Tap Into The Power Of Your Core Self

Do you know how to access your greatest power? 

In this episode, we’ll explore the most powerful aspect of ourselves, our Core Self.  It’s the true essence of who we are and it’s our greatest resource! Our Core self is where our power resides! Knowing that your core self exists and knowing how to access it is essential to embodying your power.

Our access to our core self exists on a continuum, meaning some of us don’t know it exists at all, we can feel disconnected from it, we can spontaneously experience it, we can dip our toe in and feel the surface, we can have a practice where we’re intentionally connecting with it, or we can jump in fully and explore the infinite depths of it.

What I’m calling our core self, may also be referred to as your true self, Self (with a capital S as Richard Schwartz refers to it), higher self, essential self, your essence, inner light, spirit, soul, consciousness, awareness, or your inner being. I like using the term core self with clients because I think it facilitates the work were doing and is a concept most people can connect with. Consciousness or awareness are likely better names for this innate aspect of who we are.

Although I had many experiences of accessing my core self throughout my life I wasn’t able to utilize this innate power until I learned about it from Richard Schwartz aka Dick Schwartz developer of Internal Family Systems or IFS for short. I am forever grateful to Dick Schwartz for bringing his work to the world in such a unique way, with such clarity, and in a way that really resonates with me. I believe there are many names for the same thing and there are many people talking about the same concepts yet we gravitate to those who communicate in a way that resonates with us. I find the language and concepts very universal and easy to relate to for most people. Dick Schwartz found a way to help people access something powerful inside of them which is a true gift.

Dick Schwartz describes this innate state beautifully in this quote where he refers to the core self as the divine within: “Though they used different words, all the esoteric traditions within the major religions – Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam – emphasized their same core belief: we are sparks of the eternal flame, manifestations of the absolute ground of being. It turns out that the divine within – what the Christians call the soul or Christ Consciousness, Buddhists call Buddha Nature, the Hindus Atman, the Taoists Tao, the Sufis the Beloved, the Quakers the Inner Light – often doesn’t take years of meditative practice to access because it exists in all of us, just below the surface of our extreme parts. Once they agree to separate from us, we suddenly have access to who we really are."

I share my experiences with Loch Kelly and Joe Dispenza.

At the end of this episode I offer some ways to get to know your core self:

1. Explore when you feel most like yourself or most aligned with the truth about yourself?
2. Take an inventory of what helps you to be present.  
3. Begin noticing when you are accessing one of the C words.
4. Start to notice when your core self is present and when the parts are taking over.
5. Use a prompt such as  - Who am I in this present moment, when all of my parts separate from me?

Thank you for listening!
With gratitude,
Danielle

Danielle Carron holds a Master's Degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University as well as Master's Degree in Holistic Nutrition. She trained in Internal Family Systems with Richard Schwartz, Somatic Experiencing with Peter Levine and Diane Poole Heller, Shamanic Healing with Malidoma Patrice Some, Functional Neurology with Know the Brain, and Quantum Field Meditation and Healing with Joe Dispenza. Danielle Carron teaches her own integrative model called Embody Your Power.