the unknown

The unknown can be scary, leaving us feeling stuck in our past unable to take any action in the present moment.

We want to know that if we did A and B it would lead us to C.

We want to know what the outcome is going to be before we take the next step.

We want to know that we're going to be okay and not just okay, better than where we are now.

When we're in that place of wanting to know then we are not coming from our Higher Self.

Our Higher Self is curious about the unknown. It is curious about life. It is curious about what is going to happen. And it knows. It knows that no matter what, we are going to be okay.

When we are in that place of wanting to know the outcome, we are in a place of judgement, judgement that something good or bad can happen to us. We're also in a place of expectation. Expecting it to occur the way it has always occurred or expecting it to happen the way it happened to someone else because there is evidence for it. Both judgement and expectation put is in a place of predicting the future instead of allowing to unfold.

That’s why intuitive listening is a practice.

It’s a practice we keep returning to over and over again.

Noticing and letting go.

Noticing expectation and letting it go.

Noticing judgement and letting it go.

This requires practice. The kind of practice you do everyday, in the most mundane tasks, like letting go of judgement when you want a second serving or letting go of expectation when you're invited to the annual Christmas party. These might be mundane and ordinary but trust me when I tell you, in each of these choices we are steeped in history and fear. There is as much fear in eating the things we want to eat as there is in letting go of the job we hate to pursue a career we love.

Letting go takes practice. Tons of practice.

But once we get there, life will take on this magical feeling.

Then instead of worrying or wondering about what will happen, curiosity will come in. That level of curiosity brings excitement to our lives. We know that regardless of what happens that we will learn. We will gather our gold because we now have the tools to go within and see what part of ourselves shows up, who inside of us needs to be seen and heard. And as each new experience emerges, we discover more of who we are and integrate those aspects of ourselves into our whole self. We call our pieces back home to us with each new experience that reveals a childhood wound. This knowing that we have the tools to do this work allows us the freedom to step into the unknown knowing that we are capable of being with what comes our way.

True Story:

When I first started to trust my inner guidance system I practiced daily during my meals. Food and my body was one area in my life where control took over especially when I felt out of control in my life. I had been in a pattern of gaining 10 pounds every other year and unable to lose it no matter how hard I tried. I remember standing at my kitchen counter one day and just pleading with God to heal my relationship with food and my body. I was tired of going to bed feeling bad about myself and calling myself all sorts of names because I couldn't stick with a diet. I honestly believe that was the moment when my healing journey began.

I didn't realize in that moment how much I would be supported by the Universe to heal. Along the way the most amazing people in the form of professionals showed up in my life to help me heal. I say this because I know that this can be really challenging. With help, I began to listen to my body and eat the foods it wanted to eat and to the point of satisfaction. Trust me when I tell you that I was scared. I was scared to eat all the cookies I wanted to eat. I was scared every step of the way. Sometimes it came out with thoughts and actions about me and other times it came out in words, thoughts and actions about my children. For the first time in my life, over the course of 8 years, I had not gained weight. I stayed within two to five pounds of my weight through the years. And this is just my story. Your story may be different. You may need to gain weight if you've deprived yourself. Regardless, whatever shows up in the form thoughts and emotions, gets healed along the way.

Through the daily act of eating meals in the form of invitation which I will teach you here, I learned how to tune in, listen to and act on my inner guidance. I became in tune to what my body needed and how much it needed. And every once in a while I would want to lose weight, try to go on a diet just to feel how not in alignment my soul is to losing weight. My intention has always been to heal my relationship with food and my body. I wouldn't trade the freedom, unconditional love and beauty that I have found in the process for anything in the world, including weightless. I trust with my whole heart and soul that when the weight no longer serves me it will come off.

What would happen if we let go of all that history and the comfort and safety that comes with it and instead, let it all go, stepping into the unknown with a new sense of freedom? Knowing full well that no matter what happens, we're going to be alright? That we're going to grow and expand from taking action?

MY INVITATION TO YOU...

During your next meal practice tuning in, listening to and acting on your inner guidance. And then practice again during the next meal, and the next. I know this can be scary. But trust that you will be supported each step of the way. Notice what comes up and just be with it. See if you can be with all the fear that comes up in those moments. Set your intention to listen to, act on and trust your inner guidance. Soon you'll be aware of when you are not in alignment with that intention.