Self-help & personal development

What does it mean? How do you say it? Why does it relate to me? InnSaei (pronounced ‘in-sy-eh’) is the Icelandic word for intuition. It means: the sea within (the flow of our unconscious mind) to see within (how we introspect) to see from the inside out (how we navigate the world). InnSaei exists within all of us. We live in a world where it’s easy to feel lost, disconnected or without a purpose. Learning about Innsaei is the first step to reconnecting with yourself and the environment. This book explains how aligning with the sea within will help you to make more informed decisions and welcome creativity and wonder back into your life; learning to see within will improve your self-awareness, empathy and tolerance; and seeing from the inside out will empower you to make change around you and live a more fulfilled life.

You might earn compliments, admiration, or accomplishments. Your high standards and hard work pay off. But privately, you may feel like you’re falling behind, faking it, or different from everybody else. Your eagle-eyed inner quality control inspector highlights every mistake. You try hard to avoid criticism, but criticise yourself. Trying to get it right is your guiding light, but it has lit the way to a place of dissatisfaction, loneliness, or disconnection. In short, you may look like you’re hitting it out of the park, but you feel like you’re striking out. This is perfectionism. And for everyone who struggles with it, it’s a misnomer: perfectionism isn’t about striving to be perfect. It’s about never feeling good enough. In this book, Hendriksen charts a flexible, forgiving, and freeing path, all without giving up the excellence your high standards and hard work have gotten you.