Five Pathways to Listening to Your Inner Voice by Claudette Rowley

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Five Pathways to Listening to Your Inner Voice

By Claudette Rowley

Copyright 2003

Is your life out of sync with your priorities?

Do you feel like you're a hamster running on a wheel?

Have you forgotten who you are?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, read on. Learn to

listen to your inner voice - the essence of who you are - by

following these five steps:

1. Check in with your heart.

Social conditioning teaches us to be logical and "use our

heads". When you only use your head, your experience of

yourself and the world is limited. You miss out on the

vital information the rest of your body, heart and soul is

giving you.

Benefits: The same neurological tissue found in the brain

is found in the heart. The heart is a second "brain" and

our emotional center. Listening to your head and your heart

is crucial to good decision-making about your life, your

business and your relationships.

New Focus: Put your hand over your heart and focus there -

what is it telling you?

2. Connect with your body.

Your body gives you a tremendous amount of useful

information that you may not be conscious of. For example,

when your mother-in-law visits, does your stomach tie up in

knots? When your boss yells at you, do your shoulders turn

into stone? When you feel passionate and alive, does your

chest feel warm and open? When we ignore the body's

message, we lose out on valuable information designed to

let us what works for us and what doesn't.

Benefits: For many people, fear manifests as a tightness in

their chest. This is valuable information, especially if

you aren't aware that you are afraid. Your body alerts you

to what makes feels passionate and what doesn't. The body

is a fount of wisdom designed to tell you when you're on

the right path and when you aren't.

New Focus: Notice the messages your body is giving you

right now. Try a self-massage to find areas in your back,

neck or shoulders that are tense or knotted. What other

areas of your body feel tight? Which ones feel relaxed and

loose? Use this information as another key to listening to

your inner wisdom.

3. Listen to your intuition.

Intuition is simply knowing something without knowing

exactly how you know it. Connect back to a time that you

had a "gut feeling" about something - the job that you knew

you shouldn't take, even though it looked good on the

surface or the relationship that just felt right for

you. That's your intuition talking to you.

Benefits: Gut feelings are a wealth of

information. Remember, your intuition is never wrong,

although your interpretation of it may be incorrect. When

your intuition calls to you, trust it. Practice makes

perfect when it comes to using your intuition effectively.

New Focus: The next time you need to make a decision, check

in with your intuition. Experiment with trusting it. When

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BIO:

Claudette Rowley, coach and author, helps professionals
identify and pursue their true purpose and calling in life.
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