Last week I had a whopper of an expectation hangover. After celebrating my birthday and feeling so excited about the year ahead, I found out that the printing of my book could be delayed by at least a week.

This would not be a big deal if I didn’t have an entire launch plan, book event tour and media appearances scheduled around the release date of October 7^th. Changing it all would cost me thousands of dollars not to mention a ton of my valuable time and energy.

Has life thrown a curveball at you that totally took the wind out of your sails?

Yes? Well then you know how disorienting it can be!

This unexpected curveball is a bit ironic given the subject of my book is all about overcoming disappointment. I decided it was an opportunity to practice what I preach and take myself through the book’s treatment to get to the other side of my own expectation hangover. I share more about my own journey in today’s vlog.

When I first got the disappointing news there were tears. There was a frantic call to my agent. There was an email out to my soul sisters asking for prayer. I received a lot of advice about how to try and manipulate the date or put pressure on my publisher. All of it was making my head spin until I got quiet inside and heard this question from my inner guidance:

“Are you more committed to selling books or your mission to ease suffering on the planet?”

Holy shift!

My ego of course wants to sell books and have them at all the events as planned. But my soul knows that my highest commitment is to easing suffering on the planet.

So I am not changing my tour dates. I am not attempting to manipulate the pub date. I will show up on TV and at all the events as scheduled and teach how to treat and cure expectation hangovers – with or without the book. That said, I am still holding for the possibility of a miracle.

And . . .

I know the book belongs to God, not to me. It is on its own Divine Timeline.

Even our well-crafted plans are not a guarantee, which is why one of the life lessons expectation hangovers teach us is to release our addiction to control. Our ego loves to cling to our expectations and make things happen, but our soul knows the Divine plan and that we are never off course.

As one of my besties, Melissa, said to me about the book situation, “It sucks and it is perfect.”

Yup. Sometimes things can suck. Sometimes we struggle. Sometimes we are hit with a very undesirable curveball. And it hurts and it’s hard because we are HUMAN.

But . . .

There is always a greater, loving plan at work – even if we cannot see it or even comprehend that what is happening is for our Highest Good. (Tweet this!)

I can appreciate the suffering that comes from an expectation hangover so if you are going through one right now, I encourage you to take the first step toward relief, which is to release your attachment to the way you wanted things to go.

You do not have to like it. You do not have to let go of your dreams. But you can let go of thinking you know better than God in terms of the specific ways things should or should not be happening. Acceptance and surrender is not necessarily easy; however, it opens the space for the healing and lessons of an expectation hangover to occur.

After I took myself through the treatment plan from Expectation Hangover, two things happened:

1. I am even more excited about this book because I know it works. Authenticity and integrity are top values for me and this curveball offered me a blessed opportunity to experience congruency with my message. Please consider joining the (book tribe) if the message of easing suffering resonates with you. To download the recording of the first call I lead with the tribe, (go here) .

2. I heard from my publisher yesterday that it looks like the books will be printed today and loaded onto trucks tomorrow and just may be available on Oct 7th (please send Light!)

Moving into acceptance and surrendering is often the most powerful action we can take (Tweet this!) . Do not think you are being passive if you are not fighting for your expectations. Have compassion for the desires of your ego but let the wisdom of your soul guide you.

I would love to hear about any curveballs you are facing and offer you support so please head over to the blog and comment.

Blessings,

Christine

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