we knew we had a task that had to be accomplished we didn’t worry about how or when it would get done, we accepted that it would.  If we didn’t know what to do, we’d just do something that brought us joy until we were inspired to do something else.  There was a comfort in knowing we didn’t have to worry about it, after all we’re living our best lives and everything just works out.  But even then we didn’t realize that’s what we were doing!

Ok, you may be saying, “Lindley how could you not know, you just said you made a choice?”.  And you’re right, we did make a choice but the choice wasn’t “to allow” it was to not worry about it.  But in doing that, in choosing not to worry, we were choosing to let life just flow while we enjoyed the ride.  We were choosing to allow.  Then, a little later on, we realized what we had done, and how it served us.  And boy did it serve us!  Here’s some feedback; “I feel judgment free”, “I’m not stressing about anything”, “I’m really proud of myself”, “I’m happier than I’ve been in a really long time”, “I feel super productive”, “I’m loving myself”, “I’m high on life”.  What’s really awesome about hearing people talk about themselves like that is the sense of freedom and joy that comes across in these discussions.  One person even uncovered their passions and a new purpose that they are beyond excited to explore!  And all this because of a one week challenge!  Ok maybe a bit more than that, because hi…you spend some time with a coach who’s all about helping you love your life and things are bound to rub off...but you know what I mean.
 
Towards the Other End of the Spectrum
Now I love people who embrace the spirituality inclined path, but it isn’t a prerequisite to working with me or doing the LBL Week Challenge.  As long as you have decided you’re going to start loving your life, are ready to make some changes, and are excited for the journey… then we’re a good a fit and so is the challenge.  So let me share with you the experiences on the other end of the embracing spirituality sliding scale.  These are my people who embraced the challenge and allowed themselves to have fun with it.  And they did have fun!  They were productive, they saw little moments of habitual behaviors from their old versions pop up and recognized where they could release them, they were excited to be their best selves and delighted in the good that flowed to them.  Now one of those people is currently doing the week over again because she, “just loved who I was during that week”.  For her the effects didn’t necessarily last in their entirety, but the memories and feelings from the week did.

She didn’t decide to make it a lifestyle change but instead simply embraced the week long challenge.  And by the way, that’s 100% ok.  There’s no wrong or right way to do this challenge.  In fact I’m thrilled that she loved that week so much she’s doing it all over again this week.  Because you can absolutely do this challenge as often as you’d like.  But to her, as much as she was ok with embracing it for a week she struggled to believe that she was that version all the time.  She’s far enough on the spiritual spectrum to be able to visualize the best, “most divine” version of herself, just not quite far enough down to take that version of herself back into her everyday life.  But she wants it, and every time we speak I can see her shifting that mindset more and more.  I’ve digressed a bit but the point is, the challenge had enough of an effect that she’s doing it again.  So she’s still in pursuing it mode and not quite in allowing it mode but I bet you eventually she’ll get to the same place.  And I have to be honest, I’m excited as hell because once she gets there it is going to be such a beautiful thing to watch her come alive even more than she already has!
 
Moral of the Story
So, as you can see, there were no downsides to this challenge from any of the participants who shared their experience with me.  For some it was life altering, for some it was just a week of loving their life.  But for everyone it was an experience that they’ll never forget.  Honestly, for those who didn’t have that earth shattering, life altering experience I know it’s jus a matter of time.  Before they know it they’ll have also chosen to allow instead of chase, to let life flow instead of needing to take action.  I’m floored by how deeply this experience effected everybody in the best possible way.  Personally, I’m also really happy to keep allowing life to happen.  I’m no longer worried about hows and whens.  Instead, I’m totally here for the journey itself, eagerly anticipating the unfolding of life.  My goal is now, and has been since the day I made my fateful choice, joy.  And there is no shortage of that in my life at all. 

If you haven’t done LBL Week and would like to here’s the link to my free guide to setting yourself up for success.  Don’t forget I’m all over Tiktok and Instagram sharing ways for you to enjoy your journey to joyful so give me a follow.  And, as always, if you’re interested in more in-depth, one on one help, reach out and we can schedule a free discovery session to see if personal coaching is a good fit for you.