Soul-Led Success: Why Your Intuition Is Your Best Business Partner

If you're looking for a business partner, you don't need to search any farther than the nearest mirror. It's the intuitive voice inside of you that is the key to creating soul-led success. In this enlightening episode, I share my personal journey of learning to trust those inner whispers and how it has transformed my business and life. Show Notes | Transcript "When you get these ideas, it's important to follow through on them. Because I don't know about you, but I know for me when I've ignored those gut feelings, it's usually cost me something." - Gloria Grace Rand     Drawing from my experiences as the founder of Align to Shine Academy, I explore the power of intuition in business decision-making and why it's crucial for spiritually minded women to tap into this innate wisdom. Discover how to: Recognize different forms of intuition, from clear knowing to bodily sensations Balance practical business strategies with intuitive guidance Strengthen your intuitive abilities through practice and mindfulness Key insights include: The scientific basis of intuition and how it processes information faster than conscious thought Why spending time in quiet reflection can enhance your intuitive abilities How following intuitive nudges can lead to unexpected business opportunities and growth The importance of discerning between ego-driven fears and true intuitive guidance I also share personal anecdotes of how following my intuition led to writing my book "Live Love Engage" and creating the Soulful Women's Network, demonstrating the tangible benefits of trusting your inner wisdom in business. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting your spiritual business journey, this episode offers valuable insights on harnessing the power of intuition to create a more aligned and successful venture. Tune in to learn how embracing your inner guidance can lead to profound shifts in your business and personal life! Resources: Join the Soulful Women's Network here Receive daily inspirational email messages: bit.ly/LoveLightNotes Need support? Go to engagewithgloria.com to schedule a call. Connect with Connect with Live Love Engage: Send Gloria Grace a message ☕ Support the podcast ❤ Love this episode? Leave us a review and rating LinkedIn: Gloria Grace Rand Facebook: Gloria Grace Rand YouTube: Gloria Grace Rand TRANSCRIPT Namaste. How often do you rely on your intuition when you are making decisions in your business versus just kind of powering through and just getting stuff done, you know, and just following through on you got a plan, you're going to do the plan and just ignoring those got feelings perhaps or other things that come up, other, you know, divine downloads and things like that. Well, we're going to be diving into this today and it's, it's a topic that I love because following intuition is something that it didn't used to do very well. But I do pay attention to it now and I'll explain why that's important as we go on. But first, I do want to welcome those of you who may be new to the podcast podcast. If this is your first time joining us, I want to welcome you and introduce myself. I am Gloria Grace, founder of Align to Shine Academy, and I work with spiritually minded women, helping them to really be able to step into their potential and you know, not let self doubt stop you. So let's, let's dive into intuition and talk a little bit about just what it is and why it's important. And, and I, I will just, just let you know that I, I followed my intuition today in that I was all, all dressed up here to do an interview for somebody else's podcast and they had to cancel. And I thought, well, gosh, I've, you know, hey, I, I look good, I got the makeup on, I might as well just go ahead and record my, my podcast today. Even though I was thinking I probably wouldn't do it, but what the heck. And, and I think that's, that's kind of the thing that I think is important is that when you get these ideas that it's important to follow through on them. Because I don't know about you, but I know for me when I do have, you know, sometimes you, you get that feeling in your gut or maybe you, maybe you're, and maybe it's your brain that's, you know, you hear this little voice in your head saying, you know, why don't you do it this way, why don't you, why don't you try it that way? And when I've ignored those, it's usually cost me something. And I remember, I remember one, one example and this is going back a long time ago. I think I was driving and I, well actually, oh wow. I just remembered one, one very costly time when I was a new driver actually and made, made a turn too late and wound up hitting another car. And my mom was in the car with me at the same time. And so she was not too happy because she hit her head on the windshield. And, and I think it's, you know, because I wasn't trusting myself enough then. I was, you know, I think she was saying, well, you know, turn or don't turn or whatever. And I didn't, I didn't trust myself. And that's what it comes down to really is, is. Is intuition is about starting to lean into your own innate inner wisdom. And you know, with, with age comes wisdom, they say. And, and I think it's, it's. It also lends itself as we get older that we do start maybe having these incidents where we don't follow our intuition and then we wish we had. And so then when we do get these little inklings, we start following them and it really makes a difference. And there are. I'm going to give you, I'll give you some more examples about how this is. At least it's benefited my business, in fact. But I want to share with you a couple different ways that it's. That intuition may apply to you and how. Because we are all wired differently and there are different ways that you might pick up on information. And so for instance, there's maybe like a clear knowing where you get a sudden insight or a download about a business direction. You know, a lot of times being in the shower, you might get ideas in the shower that'll just kind of pop into your head. And for me, I mean, one of, one of those was. Although, yeah, one of those was where I just had this idea popped into my head that said I should write a book about love. And that wound up being my book, Live Love Engage. So it was, you know, this idea that just came. Came to me all of a sudden and I was like, where did that come from? It was like I was. Because my business was really online marketing at the time as opposed to coaching that I do now. And I thought that was just kind of interesting that it sort of happened to show up like that. And I mentioned earlier, you know, that gut feeling, you know, so you might, you might have actual bodily sensations where you, you know, maybe get butterflies in your stomach or maybe your. To really kind of go, oh, you know, get really excited. And, and you know, I have, I've. I think, I don't know if this is exactly the, the right example for that, but I think when I was. I was attending a. A conference and they were promoting a mastermind to join, and I started getting really, like, excited like this was something that I really needed to do. And so, yeah, so I guess, I guess I do have bodily sensations too. So that's another one sort of, you know, this clear feeling and another one is clear seeing. I mean, some people really can actually see symbols or patterns that may offer guidance. Sometimes, you know, you might be, maybe you, maybe you see some sort of like a sign, you know, maybe a billboard outside, you know, a couple times. And, and it's, and it has like the same message keep, kind of keeps, you keep being aware of it, you know, And I know it has to do with our, what is it? The reticular activating system of our brain, but still, if you're seeing that, my belief is that it's the universe trying to tell you something and you should pay attention. And then finally clear hearing where you really do hear a voice inside your head, perhaps, or, or maybe, maybe you hear, maybe you hear like the same song come over, you know, the radio. I know we don't do radio too much anymore because we're listening to, you know, streaming services, Pandora and whatnot, but perhaps, you know, or maybe you just hear somebody say something that catches your attention and then you hear somebody else say something again, pretty much very similar along the same lines. And you're like, what is that all about? It's your intuition and it's a message coming to you from, like I say, from your higher self, from universe, God, whatever you believe. But I would encourage you to pay attention to that. And I know sometimes it's not always easy to, to pay attention to that because sometimes we're just, you know, we've been, we've been taught at Ross and I think, and I'm going to say this especially for in the business world, I think a lot of times we, you know, men. No, I'm not going to say, I'm not going to generalize men. I would say the masculine way of thinking and the masculine way of acting is much more direct and, you know, do it and, and get to it and follow the plan without leaving enough room for what the heart wants you to do. So it's really very mental, logical. What is it? Right brain thinking. I think. Yeah, I think. I'm not sure I was. I get these confused which way it is. So, And I know a lot of times even, even as women, you know, we're women business owners, but we still sometimes may fall into that trap of just really wanting to just follow, you know, the logical way of doing things and, and maybe ignoring some of that innate wisdom that we have. Again, I'm not going to say all women do that. I'm not going to say all men follow that way because there are definitely some men who follow their intuition as well, and, and yay for them. So what I would advise is to start. Just start paying more attention to it and, and just start sometimes being, you know,...