Episode 54 How you can align with your dream life and business from the inside-out with Dr. Shannon D. South

Is your intuition the voice of your soul and wise self? What are some traps that can stop you from moving forward in your life? How can visualization help you to overcome stressors in your life?

MEET DR. SHANNON D. SOUTH

Dr. Shannon D. South, aka the "Joy Doctor", is an award-winning therapist, an Amazon best-selling author, and an inspirational speaker. Dr. Shannon is also the founder of the Ignite Your Life! and Grow Your Business by Growing You Breakthrough Programs!

In 1994, Dr. Shannon had a spiritual experience during meditation that healed her debilitating anxiety and depression permanently. Since this transformative experience, Dr. Shannon has helped thousands of clients connect to their most loving, abundant, and joy-filled selves. Her recent book, Grow Your Business by Growing You, is a roadmap to this unique, healing process.

For a free discovery call to see how Dr. Shannon can help align you with your highest potential, go to www.drshannonsouth.com. Connect with her on Facebook, Youtube, and LinkedIn.

Check out Dr. Shannon's upcoming Spirit and Soul retreats.

IN THIS PODCAST:

• Helping therapists align their dream lives and businesses (08:56)
• Traps that can stop people from moving forward (15:20)
• Your intuition is your soul's calling (24:32)

Helping therapists align their dream lives and businesses Studies show us that when we have an external focus of control, we have more anxiety and depression, so when we bring this in and become the solution and align with our real needs … when we align with [them] … we can tap into that flow better. (Dr. Shannon South)

You can tune yourself, like an instrument, to your needs and desires so that you are better able to care for yourself. This happens by working on your healing.

By focusing your control on your internal self you have more confidence, peace, and ability to cope with fluctuations in the external world.

Step into parts of [yourself] that are beyond the mind, [so that you] are not just all mental. (Dr. Shannon South)

Make use of visualization, meditation, breathwork, and many different modalities that help you to connect your physical body and your conscious mind. Have this unison and compassion between mental and physical instead of having your mind work against your body and your sensations.

Traps that can stop people from moving forward

There are different subconscious survival traps that people can fall into which keep them stuck in the past, blocking their attempts and progress at moving forward.

Some of them are:

1. Perfectionism
2. The not-enough trap
3. The spiritual bypass and running after any quick solution
4. Depression and burnout

Your intuition is your soul's calling Intuition is your soul [speaking] … that part of us that is longing [for] us to grow, that's pulling us, luring us to the soul [to grow] towards our callings and our passion … and passion is the pipeline to the soul. (Dr. Shannon South)

Find your passions, because they are the bridges that can take you to the things that are nourishing for you.

Allow space for the things that are healing and nourishing to you once you find them. Schedule time for them in your days and weeks to improve your self-connection.

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