291 - Giving Up Certain Success for Uncertain Alignment

Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door!

Listen in to Jill this week as she opens up by sharing her personal experience with the "11-11-11 Compliment Experience" that she invited her listeners to try in the last couple of episodes, reflecting on how it was initially difficult but became easier over time. She then transitions into a major decision that she has faced - the opportunity to start a new brick-and-mortar business venture that felt aligned and exciting but that ultimately had to be turned down. Hear how, through a powerful moment of self-reflection, Jill realized this new business would be a distraction from her true purpose - to write a book that has been on her heart for years.

Jill reflects on how she surrendered the business opportunity and trusted that if it was meant to be, it would flow easily. Shortly after, she had a profound realization while re-reading one of her own past writings - that the book she has been struggling with is her true calling and dharma, and she ultimately made the difficult decision to forgo the business venture for the time being in order to focus on completing this book.

Jill encourages listeners to examine their own lives and identify any "perfect" opportunities that may actually be distractions from their higher purpose. She challenges listeners to be willing to choose the uncomfortable, uncertain path that aligns with their true north even if it means going against what seems logical or guaranteed. Jill also, of course, reminds listeners to attend her upcoming Be YOU event in October where she believes profound change will take place!

Show Notes:

[01:30] - We get an update on how Jill is doing with the 11-11-11 experiment!
​​[03:31] - Jill encourages listeners to embrace alignment over certainty, even when failure feels more likely than success.
[04:54] - Hear how Jill envisioned opening a unique women’s healing space, even receiving enthusiasm and support from trusted advisors.
[07:55] - While waiting for realtor updates, Jill sensed that she was being taught patience and deeper discernment.
[10:23] - Jill consequently prayed for divine flow, realizing true alignment emerges without forcing or resisting opportunities.
[13:43] - Reading her old words moved Jill to tears, revealing to her that her true calling is writing.
[16:00] - Choosing writing over business, Jill now embraces discomfort, surrender, and potential rejection to follow her purpose.
[19:25] - Hear how Jill celebrates healing her hidden wounds, calling the process “brutiful” and urging others to choose alignment.
[21:13] - A dream revealed Jill's business vision as a “bountiful distraction,” teaching her to honor true alignment.
[24:19] - Jill challenges listeners to trade in certainty for freedom and self-alignment!
[25:56] - Don’t forget about the upcoming Be YOU event in October!

 

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