Learning to trust my direction in life

"When you pay attention to what feeds your energy, you move in the direction of the life for which you were intended."

— Oprah Winfrey

The day I became an entrepreneur was the day my working life ended and my freedom to tune into my intuition began.

For me, entrepreneurship wasn't about building a business. It was more about taking responsibility for my energy.

For the first time, I could listen more closely to what excited me, fascinated me and pulled me forward.

Direction has always felt inevitable to me.

Looking back through the lens of Human Design, I can see that my life force and my sense of direction have always been the most reliable guides in my life.

The challenge was not hearing them. The challenge was trusting them.

There weren't many people around me who modelled an intuitive way of living.

To my parents, some of my decisions must have felt unsafe, impulsive or highly irresponsible.

When I met my husband shortly after turning twenty, I remember telling my mum: "This is the man I'm going to marry."

She looked surprised. "You don't need to take things so seriously. You've only known him for a few weeks."

She was always trying to protect me from disappointment.

But I knew.

And after more than twenty years together, I know it even more deeply.

For much of my life, I felt torn between two things: My love of connection. And my need to follow my own direction.

Often my next step would take me away from people I cared deeply about.

It broke my heart every time. Yet the pull of my direction was always stronger than the pain of leaving.

Looking back, I can see a pattern.

My direction often arrived disguised as an obsession.

The first was French. At eighteen, I announced that I was moving to live with a French family.

At my graduation party, my mother appeared in a video saying: "I bet you'll be back in two weeks."

I stayed for more than a year and later moved to France.

Then there was branding.

The first time I opened a brand strategy book, I couldn't put it down. It was August. School hadn't even started.

While everyone else was enjoying the last weeks of summer, I was completely absorbed in Keller's Brand Management.

I knew from the first pages that something had awakened. A new direction. A permission maybe to stand out.

To other people it looked excessive. Unnecessary struggle. To me it felt alive.

Years later, intuition led me toward reflexology and elemental wisdom. Again, people around me were surprised.

To many, it looked like a reckless career change.

My husband was the only one who wasn't shocked. "Finally," he said, "you can help people during working hours."

And then Human Design arrived.

I still remember learning about Variables and feeling that familiar pull.

Part of me tried to resist. I remember bargaining with the Universe.

I already had a thriving healing business. I didn't want to start over.

Surely I didn't need another obsession.

But deep down I already knew. It was time to move forward on my path.

What I've learned over the years is that my direction rarely arrives as a detailed plan.

It arrives as fascination. Curiosity. Energy. Aliveness. Like falling in love.

A feeling of being fully engaged with discovery.

For a long time, I doubted these signals because they didn't make logical sense. There was never any evidence that they would take me somewhere safe.

Now I trust them more than ever because they have always taken me somewhere magical.

Because every meaningful chapter of my life began the same way. Not with certainty, but with resonance and deep curiosity.

If I could say one thing to my younger self, it would be this: Don't be afraid of what lights you up.

Celebrate it. Pay attention to it.

The things that feed your energy are always pointing toward your next chapter.

As Steve Jobs famously said: "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."

Looking back, I believe self-trust is not about having all the answers. It's about learning to recognise what feels true and having the courage to follow it.

My question to you is:

What is currently lighting you up that you've been tempted to dismiss, ignore or talk yourself out of?

How does your inner compass communicate with you?

Would love to hear your thoughts!

About Tiina

I help women entrepreneurs find success and fulfilment by being themselves.

Through Human Design, mindset coaching and practical self-discovery tools, I help women reconnect with their inner compass and trust who they are.

If you'd like to explore your own path together, you're welcome to book a 1:1 session.