Whispers in the Mist

What are you normally doing when feeling overwhelmed?

When the pressure to deliver or make the right decisions is real?

If you are not one of the faint-hearted - read on:

It’s a crisp Monday in the heart of November.

An email confirming me hosting a personal storytelling workshop for 20 managers of the L'Oréal Professional Products HQ in Paris just landed.

“Yeahhhh babeeey.”

I’m going to the city of lights - and romance (and croissants).

I’m beaming.

Then reality comes crashing down.

It’s next Friday afternoon, and my finances, ohhh, a sinking feeling takes hold of me.

Every account is in minus.

How will I pay rent? Bills? Food?

After an hour of puzzling with flights and hotels, I see nothing else than triple-digit costs.

How am I supposed to…

“Go for a run."

I rather feel than hear a voice whisper the words. “Yeah, I really should”, I think to myself.

So, I lace up and hit the pavement with my ears ringing and a cacophony of thoughts and worries.

Taking the harbor route, feeling the fresh air cool me down, and as I see “Norwegian Princess” leave port, I stretch, and dream away to the memories of working onboard the ships.

Out of nowhere…

“Take the train.”

The train? Is there even a train between Barcelona and Paris?

Feeling a surge of excitement course through my body, I jog, no, I run the final kilometers back home.

Once inside, I don’t even take my shoes off before launching my browser - and look at that…

A NEWLY launched high-speed train service, offering a direct route between Barcelona and Paris - at a fraction of the cost of a flight.

Mamma Mia
^{(ABBA said)}

But what about accommodation?

I hop over to booking.com, holding my breath, and on the first page, a boutique hostel with stellar reviews, a super price, and wait for it…

Wait for it…

Located RIGHT NEXT to the same station that the train arrives at.

I’m doing a shimmy, shake, twerk and bake with sweat dripping all around me.

The next day

Being up to my ears in front of my laptop, a feeling more than a voice whispers:

“Take a power nap.”

Geee, I got tons to do, but ok. I lay down, and slowly fade away into snoozeland.

“Tell them you are coming early.”

I wake to those words ring as clearly as someone would’ve told me leaning over me.

“Ok”, I think to myself and email the organizer.

“Fantastic”, she replies. “We are looking forward to meeting you.”

Around noon the next day, an email titled, ”Great News” lands in my inbox:

Can you do it?

Can I do it?

Are you kidding me? I can’t believe it. Doing a twist and shout, chest and…. (well you know the rest).

One week later, I’m off to Paris.

Two weeks later, payment time and it’s EXACTLY the amount needed to pay rent, bills, and get out of minus.

And there I was, worrying about “How” I would make it happen.

By today, I’ve deliberately practiced intuition work for 4 years, having taken energy healing and manifestation courses.

I believe in intuition.

As a result…

Better decisions, better opportunities, and greater respect, confidence, peace, joy, and freedom.

I can’t tell you ONE single story - when trusting intuition got me hurt or bad results (although it often felt scary and completely bananas at first).

Can you?

If you believe staying true to yourself is the path to greater meaning, abundance, and contribution in your life - get out of your head.

Focusing on “How”, pushing through, and distrusting is your highway to hell, especially when under pressure or that idea seems difficult.

Trust your intuition.

I hope this story inspired you to do so, today.

P.S. If you practice intuition - or take on the quest of learning - tell me how it goes. I’d love to hear your stories and results.