The Circle of Life -- The Zodiac Signs and the New Moon's Journey
By
Rebecca Brents
from the Mailbox
Your web-site is as wonderful as ever.
A visitor to Enchanted Spirit
New Age -- New Horizons is our information-packed free ezine to keep you up-to-date on new articles, current astrology, classes, books, ebooks, tidbits, fun facts, and other interesting things here at Enchanted Spirit
View our current issue
New and Featured
Articles
Free Astrology Ebook
Free Tarot Ebook
Free Content for Webmasters
from the Mailbox
I love your ezines. I love your services. I love your site!!! I spend time there every day.
A Premium Member
Recommended Book from Amazon
Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by You?
By
Jordan Paul, Margaret Paul
 |
|
 |
Trust Your Instincts |
| Astrology, Tarot, and Self Improvement for the New Age. | |
      |
Astrology Tarot New Age (Home) / The Reading Room
Email This Page to a Friend
| Top 5 Sources Of Energy Drains | Helaine Iris Contents | What Are YOU Making It Mean? |
Are You a Writer? A Musician? A Photographer? An Artist?
Are you seeking a more meaningful, more focused creative dimension to life? Nourish your Inner Artist with our new creativity class. Answering Creativity's Call presents an hour and a half of lessons and lectures, packed with inspiration, information, strategies and support to help you be the creator you want to be and live the creative life you want to have. Learn more here: Creativity Class
Trust Your Instincts
by Helaine Iris
Astrology for Real Life
Tarot Readings that Make Sense
All written in plain English.
Available in our
Astrology and Tarot
Premium Membership Section
Discover the difference
knowledge and preparation
can make in your life!
Join our
Astrology and Tarot
Premium Membership
today!!
"Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself."
~ Oprah Winfrey ~Last week the unthinkable happened. A 17-year-old classmate of my daughter was killed in a fluke accident. Needless to say our whole family was shaken and saddened by this seemingly senseless event.
Allison's natural and healthy grieving was beginning to take its course as we began to deal with the reality at hand. Fortunately, she hasn't had many opportunities to deal with death in her young life. Dinner that night was painful; we had an understandably quiet and upset teenager trying to get through dinner, sinking deeper and deeper into a cacophony of feelings.
As her parent I knew it was up to me to comfort, support, provide wisdom and help her process this difficult experience, but how? It was time for me to intervene and I knew the first step was to embark on a conversation that would lead toward her healing.
As I started up the stairs to her room, my heart was in my throat and my thoughts overwhelming. "What would I say to her?" What do I know about grief? I don't have much experience with loss either. What if I burst into tears myself from feeling the pain my child is in?
As I rounded the corner and headed down the hall to her room I heard a voice from deep inside say, "trust your instincts, you'll know what to say". It stopped me dead in my tracks. "Trust my instincts"? Help! What does that mean?
In what felt like a lifetime, but was actually sixty seconds, I started to connect with my instincts.
Instincts are what urge us to respond, they are a powerful motivation or impulse. In this case my maternal need to comfort my child. Instincts are also the innate capability or aptitude we have to fulfill a task at hand, my being a good mother.
My instincts got me up the stairs, now what would I have to access to be a good and wise mother for my grieving daughter?
That was easy. I simply asked myself what she needed; space to share her feelings, someone to hold her while she cried, someone to tell her everything she was feeling was normal. These things actually come easy to me, I could do this.
Do you listen to and follow your instincts? Here are some tips for building and trusting your relationship with your instincts:
1. Learn to listen for your inner voice. The noise of your thoughts and fear often drown out your quiet voice within. Stop, breathe and see hat you can hear.
2. Trust your heart. Value what you are feeling as well as what you are thinking. The first step toward trusting your heart is acknowledging, and appreciating your conditioned trust in logic. Both qualities are essential and if you tend to rely on logic over heart, focus on building your heart strength.
3. Remember your personal strengths. What are you good at? Draw from this when you act.
4. And finally, as Billy Wilder said, "Trust your instincts. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of someone else's." It's your life to learn and grow from. As long as you adopt a learner's stance how far off can you really go?
I opened the door to my daughter's room. I took a deep breath and held out my loving arms to welcome her in. In the time we spent together sometimes talking, sometimes silent, and with a lot of tears from both of us, she began the healing process. By the end of our time we were both laughing and reliving wonderful memories she had of her classmate.
My instincts served me well, they served my daughter well and I am a more confident parent as we all continue to heal.
It's YOUR life--imagine the possibilities!
Helaine Iris is a Certified Life Coach She works with individuals, entrepreneurs, professionals, and leaders who want more out of life. People, who want to lead successful, balanced lives filled with love, passion and purpose. Are you ready to take a step that could change your life? For a complimentary session visit her website -- Path of Purpose Coaching or call her 603-357-8546 or email her helaine@pathofpurpose.com
All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn.
~ Iris Murdoch ~
Born July 15, 1919
| Top 5 Sources Of Energy Drains | Helaine Iris Contents | What Are YOU Making It Mean? |
Astrology Tarot New Age (Home) / The Reading Room
Please click on the titles to visit these fine areas of Enchanted Spirit
                            |
 | |
 |
PO Box 1080 Sandia Park · NM · 87047 |
| Enchanted Spirit is a non-denominational spiritual center of healing, support, self-improvement, personal guidance, education and writing. We publish multi-media works of New Age thought and information to encourage serenity and growth in individual life choices, advance the universal search for life's meaning, and promote tolerance for positive ideas from all philosophies and religious traditions, believing as we do that truth is where you find it. |
This site is hosted and maintained for Enchanted Spirit by
Catweasel Ink
Copyright © 1999 - 2008 by Enchanted Spirit and Catweasel Ink.
Contributed works copyright by their respective authors. All rights reserved.
Unauthorized reproduction specifically prohibited.
Last updated April 1st, 2004
Rebecca is not available
right now.
Please check back
later
CLICK HERE FOR
MORE INFO
Arrange a Call
Departments:
Astrology Coaching
Astrology
Astrology Readings
Tarot
Tarot Readings
Consultations
Members Only
Source Shop
Classes
The Enchanted Sprite
Catweasel's Toys
New Age Writers Forum
The Auditorium
In the Spotlight
Real Life Lines
Catweasel's Corner
Inspirational Ideals
Magical Mysteries
Feng Shui Feature
Numerology Notes
Health Hints
The Inner Sanctum
Family Matters
Words of Wisdom
Weblogs
The Reading Room
Oracles
Kaleidoscope
The Writer's Wellspring
Astrology Tarot
Recommended Book from Amazon
The Other 90% : How to Unlock Your Vast Untapped Potential for Leadership and Life
By
Robert K. Cooper
|
Learn Astrology
Learn Tarot
Astrology Readings
Tarot Readings
For the best in
Astrology and Tarot
Personal Development
Self-Improvement
New Age Living
visit
Enchanted Spirit
often!!