What Flow is all about
Free Flow Expression: Unlocking the Power of Your True Self
Imagine a life where you move effortlessly through your days, where your actions feel aligned with your deepest talents and strengths, and where self-doubt and control fall away to reveal a natural, powerful rhythm. This is the essence of Free Flow Expression—a state of being where your authentic self meets the ease and potential of life's natural flow. It’s about expressing the fullness of who you are without the constraints of fear, attachment, or external validation.
What Is Free Flow Expression?
At its core, Free Flow Expression is the seamless alignment of your inner world—your thoughts, emotions, and spirit—with the outer world of action and creativity. It is the liberation of your true self, unburdened by shame, self-doubt, or the need to control outcomes. In this state, you are free to express your talents, pursue your dreams, and embrace life’s unfolding with trust and confidence.
Think of it as moving with the current of a river rather than against it. In Free Flow Expression, effort is no longer about struggle; it’s about intention and presence. You’re not trying to force life to happen—you’re allowing it to unfold through you, as you align with your deepest purpose.
The Obstacles to Free Flow Expression
Achieving this state requires acknowledging and releasing the forces that often block it:
Shame and Self-Doubt:
These inner critics whisper, You’re not enough, or Who are you to do this? They keep you playing small and disconnected from your full potential.Attachment to Outcomes:
The desire to control results creates tension and limits creativity. When you focus solely on achieving a specific goal, you miss the opportunities and insights that arise along the way.Overthinking and Control:
The mind’s obsession with planning, analyzing, and controlling every detail interrupts the natural flow of inspiration and action.IF/THEN Validation:
When your worth depends on achieving and attaining the things you want then you are in bondage to them. This object-referred living creates anxiety and a constant need to achieve, get and be in control of what happens.
The Benefits of Free Flow Expression
When you step into Free Flow Expression, life transforms in profound ways:
1. Creativity Unleashed
In flow, ideas come effortlessly. You’re no longer blocked by worry or perfectionism, allowing your creative potential to thrive.
2. Authentic Connection
Expressing your true self fosters genuine relationships. People are drawn to your honesty, confidence, and energy.
3. Freedom from Struggle
Without the need to control outcomes, life feels lighter. Challenges become opportunities, and you move with less resistance.
4. Increased Productivity
Flow is the state where time feels elastic, and you lose yourself in meaningful work. This heightened focus and enjoyment lead to greater efficiency and capacity.
5. Inner Peace and Confidence
By letting go of external validation and aligning with your truth, you cultivate a deep sense of self-worth and serenity.
How to Achieve Free Flow Expression
1. Let Go of Attachment
Detach from the need to control how things turn out. Set your intentions, take inspired action, and trust that the universe will handle the rest. This doesn’t mean giving up on goals—it means holding them lightly, like a bird in your hand, rather than gripping them tightly.
Practice: After setting a goal, affirm: I release the outcome and trust in life’s flow.
2. Cultivate Presence (Connect to the Field)
Flow happens in the now, not in the past or the future. When you focus fully on the present moment, the mind quiets, and inspiration arises.
Practice: Find alternating routes to stillness and connection. A run. 10 mins meditation. Be creative.
3. Disrupt Your Inner Narrative
Simply become aware of the stories of shame and self-doubt that operate unchallenged. Don’t fight with them. Become curious about them. Objective. Then introduce a new possibility for each one. That you are more than enough – that you always have been.
Practice: Each day, take stock in your journal about limiting beliefs or old stories of not being enough – of the instinct to overcome and defend your own esteem. Simply notice and become curious about how it operates and what signals your thoughts are sending.
4. Become increasingly willing to TRUST
Think about it. If you are able to wiggle free from even just a little bit at a time of shame, control and attachment , imagine what that makes increasingly available to you? More Trust. In life. The universe. Yourself.
Practice: Many times during every day, take a mental pause and ask yourself ‘what if I just trusted that there is a benevolent energy in life that I could trust?’ Remember times when it seemed just like that in your life looking back.
5. Create from ‘Who you Are’ more than ‘what you do’
Nothing gets done without actions BUT you will find that productivity and outcomes resonate much better with the energy of who you are being – the quality of being in FLOW – bigger outcomes, sometimes faster and always more meaningful when aligned with your truest identity.
Practice: Be present. Remember who you are and who you are wanting to be. Embrace the energy of that person and then try to do what you are doing with a sense of joy in the doing, free of the result.
6. Embrace Imperfection
Free Flow Expression isn’t about being flawless; it’s about being fully human. Allow yourself to make mistakes and grow from them.
Practice: At the end of the day, practice gratitude or appreciation for the things that went well and take note of only 1-2 things that you feel you might have done differently next time. Ask the universe for guidance.
7. Daily FLOW Practice
Nothing changes until we change. Being in FLOW as often as possible requires daily attention. The good news is there are many ways to shape your own daily practice that is as personal to you as any of your other daily rituals.
Practice: This one is all you. There are many forms this practice can take. Get experimental. Here are the things you can try. Morning reflection and contemplation of the concepts of FLOW. Education and Learning from teachers. Meditation. Endurance activity. Breathwork. Energy Work. Spirituality. Psychology. Coaching. Support Groups. 12 Step Program. Many more.
Living Your Freer Flow Expression
Free Flow Expression isn’t a one-time achievement; it’s a way of being—a commitment to show up fully, let go of what doesn’t serve you, and trust the unfolding of life. It requires courage, but the rewards are immeasurable.
By stepping into this state, you align with the rhythm of life itself. You become the author of your story, the creator of your reality, and the embodiment of your fullest potential. And in doing so, you inspire others to do the same.
Closing Thought:
“Your freedom lies not in what you achieve but in how you express your full self. Flow with life. Trust its rhythm. And let your expression be a gift from you to the world.”