The process of becoming your best self is a journey towards wholeness. Only when we are whole do we move through life with ease, purpose and success. I believe there are five steps towards wholeness.

1. Accept Responsibility for Your Life.
2. Focus on the Elements. [Another way to say this is "Work through your Barriers"].
3. Complete the Past.
4. Plan for the Future.
5. Live in the Present.

While most of us see the value in working towards wholeness, sometimes we get stuck in accepting, or practicing, an individual step. The barriers we face, the obstacles we place in front of us, need to be addressed to get us unstuck. The 8 most common elements for success are Time, Space, Love, Money, Vitality, Purposeful Action, Strong Sense of Self and Positive Self Regard.

As if wholeness was not enough, here are the top 3 reasons for Working Through your Personal Barriers:

1. Addressing your personal blocks is empowering.
   As you begin to acknowledge which of the elements you have problems with, that very acknowledgment is the first step to reclaiming your power. So often, we keep our heads in the sand because that seems safer than looking at something we fear straight in the face. However, whether we choose to look or not, those waves are getting closer. The boy scout's motto of Be prepared is good advice for us all.
   
   
2. Working on one element is usually accompanied by progress in another.
   Two for the price of one is always a welcome sales technique. Working on one element and seeing progress in another happens frequently because our underlying beliefs of worthiness or unworthiness are reflected in more than one element. In fact, we have to work pretty hard to maintain all those negative beliefs.
   
   
3. Getting unstuck provides a hidden resource of unlimited energy.
   The awful truth is that we have to work pretty hard to maintain all those negative beliefs which keep us frozen in place. As we begin to address and modify our beliefs, we are suddenly filled with what feels like boundless energy to work on manifesting what we want. That feeling alone is a powerful incentive.