The Sensitive Edge: Learning To Trust Your Inner Voice and Thrive No Matter What

By Christine Rosas

Wouldn’t it be great if life always went smoothly? 

Whether it’s choosing schooling for our children, a care facility for our aging parents, or even a restaurant to eat dinner with our significant other, life is full of situations that require decisions and interactions with others. 

These moments can throw us i

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christine Marie Rosas
• Release date: Mar 19, 2018
• ISBN: 9781945252341

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The Sensitive Edge

Learning To Trust Your Inner Voice and Thrive No Matter What

Copyright © 2017, Christine Rosas

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Table of Contents

Introduction

What is the Sensitive Edge?

Intuition

Timing

Action

Moments of Reflection and Exploration

Self-Care and Support

Moment 1

When Life Is Chaotic And You Crave Peace And Positivity

Moment 2

When Your Day Is Busy And You Feel Exhausted, Yet Guilty To Slow Down And Take A Break

Moment 3

When You Crave Quiet Time For Yourself, Yet You See No Free Time In Your Near Future

Moment 4

When Your Day Is Chaotic And You Crave Peace And Tranquility

Moment 5

When It Seems Others Got It Figured Out And You Appear To Be Struggling

Moment 6

When You Require Help And Support And Find It Challenging To Ask

Moment 7

When You Realize You’re More Impatient Than You Used To Be

Moment 8

When You Need Someone To Talk To, But You Feel Like No One Will Understand

Goal Setting and Decision Making

Moment 9

When Nothing Is Going Your Way And You Feel Defeated And Embarrassed For Not Reaching Your Goals

Moment 10

When You Avoid An Important Decision And You Beat Yourself Up For Not Moving Forward

Moment 11

When You Agreed To Too Many Tasks And You Feel Exhausted

Moment 12

When You Work Hard And Don’t See The Results You Desired

Moment 13

When You Want Things To Be Different And You Have No Idea Where To Start

Moment 14

When You Want To Complete A Task But You Can’t Seem To Focus

Stressful Situations

Moment 15

When A Situation At Home/Work Seems Unbearable And You Question Whether There Will Ever Be An Improvement

Moment 16

When Nothing Appears To Be Going Your Way And You Find It Hard To Regain Control

Moment 17

When A Challenge Isn’t Quickly Resolved And You See No Way Out

Moment 18

When You’re Unhappy With Your Current Situation And You Question Whether It Will

Ever Change

Moment 19

When Nothing Seems To Be Going Right And You Wish For Your Future To Seem Clearer

Moment 20

When It Seems Like Everything Is Going Downhill And You Feel There’s No Way Of Stopping It

Moment 21

When You’re Caught In The Middle Of A Crisis And You Feel Like It’s Never Going To End

Moment 22

When You’re Doing All You Can, Yet You Question If It Really Makes A Difference

Relationship Challenges

Moment 23

When A Co-Worker/Partner Frustrates You And You See No Possibility Of A Quick Resolution

Moment 24

When You Realize You’re Defensive, Yet You See No Other Way To Get Their Attention

Moment 25

When You Want To Speak Your Mind, But Feel You May Regret What You May Say

Moment 26

When You Give Your Opinion And You Question Why No One Ever Seems To Listen

Moment 27

When You Work To Improve A Challenging Situation And Wonder If Anyone Even Cares

Moment 28

When It’s Someone Else’s Fault And You Question If They Will Ever Change

Moment 29

When Someone Continues To Make The Same Mistake And You Wonder If They’ll Ever Take Your Advice

Moment 30

When You Sense A Lot Of Anger From Someone And You Feel It Becoming Your Own

Moment 31

When You Just Want Everyone To Get Along And It Appears No One Wants To Do Their Part

Moment 32

When Others Continue To Do Wrong And You Feel Frustrated And Angry

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Disclaimer

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Introduction

A few years ago, I decided to stop buying self-help books and start listening to my intuition, to help guide me through challenging situations in my life. I realized I have lived with myself longer than any other person on this Earth, so maybe I had some good ideas on what works best for me.

This may seem like an odd declaration from the author of this self-help book. However, stick with me. This declaration will help you as well.

I read so many self-help books, but I found them repetitive. It seemed like all I had to do was think happy thoughts, reframe my stories and live in the present moment. BAM! I would blissfully live the life of my dreams.

And I did have moments when everything seemed to fall into place. My husband and I understood each other better, my kids cleaned their room when I asked, and challenging acquaintances didn’t seem to bother me as much.

However, life would happen and I would fall into my old ways. I felt like a failure. I bet Byron Katie, Eckhart Tolle, or Deepak Chopra isn’t binge-watching Netflix and eating potato chips every time their daughter yells at them for never having time to watch her newly-choreographed dance.

I assumed that glorious life of living in my manifested dream house in a new world along with all the other flat-bellied, skin-glowing, blissed-out spiritual beings wasn’t for me.

As I let go of the need to follow the latest 12-week plan for successful communication, or six easy steps to happiness, and began to listen to my own inner nudges, things began to shift. Some may label it as a spiritual awakening. I believe it was nothing more than proof that I was no longer existing on a mental, emotional and spiritual foundation of the size of a toothpick.

This shift wasn’t all full of blissful unicorns and rainbows. It had its dark moments. There was a part of me that feared this feeling of being at one with the moment and accepting others as the way they are would end. And that part of me was right. It did end. Yet it appeared again.

I noticed this pattern of expansion and contraction continued. The more I allowed this flow of life, the more it didn’t seem as scary or as horrible. It actually became my new normal.

How could this be? I thought the goal of self-improvement was to arrive at a place of eternal bliss. Worry, doubt and fear were no longer meant to be a part of my life. I put in the work, and this is my reward: a continuous flow of expansion and contraction, an ordinary life full of simplistic abundance, no angels sounding the trumpets of my arrival into heaven on earth.

Sure, I enjoyed not being caught up in a drama or affected by the chaos in the world that didn’t apply to my present moment. I seemed more comfortable in my own skin. However, shouldn’t there be more?

Maybe there is more to it. However, I no longer desire searching for it. I’m quite content living my life one moment at a time: taking the next healthy step as the version of me that