Have you ever had that feeling, like you’re being squeezed into a box and you have to conform…?

I’ve had that a few times in my life and each time I managed to extract myself, the feeling that came afterwards was like a breath of fresh air.

Ahhhhh….. my heart expanded with joy and my Soul came more and more into my body.

Freedom of my Spirit I call that.

Currently, I’ve been feeling squeezed again. I’m in a situation with someone who is just not on the same page as me and whilst I can 100% acknowledge that they’re good at what they do — we’re just not in alignment anymore and I feel resistance in my body.

It’s making me uncomfortable, so I know that a change is coming.

I’ve learned not to ignore that feeling and it’s one that I encourage my clients not to ignore either.

This is how our Inner Spirit talks to us — through feelings like this.

When we have the awareness that something needs to change in our life it often triggers a series of excuses and rationalisations as to why we can’t make those changes right now…

At one point in my life, I lived in some of those excuses for a while.

I made bargains with myself as to why I should stay stuck in the situation I was in… “I can’t do that yet because I’m not ready” was what I told myself many times over. Procrastination of making the changes I guess… but the truth was that I didn’t even know what to do to BE ready for the changes that needed to happen.

Honestly, it was soooo long ago, that I didn’t even know what doing inner work WAS! I’d never heard the term “shadow work” before and even though I know Jung had already invented it, it certainly wasn’t a common term… unless you happened to be a psychology student I guess.

Yes! I’m talking pre-internet days!

Anyway, clearly I did find a way because I broke free of that situation in the end, but it’s something I see ALL THE TIME with other people who come to me and tell me that they’re stuck and need to make some changes.

They make excuses about it not being the right time. Just like I did!

I guess it’s true, that you can’t change until you’re ready to change….

But when will you be ready?

Usually people only make a move when the pain is so great that they just can’t live with themselves anymore if they DON’T change. But years can go by with them living just a mediocre life and staying stuck because in their mind they make change seem so hard. But is that really living a full life?

Whenever I’m in a situation like this I get that overwhelming feeling that “I can’t go to my grave feeling like I never completed my purpose and mission” and that spurs me onwards and keeps me moving forwards.

I guess that’s the blessing of knowing what you’re here for because once you know your purpose and fully commit to it, it becomes like your inner radar and it guides you.

So here I am on the cusp of making some changes again… and these are very exciting changes that fill me with a feeling of joy and purpose.

At this point I can’t find any resistance to it and I’m not hearing any internal excuses or rationalisations about why I shouldn’t take this next step…

In fact, it’s quite the contrary….

What I’m feeling is the freedom of my Spirit and it’s ready to soar, so watch this space because I have something coming that you’re going to LOVE and that will help YOUR SPIRIT to soar TOO!