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Do you want to live your life fully aligned with who you are?
Thinking with your heart is the way to go. Our mind is burdened with beliefs and habits that interfere with answers that are aligned with who we are. Our heart is more deeply connected to our soul. When you allow yourself to think with your heart and use the mind as the creative tool that it is meant to be, then you align yourself more fully with your soul.
How do we think with our hearts?
Once you have the answer share it with those involved in the situation. Help them to check in with their hearts. Then, when everyone feels an alignment, find a solution together.
It takes some courage to ask others to think with their heart but once you have experienced it for yourself a couple times, you are drawn to this alignment.
Two real-life examples:
I have started to listen to my heart on more and more occasions. I would like to share with you two examples to demonstrate how powerful it is.
As a coach I am occasionally being asked to give presentations for different events without financial compensation. This request comes from the brain. The organizers believe that they, their organizations, and their participants have no money.
When they ask me to spend my time and money, they feel very uncomfortable because in their heart they know this is not aligned with honoring me. Their brain reasons that it is less uncomfortable to deal with one person (me) than with all the participants. And creative as the brain is it feeds the organizers with a lot of arguments. Yet, the heart insists that it this is not aligned.
Example 1: I was asked to give a presentation for a horse association. They expected to draw 100 or more participants and they approached me to give a presentation without financial compensation. My heart said that this was not aligned with my soul.
To align this opportunity more fully, I offered a different viewpoint. If suggested they ask every participant for $5 per speaker than they would have an appropriate fee for their three presenters and it would only add a total of $15 to the registration fee. If they feel they couldn’t afford that, then they might want to look at the intention of the meeting and distribute their resources accordingly.
My request didn’t point them fully into their heart but it allowed me to stay in alignment with my heart by turning the financial responsibility back to them. The result was that the organizing committee discussed it and they offered me a fee.
Now it was up to me to check with my heart again. I realized that despite the money my heart wasn’t aligned with this opportunity. I didn’t feel the joy and excitement I needed to be an inspiring speaker. So I turned down the opportunity. I am grateful for this great opportunity to understand how to think with my heart around money.
Example 2:
The second example was a presentation for a handful of people. Same request, to give a presentation and not be financially compensated for the service. But in this case the organizer and I worked closely together, discussing possibilities by engaging our hearts, supported by a willingness to find a solution. Everyone felt aligned, heard, respected and inspired. The result was that the event was flowing with fun and ease.
When you allow yourself to think with your heart, you will find your life is changing significantly. It becomes brighter and a lot more nourishing. Start asking yourself, what does my heart know about this situation and listen to it.
If you like guidance in thinking with your heart, consider motivational coaching. You can schedule a free 15 min exploratory phone session just by calling me.
