Get Clarity with Jamie Smart #102 - Why Following Your Heart Doesn’t Always Feel Easy
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Jun 13, 2025 
Emma McDevitt, an expert on inner guidance and discomfort, joins Jamie Smart for a profound discussion. They delve into why following your heart often feels uncomfortable, revealing that true growth requires embracing challenges. The conversation highlights the importance of shedding old habits to find deeper ease and aligning with one's true self. They explore the tension between trusting your intuition and the ego, emphasizing that confronting fears can lead to transformative experiences. Faith in one’s inner truth is also a central theme, encouraging authenticity.
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Heart Guidance Feels Uncomfortable
- Following your heart doesn't always feel easy because growth involves shedding old conditioning and facing discomfort.
- True alignment requires moving through resistance, not avoiding it, to reach a deeper ease with life.
Ease Emerges Through Discomfort
- True ease arises not from comfort but from aligning willingly with life’s unfolding, even when it introduces discomfort.
- Discomfort signals growth toward your authentic self and deeper wisdom beyond superficial comfort.
Writing Hard Yet Fulfilling Books
- Jamie wrote two books: the first felt effortless but not easy, the second was extremely difficult but became his proudest work.
- This illustrates that meaningful creation can feel hard yet be deeply fulfilling.