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Like an internal satnav system our emotional feeling is giving
us a constant flow of information, and curiously enough,
when we do not listen to our ‘inner’ or ‘gut’ feeling, it is our
emotions that surface in response to this that will let us know
in no uncertain terms that we have navigated ‘off-course’.

Given that this book is written to deepen our emotional
awareness, when I refer to ‘feelings’ unless otherwise stated I
am referring to feelings of an emotional nature.

Our self-awareness and the resulting state of self-
responsibility is an ongoing, ever evolving state of being and
an inability to listen to ourselves can come about for many
reasons.

Sometimes we don’t listen to ourselves not because we don’t
really want to, but because we simply don’t know how to.

If we are a reasonably self-aware individual this may seem
strange, but sometimes we can be far more open to listening to
others than we are to ourselves and this can get in the way of
our capacity for self-care.

Many of us carry unconscious messages that in our adult lives,
actually stop us from acting in our own best interests, indeed
sometimes our attempts at self-care can even inadvertently
sabotage our ability to move our lives forwards.

In truth if we have never been given a clear and supportive
role model to follow, then developing an attitude of healthy
self-care will be a life skill that we will need to learn. Learning
to listen to ourselves with an awareness of our emotions plays
an integral role in living from a position of healthy self-care.

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