{"id":5942,"date":"2012-07-18T22:20:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T02:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2016-07-05T17:58:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T21:58:42","slug":"because-my-gut-says-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/2012\/07\/18\/because-my-gut-says-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Because My Gut Says So"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Gut<\/p>\n

I can find it pretty easy to question my feelings, especially when they’re contrary to the people around me.<\/p>\n

I might decide I’m being illogical, or overly emotional, or perhaps unreasonable. Whatever I choose, I’ll determine the uncomfortable feeling is something I can<\/em> and should<\/em> disregard.<\/p>\n

I do this despite knowing that I have, like you, sharply honed instincts<\/strong> – deeply imbedded likes, dislikes, talents, and struggles – that are as much a part of me as my limbs. They make me the unique being I am. My instincts reflect the essential me<\/strong> – my values, my feelings, my fears, my experiences, my goals – and they’re the product of everything that goes into making me.<\/p>\n

When I’m ignoring them, and going in the direction of an outside authority, it’s like I’m choosing to not trust my own eyes.<\/p>\n

I’ll be remembering this analogy next time I feel scared acting towards my instincts. It’ll help me stay honest about how completely critical my feelings are in shaping this Brand of Me<\/strong>. My happiness shows my gut is my best adviser.<\/p>\n

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\"Gut<\/p>\n

I can find it pretty easy to question my feelings, especially when they’re contrary to the people around me.<\/p>\n

I might decide I’m being illogical, or overly emotional, or perhaps unreasonable. Whatever I choose, I’ll determine the uncomfortable feeling is something I can<\/em> and should<\/em> disregard.<\/p>\n

I do this despite knowing that I have, like you, sharply honed instincts<\/strong> – deeply imbedded likes, dislikes, talents, and struggles – that are as much a part of me as my limbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[78,77,76],"class_list":["post-5942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-creativity","tag-gut","tag-instincts","tag-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}