Comments on: Navigation Tools for Life, Part III, Understanding Your Navigational Tools

By: jerrie

jerrie — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:24:53 +0000

Be gentle with yourself was the kicker that I needed. Good stuff.

By: Melanie Mulhall

Melanie Mulhall — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:56:55 +0000

Megan,

And I’ll bet my readers would love to hear some of those koans if you are willing to share. I certainly would!

Melanie

By: Melanie Mulhall

Melanie Mulhall — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:54:29 +0000

Tammy,

For our readers, the book she is referring to is my book, Living the Dream–A Guidebook for Job Seekers and Career Explorers. Yes, you’re right. The exercises have application for those outside of the corporate setting. I’m glad you’re finding it useful . . . but I’d love to hear more about your experience. If you’re willing to share, I’ll bet I’m not alone.

Melanie

By: Melanie Mulhall

Melanie Mulhall — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:48:37 +0000

Pattie,

Start with simple things. You’re driving to work and there are several routes you could take, but one you usually take. Ask your internal guidance system if you should take the usual route that day.

It is easier to follow through on the guidance when it is critical if we have been following through on it when it is a lark.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for your comment. You are not alone in your experience.

Melanie

By: Megan

Megan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:28:35 +0000

It’s been a week of great advice about “softening” and listening to a calmer inner voice. A friend of mine, who lives in Japan, offered me several Zen koans along the same lines as your post.

By: alunachic

alunachic — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:46:05 +0000

Melanie- another brilliant insight. I am so enjoying the book. I’m reading it slowly and carefully. I’m reading about R&R -recovery and reflection. A lot of what I’m reading has to do with “leaving the company”. I thought, “Well that doesn’t apply to me since I work for myself.” THEN I had a revelation! IT DOES APPLY TO ME. I just had to be the observer instead of the participant to understand your concepts! AND MY DREAMS OF LATE— oh that is a whole other email!!!
THANK YOU MELANIE!

By: Pattie

Pattie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:01:53 +0000

Melanie: Thank you for such important wisdom in unsettling times. I struggle with balancing my internal desires with real world perceptions…especially around earning money. I appreciate the reminder to listen to our deepest selves and trust it. I find it easy to embrace that, but hard to enact it.
Pattie

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By: Melanie Mulhall

Melanie Mulhall — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:06:21 +0000

Mandy,

A wonderful example of how checking in with the internal guidance system can help us sort things out! The somatic reaction to doing that (tightness leaving the neck and shoulders) is great validation that your conclusions were right on.

Melanie

By: Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:48:06 +0000

Another great post Melanie and such good timing for me. I’ve been struggling this past month between work commitments and home. It really culminated this weekend when I just had to finish reading a novel and I felt so guilty. I’ve spent the last few days thinking about why I felt that way. I concluded that I had committed to a few shimmering assignments and they had taken time away from my real work and my family. Now I’ve realized that, I’ve got myself back on course and I am feeling so much better ….. the tightness in my neck and shoulders is going.