Womenlines takes pleasure to welcome contributor Julie Chatlani Belani who is an Entrepreneur and Transformational Coach / Speaker. In her article, Julie is sharing about how Full Moon Meditation can help you to shift your life towards a positive direction-

Julie Chatlani Belani has made a commitment to herself to conduct a Monthly Full Moon Meditation Session every Full Moon. As she says, “Her Life shifted miraculously from the step she took last year on February 19, 2018 (one of the full moons) when she looked up to the moon and shared every dream and desire that she felt could perhaps shift her life and how she felt about life at that stage.

What is our purpose? Why do we have all that inner turmoil???  For me …Letting go of the DESIRE to WIN & CULTIVATING the DESIRE to COMMUNICATE helped me break through everything and everyone that I felt at some point of time standing in my way…and that includes ME too! A lot of times we don’t even realise that by not communicating and or expressing our wants, needs, and desires we are standing in our own way!

If you don’t stand up for what you want, who will? If you don’t love yourself enough…why would you expect anyone else to love you the way you want them to. The way you love yourself shows others how they could love you and not only that it inspires others how to love themselves. You are not your name, your occupation, your title, or the number of awards you have won. You are eternally light & divine regardless of what you have done or failed to do…..regardless of what family you have lived in or what you have been labelled in.

In God’s intelligence, in the universe, in our highest self…..what ever name we want to give it…..whatever religion we are from…. we are all holy & have a purpose for being here.

Life to me is about finding that purpose, staying with that purpose and sharing your purpose with the world so your gifts can spread the wings of others too.

Know that there are no accidents. Find growth in all your life’s experiences….after all, life is the meaning you give to it…your reality is the meaning you give to it. Choose the meaning of your life wisely as that is going to declare your destiny.

You are a Divine Being…we all are! You are not reading this by chance as we all know that there are no accidents.

“You are a spiritual being having a human experience and NOT a human being having a spiritual experience”- Dr Wayne Dyer

On this Full Moon (18th of May from 19:30 to 21:30 pm @ ECP next to Campsite Area D, Singapore), Julie will be conducting more than just a guided meditation. She will be including processes, tools, and techniques that helped shift and shape who she is today.

Today she shares with passion and purpose her life journey to help people who find themselves stuck in life and lost as to why they are where they are and not where they want to be today.

Watch and listen to this video to find out why you should join her this full moon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v2_gzIvQJA&feature=share

Once you have decided to join her, please register on the link below-

https://bit.ly/2LfbfWb

As a gift to the universe and to her highest self, she chooses to conduct this Full Moon Meditation for FREE.

Womenlines is delighted to be online media partner to one-day boot camp for Personal Leadership and Personal Branding brought to you by SHE SPARKS with Leza Klenk and Puja Talesara.

Puja Talesara & Leza Klenk, both experienced entrepreneurs with a knack and passion in personal & corporate branding brings to you She sparks one-day immersive session. The two important components of boot camp are Personal Leadership and Personal Branding. This one day long, a power-packed immersive session is purposed to enable women to strive for excellence, achieve excellence and let excellence be their brand. The bedrock of the boot camp is “Success is knowing oneself being comfortable with thy self and leveraging self to create impact and influence”. Listen from Leza and Puja how Bootcamp can help you in Singapore in the video shared above!

Date- 26th May 2019

Venue- Cucina Restaurant, 12 Kallang Avenue,#02-10, Singapore 339511

Time-9:00am-6:00pm

Ticket Price- S$ 84.65

This Bootcamp aims at enabling women to create an impact and influence in all settings.

The methodology deployed is a blend of tools, role-plays, real-life insights and the key mantras to practise.

Core topics to be covered-

 Personal leadership

• Discover your element

1. Your strengths and gaps
2. Passion vision, the motivating factor
3. Craft, your purpose statement
4. Develop action strategies
5. Discover your own leadership style

• Energise your environment

1. Communicate with impact to connect, being Assertive
2. Confidence building and learn tips for effective Decision making
3. Work-life integration: circle of perspective
4. Shift from Fear to Focus; identify your fears and learn how to overcome them
5. Building Interpersonal and Intrapersonal relationship
6. Understanding limiting and strengthening empowering beliefs

 Personal Branding

• Clarity of business objectives and personal brand
• Curation of content to meet the objective
• The important and ‘how to’ gather the right and marketable social assets
• Scheduling, analysing of posts & raising engagement
• Connect, know how to tap on opportunities presented by existing online network
• Building a community and sustaining engagement and long term friendships within the community.

Case Study 1: Spendless Cosmetics Global

Case Study 2: The Baking Studio

Case Study 3: Spendless Creative Studio

Meet Your Trainers 

Puja Talesara-

Puja’s personal life experiences piqued her interest in coaching. She is humbled to be mentored by John Mattone (ex-coach of Steve Jobs) one of the leading and only authority in Intelligent leadership. Puja has curated and driven many initiatives successfully for the empowerment of women in her corporate tenure with Asian Paints, UPL and other well known leading MNC and SME. Her Coachees view her role as a Change agent who facilitates them to discover and be the ‘ Best version of Self’ that they can, will and must be to achieve the greatness in all space. Puja is being nominated 5 times as LinkedIn Wonder Women. She was recently awarded, Excellence in the Millennial Leadership space at an International Leadership Summit

Charu Mehrotra

Let Excellence be your brand!
Founder, Womenlines

Womenlines takes pleasure to welcome Subah Jain as an Influencer for Food and Nutrition on Womenlines panel!

This dynamic young woman has already established herself as a sought-after wellness speaker and educator. Her YouTube channel, Satvic Movement. is quite popular and is delivering holistic, ageless and timeless knowledge of purifying the body and hence getting rid of all health problems without medicines. Subah wants to create awareness about how a plant-based diet can be helpful in getting rid of medicines and diseases!

Womenlines will be sharing various tips and recipes by Subah Jain to lead a healthy life. This month Subah is sharing about interesting  Juice Cleanse recipes for Detoxification and Weight Loss-

Subah Jain Super Healthy recipes for a juice cleanse diet. Going on a liquid cleanse from time to time gives the body a break from digestion, and hence time to push out the toxins, and go into deep cleaning-

1) Ash Gourd Juice Simply take ash gourd (safed petha), peel off the skin, take out the seeds and drink

2) Glorious Greens Juice 1 large cucumber 3-4 celery stalks 1 cup spinach 4 lettuce leaves 2 apples Cut and prep all your ingredients and then simply juice everything up

3) Pink Power Juice 2 apples 1 medium carrot 1 small beetroot 3-4 celery stalks 1/2 a lemon Cut and prep all your ingredients and then simply juice everything up. Squeeze the lemon from the top

4) Clean Carrot Juice 4 carrots 1/2 cup pineapple 2 oranges Cut and prep all your ingredients and then simply juice everything up

As an online media partner, Womenlines takes pleasure to share about upcoming webinar series ‘Communicate to connect with Impact’  by Leadership Demystified Webinars (founded by Puja Talesara Bhandari, strengthened by Sandeep Mukhi, Snehal R Singh, Dr Vandittaa Dar) centred around Communication Skills, with the Global renowned Facilitators. Improve communication skills and achieve excellence.

Presenting our first facilitator in the series Gautam Gouthi, who has helped professionals across the globe to ace their communication and strengthen their relationships. Listen from Puja Talesara how this webinar can help you to equip self in building relationships and influence others. We all know Communication is vital to thrive, be it in professional or personal space. Skills to communicate with mindfulness can create wonders in your professional and personal life. Most of the time it is miscommunication which creates confusion and misinterpretation everywhere and so much time and energy is wasted. The webinar will help you to develop skills to use communication in your favour.

Register for this webinar to equip yourself with the right skills and mindset. The best part is you can attend this webinar online from anywhere across the world!!

E-mail contact@www.womenlines.com to know further details and register.
Date of the webinar -17th May at 8:00 pm IST

Let’s Communicate to connect with an impact!:))

Content Sponsor Edumilestones: It is an India, (Bangalore) based company. They provide a premium career assessment platform and career counselling certification courses named Certified Career Analyst (CCA) and Certified Counselor for International Studies (CCIS) to over 1400+ professionals across 80 locations in India and abroad for over 10 years. They are official members of APCDA and IAAP international organizations. Their team consists of qualified and experienced top experts from psychology, education, design and IT, investing in extensive research and development. This month author Aparna Abhishek Iyer is sharing must follow ways to work towards setting your career graph right, rather than depending on your employer. She is emphasizing that simple step for career choices for women can do wonders and the prime mover in your career is YOU only-

Women between in the age groups 27-35 claim to experience a sloppy career graph. Their workplaces do not seem to be challenging, nor do they facilitate a work-life balance. In certain cases, the organizations are to blame but, in most scenarios, women need to reiterate to themselves that the decision to take on the job role was two-way. What did these women fail to validate at their career start points? More so, even if they did validate their needs versus what the organization has to offer, what are the implications did they not expect to envisage? If you are in your mid-20s and resonate with whatever I have expressed so far, well, you will need to check these boxes before you enter your workplace tomorrow!

1. Is this your dream job? Do you wake up every day feeling the urge to get to your workplace?

This question seems clichéd and yet, rooted! As a career coach, I have come across many clients asking me what careers are best for them and most likely, they are not surprised by the results that come up in their career assessment. I believe that a dream job is the first thought that strikes your brain while you are contemplating career choices! If choosing a career was this effortless, why do most women choose the wrong careers? The conservative belief of mapping a whopping paycheck to success in career leads many young women to take misjudged decisions. Sadly, almost 90% of women who have chosen a career path that is not their passion, fail to even realize that they have compromised their careers. They succumb to the daily routine until their frustration peaks, after which they take up all means to change their careers in vain or eventually, even quit from their jobs.

Haven’t we all heard- “Better late than never”? Act now if you feel you have chosen a career that is not your dream. But, if you are someone who is following your passion, you may also appreciate the fact that you strive to be better at work every day and this not only benefits you as an individual but also the organization that you are working in. Also, if you are on the verge of choosing a career, ensure that this criterion is satisfied as choosing a wrong career affects not only you in the long run, but also cascades to hinder the growth of your organization and sometimes, even the harmony of your personal life.

2. Does a regular work day tap your potential entirely?

Every woman chooses her personal life over her profession at any certain point in her career. However, in anticipation of the phase that makes your career take a backseat, do not limit yourself from taking on challenges at work. You have been chosen by the organization over your male counterparts for your expertise in the domain and by restraining yourself from taking on uphill tasks, you will not be doing justice to the role offered to you. If you are a woman who is working in the Manufacturing Industry, you may diverge from my opinion. You may not be permitted to perform certain kinds of job roles owing to your gender. For whatever reason, do not let out your job roles to any of your colleagues, treasure them and aspire to ace them consistently. Most importantly, do not feel content with your daily tasks and break out of your comfort zone.

If you have been doing this consistently, you may note that there was never a point in your career graph that slowed your growth and even after being committed to the job for several years, every day at work seems as exciting and novel as your first day in the company!

3. Are you completely self-aware of your five-year career plan?

Women are great planners, aren’t they? They meticulously guide and nurture everyone who is closely associated –be it at the workplace or at home. What most women fail to prepare is their personal career plan. Regular work days at the workplace can be engulfing their mental and physical energies, but women nevertheless, do not extrapolate this success to career plans. As a result, the organization perceives such women as being directionless and do not assign challenging and demanding projects. In the long run, this results in a flat and sloppy career graph. In such cases, mentors, superiors and senior management can pitch in to help young and new women employees plan their careers set professional goals. Women, in addition, need to be self-aware and form plans for themselves, based on their annual appraisals and work duties. This initiative can benefit only women who are ambitious and self-driven. Hence, it is important for young women to develop this characteristic inherently.

The benefits can be perceived as two sides of a coin. For one, women feel secure of their careers, irrespective of any future commitments from their personal lives. Additionally, the organization can take pride in having loyal and focused women workforce.

4. What were your expectations from the job while you were absorbed in the company and Lastly, were you aware of the expectations held of you by the company?

This is the primary and foundational criterion that needs to be itemized by each woman who is about to enter the workforce. It can be fascinating to attend interviews and interact with executives from reputed companies, but there are cases where companies fail to set concrete goals for new employees. The failure to verify the alignment of your goals with that of the companies’ will only compound, resulting in loss of interest and frustration. I do not recommend being insistent, more than the required limit, but the least that a young employee can do is to set expectations from her new job role and substantiate them with the prospective manager.

The best method to define the expectations is to research about company’s growth profile, interact with existing employees about employees’ growth curve and ensure to align them with your career plan. Further, post assuming the role of a full-time employee, redefine your expectation after each annual appraisal in such a way that it challenges your roles in the job and also, coerces the company to create a more interesting profile for you.

Have you satisfied these criteria? An insight from Sheryl Sandberg’s TED Talk on “Why there are very few Women leaders?”: “Do not quit before you quit”. Do not give away what you have accumulated over many years of experience. Work towards setting your career graph right, rather than depending on your employer. A simple step in favour of your career graph does wonders. The prime mover in your career is YOU.

Author–

Aparna Abhishek Iyer is the Co-founder of Grassroot Education and performs the duties of a Career Coach, an IELTS Trainer and also conducts Entrepreneurship workshops for aspiring Business Owners.

As an entrepreneur, if you get an opportunity to network, learn and grow won’t you grab!!

As an online media partner, Womenlines is delighted to share about ‘APACSMA presents IVenture’ by Zee TV and Dream Catchers in Singapore, a platform to equip entrepreneurs with insights to nurture their passion. It is all about the knowledge, mindset and network which can help you to grow in life and IVenture is all about taking Entrepreneurs to the next level.

If you believe in yourself, want to be heard at the International level, and want to get mentored by the renowned experts IVenture is the right platform for you!!!

IVenture – an initiative aimed at providing accelerated learning engaging the entrepreneur community in Singapore. They are inviting entrepreneurs to share their business models, challenges, success stories etc. with them.

Besides showcasing their success stories, they will be the wind beneath their wings by providing them with business resources and introducing them to an influential peer network.

The Journey:

• Registration – Send in your entries by filling up the registration form. Complete your registration by paying $50 (non-refundable) by 10th May
• Selection – The jury selects 40 finalists, who will receive mentorship by business leaders in a day-long workshop. There is a fee of $150 for the workshop which needs to be paid by the
• Felicitation Night- the workshop will be followed by a felicitation ceremony

Highlights:

• Exclusive access to a series of entrepreneurship workshops, knowledge sessions and networking events
• Media visibility – the workshop will be captured and showcased on Zee
• Networking opportunity during the award ceremony
• Merchandise and experiential rewards from our partners

Grab this opportunity to be part of this mega event….just click   ‘REGISTER’      !!

On 27 Apr 2019 at the Indian Cultural Fiesta close to Clive Street, Singapore, 178 people from all walks of life came

together on the occasion of Indian Heritage Festival Celebrations and Singapore Bicentennial celebrations and painted stones using markers.

Led by Vijaya Mohan, the project conveyed the uniqueness of Indian motifs and also created a record of ‘Most number of people painting pebbles together’. Vijaya Mohan is quite renowned for her achievements in the field of arts in Singapore. Vijaya Mohan an Indian Singaporean is an acclaimed Rangoli artiste (Indian courtyard painting and floor art). Dr T Chandroo, chairman of SICCI  and ex-chairman Mr Narayana Mohan graced the program. The community project was innovative and gave an opportunity for participants to use their creativity for a noble cause.  Vijaya Mohan shared with Womenlines- “My aim through this project was to connect with SG Bicentennial celebrations and Indian cultural fest at St Clive street. My aim is to spread our Indian cultural art of Rangoli through connecting the community and to get positive energy and spread creativity through Sinarangoli.”

Hats off to Vijaya Mohan for using art therapy in various forms from healing to the community projects and giving chance to common people to come out of the mobile phone world and involve in creative projects!!

Congratulations to  Mrs Vijaya Mohan for creating her 25th time in SINGAPORE BOOK OF RECORDS.!

Womenlines brings tarot readings to its readers’ by an experienced online tarot cards reader Ms Madhvi Singh (12 years experience) from India. Ms Madhvi Singh, needing some answers herself, decided to understand the science of Tarot a few years back. At the end of it, she not only got her answers but her perspective to life changed, to encompass empathy with people who she came in touch with. As she exercised her Tarot reading skills for her friends, relatives and herself, word got around and soon she found many people needing support and advice to the immediate questions in their life.

Tarot reading comprises of intuition honed by experience and interpretation of each of the images with the collaborative energy of the person for whom the reading is done. The message for that person is channelled through the Tarot reader, whose skill and intuition helps crystallize the message and pass it on to the other person.

 Contact: +91 9867782674 to get your personal readings from Ms Madhvi!

Tarot Predictions for May 2019.

Aries(Mar 21-Apr 19)

Arians, this month augurs well for you. There will be progress on the career front. People in business will forge ahead. You will be meeting new people, new partnerships could come through. You may need to travel as well. Health seems to be good. Basically, you will be positive on all fronts. You will be at peace.

Taurus(Apr 20-May 20)

Taureans, this month will remain average for you and may bring in some sudden challenges. Things will crawl on the career front. Do not hope for too much from anyone. There will be small obstacles in many of the tasks you undertake. Do consider and consult your close ones before you undertake any major ventures. Keep calm and go with the flow. Meditation and walks will help.

Gemini(May 21-Jun 20)

Geminians, you will have to be careful this month. You may have ups and downs. There will be meeting with people in the line of work. The outcome may not be much. Take care of your health. Monitor your expenses. Do not be in a rush to do any work, else you may have to face losses. Take care of yourself and wait for this period to pass.

Cancer(Jun 21- Jul 22)

Cancerians, this month may bring pleasant surprises for you. You may get new offers. You may even embark on a business. New relationships are foreseen. Health will be good and you will be generally happy. You may travel as well.

Leo(Jul 23-Aug 22)

Leos, you will be circumspect this month. There may be something which is bothering you and you may experience feelings of regret. You may receive financial assistance. End of the month may see some travel. New offers are foreseen, do weigh all the options before taking the call. Health will be good and you will be composed.

Virgo(Aug 23-Sep 22)

Virgos, expect some changes this month! You may plan to end some of the older things and think of starting something new. The mind will be restless, but you will be calm towards the end of the month. The career will progress. You will be happily occupied by work. Take care of your health.

Libra(Sep 23-Oct 22)

Librans, this month will be good on the financial front. You be in talks with a person in matters related to work. You will have to be careful in executing any work. Health will be good and you will be at peace. Take care of yourself. Meditation will help.

Scorpio(Oct 23-Nov 21)

Scorpios, this month will be average for you. Work will be slow. You may experience that all things are not in your control. You may have to invest time in some work. Things will resolve towards the end of the month. Just keep patience and try to meditate.

Sagittarius(Nov 22-Dec 21)

Sagittarians, this month will be good for you; expect success in everything you undertake. Romance may smile upon you. New job offers may come. You will be generally happy and contented. The career will stabilise. Health will be good. Consider everything and forge ahead.

Capricorn(Dec 22-Jan 19)

Capricornians, this month will start with some minor ups and downs. Do not let these issues overwhelm you. Be determined and concentrate on work. Do not be wary of any sudden changes. Keep calm and be optimistic. Take care of your health and go with the flow.

Aquarius(Jan 20-Feb 18)

Aquarians, this month will start with a lot of hard work. You may look to moving in a new direction. There will be no lack of opportunities. You may feel tired. There may be some changes towards the end of the month. Health will remain good.

Pisces(Feb 19-Mar 20)

Pisceans, do not overthink or worry too much about all the things small or big. Think about it and plan to handle it clinically. Take steps to reduce the feeling of restlessness. Take decisions after consulting your trusted people. Take care of your health.

Tarot Reader: Ms.Madhvi Singh

Mobile : 91-98677 82674

E-mail : madhvi_s@hotmail.com

Womenlines takes pleasure to share about Ms Li-Anne Sia, Director of Two by Two Schoolhouse in the ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ section of Womenlines. What is special at Two by Two Schoolhouse playgroup is that here children are exposed to the Mandarin language about 80 per cent of the time which is not happening at other Kindergartens. Li-Anne Sia came up with the idea of opening such schoolhouse when she saw her young kids not developing a liking for their mother tongue in their kindergarten. Then she decided to open up such kindergarten where kids can develop a liking for the Mandarin language from the beginning which can help them later in primary and secondary schools in Singapore. The journey to start this school had its own ups and downs. Listen and read Li-Anne Sia’s journey in her own words-

1. Please share with our reader’s little bit about yourself.

I am a single mum with two children aged 11 and 14, we live together with our 2 rescue dogs Potato and Lola. I own and manage Two by Two Schoolhouse, a bilingual kindergarten with a Mandarin emphasis. I find great joy teaching 2 legged animals aged 3 – 99, and I earn extra keep by lecturing and writing for magazines and other publications. In my spare time, I enjoy extreme sports like trail racing.

2. So when did you started working in your field and what inspired or motivated you to take a plunge into this venture?

 I have always been in the field of education; I taught biology and chemistry at secondary schools early in my career and wrote for educational publications. As we are a predominantly English speaking family, my children were resistant to the Mandarin language. When they were preschoolers, they came home from school lamenting that they hated the language. Being an educator myself, I decided to do something radical by creating a Mandarin-based kindergarten which made the learning of Mandarin fun for all children. The main medium of instruction is Mandarin, which is the opposite of typical preschools in Singapore that mainly teaches in English.

3. Can you share with us some of the challenges you faced during your initial days?

It was difficult trying to get investors to buy into my idea as most people thought this concept of a Mandarin-based kindergarten would not take off. Even when we did find some investors, they did not fully believe in the idea and were very sceptical and critical whenever we tried to implement new ideas into the curriculum. In the end, we had to buy out our initial group of investors as they proved unsupportive of the implementation of many of our ideas.

4. So how do you balance your personal and professional life?

I destress by running. It gives me an avenue to clear out my brain because pounding the asphalt is a mindless activity. I run whenever I’m stressed, tired, upset, angry; and I always feel better after that. I also try to travel as much as possible during the school holidays as I always believe in paying for experiences rather than material items. Sometimes I combine my love for running and travelling by participating in trail races overseas.

5. What would you suggest to other aspiring women who want to venture out on their own?

Don’t do it! haha… there have been countless times when I wished that I never left my teaching position. At least then the hours were fixed and the pay was reasonably good. The first few years of starting the business, we did not take home any pay at all. In fact, we put almost all of our savings into the business as well. So it really made or break. So my advice would be, do it only if you believe with all your heart that your product or service will succeed. And then go and it with all that you’ve got.

6. Is there any person who has mentored/supported/inspired you?

I count my business partner, Yiling as the one person who has been a constant in this journey.  She is calm and levels headed while I can be impulsive and easily excitable. As a result, she is the ultimate foil to my harebrained ideas or misplaced exuberance sometimes and is the perfect person to bounce ideas off of. We have gone through many ups and downs during this journey of running Two by Two and without her, I don’t think we would have come so far today.

7. What do you have in the pipeline for your venture’s future development?

We are in the midst of digitizing our content so as to cater to the overseas market. A lot of our clients are expats who send their children to us to learn Mandarin. When they leave for their own countries, they always lament that their children would lose all that they have learnt and achieved with regards to the language and wish that they could continue their learning even while back home. That gave us the idea to digitize our lessons so that these children, and others as well, would be able to benefit from our curriculum.

Do visit School website http://twobytwo.sg/   

and fb page to know more details about the school- https://www.facebook.com/twobytwo.sg/  

Here are some links to media features on Two by Two

http://www.twobytwo.sg/articles/motherhoodmagazine_Jan_2013.pdf

http://www.twobytwo.sg/articles/958interview.mp3

http://www.twobytwo.sg/articles/early_start_in_learning_mandarin.pdf

Womenlines wishes success to Ms Li-Anne Sia for her all future endeavours in the field of education!

Let Excellence be your Brand!

Charu Mehrotra

Founder Womenlines

Womenlines welcomes Anji Hallewell as an Influencer of Positive Mindset on the Womenlines panel. Anji is a Natural Strengths Coach, Trainer, and founder of Natural Genius Academy (formerly Hidden Lava). In her sharing for this month, Anji is sharing ultimate tips to how to utilise intuition to enhance success in life-

Listening to your intuition is the only way for a deeper sense of knowing. To get the true answers that we seek. We go through school learning all this knowledge and intellect to the highest degree, yet we still get stuck in jobs we don’t like, in relationships that have passed their expiry date and stuck in situations that diminish our soul. These are all sure signs that you are not listening to your intuition.

Why do we end up here? Because we don’t know what we really want, how to get it and believe that someone else must hold the answer! This is disempowerment at its highest, but it’s simply not true that you don’t know. You do know or rather your intuition knows. It’s not your soul that is depleting, it’s your ability to hear your own inner voice of wisdom.

It lays dormant underneath all the layers of conditioning that we go through on our way to adulthood. What we are told to do, or not to do, which forms our views on how life needs to be.  Like there’s only one right way! The more it becomes buried, the less awareness we have of it until eventually, we forget we even have it! 

School is great at teaching children how to learn and acquire knowledge but isn’t known for teaching children how to stay connected to their true selves. The more we learn to rely on our intellect alone, the more disconnected we become to our true inner voice.  There is nothing wrong with the knowledge or being rational, but when we solely rely on it, we encounter problems. Although some schools are starting to acknowledge this and prepare their students by teaching them life skills, such as self-awareness.  Mindfulness programmes are being introduced for students to be aware of what is driving them, through observing their thoughts and feelings.

For those of us who were not taught such things at school, we must seek it ourselves as adults. So, can you tune back into it? Absolutely! This is something innate to us all and we can revive it from its dormancy. And there are a few things that you can do to re-find your intuitive side.

Firstly, become aware of your inner dialogue.  The voice in your head, that sounds like you is driven by different things. This was beautifully demonstrated by Disney Pixar’s Inside Out, with all the different emotions that could take over at any time.  If we are driven by fear, then we are likely to lash out, avoid or procrastinate. If we are driven by joy, we listen to our heart’s desire and our own sense of knowing.  And what drives your thoughts will have a direct impact on your outcomes. So, becoming aware of what is driving you is the key to knowing when to engage or disengage with them.  In other words, what is true and what is just rubbish. Mindfulness, meditation and spiritual yoga practice are all great ways to gain this internal awareness.

The second thing you can do is to become more curious! Children are great at this; they are pure creative little spirits who are into everything!  Over time this becomes less pronounced as life becomes less fun, with more serious matters to attend to.  We get stuck in a very repetitive way of existing which causes excitement and zest to take a back seat.  Monotony will kill intuition as it lacks any creativity.  So, start doing new and different things to wake up your intuition. Take a different route home, talk to some people you’ve never spoken to at work or take a spontaneous drive on the weekend and see where it takes you.

And finally, ground yourself.  When I spend time in nature, I shed any ego or invisible protective layer, and this allows the humbler side to emerge. It is in this humble state that our intuition will shine through.  For some people, this may be when they are drawing, dancing or climbing mountains. Whatever it is for you to spend time doing it because it will ground you and energise your intuition.

So, it takes some self-discovery to re-engage with it, as you need to master the ability to let go of what you think you know for your intuition to emerge. When you listen to your authentic expression of what your heart desires you start making more powerful decisions. It shifts the dialogue from “I don’t know” to “this is what I must do’, with certainty and truth. When you start to make more empowering choices in life it can only lead to natural success.

Really the secret to reviving intuition is to inject some lightness into your life.  When we’re not trying to control everything or having to know everything before we do something we can step into a different zone. One that frees us from all the striving and self-doubt, so we can start thriving. So, lighten up and let it emerge!

Anji Hallewell

Professional Speaker, Coach, Trainer on Self-Mastery & Performance

Founder of Natural Genius Academy (formerly Hidden Lava)

+65 8408 5042

Join Anji’s Facebook group, The Natural Genius Academy – Supercharge Your Success

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hiddenlava/