A simple tool for increasing self-trust in everyday moments.
When inner trust is raptured, it is challenging to show up. You can feel disconnected, helpless, and doubtful of your abilities.
In this post, I'll share an exercise to help you:
Connect with your inner guidance
Step toward repairing trust with yourself, and by extension others
Practice:
In any life moment, I invite you to pause and ask yourself: What do I do now as my trustworthy self?
Initially focus on small immediate actions.
Aim for ideas that feel trustworthy toward yourself - not what you think will appear trustworthy to someone else or win their affection or approval. The latter can cause you to bypass your needs, act out of integrity, and hurt your relationship with yourself and potentially others in the long run.
Once you have an idea of what you do as your trustworthy self, do one of:
Take the action. Notice how you feel.
If you're not ready to take the action, visualize taking it in detail step-by-step. If you expect certain obstacles, imagine overcoming them as your trusted self. You can journal about this fictional scenario, imagine it in your mind or both. Notice how you feel.
Rinse and repeat throughout the day.
Notice success:
Observe the impact this practice has on your life, as well as how you relate to yourself and the world around you.
If you get as far as reading about the exercise - perfect! You learn theory.
If you visualize, you create new blueprints for action.
If you take action, you test different possibilities... Or maybe discover you are already acting in ways that you can trust.
There is always room to go further. Part of the trip is the step you are on.
This post is not a replacement for therapy. If this tool doesn't resonate with you or if it brings up overwhelming emotions, set it aside or get support from a therapist or coach.
If you would like to work with me 1:1, you can book a session by filling out the contact form with any questions you may have.
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