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Boldly answering the highest calling of your heart
There’s something inside of you, an inner feeling, an itch, a smoldering ember, that’s calling you forth.
You’ve had success in your life, and you can look back proudly on some of your accomplishments.
But you know there’s more for you to share…
…more of your gifts, more of what’s bubbling up in your heart, more of who you are that’s different than how you’ve shown up before.
Some call it your life purpose or your soul calling.
Others call it your inner spark, your evolutionary awakening, or the leading edge of your being.
I call it your Creative Impulse.
Your Creative Impulse is the inner stirring you feel to show up more boldly in the world, more joyously, and more expansively, in a way that’s uniquely you.
Even though you feel this inner calling to be and share more of who you are with the world, you’re not clear what that exactly looks like, and you might not truly believe what you want is possible.
What’s getting in your way?
One obstacle is that what you think is your dream is really someone else’s dream for you.
Your friends and your colleagues have the best of intentions and want to give you tried and true advice.
They’ll tell you that if you just follow what most people do to achieve success, then you’ll achieve the same success.
Or sometimes they look at you and your past accomplishments, and think that you’re that same person, not taking into account that you have new dreams in your heart.
What ends up happening is, when you follow someone else’s dream, you might achieve outward success and then get congratulated with thousands of likes on Instagram, but you still feel a little empty inside because the success wasn’t truly meaningful for you.
Another obstacle is the Impostor Syndrome.
The Impostor Syndrome says, who do you think you are to live your life just the way you want? You don’t have the right credentials or the right look or the right persona.
The impostor syndrome says you don’t have it within you to achieve what you really want.
If you believe what the impostor syndrome says to you, then you shrink and hide yourself, and you stay in what you think is your comfort zone.
It steers you towards something you’re already familiar with and already know, something that’s less scary, less bold, and ultimately…less of you who you’re being called to be.
Still another obstacle that gets in your way is the belief that you’re being too greedy or selfish to even ask for what you really want.
This obstacle is so insidious because it stops you from even taking your first step. It convinces you to stay put right where you are, just as you’ve always been.
It also argues that you should simply be grateful for what you have and to not ask for anything more.
But here’s the spiritual truth.
These obstacles are only obstacles, and who you are is so much more than any obstacle before you.
You’ve had evidence of this in your own life.
Think about it.
I bet you’ve achieved successes that some people can only dream of, and you’ve probably been surprised by your own inner resolve and ingenuity.
Take a moment and recall those moments in your life where you made a commitment to accomplish something bigger than you thought was possible for you.
You probably had some obstacles show up. And yet, you found a way to rise to the challenge, to be bigger than the obstacles in your way.
You see, obstacles live at the edge of your comfort zone.
Obstacles show up precisely because you’re being called to show up in a bigger way.
And that is what the Creative Impulse is, it’s your heart’s calling you forth to show up in a bigger way.
But to show up in a bigger way, there are two guiding principles you have to understand.
The first principle is this.
These obstacles are only obstacles, and who you are is so much more than any obstacle before you.
You’ve had evidence of this in your own life.
Think about it.
I bet you’ve achieved successes that some people can only dream of, and you’ve probably been surprised by your own inner resolve and ingenuity.
Take a moment and recall those moments in your life where you made a commitment to accomplish something bigger than you thought was possible for you.
You probably had some obstacles show up. And yet, you found a way to rise to the challenge, to be bigger than the obstacles in your way.
You see, obstacles live at the edge of your comfort zone.
Obstacles show up precisely because you’re being called to show up in a bigger way.
And that is what the Creative Impulse is, it’s your heart’s calling you forth to show up in a bigger way.
But to show up in a bigger way, there are two guiding principles you have to understand.
The first principle is this.
What got you to where you are now isn’t what’s going to take you to your next level.
Remember when you were in grade school and first learning about math.
You learned about addition and subtraction, counting with your fingers and your toes.
But at some point, you realized there was more to learn, like multiplication and division.
Your brain had to think in new ways.
(Plus, you didn’t have enough fingers and toes to get to those higher numbers.)
This same principle applies to your own growth.
To get to your next level, you have to expand your understanding of what’s possible.
And you have to draw on new faculties you didn’t realize existed within you.
Here’s the second principle.
Most people get stuck because they feel like they have to figure it out all by themselves.
But there’s a catch-22 in there.
You only know what you know, and you tend to do the same things that you know.
If you want to keep on getting the same results, keep on doing what you’re doing.
But if you want different results, you’re going to have to change what you’re doing.
And to change what you’re doing, you have to change who you’re being and how you’re showing up.
That’s where Spiritual Life Coaching comes in.
Imagine if all these testimonials never happened because people never followed the callings of their heart.
Before my clients started working with me, they shared common and deeply painful struggles, like:
The cost isn’t only to individuals, but also to the people they’re feeling called to serve.
What would the world look like if Lin Manuel Miranda didn’t pursue his passion for composing and writing lyrics, all because someone might have told him that you don’t make money in the creative arts?
We wouldn’t have Hamilton or Encanto!
Or what if Oprah didn’t start her own talk show because she felt the impostor syndrome?
Millions of lives wouldn’t have changed for the better because of her wisdom and the talent she had in uplifting the world.
What is it costing you when you go into default mode, doing what you do, day in and day out, while something inside of you is wanting to express itself?
Whether you realize it or not, there’s a cost to not following your dreams.
You have to make a choice whether you are willing to pay for those costs, or whether you are ready to answer the calling in your heart.
There’s always a choice. You can choose to say YES to the life that’s calling you forward, and you can choose TODAY.
I invite you to submit an application for one-on-one spiritual life coaching.
I only take a limited number of coaching clients, and I currently have a couple spots that have recently opened up. (I will update this when my spots are filled, at which point I’ll set up a waiting list.)
I offer a 60-minute life coaching consultation and mini-coaching session so that we can assess whether working together makes sense for both of us, and I charge a nominal fee of $150 for this consultation.
If you would like to submit an application for spiritual life coaching with me, please click here to fill out the form and I will get back to you.
Whether or not you decide to apply, my prayer is for you to continue to dream…and to dream big.
When you dream big, you expand your understanding of what’s possible, and you step into a bigger version of YOU.
May you continue to grow and expand in service to your heart’s vision, for your highest and best life.
Abundant Blessings,
Dr. Joselito Laudencia
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