how do you know when you’re in your zone of genius

The Story Well

There are two very different zones we can live and work in.
They might look the same from the outside, but in your body, they feel like opposites.

💫 The Zone of Genius

This is where:

  • Work doesn’t feel like work

  • Ideas flow on their own

  • Inspiration feels endless

  • Doing the work feels light and natural

  • You know: “This is what I’m here for.”

It’s not about learned performance.
It’s your innate brilliance—your natural state when you’re aligned.

In your body, it feels like:

  • Spaciousness

  • Breathability

  • Peaceful flow

  • Excitement that energizes, not exhausts

You relax, begin your work, and flow effortlessly into creativity and impact.

🧠 The Zone of Excellence

Here’s the trap:

  • You’re very good at it

  • You’ve trained and polished your skills

  • People praise you for it

  • Your environment needs you in this role

But your body says something else:

  • Pressure

  • Mental tightness

  • A sense of obligation instead of inspiration

  • That quiet voice whispering: “This isn’t it.”

It’s not a bad zone—but it’s not your truth.
Stay too long here, and you’ll start to feel numb, frustrated, or like:
“Is this really all there is?”

🧭 My Story: How I Track My Genius

In my life, I’ve found that staying in the zone of genius requires changing the structures around me as I evolve and grow.

In my 20s, I was obsessed with culture and connection.
I worked as an export assistant doing business in French.
I learned fluent Swedish from my husband and at Hanken University.
I studied in English in Japan and Finland. (Finnish is my native language.)

In my late 20s and early 30s, I went all-in on brand strategy.
Until I stopped learning—and felt the shift.

So I started studying reflexology.
And for a while, it was my genius zone again.

But once it became automatic, routine, sleepwalking…

I was kicked out of my genius again.

Now at 42, I’m coaching, teaching Human Design, exploring mindset and expansion.
And here’s how I know I’m back in my zone of genius:

I haven’t figured it all out.

And I love that feeling.

Because to me, genius isn’t about mastery. It’s about being fully alive in the work.

reflection :

🦒 What are you brilliant at… but secretly bored of?

🦒 What area of your life feels like peaceful, expansive flow?

🦒What’s the difference in your body between obligation and inspiration?

Want to find your own genius path, in work, business, or life?
It’s already in you.
And we can map it through Human Design, self-trust, and truth-led strategy.

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