| "We have met the enemy and he is us" Pogo Cartoon | | | | Then, seemingly out of nowhere, people starting |
| Possum | | | | approaching me and asking if I gave intuitive readings. |
| If you read that quote and thought, "Not me," then you | | | | "Well, yea," I thought, "but that is my secret." After all, |
| are in good company- including yours truly. "No way | | | | what self respecting business coach would give |
| am I undermining myself," I would have proudly | | | | readings? What would people think? What about my |
| asserted to you just a few short weeks ago. By the | | | | hard earned professional persona? Most of all, what if |
| way, that sound you hear right now is me laughing out | | | | people think I am one of those crazy psychics? |
| loud. The big drawback about being in your own way | | | | "It's a leap of faith," I heard. Oh great! One of those |
| is denial - I had no idea the red head blocking the path | | | | leap-and-trust-the-net-is-there kind of life moments. |
| in front of me, was me! | | | | "Yuck!" I sighed out loud. And then I thought, "Well, I do |
| When I worked in Corporate America as an HR | | | | love a challenge." So I agreed to say "yes" to the next |
| Executive I brought a wealth of HR knowledge and | | | | stranger who asked for an intuitive reading. |
| talent to the party but I joked to close friends that my | | | | It happened almost immediately. Suddenly my phone |
| company really hired me as a psychic and didn't know | | | | was a-buzz with people who wanted my services. In |
| it. Much of the information I picked up about people and | | | | a matter of weeks my business doubled. I had been |
| situations that helped me excel at my job was given | | | | afraid that people would run away from the crazy |
| to me intuitively. My accuracy rate was very high and I | | | | psychic. Just the opposite happened-people were |
| learned to trust that inner voice and inner knowing in | | | | running to me! The feedback has been amazing and I |
| my daily career decisions. | | | | know I am helping people step forward past their |
| Fast forward to starting my own business; the one | | | | fears and blocks. |
| thing I did not consider incorporating into building my | | | | How ironic that the skill I relied on my entire |
| company was using my intuitive skills. I relied on all the | | | | professional life to propel me successfully forward |
| left brained skills I had acquired over time and intended | | | | was the one skill I was ready to dismiss when it came |
| to use this as the expertise I would offer to the world. | | | | to my own business. Now you know why I am |
| In spite of myself, I succeeded. I mean, I was coaching | | | | laughing out loud. |
| clients and developing the New England Holistic | | | | So what about you? Where are you getting in your |
| Chamber of Commerce but there was this ongoing | | | | own way? Hedging your bets? Playing it safe? |
| and sort of invisible struggle going on between me and | | | | Call to Action |
| my work. I didn't feel fully connected somehow and I | | | | My loving challenge to you is to find one place in your |
| found myself working overtime - designing and | | | | life where you are not being true to yourself and what |
| redesigning my services searching for the proverbial | | | | you want and investigate what else might be going on |
| Holy Grail that would cause it to click and all fall into | | | | for you. |
| place. | | | | Make some time just for you. Find a quiet place to "be" |
| Then one day, while I was fretting over my state of | | | | and ask "where am I getting in my own way?" |
| discontentment with my business, I heard my inner | | | | Allow yourself to hear what you're telling yourself |
| guidance proclaim loud and clear, "use your intuition!" | | | | about this part of your life. Does your inner dialogue tell |
| Imagine my surprise and delight at hearing what I | | | | you are too old, too young, or too inexperienced? |
| thought was finally the answer I'd been looking for. I | | | | Where and how are you being your own worst |
| interpreted that to mean I should teach other people | | | | enemy? |
| how to connect to their intuition. And so it did and I do. | | | | Open yourself up and pay attention to what floats into |
| And believe me, I get great joy from it and yet I can | | | | your mind. I promise you there is more going on here |
| tell you in hindsight that was not the whole message. | | | | than you think. Just by asking the question and |
| "Use your intuition," I heard again. "Be all of who you | | | | remaining open to the possibilities will make room and |
| are." I was sure my connection was on the fritz | | | | create a shift. |
| because I swear, I didn't know (or want to know) what | | | | Let the dance begin! |
| that really meant. | | | | |