Trusting What You Already Know

When you know, you know. But too often the knowing is hidden in plain sight beneath the weight of doing, striving, and proving. Exhaustion builds walls around what we already hold. There’s power and possibility when you take time to be still and know (come on Psalms 46:10 somebody!). Here are a few ways that knowing has been showing up in my world.

Resting

An invitation to slow down long enough to hear what your mind, body, and heart are telling you.

It started with a Saturday morning run and ended with a friend lounging on our porch swing.

I was listening to a podcast as I made my way through our neighborhood. I decided to challenge myself and cruised over to the steepest hill in the vicinity. First, I went down and then I came back up again.

By the time I made it to the top, an idea was brewing: a new kind of respite. Four days later when I finished the podcast, I heard the word “porch” and knew what I had to do.

Open the porch swing to others.

I offered a business bestie, who was already coming over for a work session, the first opportunity. Her 15 minutes on the swing brought her to something she hadn't expected. "It is already done." Whew, her powerful revelation spoke to me as well.

I could have never anticipated the magic the swing could hold for others. Now that it’s been tested, I’m excited to see how others will be changed too.

Remembering

An invitation to reconnect with your brilliance - the wisdom, creativity, and magic within and around you.

The body keeps score.

I’ve always intuitively known this on some level, but it really sank in when I read “What Happened to You” by Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry. I became enamored with that question — versus the typical "What's wrong with you?" — because of how it accounts for lived experience. What happened to you is directly connected with how you show up, which is not always an intentional choice.

Recently, I received the gift of that truth reinforced through a somatic experience led by Lauren Dike of Harmonna. During the 1.5-hour session, I disconnected from my surroundings and reconnected with deep, repressed feelings in my body. The memories and emotions that surfaced were revelatory for me and, based on what others shared in closing, for them too.

I am constantly striving to trust the knowing, not just in my mind, but also in my body. It remembers. And it is sharing useful data that will enable active, embodied presence in my life.

How has being more present in your body served you?

Recasting/Realizing

An invitation to imagine the life you desire and pursue it with joy as your compass.

"The devil you do know is better than the devil you don't."

I can't remember the first time I heard this saying. I just know I've heard it my whole life. Is it a Southern thing? Or geography agnostic?

Either way, I had to lovingly remind a client partner this week that this either/or thinking no longer serves us.

This posture keeps us trapped, most acutely in our minds, in accepting less. It's rooted in fear and self-doubt. The premise is that you will accept what you have because the next, new thing could be worse. Could be. What about the possibility of it being so much better?

That's the space we sat in together. Not problem-solving. Not planning. Just letting the freedom and possibility of something new breathe. Trusting her inner knowing. And knowing she could figure out whatever came next, including how overwhelmingly good it might be.

We have a deep well of trust. We owe it to ourselves to draw from it. What will trusting yourself reveal about what's possible? For you and those you lead and love? Give it a try.

I'd love to hear what surfaces when you stop, get still, and trust what you already know.

Joyfully,

Elandria