What Is Your Higher Self Trying to Tell You?
Have you ever felt like you’re doing all the “right” things—checking off goals, staying busy, showing up for everyone—but still feel stuck, unfulfilled, or a little lost?
That subtle disconnect is more common than you think. And it’s often a sign you’re out of alignment with your higher self.
So, what is your higher self really?
It’s not some mystical version of you floating in the clouds. The higher self simply means the truest, most grounded version of you.
The you who knows what matters at your core. It’s the version of you that lives from clarity, self-trust, and purpose.
When you’re connected to your higher self, you make choices based on what you truly care about, not what society, your upbringing, or TikTok told you to care about.
You’re living from your core values instead of external expectations.
But when you’re out of alignment with that inner truth, life can start to feel off, even if everything looks fine from the outside.
If any of the signs below sound familiar, your higher self might be trying to get your attention.
The good news? There’s a way back to your truth, and it starts with reconnecting to what matters most.
Sign 1: You’re Going Through the Motions
Life Feels Like a Checklist, Not a Choice
We all have days where we’re just getting through it. You’re tired, you’ve got a lot on your plate, and you’re not exactly feeling inspired. That’s normal.
But if you’re finding yourself in that state more often than not if most of your days feel like you’re moving through a checklist rather than making conscious choices, that’s a major red flag.
It’s a sign you might be out of alignment with your higher self, because this part of you wants to feel connected, present, and purposeful.
When you’re disconnected from your core values, even a busy, “successful” life can feel empty. You’re doing a lot, but it doesn’t feel like you.
If this feels familiar, in the Living in Alignment course, we help you reconnect with the why behind your actions—so you can move from autopilot to alignment and start living with intention again.
Sign 2: You Keep Second-Guessing Yourself
In a world with so many choices from career paths and relationship styles, to wellness trends, even what to eat, it’s easy to feel paralyzed.
We live in a time with more options than ever before, which is both incredible and overwhelming. When you’re not deeply connected to what matters most to you, every option starts to feel equally possible… and equally confusing.
This isn’t just indecision—it’s decision fatigue. It happens when you don’t have a clear internal compass to guide you.
That compass is your higher self—the part of you that knows your values and helps you move through life with trust and clarity.
When you’re disconnected from those values, it’s easy to spiral in doubt, procrastinate on choices, or constantly look outside yourself for answers.
Sign 3: You Feel Stuck
Like Something Is Blocking You from Moving Forward
You feel the urge for change. You want clarity. You know there’s more for you.
But no matter how much you think about it, plan, or try, you just can’t seem to move forward.
It’s not that you’re not trying—it’s that your energy is scattered.
When you haven’t defined your core values, you end up pulled in a hundred directions at once. You consider every option. You weigh every opinion.
You try to do what makes sense and what’s expected and what might feel good someday.
And all that mental traffic? It keeps you frozen.
This kind of stuckness is a symptom of misalignment with your higher self—the part of you that knows your truth and moves with clarity and purpose.
But without that internal compass, there’s nothing to anchor your decisions. Your energy gets spread so wide that there’s nothing left to drive you forward.
Sign 4: You Don’t Know What You Truly Want Anymore
You’ve Lost Touch with Desire, Joy, or a Clear Vision
When someone asks, “What do you really want?”—you pause. Not because you’re hiding something, but because… you genuinely don’t know.
You might be used to striving, achieving, doing all the “right” things, but the deeper desires? The things that light you up, excite you, or feel truly aligned? They feel distant, foggy, or even irrelevant.
This happens when you’ve spent so long living according to external expectations that you’ve lost connection to your higher self.
Your highest self is guided by joy, creativity, and purpose. When you don’t know your core values, it’s easy to chase what looks good on the outside instead of what actually feels good on the inside.
You might even convince yourself that wanting more is selfish or unrealistic. But here’s the truth: desire is not the problem. Disconnection is.
Sign 5: Your Body has been warning you
Sometimes, it’s not your mind that tells you something’s off, it’s your body.
You feel exhausted even after resting. Your nervous system is always on edge. You have this vague sense of unease or restlessness that won’t go away, no matter how much you try to “think” your way through it.
That’s because your body is wise. It remembers, it signals, and it reacts, often before your conscious mind can make sense of what’s happening.
And when you’re living out of alignment with your higher self, your body keeps the score.
This might look like burnout, chronic tension, tightness in your chest, a heavy gut feeling, or always feeling like something’s not quite right—but you can’t name it.
It’s not random. It’s your body trying to get your attention.
When you’re disconnected from your core values, your life may look full, but your system feels unsafe because you’re not honoring what you truly need.
All in All...
If these signs resonate, it doesn’t mean something’s wrong with you. It means your higher self is trying to get your attention.
This is what misalignment feels like. The restlessness. The overthinking. The constant doing with no real sense of direction. You can’t force your way through it—because this isn’t a productivity problem. It’s a values problem.
You’ve outgrown the life that was built on everyone else’s definitions of success, happiness, and worth. And now, your system—your body, your mind, your spirit—is asking for something real. Something rooted in your truth.
That’s what alignment is. It’s not about hustle or reinvention. It’s about getting clear on your core values and letting them guide everything—your choices, your energy, your direction.
If you felt seen in these words, don’t just scroll past the feeling. Let this be your turning point.
Start the Living in Alignment course or take the free quiz and start moving from scattered to certain, from overstretched to anchored.
