Day 1 Video: What If….

30 Female Entrepreneurs have come together for 30 Days to share 30 Videos relating to our Passions and Expertise in the YouTube Business Challenge 2012.  For the most part we’ll be giving you tips, tricks and tools to help you start, develop and grow your business.  How lucky am I to be one of those women!

My video theme is all about the Inner Game of Wealth Creation as I believe when you Align on the Inside you Profit on the Outside.   Today I pose the question “What if…..”, in particular I ask, what if everything you wanted in your life  and business or whatever you wanted to get rid of, could be done in the same way.  Watch on and please share your comments and leave me any questions you may have

Check out the other 29 Wonderful Women involved on our dedicated website and on our YouTube Channel, there’s a whole host of topics, tons of expertise and shed loads of value being given for free!

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30 Day Business YouTube Challenge

We’re already 30 days into 2012 and I can hardly believe where the time has gone!  Being a new Mum certainly seems to speed time up, the days are over before I know it. One of the things I have chosen for this year is to be more present in everything I do and to enjoy the present rather than keep reaching for the future or allowing the past to get in the way.  So far so good and it just keeps on getting better and better, the energy around me has become much lighter and there’s a more genuine flow in my actions.

When my energy flows in this way (and yours too), I find that I’m taken to the exact places I need to be, I meet the people I need to know, I experience the circumstances which lead to the events I need to be part of.  And all this happens on my side without needing to know the why’s or how’s, it just happens.

I’ve been meaning to start vlogging, that’s video blogging to you and I.  In fact, it’s been on my to do list for about erm the last 4 years!  I’ve started videos, got stuck, not finished and shoved it under the carpet for a few more months before trying again.  Needless to say the cycle has never been broken and my record has been playing the same ole tune of ‘I should really do some video’.  Well, 2012 for me is my year to really shake myself out of my comfort zone.  I’ve been doing this most of my life but this year is special because I feel like I’m finally ready to share myself with the world in a much bigger way.  I have a voice that needs to be heard big time and I don’t mean in a singing kinda way, I mean in a way which offers inspiration to anyone who chooses to listen.  I’ve got so much I want to share with the you and I know video is the way to do it.

So as I sat at my husbands work desk on my first work day of 2012, I made a decision to start doing video.  It was a good, solid, strong decision.  At that point, I didn’t concern myself with the how, I simply set the intention.  The next morning I sat on my bed and did a short meditation and started to journal.  Within minutes I’d written out my plan, it came out of nowhere and felt so God damn good!  I then made a commitment by changing my website homepage to advise my visitors that I was going to be launching a series of 10 complimentary videos, where I would share the Ten Decisions which changed my life.  I was quite nervous shoving it out into the ether like that but I knew I had to commit in a way which wouldn’t allow me to back track.

Within a few days, a read a facebook post written by Placida Acheru about a project she was launching with another female entrepreneur.  Immediately I felt an energy surge and mentally noted to send over my details.  A few days had passed and I’d basically talked myself out of it, declaring to my head that I wouldn’t be good enough and there would be many other women over and above me who would be chosen to take part.  I ran this chitter chatter for a few days, until the initial surge of energy got a little louder and drowned out the pesky neggy voices.  The energy told me exactly where to go and I ended up sending Placida a message with my stats.  Within a few hours she wrote back telling me I was in! WOOOOAAAH, brilliant! However, I had no idea what I’d got myself into hee hee.  As the Universe would have it, she had guided me to THE place I needed to be which was the 30 Day Business YouTube Challenge…..I was going to be doing video in a way I hadn’t expected, amazing huh!

So here I am, one of 30 amazingly talented female entrepreneurs who have committed to taking part in a 30 day YouTube challenge, where we are to post one video a day sharing tips, tricks, tools and techniques within our expert arenas.  That’s 900 videos, WOW! kicking off on 31 January until 29 February 2012.

I would love for you to join us on this exciting journey, none of us really know where it’s going to take us, all we know is that we have good shit to share Universe Bring It On!

You can subscribe to my channel and to the BizChallenge channel where you can get the lowdown of what’s going on every day!

In the meantime, here’s my intro video, please share with all your friends and leave me a comment, I’d love to hear from you! In-Joy & Service!

Think you’re Ungifted? Think Again!

For many years I believed I had zero gifts and talents.  I believed I didn’t possess any specific skills, as I wasn’t good enough at any one thing.  I believed having a job you truly loved was for the very small minority.

These beliefs were further solidified every time I sent my CV to a company applying for a new job……and there were tons of those.  In fact, in a 12 year period I changed job 8 times, can you imagine how many CV’s I had to re-write and send!

Whenever I pulled out my CV, I’d always look at the ‘interests’ section and release a big sigh “why aren’t I any good at anything?”. I could never think of anything else to write other than ‘socialising, reading books, traveling & organising charity events’.  It was my story and one I told to whomever would listen.  It went something like this ‘I wish I was good at something, every time I send my CV for a job, I can never think of anything to write in the interests section, can you?  I mean I wasn’t born with any particular talents, not like the lucky ones who are good at singing or dancing or acting or painting or playing sports or musical instruments’.

My story happened to be the truth, I wasn’t any good at those things.  So I trudged along searching for a job that at least made me happy and felt rewarding.  Every time I thought I had it, it didn’t take long before I was bored to tears, going on a new search for the next best thing.  And that was my life, always searching for something more but never quite finding what I wanted.  This left me feeling unhappy, unfulfilled and unsuccessful.

Looking back from where I am now, I can giggle at the way I saw myself.  Ungifted PAH! I couldn’t have been further from the truth.  I have gifts coming out of my ears, the problem I had back then was that I had no idea how to identify them.

This is the same for those of you who also think and believe you aren’t Gifted.  You are a Gifted Soul!  How do I know?  Because your Soul wouldn’t have chosen to incarnate in this and every lifetime if you didn’t have Gifts to share with the world.  You also wouldn’t be reading this article right now

Here are 3 ways you can start to recognise your inherent Gifts:

1. What did you love to do as a child?

I was always the centre of attention wanting to put on a show and make people smile.  On play dates, I would gather all of my friends and direct & act in some sort of play, then I would actively find the audience.  This was the Performer Gift in me, fully expressing itself.  Sadly these gifts stopped being nurtured as I grew into an adult.  Thankfully, I recovered them and now successfully use these Gifts to speak to large audiences and host Workshops.  And there was me thinking for all those years, I wasn’t good at any one thing!

If you have children, you can easily pick up their Gifts by observing how they play and what they enjoy doing most.  Make it a top priority to nurture these Gifts in them, they’ll thank you when they’re older!

Close your eyes, cast your mind back to play times, either with friends or when you were alone, watch the child that you were, as though you were watching someone you know.  What is this little person doing naturally and effortlessly?  Write them down and let yourself connect with them.

2. What are you a collector of?

Unexpressed Gifts have to reveal themselves in some way.  Take a look at the things you collect without thinking of them as a collection or hobby.  Here’s an example for you.  A woman came to me because she felt her life was stuck and she didn’t know how to move forward.  I asked her to take a look around her home and pick out things she had an abundance of.  Very quickly, through a little giggle, she said there were pens everywhere.  When I asked her if she journaled or took time to write, she said no but it was something she always wanted to do.

I told her straight out, “your Soul is telling you you have the Gift of Writing, start by journaling what’s on your mind, exercise your writing muscle and soon enough it will flow out of you without you having to try’ .  She took a moment and connected with this part of her and immediately felt unstuck.  This was also true for another client who collected notepads and journals.  She has such a beautiful way of expressing herself through her writing but never saw it as a gift to pursue.  And then there’s yours truly who had been collecting pens and notepads for years without ever thinking there was a reason why!  The message here to all three of us (and you if you do the same) was to get writing and let those Gifts flourish!

What do you collect and what are they reflecting back at you?  Take some time to be quiet and still, you have all the answers!

3. What do people tell you you’re good at but you pass it off as nothing?

Your friends and family will have told you a million times ‘Oh you’re so good at ………’ and each time you’ll shrug it off and pass a comment along the lines of ……how easy it is and anyone can do it.  Stop right there!  Not everyone can do what you do, the way you do it, these are your Gifts and you are Unique.  Combined, your Gifts and Talents are like no others.

Ask the people closest to you what you do that they can’t and straight away you’ll get an insight into your Gifts.  You express your Gifts and Talents easily and effortlessly, that’s why you’re able to do them so well without ever realising how valuable they are.

Take some time to become aware of the things you do easily, which others don’t find as easy to do.  Then take notice of the situations you tend to be in when these Gifts are flowing.  You’ll be amazed at what you’ll discover about yourself.

Finally, just know, you are here for a reason, you have lots to share with the world, you are a Gifted Soul!

Share the love and Share this article with anyone who could benefit, just make sure you revert them to this page to read it!

Love,

Natasha x

P.S. Another of one of my Gifts is being able to help people re-awaken their Gifts.  If you want to help in this area, drop me a line:  info@natashaabudarham.com

What do you do when your plans don’t plan out?

Have you ever made plans that fill you with excitement only to be let down at the last minute?  ”Oh yes!” I’m hearing you all say.  In fact, I don’t think there’s a single soul who hasn’t ever had this experience.  Briefly reminisce the last time this happened and recall how you dealt with the situation.  Did you gracefully accept the situation and move on without it causing any further negative effects or did you launch straight into disasterdom?

Why am I asking you these questions?  Well, this Christmas was set to be a calming delight, the first Christmas as Husband & Wife and the first time we would be spending it in our home, eating just one Christmas dinner.  For the last five years, we’ve spent Christmas day with both our Mums, eating two Christmas dinners and racing around trying to fit everyone in.  As we were staying in Brussels this year, it meant I could relax being five months pregnant and enjoy taking my time packing up our belongings before we move to UK on 2 Jan.

That was the plan and I was excited.

Then everything changed.  My plans were more than scuppered and it was out of my control.

All I could do was practice what I preach and walk my talk.  My experience has been invaluable and I want to share it with you.

Four days before Christmas my Husband, Chris was told that his Nan had had a stroke and had bleeding on the brain, it was just a matter of time before she transitioned.  Chris was deeply upset and wanted to get back to UK to say his last goodbye.  The snow was causing havoc and any which way he tried to get home there seemed to be a problem.  It was 22 Dec and I had a feeling that if he went, he wouldn’t be home for Christmas.  On top of that our cat Mia was really sick and I felt that we may need to get her to the vets at some point, something I wasn’t able to do on my own with all the snow.

Chris kept checking flights and as soon as one came up, he packed a bag and headed off.  I was happy he’d managed to get home and remained positive that we’d be reunited on Christmas Eve and if he wasn’t I trusted that there would be a reason for it to be that way.  After Chris left, I spoke to the vet as Mia hadn’t eaten all day and seemed to be deteriorating.  We agreed to help her transition the following week.  I have 2 cats, Mia and Pudding, they’ve been with me for the last 13 years and have filled my life with love and comfort and have always been such great company.  I called Mia a human cat because she literally needed to have human touch and knew exactly what I was saying when I spoke to her, she was also extremely intelligent and was the fastest fly catcher I’ve ever seen.  She loved to be picked up, stroked and cuddled and often got into bed with me, head on pillow, paws around me.  She was my equivalent of a baby.

Within a matter of hours of making the decision to help Mia, she seemed to get worse and the pain of seeing her suffer told me it really was time for her to go.  I contacted the vet again and agreed that we should bring the time forward to Christmas Eve.  Chris was due back on his flight from UK in the afternoon and we were going to take her together.  The thought of Mia not being around was so painful but I knew this couldn’t be about me, it had to be about her and I had to let her go.  At the same time, it was something that both Chris and I needed to do together, she was an integral part of our family and we had to say our goodbyes as a family.

The next morning I lay in bed with Mia, being in the present and enjoying our last cuddles together.  I was talking to her, letting her know all was well and she’d soon be enjoying a beautiful peaceful sleep where she could rest in comfort.  The snow had been melting the day before and the roads were quite clear, so you can imagine my horror when I opened the front door and my street was covered with a huge amount of snow and it wasn’t letting up anytime soon.  I instantly burst into tears, crying uncontrollably, I knew Brussels airport would be closed and Chris wouldn’t be home that day.  There was no way of me getting Mia to the vet.  I was distraught thinking of my baby having to suffer another day.  I could deal with Chris not being here for Christmas, I just couldn’t deal with him not being here to help me help Mia.

I got onto the internet and it was confirmed, Brussels airport was closed.  There was no way I was going to be able to drive, the snow was too thick and my heart was breaking.  This was a tough, emotionally challenging day and I knew I had to reach out for support from people who were in a position to support me.  With this support I was able to clear my head and let go of any attachments to how my Christmas was supposed to be.  I couldn’t change anything, I just had to deal with it and find a solution that worked.  It was important for me to stay out of any drama that could turn the situation into something more than it was.  By practicing what I preach to my clients, I was able to turn the could-be disaster of Christmas into a delight.

The truth is we create our reality every second of every day, it’s up to us to be vigilant when it comes to creating that which doesn’t serve us.  The Natasha of a few years ago would have created a drama and Christmas would have been a disaster, instead it took an awareness from my side to consciously create a reality that allowed me to enjoy Christmas day, even though my plans didn’t plan out.

Chris finally got home late on Boxing night and we took Mia to peacefully transition the following morning.  It was a painfully emotional day and I know there is more emotion to release, I’m just thankful I was able to salvage some of the festive season.

A big thank you goes out to Helen Kerrison , an amazing friend, for spending a wonderful Christmas day with me and to all my friends & family, including Facebook friends, who shared their love and prayers when I really needed it.

Love,

Natasha

P.S. As always, your comments and questions are welcome!

The Wonders of Energy Medicine – Part 2

So it’s been erm quite a while since I last posted and for good reason!  I spent some of September and the whole month of October in UK enjoying my hen w-end, organising the final touches to my wedding and enjoying our honeymoon in Thailand.  It’s been quite a few months and to top it all off I’m pregnant!!

Finally, I can burst from the seams as the 12 week scan showed a tiny little baby and an amazing beating heart!  It was really difficult keeping the exciting news to ourselves, especially since the morning sickness kept me on the sofa unable to do anything but lie still most days.  This meant work completely took a back seat and at times, I had to let people down.  I learned so much during this time and will be happily sharing my learnings over the coming weeks.

But first, I want to go back to my post on 9 August when I shared how I used some simple energy tapping techniques to eliminate my period pain rather rapidly.  I promised at the end of the post to share how my next  months period was.  Well what can I say, I was shocked to say the least when I discovered I was pregnant!  When I started to feel the usual breast soreness and the more than usual teary eye, I was convinced that the tapping had only cleared the symptoms rather than the actual cause.  Now this is where it starts to get interesting because when I discovered I was actually pregnant, it all made so much sense.

For the last 20 months, my now Husband (Oh I do love saying that!) and I had been ‘trying’ for a baby.  The first couple of months were neurotic for me and I soon put that one to bed by completely loosening up and having the complete faith that we didn’t need to go to extreme lengths to get pregnant, we just had to wait for when our baby was ready to come to us.  Thankfully, this mindset kept me sane and allowed me to completely trust that it would happen.

I was well aware that I had been running non-serving subconscious programmes since I was a little girl, especially when it came to relying on men, getting married and having children.  In fact, I was well known in the family for being the one who was never going to get married nor have children, I was very proud saying this in my teens and early 20’s.  Of course, once you’re grown up and you realise that your childhood decisions were made through the eyes of a child and it’s time to make some new decisions based on the eyes of an adult, it’s not always so easy.

For the last 3 years, one of my highest values has been to raise my consciousness through understanding, learning and healing my inner self.  This has worked wonders and my life is nothing short of wonderful compared to the old days.  I have managed to re-write a lot of my past through using techniques such as EFT and Matrix Re-imprinting and I was sure that I had cleared many old wounds when it came to me having a baby.  You see, although you may want something so badly, it doesn’t necessarily mean you will have it.  What I’ve learned is that you really need to clear any destructive habits, patterns and programmes that are preventing you from achieving your dream.  When I finally did some tapping on my period pain, I discovered a core issue that I believe  had been preventing me from getting pregnant and it was a decision I made when I was 17 yrs old.  When I finally told my body it was now safe to get pregnant and it could stop protecting me from getting pregnant, hey presto my amazing body listened and let down the barriers that had been protecting me for all these years.

So in response to one of my last posts, which seems such a long time ago, yes my period pains have now gone and I and so very excited to becoming a Mum for the first time.  I feel like I am finally in the perfect place to give myself, my Husband and our Baby the very best of me and it feels AMAZING!

Love,

Natasha xxx

P.S. I know this topic will be very interesting to many women, especially those who have been trying for a baby for a long time.  I would be delighted to receive your personal emails if you feel you would like some encouraging words in this area.  Just hop over to the contact page and send me your email xxx

The Wonders of Energy Medicine: Period Pain

Ok, so period pain probably isn’t a topic you hear a lot about but when you suffer like I do, it’s difficult to keep your pain to yourself.  For as long as I can remember periods for me have always been rubbish.  No sooner do I come off my period and 10 days later I’m already feeling PMT symptoms, in particular very sore swollen breasts.  Add to this, irritability, a short fuse, very painful stomach cramps, lack of energy, a headache and the compulsion to eat everything that’s bad for you, you could say that this time of the month is nothing short of crap.

I’ve been off the pill for about 5 years now, I was 31 when I made a conscious choice to stop filling myself with unnatural medication.  I was also at an age where being pregnant wouldn’t have been frowned upon and my biological clock certainly had a louder tick.  Although the pill really helped to reduce symptoms and pain, once making the decision to come off it, I didn’t look back.

I’ve noticed symptoms reduce dramatically when I’ve made a concerted effort to cut out sugar, wheat and alcohol.  These times don’t normally last long before I sabotage my efforts and fall back into my old ways.  Not even horrendous stomach cramps give me a good nudge to stop eating what my body clearly doesn’t like.  But hey that’s another story and one which will be shared another time.

Yesterday was A- day, yep Agony day and the cramps were their usual cheery self.  I normally put up with the devilish pain because taking tablets really is my last resort and as an energy medicine practitioner, I have the greatest tools to help alleviate pain.  The problem is, releasing period pain using the techniques I know so well has never been on my to do list.  So when the pain became unbearable yesterday, I reached for the panadol for a quick fix.

The tablets did the trick and I felt ok until I got into bed.  The stomach cramps had started to creep back in and my head told me to get some more tablets and a glass of water.  This time my heart kicked in and said ‘Natasha you know you don’t like taking tablets. Instead have a little think about why you have this period pain every month’.  Now that was enough to get me going as it was the first time I had considered ‘looking’ for a root cause, instead of believing such terrible pain was natural.

I was lay on my side, quite relaxed and started to think back to when my periods started to be so painful.  It hit me quite quickly, like a ton of bricks in fact, the core issue was right there staring me in the face, wow.  How good am I to go to such extremes lengths on a subconscious level, I was shocked but hey I understand this stuff enough to know that our subconscious protects us and whatever we have created is normally for our greater good at the time, even if it doesn’t serve us in the present.

As soon as I recognised the core issue, I started to tap on the karate chop point and within seconds the period pain started to ease off.  I must admit I couldn’t believe how quickly it shifted.  I continued to tap and tell my body it was ok to release the pain now, it had done a perfect job for me by holding on to it for all these years.  I thanked my body for doing what I wanted it to and gave it permission to go back to it’s natural state.  I also thanked my subconscious for looking after me so well and told it a new story.

I did a few more rounds, solidifying my new affirmations and started to feel a little lighter.  Consciously, I knew it all made sense and it seemed I’d discovered the root of my period pain.  I fell sound a sleep and was delighted to wake up this morning pain free and went for my morning walk marvelling at how we really can heal our bodies instantaneously.

There may still be some healing work to do, so let’s see how the next few days go and the months to come.  I’ll then share the core issue I uncovered as it may be beneficial to help other women who also suffer with awful periods!

I’d love to hear your comments!

Where’s all the worth gone?

Last week I was sorting through an old folder and found a list of goals that I’d written when I was living in Argentina in 2006.  I’d replied to an ad on an Expat website, that said something like this:

• Are you tired and lacking energy?
• Would you like to be happier and enjoy life more?
• Are there things you are missing out on?
• Is it time for change?

I ticked all the boxes and oh yes, I was definitely ready for change, so I immediately signed on the dotted line!  A few days later a lovely American Woman came to our apartment and Chris and I started some Coaching sessions.

The first thing she got us to do was to write out our 1 month, 3 month and 6 month goals, 9 in total, 3 items in each area.  When I found the paper, I reminisced the 5 months we’d been in Buenos Aires.  We’d had a great time, met loads of people, ate amazing food, drank delicious beer and wine but could have enjoyed it more if we hadn’t been tied to our jobs.

At the time, I was in desperate mode and just about had my head above water.  As usual I was trying harder and harder and wouldn’t give up.  Whilst this trait has served me in many ways, it’s also been a detriment and kept me doing things for far longer than I should have, with little or no reward.

The fact is, you can keep doing the same thing over and over with little or no reward but it ain’t gonna change much.  These are the things you want to drop like a hot potato and try something different, even if you have no idea if the change will actually change anything!

So when I read through my 9 goals, I wasn’t let’s say jumping with joy.  When Chris came home, I showed him the paper and with a big smile he said ‘ you’ve done well, look at how much you’ve achieved’.  I sighed and said ‘are you taking the p*@*s’.  He said ‘no, you have done well, are you taking the p*@*?’.  I proceeded to go through each goal and explained why I’d failed so miserably.

I then caught myself.  I was in one of my recurring themes, running it like a well known film.  I’d become blindsided, focusing on what I hadn’t achieved.  Everyone has non-serving recurring themes, you can pin point yours by becoming aware of your inner self talk and mistakes that you seem to make over and over.

Once it was in my awareness, I was able to open my eyes and mind and read the goals in a different context and yes I had achieved them, 100%.  Why is this story relevant and why am I sharing it with you?  The point is that if I’m falling into this behaviour, then it’s likely that you are too.

Take a look at where you are devaluing yourself unnecessarily and do what you’ve got to, to raise that self worth through the roof.  We’ve been trained long enough to put everything but ourselves first and I’m asking you to stop doing that.  Put yourself first, open your eyes to your worth and if you know that there is more out there waiting for you, then don’t let anything get in the way.  Because your ego will find every excuse to keep you small and so will other people.

People who are stuck in their own low self worth stuff, people who stopped dreaming long ago and people who would begrudge you having what you want.  Don’t get me wrong they don’t do it to hurt you, in fact quite the opposite, they think they’re helping you but in fact they’re just consulting their own writings on their walls, which is telling them they can’t have what they want.

And the people closest to you, the ones who love you can also sabotage your success.  It doesn’t matter how much they love you, how hard you try to explain to them or how much they get you, they can’t possibly share the same feelings as you because they aren’t you.  They aren’t inside your body, feeling what you’re feeling, seeing what you’re seeing, thinking what you’re thinking or hearing what you hear.

If you have that deep knowing that you are here for something more than you are sharing right now, then you must start listening to that voice of wisdom.  The inner you, the perfect you, the all knowing you, is on your side and will help you get to where you’re supposed to be.

You can have what you want and do you know how I know, because I have what I want and if I can have it then so can you.

Put yourself first, own up to what’s keeping you small and do what you’ve got to do to make it happen.  When you’re happy and fulfilled, everyone around you benefits so much more than when you deny yourself your truth.

Love,

Natasha

The Walk Out

I remember July 2008 very clearly, I was crying my eyes out after having another ear bashing from my boss.  Clearly I couldn’t carry on like this, I was miserable and of course it was all down to the job I hated and the boss who didn’t seem to let up.  I’d been thinking about quitting for months but didn’t have the courage to let go of the only income I had and with very little money in the bank, I couldn’t afford to just walk out without having another job to go to.  The problem was that the job had been slowly killing me for the last 12 months and the more miserable I became, the more desperately I searched for a way out.

That night I went to bed and something seemed to shift in me because I woke up the next morning a changed Woman.  I knew exactly what I needed to do and nothing was going to stop me from doing it.

Within the week, I had cut off my hair, cleared out my wardrobe, let go of draining friends and with a brand new outlook on life, I walked into work and handed in my resignation.  The relief I felt when I walked out the door was amazing. It wasn’t just a job I was walking out on, finally I had set myself free from the shackles that had held me captive for far too long.

I’d love to say that my ‘walk out’ happened out of the blue, but it didn’t.  It was the previous 7 months of diving into the inner me and clearing away all the cobwebs that kept me stuck.  Today I still do exactly the same, if something isn’t serving my highest good, then I simply walk out of that state and step into the shoes that belong to me.  It’s not always easy which is why I choose to have people help me along the way and just as importantly I choose to be my own best friend.

Sending my love to those of you who have also been set free and courage to those who are nearly there.

Love,
Natasha

What gives you pleasure?

I lay in bed a couple of days ago and gave myself a lie in treat and decided to listen to a radio show through my iphone.  The topic was all about ‘what gives you pleasure’.  As I lay there thinking I knew the answer, it became evidently clear that I needed to go deeper into this subject.

Since becoming a Life Change Specialist, I have put my heart and soul into helping people transform their ordinary lives into lives they love.  In return, I get great pleasure from watching my clients step into their unique shoes by discovering their real self.  The self that loves their life. 

Loving your job and gaining pleasure from it, is only one aspect of living, there has to be pleasure in other areas too.  And as a solopreneur, you can often get caught up in the running of your business (and everything else that comes with it) and before you realise it, you’ve forgotten what it was like to explore new ways of bringing pleasure into your life.

For the rest of the day, I made it my mission to speak to myself (and yes I did it out loud), asking over and over “what gives me pleasure”.  It was amazing how I started to discover myself all over again and realise that unintentionally, I had let some of the fun slip from my life.

Immediately, I began to do some fun stuff for me.  Singing in the shower, making myself laugh, wearing my best clothes, I even took 2 hours off work to visit a tea shop I had never been to.  By the time I got home, I was so uplifted and even more connected to myself that I made a promise to bring more pleasure into my life.

In that moment, a light bulb went on and I thought, if I have done this, then I know for sure that others will have too.  So my question for you to ponder today, is simply, “what gives you pleasure”.

Healing yourself to help others heal

If someone would have told me 5 years ago I would be doing what I’m doing now, I would have laughed until next week.  There would have been absolutely no way I could get my head around what some people call the woo woo new age stuff!

Fast forward to now and waoah, it’s a completely different ball game.  Now I’m fully immersed in my own healing, spiritual and personal growth that I can’t get enough of it and in fact it’s my number one core value before anything else.  And yes even before my 2 beautiful cats Mia and Pudding

You see, I figure that when I am running on a full battery, I’m able to give myself fully to everyone else around me.  Even if it’s to take those few extra moments to give a warm smile to the girl on the checkout who looks like she’s had a terrible day.  To wave a thank you hand with a smile to the guy that nearly runs me over on the zebra crossing    To give my family the nurturing they need when times get tough. 

When I’m feeling good, other people feel good without realising why.  When I’m on form, the world is such a great place to so many people.  When I pursue excellence, it gives others the motivation to do the same.  You see my full battery allows me to give in so many ways, which is why when I heal myself, I help others to heal too.

I love my life, I love my job, I love that I learned how to heal.

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