Insights for the Savvy
Issue #20
April 2, 2004
Claudette Rowley
MetaVoice Coaching & Consulting
Insights for the Savvy gives career changers and entrepreneurs tools and tips for accessing their intuition, identifying their
true purpose, and creating success on their own terms.
Dear Friends,
Are you aware that your intuition can give you far more
information than your intellect ever could? To find out how
powerful your intuition is (YES, we all have it!), come join my
new teleclass Unleash the Power of Intuition: Learn to Access and Trust Your Own Inner Wisdom on Tuesday, April 20 from 7-8pm EST. During this class, you'll learn:
- How to recognize your intuition.
- Techniques to build your intuitive "muscle."
- The key component to making your intuition work for you.
To register and for more information, please visit http://www.metavoice.org/teleclass/intuition .
I'm also pleased to announce my new alliance with the Center for Entrepreneurial Growth
based in Bedford, Massachusetts. I'll be participating in
monthly laser coaching sessions through the center, and I'd love
to meet some of you out there who are established or aspiring
entrepreneurs. Please visit the CEG website for more information
on laser coaching dates and times, and to check out their other
great offerings.
My very best to you!
Claudette
Insight of the Month
“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the
adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in
change there is power.”
– Alan Cohen
The Magic of Change
Often when I ask new clients how they handle change, I hear
responses such as "I hate change!" or "I'm terrible at change."
It's very rare that someone says to me "I love change. When
change appears in my life, I just go with the flow."
Change is a part of life. In fact, some would say that
maintaining balance in the midst of change IS life. Change is
always happening. We only need to look at the natural world to
know this. Human life, like nature, ebbs and flows, lives and
dies, can erupt like a volcano and be as peaceful as the stream
burbling through your backyard. Yet so often we resist that
which is natural.
The "magic" in change is being present with it. Being present
with it means allowing it to be what it is. It's so easy to
resist change because it stimulates fear, it's unknown and we
feel out of control. However, you have the choice to allow
change rather than resisting it. Here's a sentence that often
helps me: "It is what it is, so it couldn't be different."
Keys to allowing:
Keep in mind that you don't have to like it; you just have to
allow it. Caveat: Often when we're told to ACCEPT a situation,
we think that means we have to like it. You don't have to
like it, you simply need to allow without judgment - your
thoughts, feelings, and actions. Observe your thoughts and emotions objectively. Observing
your thoughts and emotions heightens your awareness of
them. Rather than simply being "in" them, you can also be
conscious of them. Notice what you are resisting. You are in resistance when you
are thinking something "should be different than it is." I
want to make a distinction here. Often at work or in our
personal lives, we see situations that definitely need to be
addressed or improved. Here's the subtle difference where
change is involved: When you notice something that you think
should be different, first allow it. It is what it is. From a
place of acceptance, you can choose whether to take action,
say what needs to be said or do nothing. Refrain from judgment - judgment of yourself, others or
situations. The moment you judge yourself, another person or a
situation, you are in resistance and not present. The trick
here is to keep noticing and observing any judgment. We are
socially conditioned to judge, so most of do it unconsciously
much of the time. Caveat: It's easy to start judging yourself
for judging. That's your mind looking for a way to take you
out of presence. It's a common occurrence, so be attentive to
it.
One of the easiest ways to live is from consciousness - being
present in each moment and aware of your thoughts, feeling and
actions. Change is part of the flow of life. Resisting it won't
stop it; nothing will. You're as likely to prevent change as
you are to stop ocean tides. Allow for change, allow it to be
what it is. That's the magic.
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Now It's Your Turn
Here's What You Need To Know
Different Voices
"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies
your right to grow." - Alice Walker "Surrender is surrender to this moment, not to a story through
which you interpret this moment and then try to resign yourself
to it." - Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks
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Insights for the Savvy is written and produced by
Claudette Rowley. If you have questions or comments, please send
them to info@metavoice.org. To
find out more about Claudette and her coaching services, visit http://www.metavoice.org or call 781.676.5633.
Copyright 2002-2004, Claudette Rowley. All Rights Reserved.
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