What the Heck is an Inner Wizard?

It's a funny thing. People often ask me, what the heck is an Inner Wizard? I respond by asking them if they know what an Inner Critic is. "Oh, yes!" they respond. "I hear that self-talk voice all the time." Responses like that - and I get them often - prove my point.

So many people have an intimate relationship with their Inner Critic who misguidedly holds them back keeping them safe in their limiting comfort zones. "Oh, don't try that", says the worried Inner Critic "You might fail and be embarrassed" or "Who are you kidding? You're not ________ enough to do that (fill in the blank with 'good, rich, young, old, smart, confident, worthy, strong, brave, educated, etc....')". The Inner Critic will always Find Excuses And Reasons (F.E.A.R.) to hold you back to keep you stuck and 'safe' right where you are now. Moving forward into newer and bigger 'zones' is just too scary for your Inner Critic.

You created your Inner Critic when you were a small child - between the ages of 2 and 6 - to help you cope in your environment. During this time you created a little "Rule Book for Life" to help you navigate your way as you grew up. That rule book served you well when you were at a very young age. However, it was written through a young child's perceptions of what what seen, heard and felt. I ask parents if they've ever said something to their children that was completely misinterpreted. They all say that kids misinterpret things every day.

Guess what you did as a kid!

Most of what you wrote down in your memory banks and subconscious "Rule Book for Life" was based on your own misinterpretation of events. And these rules, these misinterpretations, do not serve you today. They only hold you back.

I encourage you to take your personal power away from your Inner Critic and give it back to its rightful owner, your Inner Wizard. Your Inner Wizard is what you were born with before you wrote the rule book. It is the voice of your intuition and inspiration. It's that gut feeling you wished you listened to when things didn't work out the way you hoped. Your Inner Wizard always seeks to move you forward in the direction of your dreams. It will always keep you safe as you continue to stretch into newer and bigger comfort zones. A life lead by the Inner Wizard is the fullest expression of pure potential. And it's a lot of fun!