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Feeling Stuck? Here’s how to move forward when you’re pulled in every direction.. and it’s not what you think it is..

Apr 23, 2024

"I’m like one of those wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men you see at used car dealerships. I feel like I’m flopping around between different options and opportunities, just like those tube men constantly changing directions and moving around in an uncontrolled manner.

 

Like I have concrete in my shoes, weighing me down and preventing me from maneuvering freely. I desperately want to go in so many directions, but no matter what I do, my feet feel like they can’t move."

 

These words were spoken by an incredibly resilient, powerful, and inspiring woman. On the outside, you see a woman with a big warm smile, who has traveled the world, made high-stakes decisions, left the security of a safe career to pursue freedom and adventure, only to be left with "nothing," before building another successful business. A woman who has proven to be capable of creating anything she wants. But on the inside, it’s a story of self-doubt, limiting beliefs, and other internal barriers holding her back from experiencing the life she now wants.

 

"I need clarity, Rita. I need to know what’s next. I need to know what decisions to make."

 

Well, the truth of the matter is that I do not know what her version of clarity means, nor what’s next or what decisions will move her needle.

 

I have never walked in her shoes, or had her life experiences.

 

I don’t know what her version of success feels like.

 

And that is magical in itself... I don’t know... I don’t have the answers...

 

All I see is a woman whom I will remind how powerful she is. She has all the clarity she needs if she starts listening on a deeper level.

 

That’s why the work we do together is so life-changing and transformational! It’s based on real, non-attached curiosity from my end and her own wisdom from so many dimensions.

 

So where do we start?

 

Remember how vividly she described her experience using the analogy of a wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man?

 

That image feels exhausting just by thinking about it!

 

So what can be done with immediate effect and relief?

 

Shut off the air that drives it. 

 

Pause…. 

 

Slow down…

 

Take a deep breath.

 

Get quiet…

 

Get back to ground zero.

 

And that’s where we start.

 

Creating space.

 

Space for emotions to finally be heard,  space for new feelings, ideas, creativity...clarity…

 

What’s taking up your space at the moment?

 

What do you want to experience if you could create it?

 

I wonder ….

 

Love

Rita