A meditation to help release worry & anxiety
What can you do to turn things around when you’re bracing for the worst or seeing everything in a negative light? To be honest, I used to believe that the answer was nothing . . . which meant that I was completely powerless to do anything about it. It was only when I started meditating […]
The true cost of self-doubt
I read something the other day about how indecision is potentially our greatest threat. It made me wonder, How much does self-doubt impact my life? I remember realizing that my life was in a state of perpetual indecision when I was 29. It was filled with questioning when it came to just about everything: Should I stay with the company I’m with, […]
Are you avoiding fear?
It’s scary how easy it can be to avoid fear. I feel like a master: In my 20s, I avoided having “the talk” with the man I’d been dating for years. I usually wait until the very last minute to do my taxes because they’re complicated and scary and force you to look at how much money […]
The goal of failure (or why I want to fail as much as possible)
How do you relate to your goals? I’ve noticed that a lot of people are reluctant to set them. It’s easier to just “go with the flow” than to invite the possibility of failure into our lives. (To be fair, fear of failure isn’t the only thing contributing to that reluctance. Our habits and not knowing […]
What’s holding you back?
Do you ever get in your own way? I suspect many of us do. In fact, I have yet to meet a person who, if they’re being honest, doesn’t do this in some way at some point in their lives. As a human being, I find it fascinating to notice this kind of behaviour. As a […]
The question to stop asking yourself if you want to follow to your heart (plus, what to ask instead)
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it takes to make a leap of faith. For years, I didn’t think I had the strength to make that kind of jump, so I went along, wishing things were different, waiting for something to happen, hoping things would change… Whenever the prospect of following my dreams would come […]
It’s time to jump
A few years ago, I had a dream. I was part of some oppressed group of people, being forced to walk to the edge of a cliff and jump. The scene was dark and dreary, as if the life had been sucked right out of it. I was so pissed about what was happening to […]
How to tell if it’s fear or intuition
If you’ve discovered that you’re confusing fear with intuition, here are some ideas to help you figure out if you should feel the fear and do it anyway, or listen to your intuition and just walk away:
Are you confusing fear with intuition?
My last insight on intuition got me thinking about other ways we block ourselves. One of them (that’s been a big one for me) has been confusing fear with intuition. Here’s how that can happen:
Are you blocking your intuition?
I suspect we’re all way more intuitive than we give ourselves credit for; we’re just really good at getting in our own way. Here are two potential intuition blocks as well as their respective solutions: