I recently broke through a barrier. At first, the wall seemed insurmountable, and a great amount of procrastination kept the task safely at bay.
My psychological obstacles were clear to me; I knew what I was up against, I just didn't want to invite the challenge of braving vulnerability. So what gave me the push? After the great amount of procrastination, in which I led myself to a crossroads in my life that, in a nutshell, led me to consider opening a school to give my boys a new way of learning; more love, less pressure and greater relevance, while conveniently keeping vulnerability at bay, I re-centred myself, and I decided not to surrender a life long vision, in the name of fear. The fact is, I have achieved every stepping stone intended, the next one is just very big! It is clear what I truly want for my boys and I have every intention of creating it, but I am not giving up my career, instead, I am stepping up! The signs were all around, life was speaking to me in the form of 'road sign posts' heralding the message: 'Live differently' and 'Take a different route'. The thing is, as with any divination system (I know, I used to read the cards), it is up to the beholder to choose how to interpret the signs; we can do it by aligning them with our ideals, our curiosities, our values, our fears, our passions, our big wild dreams, or our impossible perfections, or, we can calmly embrace the present, review our core heart values, embrace reality and all the feelings and emotions that come with it, and decide to take on the obstacles that are standing before our true wants. When I broke down the obstacles, it led me to a simple truth; fear of vulnerability. So here I am, stepping forward and out of my comfort armour of ‘corporate coaching psychologist, where it is ‘safe ’to listen, ‘safe’ to be present without exposure, ’safe’ to ask insightful questions, and ‘safe’ to teach about psychological well-being, leadership development and cultural integration, and into a greater authenticity, so that I can take the next step - to facilitate co-creating harmony in our world on a bigger scale, because it feels exciting and allows for my creativity to be unleashed Doing this means getting people on-board with my vision, and this means sharing my story, and this is what felt so scary! I took the first step; I launched my podcast ‘In Harmony’, and I shared an aspect of my story about learning to live in harmony in: ‘The power of love’. What I learned was that it was the fear of stepping out that felt insurmountable. Now, moving in the unknown, present and exposed, actually, it’s not that bad! Everything is still unknown, but I removed the obstacle that was in my power to overcome, and in doing so, I simply acquired more power to be with life! What gave me the push? LOVE – Love for my boys and passion for my meaningful heart-centred career purpose. Love is powerful Here is ‘The Power of Love’
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