Facing into Your Superpowers

Especially the one you've been afraid of

Whilst I’ve been to Bali, taken holidays, swam daily at my local beach, had beautiful time with family and friends and read fiction, I’ve also been living a paradox.

If you asked me what day today is, I’d say we’re well into the year, maybe even in April, not 7 January, one week into 2025.

Whilst I’ve had one of the most relaxing and enjoyable holiday periods, including several snort out loud, almost pee my pants belly laughs with my kids (try the ‘laughing without smiling’ exercise), I’ve also been in what I now define as a month of ‘immersion’.

The Immersion

‘Immersion’ is not a word I’ve used before, and yet it so accurately describes the places I’ve silently and privately travelled to. This immersion is not one that I’d consciously planned. I didn’t say to myself ‘I want to be in a month of immersion’. Rather, it feels like it was planned for me, on behalf of me.

What have I been immersed in?

This immersion has been a constant state of presence and communion with God/The Universe in terms of what is being presented, what is being asked of me and what I’m being invited into, interlaced with my human desires, choices and decisions.

This article is a chronicle of some of the places I’ve travelled to and I share them here with the intention that they create some curiosity in your world and maybe even inspire a life-changing decision.

It started one month ago when my family and I travelled to Bali. Bali was intense! Amongst the sleepless nights, the humidity and rain, it was suggested by a good friend that Bali was holding me accountable to playing full out from my Superpowers, aka my intuition. And she was. I connected, I saw, I heard and I received direction and messages for particular people. I was grateful for what I’d received.

I came home and the ‘immersion’ continued.

A Superpower I didn’t know I had

On 23 December as I wrote my Notes to Self, and once again with no conscious intention, I instinctively began writing out moments of what I define as ‘beautiful madness’ that changed my life. One moment after another beginning when I was 25 when I left my first husband, the list wrote itself. When I got to my 30th moment, the lights went on. I realised there was a common theme that underpinned every one of these life-changing moments. Every decision I made was led with faith - faith beyond reason, beyond evidence and beyond the right circumstances needing to be in place. Each time faith nurtured what reason could not yet conceive. This is the reason why ‘nothing but miracles’ is the only standard of measurement that means anything to me.

Bali was continuing to hold me accountable to playing full out from my Superpowers, and this time with a superpower I didn’t know I had.

In 2013 I learnt about superpowers defined as ‘zones of genius’ in the book "The Big Leap" by Gay Hendricks. When I read that book I had an epiphany - that my intuition was my zone of genius and where my most authentic leadership lived. Whilst I’d led from my intuition in coaching, I never used it in the sales process. Realising that all I needed to be was my intuitive self in conversations with potential clients was a game-changer.

On 23 December after seeing I made decisions from faith that doesn’t require reason, evidence or the right circumstances, I became aware that we also have a zone of genius we didn’t know we had because it is so innately who we are, we can’t see it.

I then realised when people don’t have that faith within themselves, that it’s my faith they initially lean on in coaching, until they have it within themeleves.

Can I tell you how immensely grateful I am to have seen how precious this is?

A super power I was afraid of

As if Bali hadn’t given me enough, she gave me more.

On 29 December I went to a sound healing workshop. The sound hadn’t even started and bang I had another insight. Each time I’ve invited clients into this conversation in the last week, they’ve cried in remembrance.

We have a zone of genius we’ve been afraid of.

We thus neglect it, ignore it, push it away. I certainly had put large chains and locks on mine - I have been afraid of using my voice.

Ironic I know, considering I have a podcast, I write, coach and facilitate.

But the truth is I’ve used my voice safely, although another paradox is that I used my voice in all those life-changing moments led from faith.

Since seeing that I’ve made the decision to fully turn towards using my voice in ways I haven’t before, and consistently.

My first move was to facilitate a Masterclass called ‘It’s Harvest Time’ on 31 December. I was very moved to share what I’d discovered in this immersion and to pass that on.

Whilst my energy was anticipatory high throughout the entire 90 minutes, within the first minute I was looking down at myself observing what a great time I was having. And the experience for those attending was more than what they’d expected, of course.

The treasure we seek is truly found in those caves we fear to enter.

Since deciding to fully turn towards using my voice, I can’t keep up with myself. There’s a force of nature moving me, offering inspiration after inspiration that I have no choice but to follow through.

Your Voice

There’s an inevitability here.

I can see this directive of using my voice is not just for me, but is resonant for many who too have been afraid of using their voice freely for attachment to keeping the peace or believing they won’t be heard or what they have to say matters.

‘Use your voice, use your voice’, I hear in the ether.

It’s Harvest Time

Just before Bali I received 2025’s theme 'It’s Harvest Time’. I so know this is right on point, not just for me, but for those who also know this is true for them.

That’s why I’ve been in this immersion.

Because it’s harvest time.

Because we’ve been masterpieces in the making.

And now it’s time to receive the Masterpiece we are.

As such, I’m delivering another Free Masterclass this Friday 10 January 11am - 12:30pm Sydney AEDT to the theme of ‘You are The Masterpiece’. If my chronicles here have moved you, if they’ve given you the feels, particularly around the zone of genius you’ve been afraid of, and you know it’s harvest time, I’d love you to join me.

You can register here. Feel free to share this with family, friends and colleagues.

And if you feel to share anything that moved you as you read this article, please send me an email. I always love hearing how these articles land.

Love,

Gisele