What’s my -NESS?

-NESS [nes]

noun

The embodied Truth of who you are.

The word -NESS was first coined back in 2011. It’s the quiet, steady inner Knowing that points us toward Truth, Peace, and Freedom. It’s the voice underneath your conditioning. The wisdom hiding behind your fear. The part of you that knows what feels true without needing the mind to always explain it.

Discovering this connection and tuning into my -NESS started in my twenties. Back when I was performing confidence like it was a full-time job, secretly terrified I was the only one who didn’t have life figured out. Underneath the pretending was the first whisper from my -NESS. I trusted it with the biggest life decision to date. To move home to America after calling New Zealand my home for two years. At the time, living with a man I thought I’d marry. If you know, you know, he wasn’t the first nor the last I thought I’d marry—more on that in my books.

With the unknown staring me in the face and scary as everything was, it all worked out. This experience gave me an insane amount of trust in myself, God, and the Universe. Moving home, even though I couldn’t see it clearly then, was in fact the aligned choice. It was then I knew I’d spend the rest of my life learning trust, follow, and stay true to my Jess-NESS…and write about it too.

In the words of Dr. David Hawkins, a physician, psychiatrist, and spiritual teacher best known for bridging science and spirituality through his work on consciousness, -NESS aligns with Truth itself. Arriving at a state of Truth is the level of consciousness that becomes accessible when you move out of fear, shame, and external authority, and into courage, confidence, authenticity, and alignment of your inner and outer world.

Your -NESS is your inner voice of wisdom.

Your innate guidance system.

When you are connected to your -NESS,

You are no longer forcing life,

You are participating in it.

Connecting with my -NESS is a core element of how I live and what I share.

Let’s make it personal. Add “-NESS” to the back of your name: (your name/nickname)-NESS

Like so: Jess-NESS, Corey-NESS, Kel-NESS, Paige-NESS, Syd-NESS

Wahla! You now have a unique word for you that represents your inner voice of wisdom.

Have fun using and embracing your personal vocab word for your -NESS and celebrate this beautiful unfolding of your becoming. Cause, dang, it looks good on you!