Are you using your intuition? How to know if its a gut feeling or optimism (172)

Good morning, my friends. So this past week, I hosted intuitive readings in my Facebook group, and I have to share some with you because the breakthroughs were incredible.

I wanted to share this experience with you guys because I think it's the perfect example of how in our own lives we are feeling stuck in a certain decision, in a certain part of our business, with our family life. There's all of these things, right, adulting that we have to decide on, that we have to move forward on. And so many people are just feeling fight or flight stuck in the decision and not being able to move forward out of it.

And so when we think about our intuition, it is the creative genius inside of us. It is that part of us that we learn to flow into in order to create the life that we need. For today's episode, I wanted to talk to you guys about how your own intuition can give you the clarity and confidence you need to move forward in your life and business. So we're going to go ahead and get started. If you haven't been here before, my name is Aubrey Barr.

I'm a subconscious release technique coach. I'm a Reiki master. I'm a photographer. I'm a creative just like you. I'm a mom and a wife. And I love all things about my life because I love the multi-passionate route that I've chosen. I love that I'm able to take all of these things I've been interested in. Really hone into my own intuition, and create this amazing group and podcast and welcoming healing space for all creatives. So welcome to the podcast, Creative Entrepreneurs Unblocked.

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So as we get into today's topic, I want to define exactly what I was doing with these intuitive readings in my group. Now, occasionally, let's say maybe four times a year in my Facebook group, I will randomly put up a post that says, basically, I'll be doing intuitive readings. They're free. There are many readings, many sessions. If you want to participate, just let me know in the comments and I will send you a message. And basically, people say, oh, me, you know, or I'd love one. Thank you.

You know, that kind of thing. but nobody tells me what's going on in their life. So I don't have any messages saying, hey, I'm really concerned about my business right now or my wife or my kids or whatever. So I have no idea what's really going on in their life, which to me is so challenging, but I absolutely thrive on those challenges because it allows me to test where I'm at in my own intuitive journey. Because let me tell you, each one of us has the ability to be more intuitive.

We can always grow this muscle. It's just like if you're working out. You know, if you go to the gym one day and expect that now you have these calf muscles, now you can do all these things and you can deadlift 200 pounds and yada, yada, you're going to be really upset about that because it's not going to be true, right? But when we go into life and we continuously work out a certain part of us,

we will get results. It just won't be that fast. And so using your intuitive guidance is something that you have to be able to be open to. And a lot of us have spent our lives being told, well, you know, maybe you shouldn't do it that way, or I don't have a good feeling about that, or, you know, that's not really a great choice for you. And instead of listening to our own intuition, we've allowed other people to kind of come in and strip us of that.

And when we do that, it gets smaller and smaller. And it turns out that it's not going to show up and help you out in all these situations. So I really love personally and professionally to be able to use this intuition that I've been honing to help people in my world, because a lot of us are stuck in moments of not knowing what to do. And it could be something small. For instance, I've been needing to do a new podcast cover for... At least eight months. And I just haven't done it.

And it's not that I'm doing it myself. I'm hiring someone. But I was feeling a creative block around what I really desired. And so I haven't finished the process. Okay. So now officially I have. Okay. I've actually submitted all of the thoughts I've had on it and give it to the graphic designer.

And I'm waiting for my first draft now. But that's a perfect example of how we get stuck in these little blocks that we get so busy, like, oh, it can wait, you know, but really it's just sitting there screaming at us. When are we going to do this? When are we going to attack this? When are we going to make a choice on this? And the reality is that when we come across things that we need to do and we don't make a choice on it, we are making a choice, right?

We're choosing not to look at it. We're choosing to ignore it, whatever. So being able to tap into your intuition is going to be an amazing thing for you to do in your business, in your life, in your everyday routines. I talk about this a lot, just being able to look at a whole day and be tapped into that. You're gonna get things done so much faster. Your productivity is gonna go through the roofs and you're gonna be able to feel more balanced in your life.

So all of these things are super helpful for you. I can promise you that. All right.

So back to our intuitive readings. I had to close out the comments after a little bit because I had so many people that wanted one, but it really takes a lot of time and it really takes me tapping into the energy. It just takes a lot out of you. And so one of the things I put in the post was by responding to this post, you are allowing me to tap into your energy for a short time so I could send you a message. And that's what I did. I sent over these messages.

Some were four minutes long, some were like eight minutes long. And it was just basically a message of what I came up with, what I think you're dealing with, not specifics, but hey, if you're dealing with this problem, try doing this or that kind of thing. And actually, it was really incredible to me. There was only about two people out of the 20. One didn't respond back, which is fine. People get busy. And then the other

one said, it doesn't really make sense to me right now. And I said, hey, why don't you come back to it in a few days? But besides those two, the other 18 messages that I sent back were received really incredibly well. And I even told a lot of them, look, you don't have to tell me, hey, this is what's going on and this makes sense or whatever. You don't have to tell me any personal information if you don't want.

But so many of them did, or at least just acknowledged that they were in shock over what I had told them and how it's, you know, it helps people to be able to release some. It helps people to be able to feel like, okay, somebody's got my back. You know, somebody understands what I'm going through, or how can I apply this advice into my own life?

But the biggest reason why I wanted to bring this up in the podcast today is because I want you guys to know that what I'm doing is not something special. I mean, it is, but it's not like you can't do it. That is one thing that I love coaching people on with their business. Like I know you can take classes where you're learning marketing and where you're learning how to price and where you're learning how to use certain software or equipment.

I get that. And I've been a student of all of those practices for 20 years. OK, I totally understand the value of that kind of work. But what I offer my clients is deeper than that. it is something that will transform your life, not just through the actions that you do every day, but we're actually going to tap into who you really are. We're going to find that purpose. We're going to make sure that we're in alignment with that purpose.

And you're going to have creative breakthroughs that you've never had in your life. And that's when people come to me, especially those of you who are studied up on business, who do have a successful business, whatever that may be for you. But you find yourself burning out. You find yourself feeling lonely. You find yourself stuck in creative ruts. And the only thing you have to turn to is, oh, I should probably take this other class.

Oh, I should probably start my own project for myself to feed my own soul.

Oh, I should probably take a vacation. And this becomes this old worn out record of what I should be doing in life, instead of if you just approached every day from an intuitive place, did what you needed to do on your business front and your family front, but also took the time to connect to your higher self and apply the inner guidance system that you absolutely have, I can promise you that, your days are going to be completely different.

You're not going to get to the point where you have to take a two-week vacation. You're not going to get to the point where you feel like I can't take any more clients or I have to entirely change my niche because I cannot take on another newborn baby or a family session or whatever, right? So being able to really connect to this higher energy is absolutely essential. And it is quite honestly, the difference between being successful and being happy.

Because you can have it all. You can be successful. You can be happy. But so much of us are wanting to lean towards that success in order to fulfill the happiness, and it falls short. What I really want you to understand from this episode today is that intuition helps bridge the gap between creativity and clarity and life purpose. Okay, so it's going to help you with all things creative. You are here creating art. You're here creating life, creating all of the things that feel good.

And you get into this emotional place where creation just happens. You can't even claim it sometimes. you can't say, oh, well, yeah, I did that. No, it just happens. You happen upon it and here it is and it's like, wow, it's amazing, right? That is intuitive. It absolutely is. And so when you have blocks, your biggest block is going to be that connection to yourself and it's going to show up in your creativity.

So how can you do things to help you to tap more into this? Because I promise you, if you're creative already, you're halfway there, okay? Because a lot of creative people have the ability to tap into this, and some of you already are, but you're not doing it on a daily basis. So that's where I want to meet you today. I want you guys to find at least a few ways for you to start tapping into this intuition that you're given every day, okay? So I'm

How can you do that? Some of you will be able to do mindful meditation and get into it very easily. Some of you are not interested in that type of work. And some of you need a little bit more work around opening your mind to how helpful that can be. Some of you are so busy, you can't calm your mind enough to allow yourself to really get into a meditation. So I recommend Insight Timer. I'm on there as a teacher. I only have maybe five meditations on there. One of them's a poem.

So I think four meditations on there, but it's free. It's easy. I will be doing a course on there about creativity flow very soon, and I'll be hosting retreats on there. So I only plan to grow on Inside Timer, and I know that there are thousands of teachers on there that will have meditations that speak to you. So I encourage you to get on there today. I'll put the link in the comments. Another thing is journaling. A lot of people love journaling.

It's a great time of the year to dive into some creative writing. It really helps us to even get rid of the excess information in our head, because some of you will do a practice where you dump. It's called a brain dump, and you just write for like, you know, whatever, 10 minutes. You just write. Whatever comes out, comes out. It's on the paper. You don't even reread it. It's literally just a brain dump. That's how busy our heads can get sometimes, and that is super helpful.

But journaling in other ways is also helpful. It depends on what kind of writing you like to do. And always, I encourage people to do what feels right to them. So if journaling sounds like, eh, don't do it. Move on to the next one, okay?

Another thing you can do is really start honing into those gut feelings and inner nudges. Now, I'm into human design. Some of you are into human design. It's really beneficial to understand how you receive messages. A lot of you, I would say about 40% of people get that gut feeling very, very clear where it says, uh-huh, or okay. And really leaning into what that sounds like for you is an awesome way to tap into your intuition.

Another thing is clearing emotional clutter so you can hear the inner voice. This is something I preach on all the time. Literally every day of my life, I'm talking about how that noise inside our heads is overwhelming and it's taking over too much. We're not able to tap into our own inner guidance. And that's what happens when you get to be 41 like me, or even some of you 30-year-olds are already experiencing this.

And well into the 60s, people will tell me, man, I wish I found this work sooner where I could have gotten rid of this extra noise in my head because it can get overwhelming like it's nobody's business. So clearing emotional clutter, I have a ton, a ton of courses on this. My biggest one that I think would be helpful that goes along the lines with intuition is intuition calibration. And that one follows the belief system that we all have this intuition.

We just need to clear out some of the noise telling us not to listen to it, telling us to doubt ourselves, telling us that we can't trust it, right? And this comes from life experiences. So if you do somatic work, if you want to do the subconscious work with me, that course is really, really awesome. It's only 333. And right now it comes with a one-on-one session with me. So I highly encourage you to take advantage of that.

It normally runs at $4.97, but for the new year, I felt very strongly that I wanted to make this the forefront of my entire coaching practice for this year is really tapping into that intuition. And I want to bring as many people with me as possible because I firmly believe that adding this back into our lives is going to help our creative flow like nothing else ever has.

And not just for the moment, but absolute transformation on that front where we are constantly getting ideas and rolling with it and trusting in the process.

That's what a lot of us are missing. So I love these self-healing practices and I encourage you to make them a part of your everyday life in whatever way you can because on the other side of your creative blocks and your decision-making issues and all of that fun stuff is this space where you literally just step into clarity and you absolutely will transform your creative flow. All right, guys, I hope you all have a wonderful day.

I will leave all of the links of the things I talked about in the episode in the show notes, so check it out. And lastly, if you love our podcast, if you wanna share it with people, we really appreciate that and we really appreciate any reviews we get back. Send me a message if you have any questions or if there's something you want me to cover more fully, I'm always happy to take on episode requests for you guys. All right, have a wonderful day. We'll talk soon.