Act Sooner, Experiment More, + Pay Attention

The Moment:

There was a time when I would override my inner authority all the time. I’d push past the uncomfortable feelings and trudge on because I had this idea that I just needed to “work harder” and it would all work out.

In friendships, relationships, work — you name it.

There were subtle nudges all the time, and I had learned to listen to them in small things like what Spotify playlist to choose, or what color paint to pick to go next to the other paint to make it feel harmonious. These moments felt like little wins, times when I could feel I was in flow with something bigger — or maybe just with myself. But they felt like quiet little moments all to myself. Nobody knew about them (especially back in college).

And so I just kept living my life, until I didn’t.

The Pattern:

Once I had a grasp on my inner child healing/shadow work, there were a few major themes that kept pulling me back to these nudges.

It usually feels like a knowing in my body, a pull towards something, or sometimes I even hear a YES in my head. At one time I would only listen to the small cues (ie. Spotify), but then I started to get curious.

What would happen if I ONLY listened to these cues, and stopped asking for other people’s opinions or what I thought I “should” do? (“Should” is now removed from my vocabulary, and represents what society things we need to do. Gross.)

So I went on my way, exploring the twists and turns I could make in life and where I was meant to go. This meant when I was traveling to a new city, I would listen at every intersection to see which way I was meant to go. At every decision, I would make space to listen. After awhile, my senses were heightened and my inner trust felt unshakeable.

The Lesson:

Some call it intuition, others call it inner authority, and I like to call it trust — in myself. This deep knowing that is constantly telling me what is in resonance for me, and what is not. It’s so simple, and yet we like to complicate it.

After awhile, the trust grows so deep that you have a whole foundation to build upon. My trust foundation is MASSIVE. So massive in fact that I can go into a room of strangers and read them all, back to back, within 30 minutes. Because I’ve trained myself to listen, not just to myself but to their cues too.

It’s a whole language out there, and when we learn to listen to it, we learn to pick up on the subtleties of resonance and dissonance. We’re all aware of it already, but how deep is your trust within yourself?

I had one practitioner come to me after an Intuition Class I taught and say, “Thank you, my whole life I thought I was just impulsive, but now I understand I’m listening to my intuition.”

And when your intuition + inner authority is on point, the trust in what you can create for yourself (and your business) is infinite. You lead from a different place, you walk differently, hold yourself differently, and make more couragous moves. Because you now trust yourself so deeply that you become unshakeable.

So give yourself permission today to act sooner, experiment more, and pay attention to the small cues that are always there for you to listen to.