Lately I’ve been exploring the ways that intuitive women - those who have businesses based on their intuition as well as those who use intuition and alternative wisdom within a more traditional business - are marginalized by societal and cultural norms. This shows up in the ways we speak about ourselves and how we allow others to see how we run our businesses.
As I explore this topic I’m so curious to know, what is your biggest challenge with being intuitive and growing your business?
Please share your experience with a comment.
(This type of discussion thread is normally reserved for my paying subscribers but I’ve opened it up to everyone to broaden the discussion.)
For me, it's always about standing alone in the full confidence of what I see, sense and know. I have to grant myself credentials and manage and maintain the interior clarity and certainty in what I'm offering. There is no higher authority (except the Divine) to call on for affirmation or a pat on the head. It's me and God.
When it's time for me to speak from the wisdom I carry, I often feel like I am facing a firing squad of cultural critics who stand ready to marginalize and minimize my work.
Also, every time I want to offer a teaching, I have to build a world to house it: author a book, start a mystery school, open a space in the world that was not here before. It takes time, hard work and all of the work is done in the dark. Will it land? Will I be able to say what I see in a way that others can hear?
"standing alone in the full confidence of what I see, sense and know." - I so relate. We do indeed have to grant ourselves the credentials. I've found myself really looking for and at others who do not seem to have this 'glitch' in such a profound way to see what I can learn from them. What I can take in as wisdom for myself.
Right now, my biggest challenge is "knowing" and ignoring. Not taking the action that I know will move me in the direction I want to go. Argh. Lol.
What holds you back on the action Hannah?
Hmm... fear, I think. Sometimes, resources (time, energy, etc.) But mostly fear.
For me, it's always about standing alone in the full confidence of what I see, sense and know. I have to grant myself credentials and manage and maintain the interior clarity and certainty in what I'm offering. There is no higher authority (except the Divine) to call on for affirmation or a pat on the head. It's me and God.
When it's time for me to speak from the wisdom I carry, I often feel like I am facing a firing squad of cultural critics who stand ready to marginalize and minimize my work.
Also, every time I want to offer a teaching, I have to build a world to house it: author a book, start a mystery school, open a space in the world that was not here before. It takes time, hard work and all of the work is done in the dark. Will it land? Will I be able to say what I see in a way that others can hear?
"standing alone in the full confidence of what I see, sense and know." - I so relate. We do indeed have to grant ourselves the credentials. I've found myself really looking for and at others who do not seem to have this 'glitch' in such a profound way to see what I can learn from them. What I can take in as wisdom for myself.