Inner Treasure Mapping©
Discover the Hidden Treasures
of your Inner Self
“Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.”
―Søren Kierkegaard
What Is Inner Treasure Mapping?
Maybe you’ve been putting pressure on yourself to move through stagnation, muster your courage, or pull yourself out of a deep depression. Or perhaps you’ve been feeling an internal urgency to bring more meaning and purpose to your life, so you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself to figure it out so you can fulfill your dreams. Whatever the pressure you feel from inside out may be a call to enter a new phase of your life.
The part of us that often creates this internal pressure is our Inner Self (or True Self), the very essence of who we are. It may be urging us to discover and consciously activate the hidden treasures we already possess at the center of ourselves. However, our Inner Self is often not forthcoming with information when we try to force it with external demands. It is much more likely to reveal itself when we are “expectantly receptive,” playful, and open to its unique way of communicating with us.
Through the process of Inner Treasure Mapping©, we invite your Inner Self to communicate with you in playful creativity. We guide you in how to gently and compassionately reveal to yourself your innermost desires, so you can develop the courage to take your next step to a richer and more rewarding sense of self.
What Treasures do We Hide Within?
We have all experienced life challenges and conditioning that have caused us to disconnect from our Inner Self. We have developed defense mechanisms and resistances to keep this cherished treasure buried deep within us, safe from what we perceive as a harsh external environment. Some of these treasures we have hidden, even from ourselves, include:
An Internal Guidance System - The invisible organizing structure that helps us experience a cohesive sense of Self.
Inner Courage - The part of us urging us to grow and evolve.
Infinite Power Source - The energy that surges through the universe and earth, also surges through us as human beings.
Core Strength - The physical, emotional, mental, and energetic strength that gives us the resilience, confidence, and stamina to function effectively in the world.
Intrinsic Value - Our innate value comes just because we exist in the world, not because of what we “do.”
Open, Loving Heart - Our very presence in this physical reality radiates love into the world.
Naturally Related to All That Is - As sentient human beings we are relational creatures designed for connection to other people, animals and nature as well as to ourselves.
Rewards of Discovering Your Hidden Treasures
Here are just a few of the many rewards you may experience once you have discovered your hidden treasures:
A Sense of Wholeness. You no longer feel so fragmented, since your hidden treasures act as the “glue” that holds you together.
A Feeling of Being at Home Within Yourself, no matter what your outside circumstances.
A Lightness of Being. You feel less weighed down by your emotions, since you use your emotions as messengers of your freedom.
Faster Resolution to seeming intractable problems. Since you are there for yourself, you have more trust in your own inner guidance and know when you need to reach out to others for support.
Ability to Fulfill Your Potential. Since you are no longer standing in your own way, the inner and outer parts of you work together to bring your vision into reality.
Engage Your Superpowers
We all have superpowers we may not recognize. But it is these very superpowers that are often key to unlocking our hidden treasures. At Heroic Journey Consulting, we help you activate and strengthen your natural superpowers, so you can relax and become more authentically yourself. Here are just a few of your superpowers we help you engage:
Curiosity
When we are curious, we are committed to lifelong learning. We are eager to explore the world around and inside of us. From a place of curiosity, we can see ourselves as the “detached observer,” who can view the truth of our perception and behavior without judgement. Once we have this level of self-awareness, we are well on our way to accessing the hidden treasures in the core of our being.
Compassion
It takes self-compassion, and sometimes checking our inner map, to uncover the hidden gems at the center of ourselves, which have been there all along buried beneath our pain, fear and defensiveness. When we operate from our powerful heart-center, we naturally light the way to bring forth our personal wisdom, inner truth, and empathy for others.
Innate Intelligence
We each come into life with an inner genius. Some people recognize their innate intelligence from the time they are tiny tots. Others of us may not see our inner genius or discount what comes easily for us as not as valuable as what others around us possess. When we unlock our natural talents and gifts, we serve the world as only we uniquely can do. It is this level of sharing our personal gifts that can bring an indescribable sense of fulfillment and joy to our lives!
Willpower
Willpower gives us the grit and determination to persevere against the odds. It also gives us the ability to choose how to respond to situations and take charge of our impulses and actions. When the source of our willpower is based primarily on our relationship to the outer world, it often takes a lot more effort than necessary to accomplish our goals. However, when the source of our willpower is based on our infinite power source (one of our hidden treasures), it takes a lot less energy. We relax into our choices and feel a sense of inner peace, knowing the choices we make are based on our personal integrity.
Inner Listening
Our lives are often filled with so much busyness that we do not slow down enough to do inner listening. But inner listening is key to our overall well-being. We need to listen to what our body is telling us whether that is about eating, sleeping, or exercise. We need to listen to our intuition, so we can follow our inner wise counsel. We need to listen to the logic of our heart, which speaks in a very different language from that of our head. We need to listen deeply to our fears as inner messengers for our freedom, which most of us have not learned how to do. When we commit to inner listening, we almost always receive clues that lead us one step closer to discovering and accessing more of our hidden treasures.
Follow Your Clues
Our hidden treasures speak to us in many ways. Step by step as we follow these clues, we are inevitably led to the center of ourselves where our treasures that are key to our well-being have existed all along. While your clues will be unique to you, there are common ways these inner gifts communicate with all of us:
Our Personal Heroic Story - This is our unfolding narrative about the courage we innately already possess.
Allies (internal and external), who support us and give us gifts (wanted and unwanted) that help us evolve through life.
Metaphors - Help create ways of thinking and seeing that pervade how we understand our world generally. Depending on the metaphor, it can either bring the conscious and unconscious parts of our Self into harmony or drive them farther apart. For instance, adopting a “Transformational Mindset” helps us reframe challenges, so they no longer define us. Instead, they help shape who we are capable of becoming.
Symbols - Psychological mechanisms within our psyche that transform energies between the visible and invisible realms of reality.
Dreams - The images, thoughts, and emotions that connect your conscious and unconscious realms of reality during your sleep state.
Synchronicities - Meaningful coincidence of two or more similar or identical events that are causally unrelated.
Creative Arts including poetry, song, dance, art, etc.
Your hidden treasures are just waiting for you to discover! Please let us know if you are ready to create your personal Inner Treasure Map, so you can live, relate, work, and lead from the center of yourself in all that you do.
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Personalized MENTORING
While you have a unique heroic path to follow in life, you don’t have to face your personal challenges alone. We are here to help you master those challenges through Life Guidance Mentoring and Leadership Development Mentoring.
Let us know if we can further support you on your personal or professional journey!