Such a great follow up to your last post! 👏🏼 And it was neat to listen along. :)
Something a friend shared with me recently that really resonated is the concept of “small, safe experiments” that she and her husband practice. They’ll take a step in another direction and see how it feels; every time they do it, it’s more data to distinguish between those fears and help build the intuition muscle. I’m very much in the throes of this myself, so trying to remember this and glad I am not alone!
Thank you so much for reading (and for listening!) The voiceovers are fun to make, plus they're helping me not cringe (as much) at the sound of my own voice lol
I love that practice your friend shared with you. I think she's on to something there in terms of starting small to initially feel it out. I have a tendency to think of my decisions as finite - that if I choose to go in one direction, I have to jump in head first and stay the course. It's so limiting and makes trying new things scarier than it needs to be. I love that she and her husband are taking a different approach. I might have to give it a try!
These are all such good questions to ask ourselves. It feels like such a fine line sometimes - the fear of something because it’s new, and the fear because something isn’t right. And until you really figure out how to listen to your body, it feels hard to know the difference.
Such a great follow up to your last post! 👏🏼 And it was neat to listen along. :)
Something a friend shared with me recently that really resonated is the concept of “small, safe experiments” that she and her husband practice. They’ll take a step in another direction and see how it feels; every time they do it, it’s more data to distinguish between those fears and help build the intuition muscle. I’m very much in the throes of this myself, so trying to remember this and glad I am not alone!
Thank you so much for reading (and for listening!) The voiceovers are fun to make, plus they're helping me not cringe (as much) at the sound of my own voice lol
I love that practice your friend shared with you. I think she's on to something there in terms of starting small to initially feel it out. I have a tendency to think of my decisions as finite - that if I choose to go in one direction, I have to jump in head first and stay the course. It's so limiting and makes trying new things scarier than it needs to be. I love that she and her husband are taking a different approach. I might have to give it a try!
These are all such good questions to ask ourselves. It feels like such a fine line sometimes - the fear of something because it’s new, and the fear because something isn’t right. And until you really figure out how to listen to your body, it feels hard to know the difference.
It really is a fine line, you’re so right. I’m still getting the hang of listening to my body and intuition but hoping to get there someday.