by Justina Ford | Sep 13, 2021 | Business Mindset, Mindset To Manifest, PODCAST, Spirituality |
Let’s chat about clues that show you may be out of alignment with your natural giftings. Lately, my daughter’s been experiencing some stress around all the different paths she can take in her life right now. Seeing her navigate this hurdle made me think of this space here – accepting your natural giftings and being in alignment with them. There’s no doubt about the fact that we all face this hurdle at some point in our entrepreneurial journey. In fact, I’d almost say it’s a necessary path to take.
How often do you stress about…
What you should do?
What action you should take next?
Should you leave that soul-sucking job?
Should you launch that particular program?
Or, should you be operating the business you’re running as of now (or be doing something else)?
These questions may seem taxing; however, they are perfectly fine to ask. When you find yourself at the crossroads of answering each one, they actually give you very much-needed clues about your next steps. The biggest hindrance is when you get stuck in the answers. Once you’ve answered them, it’s time to take action.
it all boils down to your natural giftings
I often walk my clients through an exercise that invites them to take a look back at their childhood. While visiting memories, we hone in on experiences that endorse their natural giftings. These are what typically come to life in their chosen line of work.
If you just happen to do this exercise, pay attention to the little things that lit you on fire when you were just a kid. Think about the qualities you had that felt natural to operate in. Then, you’ll most likely arrive at the conclusion of what you should be doing.
Sometimes we let the fear of pursuing something new or the fear of missing out get in the way of living a life fulfilled. Are you worrying more about how you’re going to take care of yourself versus how much you can trust God to catch you when you take a leap into what feels natural and what feels good?
When I say what feels natural and what feels good, I’m referring to how you serve in this lifetime within the capacity of your everyday being, everyday energy, and everyday operations. If the thought of this space has you stumped or feeling out of alignment, let’s highlight some cues to confirm that notion.
5 Clues You’re Out of Alignment with Your Natural Giftings
These clues aren’t meant to be off-putting. The truth of the matter is we have to come to terms with any and everything that is attempting to hinder our God-given giftings and abilities. These are the very essence of what makes businesses work, and any portion of it being out of alignment can jeopardize your true potential.
As you read through these clues and questions, answer them truthfully. Take time to meditate on your responses and even write them down:
- You feel drained and you dread showing up in your current career.
- You’re trying to pursue something to prove you’re good enough.
- Other people’s voices are louder than the still, small voice of God.
- You’ve allowed industry trends to derail you from your own ideas and creativity.
- When someone asks you what you do, you cringe at trying to respond.
Do any of these sound familiar? Were your responses “yes” more than “no?” If so, here are some action steps to start taking now:
- Be okay with where you currently are in life and business, but decide today that you’re not going to stay there.
- Revisit your why and the whole purpose for starting your business.
- Take another look at your goals and see if your day-to-day tasks are genuinely getting you there.
- Refresh your why, vision, mission, and goals that align with where you want to be in life in business.
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Then, work with me! From helping you get aligned in your business to launching your soulful signature service, I would love to link arms with you. There are 86,400 seconds in a day, it’s time to start using those doing what God ordained you to do!
by Justina Ford | Mar 22, 2017 | Business Mindset, Spirituality
Janet Crawford put it this way:…emotions are elegant shortcuts that allow us to sort through reams of [subconscious] neural patterns and generate feelings that guide us toward or away from a course of action. Without emotion, we are biologically incapable of making decisions. Logic is often the last step in the process.
Why do we care about emotions in the first place? The emotions we experience literally guide us toward or away from our desired course of action. We need to discover how those emotions are playing a role in our desired happiness and success. As you’re navigating what will make you happy and what will make you feel fulfilled you are dealing with a myriad of emotions; some under the surface and some that are front and center. Not only can we discover how emotions are playing a role in our desired outcomes but we can literally heal the emotion that is steering us away from our desired result. Wouldn’t that be amazing? Getting to the root of the emotions that are truly holding you back from manifesting your desired life and business.
Thoughts, beliefs, emotion and intention. The beliefs we hold, which are wordless energetic states of being, attract thoughts and emotions to match. When you are experience disempowering thoughts and emotions, they lead to disempowering lies and vows that you begin to will into existence through your intentions. The opposite happens for us also, when we experience positive thoughts and emotions we create empowering truths and action that we will to existent with our intention.
What are the true thoughts that have been spinning around in your head lately?
- Can I really do this?
- Am I really cut out for this?
- I have to many ideas and none of them have really worked yet?
- I don’t know how to be a successful business woman
- I’m afraid to really be seen
- I can’y trust the truth of how amazing I really am
- I still question if I’m good enough
What are your true intentions as a professional entrepreneurial woman looking to embark on your journey of creating and bringing forth your purpose in the marketplace? What is the outcome that you are really looking for? If it is that you desire to be serving in a way that truly lights you up and you desire to create impact and lead with purpose then thoughts like the ones above do not serve you. But it’s not your fault. Women lead lives with baggage from their past that stir up emotions that they so desperate want to break free from but until you get to the root of the emotion you stay stuck, spinning your wheels and wondering what is wrong with you
While painting this picture of connection I hope it’s getting clearer to you why your emotions are so important as a women of faith with the call to entrepreneurship. There may be negative thoughts or beliefs that you have about yourself and other successful people in business. Despite your desire to be impactful with your own business, these negative thoughts and beliefs can lead to disempowering lies and vows that you are intentionally displaying in your life. The issue is that sometimes we are totally unaware, totally oblivious to the affects of our subconscious beliefs. I suggest you check the fruit.
- Are your service booked out?
- Are you reaching your financial goals?
- Are you excited to wake up and serve in your given field?
- Do you see where your next clients are coming from?
- Are you soulfully aligned to the work you’re doing?
- Do you have a well-oiled team?
- Are you reaching your desired goals?
- Are you committed to the process of growth?
- Are you displaying the discipline and confidence necessary to be a successful business woman?
If your answer is no to any of these…checking your thoughts and emotions is vital. Embracing a process of emotional healing is also vital.
Managing our emotions is the foundation to personal achievement, happiness, and professional success. If you are a solo entrepreneur you know the lines between personal and professional can be blurred. It is our personal desire to be a professional success. See what I mean?? I want you to consider the idea that you can not only manage but actually heal the conscious and subconscious emotions that are running the the limiting beliefs, lies, and vows that you’ve agreed to as coping mechanisms.
You may be asking how I know this. Surely I do because I remember the struggle of going back and forth on what I wanted, I remember having the opportunities right in my face but being too afraid to seize them. I remember having the resources at my fingertips but my thoughts and emotions truly holding me captive. My thoughts of not being good enough, my thoughts of not being capable all created an emotional vibration that kept me paralyzed and kept me stuck.
Have you ever wondered why you desire to do better but you end up replaying the same old habits? Well that’s because there is emotional healing to be done in that area. There are lies and vows at play in your life that stem from events and traumas from your Youth. This is where the Emotional Freedom Technique comes into place. There is a negative story that is written on your wall and it’s time for that to change. I’m talking energy psychology protocols that God has gifted us with that are based in circuitry and intention. It’s a such a wonderful blessing to be in a co-operative framework alongside God our creator.
For your purpose, for your success, tap into the subconscious mind and break free from your disempowering thoughts and belief.
One of the first steps to manifesting a life and business that you truly desire is having a heart for God and Mind for Business. We must first have our thoughts in alignment with what God thinks about us before we can manifest anything. Interested in experiencing Heart and Soul as your new Strategy? Check out my free webinar!
by Justina Ford | Nov 14, 2015 | Spirituality
I was in church the other day and I was listening to all the characteristics of Satan himself. One stood out to me the most. I mean over the years I’ve been exposed to his many characteristics and ways. However, one had always confused me or had me wondering about more.
Also I’ll share that I have this weird belief (I’d say it’s pure truth but you’ll have to decide for yourself) that a lot the “ways” of Satan or actions that he would engage in WE do and act these ways ourselves:
Here are the ways!
1. We “kill “ourselves and people by the words that come out our mouths
2. We “steal” by taking others joy and or downing our own dreams
3. We “destroy” by self-sabotaging actions and mindsets.
There has been another saying of satan being the accuser of the brethren and I always wondered what it is that he has to accuse us of or why he would waste time accusing us when he could be doing more damage?
There was this picture created in my mind of satan going into heaven and seriously nagging God about the horrible things that we do on a daily basis. So he’s there waving his fingers pointing at us from heaven telling God
- how much we suck
- how we failed at this
- how we did not show enough faith
- how we slacked in our marriages,
- how we were lazy with the talents that God has given us
He’s there accusing us and Jesus is there saying Shut Up Dude! I’ve done enough to cover their shortcomings, I am enough, I’ve given them grace.
However, remember I mentioned to you about this belief that we do the same things that the devil himself does to others and ourselves…well here it is. We are accusers of ourselves!
We tell ourselves:
- how we arent worth it
- how we haven’t done enough to be what we really want
- how our creative efforts are short of value
- how we’ll never amount to anything because we messed up at A or B.
Well, well…Way to be self-accusers and kill, steal, and destroy our own goals and dreams in life!
Let’s stop blaming the devil for why we arent successful and take time to be aware of how we are destroying ourselves!
We want to live abundant lives, we’re fully capable of living abundant lives, so lets live and speak words of life, give freely to others and ourselves, validate ourselves and give birth to our creativity. What are you creating in life right now? I’d love to co-creative with you 😉
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Justina Ford
INTUITIVE BUSINESS COACH AND INNER HEALING PRACTITIONER
Justina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Master’s in Human Service Counseling focused in Business, and additional training in the Emotional Freedom Technique and Splankna Therapy. She is an Amazon #1 International Best-Selling Author, Huffington Post Contributor and Contributing Author of Notes to Younger Women. She also serves as a Commercial Makeup Artist to Professional Photographers, Marketing and Advertising Teams. She is an intuitive business coach and Christian energy healer. She calls herself The Soul-Purpose Alignment Strategist. She helps new and aspiring Christian Coaches and service based Mompreneurs to overcome limiting beliefs surrounding their purpose and their call to create in the marketplace.
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