Awareness is Key: Is Your Energy Betting For or Against You?
When you are following your soul-led goals, there are a lot of opportunities to give up. Soul-led goals are things that you desire to do, deep down inside. The ones you might be afraid to say out loud.
I teach people how to start small and continually follow their intuitive nudges. Coaching people on this daily gives me a clear window into what happens when we embark on this journey - OBSTACLES. As soon as you say out loud that which you desire to do, your brain gets flooded with all the reasons why you can’t. Not to mention what happens when you say it to loved ones who would like to keep you safe and comfortable…
This is why my formula involves incremental steps, mining for blocks, strategies to overcome those obstacles and managing your energy to keep you in a resilient state. With that all being said, you can know all of this intellectually and STILL get caught “betting against yourself” with your energy.
Here is how this normally plays out…
We set out to do “the thing” (launch the course, podcast, new career, etc.)
Our brains try to lessen the blow “in case” we fail and no one shows up
BOOM, your energy shifts into “I’m not doing this” mode and the universe matches it
How do we stop this negative chain of events?
Use incremental small steps toward “the thing” as your measure of success
Get some wins under your belt
Move your attention to what you have achieved vs. what you haven't
Build upon those successes one step at a time
Understand that it takes time and patience (overnight success is a myth)
This is, again, where the brain steps in to sabotage (it can’t be that easy) it will tell you. Let your actions and the results show you by TRYING to bet for yourself with your energy before you decide it doesn’t work. Start with something that has low stakes so that you can see this play out before you apply it to your soul led goals.
Lastly, if you do find yourself betting against yourself with your energy, don’t quit. This is all a learning experience. Notice the contrast of how it played out in a way you didn’t want it to. Then next time, you can tweak things and do it differently. Betting for yourself with your energy can be a profound strategy once you master it but it takes time. Give yourself the gift of that continual practice so that you can experience the joy, abundance and freedom that comes with living a Soul-Led life.
