Find and Follow Your Inner Compass: Instant Guidance in an Age of Information Overload - Softcover

Berger, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780995105 ISBN 13: 9781780995106

Verlag: John Hunt Publishing, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

In a time when we are bombarded from morning to evening with information from all sides as to what is best and what we should and shouldn't do to live happy lives, how can we navigate through this massive sea of information and know what's best for us in any given situation? Is there a reliable way to make decisions and navigate wisely through life? Yes! In this book Barbara Berger maps out what the Inner Compass is and how we can read its signals. How do we use the Inner Compass in our daily lives, at work and in our relationships? What sabotages our ability to listen to and follow the Inner Compass? What do we do when the Inner Compass points us in a direction we believe other people will disapprove of? Find and follow your Inner Compass and experience more flow and joy in your life.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

American born Barbara Berger is the bestselling author of The Road to Power, The Awakening Human Being: A Guide to the Power of Mind and Are You Happy Now? 10 Ways to Live a Happy Life. She lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

American born Barbara Berger is the bestselling author of The Road to Power, The Awakening Human Being: A Guide to the Power of Mind and Are You Happy Now? 10 Ways to Live a Happy Life. She lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Auszug. © Genehmigter Nachdruck. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Find and Follow Your Inner Compass

Instant Guidance in an Age of Information Overload

By Barbara Berger

John Hunt Publishing Ltd.

Copyright © 2016 Barbara Berger
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-78099-510-6

Contents

Foreword, 1, 
PART ONE: You have an Inner Compass, 5, 
You have an Inner Compass, 7, 
Understanding our emotions, 9, 
The Great Universal Intelligence, 11, 
Not in contact with the Inner Compass, 14, 
You were probably taught that your feelings didn't really matter, 16, 
The Inner Compass exercise – here's what to do, 17, 
Check in regularly with your Inner Compass, 21, 
You already are following your Inner Compass in a lot of ways!, 22, 
Afraid to notice how you feel?, 23, 
Change starts happening naturally and automatically, 24, 
Your Inner Compass is not mental, 25, 
The Inner Compass and the Great Universal Intelligence, 26, 
Is it selfish to listen to your Inner Compass?, 27, 
The Emotional Scale and keeping your energy high, 29, 
You are the only one who has access to your Inner Compass, 31, 
No universal standard – no one size fits all, 33, 
We are all on a learning curve, 35, 
Your Inner Compass never says "should", 36, 
What about "intuition" or "the voice within"?, 37, 
What does the Inner Compass say?, 38, 
So should I always do what feels good?, 39, 
Approval feels better than disapproval, 40, 
What happens when you don't listen to your Inner Compass, 41, 
Negative emotion is your friend, 43, 
Yoga, mindfulness, meditation, positive thinking and the Inner Compass, 44, 
When did the first "no" arise?, 45, 
Your Inner Compass and your thoughts about yourself, 46, 
Life activities: Is it "Survival", your "Passion" or just "In Between Stuff"?, 48, 
What does the Inner Compass say?, 50, 
PART TWO: Dealing with the fear of disapproval and other challenges, 53, 
The fear of disapproval and other challenges, 55, 
If I follow my Inner Compass, I'll make someone else unhappy, 55, 
Happiness is an inside job, 57, 
Different people react in different ways to the exact same situation, 58, 
But I know my partner will be upset!, 62, 
Take your power back!, 63, 
People who are out of alignment want you to fix them, 64, 
Arbitrary standards of behavior, 65, 
What if my family doesn't like it?, 67, 
Your assertive rights, 69, 
The "sandwich technique", 70, 
Asking for time, 73, 
Working with assertiveness, 74, 
When people continue to make you "wrong", 75, 
Minding your own business, 76, 
The Inner Compass and children, 78, 
The lure of glamour, fame and success, 81, 
Self-referral or other-referral?, 82, 
The power of two or more in alignment, 84, 
What does the Inner Compass say?, 85, 
Momentum and learning to use the Inner Compass, 86, 
Mental Training, 88, 
Awareness is the key, 89, 
It's a process – a never-ending process, 91, 
What does the Inner Compass say?, 92, 
EPILOGUE: The Inner Compass and human evolution, 93, 
Democracy – the highest form of government, 95, 
Consensus or flock mentality?, 96, 
Everyone wants to be free!, 98, 
The Inner Compass and human evolution, 99, 
What did the Inner Compass say to Barbara Berger?, 100, 
One Final Word: Everyone and everything responds to love, 103, 
Acknowledgements, 104, 

CHAPTER 1

You have an Inner Compass

You have an Inner Compass. You have an amazingly accurate and reliable Inner Compass that is working all the time. An Inner Compass that is constantly giving you guidance and information as to what is best for you and whether or not you are in alignment with who you really are.

And how does the Inner Compass do this? It does this by means of your emotions. Your emotions are the way in which the Inner Compass lets you know how you are doing. When you feel good, when you feel a sense of ease and flow, enthusiasm and joy in your life, these good-feeling emotions are an indication that you are in alignment with who you really are. When you feel less than good, when you feel a sense of discomfort, frustration, overwhelmed, anxious or distressed in any way, these negative emotions are an indication that you are out of alignment and not doing what's best for you.

So the Inner Compass is a very simple mechanism. It is an internal yes/no mechanism that is your direct connection to the Great Universal Intelligence – that Greater Intelligence that created this amazing Universe and all Life in it, including you. In order to provide you with a clear indication of whether or not you are in alignment with what the Greater Intelligence knows to be the truth about you, the Inner Compass works like the North/South guidance of an ordinary directional compass. When you are in alignment – when you are living in harmony with who you really are and what is best for you – this Inner Compass points directly North and you feel a sense of comfort, ease and flow in your life. In other words, you feel good. And when you're not in alignment with who you really are (with the North/South position), it means you are off the beam, and as a result, you feel a sense of discomfort or unease. In other words, you don't feel so good.

It's as simple as that.

But unfortunately, most people have lost touch with their Inner Compass, which is their very own, natural internal guidance system. As a result, most of us don't realize that this is what our emotions are all about. We don't understand or realize that our emotions are actually indicators, which are all the time telling us whether or not we are in alignment with who we really are and with what is best for us, in any and every given moment in time or situation.

So the heart of the matter is that your emotions matter! How you feel matters!

Everyone knows when something feels good or bad, everyone knows the difference between feeling angry and feeling love, between feeling depressed and feeling joyful ... but what most of us don't understand or realize is that these emotions are important indicators because they are giving us vital information about what is going on in our lives. So when you stop and notice what's going on inside you, you will see you are probably experiencing a wide range of emotions, emotions which vary, depending on the situation you are in. Whether it's what's going on in your family or what's happening as you interact with your partner or your colleagues at work.

But whether we are aware of this mechanism or not, our emotions are there! All the time. And this means that, whether we know it or not, each one of us has an Inner Compass that is providing us with this information by means of our emotions. So when you start to notice, you will see that this Inner Compass is always telling you in each and every moment in time – how you feel about what is going on in your life. Your emotions are giving you this valuable information all of the time. And this internal guidance system is always on, always available, always giving you second by second, minute by minute information and guidance, which you can use to make wise choices for yourself in every situation.

But unfortunately most people don't know about the Inner Compass and don't know that our emotions are the key to understanding and using this internal guidance system.

Understanding our emotions

Since our emotions are the key to understanding how our...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Hunt Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1780995105
• ISBN 13: 9781780995106
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 120
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Buchbär; info@buchbaer.de; ; Weberstr. 67; Osnabrück; 49084; Deutschland