When It’s A New On A Monday

Hello Cadre family. How's everybody doing today? Just a quick check in to see how you're feeling. Hey Brock, how's it going? Jean Nichels here. I am a coach. I am a fitness instructor. And I'm a Reiki master and I do sound baths. So today on Monday, it is a new moon. And so I thought I'd kick off Monday with a little moony magic for everybody, but also just to share a little bit more about our thoughts and how our thoughts can help shape different experiences, realities. If you're coming in live, feel free to type any comments, any questions that you might have as we go.

Maybe type in the chat if you're not driving how you're doing today or one word that resonates with you today. I see that Jane is in the house. Welcome, welcome. So I'm going to dive right in because it's Monday and I don't drink caffeine, but I probably should not drink caffeine because I'm already a little overexcited about this. So today a new moon. I'm just gonna put some stuff out there take it or leave it. A new moon when you look up in the sky at night means that the night it's going to be pitch black.

Then the the moon has gone into hiding and I like to think about this time and the moon's transition. There was a full moon in two weeks so it's every 28 days. So I like to think about this time as a time for us to go inside and rediscover what our light is. And it's wild that it's on a Monday because I feel like Mondays we wake up and it's like, we gotta go. From like zero to 100, we wake up, our inbox somehow filled up over the weekend. We have calls, we have meetings, and it's just like a launch point.

And what's interesting about new moons is it's very also introspective. And so it's a time for us to really like pull back and look inside to see what is really lighting us up. What is igniting our passion? What is igniting our ideas, our mindsets, and checking in with all of that. So I have like weird shadows happening here, so I'm going to try to turn a little bit So here's what I'm going to offer up. If you're a Scorpio, this is your moon, but also new moons, what they represent. New moons are a time of transformation, time of new beginnings.

Especially this new moon is really all about infinite possibilities. So I like to think about the infinity symbol. It's that eight, that number 8 that never ends. Infinite possibilities. So I'm gonna breathe and pause for a second and give it a little more context. So one of my hats that I wear, I'm a Reiki master, I work with a lot of energy and sambas, and I'm a coach. So when I think about working with people, whether it's an executive and their team at a corporation or an individual, and they're going through a life transformation, I really try to listen to what is happening around us, not just what is in our conversation.

But what's in our environment right now? What are the stressors in our environment? So when I think about working with the zodiac or a moon energy and what that might mean, infinite possibility sometimes can feel too big. It's not tangible. We can't grasp it, wrap our arms around it. So here's how I like to break it down, especially when I'm working with individuals. If you could identify one thing today that a year from now, if you reflected back and you wrote in your calendar, one year from now I said I wanted this, what would it be?

I just got off a call and somebody is going through a big shift in their job. and applying for a really huge opportunity and somehow negotiated this role so that it would report to a specific individual so that they would have more clout across the organization. And they got that. So if you think about a year ago, what seeds did you plant so that you could arrive today in this moment with whatever the opportunities you have before you. We like to think that it's just what's in my control right now today, but in reality what happens is our ideas sit and they percolate for a period of time.

And then after that period of time we start to feel them in our hearts and we feel it in our gut and we start to evolve into whatever that idea is, assuming that it resonates with our heart, our passion, our life's purpose, whatever words resonate with you. So when I start to think about that infinite possibility again, anything could be possible, but I have constraints of which I work in. So I'll give you an example. This is a really big example. 10 years ago, maybe a little bit longer, 10 or 15 years ago, I was inspired by this speaker.

He's an author, his name is Marcus Buckingham, used to work for the Gallup organization, and he leads organizations through strengths-based mindsets. His work has evolved some over time, but if you think of the StrengthsFinder inventory, he was one of the researchers and the people that would go out and do a lot of public speaking and design content to help bring that inventory to life. So here's what happened. I was in a job. I was super frustrated. I was having literally the worst day of my corporate job life.

And my boss said, Jean, It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to go listen to this guy. He's talking to everybody in our company at the Guthrie. You need to go. So close your computer and get there. And she knew that my day wasn't going great and that some of the work that we were working on was super draining. And it was just like she was aware, but she encouraged me to go to this thing. So grudgingly, I said yes. And I packed at my computer, I got in my car, drove over, and I sat down and I sat the farthest away from anybody on my team.

Like I just, I couldn't. I sat up in a back corner in the top row and I was like creating space away from everybody. And then he started talking. And he started talking about drawing out the best in people. And when you do that and you align their work that way, you're going to have the best employees. and you're going to create high functioning teams. And the stories went on and on and the research went on and on. And I sat there for two hours and that time flew like this. And I remember sitting there thinking and journaling later that day that someday I want to do what this guy did.

I want to stand up on a stage and inspire people to bring the best selves into their work and help them create that shift, that change. So almost 10 years later to the day, so this must have been like 15, 16 years ago now, almost 10 years later to the day, I had gotten on a call, I quit my day job, I started my own consulting firm, and I went to a training. I decided every year I was going to go through at least one training a year. And it turns out that the training that I went to was with his new company, at the time it was called Standout, with his VP of Education and Training.

And after that workshop was done, she invited me to California to join their team to facilitate a series of these workshops across the country. So I planted that seed 10 years earlier. I did my homework, I leaned into what I learned, I rolled up my sleeves. I got some certifications. So I did the things. But here I was 10 years later, traveling around the country with this guy who I was so inspired by that I said the words out loud that I wanted to do a thing. So when I think about planting those seeds for future possibilities, I actually mean it.

I could give you a few other examples of stories of clients that I've worked with or stories that's happened with me. But whether or not it was a full moon or new moon that day, I literally have no clue. I could probably go back and look. But here's some things to consider specifically today, because today is a new moon day. And this week is considered in astrology a manifestation portal week. explain that really quick, high level. I feel like I need those little signs popping up on my screen right now, zipping in, don't have them.

Here's what I want you to do. I want you to consider 3 beautiful things in your life that you never imagined would be possible. Three beautiful things in your life. Now you could be on the other end of this other side of this screen saying, today is that day, Jean. I don't have it. That's okay. Write it down. Write the question down and come back to it with a cup of coffee or tea later. Why not? What do you have to lose? So 3 beautiful things for me right now in this moment. A golden retriever, And he gets me outside.

Otherwise I think I would sit and just do work a lot all the time, but he gets me out there. And when I go for those walks with him, the second beautiful thing I see is just nature and people out walking. And the third beautiful thing that I never imagined today was just having been in a country that's called Bhutan. Many people haven't heard of this country. If you haven't, go Google it. and you could even look up the mindfulness city. But I never imagined that I would lead a women's retreat for 10 days in Bhutan.

But somewhere in my past journey, I attended a retreat run by this woman. Her name was Colleen. Her organization is Women's Quest. And I sat there after that retreat, and this was even longer ago, saying, someday I want to lead retreats like you. and help inspire people to just get grounded with the earth and connect more to themselves. And I got to do that leading a 10-day retreat in Bhutan. So that's something I never had imagined that was so beautiful. I'm still processing. So I want you to consider this.

The things that you have that you treasure in this moment were maybe little ideas or little seeds that you planted some time ago that maybe were beyond your imagination and maybe they've come to life. I led a visioning workshop not too long ago and I had a lady in her late 50s come up to me crying and she said to me, I've never had anybody lead me to dream. Every time I've dreamed in my adult life before people would shut down my ideas, but you allowed me the space to dream. And she was crying. It meant something to her.

So give yourself permission to imagine something right now for you. Maybe it's a tiny little shift. It doesn't have to be huge. And then here's my question of the day for you before we wrap. As we're sitting here in the space of a new moon on November 11th, If you're on Instagram, it's probably going to pop up now on your Instagram feed. It'll be considered an 1111 one portal. So the year 2026, when you add up the numbers, it equals a one. That's how they get that. So it's five ones. Five ones are about transformation and it's about intuition.

So here's my question for you. What would you love to experience in this next chapter of life. And think about that. Write about it. My invitation to you is don't type it out. Literally grab your notebook and grab a pen and start to actually write. Don't type. Because what happens when you write is it rewires into your brain, it cements into your brain that you just did an action, an active action and your brain can remember the J that you wrote on the piece of paper or a doodle that you drew. Sometimes I draw like little pictures, I'm not a good artist, and use that to help with my words because visualization is through pictures and it helps you think differently.

So again, my question for you today, what would you love to experience in the next chapter of life? That chapter could be a month, it could be a year, it could be five years. We don't even have to time stamp it. It's a simple invitation to plant a seed, roll up your sleeves, do a little bit of work, and see where that seed grows. So happy New Moon Monday. Hope you all have a great day. If you're listening on repeat, feel free to type in a chat something that resonated with you and I look forward to seeing you again soon.

I'm here on Friday afternoons for a breath and I'll be adding in a couple more regularly scheduled times as well. So I look forward to holding space with you in the future and we'll chat soon.