Imagine having DIRECT ACCESS to your instincts and TRUSTING them without second-guessing.
Imagine LIBERATING yourself from limiting beliefs you've maybe carried around your WHOLE LIFE. Imagine finding the WISDOM inside yourself and TAILORING YOUR LIFE so that you can THRIVE! Wouldn't it be amazing to live your life like this? It's absolutely possible!! I've found my way from having absolutely no idea who I was, what I truly felt inside and what my needs were, all the way up to having a very strong connection to my Inner Guidance today which allowed me to create a deeply fulfilling and amazingly beautiful life. So how about you? Do you have a clear connection with your Instincts? Or does your Inner Guidance get clouded by judgments and doubts in your head? I'm here to encourage you to put in the work and focus to find your true Inner Guidance, because once you have established a strong connection with your Inner Guidance, your life will change so beautifully! Let's get clear first: What is Inner Guidance? Inner Guidance is the voice inside, from your heart - your intuition, your instincts, your gut feeling, your inner knowing… however you choose to name it. I believe we all have an inner voice which can guide us in our lives. But sometimes this voice speaks very quietly and it can be hard to hear it. So how can you develop a strong connection with your Inner Guidance? It all starts with slowing down, taking time to listen to what's alive in you. When you first start doing this, lots of thoughts and judgments can come up, saying that it is nonsense, that you're wasting your time, that it’s not going to work anyway … and so on. We can carry a whole lot of judgments and limiting beliefs in our minds, which hinder a clear connection with our Inner Guidance. In the Self-Love Program, I offer a process to liberate yourself from such judgments, so that you may have more space in your mind to listen to the valuable messages that come from within. Listening to yourself may sound too simple to be valuable, yet it is extremely powerful. Knowing yourself well, knowing what's alive in you, distinguishing between past wounds that are being triggered or a present hurt that asks to be dealt with right away, knowing your needs … it all helps you ground in yourself. Someone who's been listening deeply to himself or herself for a while is an empowered person. How to listen to yourself? One thing is really important: to listen to yourself unconditionally. That means opening up to truly hear what's alive in you, no matter what it is. Being as welcoming with your feelings and thoughts as you are with your children's. You can do this in several ways: writing in a journal, creating something to express yourself, dancing, singing, talking, sitting in silence … Now I want to reassure you that listening unconditionally to your feelings doesn't mean you have to act upon everything you hear immediately. The only thing I'm suggesting you do is to listen to yourself, so that you can gather information about yourself and the situations in your life. And then you have the freedom to choose what to do with what has come to the surface. After you've been listening to yourself in this way for a while, you'll notice you'll be more empowered and more aware. Obstacles on your journey During the process of establishing a strong connection with your Inner Guidance, obstacles can show up - like judgments or trauma from the past, amongst other things. I recommend working through this with a trusted helper, so that you can get the full benefit of listening to yourself. When you are just beginning to listen to yourself, it can be tricky to find a good helper for this, as you may still have the tendency to listen more to the helper than to yourself. At this stage I strongly recommend choosing someone who is good at attuning to you and with whom you feel there is a lot of space for you. Find someone who doesn't impose his/her belief system on you, but who is open to really hearing how things are for you. I find Eliane (founder of Parenting For Wholeness) is such a coach, and in my own coaching I also offer a safe and welcoming space in which I listen to you unconditionally. I LOVE attuning to people and seeing you blossom before my eyes. However I've seen in my own life and in other people's lives how sometimes getting professional help doesn’t work very well. I feel deeply disturbed by this, because I care about those who are in need and who are seeking help for themselves. So I wanna share with you how finding your Inner Guidance can change this at the root. Making the most out of professional help Have you ever reached out to a professional for help and found yourself not making much progress with the support you received? Finding your Inner Guidance can drastically change this experience! When you are in a vulnerable place, in need of help, and you reach out to someone, sometimes what happens is that you start depending on this helper and start looking to him/her for answers, for guidance. Sometimes you trust what your helper says more than your own feelings and thoughts. This is a red flag for me! You can spend lots of money on such help, without getting the results you were hoping for. And sometimes it is really hard to get out of this dynamic with a helper, because your dependance has grown so deeply. So how can your Inner Guidance help you with this? When you are well connected to your Inner Guidance, you know exactly what you need help with and what kind of helper you need to support you through it. You stay in control over your process. You open up in sessions to talk about your issues, because you choose to do so, and because you know you will benefit from this. And during the sessions, you keep checking in with yourself, how you truly feel inside. When your helper says something that rubs you the wrong way, you bring it up. You don't bottle it inside, thinking something must be wrong with you for feeling this way; instead you feel worthy of receiving well-attuned help and so you give honest feedback to your helper. Having a strong connection with your Inner Guidance doesn't mean that you know it all or that you never need help. It means that you know your strengths and your weaknesses, that you know your needs, and that you have the courage to ask for help in the areas where you require it. You will also know when a helper is not fit for you and trust your intuition about this. This way you won't waste time and money in a helping relationship that isn't actually helping you! Finding your Inner Guidance So as you commit to listening unconditionally to yourself and removing the obstacles that are in the way, you'll develop such a strong connection with your Inner Guidance that it can be a huge milestone in your life! I mean it. I speak from direct personal experience here. I have lived through feeling lost and disconnected for many years, and those were hard times to live in. But one day I hit rock bottom and I decided to start listening to myself and from that commitment everything changed. Listening to myself is the foundation of my strength. It's that powerful. What do you think? Do you feel motivated to listen to yourself in this beautiful unconditional way? Do you want some help in this process? I've created a 2 month coaching program in which we work deeply on this: the Self-Love Program. Apart from learning to listen to yourself, you'll get tools on how to liberate yourself from judgments or beliefs, you'll be invited to expand your Self-Love in several ways, and at the end there's the opportunity to commit to yourself in your own unique way! The next Self-Love Program starts on October 2nd 2017 and there are still some spots left. Contact me to schedule a free 20-minute Skype call to talk about it and so you can ask any questions you have, and to get a feel for if this program is the right fit for you. I'd love to hear from you! [email protected] With much love, Annemie
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