MMM… New Moon magick and dreaming for the fun of it

MMM… New Moon magick and dreaming for the fun of it

Sent Monday 20th February 2023

MAGICK, MASTERY AND MOMENTUM

with Rebecca Anuwen

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Today is the New Moon in Pisces.
The New Moon reminds us of the importance of resting, slowing down, or at least taking a breath. And it’s the perfect time to connect in with your inner wisdom to listen for its guidance.

The moon is currently moving through the sign of Pisces, the final sign of the zodiac. As it moves through Pisces it reminds us that things must come to an end so that new things can emerge.

One of my favourite aspects of the energy of Pisces is that it can help us connect us to our dreams, imagination and inspiration – this is the home of your power and magick, and yet aspects of ourselves that we can be quick to overlook or dismiss.

So, today we use the MMM’s to take a pause and reconnect to you the value of your imagination and dreaming.

1. Magick: Something for you to journal about

What do you need to release to find more peace?

We can often focus on doing more or becoming more efficient so that we can get more done and become more productive.

Even though the science tells us, and our bodies wish we’d remember, that we can actually get more done after resting, and feel so much better about it too.

When we create more space we can reconnect to what’s really important to us.

When we make this space the magick happens.

 

★ Tip: What can you quit this week? What can you consciously decide not to do, so that you create space for yourself to breathe and reconnect to your magick and what’s actually important to you.

2. Mastery: Something for you to think about

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” – ― Henry David Thoreau.”

Making the time to reconnect to your imagination and simply daydream about whatever delicious vision you feel called to dream into, is a wildly powerful thing to do.

Now isn’t a time for working out the ‘how’ you will make your dreams happen or as Thoreau said putting ‘the foundations under them’, that comes with the First Quarter Moon energy next week.

Right now is a time to dream, and with that Piscean energy, let yourself dream as big and deep as your imagination will let you, it will never be ‘lost’ or wasted time.

Notice if any resistance comes up for you as you prioritise daydreaming today. If so, where does that resistance/judgment come from?

Can you give yourself permission to spend 5-minutes daydreaming for no other reason than it’s fun and nourishing for your soul and creative self?

 

★ Tip: You can daydream with your imagination, by creating art, journaling, playing an instrument, moving your body… Dream in anyway that feels good to you!.

3. Momentum: Action for you to take

Connect with your intuition

Take some time to connect with your intuition.

What message does your higher-self have for you?

During this New Moon, focus on asking questions around:

    • How to make a deeper connection to your spiritual self
    • How to connect to your sacred purpose
    • What you need to focus on to recharge your spiritual energy
    • What you need to leg go of
    • What needs healing in your life

To find these answers you could:

    • Journal
    • Use your favourite tool of divination
    • Meditate

    ★ Tip: if you’d love to become more confident interpreting the messages from your intuition, join me for my Introduction to Charm Casting class this Thursday.

    I’d love to know which of the three MMM’s you’re going try so that you can dream more, come and let me know over in our community.

    With love and New Moon magick!

    Rebecca xo

    PS Don’t forget that if you want to learn how to use Charm Casting as a fun way of connecting with your intuition, join me this Thursday on my intro course: Join me for this live class

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    Today on the A Pinch of Magick podcast I’m joined by author and tarot deck creator Alice Grist.

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    In this episode we discuss:

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    • The common misconceptions of the tarot
    • Misogyny and racism around the tarot
    • Why people (and society) fear the tarot
    • How tarot has put women in places of spiritual power and leadership, whilst many traditional institution still denied women these places
    • Alice’s experience of living each card
    • Using the tarot to connect with your intuition and learn to trust yourself
    • Tarot as a tool for personal empowerment
    • Signs and symbolism all around us
    • Using oracle cards with the tarot
    • Alice also shares her favourite and most used decks, as well has handy tips on how to find the perfect deck for you

    About Alice

    Author, tarot deck creator and expert. Alice has been working with tarot for thirty years and most recently co-created the new international deck Rebel Heart Tarot. Alice reads and teaches tarot internationally.

     

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    Today on the A Pinch of Magick podcast Dee Norman, author of Burn a Black Candle: An Italian American Grimoire, returns to the show to talk about all things related to intuition and divination.

     

    We discuss:

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    • What it was like growing up in a household that ‘quietly’ acknowledged your intuitive skills
    • How many people grew up having their intuitive dismissed, so disconnected from it
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    References:

    Burn a Black Candle: An Italian American Grimoire.
    Etsy Shop: Black Candle Cottage
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    About Dee Norman

    Dee Norman is the author of Burn a Black Candle: An Italian American Grimoire (coming September 2022).

    She is an artist and witch who grew up in her family’s Italian American magical tradition and has been a student of cartomancy since the Mid-eighties.

    Throughout the past 20 years, she has been creating and presenting workshops on Tarot, Lenormand, and a variety of practical magical topics.

    She has been a professional card reader since 1997 with clients around the globe. She has hunted ghosts in Australia and the US, has been a high priestess for three teaching covens, and is the creator of the Occult Observatory, the largest active club of its kind on Clubhouse.

    A lifelong student and teacher, her focus of study is on esoteric art, practical and ritual magic, and grimoires.

    She lives in Spring Hill, TN with her beloved partner, madcap daughter, and a pampered dog named Halloween Jack.

     

    Connect

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    Blog: www.blackcandlecottage.com/blog

    Instagram@blackcandlecottage

    Facebook: @italianamericanwitchcraft

    Mastodon: @blackcandlecottage@witches.live
    Hive: @blackcandle 

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    A feather background representing how to recognise messages from the universe

    I often get asked how to spot messages from the universe. It can be confusing as you can receive messages from the universe in so many different ways.

    To start with, know that you’re most likely to receive messages via your dominant sense.

    If you’re not sure what your dominant sense is, think about the sense that you enjoy the most or the one that is the first to become overwhelmed.

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    Messages from the universe could come to you via:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

    ☁️ Day dreams⠀⠀⠀

    🎲 Divination
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    🌳 Images you see in the clouds, trees, art – anywhere really⠀
    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
    ✍️ Journaling
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    💬 Overheard conversations⠀
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    🎶 Music lyrics or song titles
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    1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ Repeating numbers⠀
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    🌸 Smells that remind you of something or someone⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

     

    ✋ Messages from the universe never:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

    🛑 Make you feel unnecessarily uncomfortable⠀
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    😡 Speak badly about you or another person⠀⠀
    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
    🤕 Tell you to hurt yourself or another person/creature⠀

     

     

    TRY THIS:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
    ➡️➡️ Start your day by asking to receive a message of guidance via the third song you hear today.

    The message could then come from the lyrics in the song, the name of the song, the artist or even what you associate with the song. 🎶🎵🎧⠀

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    You can wait to see what the third song you hear throughout the day is – songs from any source – or you could shuffle your music player and see what comes up for you.

     

    💬 I received a message this morning via a podcast I was listening to. I was just thinking about a question I had about a dream, wondering if the people I met in the dream were my ancestors.

    At the exact moment I thought the question, the person on the podcast, which had nothing to do with spirituality or ancestors, said ‘… connecting to your ancestors…’

    I simply smiled and said ‘thank you’.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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    Messages really can come from anywhere!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

    ✨ Be curious, that’s where the magick is found! ✨

    Learn to trust yourself and the messages you receive:

    AWAKEN YOUR INTUITION

    Trust yourself as you develop a clear understanding of how your intuition speaks to you and have confidence to act on it

    10 Reasons to Start Charm Casting Today

    10 Reasons to Start Charm Casting Today

    Charm casting is a form of divination that uses small charms and trinkets, often items you have laying around the house.

    You then cast these charms upon a surface to connect with your inner wisdom and tap into your  intuition.

    If you haven’t tried charm casting yet, you really should!

     

    Here’s my top 10 reasons why you should start Charm Casting today:

     

    1. It doesn’t need any special equipment.

    You can just use any random objects you find around the house.

     

    2. Readings are truly meaningful to you.

    Each charm used has it’s own unique meaning to you, so that you can get very personalised readings, as opposed to just reading a guidebook.

     

    3. Your charm set grows with you.

    There are no limits. As you and your interests change, your charm set will change to reflect this.

     

    4. There are no rules.

    Guidelines yes, but hard and fast rules no. So you can make a practice that’s as unique as you are.

    5. It helps you learn to trust yourself.

    The more you connect with, and use, your charms, you trust the messages they give you. You stop looking for external validation, as you know how to give it to yourself.

    6. It develops your intuition.

    As you learn to trust yourself more, you trust your intuition more. You trust yourself and your intuition in far more than just your readings. You trust your intuition about people, choices etc.

    7. It expands your creativity.

    There’s no limit on how you can use your charms. Use them on a desk, on a casting map you’ve designed, with your tarot and oracle cards… anything goes.

    8. It’s easy.

    You can simply draw one charm for guidance.

    9. I mean it’s really easy.

    You could even just get a message from a pebble or leaf on the floor.

    10. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: It’s fun!

    It’s so fun to do, and even more fun when you find meaningful charms – for example I have lots of Lego mini figures I use to get messages from the characters lol

    If you want to join in the fun you can get your copy on Amazon:

    And if you want to put together your own charm kit, check out my Etsy shop

    Awakening Your Intuition

    Awakening Your Intuition

    Today I want to share something from my book Charm Casting, I think it’s an important reminder:

     

    Everyone can access their intuition. Absolutely everyone. No exceptions.

     

    Some people find connecting to their intuition easier than others do, but it’s a skill that can be learnt and practised. And the more you practise, the easier it becomes.

    You may doubt your intuition because its quiet whispers are drowned out by the doubts, fears and overwhelm of everyday life. It may also be hard to hear the voice of your intuition because you’ve long since forgotten how to truly trust yourself.

    We’ve spent much of our lives hearing the world we live in try to convince us that other people know what we need better than we do. The quiet voices of our intuition get drowned out by our fast-paced lives and by instant gratification. They get overwhelmed by the constant stream of other people telling us what to do, how to behave and what’s true.

    Our current society rarely values the gifts of our intuitive selves.

    Intuition can’t be measured, so it isn’t seen as productive. It’s perceived as having less value than something that’s tangible and provable. Intuition lies in the realms of the mysteries: that which can’t be explained or rationalised. We’ve been taught to fear what we can’t explain or control, yet our intuition is at once our greatest strength and our way to access our inner power. It helps us to navigate our inner landscapes, so we can navigate the outer landscapes with more grace, ease and flow.

    As you work with your charms, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of, and access to, your intuition. And just like with a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger your intuition becomes.

    To start with, you may feel rusty. You may feel that you’re doing it wrong. But the truth is that you can’t get this wrong. In fact, many people who start working with their intuition find that the most difficult part is that there is no right or wrong way to do it.

    We human beings love rules. We’ve been taught that rules keep us safe. And while many rules do exactly that, some can limit us – stifling our growth and expression. We live in a world that’s governed by rules. We’re taught that there’s a right way and wrong way to do everything. We strive for success and we fear failure. We want to achieve. We value getting there quickly and directly, not having time to waste.

    And intuition is almost the polar opposite of ALL these things.

     

    There’s no wrong way to access your intuition.

    There are no hard and fast rules. There’s guidance, yes, but it’s only guidance.

    We’ve grown accustomed to following the rules. We want to get things right and we’re afraid to get them wrong.

    But when you step into the mysteries, the home of your intuition, you’re no longer governed by the same rules or structures. At first, that can feel confusing.

    As you awaken your intuition, though – as you learn to trust your inner voice and interpret the language of your soul – you’ll experience a greater sense of inner freedom. You’ll feel more connected to your inner power. You’ll feel more confident in who you are and how you show up in the world.

    But to do this, you need to embrace the mysteries – the mysteries you were taught to fear, and may indeed once have feared. When you embrace those mysteries, you’ll realise that they’re where you actually hold your greatest strength. They’re where your greatest source of confidence, courage and inner knowing lie.

    Then, once you activate your intuition, you’ll step into a world of learning to trust both yourself and the messages from your soul. When you can do this, you’ll stop seeking external validation. You’ll stop holding back because of fears and old conditioning.

    Once you begin to trust yourself and your intuition, your whole life changes. You start making EVERY choice you face in a way that aligns with your soul purpose. You make it from a place of inner power and confidence – a place of knowing that you have your own back.

    You develop a clarity and a confidence that you can face anything that comes your way. You start creating your life from a place of conscious alignment, rather than from habit.

    There’s no doubt that as you begin to awaken your intuition, your life will change. And it will change in a really wonderful, empowering way.

    People think that charms will ‘give you the answers’. The truth is that they’ll actually help you to find your own answers. They’ll help you to remember the power and wisdom that you’ve always had.

    To quote Glinda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz: “You always had the power, my dear. You just had to learn it for yourself.”


    If you’re ready to make a deeper connection with your intuition, charm casting is a potent form of divination to explore.

     

    Charm Casting – Your guide to using everyday objects to connect with your intuition

    Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Charm-Casting-Rebecca-Anuwen/dp/B08STSRW3R

    Amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Charm-Casting-Rebecca-Anuwen/dp/B08STSRW3R/

    Charm Casting: The Book by Rebecca Anuwen

    Charm Casting: The Book by Rebecca Anuwen

    My latest book;

    Charm Casting:
    Your guide to using everyday objects to connect with your intuition

    is now available on Amazon and kindle ?

    If you follow me on Instagram, you know I’m slightly obsessed by charms and using them as a form of divination, so I’m delighted to bring this book to you for anyone that wants to become obsessed too!…. I mean, anyone who’d like to learn more about this fabulous way of connecting with your intuition.

    I love charm casting because of its simplicity.

    You can create your own charm casting set, just with things you already have around your home.

    In the book, I take you through a step-by-step process, so that you’ll be able to confidently interpret the messages from your charms, and earn to trust yourself and your intuition more deeply.

     

    The Book Covers:

    • What charms you need to get started, and how to collect them,
    • Preparing to work with your charms,
    • How to use your charms,
    • Guidance on interpreting their messages
    • What to do after you’ve cast your charms
    • The storage and cleansing of your charms

    There are also 8 full colour casting maps (designs you can cast your charms onto) included in the book.

    If you want to learn more about charm casting visit the charm casting resource area here

    Rebecca-Anuwen helps you let go of your need for rules so you can go deep. Guiding you to use your lived experience to access the magic of the charms which is in fact, your own inner wisdom. Ruby Toad


    Learning to charm cast from Rebecca-Anuwen has been fantastic. I love her enthusiasm for it and how it’s allowed me to connect with and tap into my intuition more directly. The practice has helped carry my connection with my inner knowing into other areas of my life which is a life changing thing.” Allison Brodeur

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    Why You Need to Start Putting Yourself First, and How to Do It

    Why You Need to Start Putting Yourself First, and How to Do It

    As you start to listen for your intuition, it can feel overwhelming at first. Your senses become more aware and heightened and you start to notice all of the different feelings, and even twinges, in your body.

    We’ve spoken before about how to tell the difference between these feelings, and to make sure that the messages you receive are from your intuition and not your fear.

    As your awareness grows, it’s good to remind yourself that this is a practice, and with practice everything becomes easier.

    I often think about when I first learnt to drive a car (a manual one). To start with, trying to find the gears was clunky. I’d look to see where the gear stick was, and I’d have to consciously remember where the indicator was to make sure I didn’t turn the windscreen wipers on by mistake….

    But very quickly, it all became very normal, and I didn’t need to look where things were. I just knew.

    The same is true with your intuition, at first it might seem clunky, and considered, but very quickly, you just know.

    To help you step into the energy of ‘just knowing’, it’s important that you can fill yourself up with your essence, so that you know what’s yours, and what’s not; what feelings, dreams and desires are yours, and what you’ve ‘absorbed’ from the people and the world around you.

    Being a British woman, I love to say the following, as it’s most definitely not what most of us have been taught here in the UK, and that’s:

     

    YOU NEED TO BE FULL OF YOURSELF

     No doubt some of the people who read that reacted and judged it.

    Of course they did.

    And yet, any discomfort aside, you do need to give yourself permission to become full of yourself.

    To give yourself permission to take up space with ALL of you; your thoughts, feelings, dreams, desires, and your physicality.

    We’re conditioned to in the UK; not getting too big for our boots, in the US; not to get too big for your britches, and Australia they have tall poppy syndrome. No doubt every country has something similar.

    All of these sayings and beliefs are there to encourage people to play small, be accommodating, and be selfless.

    ‘Selfless’. Selfless is made to sound virtuous… but really ‘self-less’… why on earth is it celebrated to be without your self?

    When surely it’s the very act of being your-self, your whole self, that makes you the incredible person that you are, the incredible, fully-expressed person you have the potential to be?

     

    Now being full of yourself, doesn’t mean that you become a horrible person and never care about anyone ever again.

    But it does mean that you become discerning about your own needs, and how you use your time, energy, and resources.

    It does mean that you get used to prioritising your needs, over the needs, and comfort, of other people. Of course, there will be compromises, and times where you do put others first, but these become the conscious choice; the exception, and not the expectation.

    Another reason it’s soooo important to be FULL OF YOURSELF, is from an energetic perspective.

    I’ve spent the last 20+ years working with the energy therapy, Kinesiology.

    I’ve worked with 1000’s and 1000’s of clients, mainly women, and without question, there’s a pattern.

    The women who don’t believe in themselves, or who don’t trust themselves, or don’t know what they truly want from life, or have lost connection with their dreams, desires, and inner power, the women who aren’t full of their own essence, are full of other people’s judgments and expectations.

    And yes, that’s as horrid as it sounds!

    When you aren’t full of your own hopes and dreams, there’s space in your body and energy, for you to hold the energetic judgements and expectations of others.

    This then muddies the waters of what you do want, as it gets blurred by the energy and desires of other people.

    If you’ve ever made a decision, and then ended up doubting yourself and not taking action, your own clarity has been muddied by the energy of other people.

    For you to be focused, aligned, and on-purpose, and for you to be able to hear your intuition with clarity and confidence, it’s essential that you become full of yourself, and not a shell of a person, trying to live up to everyone else’s expectations.

     

    Think about where you might not be showing up fully in your life.

    Are there any places in your life where you play small to make other people feel more comfortable, or to avoid being judged?

    Although you may not become ‘full of yourself’ overnight, you will start to notice where you aren’t full of your own hopes, dreams and desires, and that’s a powerful start. Because, once you notice, you start to unravel those old stories and patterns, creating the space to re-write your own stories and consciously choose how you respond to life, rather than react.

    You create the space to be able to hear your intuition so that you can make choices that are right for you, rather than choices that harm you.

    How your body responds differently to intuition and trauma

    How your body responds differently to intuition and trauma

    I want to talk about the difference between fear and trauma responses in your body and your intuition.

    When you start to listen for your intuition, you become more aware of the feelings and sensations in your body.

    Not all of these sensations will be your intuition.

     

    So how can you tell the difference?

    People can often struggle to understand what’s their intuition, and question whether they were receiving intuitive guidance or if it was something different.

    Every moment of the day, your body is giving you feedback.

    Many of these messages come from life experiences and are designed to keep you safe.

    However, a trauma or experience that happened in the past may be stored in your body as fear. Then, every time you encounter a similar situation, your body goes into super protection mode, sending you messages that you aren’t safe.

    When you receive these messages, you may interpret them as your intuition telling you that this person is ‘bad’ and to be avoided, or that an opportunity isn’t right for you.

    When you start to work with your intuition, it’s essential to get to know yourself really well.

    You need to learn to regulate your nervous system so that you can tell the difference between an emotional encounter and the wisdom of your intuition.

    Helping to regulate your nervous system is as simple as giving yourself a moment to take a breath.

    When you feel something that could be your intuition, notice the sensation you feel.

    Where do you feel it in your body?

    How emotionally charged does it – and do you – feel?

    If you do feel charged, take a couple of slow deep breaths and exhale fully.

    Witness the feeling, then become present in your body and breathe through it.

    How do you feel now?

    Close your eyes, put your hand on your heart and remind yourself that you’re safe.

     

    Keep a record

    Start to keep a record of anything you think is your intuition.

    Note down how the message felt,

    • Where did you feel it in your body?
    • Was it accompanied by any emotion
    • What happened when you listened to the ‘intuition’?
    • What was the outcome of taking action on what you thought was your intuition?

    Keeping a record of these things will help you to untangle the messages of your emotions, stored trauma and fear, and your actual intuition.

     

    Clarity

    You’ll be able to clearly identify if the information you received was an intuitive hit, or if a situation triggered you to feel an emotionally charged reaction.  

    You may do the same when it comes to making a choice, especially one that would require you to step out of your comfort zone.

    You may feel the answer is not to take the opportunity. But it could be fear. You could be intellectualising the reason why you shouldn’t do it, and thinking it’s your intuition guiding you.

     

    Intuition is subtle and nuanced.

    In my experience, if there are highly charged emotions attached to the guidance you receive from your body, that’s not your intuition.

    People have spent most of their lives ignoring their intuition because they didn’t actually know what it was, let alone being able to interpret and trust the messages.

    And humans can often love drama. It’s loud and exciting – and in an already noisy world – we can hear it.

    So it’s easy to think that the loud message you heard was your intuition talking to you.

    But hearing your intuition and interpreting its messages, are skills.

    It’s a practice.

    It’s not glamorous or exciting. Instead, it’s a practice that refines your ability to listen for the subtle messages coming from your body and the quality of your energy.

     

    Pay attention to the quality of the messages you receive

    Pay particular attention to the messages that appear neutral and not charged. The ones that are quieter and easier to overlook, are the information that you can more often trust.

    It’s not exciting. It’s just a clear inner-knowing.

    It’s not numb or suppressed. That energy is still charged, but negatively.

    Instead, pay attention and become aware of the energy, information, and messages that are ‘clean’ and clear.

     

    A person I knew, made a significant life-changing decision based on their intuition.

    Except it wasn’t their intuition.

    When I asked them why they thought it was their intuition, they said that they could feel the excitement – like butterflies in their stomach.

    When we dived a bit deeper, it became clear to them that it hadn’t been their intuition guiding them, but fear. They desperately needed a change. What they were feeling was desperation and the hope that this change might be the one they so needed in their life.

    Except it wasn’t.

    That’s not to say that your intuition won’t speak to you as excitement.

    But make sure that you’re clear on how your intuition does speak to you.

    When you do receive a message, slow down. Take a moment to check in with how you feel and how the message feels, and then see if it’s your intuition or an emotional response.

    Tap into your intuition to make better decisions in life

    Tap into your intuition to make better decisions in life

    Tap into your intuition to make better decisions in life

    Let’s face it, it can be hard to know what we really want.

     

    I’ve had way too many women burst into tears when I’ve asked them that exact question.

     

    “What do you want?”

     

    Whether it’s life purpose questions, what they want to do at the weekend, or even what movie they want to watch.

     

    They’re so used to prioritising the needs of others; children, partners, parents, co-workers, friends…. they’ve become disconnected from what they really want.

     

    Their desires silenced under the noise of judgements, ‘should’s’, and expectations.

     

    Not wanting to let other people down, wanting to be seen as a ‘good’ person, not wanting to be seen as selfish, the list goes on and on as to why people get disconnected from hearing their inner wisdom and desires.

     

    The noise, overwhelm, and mixed messages that women receive can create inner turmoil and confusion. Be confident, but not too confident, be clever, but not too clever, be powerful, but not too powerful, be sexual, but not too sexual…

     

    Playing small to keep other people comfortable. Not speaking up in case it upsets or offends someone. Not asking for what you need in case it inconveniences others.

     

    So instead of trusting her inner desires, or hearing her inner wisdom, she can barely hear their messages. She gets busy contorting herself to meet other people’s expectations and desires.

     

    As she gets busier, her inner voice gets quieter, until it’s a distant memory, a slight twinge of knowing that’s easy to ignore.

     

    In quiet moments, she knows something doesn’t feel right, but rather than ask herself what she really needs, she doesn’t have time, and certainly doesn’t want to explore how much she’s betrayed herself and turned her back on her needs, instead, she takes on more responsibility and numbs the pain with her crutch of choice; scrolling through social media, gossip, shopping, food or ‘wine o’clock’.

     

    Under this weight of expectations and judgements it can be hard to choose what you want, over what you feel you should do to fit in or please others.

     

    There’s no doubt that sometimes it can feel easier to ignore that intuitive nudge, and that quiet inner knowing, rather than speak up or ‘rock the boat’.

     

    It’s easy for the mind to become overwhelmed with information.

     

    But it’s time to try something new.

     

    A way that prioritises you and your needs.

     

    Because from experience, we know the other way leads to frustration, resentment, overwhelm and burnout, and that’s no fun for anyone!

     

    Instead, it’s time to start to reconnect with awe and wonder.

     

    With opportunities and possibility.

     

    Instead of trying to think your way through a situation, start to feel it.

     

    Let the openness of curiosity lead you to where you want to be.

     

    Place your hand over your heart and ask yourself:

     

    “What do I want?”

     

    Not what you think you should want, or what other people want for you, but what do you want?

     

    Then ask yourself:

     

    “What do I need to do today to be fulfilled?”

     

    Ask yourself these questions everyday.

     

    You may not have the answer immediately but keep asking.

     

    Get quiet, ask the question, and become curious to the quiet whisper you hear.

     

    Create the space for that whisper or quiet nudge to get louder, and louder, until you’re clear what voice is yours, and what voices are the external expectations and desires of other people.

     

    This process is important as of course you’re asking a question to get an answer.

     

    But it’s also important because you’re giving yourself a moment of sacred pause, a moment to turn inwards and actually ask yourself what you want and need.

     

    You’re taking a moment to cut through the noise and listen to yourself.

    A moment to connect with yourself to hear your inner wisdom.

     

    A moment to help you make better choices, that are aligned with what you actually want and desire.

     

    And if that fails, toss a coin.

     

    Yes really!

     

    Years ago, I was on a training and the teacher said that when she can’t decide what to do, she tosses a coin.

     

    I was surprised, I didn’t have her down as someone who would leave decisions up to chance in such a way.

     

    She then went on to explain…

     

    She doesn’t ‘do’ what she assigned to the coin’s ‘heads’ or ‘tails’, but she uses it to watch her immediate response, her intuitive wisdom.

     

    She might not initially know what she wants, but as soon as the coin ‘tells’ her what to do, she immediately feels relief at a ‘yes’ because that’s what she wants to do.

     

    Or a resistance to the coin’s answer, in that case she knows that she wants the other option.

     

    She used the coin to help her bypass her mind and get clear on what she really wanted.

     

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