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Clear Obstacles to Motivation Fast

by Alice Langholt

Type
Activity
Meditation
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Everyone

We can stop ourselves from acting, and thus let fear win, by shining a light on some perceived obstacle, like having enough money, time, or the right circumstances in place first. "If only I had ..." and fill in the blank. These may sound practical, common sense, etc., but actually they are excuses that make it convenient not to move forward. There will always be something that is a challenge, but moving forward anyway, even incrementally, can show us that these obstacles tend to begin to take care of themselves. Can you identify your "if only" excuses? That's the first step in releasing them.

Transcript

Hello!

Two of the most dreadful words in combination that can just stop you in your tracks,

That can just prevent you from moving ahead,

Are if only.

And it's really easy to get caught up in the spin of if only this thing was happening then I could be happy or then I could be successful.

If only I had more money then I could put more into ads.

If only I had more stuff.

If only I had whatever a successful book.

If only I had this,

This,

This,

This,

This,

All of these things were so well.

If only this happened then the thing I want could happen.

But you know something?

It's all baloney.

If only is just an excuse.

If you could eliminate the if only's that you've been holding on to,

That would open up the energy for everything else to be possible in its own way.

If only is like I can't figure it out,

I can't move ahead.

But if you release that and say I don't need that conditional anymore.

I'm gonna say what if I didn't need that conditional anymore then what could happen for me?

Asking that question opens up a possibility that something could happen and you can just move forward then without worrying about this if only stuff.

Today I'd love you to list your conditionals and throw them away and decide they are just stories and they don't matter and that the universe is going to have a way of helping you get what you need in order to move forward with whatever it is you're working on growing and achieving.

Let's get rid of those if only's today.

© 2026 Alice Langholt. All rights reserved. All copyright in this work remains with the original creator. No part of this material may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

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