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Love Letters | Faith in Your Business – Part 3 of 4

Posted on by Sensei Victoria Whitfield

It’s week three of four in our exploration of restoring lost faith. This week in particular, my guides are asking for us to talk about what to do when we lose faith in our business and in our career.

 

What happens when you start losing faith that you are on the right track, that you really are supposed to be doing this as a business, or that you've chosen the right major in college? If this is the first video that you are seeing in this series, hit pause, go back on my blog at victoriawhitfield.com and start from Part One, so that you are grounded in the healing process.

What happens when the economy really starts to show trouble, and challenges us around moving forward with ease, speed, and grace? What happens when in the business or at your company there is strife amongst coworkers, amongst the tech team and management, amongst the sales department and customer service? What do we do when we start losing faith in our business and in our career? What happens, in fact, when we get fearful or insecure that the income, the money, is going to be there?   And that the client flow into the business is going to be steady? What do we do?

Be kind to yourself if this is you, if this has been coming up for you recently. Please know that this series is to support you. We are sending healing energy to you and your team, your community, your coworkers, your family in these uncertain times. If this is not for you, please listen to your heart. If there is someone in particular, or if you need to share this with a group that you belong to on LinkedIn or on Facebook or on a message board where this could be a really healing message, please make sure you hit that share button and let other people know that they are loved and that they are not alone in business.

What we're talking about is losing faith in your business, what this can feel like, and how this shows up is deep, constant worry with anything associated with money. In fact, a fear, a persistent fear of spending money or even making money. There's this upper limit issue that starts coming through where we doubt that, that financial flow is going to be steady or even if that financial flow is steady, there's the doubt that it's going to be a healthy and pleasurable process.

We bring this doubt into our minds and into our bodies, because like we discussed last week, it's a form of self-motivation and self-protection. This is the imbalanced way that we learned how to move things forward. Perhaps your bosses early on or your role models early on taught you that you gotta work hard, trust no one, make sure that you're prepared for the worst scenario always. Or maybe you learned to assume that nobody's doing anything, and assume that there's always something to fix, so you better be on the lookout. We’ve been taught to perpetuate a persistent, negative, pessimistic, fearful mindset that is especially prevalent in business, in professional settings, and around money.

If only just for now -- or as we say in Reiki: if only just for today -- we as a tribe are saying No More to fueling and perpetuating this negative “professional” mindset.

Repeat after me:

No more.

No more.

One more time, so that they really hear it:

NO MORE!

Deep breath in... and exhale.

That’s right! Today is the day that we are officially releasing the paranoid professional mindset. That's a writer-downer. That'll be the Tweetable of the week. Thanks team, by the way for all your support.

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We are releasing the paranoid professional mindset, because it's unhealthy, and it fosters a constant drain of faith. If you watched our last video, we talked about the oil lamp, making sure that we are refilling the oil lamp. Remember? Well, what do we do when we are being drained like this? What do you do when this is what your experience is: a loss of faith, specifically in relationship to having faith in your income, faith in your business, faith in your team, your professional career?

This week, in particular, my guides have offered the idea of Opening. The intuitive art of Being Open and Activating Opening. Now, when I'm talking about Opening, I'm not saying, open a new business. No, no, no. But, instead a renewed opening of your heart, opening of your mind. When we are in business, when we are in a professional setting, oftentimes to artificially manufacture stability and certainty in times of high instability and high uncertainty, we will close down, we’ll put our “nose to the grindstone” so-to-speak, and really hem in our awareness, saying to ourselves, “we're not gonna focus on anything else, nothing new. Tried and true only.”

Sometimes that can work: focusing on nothing new, tried and true only. However, when we get to a certain point of doing nothing new, tried and true only, that is exhausting, draining, and stagnating.   Stagnation is not good. In fact, money hates stagnation. Business, commerce is a flow. It is an energetic current. Money likes to move, to be transferred, sent, and received abundantly. It's like water. It is not good to be stagnant, in the professional setting.

So, how do we move from being stuck in stagnancy? The answer this week in particular, is Opening the heart and Opening the mind. And how do we do that? When we're opening the mind, that involves strategy, visualization, exposure to things that are bigger or different, diverse, divergent, being open to multiple voices. Being open to hearing multiple sides of the story. Being open to receiving leadership, not just from the top, but from the entire chain of the company. Being open to receiving feedback from our TA’s in college, from our mentors, from our personal assistants, from our executive assistants, from our customers. Open to feedback from our family, our dearest friends, and coworkers. Being Open to receive more.

By the way, that also means opening your heart for the sake of positive vulnerability. Be kind to yourself if that is something that intimidates you. No, it ain't for the faint of heart, but is is worth it? The answer is YES, categorically, yes. When you are open hearted, you show up as really ready to hear the honest truth, asking “How do you do this?” “I don't know how to do this. Will you teach me?” “My mind is open. My heart is open.” Say it aloud. It is so grounding and so loving to receive in this way, especially in business.

I'm hearing the oracle cards calling in the energy. We've been journeying this month with Healing with the Angels by Doreen Virtue, her very first oracle card set she ever made. Okay. Angels, what do we need to know right now about restoring faith when we've lost faith in our income, lost faith in our business, restoring professional faith, and being open? Hey, alright! New Beginnings. Isn’t this perfect? New Beginnings. This is so perfect. I will read to you, that it's time for something new. Let's release the stagnation. Let's release the stagnation by being open:

"A clean slate is presented to you as you now encounter fresh opportunities and novel experiences. Embrace the new in your life, including new opportunities, people, and projects. The Angels know that change can be frightening, and they surround you now with loving energy. Call upon them whenever you feel afraid of facing novel situations. They will boost your confidence and energy so that you can enjoy your new beginnings. Sometimes we cling to old routines, because they are familiar." We were just talking about that whole tried and true, nothing new thing. Wow. "Drawing this card, the Angels ask you to be open ...." You can't make this stuff up. Open. Seriously!? Okay, let me keep reading. "... to new approaches to life. Perhaps they will teach you a new way of looking at situations. Or, maybe they will call on you to learn a new skill. Whatever the new beginning is for you, allow yourself to be stretched by the fresh circumstances. We learn about ourselves through new experiences." Come on now. This is so card is so perfect. Wow!

So this is where we'll leave off this week: it’s time for your positive vulnerability is to be stretched professionally. Open up. Allow the newness in. Be open to being inspired by something new. 

What comes up for you hearing all that? Comment below or send me an email back at team@victoriawhitfield.com. I wanna hear what are you going to explore or research or listen to or be open to receive in your business. What are you going to open to, maybe for the first time. Make sure you subscribe on YouTube so that you get these love letters first every week. And I will see you in the next one. Muah!

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Just for today...

Open up to receive honest, truth-telling and soul-nourishing feedback in your business.

Tell yourself “I am opening my heart and mind in a new way so that I can live and do better in business” to help you let go of expecting the worst to happen.

Notice how you feel in that moment - you're already healing!

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Hello there. I am Sensei Victoria Whitfield, your business reiki master. And it's my joy to get to support empathic entrepreneurs and business owners like you in getting and staying grounded and clear in mind, body and business.

Welcome back to another installment of your weekly love letter from the dojo at naturalintuition.com and victoriawhitfield.com, my blog. These are your sources for channeled holistic stress management techniques and guidance for developing your natural intuition. Whether you're looking to improve the quality of your personal and professional life, let this love letter be your reminder that you are not alone and that together we can make that happen.

Let's schedule a chat, and see how I can help you...

 

Love Letters | Faith in Yourself – Part 2 of 4

Posted on by Sensei Victoria Whitfield

This is week two of four of our series on discussing healing a loss of faith, and this week in particular, the guides are asking that we discuss a loss of faith in yourself.

By the way, I want to be clear that when we're talking about a loss of faith, we're not talking about a particular set of beliefs that are indicative to a certain culture, or religion, or philosophy, age range, or so on and so forth. We're talking about a loss of faith in general. In particular, this week, we are talking about a loss of faith in yourself. We'll be covering other topics in the following weeks, but for those of you who may feel that this is about a particular religion, please know that I tend to take an interfaith and open-hearted approach, rather than looking at one specific set of beliefs in particular, so this is more about the framework of faith, in general. I just wanted to take a moment to honor that, for those of you who may be wondering. Now, if this is the first video that you're seeing in this series, I highly recommend pausing and going back on my blog at victoriawhitfield.com to see part one and to get grounded in this topic beginning with our last exercise, which was connecting to nature to heal a loss of faith in general.

Let’s talk about a loss of faith in yourself, though. Maybe something didn't work out. Something that you were manifesting or a goal that you've been working towards, or someone that you were interested in, or a project, the client that you were working on, a customer that you were really looking to convert from prospect that was a big account that you were really looking for – for whatever reason in life and in business, sometimes things don't work out.

If you're having a loss of faith in yourself, your reaction to things not working out is to say, "What's wrong with me?" If that's you, I'm sending you so much love right now. If your first reaction to things not working out is to start beating, beating, beating up yourself, be kind to yourself, if only just for now or as we say in Reiki, "If only just for today, I will be kind to myself, my neighbor and every living being." Rather than beating up on yourself and pointing at only yourself as the reason why things didn't work out, instead, my spirit guides are asking that you embrace this idea of Synergy, this week in particular, to help rebalance the loss of faith in yourself.

It's time for you to embrace your sense of Synergy: to cultivate, to seek out, to research, embody, and bring into your life experience, bring into your business lifestyle a sense of Synergy. Now, when we lose faith in ourselves, we begin to doubt; we doubt that we're worthy, doubt that we're smart enough, good enough, strong enough, [insert blank] enough, and so on, right? However, when we lose faith in ourselves, this can instead be an opportunity to get motivated.

Now, for some of us, the way that we motivate ourselves is through self-punishment. Maybe that's what you learned from your parents, from your teachers, from your friends, from your lovers, from your co-workers, from your bosses. Maybe, over time, that's how you learned to be effective, saying: "Okay. I'm going to beat up on myself better than anybody else can, because otherwise, I'm not going to get anything done." Again, if that is you, we are shining light on the wounds in this series in particular; this light is a light of awareness, a light of love, and a light of healing presence.

There's nothing wrong with you.

Repeat after me:

There is nothing wrong with me.

Again:

There is nothing wrong with me.

Again:

There is nothing wrong with me.

Deep breath in...

Exhale.

Maybe you made a mistake, maybe you didn't know what you didn't know about the situation. But the way we can begin to turn around a loss of faith in yourself, right now, is to be open to Synergy. Now, Synergy means that there is a greater effect, a greater output, a greater amount of work being done because there is a greater agreement and cooperation of multiple parts. To whittle that down: it's time for you to reach out. When you are feeling like you've lost faith in yourself, it's time to bring in someone or something that can help lift you up faith-wise.

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How do you regularly feed your faith in feeling confident, or in feeling competent, at least? How do you feed your faith? Is it going to a religious gathering space or whatever your religious faith is, or is it reading personal growth and development books? Is it coming to a meditation class, like here at the Dojo? Is it attending a retreat, like the retreats that I put on every quarter, or is it going back and rereading all of the testimonials that you've received over the years from the clients and companies whose lives you've changed, or is it going back and reading all the love notes that you've received from your lover or from your children? Is it going back and looking through pictures of yourself over the years and remembering all the wonderful things that you've experienced, that you've achieved, and that you've done?

How do you create a sense of Synergy, because here's what happens: when you bring in more “resources”, as one of my brilliant clients calls them, when you bring in more resources of love, positive affirmation, acknowledgement, significance, and all of the good and nourishing input sources about YOU; when you actively remember every time that you've ever been hugged, or kissed, or celebrated, when you bring in those elements, those memories, and those people into your focus, they all become faith-building resources. And those multiple resources then begin to create a faith in you that is bigger than the faith that you could have created on your own.

That is the power of Synergy. I get the chills as I say that to you. Did you catch that? This is the reason why you bring others in. Not because you're dependent upon them, but because the faith that you create when you bring in multiple resources, when you bring in inspirational feminine and inspirational masculine archetypes, when you read biographies of people who've done it, or when you read reports of people saying how much you mean to them or how much you've done for their company or for their organization, that creates a faith in you inside of you that is larger than just your own faith in yourself. Your faith not dependent upon it, but the Synergy of all those parts creates a greater effect and a more stable faith in you, for you.

I'm hearing the Oracle cards calling in the energy for this week. We are continuing the journey with the “Healing with The Angels” Oracle Cards Deck of Doreen Virtue, the very first Oracle Cards deck she's ever made. Angels, what do we need to know right now about restoring faith in ourselves and really engaging synergy this week as an exercise? “Listening.” Yeah. This is so good. Are you listening for all of the wonderful input of those around you from multiple upon multiple resources, resources upon infinite resources of how incredibly powerful, beautiful, loved and valued you are? Here’s the card meaning:

"You are in communication with your angels, and the messages that you are receiving are very real indeed. Trust them. This card is a validation from your angels that you are really hearing them. You have been receiving repetitive messages through your feelings, dreams, visions, inner voice or knowingness. Are you listening and trusting these messages? Are you following them? If you get an inclination to call someone, go somewhere or read something. It's important to follow this guidance." This is just what we were talking about. "By drawing this card, your angels ask you to give all your doubts or worries about divine guidance over to them. Know that you are truly communicating with heaven and enjoy the conversation."

Here's where we're going to leave off for this week. Now that you have watched this video ... By the way, make sure you hit the share button for whoever needs to hear this message right now. Now that you have watched this video, your angels – AKA your intuition, your higher-self, your wise one, your wisdom – is going to begin reaching out to you and saying, "Here are ways to restore faith in yourself, no matter what you've done." Okay? Be on the lookout for that. And be kind to yourself. Forgive yourself first, so that you can move forward with this, but please know that your wisdom is going to begin reaching out to you, and you have got to have ears that listen.

If you are open to receive it, all of the resources that are ready and raring to be part of that synergistic faith in yourself, are going to begin to emerge and get magnetized to you. It's the law of attraction, right? It will be magnetized to you because you are aware of it, and you're calling it in.

If this Love Letter was right on time, send me an email back at info@victoriawhitfield.com. Comment below. Let me know what's coming up for you hearing all of this, and by the way, make sure you subscribe on YouTube so that you get these Love Letters first every week. I want you to know I'm sending you so much love, a big hug, and I'll see you next time.

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Just for today...

Write up a faith-in-yourself-building resources list.

Actively remember and make note of all the times you’ve ever been hugged, celebrated, acknowledged or loved by someone for the brilliant light that you are.

Notice how you feel in that moment - you're already healing!

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Hello there. I am Sensei Victoria Whitfield, your business reiki master. And it's my joy to get to support empathic entrepreneurs and business owners like you in getting and staying grounded and clear in mind, body and business.

Welcome back to another installment of your weekly love letter from the dojo at naturalintuition.com and victoriawhitfield.com, my blog. These are your sources for channeled holistic stress management techniques and guidance for developing your natural intuition. Whether you're looking to improve the quality of your personal and professional life, let this love letter be your reminder that you are not alone and that together we can make that happen.

Let's schedule a chat, and see how I can help you...