Marie Forleo

And so let's say that you got invited to go speak at a certain event or someone wants to make you their business partner or they're presenting you with this opportunity that on paper, maybe there's a lot of money involved or there's a lot of prestige or everyone else would be like, what are you nuts. Like, how are you saying no to this? But yet something inside of you feels like, oh, I don't know.

And so let's say that you got invited to go speak at a certain event or someone wants to make you their business partner or they're presenting you with this opportunity that on paper, maybe there's a lot of money involved or there's a lot of prestige or everyone else would be like, what are you not? nuts. Like, how are you saying no to this?

So here's what I do. I always instruct people whenever you're faced with something like that and you don't know if it's like good fear, meaning the type of fear that you described. It's not like the fear of walking in front of a bus where you're going to get killed. We're not talking about that. We're talking about creative fear that could keep you small.

But yet something inside of you feels like, oh, I don't know. So here's what I do. I always instruct people whenever you're faced with something like that and you don't know if it's like good fear, meaning the type of fear that you described. It's not like the fear of walking in front of a bus where you're going to get killed. We're not talking about that.

And how do you know if it's like something you should move through and say yes, because it's going to be a tremendous opportunity for you to develop skills and move up in the world. Or if it's your intuition waving a big neon red flag going like, don't do this. You're going to F it up. It's going to just cost you a million things. It's going to take you on the wrong path.

We're talking about creative fear that could keep you small. And how do you know if it's like something you should move through and say yes, because it's going to be a tremendous opportunity for you to develop skills and move up in the world. Or if it's your intuition waving a big neon red flag going like, don't do this. You're going to F it up. It's going to just cost you a million things.

You're going to regret it. So when you think about whatever the opportunity is or whatever the decision is, you close your eyes, you get very, very still and you want to get out of your head and tap into your body. So if it's helpful, make sure you have no technology around.

It's going to take you on the wrong path. You're going to regret it. So when you think about whatever the opportunity is or whatever the decision is, you close your eyes, you get very, very still and you want to get out of your head and tap into your body. So if it's helpful, make sure you have no technology around.

If you need to like shake it out and either go for a walk, go for a run, go for a workout, something so you can disengage from the nonstop chatter of the monkey mind and really start to feel in your body. So you get really quiet and then you ask yourself, does the idea of saying yes to to this opportunity, this deal, this possibility, make me feel expansive or contracted? Now, here's the deal.

In the nanosecond when you ask yourself that question right after, your body has a visceral reaction. This is super subtle. So people I think that are involved in athletics, if you do any type of working out, you're probably going to be able to detect this a little easier at first, but everybody can do it.

And what you're feeling for is either a feeling of expansion and what that can be experienced as is like maybe your body moving forward in space. It's almost like you're leaning into the sun. You feel your chest lifted. There's maybe tingly sensations inside.

And what you're feeling for is either a feeling of expansion and what that can be experienced as is like maybe your body moving forward in space. It's almost like you're leaning into the sun. You feel your chest lifted. There's maybe tingly sensations inside, even though maybe it's scary.

Even though maybe it's scary, you're like, whoa, there's a ton of excitement or maybe little sparks of joy or something that just feels like a visceral experience of expansion. On the other hand, if you ask yourself, like, does the idea of saying yes to this opportunity make me feel expansive or contracted? You might feel something that we could identify as dread.

You're like, whoa, there's a ton of excitement or maybe little sparks of joy or something that just feels like a visceral experience of expansion. On the other hand, if you ask yourself, like, does the idea of saying yes to this opportunity make me feel expansive or contracted? You might feel something that we could identify as dread. Maybe there's a pit in your stomach.

Maybe there's a pit in your stomach. Maybe your physical body starts to pull back in space or your shoulders hunch over or your head starts to very subtly say no.

So if you actually ask yourself that question, take a breath and feel into the answer, not from your head, but from your body, that is one of the surest ways that any single person can get aligned with their intuition, not their intellect. Your intellect will often lead you astray.

Maybe your physical body starts to pull back in space or your shoulders hunch over or your head starts to very subtly say no. So if you actually ask yourself that question, take a breath and feel into the answer, not from your head, but from your body, that is one of the surest ways that any single person can get aligned with their intuition, not their intellect.

because it's tied to your ego, which is tied to status, prestige, wanting to get ahead, climbing, and it's all rooted in fear at the end of the day. Your intuition is your connection to higher source, guidance, wisdom, natural knowing, like innate powers that all of us have that we're just not taught how to access in school.

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