Why Embodied Self-Trust is The Ultimate ‘Proven Strategy’
Business — and by business here I mean the self-employed journey — has been the one area in my life where I constantly felt the need to follow “expert” advice.
Anything else or less wasn’t enough.
What I sensed, what I knew deep inside, wasn’t enough.
Which is weird because I’m no stranger to taking bold, audacious, (arguably reckless) actions led by intuition.
BUT.. when it came to my own biz? ehmmm…not so much.
Just recently, I realized why.
Here was my inner story, my narrative (the deeper truth running the show):
“I can only be bold if I do what experts say. They’ve succeeded at what I want. They’re expert at it. So I can trust them.”
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“I can’t trust myself here. This is rational, logical stuff. And I’m not good at that. My intuition and gut don’t get a say in this.”
I was overriding my inner cues because business was the one area where I felt the least competent.
My own advice couldn’t be trusted. I’d always been an employee — what did I know about self-employment?
If the expert said: Go left, I’d go left.
Even if deep inside I was like: “ahhh but I really wanna go right!!!”
Looking back now, I can see that every time, my body and my inner GPS were sending me signals. Messages. Trying to say:
“Hey… we wanna go here, not there.”
But I wasn’t listening. And for very human, understandable reasons that I hold now with deep compassion, respect and love:
I didn’t want to disappoint.
I didn’t want to fail.
I didn’t want to make mistakes.
I wanted to make my loved ones proud.
Here’s what I know, and wish someone had told me back then:
The greatest, stickiest disappointments only come when you abandon yourself.
When you trust others’ advice over your own precious, irreplaceable wisdom.
When you make decisions that mismatch your values, integrity, and needs.
When you shut down that inner spark, that vital life force, to mold yourself into someone else’s version of what’s “right” — even when it makes you cringe and shrink inside.
The ‘smarter move’ or the ‘logical choice’ can become a nightmare (not to mention unsustainable, resentment-generating, and soul-sucking) if they’re not also:
driven by your truest intention & integrity
aligned with your nature, unique design & core values
genuinely self-honoring
No one else can see and hold your vision the way you do.
Please 👆 let 👆 that 👆 land.
No one knows better than you, because no one knows everything you do.
No one can see the whole picture, with all its nuances, contrasts, and layers, except you.
Because your experience is yours. Uniquely yours.
The Energetic Body Connection
If we look at this through the lens of the energetic body and chakra system, we’re in the realm of the lower body:
♥️ Our roots.
The foundation that provides stable, unshakeable ground.
Supporting and sustaining our center so we can make aligned, empowered decisions that recharge our being.
🍑 Our hips.
Holding the fluid, magnetic, life giving energy force.
Driving desire, feeling, creation.
Orienting our sensing and being.
💫 Our core.
Our dignity, our inner fire and power.
Our self-worth that can only truly flourish when there is self-trust.
There’s a quiet, liberating power that comes when you stop outsourcing your wisdom, and begin fully trusting your core being.
I followed the “proven” strategies for years convinced the experts knew better than I did. But what I discovered is the priceless value of self-trust, alignment, and listening to the intelligence of my own body.
Reclaiming your deeper wisdom and inner authority (in any area of life) isn’t just wise or helpful. It’s the heart of building anything that feels sustainable and fulfilling, because it's rooted in your truth and aligned with YOU.
If you’ve been looking for answers and truth outside of yourself,
outsourcing your sense of trust, guidance, and power — whether in business or other areas of life, I hope this can be a powerful reminder today that:
Your way is extremely valid.
Your body is very wise. It knows a lot.
What you know isn’t less worthy than what others know.
Trust your rhythms.
Trust your pace.
Trust that when you are connected to your truth, the decisions you make won’t lead you anywhere else but exactly where you need.
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Strong intuition needs foundational, deeply rooted self-trust.
Without it, it’s just insightful guidance we don’t follow.
Unplanted seeds that won’t bloom.
Brilliance that remains unexpressed.
Self-trust is the strategy. Everything else is noise.
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