One of my Life Lessons is confusion. I can easily fall into confusion and uncertainty about what I want to Do or how I want to do It or if I even want to do It at all.
I can end up spinning in circles pretty easily. So I thought I’d remind us all about what confusion looks like and how to get out of it.
Confusion shows up when:
- You aren’t listening to your deeper self.
- You aren’t speaking the highest truth you know.
- You’ve lost touch with your Big Dream or Big Idea.
- You aren’t taking Right Action on making your Big Dreams real.
- You aren’t in connection with your Big Dream Believers — the people that believe in you even when you can’t believe in yourself.
- You’ve bumped into an unexpected obstacle and you aren’t sure what to do next.
- You have lots of ideas and you don’t know where to start.
- Your creative fears are masquerading as confusion or apathy (jackpot!).
Here’s what you can do to find your way out of the fog to the rainbow of clarity you’re looking for:
- Tap into your deeper self — visualizations, coaching with a spiritual coach, or automatic writing are all powerful tools to help you get there.
- Speak your truth until you can’t think of a single other thing to say.
- Write like your life depends on it. Write morning pages, write words, write articles.
- Remind yourself of your Big Idea and what it is that you were put here to do. I have my clients craft Vision Intention statements so they can go back to their ideas when they lose their way. Get your hands analyzed if you haven’t already so you know your life purpose.
- Take action. “Sometimes you have to make the right decision and sometimes you have to make the decision right,” as Dr. Phil likes to say. If you find out you’ve taken the wrong action, try something else.
- Put yourself in a safe situation where like minded folks (other Big Dream Believers) can truly support you to find your clarity (come to my Voice Your Vision retreat in 2 weeks if you’re wanting this kind of support).
- Take an objective look at your obstacles. Is there a way around them you haven’t already considered? Some radical or risky step you’ve not allowed yourself to consider but might actually be the exact solution you need? (Sell the house. Move to another area. Quit the crappy job. Ask for a loan. Tell off your grouchy cousin. Find a way to forgive yourself.)
- Pick a place to start. You can always change your mind. If you had to pick one idea to start with right now, what would it be?
- Core dump your fears onto paper until they lose their power.
One of the funny things I’ve noticed is that deeper down inside the quiet that is my higher, Essential Self, the truth is consistently there, reminding me of what I really want despite all my head spinning to the contrary. My deeper self ALWAYS knows what the Real Plan is, even when I’m thinking I’m I have no idea what to do. And if I just give her a chance to show up, she does.
Then I find out that I’m a lot less confused than I thought I was.
What about you?
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What’s Jenna Up To?
~> April 19th, 2011. My Artist’s Way Accountability & Support Group continues. Details.
~> April 20, 2011. Speaking at the Thriving Practice Workshop Series in Berkeley, California on creating a web presence and using social media to reach clients.
~>April 23, 2011. Next broadcast of my Radio Lightworker radio show “Dreamification” on “Visioning and Moving Ahead With Your Dreams Even in the Face of Fear.” Details. Listen from anywhere in the world to this Internet radio show.
~> April 29th & 30th, 2011. My next Voice Your Vision retreat in Berkeley, California. Registration CLOSES APRIL 18th . Special savings if you’ve already had your hands analyzed. Check out this video to get a sense of what it’s like to work with me in this way.
~> May 26th, 2011. My first Life Purpose Breakthrough Group. The special focus is: Intuition & Inner Wisdom — discover how your intuition shows up in the gifts markings in your hands. Registration CLOSES APRIL 28th .
Thank you, Jenna!! This retrograde has really jerking around, this was so perfect!!! I can’t wait to implement your suggestions! (right after I get back from a walk on the first really nice day here. :)
You are amazing!
Christine
Hey Jenna
Thanks for this post, it was very timely for me. Karla McLaren and author Linda Kohanov (one of my major life mentors) say that confusion often shows up when we’ve disallowed our healthy fear, our body’s internal warning system. I find this for myself. I find I often run into confusion when I’ve stumbled blindly into a wrong situation that I need to extract myself from, and I’ve been ignoring the warning signs. Confusion is a terrible place to be in, when you feel like you are battling to get back to clarity. But I find the truth is always there in your intuition and authentic self, as you so wisely put it. :)
Clare
Hi Jenna,
Thank you for such a refreshing article. Your words are both practical&comforting. It’s lovely to have pioneer that supports sensitive &spritual souls everwhere. Much love from Australia Huey