Where’s the Trust?

I trust myself.

How does that statement hit you? We are all somewhere on the spectrum, some more challenged than others, some areas of our lives more challenging than others.

Just yesterday, I felt a bit tired in the middle of the day. I had the thought that I should rest for a few, but it didn’t feel like the “right” thing to do. I didn’t have any appointments or deadlines to make that true. The only truth was that I didn’t trust myself to do my day my way.

Other signs of not trusting ourselves can sound like:

If I don’t do it now, I won’t do it.

I want to take a break, but I can’t right now.

It would be fun to do it this way, but I shouldn’t.

I like the idea, but it’s too much for me to handle.

The prevalent messages received throughout life about the way we “should” do something slowly erodes self-trust when your way is different from the perceived norm. And we Creatives tend to be different from the norm!

How can we remember what feels natural for us? How can we regain trust that what feels natural to us can be good for us?

I’m excited to have my friend and fellow Creative, Jarrett Clayman, chew on this complex topic with me in the latest Doodle-to-Doing: How to Build Self-Trust.

In this episode we create a tool that you can use to practice self-trust. So grab something to doodle on and doodle with to get the full experience as we dive into:

→ What are societal messages that keep us from trusting our natural way of doing things?

→ What are the signs that we are not trusting ourselves?

→ How can we practice growing in self-trust?

★ Creative Challenge ★ Watch the video and create your own tool!