As you commit to stepping into a new evolution of your career, it is important that you clear outdated beliefs about work. If you don’t do this, you will continue to attract work situations that do not serve your highest path and stifle you from fully sharing your light.
This is similar to when you are trying to attract a fulfilling romantic relationship, and you realize that you first need to clear out burdens from past relationships before you can be open to a new, more fulfilling one.
Often when I meet with clients they are eager for the next phase of their career, but they don’t realize that experiences from previous jobs are creating blocks to the next chapter of their life’s work.
For example, my client Daisy, came to see me soon after retiring from her job as a social worker. Although that career had been fulfilling, she also gave so much of herself in that job, that it burned her out and ended up making her quite sick.
That imbalance at work, was in large part, due to her own beliefs about what it meant to be a good, helpful person. She had seen her parents follow this same pattern of over-giving and then getting sick, and she had unwittingly repeated it. There is no judgment or shame in this. There were many wonderful things she learned from her family, but Daisy recognized that this particular pattern of “over-giving” was one she that wasn’t serving her, and she was ready to transform.
Although Daisy was now retired, she still had a lot to offer the world, and she wanted to find the next evolution of her career. However, she was also terrified of ending up in the same situation–overworked, exhausted and sick. So even though Daisy longed for a new way to be of service, because of these fears she was unconsciously blocking any new work from coming her way.
Since Daisy was my private client, I was able to help her release these outdated beliefs about work requiring you to sacrifice yourself, with”parts” work (Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy that I am trained in). Also, using Reiki I was able to help Daisy clear the painful experience of losing herself in her last job.
However, before the IFS or the Reiki, the easiest and most important way I helped Daisy was to help her connect with her Soul to receive healing about this situation. This process is simple and available to everyone.
To be clear in Daisy’s situation we still needed to take the additional steps of appying IFS and Reiki to help her with this. But, it was absolutely, critical that we start with her Soul because it made the healing process much easier and truly long lasting.
So, my dears, I invite you to do this as well. If you have a sense that there is something blocking you from truly being open to the next chapter in your career perhaps your holding some burdens from past jobs.
The beauty of working with your Soul in this way is that your Soul is infinitely loving and wise and it knows exactly what you need.
I created the meditation below to help you connect with your Soul and receive help with this very topic. I infused the meditation with Reiki energy so that as you listen you are receiving Reiki as well.
The world needs your Soul’s medicine, and releasing what no longer serves you is essential as you get ready to step into the next evolution of your career.
Blessings,
Lisa
Meditation: “Releasing Old Blocks About Work”