Panning for Gold

Coming out of divorce can feel like you've reached rock bottom. The future can feel pretty bleak and uncertain - particularly if you sacrificed your career to your family care-giving responsibilities along the way. However, there is help out there - you can rebuild - you can be all you are meant to be. If you're ready to seize back control over your story, to pan for all the pieces of gold in your life, we're recruiting for the next cohort now.

A little Friday Philosophy... what is the one small step you could take today to lead the life you want to lead?

A little Friday Philosophy... We all have the answers we need if we take the time to enquire deeply - to pan for the gold. And life will be so much richer, in all ways.

It’s depressing to see that the high cost of early childhood education and care is still raising the question of whether it’s worth women going back to work if earning $80,000 or less. This is the dilemma that so many women have faced. Because it still tends to be the woman who is earning less. As a result, it’s women who often end up quitting paid work when her salary is entirely swallowed up by child care costs. But of course it’s a much more complex equation than income vs expenditure in this case. When a woman steps out of the workplace, she looses her place on the career ladder, the compound benefits on pension contributions, opportunities and confidence, to name just a few.

And if the relationship ends 10, 15 or 20 years later, it can be punishingly difficult to re-establish a career. For women in this situation, it can feel like an uphill battle. Panning for Gold was created to address this. It is designed to help women who have taken extended breaks to reframe the narrative; to help women to step into their new lives with a stronger sense of their value - to pan for all the tiny pieces of gold in their lives and fulfill their potential.

Childcare costs: Top Australian money expert claims it's 'not worth' mums going back to work if they earn $80,000 One of Australia's top money experts claims it isn't worth it for most mums to go back to work due to the cost of childcare.

Life doesn’t always follow a straight path.
It can present some surprising – and sometimes unpleasant – twists and turns.
And sometimes the road ahead seems unclear, or barriers seem to be blocking your path. However, adversity itself can be the biggest transformer. It can challenge you and force you to grow in unexpected ways. And sometimes it whispers in your ear: are you going to lie down and stop here? Are you going to accept this as your lot? Or are you going to dig deep and find the strength within you to keep going? To see what else life can offer?

If you’re ready to find the gold within you, to discover how much more you can be, how much richer life can be in all ways, Panning for Gold could be for you.

Compromise.

The hallmark of any good relationship. A healthy exchange. An equal give and take.

But what if there’s imbalance – and one person ends up doing more giving, and the other more taking? Suddenly compromise takes on a less benevolent and wholesome hue.

Sadly, in our culture it is often the woman who is expected to be the one who gives more; who compromises more. It’s often described as ‘selfless’. For centuries we have been presented with literary and historical examples of the selfless woman. She is the embodiment of uncomplaining sacrifice. The perfect wife and mother.

But by being selfless, by putting others first, there is inevitably loss involved; the giving up of something. Taking less than. Expecting less than. Hoping for less than and having smaller dreams.

And what happens if the relationship you sacrificed for ends and you suddenly find yourself needing to pick up the threads of your career?

One of the biggest challenges for women embarking on a new career after divorce is overcoming self-doubt and fear of failure. After years of compromising your own goals and aspirations, it can be difficult to believe in yourself and your ability to succeed. You might be tempted to take the first job that comes along.

Panning for Gold is an invitation to end a life of compromise. Is it an invitation to want more, to believe you are worth more – to dream bigger. Week by week we go through a process designed to re-connect you to your hopes and dreams, to all the skills you have and the value you bring. One to one coaching and group calls will give you the support and encouragement that you need to embark on this next phase of your life with renewed confidence and clarity.

Are you a woman who has prioritised family over career? Are you at a crossroads, feeling unsure of your worth or employability?

Join me for my 8 week program for up to six women to see what your life experiences uniquely qualify you for. Together we will pan for all the grains of gold that make up your life, and join them together to create a valuable and stronger whole.

Tap into my word smithing skills to review and edit your resume, LinkedIn profile and website copy to ensure your messaging captures and reflects all that you bring to the world.

When a woman steps into her power she creates remarkable ripples and a she gives her daughter permission to do the same. She also allows her son to step into his full humanity.

And that’s just the beginning …

My mission is to create an army of empowered women who are ready to go out into the world and create deep impact.

If you’d like to know more, message me for more information.

Like so many women who emerge from a long term relationship, you may be feeling less than. The devastation of losing your partner, your life and your home, is then compounded by the now urgent need to start earning more. But after years of putting the family before career your resume feels sadly lacking. You may feel less than qualified, less than ready, less than confident. That's where I was. And now I'm on a mission to help women see that all their experiences, all they have done, contribute something valuable if you take the time to explore and dig deep. And in the process, a re-discovery takes place which creates a deep-seated belief in self which can propel them towards a new richer life in all ways. Let's change the story.

In many ways, the process we embark on in Panning for Gold is like Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken items with gold. The philosophy at the heart of Kintsugi is that there is an intrinsic value in everything, broken or damaged though they may be. And the extraordinary thing is that the process of putting all the tiny pieces back together with gold, makes the item unexpectedly more beautiful than before. What would all the tiny pieces of your life look like whole? Pan for the gold. Rebuild. Regroup. Relaunch.

How the philosophy behind the Japanese art form of _kintsugi_ can help us navigate failure A break or moment of failure can be an opportunity to create something new and beautiful.

Divorce. Bereavement. Empty nest. Cataclysmic events such as these can shake people to the core. Once the dust has settled, the future can look uncertain - even daunting - and challenge even the most confident and resourced people. If you're a woman who priorised family over career, with little or no work experience to fall back on, or with a mish-mash of part-time jobs on your CV, the prospects can seem overwhelmingly bleak. Panning for Gold is designed to help navigate a path forward. To help women to rediscover all that they are and all that they offer.

There is life after loss.