The Cloud

I was in a coaching session a couple months ago and we started to explore the idea of this metaphorical cloud in our mind. By this I mean, a fog that clouds our better judgement. And on some days, just like in England, our mind is very very foggy! So we lose sight of what is true to us. 

The way this conversation came about was because I was discussing my anxieties around my current situation with regards to work. In my heart of hearts, I know that the path that I am currently on; leaving full time employment to pursue life coaching and yoga teaching is 100% the right path for me. However, the cloud that sometimes shows up will tell me a hundred different things to make me doubt this. 

I shared this onto my story on Instagram and a lot of people resonated with the idea of this. I think this ‘cloud’ is so common for us all, but giving it a name and image helps us to identify it and therefore work through it. 

So I can say to myself, ‘oh, the cloud is back’ and then I work through ways to move the clouds away. 

Beneath the cloud, is bright blue skies – everything which we know to be true. The confirmation that we seek.

The question is – how can we make those clouds disappear? How can we make them less foggy? 

I have found that affirmations work for me. Reinforcing the statements which flow through my bright blue skies. 

One which I say to myself regularly is: 

So my question to you is: 

What is beneath your cloud? What is the cloud hiding from you? 

I would like to finish this post with a poem that I wrote following that coaching session with the hope that this provides some level of comfort for yourself – knowing that you are absolutely not alone!

There is a cloud in my mind sometimes. 

Im sure we all get it. 

A cloud of negativity. 

The cloud takes over and everything that I once knew to be true, 

Is lost. 

The cloud is here right now. 

Its making me doubt every move I make. 

It’s making me feel worried and scared and anxious. 

It’s making me feel insecure, unconfident, unworthy. 

The cloud has that power. 

Imagine something so thin and weak having the ability to completely change your mindset and being. 

The cloud has no shape. 

It is nothing but a mere sense of fog in my mind. Trying to take control 

But this time I wont let it. 

Because what I know to be true is far too important and has much more weight behind it. 

So the cloud can leave. And although it is bound to return, 

I stand by the clear sky within my mind. 

I am worthy. 

I am on the right path in my life. 

I am confident and I am great at what I do. 

I am in the right place, doing the right thing, at exactly the right time 

I have absolutely got this

Thank you

Amy xx