Join a community of growth-minded midlife women: https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/community/ This is Part one of a two-part series on learning to hear and trust your inner voice. In this episode, we’ll lay the foundation by exploring what inner wisdom can sound, feel, and look like, how to distinguish it from fear and conditioning, and the stages we move through as we develop self-trust. What if the next step in your growth isn’t finding more answers outside of yourself but learning to listen inward and hear your inner wisdom? If you want to heal, grow, become, and lead your life from your True Self, you need to learn how to recognize, develop, and trust your inner voice. But that can be easier said than done. There are so many voices competing for your attention: fear, old stories, conditioning, your inner critic, other people’s expectations, and the constant noise of the world around you. And when you’ve spent years looking outside yourself for answers, it can take time to learn what your wisdom actually looks, sounds, and feels like. In this episode, we’re laying the foundation for that work. We’ll explore what inner wisdom can look, sound, and feel like and how to begin discerning it from fear, urgency, conditioning, and habitual thought. You’ll also learn about: The conscious mind, subconscious mind, and unconscious mind.Or you can think about multiple sources of wisdom available to you as mind, heart, body, soul/True Self, and spirit.Why inner wisdom may show up as a deep knowing, a physical sensation, an image, a sudden thought, a sense of direction, or even a voice in your mind.The qualities that can help you recognize genuine wisdom: it tends to feel loving, grounded, clear, and powerful and it leads toward healthy, wise action.Why your conscious mind can quickly jump in with objections after you receive a piece of inner guidance and why capturing that wisdom immediately can help you develop self-trust.The difference between living from conscious awareness and recognizing the deeper patterns, beliefs, and intuition operating beneath the surface.The four stages of growth, from living on autopilot to having your True Self become your more natural way of being.Why awareness and self-compassion need to companion each other if you don't want to quit when you must navigate the uncomfortable parts of change.Why growth and healing aren’t linear, and how deeper self-trust can open the door to unexpected shifts in understanding and freedom.Why learning to listen inward is essential if you want to create a vision for your life that actually reflects you rather than what you’ve been conditioned to want. NOTE: In this episode I share the concept of the conscious mind being responsible for a very small percentage of your behaviour. The precise numbers cannot be proven. The point is to consider how much of your life is driven/motivated by beliefs and habits/patterns that you are not even aware of. And, how your agency and freedom expands when you do the work to bring awareness to some of these deeply rooted beliefs and patterns. The goal is to become more familiar with your own unique way of receiving wisdom, so you can begin trusting yourself, and walking in more freedom and joy. And the more you listen, the more you learn to distinguish your True Self from the voices that have been shaping your life for you. Ultimately, this is about creating a different relationship with yourself. One rooted in awareness, compassion, a commitment to messy practice, and the freedom to be who you truly are. So, what happens when you get quiet enough to listen? What has your inner wisdom been trying to tell you? And what would change if you learned to trust your inner wisdom and act on what you hear? Resources Registration for Autumn Session of the Brave + Beautiful Community is now open! Become a member. We begin our new session on October 12th. Connect with Krista: Instagram: @a_life_in_progressFacebook: @alifeinprogressca and @rebrandingmiddleageYouTube: @ALifeinProgressWebsite: alifeinprogress.ca Subscribe and Review If you loved this episode, hit subscribe and leave a review. Reviews help more growth-minded midlife women like you discover this show.
