Heart and Brain. The eternal Battle.

Do you ever know something in your head that is difficult to believe in your heart?
Have you ever believed something with every fibre of your being that you couldn’t explain rationally?

I’ve had some interesting conversations with clients lately about ways they want to move forward in their lives, and how fearful they are of the changes they desire.

They KNOW that they are capable of doing the thing. And yet. 

They worry what others will think. They doubt their own competency. They question the timing. They avoid, procrastinate and distract themselves with other projects. 

It makes perfect sense.

Our nervous system, whose #1 job is to keep us safe, views change as dangerous. So when you plan big changes in your life, even if they’re exciting and full of amazing possibilities, your nervous system pulls out all the stops to resist that change. 

What’s a change you’ve been considering lately?
How is your nervous system responding?

• Procrastination?

• Rationalization?

• Fear or anxiety?

• Imagining all the things that could go wrong?

• Worrying what other people will think?

When you’re doing those things, who is in the driver’s seat? Your heart? Your rational mind? Your nervous system who doesn’t like change?

What if you didn’t have to decide who was in the driver’s seat, but could allow your heart and brain, mind and body, intuition and intellect to navigate together?

What would it feel like for them to co-pilot?

Think again about that change you’ve been considering - 

What does your head say?
What does your heart say?
What does your gut say?

Try stringing those responses together. Replace the “buts” with “ands”. 

Now what do you want to do?
How do you want to do it?

Trust yourself. You’ve got this. 

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