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BITESIZE | How to Find Inspiration Everywhere You Look | Light Watkins #349

Mar 30, 2023 14m 45s 16 insights
When we step outside our comfort zone we can experience growth and opportunity. But when our inner voice is quietly nudging us to make a change, or to take on a new challenge, how do we find the courage to listen to it? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart.  Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 195 of the podcast with internationally acclaimed meditation teacher, speaker and author, Light Watkins. In this clip, Light explains how we can tune into the inspiration that is all around us by training ourselves to look for it, and by cultivating our intuition and trusting our inner guide, opportunities can open up for us. Thanks to our sponsor http://www.athleticgreens.com/livemore Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/195 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk
Actionable Insights

1. Train Your Focus

Understand that what you actively train yourself to look for is what you will perceive; if you don’t see inspiration, you are likely not training yourself to look for it.

2. Choose a Miraculous Perspective

Choose to believe that everything is a miracle, rather than nothing, as this perspective can shift how you perceive guidance and serendipitous events in your life.

3. Cultivate Gratitude and Presence

Focus on gratitude and be more present to enhance your perception of inspiration and opportunities, making life feel more vibrant and revealing possibilities everywhere.

4. Choose Optimistic Perspectives

Choose to look on the bright side and believe that events happen for a reason, even if unclear initially, as this perspective fosters calmness, reduces reactivity, and promotes peace and happiness.

5. Experiment with Optimism

Experiment with having more optimism and trust in your internal guidance, rather than defaulting to negativity, recognizing the power of where you place your attention.

6. Practice Meditation for Connectivity

Engage in meditation to access a deeper sense of connectivity that transcends intellectual understanding, helping you feel drawn to experiences and situations more intuitively.

7. Discern Inner Guidance

Practice discerning your ‘still small voice of inner guidance’ from other internal voices (pain, trauma, social conditioning) by ‘split testing’ and following the one you believe is your intuition, accepting you may not get it right every time initially.

8. Identify Intuition by Affirmation

Identify your inner guidance by its affirmative nature; it will always tell you what to do (e.g., ‘Go right,’ ‘Take this chance’) and keep you moving forward, rather than telling you what not to do.

9. Follow Your Internal GPS

Trust and follow your internal guidance, or ‘internal GPS,’ without over-questioning, similar to how you would trust a car GPS to reach your desired destination.

10. Embrace Fear and Excitement

When you feel both excitement for possibilities and fear, recognize these as hallmarks of inspiration and move in that direction, understanding that fear is a natural part of the process.

11. Cultivate Loyalty to Inner Calling

Define courage as loyalty to your inner, heartfelt calling rather than the absence of fear, and cultivate enough courage to act on that calling despite fear.

12. Step Beyond Comfort Zone

Recognize that magic and growth occur outside your comfort zone, and understand that the fear you feel at its edge is a natural rite of passage, often loudest just before you begin.

13. Act to Dissipate Fear

Take action on what you’re called to do, as fear tends to dissipate quickly once you move beyond the initial starting place and engage in the activity, allowing you to enter a strategic mode.

14. Act on Small Leaps of Faith

Begin by taking small leaps of faith or following your heart on minor urges, such as meditating or complimenting someone, as these small actions will eventually lead to bigger, more significant outcomes.

15. Start a Gratitude List

If you feel stuck or can’t see your next step, start writing down everything you are grateful for, as gratitude anchors you in the present moment, clarifying your inner guidance and revealing your next instructions.

16. Focus on the Next Step

Avoid paralysis by not trying to see the entire ‘staircase’ or future path; instead, focus only on identifying and taking the very next step.