Tomorrow is the Equinox, a time of movement, clarity, and breakthroughs—a time to allow what you really value to manifest in the world. It’s also the time of the harvest, of gratitude.

In a coaching session this morning, a client of mine spoke about her ‘glass ceilings,’ those places of inner limitation and constriction that have been with us so long they are mostly invisible.  In order to meet the immense challenges and complexities in our personal and collective lives right now, we need a real willingness to become aware of these glass ceilings, and then to move right through them.

I said to my client:
“I see that one of my key roles as your coach is to keep reflecting back to you the gifts you hold, so that you can fully recognize them, nurture them, and offer them into the world, knowing their full value. I think this is one of the keys to busting through our glass ceilings. It’s also one of my deepest knowings that our most powerful gifts are what come so naturally to us that it takes a long time to fully appreciate them. It’s like a fish trying to taste the ocean.”

One of the quickest ways to discover your natural gifts is to ask our friends, family and colleagues about them.  Find 3 or 4 people you love, trust or respect, people who know you quite well. Ask them to meet with you, either in person or on the phone, and offer to do an exchange with them, if they are interested, or else just offer to listen and learn. Ask them to reflect back to you, in the most honest way they can, what you deepest gifts are, and how they have experienced these.

As you listen, let go of what you think you know about yourself. We are often blind to our own gifts and capacities.  Allow yourself to be surprised.

I’ve never had a client or student do this exercise without profound results.

Enjoy

love
Shayla