I was the one who denied, ran from, and hid my gifts for almost all of my life.
I can speak from experience that hiding your unique genius is soul-sucking and can result in a plethora of symptoms, from physical, mental, and emotional.
Have you ever felt like there was a part of you not being fully expressed?
And no matter how much you tried to figure it out, you couldn’t quite understand it?
When I finally realized that my gift was something I had been using all my life, I simply wasn’t giving it the credit it deserved — something finally clicked.
Every single person on this planet has a gift.
Not every single person knows they have a gift.
And I’m not talking about only psychic gifts (although I do believe we all have the capacity to be psychic and tap in). I am talking about your zone of genius and your experiences combined to create a solution… that is your gift.
Some of us can play the piano like Beethoven.
Some of us can sing like Mariah.
Some of us can speak like Les Brown.
Some of us can dance like no one’s watching, and captivate a crowd.
And some of us have lived experiences that we’ve overcome with skill and vigor.
That’s our zone of genius.
Maybe you’re amazing at crafting spreadsheets and you could help people organize their budget and financials. Or maybe you overcame addiction and can motivate and support others to do the same. Maybe you ended a bad relationship and started a brand new life, free of codependency.
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