Let It Be

We've all heard the phrase "let it go." But life can become overwhelming and "letting it go" might feel too cumbersome, so I came up with a shift to "let it be" and walk away for a while until I'm strong enough to handle the situation.

Transcript

Today's the day,

Thanks for showing up.

I'm Allison Shuhazi,

A super fan of energy work and engaging the intuition.

My career has spanned many genres,

Bringing me to become an intuitive coach and Reiki master.

I continue to collect a bundle of pivotal moments,

Whispers of wisdom,

And funny stories that have helped keep me real along this journey.

I hope that this podcast will ignite a spark within you to connect with your intuition and your whispers of wisdom.

So get ready because it's time to shift today with me,

Allison.

Hello hello and welcome back.

Well,

Here we go.

Let it be.

That's the title of today.

This kind of popped into my head this morning as I was doing my journaling and I thought,

Well,

Let's just share it.

Here we go.

So here's the kicker.

How many times do you hear?

Just let it go.

Let it go.

How many times?

How many times have you said it to someone else?

There you go.

That's kind of a thing too,

Right?

And how many maybe times have you said it to yourself,

Walked away and be like,

Oh my God,

I got to let this go.

Just let it go.

Well,

What I've noticed is I find this isn't very productive because for myself,

It makes me feel more overwhelmed sometimes when I hear let it go or when I am wanting to project let it go under somebody else.

Why?

Because we tend to have a mountain of stuff going on.

Everyone's got a mountain of stuff,

Right?

And we tend to focus on the negative,

Don't we?

Well,

I don't.

I try really hard to focus on the positive.

But here's the stuff I was writing down this morning.

There's a mountain of stuff.

Like we have maybe regrets.

We've got illness and sickness going on.

We've got a mountain of assumptions.

What I'm learning through this journey is so many people live in assumptions and I know I've done it myself.

How much of us have just some family stuff going on?

Our schedules are so full and some of us I know I was like this in the past.

I'm not saying this to anyone else.

I'm really talking about myself.

I remember when I needed to be in control of everything around myself.

So how many of you like to be in control?

Because if you don't do it,

It's not going to get done right,

Right?

And then there's those feelings maybe that are under the surface that we haven't acknowledged of things maybe we've done wrong,

Right?

And then there's the overwhelming anxiety and fear.

And all of just this just keeps piling on the piling on and then what do we do?

We put it off.

Let's sweep it under the rug.

And it's easy for us to tell other people to let it go,

Right?

But when we hear it,

Oh,

Heck no,

We are not gonna let that go.

Right.

Okay.

Well,

Okay,

Basically.

These are all excuses.

And we can we can talk about individual ones on another podcast.

But when I've put my attention on that phrase,

Let it go or letting go,

I become so overwhelmed.

So this morning,

It hit me.

I had this idea like a veil was lifted.

What if we shifted that statement,

Let it go to just let it be.

Just let it be just for today.

Because letting go can be like a long journey across time going backwards and acknowledging things and all that right,

Right?

That's really what it is.

You can't just let something go.

If you can,

Well,

Then give me a shout because I want to know how it happens that immediately.

Well,

When I'm talking about letting it be shifting from letting go to letting it be.

What I mean by that is just for today,

Walk away.

Just for today.

Just put it aside and put your attention on something else.

Like don't reply to that email that you got.

Don't call someone else and start complaining about it.

Don't make a snap decision for sure.

And please just stop assuming something before you have all the facts.

We tend to do that everybody does it and there's so many other things right?

Well,

I know for me when I have shifted my thoughts to let it be,

I actually get a sense of relief.

It's almost like I took a deep breath with my feelings like okay,

I can I can handle this right?

And then I sink back and I pause and I really start paying attention.

And the next thing I know,

The anxiety of the whole thing of that phrase,

Letting it go and shifting it to let it be the whole thing I need to work on is really just reduced to right now.

It's not it's not a whole big picture.

It's just right now.

It's all I need to focus on.

I just reduce that just right now and pause.

Sometimes that overwhelming feeling really just dissipates all together depending on what the big let it go is right.

But when we when I pause,

And I sink into it,

Then that is when the work of letting it go begins.

Because I've just let it be for a minute.

Kind of try to remove my feelings and projections on something and I can sink in and that is where the work begins.

So letting it go that that phrase really fits in the family of acknowledgement and forgiveness.

Okay,

A let it go moment is a block.

We ever heard that phrase a block something that's blocking you something that is holding you back from moving forward.

And what do we do?

We blame it on work,

We blame it on family and relationships,

Food,

Money,

Whatever it is the traffic cones,

We blame we blame and blame,

We put so much blame on everything.

But in reality,

The only thing blocking us from moving forward is ourselves.

It's true,

It's ourself because we are the ones who are letting all these things stop us from either letting go of a feeling or whatever.

So just for today,

Let's turn our attention away from the overwhelming statement of letting it go and try focusing on Oh,

I just said the word I don't like,

Focus on letting it be.

Did you hear that I caught myself saying trying don't try just do it.

Shift your focus from let it go to let it be.

Just try it just for today.

That's all you have to do.

Just one day at a time.

I'm a big fan of one day at a time.

Because the more we shift our negative energy for something that you have to let go of that you know you just needed long term,

You got to let it go.

And you turn that negative energy that you're pushing towards that thing that you're really having a hard time with and you focus your positive maybe deep breaths of letting it be.

You'll be able to move forward with more ease and grace.

If you need a little example,

You need a little extra help,

You know I love me some music and I'm not gonna sing today because I'm just not feeling it.

In my show notes,

I will put a link to the YouTube song that John Lennon does let it be.

I'll post it there.

Because there's so much wisdom and just a simple shift of taking something of letting it go to just letting it be.

All right,

Well,

Thank you for joining me today.

And if you liked this episode,

Feel free to drop me a note.

Feel free to share it with a friend or leave me a review.

I really,

Really do appreciate that.

And if you'd like to connect,

Again,

All my information is in my show notes.

So until next time,

Shift today into a greater tomorrow.

Bye.

Transcribed by https://otter.

Ai

Reviews

I will shift my focus from letting go to let it be…

This was great! Completely shifted my mindset at a time I definitely needed it. Thank you! Grateful I found your work.

Makes a lot of sense! I'm gonna try this approach on for size and see how it fits.😀

Awesome meditation Alison. I feel letting it be is an excellent choice to make. I believe it was Paul Macartney not John Lennon who sung it though. Peace and love

the concept of let it be occurred to me recently too, so i was glad to find your talk. fyi John Lennon didn’t sing Let It Be. It was Paul McCartney (sorry i’m a Beatles fan, so it had to be said lol)

Let it be 🎶 🎶 ahhhhhhh. Yes! I love that song and message much more than Let it go 🎶🎶 . It was a positive for kids to learn in the movie Frozen … yet so true ,when it comes to heavy things ; of course your load is lighter when you can let it go… but it’s not something for others to say ( like parents or teachers ,ect.) as that can be taken the wrong way especially if said harshly. Let it be is kinder and compassionate. So glad to discover Alison on I.T.🙏💜 she has great lives for people who want to connect ,shift and be creative! ✨💫🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟