Intuition is not linear and does not come from our rational mind. Intuition bypasses logic on its way to the surface of our awareness and drops in, in a sudden instant. Intuition feels right and provides feelings of relief, empowerment and a sense of calmness. No sooner than this happens, our logical, left brain mind, wants a reason and explanation for this intuitive knowing. And certainly this is a reasonable request coming from our analytical mind, but the truth experienced by our intuition can not be proven in the way that makes sense to our thinking mind. In fact we often can really only understand the indications or directions our intuition provides us with days, weeks, months and sometimes years after we receive the message or insight.

Take notice of the intuitive impressions and messages you receive, and notice how quickly your rational mind wants to jump in and doubt their truth and validity. Our logical mind is a beautiful compliment to our creative, emotional brain and when they are both strong and can work together harmoniously we function more fully and wholly as human beings.

Also notice that at first trusting your intuition might not make rational sense. Then continue to notice that as you keep trusting your intuition, your reason for doing so makes more and more sense.

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If you’re at all interested in becoming more of an intuitive, or creative person, then this is for you.

Many may think that the only intuition there is, is “women’s intuition,” yet, we all have it within us. Our intuition is one of our strongest abilities. This power within us is akin to a sixth sense. A sense not easily nor readily measured by the five senses. Some even say that it is our connection with the Universal Mind. The Universal Mind is the collective knowledge of all of us.

I think we can agree, then, that developing this ability (or skill) is worth any time one can invest into it. Generally, this skill is stronger when we are children, and then, we tend to stifle it-because it’s not something that we can quantify. Weren’t there some things that you “just knew” as a kid, that went against what might be considered logic?

Your intuition is basically your instincts, your “feeling” about something. It’s that little voice, or nudge within you that often guides you. Did you ever do something that “just didn’t feel right”, and then have it all end up badly? Your intuition was trying to tell you which choice to make. However, as previously stated, we stifle it, and do not hear it-and then wonder why it’s not there.

Some actions you can take to help develop your intuition:

1. Trust your “gut feeling”. If it doesn’t feel right, chances are, it’s not right for you. What may be right for one person can be wrong for another. Your gut instinct, your inner voice, all always there for you. Learning to trust this inner guide can be a bit scary, but, as it develops, you will see the changes in your life.

2. Go with you first choice. Ever heard someone say that? This is because your intuition is able to communicate more clearly BEFORE you begin to cloud your mind with all sorts of other details. When you’re clouding your mind up like this, you are focusing more on the conscious part of your brain (ruled by the subconscious or unconscious part of your brain). Fear and indecision can then run rampant, and deliver you incorrect information. This leads to a decision based upon partial, tainted information. Your intuition knew the answer BEFORE this clouding began. Trust your first choice.

3. Don’t “force” decisions. That’s right; there are times when perhaps you should not make an instant decision. If you are so confused about an issue, then your decision will be confused. Learn to relax, let the situation go, turn it over to your subconscious mind and let it go to work for you. Your subconscious mind knows a lot more than you may give it credit for. It keeps your body systems running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is always paying attention. Let the decision go for right now, the answer will come to you.

4. Engage in quiet time. Everyone should take some time every single day to just let their thoughts roam. When you’re doing this, and nothing else, your mind brings solutions to you. Write them down and implement those solutions. Some of them may seem a little odd, but some of the best ideas came from what seemed completely “crazy” beginnings. During this quiet time, you will be amazed at how many thoughts you will actually have. The secret here is to let your mind roam; keep it away from “focusing” directly on the “task at hand”.

5. Practice meditation. This is similar to quiet time. The key in this exercise is to keep you mind focused on a particular word, your breath, a sound-something. As you practice meditation, your mind will become sharper and sharper. This is something that should also be done on a daily basis.

6. Trust in your hunches. If you instantly get an idea for a certain action, act upon that hunch as quickly as you can. Your hunches come from deep down inside of you and are definitely intuition-based. It might be a suggestion to: call an old friend, write a book, develop a new product, make a sales call, clean out your cabinets, etc. The possibilities are endless. The key to this exercise is to take action on this suggestion as quickly as you can. You’ll be surprised at the outcomes of doing this.

7. Let your subconscious work for you while you sleep and pay attention to your dreams. Your subconscious mind never really sleeps, it’s always going. So letting it work on solutions for you while you sleep is like having a partner who works when you cannot. While you dream, your subconscious is working things out, so pay attention to what is going on in your dreams-you’ll find a lot of answers in your dream. Just be open to the translation.

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This problem is especially salient in Empaths because they are hyper sensitive to everything around them.  As Empath skills expand, that sensitivity can become overwhelming and can truly become a problem.

While a few sneezes in the spring time is nothing to worry about, over sensitive Empaths can become house bound hostages when their allergies require mind numbing medication or lead to asthma and chronic fatigue.  By then, it’s not a minor inconvinience anymore…

And yet, the body never does anything without a reason.  All this time, the sneezing is trying to say something…And quite frankly it took me a while to get both parts of that message myself.  It is my hope that your own struggle with allergies may be shorten upon reading about what worked for me!

There is no question in my mind that growth comes in leaps and bounds.  There are times where our Empath sensitivity is growing exponentially while at other times, we seem to be completely shut down.  Learning to modulate this process is a critical skill to make it more comfortable.

But what is it that you are trying to modulate?  Two things: your sensitivity and your reactivity.

Sensitivity is your ability to perceive internal and external stimulations.  As an Empath, your sensitivity determines how easily you can feel other people’s emotions.  For most Empaths, their sensitivity is through the roof to the point where they feel completely overwhelemed by other people’s emotions.

Reactivity is how you react to what you perceive.  For example, Empath can often react to other people’s emotions with extreme sadness (for perceived negative emotions) or hyperactivity (for perceived positive emotions).  Moreso, they often feel compelled to help others as they feel their emotional pain.

In their natural state, Impaired Empaths have very high sensitivity and reactivity.  This can be profoundly painful as they experience the intense negative emotions of everyone around them and immediately react to them with more pain, suffering and powerlessness of their own.  It’s a never ending cycle that can wear you down both emotionally and physically.  Especially when you have no idea how to shut this down…

And so the body tries to complain…Being constantly in a state of over stimulation, it starts to reject everything that adds to this chaos, including loud sounds, strong smells and, of course, pollen!  There is nothing wrong with pollen: it is not threatening in any way.  And yet the body can’t take any more…so it reacts as if pollen was a dangerous intruder that needs to be immediately eliminated.  So begins the sneezing, runny nose and constant itching.

So what can we do?

In the Empath Survival Program, I suggest the use of a volume dial to learn how to modulate how much emotional information we’re picking up from other people (if you have not completed the Empath Survival Program, I strongly recommend that you start there first!).  We’ll use this very effective tool to manage seasonal allergies dues to increased sensitivity and reactivity.

Here is how you can use this:

- When you feel a sneeze coming or the annoying tickle in the ear canal, immediately turn down both volumes for your reactivity and your sensitivity, as described in these pictures.

I strongly suggest that you practice this exercise daily for 2 week to really get the hang of it.  In the beginning, you are likely to turn it down only few a seconds.  So you have to keep sending the message to your own brain that you want to turn this down!  Over and over again, until it becomes a reflex.  This is like physical therapy for your mind: repetition is critical!

But you should feel an improvement in the very first day.  Your body is probably thrilled to see that if was finally understood!  It will do everything it can to help you learn how to modulate your own sensitivity and reactivity so that, in the end, you can be a functional and comfortable Empath!

in love,
Elise Lebeau, M.Sc.
Professional Intuitive
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Professional intuitive Elise Lebeau announces the availability of her new Business Intuition Program, designed to help small business owners tap into their intuition for business success. The online program utilizes concrete and practical intuitive exercises that are fast, convenient and targeted to specific aspects of business intuition, providing a structured approach for integrating intuitive processes into business decisions and outcomes. Learn more at www.eliselebeau.com/businessIntuitionProgram.php.

(PRWEB) April 27th, 2009 – Small business owners looking to leverage their intuitive intelligence in order to turn sporadic gut feelings into reliable business intuition now have expert assistance available, with professional intuitive Elise Lebeau’s new Business Intuition Program (www.eliselebeau.com/businessIntuitionProgram.php). The program is designed to give small business owners or anyone looking for a structured approach to business intuition a sustainable strategy for success. Though already a tremendous value, the first 50 people who register for the program will receive a 50 percent discount on the registration cost.

“Leveraging your intuition is a very efficient business strategy: it provides the most results for the least efforts!” Lebeau says. “We all ultimately run into tough business situations. The defining factor of sustainable success is not to avoid these circumstances, but rather to leverage what you’ve been dealt to your best advantage.”

Lebeau has more than seven years of experience working with clients who are looking for concrete intuitive answers for their personal or professional lives. Her Business Intuition Program, a three-month self-paced online training program with weekly one-on-one coaching via e-mail, consists of basic lessons on how to develop intuition, along with concrete exercises to immediately apply these concepts to real life, empowering participants to be confident in their own intuitive answers instead of relying on someone else.

“The Business Intuition Program is built upon the concept that intuition can provide you more information than what you have available right now,” Lebeau says. “With the Business Intuition Program, I will help you figure out what your intuition is trying to tell you, while also making realistic and concrete business decisions that you’ll feel comfortable with.”

Lebeau’s program (www.eliselebeau.com/businessIntuitionProgram.php) utilizes concrete and practical intuitive exercises that are fast and convenient – the online exercises can be completed anywhere, any time of day in less than 15 minutes. Each concept covered in the program is concise and targeted to a specific aspect of business intuition, providing a structured approach to integrating intuitive information into business decisions.

The Business Intuition Program is also cost-effective, available for a lot less than the cost of a typical coaching program. In addition, Lebeau is readily available to directly assist participants online. When participants get stuck, need advice or simply aren’t sure where to start, they can reach out to Lebeau and receive her intuitive take on how to move past roadblocks and get the results they are looking for. Program participants also have access to a support community, where all users can come together to share experiences and successes with the program, exchange tips and tricks and offer their own valuable advice on intuitive-based business decisions.

For more information on professional intuitive Elise Lebeau’s Business Intuition Program, or for information on the importance of following one’s intuition in business decisions, visit www.eliselebeau.com/businessIntuitionProgram.php.

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Ever wonder if that “intuitive flash” you just experienced was in fact the most brilliant insight you’ve ever had, or perhaps the most foolish? You’re not alone, of course. Learning to distinguish intuition from wishful thinking, or impulse can be challenging. But it is a skill that can be learned. According to Christina Baldwin in Life’s Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest, the problem is that intuition lives on a party line, with lots of voices and impulses and desires crowding around it. Often we throw out the intuition with the rest of the clutter.

Here are five criteria to help distinguish the wheat from the chaff:

1. Intuition is quiet and calm. It’s never pushy grandiose, obsessive, or manipulative. It does not advise us on what other people ought to do, but on what we ought to do.

2. Intuition is supportive and directive, never judgmental, critical, shaming, or blaming. It sees the world as cause and effect. A voice that loads its sentences with appeals to the ego, to the personality, or to stature in the world is not coming from intuition.

3. Intuition is a complete thought, a statement. Intuition does not lecture, explain, elaborate. The direction is always simple. It is we who throw up the arguments, discussion, reasons why we can’t do what’s been suggested.

4. Intuition comes to you and through you, without your feeling as though you are generating it. You may experience it as a relationship with an “other.”

5. Intuition always has our best interests at heart. Its messages may challenge and divert us from a path we had intended to follow, but they are never misleading. Intuition is a form of spiritual communication. If we believe the sacred is benevolent, intuition should also be regarded as benevolent. The challenge to the rational mind is to accept intuition and to use it as though you’ve been given a gift.

In order to become more intuitive, slow down, ask, wait, and look for a response that fits the above description. If you’re writing in a personal journal, look for intuitive phrases such as “I know it’s time to…,” or “I know I need to…” Take time for a visualization exercise in which you request a guide or messenger and notice how it comes. Then write about the image you’ve been given and develop a relationship with it in any way that works for you: describe it, dialog with it, you can even draw it. Practice listening, affirming, and trusting your inner voice.

Kathleen Daniel, MS, L.Ac. is a Conscious Living Coach who inspires people to live their best lives of balance, meaning and purpose. She writes about change, transition and personal leadership from the inside out, combining insights and experience from a life lived internationally, with a lifelong yoga practice and work as an acupuncturist, organizational consultant and educator. She is an alumni of Johns Hopkins Women’s Leadership program, and the creator of the Wellness for Women, Pausing at Midlife and other retreats for self-renewal.

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And yet…there are things that we can do to help not only ourselves but also all those around us. It’s not as direct as handing out $100 bills but it does affect everyone who is touched by it.

Orin and Daben are non physical beings who work with humans to facilitate evolution on the Earth plane.

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Join with thousands around the world on the inner planes to call upon the Great Ones, to receive transmissions for your own abundance and to help stabilize world economic conditions. Follow the above link for more information, including a free DaBen and Orin audio abundance meditation you can listen to now, on April 19th, and throughout the year. Invite everyone you know to participate; when we work together at this level we can and do make a difference.
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You can see the details of this gathering of light on their Manifesting from Higher Consciousness page:
http://www.orindaben.com/home/manifesting.php

in love,
Elise

This is a Chakra pendant I made myself after being dissatisfied with the glass beads, weak crystals or shabby designs I had found online after months of searching.

I hand-picked each piece for its individual energy and it’s balance with the “whole”. The heart Chakra using a much bigger stone of Malachite and gold. The heart Chakra is the ultimate balance between the lower (more physical) and higher (more spiritual) Chakras. They are all unified under its influence.

This is my latest fairy (more on SixthChakra.com). She stands between the physical and energy realm, beckoning and welcoming people to my work.

I am so grateful for the beauty that surround us.
in love,
Elise

In 1998, Dr. Martin  Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association, set out to focus on the science of  happiness and became instrumental in launching  a new field of psychology known as Positive Psychology. Positive Psychology is the empirical study of positive emotions and the optimal functioning of individuals and institutions. It is a branch of psychology that shifts the focus from pathology and mental illness to a focus on well-being and fulfillment.

Similar to the  Positive Psychology movement, the coaching profession is grounded in supporting and aligning individuals and organizations with their strengths, values and skills to function optimally and meaningfully. Coaching shares a  similar philosophy to Positive Psychology in that it focuses on what is working and what is right within an individual and in an organization.

In recent years, coaching  has increased in popularity so much so that it  has become one of the world’s fastest growing  professions.  Coaches, while holding a positive focus, support their clients in bringing more fulfillment and happiness into their everyday lives. Much of the coaching profession benefits from the developments in Positive Psychology, as do we all as our ever elusive quest for happiness as a society continues on.

What are your strengths? What brings you meaning in your life? What do you love to do?

Click here to watch a 23 video minute presentation on Positive Psychology by Dr. Martin Seligman at TED.

Guest Post by Julie Cusmariu, Intuitive Consultant

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