Becoming your highest self: a guide
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- Don't be a "cancer" to your highest self
- Meditate (to help you hear your inner voice)
- Reflect on what your inner voice tells you
- Show Gratitude to all the good things, helps your brain identify things that are good for you
- Affirmations to help rewire your thinking (helps rewire your perception + beliefs, which in turn affects your actions, and thus your reality )
- Let go of everything which no longer serves you (and who you want to be)
Thank you
Thank you so much for the summary! I appreciate it.
Amazing ❤😊
A note on affirmations: start with stepping stones. It might not be doable at the beginning of this journey to say "I am capable" or "I love myself". Instead, start with "I can do X" or "I am proud of myself for Y". Just my two cents looking back at when I started utilizing such tools. Much love
Thank you for the suggestions
This is super helpful! I think I‘m actually gonna give it a shot now. And on friendly comment: it‘s called „my two cents.“ :)
Another one, which I encountered recently (not that I've adopted it yet 😕), is to do the looking in the mirror thing, but instead of jumping straight to 'I am beautiful/powerful/whatever', start with noticing the things that you genuinely like about yourself, the things that you believe to be both positive AND true. As you get better at doing that, day by day, it will become easier to expand the list of things that you like but also to ignore the negative voice. Alongside your suggestion, you can expand self-acceptance, self-compassion and eventually self-love.
Beautiful ❤
That’s literally how I healed my cancers. I didn’t have medical help because they’re the result of a work injury so I was abandoned medically.
I started talking to the cancer cells. I would spend time with them daily, getting to know them, and thanking them for coming to help heal my body.
I gave them a purpose. I talked to them with a deep love, respect, and gratitude.
Once upon a time on Twitter I asked Anna what her schedule actually looks like and she responded this insane calendar that was packed to the brim. I can't believe she finds time to also meditate. It so wild to me.
i wanna know this!
Meditation must also be on the schedule
Can you link the tweet?
Where’s the tweet?
@@byefelicia7967yeah it’s really that simple. Just like eating and working, why would you not prioritize the practice that affects your everyday so significantly?
Your life falling apart when you take a big decision for yourself and try to follow an inner urge : it's real guys.
Left my bf (not happily), came back to my parents, no job, health in a terrible state, but rediscovering myself. And health is starting to get better, life is starting to move again, in the exact way i want. I'm hopeful. And I'm getting my self confidence back.
Thank you so much for your videos, they helped and still help me SO MUCH during these times.
And do you have a boyfriend now if I may ask? Sorry don't know if that's recent for you or past experience, and I wanted to know how really life changes since I've lost hope ;(
@@Stephania006 yeah it's recent, it all happened this year. And I am seeing someone right now :) but keeping things slow and listening to me.
I keep saying to myself that I had terrible experiences in the past and surmounted them all, it helps ! And allowing myself to feel terrible sometimes, and journaling, also help. Don't lose hope you will get there ! And if you feel stuck don't forget that you can reach a therapist to help you get out of the funk.
For me
1. Carve out stillness to hear your intuition
2. Bring your intuition to fruition by meditating (vivid visualization)
3. Write down what you saw. What do i need to let go of? What do i need to embrace? What are the tiny steps i need to take now?
4. Trust yourself and maintain an abundant mindset. Feel as though you are already your highest self.
5. Ask. Ask for advice from your highest self, and write a corresponding letter
6. Know what you want.
7. Show gratitude!!!
8. Maybe record yourself saying your most personal, favorite affirmations
9. Don’t be afraid to change your beliefs to work for you
10. Learn to revel in the chaos. Reframe this as working to your advantage
11. Write also to and from parts of yourself that you feel in conflict with, that are hard to look at.
Walk around in your own mind. Is it a beautiful garden?
Trust that any action taken from love will yield a result that works for you.
Stop feeling guilty for taking your time to think.
Be patient with yourself. Try your best not to demean yourself when you “fall short”.
Listen to Hozier’s No Plan or OVERTHINKING IT by WILLOW.
I am so thankful to myself that I managed to get here.
I love you man
Such valuable content. No one comes close to filling the space in content creation that you do. Thank you for continuing to put your time and energy into these ♡
Important thing to know about any spiritual practice such as meditation: It will trigger your „pain body“. This is the accumulation of every feeling you‘ve ever had but haven‘t fully felt = released from your system.
For reference: every time you have a ‚negative‘ thought, this creates a pain response in your body. But since we are often taught to suppress negative emotions and only allow or amplify the ‚good ones‘, the uncomfortable ones get pushed down… and they STAY THERE.
When you meditate/do yoga etc, you allow this stuff to COME UP. This is a GOOD THING. But you need to embrace, fully feel and sit with them when they come. Think of it this way: You are the host of this accumulated energy. It only has you. It can‘t go anywhere else. In order to ‚get out of you‘ it has to be fully felt and acknowledged. If it helps, think of every emotional response as a chemical reaction: it just wants to happen. Only once it has happened is it over and done and you feel a little lighter than before.
Most of us walk around with this huge mass of chemical reactions in our system that are waiting to happen. No wonder we get triggered so easily.
Also: EVERY. EMOTIONAL REACTION. HAS. AN EXPIRATION DATE. If you allow it, it will not persist forever. Quite the opposite. Only if you resist it will it stay within and muddle up your energy field.
Just keep in mind: No feeling no healing. You got this🌸❤️✨
Kudos for listening to yourself about not drinking, I'm glad and happy for you. There's not enough comments about this.
Oh my gosh, I'm mesmerized by the set lightning.
You got good taste Anna, thanks for the contributions.
Two videos in two days, awesome!
I really resonate with what Anna is saying!!
This is truly something that speaks to us in the self improvement path. You are not the only one in that journey Anna, but your advice helps us all walking it with you
I love when your videos show up, mostly because it's always divine timing for where I'm at in my life, but also because you're my favourte TH-cam big sister/human/role model ❤️❤️
I actually feel really grateful that I've been practicing a bunch of these subconsciously, without having to put that much work into it. Like when I learnt what gratitude exercises are I thought "Oh I already do that" - but I call it 'good things' and usually think it when things happen or just throughout the day instead of a set time i.e. morning and afternoon. Still got some other things to work on ofc but something went right somewhere coz I love the kindness I already have for myself and the world/life. No doubt Anna's vids probs did some good brainwashing too over the years XD
One thing I do now is sing love songs n sing them to myself in the mirror… was super cringy at first but it’s fun now
I am most grateful to be born in a developed country like the U.S. in the twentieth century. Life is vastly better now than at any time in the past. Let's not mess it up.
-develop country like the US
-lets not mess it up
I'm so sorry to inform you of so many things 😭
If he wanted to… he would 💁♀️
This is really great! I had someone talk to me and try to get me on board with their way of thinking. Literally went "we're stuck in this right?" And I straight up went "I dont accept that" Words are incredibly powerful towards what you believe and accept for yourself and your reality
I can't believe you summed this up in 7 minutes!! Amazing. This has been pretty much my process for over 10 years. Anyone who reads this- happiness and contentment is real! You can feel fulfilled and at peace with yourself and your life, even enjoy your life to a degree you didn't think possible. Meditation is uncomfortable, but do yourself a favor and start! And try to be as consistent as possible, and don't beat yourself up if you fall off the wagon. Just start again with even more motivation than before. All the best to you! You are not alone, and you deserve to feel happy, fulfilled, and deeply loved as your truest self
God almighty this girl is extremely smart. I’m glad I found this channel today!!
Hi, Anna it has been a while hope you are well. I have not been seeing your videos for a while and didn't give it much thought but after watching your vid I am again reminded of why I watch your content and I believe we are friends even though we have not shared a drink and have a one on one. But I believe the time we spend on TH-cam is a shared experience and through the magic of the internet we are friends. As a friend it is nice to see you again after a while and I hope we can be friends for years to come
Love Swad
Thanks Anna! I've been struggling with a lot of ruminating thoughts for who knows when and tinnitus combined, but your channel always brings me hope that one day I'll conquer all of it and self transcend to the person I wanted to be
Have you ever looked into metacognitive therapy by Wells? Helped a lot with my ruminatig thoughts
The part about having huge losses after growth was very important to hear
Anna you’re truly a gift to the world ♥️ I’m grateful for everything that I have gained from your channel. Only when i look back at where I started to realize that, yea, this self-work is truly life changing.
So happy for you and proud that you have reached this level of awareness. The better it gets the better it gets 😘
Omg Anna you brought the heat with this one. I love your videos. Very inspiring
Lately I'm trying to do things I dislike at first or makes me uncomfortable. I then realise such things where not that terrible to experiment, I believe it somehow makes me stronger and more confident.
That’s really great self-awareness and a lot of inner work. You’re awesome and these videos rock
I meditate every day and do exactly what you said about feelling your new reality. Sadly, it doesn't work. I lost my husband and my home. Also, it's been shown that positive affirmations don't work as well as we thought. Also journaling can make PTSD and OCD worse for some people. I'm better today than ever before, but I don't think doing these things will make people happier. They can actually end up feeling worse actually. I love your videos. I just think it's important to be weary of toxic positivity.
Anna's been dropping vids left and right this week.
I need to watch this every day
changes happen, sometimes your purpose is to be a cell moving your toe, two months later you are a cell that would thrive in the intestines to absorb nutrients.
Dr. K had few videos on "reaching the end of thought", and how many people now (in the digital age) don't even know what they desire because our brains get overly stimulated with information from everywhere. So set time for nothingness and allow your brain to figure stuff out, chances are your goals won't get accomplished by watching tiktok
The writing to your highest self is such a good idea!
Modality and fruition are great words. 🙂
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Anna posts vids at the exact moment i need them
I don't know how can I thank you enough. You are my inspired person on teaching self love and be a better version of yourself. Thank you for all your videos. Send you a lot of love. 😊💋❤
Anna Akana is my spiritual coach. She has so much wisdom, and she is unafraid of achieving her dreams!
Thanks Anna! The kick in the butt I needed. I know this, I’ve just haven’t been doing it!
The best person to ask for advice is rarely yourself, because you're just going to tell yourself exactly what you want to hear, and not what you honestly need to hear. We all have a tendency to avoid what is difficult and convince ourselves that what's easy is right.
Good morning/evening/night! Something in me was resonating to listen to this while I work this morning. Let's see how Mama Anna can help me today!
And of course I heard exactly what I needed to hear. Especially about the drinking part. Thank you Anna for being open and honest, especially about that, I love drinking but it's been a lil problem that's slowly starting to turn into a bigger problem, mainly health and financial. Even though I enjoy the social aspect of it, it's not the only way to have a good time. Thank you again Anna, I love your videos
When someone you look up to doesn't think she's her highest self
But for me, it's always both at the same time. The kind thoughts and the bad thoughts. I feel both gratitude for all I have and am anxious about losing it. I tell myself about how skilled I am and how proud I am of myself, but at the same time, I find myself just unbearable sometimes. My mind is both a beautiful place I wish I could stay forever and a horrifying place full of existential dread.
I Became More Healthy More Greater and a Better Version of Myself
Thank you
I am grateful for you
Love on thyself is what we need to grow interest on life
Thank you for your videos! I love the way you speak the truth..doing affirmations at the beggining made me cry.. but over time I do believe it and give me strength and motivation to achieve my goals :3
Every word she utters penetrates my soul
oh how I have missed these longer form videos. also your smile is beautiful.
Thank you for making wonderful videos❤
perfect timing to see this im 26 about to be 27 and i swear it plays a role becoming literally all this is happening rn
❤ Anna is my spirit animal ❤
Thank you very much. I am going to start this immediately. Your journey has brought you to help other people.
I looked in the mirror and told my self I could fly. After 3 months I began levitating. Thanks ana banana
Youthful and wise. Keep it up girl
Thank you so much for being here, the best guide ever!!!!❤
The work you do is so important. Thank you ♥ Been watching since the beginning and I'm grateful for it all.
PS; The Closed Caption off you signing off said "I'm Anna Arcana" and it just sounds legendary. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ANNA ARCANA✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*
Self-Care is Magic in the works~
To a lot in this episode MY mind just went "No. I don't affirm that for me. That is harmful. That's just not reality."
Lying to yourself and the Universe around you especially.
You are so good at what you do! Thank you so much Anna!❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Anna Akana motivates me in a way no one else can
Saying Affirmations while brushing my teeth! I have got to try that out! Thank you!
god i love how to the point she is, bless you Anna youre the best
Thank you Anna for always trying to pass this teaching to us, to teach ourselves to love ourselves more...
I concur with all that you have shared on the journey of self acceptance and self improvement. It's crazy to me to look over the old ways I was in a lot of pain and didn't know how to ask for help. The journal "consistent messages" was a reflection exercise I hadn't grasped until you brought it up. I have many of those repeating messages and still working on bridging the gaps. Thank you for another great concise guide on a better living pattern!
this feels like spiritual help without the Spirit
Some girl is exsample " you will get every thing you wish, my baby girl "
From parent When growing up
Not u, totatlly not u at all
1:05 Great advice !
You’re great!
Meditate
Journal: what do I need to let go off, what do I need to embrace, what are the next steps to take to achieve this reality
Get accustomed with those beliefs and feelings, let it become your default
Ask advice from your highest self
Listen to the advice
Do it, and the next step will be clear
Show gratitude
Say affirmations
Be consistent.
Beliefs -> actions -> reality
Let go of everything not serving you.
My highest self always gets into heated fights with my hedonistic self. They both wear each other out and my practical self has to take over. It's exhausting really!
So right on. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Anna, you're awesome. I love your work.
Thank you for showing the way! You are such an inspiration 🙏💛
your advice on clear goal setting and clear realistic goals really helped me! sending support 🦞🫶
great advice Anna
Anna "you haven't even seen my final form" Akana
Awsome content,loved it thanks!
made me cry I love you Anna!
Omg this came right on time. I so so needed this . Thank you ❤
Thank you.. I really needed to hear all of this.
At first it I thought it was gonna be a comedy skit bc she talked about finding your purpose then it got real 😆
I started journaling when I started meditating. Before I never had much to say, but when the Inner Guru starts speaking to you.......Pay Attention!!! LOL
I love this and you, Anna
Omg whaaaat another post! 😍😍
I’m finally doing the work. It works people but yeah you might as well be pulling the tower card over and over. It’s for the best but boiiiii is it hard work
Love ya, been watching forever
Thank you for posting videos, you are my queennnnn❤
I read "You're not as hydrated as you think you are", and immediately chugged a bottle of water
ANNA PLS TELL ME WHERE YOU GOT THAT FLORAL CORSET TOP THANK YOUUUUU I LOVE IT SO MUCH
(Also? Your outfits are always so on point. What are your go to brands or stores?!)
Thank youuuu for sharing this!!
You are a beauty Anna. Keep up the good content.
Solid advice summed up beautifully. Merci
0:55 Nice!
I just did this because I knew it would help and wow! So many great insights and understanding. My higher self gassed me up and made me realize some important things. I really see how being consistent with this will bring more insight and change. Thank you so much Anna for being such a bright light as my higher self just told me to allow myself to be.
BRAINS🧠 AND BEAUTY🫦🫶
Well done, Anna!
"The true profession of a man is to find himself." - Hermann Hesse
Anna, I love you!
Also, what is the ted talk you refer to? I'd love to watch it :)
Thank you for sharing your thoghts with us you are amazing you rock.
Your one of my favorites! ❤
“Awww….” lol
Your background music is good, too! Where’d you get it? lol