Are You Ready for the Life You Say You Want?

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By Maxine Weaver (AKA Max-FeelGood), a believer in healing, hope, and the quiet power of love

We all reach a point when we know something has to change. We feel it deep in our bones — an ache, a restlessness, a silent knowing or even scream that the life we’ve been living no longer fits. Maybe it’s the late nights that leave us hollow, the habits that dull our shine, or the relationships that drain more than they actually give.

We whisper to ourselves, “I want more. I want different.”

And I remember a couple of years ago, when I got struck down with a chronic illness, turning to my husband, and saying with such utter conviction these words:
"When I come out from this, everything will be changed."

That was the start of the great purge.

But here’s the truth no one likes to say out loud:
Wanting change is not enough.
Knowing you need to change means nothing if you’re not ready to do the work.

Wanting is easy. Becoming is so much harder.

Transformation isn’t romantic.
It’s not about mood boards and affirmations alone.
Real change comes down to a gritty, daily grind that happens in the quiet hours when no one is watching.

It looks like this:

Choosing discipline over impulse — which means saying no to the behaviours that numb you.

Letting go of the story that you can’t change.

Showing up when it’s hard.

Showing up when it’s boring.

Showing up, period.

And maybe the hardest part?

It’s consistency.
Not once a week. Not when you feel motivated.
But every single day, like your life depends on it — because in many ways, it does.
It really does.

Do Your Soul Work

Change doesn’t stick unless it starts from the inside.
You can detox your body, but if you don’t detox your soul, you’ll keep running in circles — and you’ll see it show up again and again, in all-too-familiar patterns.

This means you need to:

Sit with your feelings instead of running from them.

Be honest about your wounds, your fears, your patterns.

Practice clean living — not just in what you eat or drink, but in how you think, love, and speak.

Make space for meditation, silence, prayer, or stillness.

Forgive yourself. Daily. Patiently.

Our emotions carry energy.
Soul work is hugely uncomfortable.
It requires you to get real with yourself, to stop blaming the world, and to take responsibility for your energy and what you bring.

But that’s where the freedom is.
That’s where the real shift happens.