Dear Lynn:

I've had so many things I've wanted to accomplish in my life. I've succeeded with some, but with others I just end up feeling overwhelmed and don't know where to begin. I'm discouraged. I try to listen to my intuition. Am I doing something wrong?

- Amy R.

Dear Amy:

One of the biggest challenges facing many of my clients is that they talk themselves out of their hopes and dreams before they even begin. They do this because they can't figure out how to get to where they want to go. I'd like to propose a radical alternative. I don't want you to try to figure out how to reach your goal. Let the Universe help you.

Here's what my guides have explained to me when I've felt this way: When you hold a strong desire or goal you send out a vibrational energy that the Universe wants to match. In other words, it wants to help you meet your goal. Your job is to be clear what you want, keep your focus off what you don't want, take small steps each day based on what you feel excited about. That excitement is your intuition communicating with you. I also want you to visualize, affirm, feel and imagine your successful outcome.

The Universe knows how to make your dream happen. Think of the Universe as a kind of Divine Intelligence that has the necessary skills to bring together the exact set of circumstances to make your goals a reality. All the logic and intelligence you can muster may not be able to pave the way for you to reach this ultimate goal of yours as easily as the Universe can. Let Divine Intelligence do its job and orchestrate all the synchronicities, coincidences and circumstances that need to occur for you to create a life you love.

In my book, Divine Intuition, I told the story of how my psychic reading business began. Here's the abbreviated version: read the rest on my website at Ask Lynn.

"Trusting your intuition means tuning in as deeply as you can to the energy you feel, following that energy moment to moment, trusting that it will lead you where you want to go and will bring you everything you desire. It means being yourself, being real and authentic in your communications, being willing to try new things because they feel right, doing what turns you on." - Shakti Gawain

"Intuition is the deepest wisdom of the soul." - Jeffrey Mishlove

"In moments when things look bleak--especially in those moments--see only perfection, express only gratefulness, and imagine only what manifestation of perfection you choose next." - Neale Donald Walsh

In the second Star Wars movie, "The Empire Strikes Back," Luke Skywalker asks Yoda, the wise one, "How am I to know the good from the bad?" Yoda answers: "You will know through peace and calm."

"Advice is what we ask for when we know the answer and wish we didn't."

- Erica Jong