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How to Make Up Your Mind By Listening to Your Body

Be. Play. Love.

Release Date: 04/01/2025

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The missed messages take different forms - maybe it’s doing a push and pull, making excuses not to take action, or just dipping our toe in. However it manifests, this creates a tangle in our energy system and that keeps us from having any momentum. 

When we fully commit to something and go all in, that’s when we experience the magic of the universe conspiring for us, but it starts with taking our whole selves into the decision. 

If we treat what we want like we deserve it and believe the world is there for us to go after it, that’s when the magic happens! 

How do we use body wisdom to figure out the direction we want to take? How do we fully commit to something? In this episode, we talk about how to find alignment so we can make decisions with less internal friction. 

 

Things You’ll Learn In This Episode 

-Make what’s going on in your mind real 

How do we use movement to role play walking in each direction towards the thing we want or don’t want?

-Thank you for self-selecting 

The safest place to get feedback is from people who are in alignment themselves. How do we identify who is in integrity and who definitely isn’t? 

-Recognize your inner yes and no

In our early years, we’re taught that our own experience doesn’t matter so we lose trust in what we’re experiencing. Why does that make it hard for us to know what we really want?

 

About Your Hosts

Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs.

Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change.

 

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