Abundance Starts Within: How to Trust Your Inner Guidance (and Actually Act on It)

Every bit of abundance in my life has come from the same place.

Not a strategy. Not a spreadsheet. Not the perfect five-step plan. 

It came from following my inner guidance.

The $2 million I’ve generated in my soul-aligned business. The 50 pounds I released after nothing else worked. The bestselling book - One Truth, One Law; I Am, I Create. All of it came from listening within and taking the next step I was shown. 

But here’s the thing about guidance. It’s only useful if you can do two things: recognize it and act on it.

Most of us struggle with both. I know I did.

In fact, it took me eight years to act on one piece of guidance.

The Eight-Year Detour

I knew I was meant to write a book. And it took me eight years to overcome my fears and self-publish it. 

Eight years.

When I finally did, I thought for sure I’d be an overnight success. Instead, I sold about ten copies, mostly to family and friends. I was crushed, teetering on the edge of depression. 

And I had a choice. I could give up. Like I had so many times before. Or I could figure out why the universe had guided me to create this book in the first place. 

I was tired of giving up. So I chose to go on a journey with the universe instead. 

On that journey, my book - One Truth, One Law: I Am, I Create - went on to sell over 100,000 copies. And I discovered my life purpose.

When I look back now, I can see that the guidance was there the whole time. It just kept showing up, again and again, waiting for me to say yes. 

That’s how guidance works. And once you understand it, you can stop spending years circling and start receiving the abundance that’s waiting for you.

Two Voices, Two Worldviews

Besides our conscious awareness, there are two voices inside every one of us. 

The first is your inner guidance. Your inner self. Your God / Source self. And it always knows that you live in a limitless universe. To your inner guidance, there is no lack. There is only abundance.

The second is your ego, your persona, your programming and conditioning. And it says, There’s not enough. We have to do whatever we have to just to get by.

So here’s the simplest way I know to tell which voice is talking:

Is this thought coming from abundance, or from lack?

If it says there’s not enough (not enough money, time, love, energy or opportunity), that’s conditioning. Your inner guidance never says that.

Here’s what this can sound like:

• Conditioning: “Play it safe. Don’t risk it. There might not be enough.”
• Guidance: “There’s more for you. Take the next step.”
• Conditioning: “I already know this. I don’t need to go deeper.”
• Guidance: “It’s safe to know more. It’s safe to grow.”
• Conditioning: “Who do you think you are?”
• Guidance: “You are worthy simply because you exist.”

When Lack Dresses Up as Love

If you’re a heart-centered person, this can get tricky.

We’ve come up with an infinite number of ways to make lack feel like it’s coming from love. I don’t really need that. Someone else needs it more. I’ll just make do. 

It sounds kind. It sounds generous. But underneath, it’s still saying, “there’s not enough.” 

And love never says that.

Love is abundant.

So when a thought sounds loving but leaves you feeling smaller, check where it’s really coming from.

Guidance Often Comes With Resistance

Here’s something nobody told me when I started: real guidance doesn’t always feel comfortable.

Often right after you’ve done some inner work, you’ll get a nudge. Go do this thing. Go here. Say yes to this. And it’ll be the next expansive step for you.

And at the same time, you’ll feel resistance. Maybe I should…but I really don’t want to.

That resistance doesn’t mean the guidance is wrong. Most of the time, it means you’re about to grow. 

When I met my husband, Phil, the energy around him actually scared me. It felt big, unlike anything I’d felt before, and my walls went straight up. I could have decided it was too weird and shut down. If I had, I would have missed my soulmate.

When guidance is leading you somewhere new, it’s going to feel DIFFERENT. Your persona wants to keep you safe by keeping things the same. That’s its job. You don’t have to listen to it.

You’ll Keep Being Shown the Same Lesson

Here’s something I find so comforting, and also a little bit challenging.

If you’re not ready to act on a piece of guidance yet, that’s okay. There is no doubt in my mind that you’ll keep being led to it. You’ll find books that say the same thing. You’ll hear it from a friend, a podcast, a stranger in line at the grocery store. It might not look exactly the same each time, but the lesson will keep coming back. 

That’s not the universe nagging you. That’s the universe loving you, and gently, patiently, showing you the way. 

But you don’t have to wait.

You can decide right now to act, instead of spending the next six months or a year being led to the same guidance over and over again.

Or eight years, like me.

You can dive in now.

How to Practice Trusting Your Inner Guidance

You don’t need anything special to hear your guidance. No candles, no crystals, no cards. Those can be beautiful extras, but you can go within exactly as you are. And the more you do it, the stronger that muscle gets.

Here’s a simple way to start.

1. Notice the thought. When a thought comes up about money, health or love, pause and name it. 
2. Ask where it’s coming from. Is it coming from abundance, or from lack? Does it say “there’s more,” or “there’s not enough”?
3. Go within instead of going online. When we’re unsure, we tend to Google: Is this  real? How do I do this? What’s the right way? Try closing your eyes and listenting to your inner self instead. Then trust what comes.
4. Ask your own questions. I’m never here to tell you how to think. I share what I’ve learned and what’s working for me. But your own inner guidance is the real authority in your life. Always ask your own questions.
5. When the nudge comes, move through the resistance and act. Use the steps for clearing a block: Ask if the fear is true for everyone, forgive yourself, write a new thought, get into its energy, release it. Then take the action right away, while the energy is fresh.
6. Celebrate. Every time you follow your guidance, you’re building trust between you and the universe. That deserves a celebration.

The Universe Is in Your Corner

When you start living this way, something beautiful happens. The things that happen to you every day stop feeling random. They start feeling like guidance.

You begin to see yourself as a divine being co-creating with the universe.
And you realize the abundance you’ve been looking for out there was being guided toward you from within the whole time.

Your inner guidance always knows you live in a limitless universe.

It’s time to listen. And it’s time to say yes.

Ready to connect with your inner guidance directly? In my Awaken the God Within Masterclass, I’ll show you how to go within, hear your guidance clearly and trust it, no extra tools required. Get the Awaken the God Within Masterclass for FREE, here.