Insights for the Savvy

Issue #22

June 4, 2004

Claudette Rowley
MetaVoice Coaching & Consulting

In This Issue...

• Note from Claudette

• Here's What You Need to Know - Teleclasses, NEW intuitive consultations and other resources

• Insight of the Month: Write Your Way to New Possibilities

• Now It's Your Turn

• Quotes from Different Voices

We're enjoying a beautiful spring here in New England. I don't know about you, but spring seems to always be a time of change for me! And I'm excited to fill you in on my newest change: I'll now be offering intuitive consultations in addition to my coaching services.

Intuitive consultations can be particularly helpful if you are:

• Feeling stuck
• Contemplating change
• Have arrived at a crossroads.

Vibrantly yours,

Claudette

Here's What You Need To Know

• If you enjoy this month's article, you'll LOVE my teleclass - Unleash the Power of Intuition: Learn How to Access and Trust Your Own Inner Wisdom. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.metavoice.org/teleclass/intuition/. During this interactive class, you'll learn:

• How to recognize your intuition and the variety of forms it can take.

• Techniques to build your intuitive "muscle." Intuition is a skill that can be developed like any other.

• The importance of trusting your "gut" - this is the key component to taking action on the messages you receive from your intuition. It's ACTING on your intuition that generates results in your life.

• NEW Intuitive Consultations! Are you feeling stuck? Could you use some guidance on a particular issue? An intuitive coaching session can be just what you need to move over that hump. E- mail me at claudette@metavoice.org for more information and to schedule your session.

• Order your copy of A Guide to Getting It: A Clear, Compelling Vision today! Click here for more information and to order http://www.metavoice.org/book

• For a list of articles available for free reprint, send e-mail to articles@metavoice.org, or visit my website at http://www.metavoice.org.

Insight of the Month

Write Your Way To New Possibilities

When you attempt to solve a problem or answer a question, much of your thought process is based on past experiences, negativity and your conscious or unconscious belief systems about yourself and the world. These can hinder your ability to identify the wide range of options available to you. Intuitive writing taps into the information that lies below the surface of your conscious thought.

What makes writing such a powerful tool for reflection and the discovery of new possibilities?

• Writing makes the invisible visible. At any one time, you have a myriad of thoughts, ideas and insights lodged in your mind, waiting to be released. Writing is one way to let your thoughts flow, to take you wherever you need to go.

• Writing assists you in putting aside your internal censor as long as you put aside any self-judgment when you begin to write. Refrain from judging how "well" you're writing or from critiquing the ideas that show up on the paper. Instead write to think, write for the fun of it, write to relieve confusion. Sometimes the writing mind slips by the internal censor and accesses what the thinking mind cannot.

• Writing is a process of reflective thinking or self-observation. It puts you in touch with emotions or thoughts of which you might not be aware. Plunging into a problem on paper, you may suddenly see a solution clearly.

• Writing is a form of creativity, and creativity is one of the best antidotes to mental or emotional confusion and burn-out. When you feel like you've thought a problem to death, stop thinking. Turn to creativity and engage the right side of your brain. And allow the answers to come to you.

Try this exercise:

Intuitive Writing

Find a quiet place and a 15 to 20-minute block of time. Sit down with a sheet of paper and a favorite pen or pencil. Think of an important question you'd like to answer. The question can be about anything - the sky is the limit.

Clear your mind of everything but the question itself. Write out your question on the paper. And let your hand - NOT your head - begin to form an answer. This is an exercise in intuitively connecting with yourself. You will begin to see that "thinking" of an answer is not always to the most effective way to gather information.

Suspend your judgment about your answer. Let yourself go! Let your creativity and intuitive sense answer the question for you. If this is a new way of thinking for you, this intuitive state of being may feel uncomfortable or awkward. Let yourself feel uncomfortable and give yourself the space to practice the exercise a few times. It will become more familiar and you will begin to see RESULTS! Some people find that they hone this intuitive approach more quickly and comfortably when they write for 15 minutes each day for a week or two.

One client shared this example of her success with intuitive writing. In the process of overcoming a fear of speaking in public, she joined a local speaking club and was about to give her first speech. As the date of the speech grew closer, she prepared by sitting down for brief intuitive writing sessions. She would ask herself questions such as, "Will my speech go well?" She repeatedly received affirmative answers to questions like these. She was able to give her speech with much more confidence, and with the understanding that her fear was ungrounded in any present reality.

Next time you are stuck or searching for the answer to an important question, give writing a try. Move past any confusion or resistance you feel by putting pen to paper. Observe your thoughts, emotions and desires on paper - let your own unique brilliance emerge! By cultivating a regular writing habit, you'll gain access to new parts of yourself and tap into your creativity and intuition - the best problem solvers of all.

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Now It's Your Turn

• What's a question on your mind right now? Write it down and reserve some time in the next day or two to do some intuitive writing. You may be surprised by what you hear.

Different Voices

• "I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card; when nothing has seemed worth enduring for another five minutes...and somehow the activity of writing changes everything." - Joyce Carol Oates

• "I always listen for what I can leave out." - Miles Davis

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