Hello and welcome to a new installment of my Intuitive Living series! This series of blogs was inspired by Sonia Choquette's "Trust Your Vibes" print and audio books. I learned and grew so much as a result of following through with the steps outlined in these programs, and would love to share those lessons with you, too!
Each week I will be posting a new blog talking about my journey and how the lessons in Sonia's books applied to me as well as a weekly practice that you can do along with me. Sound exciting? I hope so!!
Click below for this week's assignment!
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Last week I told you a little bit about my journey and how I, like many intuitive people, hid my abilities by not talking about them and then asked you to begin a Psychic Journal listing all the things that were holding you back from practicing and acknowledging your intuitive gifts.
So, what did you write in your journal? Were there some things that surprised you? Were there things that you realized were silly, outdated, or not even your own beliefs? Did anything change for you?
I've been at this woo woo stuff for a while now, so my list has gotten shorter and shorter over the years. But, here are some of the things that I still worry about:
1 - Being Wrong.
No matter how many times I sit down to do a reading with someone, there is still a part of me that is absolutely terrified - TERRIFIED - of being wrong. Especially when the reading doesn't seem to be going the way I expected or if the message in the cards isn't something I can relate to.
2 - Being Feared and/or Rejected.
I think all of us who follow a non-traditional spiritual path experience fear of rejection at least from time to time. And, when you still live in a fairly conservative location, that fear can really be a Beast! Since I don't live somewhere where you can walk into a shop and get a tarot reading, where there are no non-Christian places of worship within about a thousand miles, and where people will accuse you of worshiping the Devil because you practice Yoga, putting myself out there as a card reader, Reiki healer, and *gasp!* psychic can still be a pretty terrifying experience.
3 - Failing.
In order to begin a spiritually-centered business and begin working - really working - at being an intuitive and healer, I had to let go of a lot of stuff. I had to let go of conventional business plans. I had to let go of the traditional 9 to 5 job model. I had to let go of the image I had in my mind of what "success" was going to look like. And there are still things I need to let go of. I know because I keep getting the message from all over the place. And I'm constantly learning that letting go and letting the Universe take over is HARD WORK! Why? Because I'm afraid of failing. I'm afraid I'm going to do all this work and rearrange my entire life and let go of all the things that might have been semi-working for me and then I'm going to fall flat on my face and have to go crawling back to a soul-sucking job that I hate.
The point of this exercise was to discover what fears and negative thoughts are holding you back so that you can look them in the face and begin dealing with them. I'm not promising that your fears will go away over night, but once you realize what they are, you can start understanding them and finding solutions for overcoming them. I've been at this for nearly twenty years and I still have a few gremlins in my closet. My Ego still trips me up and says negative things to me. But every day I put myself out there and work at accepting myself for who I am, it gets better.
So, this week we're moving forward to an area that a lot of us neglect on a daily basis, and that you may not even think about when thinking about being an intuitive or psychic person. That area would be Good Self-Care!
Being intuitive and accessing your psychic gifts requires, first and foremost, that you are able to fully pay attention to the messages that God, the Universe, your Guides and Angels, and your own Higher Self are sending you. These messages are quiet and subtle. They might be the quiet inner voice that asks you to take a different route to work in the morning, a repeated song you hear on the radio, a topic of conversation that comes up over and over again over the course of a week, or even a word or number sequence that you keep seeing.
Unfortunately, if you are over-scheduled, over-stressed, and completely exhausted, you may never even notice the messages are all around you. Also, if you are caught up in patterns of body dissatisfaction or outright body hatred, you will never be able to connect to the intuitive signals that come to you through your body's spiritual energy system.
This is something I've struggled with literally my entire life. When I look back, I can only remember a tiny handful of times when I felt completely happy with my body, with how it looks and how it feels to me. I grew up an overweight child in an overweight household where dieting and body hatred were the norm, where punishing your body for not looking the way it was supposed to was just what you did. I spent many, many years starving myself, eating in secret, exercising to exhaustion, and always - always - hating myself.
I no longer believe in dieting. I refuse to starve myself or deprive myself of food I enjoy. I never use exercise as a form of punishment. I am working towards accepting my body as it is - the beautiful vehicle which houses my incredible soul. I am working towards caring for it with all of the reverence it deserves. It is still a struggle, and something I have to work at every day. And it is definitely something that I still struggle with!
If you have been struggling with body hatred or even simple neglect, it is high time to change that pattern. Being intuitive means caring for your spirit - and that starts with caring for your body!
For the next week, I want you to start checking in with your body from time to time. Just two or three times each day is enough! How are you doing in the self care department? Are you getting enough sleep? Are you eating healthy, nutritious foods? Are you taking time to nurture your Body and your Spirit?
As always, I invite you to check back with me here on my blog or through my Facebook page. I would love to share this journey with you!
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