{"id":31287,"date":"2021-04-20T09:03:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/?p=31287"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:03:45","slug":"finding-the-happiness-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/2021\/04\/20\/finding-the-happiness-compass\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding the Happiness Compass."},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am a spiritual coach.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Uhu.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s true, and I love it, and I\u2019ve learned to be really very open and direct about it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Does that mean that I meditate, chant, visualize, eat mindfully, fast, go on retreats where I shut up for a week and smile all day long?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Well, sometimes (apart from the retreats: I like talking WAY too much. Oh and there\u2019s no chanting either).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But not because I am a spiritual coach.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I fast because it makes me feel physically better, and it helps me lose weight.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I meditate (sometimes) because it keeps me grounded and focused.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I visualize now and again, because for me that\u2019s just a version of daydreaming and I love going places in my mind.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I do these things because they make me feel good.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And feeling good is very spiritual.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Not because it\u2019s better than feeling bad or it makes you better than other people, but because it\u2019s how the universe tells you where you\u2019re at in life.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Feeling good is like smelling your calling.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I\u2019ve learned that joy and fulfillment and flow are not just joy and fulfillment and flow for the sake of it, but they are our most direct and radical guides.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I\u2019ve seen many of my clients change deeply and profoundly while welcoming them more and more into their sometimes very burdened lives.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So: feeling good as a way of life.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I only do what I like, all day long, because it makes me significantly more powerful and effective and inspiring.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sticking close to the good feelings makes everything much easier and way lighter.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When I do what I like, when I come from this magical place of uplifting, soothing and creative energy, I am really close to what or who I truly am, and the stuff I do from there has a way bigger impact.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The light just shines brighter, through me.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I have learned -after many, sometimes stupid experiments- to do what the Marnix-person is supposed to do on this planet, and I am doing it in spades.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Writing, coaching, smiling at random people, daydreaming.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fasting, meditating (or not), listening to birds singing in a tree.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Feeling really good, for no particular reason.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Feeling good, indulging in it, trusting it, loving it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So that\u2019s really what I mean when I say I\u2019m a spiritual coach: it\u2019s all about helping people finding their truest flow and joy and fulfillment and confidence, so they can learn to effortlessly stick to those yummy feelings.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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They are all there to show you where to go and what to do or to avoid, like a flawless personal compass for true, unconditional happiness.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And it\u2019s very, very real.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I used to be rather vague about what I do as a coach, and how I approach life.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I was afraid people would be dismissive, negative, judging.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I thought I wouldn\u2019t be able to express myself.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I was afraid to BE myself, the childishly happy one.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But that is all bullshit.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I am a spiritual coach.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It just means I get what you really, really want: to feel good.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And I know a lot about that.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A lot.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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