Well It’s a New Morning, New Day, and New Blog Post!
Hello World,
It’s been quite a while since I got my writing on! It’s a little chilly out today but I’m still sitting out on my porch next to my beautiful potted garden and outside projects overlooking my backyard, viewing this beautiful tree that, I love so much! I’m here in my sweat pants, sweater and cat paw socks in my big comfy chair, feet propped, kicked back, healing up from the flu just taking in natures beauty. Sometimes a little grounding, feeling safe, and comfortable in a happy place is all it takes to kick writers block outta your head even for a moment. I can’t help but feel blessed to have found the inspiration today to finally write again! I don’t know how long I will keep it up for but I have learned after all I have been through that I can not make promises or lead anyone to believe I can even be a life coach or blogger again because the truth is I do not know if I can yet!
The woman I was that used to do this is exactly as I wrote she is part of the past and at this current time I am still struggling to wake up in the morning! Hard to believe after all the years that I still struggle with this writers block. Sure I have had moments of inspiration and in those moments I wrote some great posts most you can’t see now because I have them sitting in multiple draft folders locked away because some where along the way I got mad at myself, felt vulnerable or felt like I had no business speaking about things with my life being the way it had become. That happens sometimes life will happen and we will doubt ourselves, beat ourselves up or even pull back from the things we love to do most because we are only human.
When I started this post I really didn’t know what direction I was going to go with it trust me. It almost took a dark turn but then I remembered why I was here, why I started writing in the first place again. It was because I recently realized I’m ready to allow myself to be happy again. In spite of all my emotions all the things that have held me back or broke me down. I want to use my past experiences and knowledge to help others like myself to understand that it’s okay to not be okay!
It’s okay to not know what’s going to happen next. It’s okay to not know where to go from here and it’s even okay to not set a plan or schedule to make goals or leap into something head first. That’s always been something I have struggled with and I know it’s something many people all over the world struggle with. So, if you’re like me and fight with yourself to find control in situations out of fear or anxiety. Please know you are just human! This world has not always been kind to all of us and life can get the best of you and when it does the only way to move forward is to let that shit go! Find acceptance in what you have to and allow yourself to just take it in whatever your feeling this way you can find the strength to move past whatever it is that is standing in your way. I’m one hell of a fighter and I can survive with the best of them at times I’m even pretty great at running away but none of those reactions will get you where your trying to go because the only way to get past a problem is to walk through it. Even if it takes trial and error, falling on your face a few dozen times. Like the saying goes what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Well I guess I can consider myself living proof and so can you if you have ever survived something you thought you couldn’t.
As a Life Coach, I am supposed to promote goals and planning. As a motivator, I am supposed to inspire you to do things that bring you joy or will help you reach success. However, as a human being I feel it is my duty to remind you and myself that some things take time. They take time because maybe your mind, body and soul need rest so you can heal, whether it be injury, illness, grief, trauma, being scared or just feeling lost. We all need a break sometimes, a distraction or even a time out to collect ourselves.
When you are rested and find a safe comfy spot whether it be on your back porch, in your home, at work, in your car at the right moment when you least expect it you will find the strength to rise again. Everyone needs to start somewhere and today at this very moment on this apartment porch. I chose to start by telling you and reminding myself that ” It’s okay to feel how you do right now about whatever you are going through because all of us are going through something! It’s also okay to just exist for a moment till you find your grounding. Most of all I think some of us need exactly that with everything going on in the world the one thing all of us need or want more than anything is usually the most precious thing this life has to offer and that is time! It’s why life coaches like myself exist! We are here to help you manage your time, make the most of your time, to help you learn how to best celebrate your time and even how to reach personal success in the time you desire to the best of your ability!
I hope that this is the last introduction that I ever make for my website and blog Rise With Riley formally known as Crazy Beautiful Life Solutions the blog and business. My goal moving forward is to rise to be the best version of myself as a coach and blogger. I feel like I started this adventure a lifetime ago. Looking back I was such a crazy mess back then papers all over my bed on my side and my husbands. Him asking me if it was time for bed yet every day but I had such determination and a dream to help people like my family, husband and myself. He passed away on August 6th 2020 which is when my life went into a tail spin. We were so young and wanted so much in so many ways he helped me to be the woman I am today and it took a long time to allow myself to be happy and move forward with my dreams. That’s why the last few years so much has changed and stunted me from writing or coaching.
In the last few years, I changed the name of this blog and my business because I am a new woman that accepts that some problems don’t have solutions no matter how creative you get. I come to you now as a life coach and blogger that has gained more wisdom than I ever wanted to gain and more experience than I ever cared to experience. I started my pursuit of happiness with self discovery in 2007 and it led me to being a life coach back in 2008. Now here I am in 2026, a woman that has shed what feels like many lives and versions of herself all to survive this great big bad world. All the fighting and running I felt like I had to do to avoid the pain or to find a solution did nothing but bring me right back to facing the reality that broke me that I couldn’t face before. Yet here I am finally I think I have found the will and strength to get back to doing the things I love most which are the things that give me the ability to come up with some pretty kick ass crazy beautiful life solutions. Things that help me to live my best life because we all need things that bring us happiness. We all need ways to relax or get out of our own heads. For me those things would be writing, being one with natural, gardening, painting, being around animals, snorkeling, building, challenging myself to do new and exciting things, and also going on many adventures big or small. Doing such activities can help your mind, body and soul to relax and grow. My biggest motivation in life is to always push myself to rise above anything and everything that stands in my way. I love learning, growing and helping others grow more than anything in this world.
Some would say at times I’m pretty good at choosing the path less taken or maybe even that I sometimes chose to fight the wrong battles. That is part of life, no one knows what they should do next so all we can do in each moment is the best we can do at the time! I have no regrets about any path I have ever taken because they all led me here. I have loved and been loved many times. I have beautiful stories that I could share about all types of adventures big, small, some good and some bad. Although some others may say I have always been quite the little freedom fighter! They would tell you I am full of life, I’m charismatic, fun, free, weird, and at times very serious borderline over the top. However, at the end of the day we all get through life to the best of our ability somehow.
As a blogger and life coach, I’m sad it took me so long to find the strength it took to get back here. I pray with this new found strength I have what it takes to be the woman I set out to be back in 2008 once more. Maybe this time around I bring more to the table and can help a few extra people than I could before with my new found experience. My hope is that my blog Rise with Riley can help you and me to find the motivation and solutions it will take to rise above anything in our way. You know so many of us think we need an army of people around us to survive. Although, the truth is in this life we are all we have even in a room of people. The reality is we come into this life alone same as we will leave it alone but maybe if I sprinkle just a little of my experience and crazy beautiful life solutions out there for you perhaps I can help you find the right balance it takes to find personal success toward your own hopes, dreams and aspirations. Perhaps, as I grow maybe if you find interest in my work I can even help you grow.
Thank you for viewing my post today. I hope my writing, my experience and motivation find you well and leave you more motivated and inspired than you were before. We are all the squeaky wheels of society and we were put here to learn from each other, challenge each other and inspire each other to reach the life we were meant for and I am just so thankful for you stopping by and paying any interest in me today so until next time I wish you well and have a blessed day! – Certified Life Coach S Riley
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