5 Steps to Aligning with Your Soul Purpose: A Guide to Living Authentically
As someone who lives their soul purpose every day I can attest to the immense joy and fulfillment a life led by the soul brings. Unlike a job, your purpose is not a place you go to work, but rather an outward expression of inward passion. It comes from a place of aliveness rather than a sense of duty or obligation.
As the time drew near to head back to work after taking a break to have children, the same old hats I used to wear in the workplace just didn’t fit anymore. Deep down I had a knowing that there was more meant for me and it was time to start accessing it.
I did go back to work in an office for a while, but the discomfort of knowing this was no longer right for me grew and grew until I had no choice but to confront it.
Step 1 - Get Very Clear on Who You Are and What You Love Doing.
I asked myself what it was that I really wanted. I had spent my life distracted by money, status, and avoiding responsibilities that felt difficult or required me to step out of my comfort zone. What I really wanted was to contribute, to be of service in a way that felt good and do something meaningful with my time. Psychology and Social Work had been on my radar since I was in high school but neither really ‘ fit’. I wanted something that felt more alive, less bound by the rigid structures of the patriarchy. Something more in tune with individuals that really helped them heal. Holistic Counselling had been suggested to me and after investigating what it entailed and what it offered, I realised this was the direction I wanted to go in. I started to research online courses, because as a single mother who had commitments at home with the children, I needed to be able to study around my schedule.
Step 2 - Understand What Your Real World Needs Are.
I came to realise that a life in flow means making choices that honour you in every way. I didn’t need to fit into any college’s predetermined schedule. I just needed to find one that fitted in with mine.
Lack says our options are limited and we must take what we can get. Abundance says our options are unlimited and that what we want will find us. So take some time to gain clarity on what works for you from every angle.
Make a list of everything that you require in order to make the necessary changes.
Step 3 - Let Go of Fear
Throughout my entire journey, from the day I picked my course until the day I completed it, I could not see myself as a counsellor. I just couldn’t get that visual in my head. But I had faith and a deep inner knowing that I was on the right path. I knew that the same ‘safe’ choices I had made in the past were of no use to me now. It was time to take a leap of faith and walk towards the unknown, trusting that it would all work out in the end. You see when we take those leaps of faith, without any real world evidence to support what we intuitively know, we are demonstrating self trust, true inner strength and courage. We are connecting to our higher knowing and making choices from an abundant heart. The safe choices will not bear fruit in the long run, but the scary ones have every potential to bring new levels of joy, happiness and fulfilment to your life.
Step 4 - Take Inspired Action
Get clear on what steps you need to take to get where you want to go. This is a two-fold process - it involves both creating a plan of action and connecting with your intuition to guide you. Every step of the way, the path ahead will be illuminated when the time is right. The right people and tools will be presented at exactly the right time.
The universe wants you to succeed, it wants you to contribute and be of service, the idea that this is impossible or not available to you all comes from your conditioning and must be overcome in order to achieve your dreams. It’s all part of the proving ground that stands you in good stead for the mission ahead of you. So when it's time to take action, make choices that make you feel alive and sparkly (even when it scares you) and listen closely - this is your higher-self talking!
Step 5 - Manifest!
And lastly, use manifestation to anchor all of this into your reality. When your mind, heart, body and spirit are all aligned and working towards the same outcome, the universe delivers. Behaving, thinking, feeling as though your dreams are already here (even if you can’t see how, when or why) supports you to clear the lower density blockages and step fully into your purpose - alive, empowered and sovereign.
Today I am a qualified and practising Holistic Counsellor and Empowerment Coach. Nothing gives me greater joy and a sense of fulfilment than supporting my clients through their challenges and seeing them blossom into the fullest versions of themselves. I followed my heart, I trusted the divine plan (even when I wasn’t able to believe in it), and the ultimate reward was alignment and permission to be my true self.
Is your soul purpose calling?
What do you need to do to start making it a reality?