What Does “Radical Inclusion” Have To Do With Your Business?
By Dr. Kirk Prine
In shamanism there is a concept called soul retrieval. It is a calling back of parts of yourself that have been lost or split off because of challenging experiences in life. These parts are thought to be hidden away in the earth. A journey to the underworld is then required to reclaim these lost parts along with their gifts bring. This journey, when completed, will bring you more wholeness.
Watching entrepreneurs and their businesses right now, we see many who seem to be doing better at claiming parts of that they have lost. We also see many who are struggling and feeling afraid to bring these parts forward. For example, a man we assisted in working on his mindset and business was in a secure comfortable corporate job. Restlessly knowing his corporate job was not his joy, he started to reclaim his path in writing and producing music. In another case, a woman we worked with is reclaiming her healing gifts which she had hidden away because she was shamed as a child for her intuition.
You could say, “I don’t know how this is true for me.” If you’re feeling really “on purpose” and yet your business is struggling you might want to ask, “What am I not bringing to the table?” In last week’s ezine I put out, I was opening up to bringing channeling to our work when people desired it in their personal work. Donny has been reclaiming his acuity with foreign languages and we will be bringing this forth in our work as well. (Stay tuned).
Radical inclusion is about bringing all the parts of yourself to the table and seeing the gifts in every aspect of yourself. As Napoleon Hill said, “Every adversity, every disappointment, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent benefit.” Beneath the earth of your outer discomfort is some part waiting to be retrieved. Early in the AIDS epidemic I spoke with Michael Callen, a long time survivor and researcher of people who were living longer and better through the disease/wellness process. I asked Michael one day what is the most important thing for people to know about living better. I expected some profound spiritual characteristic of people doing better yet his response was “doubt everything”. I was blown away. After sitting with his response, I knew he was right. This is the starting place to faith. Your soul retrieval may include welcoming back the parts of you that have been discarded like “doubt everything”. The energy you need to get you moving may be awakened when you bring compassion to this part of yourself.
The people consumers tend to buy from are people whom we trust and who feel they’re authentic. Welcoming back the parts of yourself you have hidden away, tried to kill or even ignore may be holding the key to your success in selling the whole of you. So notice anything you may be avoiding. It is holding a gift for you. Radical inclusion starts and ends inside you. Get radical in welcoming all the parts of you to the table. Your success and your true purpose may depend on it.
