Unbridled Abundance: A Practice to Keep Returning to Your Magic
I woke up yesterday with a knowing.
You ever have one of those moments, where it feels like some divine intervention slaps you in the face and says
Do this. Now.
Don’t think about it. Don’t try to plan it or strategize it.
That’s not how this works.
Just GO and the rest will fall into place.
It felt like some force greater than me whispered in my ear, in the poetic words of Peloton cycling instructor Cody Rigsby:
Bitch- Find Your Light.
And go help others do the same- because we all could use it right about now.
Part swift kick in the butt. Part Battle Cry.
100% Divine Marching Orders.
{And yes- sometimes divine messages come from the most unlikely of sources}
And those orders?
To bring back an update to THE practice that changed my life {and my business The Unbridled Life} over a decade ago, not just for myself, but for many of you as well: Celebrating Abundance, but a bit more grown up, not so strict and way more fluid than the original. With a new name to go with it:
Unbridled Abundance: A 40 Day Practice to Keep Returning to Your Magic
aka- Fall in Love With Life Again
I had a moment while lying in bed with my eyes closed yesterday morning when those words of Cody Rigsby rang in my head (a total trip because I haven’t taken one of his classes in years).
For the first time in months, I had set an alarm to meet the day instead of sleep until I naturally woke.
When I came back to California from completing the Dopey Challenge in Walt Disney World in January- 48.6 miles of freezing cold fun {with a race recap on the way soon}- I slipped into some habits that maybe didn’t serve me well.
I returned in mid-January to a state literally on fire with alerts on my phone day and night of blazes starting in the area. As my nervous system navigated this, my body was recovering from what is essentially a 4 day staged ultramarathon… then rainy season settled into California.
Plus- in case you haven’t noticed, there is A LOT happening in the world right now.
I started sleeping in later and later, under the guise of recovery but really, in full transparency was starting to look more like the first signs of depression beyond the typical post-race blues.
I was staying indoors more due to the rain and staying up later in the night reading, but really… stressing. Middle of the night pee breaks were turning into hour long stress-fests in the darkness.
A natural early riser, the time I was getting out of bed was becoming later and later. And my morning practices were getting squeezed down.
2025 is feeling like an initiation by fire so far, and not only have I been wrestling with my own personal fires- like a sick horse the past few weeks who was becoming a literal danger to himself, my husband currently on furlough for 2 months without pay while the spa he works for is in renovations plus being a small business owner navigating this economy & people pulling back on spending & a changing industry while costs of everything are rising.
But I’ve simultaneously also been the support system for many 1:1 clients also wresting with their own personal fires, some directly related to world events- from lay-offs to their own business struggles to relationship earthquakes to questions of integrity as the word recession starts to roll around to legit terror & fear in light of the news cycle… and so much more.
I can normally hold a lot- and even this has been stretching my capacity to do so. So I’ve been doubling down on every practice I have, movement, rest, my own support system and nervous system regulation. But in those darkest hours of the night, I still felt like I was falling short.
And falling into some old Scarcity Mindsets that I thought I had left in the dust many lifetimes ago.
So- back to my moment yesterday.
A 40 Day Challenge. Really? I pondered.
But I have plans I pleaded. I already have a packed-to-the-minute next few weeks. I’m in the middle of writing something else I’m excited to post. I don’t think I even want to be on social media every day right now.
It’s been years since I did anything like this let alone posted every day and now I have the damn algorithm to deal with- can I even do it?
Do I even want to?
Like- can we do something a little easier I pleaded.
But as I started to move my body to welcome the day, it became clear that sometimes we need to throw out the plans- and our excuses- and welcome in what GRACE wants to offer us instead.
Late the night before, I posted on Instagram the below passage- I’ve done variations on this poem over the years but somehow, with the Spring Equinox upon us it felt more relevant than ever given the dark winter we are emerging from that I know has taken many into the dark recesses of your hearts that in ways feels like a trial by fire.
★𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘★
To turn your back. To crumble. To harden. To run.
To want to forget the hardships. To shrug off the fires of initiation you walked through. To deny the moments where you were face-to-face with standing in integrity or bending.
And the pain that perhaps came from choosing the less-travelled option.
When you get tired of your heart breaking. Get bogged down with protecting her.
Get fed up. Shook up. Or maybe just plain road-weary.
It can be tempting to do all of this... and more. Lord knows I’ve had my moments- when turning my back felt like the safer option. And the one I chose {at least momentarily}...
When the magic feels gone. When we hopelessly wish we were muggles once again.
At least then our hearts won’t break anymore, says our mind.
At least then our beings won’t ache, says our hearts.
At least then we won’t know any better, says our bodies.
If these moments come in, I say honor them- at least for a time.
Try to go back to how it was before your eyes were opened, before your body turned on, before your heart blazed with fire.
And try, just try, to see how life feels from that point.
Temptingly simple yes. But I have a hunch that as time goes by, the colors become muted & the silence becomes deafening.
And you’ll be hungry to embrace your magic once again.
Sometimes it’s such a dance. In + out. Out + in. Over + under + through + fierce + gentle + magic + ordinary + extraordinary + frenetic + still + bound + free + unbridled + muggle + magic +...
But here’s the key, no matter where in the dance you are today:
★𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘★
Even when it’s so close it scares you.
Even when it feels a million miles away.
Even when your heart is breaking in a million pieces.
𝙔𝙚𝙨- especially in these moments.
Because when the colors turn back on it’s blinding.
When you feel the army of angels around you it’s emboldening.
And when you feel the courage course through your veins again you will feel utterly ALIVE.
This Monday- St. Patrick’s Day- marked 15 years since what I consider my rock-bottom. {I wrote about it HERE in 2014 in a post that went viral at the time}
At the time, it took some swift kicks in my ass from God to get over the devastation of a failed business to then start the long journey of finding myself again.
At the time I was offered a divine choice to get out of my extreme scarcity mindset that had settled in:
Go back to my career in finance- a job was lined up and all I had to do was make ONE phone call to an old party friend who now was in charge of the department I was slated to join…
Or figure out my shit, learn how to run a business even in a bad economy {this was the heart of the Great Recession in early 2010} and double down on believing not only in the healing work I felt deeply called to do in the world but also-
To double down on falling in love with my life again.
Because here is the thing about scarcity mindset {and it’s besties anxiety and depression that like to party with it}-
Living in scarcity robs us of our joy.
Living in scarcity robs us of our sovereignty.
Living in scarcity robs us of our Power.
Living in scarcity robs us of feeling the wind in our hair and the sun on our face and stolen moments of bliss and the smiles that radiate across our faces and feeling truly grateful to be ALIVE.
Ultimately living in scarcity robs us of feeling truly, madly, deeply in love with life- even in the hard.
And I’d argue most of all-
Living in scarcity robs us of our Magic.
So when faced with that choice 15 years ago, against all logical thinking and advice, I chose to double down on myself and my Magic instead of going back to a career that literally made me sick- and damn I’m glad I stepped up to the challenge way back then.
It took tenacity. It took discipline. It took finding strength I didn’t know I had.
And it took courage to look myself square in the eyes & fall in love with what I saw.
Some of which was dark- which I was oddly more comfortable in- but most of which was a brilliant light that actually scared me more.
We can’t ignore the dark & shadowy bits if we truly want to transform, but we sure as hell don’t need to wallow in them or get comfortable living there.
So when we continue to deny the abundance that surrounds us and what lights us up in our lives and about ourselves- for whatever reason or excuses we choose- then we deny our worthiness.
And it keeps us from truly experiencing the Unbridled freedom that exists when we SAY YES TO LIFE
Which is simply a game I’m no longer willing to play.
So when I heard Bitch- Find Your Light upon waking up yesterday, I realized my Battle Cry from a long time ago had somehow been muted in the midst of so much HARD recently.
And that the spirit of Celebrating Abundance- a 40 day practice I created in 2014 that thousands have gone through over the past 10+ years when I first released it- has returned but in a more freedom based, Unbridled form.
Because here’s the truth- the pain of moving forward is less than the pain of staying stuck.
It might not feel like it yet, but I promise it’s true.
What lights you up?
What have you been saying you want?
What have you been denying yourself?
What have you been sitting on saying yes to, investing in, starting up or simply moving forward towards?
Where have you been letting scarcity rule the show instead of trusting in the abundance that exists all around you?
Where have you been letting your head do all the talking instead of listening to- and trusting- in your heart and body as well?
And what excuses have become easier than actually just doing the damn thing already?
These are the questions that Unbridled Abundance seeks to answer through a simple showing up for yourself DAILY for 40 days.
The original round of this in 2014 was quite complex but over the years I’ve pared it down to 5 simple steps that are really more about intention than taking up a lot of ‘time’.
The concept is simple- Become what I call a Miracle Hunter to open up the channels for your own Unbridled Abundance to come pouring through:
Choose a daily morning practice to Anchor yourself that gets you out of your head and into your heart and body. It could be movement. It could be journaling. It could be meditation. It could be a morning prayer you say before getting out of bed. It could be dancing around your kitchen singing a song that always lights you up.
It doesn’t actually matter WHAT the practice is, only that it is something that matters TO YOU as a daily commitment to yourself to start the day.
Take Courageous Action daily. When we are IN IT- stuck in a rut, experiencing grief, wading through burnout or it just feels like the knocks keep coming, often it can feel like a Miracle is the only thing that will come along to save us.
But one of my favorite mantras is ⚡️You are your OWN damn hero
And while Miracles are ALWAYS in the realm of possibility, that’s still giving your power away wishing + hoping that something or someone is going to come + save you.
So how do you stay open to the Miracles while ALSO being in your power?
Become the MIRACLE HUNTER🏹
Simply, becoming a Miracle Hunter is taking Courageous Action towards the things you say you want. Not in a do more/hustle kind of way, but in an intentional, grounded, trusting way. Once you know the difference between the two, there is no more going back to that hustle way of doing life.OPEN your heart to abundance coming through. Think you are already open and it still isn’t happening? Keep opening more. And more. And more. Until it feels like your heart might burst free. That Fierce Ones- is often the sweet spot ;)
How? Allowing yourself to see + feel the abundance + miracles THAT ALREADY EXIST in your life instead of focusing on what you lack.
And if you can’t see it, go hunting for it…
Become a HUNTER looking for evidence all around you of just how miraculous it is to be ALIVE.
Get into nature. Notice the little things. Keep a list of every good thing that happens however small.
Become unapologetic about hunting out the GOOD in your life in every nook + cranny + hidden place in your heart it still exists {even if you don’t believe it does-yet}And finally, at least once a day, Step into service to others. It could be a random act of kindness. It could be sharing a tip on your Instagram page every day. It could be making a small donation to charity every day, or vowing to help at least one coworker a day with something.
Why is service to others so important when stepping away from scarcity and into abundance? Because when we serve others from our heart in pure generosity, we are believing that there is more than enough to go around, and we open the pathways to receiving through the act of giving.
It’s impossible to still be in scarcity while giving back to others, and any way to override scarcity to step into abundance is the name of the game for these next 40 days.
Admittedly it’s been several years since I’ve released a 40 Day Challenge like this. I used to make it complicated with 100 page PDF’s and daily emails and fancy branding but honestly- with everything going on in the world the last thing I want to do is overwhelm anyone.
So this is going to be simple:
I’m starting today by sharing some nugget of wisdom, practice that’s helped me over the past 15 years, insights or the bounty that comes from my own Miracle Hunting on my Instagram @jenblackstock daily for the next 40 days. That takes us through to the last day of April.
A true welcome to the energy of Spring with Equinox yesterday, the Rising energy of Easter in a few weeks and the return of the light of longer days to come.
If may miss a day- and that’s where Grace comes in.
If you have questions or want to share any insight you have, DM me on Instagram or comment on the posts yourself. I’m doing this right along with you, but ultimately this offering is totally in service to YOU.
If you post something yourself, tag me @jenblackstock or use #BeAMiracleHunter and/or #UnbridledAbundance so I can find you.
There isn’t a launch at the end or some hidden agenda. I simply know that this practice WORKS and generally when I feel the need for something, it’s also in the collective consciousness as well.
So start when you feel ready to commit to your own 40 days, follow along on my Instagram, and let’s see where this journey takes all of us.
Going deep lights me up. Seeing clients find their light lights me up. Welcoming in more lights me up.
And if there is anything about the energy of Spring to harness, it’s seeing us all so lit up with Unbridled Abundance that no matter what is happening around us, we have the chance to fall in love with life over + over again and keep returning to our Magic- every damn day.
Time for some Magic Keeping Fierce Ones,
Jen Blackstock
