Are you listening?

We all know how frustrating it can be when someone we love isn’t listening to what we truly need. We feel invalidated, disrespected, hurt, and sad. We can’t understand why they don’t care enough to really hear us, honestly and deeply.

Now think about your own ability to listen to what you need and want. Are you really listening to your Core Self? Often times, the answer is “No.” Listening requires patience, and making room for the work that is needed to help that person. In this instance, that person is you!

Why do we treat ourselves any differently than we’d want to be treated by our most near and dear? We deeply want to do what we love and have life fall in line around our happiness. Instead, we brush aside our Core Needs in order to assimilate to the life already built around us by others. We wonder why we are unfulfilled, but we ourselves don’t work to fulfill.

Carve out a moment for yourself when you are at your most reflective, as this will be when you are most aligned to your deepest self. For me, it is the evening; everything is softer, more subtle, and there is a warmth to the lighting that feels like my evening is drizzled in honey. You may find the morning is when you truly vibrate, when everything is fresh and born anew!

Make a list of 4-5 goals for the week. See if you can fulfill just one thing by the end of the week. Make it your most important purpose! Notice the soothing feeling of achievement, validation, and pride that you did something that is really important to your core. That is listening to yourself, and that is just a tiny sweet taste of what is possible when you really make it a point to practice it every day. Oh, what you can accomplish!