Susan Walsh

Lasting change begins when identity shifts before behavior. The brain strengthens what it practices through neuroplasticity, so when you think, decide, and act from your future self, your nervous system wires that future as familiar. Over time, the stretch starts to feel like you. 🩵

#vision

If you want the quality of your life to improve quickly and definitively, try making more experiments - plenty of them! 💙

#action

If it feels like love isn’t showing up around you, it can be powerful to pause and notice how much you’re offering yourself. I’ve watched this shift my own world more than once. In an inside-out world, inner changes often reshape what we experience on the outside. 💕

#love

There’s such a powerful energy in this month for moving from imagining to doing. Even one small step brings your dream a little closer into form.

What’s something you feel ready to begin turning into real life this December? 🩵

#december #goals #manifest

Where your thoughts go, your energy and choices tend to follow. That’s the quiet power most people underestimate. 🩵

#thoughts

The lens we look through shapes what we notice, reinforce and gather as proof.

When that lens begins to shift, responsibility often stops feeling heavy and starts feeling freeing — and that’s usually where real movement begins, as the story we’ve been telling ourselves starts to change.

#beliefs

Oftentimes the shift isn’t about doing more — it’s about thinking a little differently than we have before.

A small change in perspective can open up results we couldn’t see from the old view. 🤎

#shift

There’s something powerful about letting thankfulness carry forward into today, shaping the next small, grounded choices each of us makes. 💛

#gratitude

For some, this day feels warm and full. For others, it carries memory, longing or quiet ache. For many, it holds a blend of it all.

However this day meets you, you don’t have to shape it into anything else. You get to arrive exactly as you are, and that is enough.

Sending Thanksgiving blessings. 🧡

Without a clear vision, it's like wandering without a destination.

When you know where you're headed and stay focused, progress becomes natural.

And when you let your vision guide your steps, it becomes the map for the life you're creating.

#vision

Self-esteem can absolutely evolve. It can be reshaped, strengthened, and influenced by the way we think and relate to ourselves. When we shift that inner dialogue, the direction of our life shifts with it. 🩶

#self-esteem

Sometimes we outgrow who we’ve been, and that nudge is worth paying attention to. When we follow it, the next chapter starts to take shape in a more aligned way. 💛

This Monday at 10 AM ET, I’m joining Leslie Flowers for Rethinking Reality: The Inner Shifts That Change Everything (Part Two) on Mind Over Matter Mondays. We’ll explore the shifts that let you tap into a place inside you that shifts what becomes possible.

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We all hit moments when the old way of seeing ourselves just doesn’t fit anymore. The real shift happens when we choose a new inner stance — the version of ourselves we’re actually ready to grow into.

Who are you stepping into next? 🖤

#change

When we slip into that smaller version of ourselves, everything feels heavier than it is. But the moment we tap back into the greater part of us — the part that sees farther and isn’t thrown off by old patterns — the whole direction of our life starts to move differently. 💙

#empowerment

Most people don’t realize they use imagination to pull themselves from what they really want. When you call out that inner voice and redirect it with intention, life shifts the moment you decide fear doesn’t get the wheel. 💜

#imagination #fear

When life takes us into uncertainty, those moments often shift how we see ourselves and what’s possible. When we pause and take in what’s really happening, something inside begins to recalibrate, and the next step comes into view. 🩵

When we choose a vision that stretches us, something powerful happens inside. We begin to rise into new patterns of thought, new possibilities, and a new sense of what we’re capable of.

The goal isn’t just the achievement — it’s who we become in the process. 💙

#goals #vision

Taking a moment to appreciate your own contributions isn’t self-indulgent - it’s a practical way to stay aligned and energized. Even small acknowledgments can reset your perspective. 🩵

#acknowledgment

Doubt from others can sometimes reflect their own limitations, not yours.

The best way to handle it? Keep going.

Stay focused on your vision, take aligned action, and create a life so incredible that their doubts fade into the background.

Let your progress speak for itself. 🩶

#doubt

Ask yourself "If I didn't think it was impossible, what would I do?" 🩶

'Snap out of it!' is often thrown around casually, as if it's no big deal - but it's actually a way of trying to shut down real feelings.
Ignoring emotions doesn't make them go away; it can push them down deeper, only for them to come out sideways later. 💙

#emotions

A strong “why” can turn desire into something that pulls us forward. And even then, fear still pops up — usually old patterns trying to keep things familiar.

When we notice it, reconnect with our why, and move anyway, things begin to shift.

Where are you choosing desire over fear these days? 🩵

The fears we try to avoid often hold the doorway to who we’re becoming.

When we stop resisting and meet them with curiosity, they lose their power to stop us and start guiding us toward growth. 🩶

#fear

My dad (Navy) and his brother (Army) — my two favorite anti-fascists. So young, standing side by side in WWII, serving with courage when the world needed it most.

They, and so many others, literally fought fascism to protect freedom, humanity, and hope. Today I honor them, and all who’ve served. 🩶

When life throws curveballs, they’re not just problems to fix — they’re mirrors showing us where we’ve grown and where we’re still being called to rise. The real power shows up in how centered, open, and grounded we stay in the middle of it all. 💙

#change #consciousness

Tomorrow, Monday, November 10 at 10 AM ET, I’ll be live with Leslie Flowers on Mind Over Matter Mondays for Rethinking Reality — The Inner Shifts That Change Everything.

Join us on LinkedIn (free account works):

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I’ve learned forgiveness isn’t about anyone else — it’s about freeing myself and choosing peace again. Holding on might feel protective, but it only pulls me from my center. Forgiveness is how I walk myself back to freedom and peace. 🩵

This Monday 10 AM ET, I’ll be live with Leslie Flowers on Mind Over Matter Mondays — Rethinking Reality: The Inner Shifts That Change Everything.

Watch on LinkedIn (free account works):

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When we really know something, it starts showing up in how we live — not just in what we talk about.
Real knowing moves through us. It changes what we do, and the choices we make without us having to force it.

So maybe the real question isn’t “Do I know it?” Maybe it’s “Am I actually living it?” 💛