If it's a fear, you can usually identify it and face it, and then it will fade. If it's intuition - the "don't do this" doubt - the feeling won't fade.

@amoniwatson3795

Жыл бұрын

thank you for this simplicity thank you immensely

@Juicyfruit12345

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. This is so helpful.

@jeccym8715

7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I understood your simple explanation than the video itself

"the more important a project is to your souls evolution the more you'll resist it" mind........blown!!!

Intuition is calm, sure/matter of fact, clear. Most often, your body doesn't react. Its like an inner knowing. Fear can be overly analytical, you go back and forth about the situation/person/idea.

The quote explains what she says; that the feeling of "fear" is inevitable even when it is the right thing - fear is not always negative.

I find that the Steven Pressfield quote contradicts what was said before.

Marie, I gotta tell ya, I am so thankful for what you do. I have been an indecisive person all my life. Big decisions, little ones, it doesn't matter. I just turn to others to make them for me. Then I realized that the root of indecisiveness is both a lack in confidence and fear. Really chewing on that for a while, I came to this video of yours and I applied it. And Marie, your tip, to ask yourself that question about whether the decision feels expansive or contracting, made every single decision so much easier to make. I started applying it today and I flew through decision after decision. That question really cuts to the core and lets me weed out all of those pesky thoughts in my head about what I 'should' feel, what others expect of me or what I think they want from me and even the comparison trap of what others are doing, and hones directly in on what I want and feel. I can't thank you enough for what you do. I've been enjoying and benefiting from your tips for a good long while now but this one takes the cake for me, saving me so much stress, hassle and, as I make one decision after another, it leads me to a more built up level of confidence (as you stated would happen). So thank you! I really needed this.

I cannot thank you enough for the "expansive vs. contracted" comparison!! I got real clarity about what my next step should be based on this comparison and I'm now super excited about the direction it is going to take me in.

OMG it's called Intuition :-D I was recently worrying about how I do not listen to mý fears and do things anyway.... which I thought was supposed to be a good thing.... but I realized bad things always happen then.... I thought about it further and came to the conclusion that I wrote down in my diary: If your excitment is bigger than your fear you're on the right track. If your fear is bigger, don't do it! I realized the thin line between these two! Thank you for naming it to the person who asked the question! ;) And thank you, Marie for the video! Great advice!! :)

@Dessii1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. You thought is helping me a lot.

Thank you for this simplicity thank you immensely. The decision that made me watch this video scares the crap out of me but still feels expansive. I'm starting to realize how many layers my fear has, but I think this decision will help me clear them. Core fears can definitely have a grip on you but once you address them its like you unlock a new level of yourself

I actually really needed to hear this. I have this thing I thought I had to do, but everytime I thought about it, I felt this weird pain in my chest or in my stomach and I'm not actually excited about it. I thought I'm just afraid and that would mean resistance, but with your explanation, I think it's intuition trying to tell me not to do it. Thanks!

@SydneyValette

3 жыл бұрын

well they said the total opposite on another channel ahah

@michaelmayers6303

Жыл бұрын

YEAH..YOUR BODY WAY Of saying STOP AND SEEK HELP

@michaelmayers6303

Жыл бұрын

WELL RESISTANCE is against... or mental block...SO I dont think that is the case..your already got your answer..SEEK HELP...

@michaelmayers6303

Жыл бұрын

Weird chest pain..I Had a friend she is from another state..I m in the kitchen..felt whirlwind..dizzty..and Shake..Have been on a city bus..and felt that bus stop and lurching forward or back? thats the shake..im talking about..NOW chest..what it felt like Pressure..like lungs..going INWARD..on it self

@michaelmayers6303

Жыл бұрын

BREATH IN ALL THE WAY..HOLD SLOWLY LET IT OUT..repeat..I create a cadence in my head..a song..then breath on that song.

that quote is contradicting to your message...

@farihamohamedhilmy4700

4 жыл бұрын

Very contradicting

@Xepherniaviolet

4 жыл бұрын

i believe she means your mind will resist (ego) not ur body

I was confused on that point too in this one, the quote says the opposite of what she was just talking about. I think of personal development as people offering perspectives that are useful for you are a particular time, and some of them can be paradoxical. I think she means in general go with the expansive feeling, but also that fear will sometimes make you feel contracted about something that's necessary for you to grow (and usually when you've already made a habit of not confronting it).

Love this video! Your commentary on expanded vs contracted is exactly how I was looking to describe gut vs. fear!

I can relate. I just do the thing that makes me feel the lightest, because even with those contracting feelings there are things that make me feel more relaxed and free, so it's like I'm going from contracted to 'less' contracted, rather than contracted to expansive.

Marie your vibe is glowing with beauty. Thank you for all the inspirational vids.

watching in 2017 and marie has come really far in this ! great work Marie !

You are AMAZING, Marie! Thanks for always being hilarious, classy, and diplomatic!

Great reminder - been working on two projects and using this simple question to determine if one or both are truly right for me. Now I know!

Love your video.....These are a great source of inspiration for the problems we face in everyday life.....You Rock Marie....Your making an impact on the world

This is something I'm getting familiar with. I've been really paying attention to the good things and good flow that happens in my life. I kinda got to this video in reverse. It's a very real thing. Quite peculiar how life can be so off balance. It will always be traced all the way back to this sense of expansive/contracting

I’m literally way more confused about the difference now than before I watched this video...

This fear and intuition feature is timely for some of my circumstances

Finally, someone who makes sense and explains it clearly. Thank you, Marie!

@marieforleo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, Amelia! - Team Forleo

This beautiful exercise really resonates. I love that it trains us to pay attention to our own GUT! Our own bodies. What does my heart want ? Or what FEELS WRONG to me? Thank you Marie, for spelling it out for me.

I feel contracted when something I don't want it's about to happen, that's my intuition

Thanks for everything Marie.... Thanks for being the greatest (virtual) mentor for me! Helping me make the life that I absolutely am head over heals in LOVE with!

I live your energy and words of wisdom ❤❤ I look forward to listening to the next and the next. Love you tons ❤️

That was the best tweetable... I NEEDED IT SO MUCH....!!!!! Thank you 😊😚❤

Thank you, that is the clearest explanation I’ve gotten so far!!

I've always wondered about this! Oprah says "doubt means don't", but sometimes it alls starts to feel the same. I like your "expansive vs. contracted" analogy!

Love your videos. Your videos are informative and fun, keep it up.

I just love your vibrancy!

general thoughts and what my thoughts are on the quote ,i think what is meant is that if you feel spiritually/emotionally positive about something beforehand then its the right thing if you feel a type of deep imbedded negativity or aperhension in yourself if you were to go through with it in your mind then its wrong . Now when you think about it beforehand and when you are there is different . there is a lack of comfort in doing it physically at that moment whatever it is.. aka it will feel like resistance . usually due to other things aswell at the time "fear of criticism" or just very vague fear for no reason mixed with laziness . if we say we can do it and follow inside of us what we know is right and push through that seemingly impassable terror barrier we will 99.9 percent of the time end up alright in the end if the intentions are just and honorable . faith aka knowing has no room for fear aka ignorance vice versa so half the battle is visualizing the endgame getting positive with it and the other half is thinking of how to attempt it and going through with it

Exactly how i feel.lit up like a Christmas tree..I'm planning on moving to another state.i feel elated with a slight bit of fear.. thanks marie.

Great topic! I am constantly trying to distinguish these two (seemingly) closely related feelings. Fear can be very tricky and try disguise itself as more "noble" sensations. (I find this especially true where male/female relationships are concerned!) Thanks for this concise approach, I will definitely keep it in mind as I hone my ability to understand "the oracle", i.e. my gut :)

thank ya!

Jay Reese that makes all the sense...THANK you!

Just found you on a blog as I was reading for reference to write one of my own. I appreciate you and I just subbed...

Thanks, love your advice!

Such an awesome video!! 👏🔥😃 You are so entertaining and seem so transparent which is refreshing. Love that I found you! ❣️

Oh man you hit it on the friggin head with this one! That is soooo uber useful, thank you!

Thank you so much for those words

Great, Marie. Fear vs. Intuition, Expansive vs. Contracted.

Very nicely explained.

I love all of your vdo. They're super helpful. Thanks a lot Marie!

Always Enlightening Love ya lots!!!!

This makes so much sense!

This one changed my life!

Awesome advice, always tapping into that inner feeling.

@arielleaustin2240

10 жыл бұрын

Loved this share!

💕 Thank You for making and sharing this video

This advice is very ,very helpful...

Omg wow. Thankyou very much!!!

Yep. I should have quit that temp job sooner. I thought I was powering through an obstacle.

Absolutely hilarious intro!! 😂❤ thank you so much!

This was AMAZING!!!!

Thanks that was great advice

So then, what's the difference between contracting and resistance? Because I feel resistance but it could also be contraction?

@teresaanthony9633

7 жыл бұрын

Brooke Reynolds so true

Haha, awesome video Marie - your face on that Christmas tree is all sorts of special. :-) Love the expansive vs. contractive analogy!

love your advice it helps so much : )

Love your videos.

Thank you!

Thanks for your great tips :)

Great quote, the more you love that project the more we are scared to biiiip it.

Thankx so much Marie 😍 ❤️

Thank you thank you thank you

That was pretty good and helpful

Funny and smart I love you!

Thank you💚🕊🙏

You are amazing 🙏

ugh!! where have you been all my life!! haha you're so awesome!!!

Thank you for sharing... :) ill be following every step it it now... :)

Love that quack laugh in the beginning

That is really good advice and uncanny with the timing. I normally only review comic books and movies but I really, really, want to do Meekakitty inspired comedy on my channel. I was going to wait until I got a dslr camera and better lighting but I'm really yearning to do it. I'm going to do one and see what reaction I get. Thank you for the pep talk. This video went right into one of my playlist folders. :)

I looooove this

Amazing

I like these videos

Expansive - YES. Well put.

I love this video!.The only problem is I don’t quite understand the quote at the end. why would someone resist their souls evolution and how does that relate to intuition?

I like dis!

Omg... I was just talking about this to a friend.

You are so hilarious, Marie!

@greenschmoodle Curious as to what exactly you're referring to in your own life. Would you mind giving more details? An example of something you HAVE to do?

@tastytulip there's another song with HUSTLIN!! :)

The quote is not contradicting the message. The idea is that most often, the things that would truly make us grow or bring us to our higher selves are the things we do not face, the things we are too scared of doing that we resist its call and interpret the fear / avoidance as justified and logical, even when we are clearly not happy with the "sensible / safe choice". Because as humans, we would rather be safe than be exposed and vulnerable.

@constructenglish1

Жыл бұрын

Excellrnt point. I think the expansive contractive is true if you are in a relatively good pkace where yiu have healthy thinking...

LOVE THIS

i like your vids but I don't this this works for people with anxiety, who are scared of everything lol. I think just gotta do stuff sometimes. even if you loose all the blood in your face.

@sal2417

8 жыл бұрын

true!

@VictorMartinez-gf4bg

7 жыл бұрын

what doesnt work for people with anxiety? your gut/physical stomach is going to tell you you're not suppose to do something that moment even when you are "just out of your comfort zone" and even if you felt positive about doing that thing beforehand many times. the question asked was a bit ignorant in the first place . i agree with you on the second part however ,once its realized it ultimately comes down to breaking that barrier and making it a standard and it starts with knowing and saying you can do it aka positive affirmations

@KingaGorski

7 жыл бұрын

Focus on harnessing your breath to ground you! Pranayama (yoga breathing techniques) have incredible benefits for those suffering from anxiety.

@victoriap2519

4 жыл бұрын

"Often we define doubt as a healthy sort of skepticism, a byproduct of a lively mind analyzing all options. In the Bhagavad Gita, however, doubt is regarded as a thought that touches both sides of a dilemma at the same time; being stuck, not skeptical. The bifurcation between instinct and intuition can have me lingering in doubt at times. The yogic analysis of doubt is appropriately regarded as a paralyzing affliction, after all. But within those lingering moments, the willingness to remember becomes the flash of certitude that allows me to hear that low slow voice that says, “... just keep going…”" Just keep going, there is no bad and good, there is your perception, and choice to perceive things positively or negatively

What if BOTH options fill you with dread? :|

@BLAKHARTFILM

7 жыл бұрын

Tiger I get what you are saying. I think that comes from never learning to trust yourself. I don't know about you, but I have always had that problem and it has occurred to me, lately that I have always been told what to do. I make a good employee because I let others make the decisions and I do the work. However, it really is something that works against you, in your personal life. You always second guess yourself and never seem to be able to make the right decisions. I have been doing a lot of meditating and hope that will make a difference. Certainly can't hurt to try. I hope you find a way to get out of that paranoid position. It really sucks.

@Dessii1

Жыл бұрын

@@BLAKHARTFILM wow I am having the same problem because of the education at home. Did you get over the doubt to yourself? Thank you for your feedback ❤️

@BLAKHARTFILM

Жыл бұрын

@@Dessii1 Obviously, you understand the root of the problem. We are not born with feelings of negativity, they are instilled in us. So, when you start to doubt yourself, realize that your internal dialogue is nothing more than the echoes of someone else's insecurities. You will find that if you follow your heart, trust your guts, and be honest (especially with yourself) that your life will start to improve. I read this a while ago; Fear is temporary. Regret is not. That helped me gain a lot of confidence (still working on it). Cheers

@Dessii1

Жыл бұрын

@@BLAKHARTFILM Thank you so much for your suggestions. I appreciate it. Much love for you ❤️🪷

The first one doesn't work with people with generalized anxiety. Everything makes me contract. Go to work? Contract. Eat some food? Contract. Get out of bed? Contract. The only thing I can do is push against it and assume it's lying to me.

@Dessii1

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that.. how do you feel now? Do you feel better? Can you trust your intuition more?

Ur a superstar

I get a mixture of Contraction and Expansion

okay, you just got another subscriber.

what is so annoying is how this feeling will come and then go after a while, then in a month or so that feeling will get very intense. and then the cycle begins again

I've never thought about the way you look, however; today you look different than other videos. Perhaps, I've never paid so much attention, I don't know, maybe I am just too awake. Great video though!

Very interesting! I wonder if it applies to knowing if we are in a toxic relationship or not. I've been in toxic and even abusive relationships and because of that I am very fearful in new relationships. Which is normal. So I often ask myself if I'm fearful because of the past things I've been through that can sometimes be triggered, or if the fear I'm feeling is actually my intuition/gut, telling me that I'm in a toxic situation and should leave. So I wonder if your strategies apply to this type of situation? Thank you :)

@SoraiaGarrett

2 жыл бұрын

you might be hesitating a new relationship because of a toxic past, but you need to observe the other person first, notice how they treat you towards you when you are opening up to them. Notice if they love bomb you, which is a sign of a toxic person. It is normal to fear a new relationship due a past trauma, but notice the red flags at first and allow things to go slow, in fact ask it to take things slow. If the person doesn't accept them I'd leave, they need to be in the same page as you. Both open and wiling to make the relationship work healthy.

@ashimabaluni1894

Жыл бұрын

@@SoraiaGarrett hey soraia I'm going through the same thing but the guy is not a red flag but i am j scared of doing things and overthinking alot and ig my negative thoughts because of my past is suppressing my gut feeling I'm confused

@CJCreativeJuice

Жыл бұрын

I was in a very toxic and abusive relationship and couldn't decide if the horrendous anxiety I had about his behaviour was just anxiety cos i have an anxious attachment....however looking back it's clear my gut was telling me to run. I think the difference is anxiety can feel similar to nervousness/excitement...if you try to imagine the same feeling you'd get if you were nervous about something new and exciting it would feel quite similar, and you can usually rationalise the situation and feel better about it....but gut feeling is like a sinking feeling in your stomach and no matter how much you try to talk yourself out of it, you still feel something is off! That's kinda how i'm understanding it anyway!

@oeu3669

11 ай бұрын

This is the EXACT REASON why I’m here. You wrote this two years ago so I’m keen to know what you found out about your situation in the end! 💛

you so funny, in an awesome way :)

Good message about intuition and fear. But the quote is really contradicting to be honest

You are so beautiful ! Thank you

I need your video production team!!!

I have a question that I wish you would give your opinion on

That quote at the end is the opposite of what you said. What if the the things you think you have to do feels constricted, but are only doing them to get to the stuff that is expansive?