Permission Granted
You’re a food blogger who supports others with your recipes, your voice, your vision. Yet sometimes you feel stuck, uncertain, or tethered to an outcome: the “perfect” blog post, the “ideal” brand partner, the “game‑changing” traffic spike. What if the missing ingredient isn’t more content or better tech but something softer: giving yourself permission to feel the way you want to feel before you receive the thing you want?
Here’s the truth: the only reason we truly want something is because we believe it will make us feel a certain way. When you shift the focus to the feeling, the thing becomes easier to receive. For you as a food blogger coach and creator, this shift matters deeply.
Why feelings drive everything
Most bloggers pretend feelings don’t matter. We talk about strategies, SEO, platforms, and metrics. But underneath it all your thoughts create your feelings, your feelings inspire your actions, and your actions create your results. That chain is happening whether you acknowledge it or not.
Think of feelings like the seasoning in a dish: they subtly flavour everything. If your thought is “If I hit 10 000 visitors a month then I’ll feel validated,” you’re chasing validation through traffic. But what you’re really after is the feeling of validation. If you grant yourself that feeling now—before hitting the number—you free the energy tied up in the chase.
Here’s how to apply it:
Notice when you already feel the way you want to feel: excited, confident, creative, proud.
Spend time remembering past moments when you felt that way (maybe the first time a reader commented, the first time you made money, the first time you created a recipe you loved).
Choose to feel it now—mentor yourself into the emotion—and then let the external result flow from that feeling.
When you feel ahead of time you release the need. And when the need drops away the universe (or your business mechanics) can move more freely.
A real‑life example
Let’s consider the story of someone who’d given up on getting pregnant, then decided to adopt—and soon after discovered she was pregnant naturally. The moment she released the need, gave herself the space to feel maternal before the baby arrived, she opened a new pathway. The desire remained—but without the desperation. The surrender of need unlocked the arrival of the result.
Now imagine that in your blogging. You decide: “I’m giving up on needing 100 000 monthly visitors. I’m giving myself permission to feel successful and impactful now—even with 1 000 visitors. I’ll feel proud. I’ll feel connected. I’ll feel that my voice matters.” And then you wake up one day and the traffic climbs. Why? Because you were already living the feeling and therefore you acted from that state.
The food‑blogger application
As a monetized food blogger, you might be holding onto the belief: If my blog is perfect, then I’ll feel confident or If I land brand deals, I’ll feel validated. But perfectionism often hides fear. When you give yourself permission to feel confident now, you loosen the tight grip of needing perfection.
Here’s a scenario: You’ve been tinkering endlessly with your homepage, your logo, your recipe index. You tell yourself: “When it’s perfect I’ll launch my media kit.” Meanwhile you’re stuck in cycles of editing and editing.
What if you instead say: “I give myself permission to feel proud of my blog today. I give myself permission to call my site ‘ready for business’ even though I may tweak later. I give myself permission to value what exists now.” Then you publish, you promote, you show up. And because you’ve already embodied the feeling—your energy shifts. Rather than chasing, you attract.
As you imagine applying this strategy, which post or project on your food blog comes to mind? Pick the one you’ve been procrastinating, tweak the thought: How would I feel if I already felt success around that? Then write it down. Give yourself permission to feel that now.
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Practical steps you can take today
1. Pause. Close your eyes. Ask: “What feeling do I want when this goal is achieved?”
2. Recall. Think of a time you felt that feeling already—even if different context. Relive it.
3. Grant. Say: “Permission granted—I choose to feel this now.”
4. Act. Choose a small action aligned with your blog goal, from the place of your new feeling, not desperation.
5. Observe. Watch what changes in your week: your energy, how you show up, what opportunities appear.
6. Repeat. Reinforce this regularly so the feeling becomes your baseline.
When you operate from that empowered feeling you’re no longer pushing the dough with tense fingers. You’re kneading it with confidence. The baking happens.
Wrapping up
You are a food blogger and a business owner. You know this isn’t just about recipe posts—it’s about your mindset, your mission, your message. When you give yourself permission to feel the way you want to feel before the results arrive, you liberate yourself from the trap of needing, and open to receiving.
The blog becomes your platform for feeling creation not just content creation. Your readers feel that shift. Your brand partners feel that shift. You feel that shift.
Now you give yourself the final ingredient: permission granted.
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FAQ
Q: Why do feelings matter in blogging?
A: Every strategy you execute stems from how you feel—so aligning your feelings ahead means your behavior follows naturally, not forced.
Q: What if I don’t know how I want to feel?
A: Start with curiosity: explore moments you felt alive, proud, creative. What was the feeling? Use that as your desired emotion and grant it now.
Q: Does this mean I should stop caring about metrics and growth?
A: Not at all. Metrics are still vital. But when you care from your feeling, rather than to your feeling, you shift into creativity, flow, and authenticity. That often yields better growth.
