Finding Your Passion

Written by Deirdre McEachern


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Finding Your Passion by Deirdre McEachern

Six years ago I was a successful high-tech professional. I had rapidly climbedrepparttar 130894 corporate ladder and had become a director of operations inrepparttar 130895 software industry. I was professionally successful but I was also onrepparttar 130896 verge of emotionally burn out. With some introspection, I came to realize that part of my problem was due torepparttar 130897 fact that I no longer hadrepparttar 130898 level of passion which was required for success in such a demanding industry. I was in a quandary – I was succeeding in my current line of work yet knew I could not last there for much longer. I had no idea what I would or could do next.

I wasn’t sure thatrepparttar 130899 skills I was using in my current job wererepparttar 130900 ones I would want to apply to another. I felt like I would end up in “more ofrepparttar 130901 same” if I wasn’t careful. At that point my executive coach recommended The Highlands Ability Battery to me. It was a three hour test that could tell me what my natural talents and abilities were. Without hesitation I dedicated a Saturday to it and traveled thirty miles to takerepparttar 130902 test. (These days you can take it at home on cd rom.) I found that takingrepparttar 130903 test gave me feeling of being “back inrepparttar 130904 driver’s seat” on my career path and it was surprisingly fun. Most importantly, I was astounded byrepparttar 130905 results.

The ability battery had put into concrete terms some ofrepparttar 130906 skills I thought I might have but could not name. These were “ah ha” moments for me. It also helped to pinpoint with undeniable accuracy my individualist work style, my long time frame orientation and my high ability to generate new ideas. With this clarity I was able to see why my position in software had been attractive forrepparttar 130907 past five years AND why it was not going to work for me inrepparttar 130908 long run.

Devoted to Loving

Written by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.


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Title: Devoted to Loving Author: Margaret Paul E-mail: mailto:margaret@innerbonding.com Copyright: © 2003 by Margaret Paul Web Address: http://www.innerbonding.com Word Count: 991 Category: Emotional Healing

DEVOTED TO LOVING by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

I have counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners forrepparttar 130892 past 35 years and authored eight published books. All this experience has resulted inrepparttar 130893 development of a profound healing process, called Inner Bonding, which anyone can learn and use throughoutrepparttar 130894 day (free course available - see resource box atrepparttar 130895 end ofrepparttar 130896 article).

If you were to become aware of your thoughts throughout a day, you might discover that much ofrepparttar 130897 time you are either judging yourself and others, or you are thinking about how you can get what you want and avoid that which you fear. The wounded, fearful part of us, whose purpose is to create a sense of safety, spends much time and energy trying to figure out how to have control over being safe. To this frightened wounded part of us, being safe means attempting to have control over our own feelings, over others and overrepparttar 130898 outcome of things.

If you think about how often you have truly felt safe in your life, you will see that most of your beliefs about how to create safety are false. Allrepparttar 130899 addictive ways we try to control to create safety - our blaming anger, withdrawal, compliance, resistance, as well as substance and process addictions such as food, drugs, alcohol, sex, TV, gambling - not only alienate us from others, but also disconnect us from our spiritual guidance. Our only true sense of safety lies in knowing that we are not alone, that Spirit is always with us and always guiding us in our highest good.

How can we create a true sense of inner safety? One way is to practicerepparttar 130900 6-step Inner Bonding healing process. The purpose ofrepparttar 130901 Inner Bonding process is to create a loving Adult self – an aspect of us that is connected with a personal source of spiritual guidance. This powerful Adult self can healrepparttar 130902 fears and false beliefs ofrepparttar 130903 wounded part of us, our wounded inner child, and allow our creative and loving essence – our core Self – to emerge.

While part ofrepparttar 130904 job ofrepparttar 130905 loving Adult is to create a sense of safety forrepparttar 130906 inner child, this is notrepparttar 130907 primary purpose ofrepparttar 130908 loving Adult. The primary purpose ofrepparttar 130909 loving Adult is stay open to learning about what is loving to oneself and others. In being focused on what is loving rather than on getting what we want and avoiding our pain, we naturally create safety as one ofrepparttar 130910 outcomes. If you were to spend your thinking time asking how you can give to your inner child and to others, and then taking loving action in your own behalf, you would feel very safe. When our focus is on giving instead of on getting or avoiding, then we consistently discover ways to give to ourselves and to others. When we are giving to ourselves, bringingrepparttar 130911 love, wisdom and strength of Spirit down torepparttar 130912 level of our feelings, which is our inner Child, we are no longer dependent on getting love from others in order to feel safe and lovable. When we are giving to others, we do not alienate them. Instead, we create a loving environment that invites others to share love with us. Thus,repparttar 130913 outcome of thinking about and taking action on how we can give to ourselves and others is that we feel safe within and safe with others.

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