Hey there, Jen here, and this is a happy bit. Last night I hosted a masterclass for members of

the Vibrant Happy Women Club, and we were learning all about identifying our gifts,

talents, and passions. Let me ask you a big question. What are you passionate about? It's a funny

thing, but moms in particular tend to lose track of the things they love.

We have all of these shoulds pressing on us from magazines and what to expect when you're

expecting books and the happiest baby on the block books, all these books and experts

and people who tell us their opinion

on how we should be parents and how we should live our lives. And we kind of get stuck in

this pattern of listening to all of those shoulds rather than to our own hearts.

And what is the result? We get burned out. We get empty, we lose track of what we're passionate about.

Oprah says, and I agree, that we have an inner GPS, our intuition, which guides us to make

the decisions and do the things we need to do. Maybe it comes from a higher purpose,

from the universe, from God, and we have these talents

and gifts and passions that will help us identify and do the things we are born on this planet to do.

I always like to say, each one of you listening has a gift that if you don't share it with the world

will be lost to the world forever. Crazy, right? So if we spend

all of our time listening to the shoulds from others outside of us, then we forget sometimes

to listen to our hearts and to do those things we're passionate about, to share our gifts and talents and passions

with the world. So how do we figure it out? Well, I'm going to give you four steps. And the first one is

simply to create space to ask the question. What do I like? Second is to try everything.

Try new things. Take a class. Learn how to do pottery, learn

origami. Do all the things. And all the while, listen to how you feel. What feels amazing.

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