My mantra for when hard times hit
When hard times hit, this has been my mantra:
I AM WILLING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY
As business numbers are coming in at the end of the month, I’m presented with the stark financial reality of the pandemic similar for many people.
My business was halved in 2020.
Unlike others with existing online infrastructure, or anyone seizing an opportunity borne out of the pandemic, when travel was suddenly stopped indefinitely...my income (the majority of which came from our in-person retreats) followed suit.
Add in the reality of having to 'work from home' in a tiny apartment and the whole thing was a total disaster with so many fires to put out that I didn’t know where to start.
It was at this point that I took the biggest decision I've taken in recent years.
I decided I was willing to do things differently.
I wasn't going to just sit and watch, or wait for 'things to go back to normal'.
Intuition told me very clearly - JUMP AND TRUST.
It’s not the first time I’ve heard this message coming from deep within.
Three years ago I made the leap to jump from the best, most secure, well-paid and future-proof job RIGHT INTO THE UNKNOWN.
Something was there for me to be found. I listened. I jumped.
I got rewarded with finding myself, connecting to my soul, my true vision.
I got back my power to consciously create my life as a sovereign human being.
Yes it’s hard to jump into the unknown, but it’s harder to keep living an unfulfilling or mediocre life.
The time had come again, and I listened.
With finances uncertain, I decided to spend on a) our living, emotional and mental sanity by buying our new home, and b) MYSELF AND MY GROWTH
I’ve never spent more on myself than I did in 2020.
Whatever course, program, or coaching I had resisted in the years prior was now top priority.
I spent and I felt good, because I knew that this was the way for me to quantum leap forward.
Fast forward six months later, and here it is. I’m now an established coach, helping people transform their lives through my one to one programs
Currently working with a select number of amazing women transitioning from successful but uninspiring 9-5 jobs to doing work they love, by tapping into their source of GREATNESS, CREATIVITY and DESIRE to work, live and be of service as they are truly meant for and absolutely deserve in this lifetime.
Has it been easy? NO! It’s been hard, and challenging. But the rewards are once again eclipsing all of the pain and fear endured in the process:
I NOW GET TO DO WORK THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND ALLOWS ME TO HAVE THE IMPACT I ALWAYS DREAMT OF.
My retreats business will go on, as it is becoming physically possible again. But for now, through SAYING YES TO CHANGE I have transitioned into a new way of doing things that gives me even more than before.
In the process of becoming this new version of myself, I grew my resilience, my inner power, my capacity to be with my own shadow and from there, walk into the light.
Intuition doesn't necessarily guide us towards the easy way.
That’s the mind, shortcutting, and figuring out the path of least temporary suffering. The path of ‘good enough’ and staying in a place of suffering under the surface.
Intuition is playing the long game.
Intuition says go down the rough path, because at the end of it YOU WILL FIND EVERYTHING YOU EVER WISHED FOR.
Are you listening to what your intuition is telling you?
Are you willing to do things differently,
to not settle for good enough,
to not be a victim of your circumstances.
Are you willing to rise above whatever is blocking your way towards what you truly desire?
When it gets hard, dare to say..
I AM WILLING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY