Being the Creator: The 5 Modes of Emotional Power

By Kathy Jacobson

Discover your innate creative greatness through the 5 Modes of Emotional Power, as identified by life coach Kathy Jacobson. Based on their characteristics and the outcomes they produce, human emotions can be sorted into five distinct categories. At their most destructive, emotions result in helplessness and suffering; at their most productive they help you create the outcomes you desire. Following a step-by-step process, you can release the destructive emotions that result in suffering, overcome the struggle caused by limiting beliefs, and become an Intentional Creator. You can enjoy improved health, stronger relationships, and a greater sense of purpose. Learn to convert every challenge into an opportunity!

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jul 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781667857626

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Chapter 1

The Power of Intentional Choice

While in her early sixties, Gina quit a job that had been a bad fit from the beginning. She spent the next half year gaining a technical certification to improve her resume. Several times during her course work she was approached by potential employers, so she was confident she would easily find a position when she finished. But when several months of job hunting brought no offers, her confidence diminished and she came to me for coaching.

She tried everything I suggested, still without results, until during one conversation she said something that revealed a life-long conflicted relationship with money. We decided that issue needed to be resolved if she was ever to achieve any kind of financial independence. I helped her redirect her thinking and suggested exercises to help her overcome some of those old beliefs. One day, while she was doing her inner work and journaling about money, an older friend called her and said, Gina, you know how I said I wanted to include you in my will? Well, I’ve decided I want the pleasure of watching you enjoy it, so I’ve decided to give you that inheritance now. The gift was $10,000.

With her immediate money issues so dramatically resolved, Gina and I both expected a new job to follow. Again, it did not. So we continued to talk about her desires and what she saw as the ideal job. I suggested ways to work with her emotions to align them with attracting the employment that would be the right fit for her talents and skills. Still to no avail. To Gina’s credit she chose not to give up. She continued to believe the right job was out there and that she could manifest it in her life. We talked every week, and she did her inner work every day. After several weeks of this, I said, Gina, I think you may want something else more than you want the job. Surprised but willing, she left our session committed to asking herself what that something might be.

A few days later, she called me and said, You’re right. I do want something else more. I want my own wholeness. She then looked deeply within herself to identify what wholeness looked like to her. Eventually, she said, I want to feel less scattered. I want all the different aspects of myself to be pointed in the same direction.

While in the midst of this self examination, she got an offer for a temporary position that met her concept of the ideal job – except for one thing. She wanted something close to home and this job was a long commute. Because it was a temporary position, there was little risk in accepting it for the three months offered. Within just a few weeks, however, the employer began inviting her to come on permanently. At the end of her three-month temp contract, Gina accepted a job with them and continued to make the commute. Then, amazingly, before Gina had worked there even a year, the company relocated to within three miles of her home. She then had everything she’d been looking for in a