LifeGrid Magazine April 2017 | Page 22

FEATURED ARTICLE JANIE LIN SMITH i “Listen To Your Intuition...” REALISED VERY YOUNG THAT I was different from other kids; I could ‘see’ things that others couldn’t. I was very in tune with people’s energy and knew what they were going to say, even before they did. Communicating with animals came natural to me too. Growing up in a family where your ‘gifts’ are considered abnormal and something to be kept quiet, not only created a negative belief system within me, it meant that I didn’t follow my true path until much later in life. Once I started to listen to my intuition and use the gifts I was given, my business took a turn of direction, and at last I felt genuinely happy, knowing that I’d found my true calling. There are so many people with unique gifts, who are not sharing them with the world, as they’re afraid of how they will be perceived by others. Fear of failure and negative belief systems are the two main factors that hold people back in their businesses, relationships and personal life. I started out as a health and business coach, energy healer and massage therapist. Even though I loved what I did, I didn’t feel I was achieving my full potential. Something just didn’t feel right and my business wasn’t turning over the revenue it should’ve been. I felt stagnant and unhappy with where I was at, but I didn’t know how to fix it. It was also a time when I felt my least creative and ideas didn’t flow as they once had. As divine intervention would have it, a business coach who I was completely aligned with, came into my life just at the right moment. After one call with her, I knew what I needed to do to take my business forward. We worked through the fears that were holding me back so I could clear the way for my future. When problems arise in our business, we automatically assume it’s due to an external factor, instead of it being an issue within ourselves. Our business is a reflection of who we are, so if we’re unbalanced then our business will suffer. Start looking within, instead of to others, and you’ll find the answers you’re looking for. Once I found my true calling, everything else in my life fell into place: money flowed, my health improved, my relationships strengthened, ideas blossomed, I was able to “i feel like i'm shedding years of limitations and finally starting to see myself clearly and lovingly.”” @ laurel LIFEGRID MAGAZINE | LIFEGRID.COM.AU APRIL 2017