How to Trust Yourself
Who can you trust if not yourself?
We live in a world that teaches us from birth to question ourselves. We are constantly inundated with messages that we aren’t good enough, smart enough, beautiful enough, successful enough, etc. It’s no wonder that trusting ourselves can be harder than it sounds.
When we’re always looking for answers outside of ourselves it can be destabilizing and disempowering. Your parents, your best friend, your partner, your boss, what you see on TV: everyone is going to have a different opinion about what is best for you. Ignoring what your own internal compass is telling you in favor of allowing others to influence your thoughts, beliefs, decisions, and actions is one way that we give away our power. The more you give away your power, the less you trust yourself.
The truth is, nobody knows what’s best for you better than YOU!
Developing a trusting relationship with our intuition and our own inner guidance is one of the best things we can do to empower ourselves. Learning to go within when making decisions and trusting that feeling in your heart or your gut instinct will give you the confidence to navigate life without needing the input or approval of others. It may take some practice, but the more you do it, the more the evidence will reflect that you made the right choice for you, and the easier it will be to trust yourself next time you’re faced with a decision.
You might be wondering: how can I trust myself when I keep repeating toxic patterns or getting myself into harmful relationships?
One of the key ways to learn to trust ourselves more is to work with and heal our inner child. When you understand that there is a little you running the show from inside your subconscious, you begin to recognize the underlying motivations behind why you just can’t stay away from that person who you know is bad for you or why you can’t keep a job.
One function of the inner child in our psyche is to protect us and keep us safe. Unfortunately, while our inner child is well intentioned, their efforts may be completely misguided due to their wounded childlike perception of a situation and can cause us to sabotage ourselves.
When you heal your inner child you’re no longer making decisions from or seeing the world through the lens of those deep childhood wounds. When you stop taking action from a place of lack, neediness, and pain it becomes so much easier to make healthy decisions.
The more you tune out the noise of the outside world, heal your inner child, and practice listening to your intuition, the more trust and self-confidence you’ll develop.
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