If your business isn’t taking off the way you want it to, or if you are stuck in a dead end job but don’t know where to go next, you could be suffering from an emotional block.

This blockage stems from fear or anxiety and is often rooted in a counterproductive belief system. Hidden negative beliefs are in direct conflict with our deepest desires and they result in behaviors or habits that we struggle with but can’t seem to change, says Casey Kerr, a life/career coach who helps her clients determine where the disconnect is in order to align the belief system--- or your emotional intelligence--- with goals and aspirations.

Casey’s company, called Find Your Roar, includes programs geared toward women who are looking to launch a purpose-based business that embodies their personal passion.

As children, when asked what we want to be when we grow up, we would announce our dream of being a doctor, a teacher, an actor, a pilot, etc.. Of course, those careers don’t always pan out, but there is a nugget of information in there about what drives us. The question now being: What is your life’s purpose?

Unfortunately, those negative beliefs formed early in our lives cause emotional baggage that disrupts this journey that we are all on. The good news is, it can be fixed.

“I want to heal the body, mind, and spirit of other women,” Casey said in an interview with South Shore Woman.

To do that, Casey must first find out where her clients are holding onto negative energy.

Emotional intelligence is rooted in a person’s energy centers--- otherwise known as Chakras--- that are within our body and guide our physiological properties. Certain emotions can close down an energy center and, as a result, we don’t function at our full potential.

As part of her coaching business, Casey developed an emotional energy diagnostic that asks a series of questions related to the Chakras. The result is an Energetic Footprint™ that reveals the activity and blockages in the individual’s energy centers.

From there, she meets with her clients for 60 or 90 minute phone sessions about twice a month and provides more tools, insights, and exercises that will help them unblock what is holding them back.

“Using my coaching background and intuitive skills, I can say here are the big areas that are trouble for you and together we come up with a plan,” Casey said.

Casey knows anyone can manifest what they want in life, be it relationships or career, but first you must address the suppressive fear and anxiety, and second, you need to connect your body, mind, and spirit.

She knows, because she is living proof. On her website, she tells her own story of growing up feeling she was destined to do something very special, to losing her confidence and happiness at age 19 when her mother died.  At age 37, after years of beating herself up, she realized that her happiness was her responsibility and that she had the power to create it in her life – from the inside.

“Once I made that decision, everything changed,” she says.

Indeed, when emotions are understood and our energy centers are open, we are operating in a holistic body, mind, and spirit manner. Once everything is connected, that’s when we can manifest what we envision. It’s the kind of stuff that dreams are made of.

By Stephanie Neil

Stephanie Neil is a journalist. Her business, technology, and human interest stories have appeared in a variety of print and online newspapers and magazines including eWeek, Managing Automation, The Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Huggies Baby Network, South Shore Woman, and The Boston Globe.  She lives on the South Shore with her two kids, two cats, and a dog. Contact info: stephanieneil@comcast.net  or 781-378-1652. Follow her on Twitter @StephanieNeil