One of my favorite tools for manifesting & creating

One of my favorite tools for manifesting & creating

Do you wonder what is one of the most powerful tools to manifest and create what you want? 

It’s probably not what you think… Read on as I share about it

A week ago, I felt compelled to have this travel brochure open on the page of Copenhagen, Denmark, in my apartment.

Traveling around the world is an intention of mine. I like displaying in my home things that represent what I want more of in my life, such as the travel destinations I want to visit. However, Denmark and Copenhagen are not necessarily on my Top 5 or even Top 10 lists.

However, I felt a strong pull to keep the brochure open on that page. I was not sure why… except maybe because I loved this pic. My logical mind was saying “Denmark is not in your top 5, you should use a different picture,” my intuition was saying: “keep it there.”

Well, guess what?

Four days later, a past client from five years ago reached out to work with me again. Guess where she lives? Copenhagen! Five years ago, she did my Land the Career You Love 1:1 Program. I helped her manifest her dream to move from the US to Copenhagen to work and live there. She now needs support to reach her next career dream.

You may think this is just a coincidence…

Well, my skeptical mind would have thought this too in the past, until I noticed occurrences like this happening over and over again…

  • That day in Paris in 2001 when I felt compelled to get back home as soon as possible… Thirty minutes after I got back to my Parisian apartment, I received a phone call on my landline (no cell phones at the time!) to offer me a position to work in Montreal, Canada. A month before, my then-boyfriend and I had set the intention to move either to Canada or Australia. This call totally changed the trajectory of my life and started my journey in North America, from Montreal to San Francisco.
  • That time when I felt called to share my phone number in an email replying to an ad for an apartment on Craigslist… I generally would not share my phone number in the first email. Providing my phone number resulted in me getting the apartment of my dreams with a hot tub and a breathtaking view of the Golden Gate Bridge. The landlord called my phone, heard my voice message, visited my business website, thought I was probably a serious candidate, and asked me to visit the apartment that same day. After five minutes of visiting the place, I knew it was the place I had envisioned.
  • That morning, on the doorstep of my apartment in Mountain View ready to leave for work at Yahoo! when I felt a nudge telling me to go and grab my external hard drive… Several hours later, I was laid off from Yahoo! and was able to quickly save the portfolio of my work because I had my hard drive with me.
  • Last month, when I felt called to sign up for several classes on Manifesting, even though my logical mind was telling me “this is not what you need right now; you already know that stuff; why do you want to take these classes?” But something in me felt the pull to sign up anyway. As a result, I discovered a mentor and a program that is EXACTLY what I need this year to achieve my next-level dreams. My logical mind would never have conceived that this is what I needed most.  If I had listened to her and what “made sense” instead of my intuition, I would have passed that amazing opportunity to reach my next dreams.

The list goes on and on… I’ve dozen and dozen examples like these.

What are you listening to when you make decisions?

Your rational mind and what makes “logical sense”
OR
your intuition, your gut feeling, the quiet whisper within?

Well, if you rely mostly on your logical mind and what “makes sense” when making decisions, you are…

  • probably working WAY harder than you could to get what you want,
  • and missing out on many amazing opportunities because they don’t seem “rational” or “reasonable.”

in Western cultures, we give too much power to the mind and what makes logical sense. As a result, we prevent great things from happening in our lives and we make things way harder than they could be.

“The intuitive mind Is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” ~ Albert Einstein or someone else (uncertain attribution)

This has been one of my MOST IMPORTANT lessons in the past several years, and continues to be. 

I’m someone quite rational; this is how I was raised. Reason is highly valued in France. Remember this is the country of Descartes: “I think therefore I am.” I’ve led a big part of my life following reason over intuition and gut feeling. However, over the years, I’ve learned that the more I follow my intuition, the easier I create the things I want in my work and life.

It is a continual learning in surrendering to deeper knowing than the rational mind. However, the more I trust this inner knowing—like in the instances I shared above—, my intuition, my gut feeling, my instincts, however you want to call it, the more magic happens in my life and the easier things come to me. The things I attract as a result are way BETTER than what I could have conceived if I had followed the logical steps dictated by my rational mind. 

Such as:

  • the perfect work situation to move to Montreal, Canada. 
  • my dream apartment in the San Francisco Bay Area at a reasonable monthly rent, compared to the current market.
  • the perfect mentors to help me unlock my next career and life dreams. 
  • an amazing immigration lawyer to help me get a US working Visa better than I could have imagined.

If things feel consistently hard in your life, it could be because you are overthinking and over-relying on your rational mind. Obviously, this is not the only piece of the puzzle, but I see so many people discounting their inner knowing and true desires on the altar of seemingly “reasonable decisions that make sense.”

It is not because our Western societies overemphasize rational intelligence as a decision-making instrument, that this is the most effective tool to get what we want in our lives.

My experience is actually showing the opposite.  

If this is new to you, I encourage you to start practicing with small things, without major consequences.

  • When facing a decision, notice when you feel an internal conflict or feel torn. It may be your logical mind conflicting with your authentic desire. What one is saying? What about the other?
  • Practice noticing the nudges of your instinct, gut feeling, or desires.
  • Be careful when you hear yourself or a well-intentioned friend saying something like “You should do this or that.” Be wary of the shoulds. Most of the time, they come from your rational mind and fears. Shoulds” and ‘haves to” are not an effective compass to get what you truly want. 

I’ve learned that if I’m strongly called to do something, I don’t need to know the why or if it makes sense. I do it, like opening up the travel brochure to the page of Copenhagen.

What are you called to do that you may stop yourself from doing out of “shoulds” or’ seemingly ‘”reasonable” arguments?

Today is the DAY!!!

Today is the DAY!!!

I talk about finding the inner compass to your purposeful work through my own journey and through a powerful guided visualization that will you help you find the heart of your purpose.

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Isabelle

P.S. In this retreat, my colleagues and wise women, Aelah and Kristen are in conversation with 21 wisdom keepers who are living on purpose from their hearts. And sharing daily practices and inspiration throughout the retreat.

>> REGISTER  HERE <<

You will be able to listen to these pre-recorded sessions, focus on your daily practices, and build a conscious community from the comfort of your own space.

A few voices of extraordinary wisdom keepers who share their gifts include:
Lynne Twist, Mare Cromwell, Laura Rose, Lucca Petrucci, Emmi Mutale

Please invite your friends, sisters, mothers, and grandmothers! Anyone who is ready to focus on living their heart’s purpose in 2023.

How to live your purpose in 2023 🔥

How to live your purpose in 2023 🔥

Are you ready to live your purpose in 2023? 

I’m honored to be one of the 21 speakers featured in this Free 21-Day Online Retreat…

…and you are INVITED!

In this retreat, my colleagues and wise women, Aelah and Kristen are in conversation with 21 wisdom keepers who are living on purpose from their hearts. And sharing daily practices and inspiration throughout the retreat.

I am honored to be one of the 21 speakers. I’ll be sharing my wisdom as a part of this series: Activate Your Heart’s Purpose: Feeling loved as you bravely step into your purpose and prosperity.

If you’re ready to lead from your heart’s purpose, activate prosperity, and build community with other heart-centered humans, this will help you….

You’re invited to this totally free series.

>> REGISTER  HERE <<

You will be able to listen to these pre-recorded sessions, focus on your daily practices, and build conscious community from the comfort of your own space.

A few pieces of wisdom offerings include:

  • Speaking your authentic voice
  • Standing as a passion-powered, vision-guided, and action-oriented leader
  • How to live a committed life of authentic prosperity
  • Staying focused on your heart-centered purpose each day

A few voices of extraordinary wisdom keepers who share their gifts, include:
Lynne Twist, Mare Cromwell, Laura Rose, Lucca Petrucci, Emmi Mutale

JOIN US on this beautiful journey

We begin January 21!
Please invite your friends, sisters, mothers, grandmothers! Anyone who is ready to focus on living their heart’s purpose in 2023.

I look forward to “seeing” you there!

Isabelle

This question unlocked it for him

This question unlocked it for him

My client was stuck.

He could not figure out his life purpose. He has done the homework but was still in the fog about it.

Then, I asked him a simple question that unlocked it for him. Ten minutes later, he was clear about the main theme of his life purpose.

Do you wonder how to figure out your life purpose, Isabelle? or how to infuse more purpose into your work?

If so, this question will definitely help!

Check out this video where I reveal the two questions I asked my client that helped him nail down his purpose.

Isabelle

If you want help discovering–or refining–your purpose and infusing it into your work, apply for Your Meaningful Work Discovery Session with me.

If you are a past client and need a refresher, email me for details about the Brilliant Seeds Tune-Up Session available if you sign up by September 30.

How kind are you being to yourself?

How kind are you being to yourself?

How kind are you being to yourself?

Really.


As I mentioned in my previous post, I spent eight weeks traveling in France and Mexico this summer, for a combo of vacation and remote work. It was one of my 2021 intentions coming true and I loved it.

What I have not told you is that It took me two full weeks to readjust to my life in California after all this time away. During those two weeks, I had not much desire to do any work stuff except my clients’ calls. 

I noticed last Saturday how hard I was on myself because there was business stuff that I had not done yet or important emails I had not followed upon.

Then, I realized how during those past two weeks, I was just not in an emotional and mental space to focus on my business as much. It is not that I was “lazy” or “unproductive” (as my inner critic wanted me to believe), it is simply that my system—emotional, mental, and physical—needed time to reset and reintegrate into my life here, after such a deep connected experience in my native land. I needed integration time. I’ve noticed over the years that the longer and deeper the experience is, whether travel, retreat, or training, the longer the integration back will need to be. And it is important to honor that. There is no bypassing it. This is a natural process, as natural as the change of seasons or the blossoming of a flower.

Being kind to yourself is giving compassion for that part who needs integration time, instead of judging it. Would you judge a flower for the time it takes to blossom? or the seasons for the process it takes to go from one to the next?

Well, now I feel at peace with exactly where I am at, what I’ve done and what I’ve not done yet. I feel relaxed about it and know that all will be done in its natural timing. My energy and motivation to invest in my life and business in California are back. They just went back naturally when I was ready, without forcing it or trying to make it happen. As things happen in nature. Organically and effortlessly.

  • Are you letting things unfold in their own natural timing or are you forcing things to happen before the timing is right?
  • Are you going with the flow of the river of life while taking the necessary actions you are called to take–this does not mean being passive–, or are you trying to push against the flow of the river in your life?

The second option is exhausting, will make everything hard, and will often not get you where you want to go. Rather the opposite.

Wishing you kindness and compassion towards yourself.

With love,

Isabelle 


Photo: In Her Image Photography