by Jeanne Nangle | Feb 17, 2022 | Jeanne Nangle Blog
Do you recognize a new voice that’s all your own?
Yesterday I read a post on FB that said:
Walk into every room with the knowledge that God sent me there.
I thought: Wow.
Like EVERY room?
I wished for a moment that I could live with that much conviction.
But, idk.
But, probably.
I find myself embodying more and more of that same feeling as I grow deeper into life.
Recognize a new voice.
“…and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world…” ~
Mary Oliver, The JourneyI love her so much.
As we’re true to ourselves, and recognize that new voice…
A blast into the sky.
We can leave this life, decades from now, with a blast into the sky.
Instead of slowly burning out.
So, my new way of entering a room will be what she said:
Walk into every room with the knowledge that God sent me there.
Wow, I better bring it into the room next time.
But, if I’m walking into each room knowing I was sent there…
I’d probably skip into the room.
But, that would be annoying to others.
And myself.
So, I’ll just walk in normally… and remind myself that I was sent there.
And so was everyone else.
by Jeanne Nangle | Feb 5, 2022 | Jeanne Nangle Blog
If you’ve been feeding your gut a steady diet of fear, then, maybe your gut is all wrong.
However, how do we KNOW what we can trust?
Good question.
I have no idea.
Email me when you have the answer.
OK, not really…
So, here’s the answer:
You know what you can trust once you know who the hell you are.
Then, your inner knowing will be accurate. It really will.
SURVIVOR
There might even be an intervention performed by my sons because of how much I love this show.
There are 40 seasons. Please don’t ask how many I’ve watched.
And I wish I had a dollar for how many of the players say:
I trust my gut.
I can ALWAYS trust my gut.
And then they get this all knowing look on their face like they know something we don’t.
Like they’re somehow anointed.
Then, they’re usually wrong.
Their gut was WAY off.
Like 99% of the time.
Yet, they believed their gut was SO right.
Give me a break.
However, it’s not totally their fault.
Society tell us: Trust your gut.
If you trust your gut, you’ll have the keys to the kingdom.
Not true. Total BS.
Because what if your gut is one step from IBS?
(irritable bowel…)
What if your gut has been fed a steady diet of sugar and red meat?
Can you trust THAT gut?
NO YOU CAN’T.
You can’t feed your gut total garbage… and assume it’s all knowing.
WHEN CAN YOU TRUST YOURSELF?
However, we can trust ourselves when we’re true to ourselves.
Regularly.
Not just Saturday afternoons.
Show up for you.
If you’re putting in constant FEAR, please don’t trust your gut.
Seriously.
So in summary…
You can trust yourself, and your gut, when you know who the hell you are.
And let the finding of you be as fun as the seeking.
by Jeanne Nangle | Jan 30, 2022 | Jeanne Nangle Blog
You want to make the most of your life, right? So you can say you did it, whatever IT was.
So that at the end you can say…
I lived MY life.
And did it.
And that’s a big one, isn’t it?
To be able to say… you did it.
Whatever IT was.
Because, what people say over and over is:
I’m afraid I’ll never do what I always wanted.
Will I ever have the kind of love I want? The problem is…
And leaves us giantly disappointed.
Like most people, as a kid I was soooo ME.
A jungle gym flying, play writing, weirdish girl who did stuff.
I just did it.
I didn’t care if I failed.
Kids don’t care.
Then, somewhere along the way I got careful.
There’s dozens of tiny events.
The father in law who said: “Who’d listen to you?”
The system that says: Stay at IBM and get the gold watch.
The wounds that tell you: You don’t deserve love.
BEING CAREFUL WILL BE YOUR BIG REGRET
At the end of people’s lives they wish they’d been braver.
It’s that simple.
But there’s work to be done so that you can be brave.
Sometimes you need help to be your true self.
by Jeanne Nangle | Jan 27, 2022 | Jeanne Nangle Blog
So, I plan to create a new edition of a book I wrote 10 years ago.
And I’m looking for a literary agent.
The query letter must explain: Why are you the perfect person to write this book?
Good question.
Really good question.
This question re-ignites my deep desire to be true to myself.
To tell the world WHY I wrote that book!
Why I slaved over every word, every line, for two years to have it say something original, poignant… and most of all: be true to me.
And that ain’t easy.
Whether you’ve written a book, coordinated a project, lead people somewhere… or spear headed something.
Whether you’ve suffered a loss.
Or failed miserably.
Or had a major success.
Only you now what it’s like to go through it the way YOU did.
No one… literally no one has walked in your shoes.
So they can’t know how YOU experienced any of that.
I wrote to the agent, in answer to: Why you? What do you know?
Here’s exactly what I wrote:
This book came to me because I’m the perfect person to give a voice to how deep our longing goes to know and experience our true selves.
I represent many others who didn’t grow up in ideal situations, who are unhealed, lost, confused, and doubt the universe has a spark of intelligence.
That’s how I used to feel… and I stand behind it.
Whatever is your truth in your life…
It’s yours.
And any fear you have around how good you are…
How worthy.
How talented.
How deserving.
That fear keeps you from what the universe has in store for you.
You have a truth that’s uniquely yours.
And it time to choose yourself and live it.
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by Jeanne Nangle | Jan 16, 2022 | Jeanne Nangle Blog
Are you fulfilling the promise of your life?
Meaning, are you showing up for yourself?
That means…
Self-respect for what you feel compelled toward.
Yes, compelled.
That thing you think about ALL the time.
How many more years will you think about it?
Yes, life gets in the way.
So we say.
However, is there ever a good reason to keep yourself parked on the bench?
I don’t think so.
Actually, it’s a resounding: NOPE.
Your soul is the truest part of you…
And life needs to conform to what your soul is here for.
Your soul is here to love and be loved.
Your soul is here to serve.
If you don’t carve out the time… you won’t do it.
Human nature says that we will continue to avoid ourselves.
Sadly.
So, show up for yourself and your soul.
