Do you experience anxiety around your work? It may surprise you to learn that what you call anxiety may actually be helpful inner guidance. Traditional advice for coping with anxiety is to breathe through it and push forward. That is the masculine way. In the feminine, you can gain much wisdom around your higher path by listening to your anxious feelings. In this week's video and blog, I share a story about a business deal where I felt riddled with anxiety. Those anxious feelings were not there as something to step over, they were there to show me that the agreement I had made felt out of alignment. In other words, the anxious feelings were my intuition offering helpful guidance. Watch the video and read on to learn more about what happened, and how you can tap into your intuition with just two simple questions.
A story: My anxiety guided me to something better
Recently, an organization invited me to speak at their big annual women’s conference. We had an exhilarating meeting about what they were looking for in a speaker and how I could serve the audience. The conversation ended with a verbal agreement. Not long after the call and throughout the day, I felt anxious and experienced a churning in my stomach.
Traditional advice for coping with anxiety is to breathe through it and push forward, but that’s not what I did on this occasion. Instead, I stopped and asked, “Is my intuition offering me some wisdom here?” I took a few minutes, got quiet, and listened. What I heard within was that the agreement felt out of alignment. More specifically, I could feel that I promised more than I was willing to deliver for the terms of our agreement. In other words, my intuition told me I was making a wrong turn.
Guided by that wisdom from my intuition, I reflected on how I could make the situation an opportunity I would be able to deliver at my best and still offer the essence of what the organization asked for. That evening, before I went to bed, I wrote an email to organization's CEO with a new proposal. A few days later, she wrote back, “I couldn’t have seen your new proposal as a fit when we first spoke, but our event agenda changed and what you're offering is a perfect fit for the new direction.”
How about that?! Here, the anxiety was my intuition's way of shifting me from a wrong direction to something better. It served as a warning signal. Following my anxious feelings allowed me to make a better deal for everyone.
Intuition flows from feminine energy
We speak of “women’s intuition” and refer often to women having “a sixth sense.” This refers to multi-sensory perception that requires being open, receptive, and allowing something to be channeled through you. These are qualities associated with feminine energy, or the yin side of the yin and yang complementary energy dynamics. Masculine energy, on the other hand, is more logical, goal-oriented, and seeks to build.
Men and women have access to both feminine and masculine energy, but feminine energy feels more like your home base if you identify as primarily feminine. When that is true for you, intuition is at the forefront of how you operate. And if this is so, you want to pay attention to it!
Anxiety sufferers are so often told to take deep breaths and push forward. This advice is very fitting for operating in masculine energy. This type of advice often does not feel right around a decision-making process if you identify as feminine. In your feminine energy, that anxiety is often an inner signal trying to help you get into alignment, as was the case in my story.
Following intuition is important if you are a women in the workplace in particular because it helps bring forth your best gifts and helps you operate in a state of radiance, meaning a state of alignment, harmony, and love. Remember the Care Bears? Being radiant is like the way Care Bears shared love beams from their heart. This is something that women truly bring into the world when in the highest state of consciousness. For example, when I’m working with a client and I’m in alignment, harmony, and love, I bring so much more value.
Two Questions to Help You Tap Into Your Intuition
To determine when feelings of anxiety are your intuition speaking, ask the following questions:
1. How is this feeling guiding me to something more helpful?
Consider how anxiety might be guiding you to something that would help you thrive and feel more comfortable with the situation. And then trust that wisdom!
2. How can I bring radiance into this situation?
Consider how you can do your work in a way that will bring a state of joy, love, and harmony and if your anxious feelings are showing you something in this situation that would block you from sharing your radiance.
When answering these questions, you may find that you need to say “no” to an opportunity, or you may need to make an adjustment so that the situation works better for you. You may feel some resistance to this at first. It may feel uncomfortable to request a change, but listening to anxiety and intuition will make a positive impact on your work and everyone involved. It is always guiding you to a better way.
Concluding Thoughts
Keep this story and wisdom in mind when you have those uncomfortable feelings within. And, next time anxiety hits, consider that there’s something to listen to in that moment. Listening to your inner wisdom will help you bring the best you have to offer to your work. On the surface, something can look like a great opportunity, but listening to your intuition allows you to judge what opportunities are the right fit at the right time and which ones may need to be adjusted. This allows you to shine in your feminine genius and serve more people more radiantly.
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About the Author
Hi I'm Gina Marotta, and I can help you step into your higher calling. My unique body of work is about "Feminine Genius" which includes bringing your innate talent + feminine energy (spirituality, creativity, intuition, feelings, and fluidity) into a career focus that changes people's lives for the better. I serve from extensive study in the divine feminine, as well as 20+ years experience as a leader in multiple industries. I have worked professionally as a lawyer, a nonprofit managing director, and an entrepreneur; and I bring all that experience and wisdom to you. You will also find me quoted and interviewed often as a career expert in media outlets like Thrive Global, The Huffington Post, American Bar Association Magazine, Barron's Next Magazine, and WGN Radio.