Bttrflywarrior

If you’ve read my last article and are going to read my latest one below you might see that there are some parallels, however, it seems that now the storm has passed and the scenery (my internal one) has changed quite a lot, for the better. There’s so much I want to share, the reason why I’ve been so offline here, the evolvement of my business and my career, plans & ideas going forward.

Let me invite you to a story of Seeking and Finding, of Serendipity, of Softening. An expedition that lead to more joy and more presence.

All the remaining updates are going to follow soon 🦋

An Expedition Of Seeking – Finding And Serendipity Written by: Britta Lübbing, Executive Contributor Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise. I started this year by certifying as a Life Coach and launching my own business. For m...

" “It is okay if you are getting slower. We are going up a freaking mountain”, is what my Spinning instructor recently said while we were increasing the intensity (meaning it gets much harder to push the pedal), and I will never forget those words. Having a strong connection to nature and the alps where I grew up, I immediately built the connection to all the time I had spent in the mountains throughout my life. For me, our dreams are like mountains. Of course, you can decide to walk in the valleys where the view is sh*tty. It is going to be easy and safe because you can just follow the path a thousand people have defined for you. Your dreams equal mountains. When you start, you don’t know what to expect. You only have a vision of the top, but to get there, you need to climb “the freaking mountain.”

There are so many quotes about living your dream life and how it has to look like, we start thinking in Pinterest quotes and Instagram pictures. Because our life doesn’t equal that fake reality, we come up with 1000 reasons why it is not worth it even trying. The visualization of our dream(s) is so much more perfect than we believe we are that we will never allow ourselves to think we are capable of living them.

I am learning that – being a dreamer – I need to let go of the unrealistic expectations I have around how living my dreams is going to happen and learn to co-create with life. Life doesn’t make sense, and so living our dreams doesn’t make sense either. Conquering our dreams, our personal top, there is nothing perfect about that. It is not going to be as effortless as in our imagination. It will require us to slow down, to rest more, to go through the ups and downs.

However, thinking of the view…where would you rather choose walking?"

Read the full article here:

https://www.brainzmagazine.com/post/what-mountaineering-can-teach-you-about-success-in-life

Depending on the views my articles get within the first 24 hours, I might get a chance to get on the Cover, so your support means the world to me 🦋

What Mountaineering Can Teach You About Success In Life Written by: Britta Lübbing, Executive Contributor Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise. “It is okay if you are getting slower. We are going up a freaking mountain.” I am ...

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There is this quote I like: “Everything you want is just a decision away”

It takes one decision.

Starting a business. You just need to decide to do it.
Leaving the job you secretly hate. You just need to decide to do it.

“But!”

“I can’t”

Okay. If that is what you want...your decision ☺️

See?

Such a powerful quote.

What if we turn it around. What if we ask: How can I launch my own business? How can I leave the job I don’t like?

Even better: What if we would do it together, you and me, 90 days?

You deserve to have what you want, to live a life that equals freedom to you, doing what you’ve always dreamed of.

Furthermore, I am 100% convinced you can!

Decide now...to start the journey of your lifetime!

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Britta bttrflymovement

“I would love to launch my own business but I just don’t think I know enough”

In my recent collaboration with Lynette I was asked this question as well and honestly I find it fascinating how much we underestimate our own abilities. But no wonder given the fact that our society loves to point out that if you want to have something, you need to work hard for it. Therefore we believe that in order to be good at something we need tons of experience before we can put ourselves out there.

Think about the time you learned to ride a bike as a kid. You cannot theoretically imagine riding a bike, you have to do it. The same is true for launching a business. That doesn’t mean that you will hop on the bike the first time and have everything figured out. But without daring to try, daring to perhaps fall, daring to get up again, allowing ourselves to cry in our parent’s chest, none of us could ride a bike.

We learn by doing it. We grow into it. Each of us has strengths and weaknesses that will impact our journey. There is always more to learn, more to know, more to figure out. But there is always something that we can use right now. A passion, a talent, an interest that we can use to build on.

And: Aren’t you in a job where you get paid for what you know or what you do?

If you’re wanting help with this then my program Butterfly Transformation is now open for applications but only for another 2 days! Click the link below to find out more and apply.

https://brittaluebbing.com

“I would love to have my own business but I just don’t have the time”

Does any part of this describe you?

I get that. Being in a 9-5 job is stressful. The little remaining time that is left we want to enjoy ourselves, spend our hard earned money on things that are fun and just live light-heartedly without worrying.

But then again...what about these silent questions that we ask ourselves from time to time...why am I doing all this? For whom? Who came up with this bu****it of working so much? Do I really need to wait another 10 years or until my retirement to finally feel free and do the things I love?

The truth is that we all have the same amount of time at our hands. How each of us uses it is a different story. Building a business sounds like such a monstrous thing, sounds hard work, sounds the opposite of what we want to do in our spare time. But what if there was a different way? What if it was so exciting that you would actually get energy from it? What if it would make you so happy that you wished you had more time for it? What if you would suddenly realize that there is a way out and would know how?
What if it would take you less time than you thought?

If you’re wanting help with this then I have created Butterfly Transformation which is my 12 week program that helps you launch your own business. Message me NOW to apply. Only 4 spots left!

Sign up here 👇

Britta bttrflymovement

Couldn’t be more excited to announce that my Program Butterfly Transformation is now OPEN to apply!

If you are a Young Professional who wants to launch your own business but don’t know how, what, when - this is for you!

Slowly countries are going back to something that we can call close to a reality we used to have before the pandemic hit. Exciting times with a bitter side taste because...Do we want the “old normal”? Back to commuting to offices where we do jobs without or with only little purpose. Back to lives where too much time is wasted for irrelevant stuff and too little time for what matters. Why settle for having time for your passions only two days a week instead of starting to create your dream life right now?

I cannot promise you a multi-figure business after 90 days or that you will be able to quit your job right away. But what I can promise you is that my program will set the foundation for more freedom, more purpose, more clarity in your life. We will define your personal roadmap to a business that is aligned with what is important to you. You will have my 100% attention to look at what is holding you back right now and how to overcome it. I will teach you the strategies that I have applied for the last years to launch a business while being in a 9-5 job.

Building a business takes time, it takes effort, it takes commitment. From my own experience doing it all on your own can be overwhelming, frustrating, and seem like a never-ending journey. The beauty of investing in a program is that we will tackle all of your challenges together which will accelerate your progress by far more than continuing like before.
I cannot wait to start the journey of a lifetime with you but the question is, are you ready?

The application is open until next Monday 12 pm CEST and will only reopen in September again! Click on the link below to apply!

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Britta bttrflymovement

My 90 Day 1-1 Coaching program for Young Professionals will launch in 2 weeks 🎊🎉

This is for you if ideally you:

- don’t know how to launch your own business
- have your head full of ideas but they all seem too big to execute
- might have followed courses and certifications to get the right knowledge but still don’t know where to start
- have 1000 reasons why right now is not the right time but feel trapped in your current circumstances simultaneously
- don’t believe enough in yourself.
- think that you cannot afford Coaching or that it is not worth the money 🤓

After 90 days your future you will leave the program with the following results:

- You have broken down your dreams into a solid (business) plan that shows you how to take one little step after the other towards your greater purpose
- You have developed into the person that you need to be to lead your business & live your dream life
- You have a greater understanding of how to manage your time, energy and tasks so that you can consistently and effortlessly build your business on the side of your day job (until you make enough money to leave your job behind).
- You finally feel like you have “untied the knots” of all the overwhelming feelings you have faced before joining the program and are confident in knowing your direction.
- You know that the money you invested in a Coach was worth every penny 🥳

Is your gut feeling saying: Yes Yes Yes 🦋 (but your mind: Noooo I don’t like change🐛) - drop me a message 🥰

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„I have this vision of a world where more young people dare to dream loudly. I want to believe in a world where more people create roadmaps and start walking. Step by step by step. Where there was nothing but an initial thought that became the journey of a lifetime.“

Why I believe that being in your 20‘s is the perfect age to launch a business?

Find out in my second article that I wrote for Brainz Magazine 🤩

Share it with all the 20 year olds you know and give it a like to help me share my message ☺️

Why Being in your 20's is the Perfect age to Launch a Business Written by: Britta Lübbing, Executive Contributor Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise. Imagine this. Imagine a dream of yours. It can be a big or a small one. Imagine yourse...

𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡

𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘮𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

Hi lovely,

I wanted to reach out because I’ve been thinking about your situation and facts I would have liked to know - that nobody told me. Things that I would have made differently. I mean, everything turned out well, and most likely this was supposed to be my path. Anyway, maybe it will help you, really help you. Here you are, approaching the end of a predominant chapter of your life so far. Facing freedom. Isn’t that exciting? Or is scary a better word?

Most of the decisions you had to make so far were rather simple ones. Not to compare with what lies ahead of you. Many of us start to think about this specific choice at an early age but now it seems to be the time when it becomes pretty serious. As kids, we want to become presidents, firefighters, pirates. In kindergarten, it was totally fine to say: „I want to become a horse whisperer.“ Later, I remember people asking me: „And, what would you like to study?“ Can you see that this is where the first trap lies? People already assume that you would like to enter a certain way based on your education. Please question that. Just because you are following the highest degree, doesn’t mean that you need to study. Or become a lawyer. Of course, you can. But you can also become a baker. If that is what you want. The good news is, the higher the degree, the more possibilities you have. Or is that bad news? Can be quite overwhelming, right?

I urge you to follow your heart. Really. I know it sounds cheesy. Do what you find interesting. The most interesting. Maybe you can say that about a lot of things. That is great! Never lose that! It will make you a valuable and interesting component of our global society. Simply follow one of those passions. Doesn’t matter which one. But please be passionate about your choice. Now comes the most important point. Don’t base your decision on what you are good at. Or not good at. After school, we think we have to have things figured out. We know who we are and what we are capable of. Such bu****it. Excuse my language. Most of EVERYTHING you have done so far was influenced by other people. Your parents and family most likely. Teachers. Friends. Little of the decisions you could make on your own. So how are you supposed to know what you want? What you are good at? You have lived a life in an aquarium. You know nothing about the ocean. I mean that in a good way. Life is just beginning. Maybe you think others are better than you are and that is a reason not to do it. You have to believe me. This is never a reason not to pursue dreams. You are such a beautiful, unique human being and nobody will ever be able to take any of that away from you. You will create your own recipe, incorporate your secret gifts and hidden talents in everything you will touch - even though you cannot see that yet. Do what makes your heart beat. What makes you feel excited and fearful at the same time. Do what seems a little bit too big for you and what makes you forge plans when you lie in bed at night.

Don’t be afraid to make the wrong choice. Or fail. You are too young to fail, honey. There is no such thing. There is only learning. Growing. Conquering the world. If I learned one thing, then that every decision, may it be tiny, causes some sort of pain. So please go for the good one. The pain of being a beginner. The pain of knowing nothing or nobody. The pain of loneliness. What turns stones into diamonds. Otherwise, you will get to know the bad pain. The pain of not having tried. The pain of „what if“. The pain of being held small by fear. Makes sense?

Do as many different things as you can. Start things and stop them again. Your heart will guide you to the right opportunities. But you have to listen. To yourself. Not to others. Others might think they know you but they don’t. They never will. There are so many parts in you that nobody ever saw. That you might not even know. Yet. So listen to the silent whisper. Be strong. Defend your choices. I know how hard it is to follow your intuition when nobody seems to understand that. They will at some point. I promise. They will understand that this is your life and that you need to go your own way. Be brave. Inspire. Never forget that becoming is a process. Becoming never ends.

Built a beautiful life. Full of stories. Laughter. Tears. A life people will talk about around the campfire. Please do what you love. I cannot highlight that enough. Oh, and never follow the money. There is nothing worse than spending your precious time with something you are solely doing for the number on your bank account. Chase your passions and money will follow. Learn to use money wisely and trust that you will figure something out despite the circumstances.

It is time to leave the limitations behind. Time to re-invent yourself. Time to say goodbye to what you thought was possible. There is so much more out there. You are so much more than you think. You are powerful and capable of achieving whatever it is that you are secretly dreaming of. Freedom is a privilege. Use it. Use it the right way. But I guess you know that by now.

Love
Britta

The first time I saw you, I was on my way to the post station to send letters home. I think I noticed you because you looked too young, too neat, wrapped into your blanket, to sit at this unusual place. The entrance of a Turkish bakery to the left, a bank on the right, just around the corner of my place. There was no sign that you were asking for money but I immediately assumed that. The thought to give you some crossed my mind but when giving money, I always feel like I am more paying off my own guilt than actually doing good. I went further, back home. It is two days before Christmas.

On Christmas Eve, I am getting some last-minute groceries. You are sitting there again, same place, the same blanket around your body. I cannot get rid of the thought that you might be someone who was affected by the consequences the corona pandemic had on the economy. Did you lose your job? Did you lose your home? I look at you and you return the gaze. Seconds of eye contact, the desperation and hopelessness in your eyes, it seems too much to bear for one person. You look at me and your pain is mine. People crowds pass you by unnoticed. I am just one of them, overwhelmed, not knowing what to do, how to approach you. We are two meters apart from each other but a wall seems to separate us. I pass you, too.

Ignoring the suffering of another human is easier than taking it on, I know that now.

Going home I know I have to do something, I know that I cannot ignore what just happened, I cannot ignore what you were sharing with me, I cannot leave you alone. Approaching people is hard for me, especially men, I am scared. Scared to do something wrong. Scared to cross boundaries. Scared that you don’t speak English or that I don’t speak well enough Dutch. Blonde hair, blue eyes, I assume you might be from here.

Asking my sisters for help, I realize, the only mistake I can make, is to not do anything - a privilege I cannot live with. It takes me a bit until I leave the house again. I walk on the opposite side of the street, cannot spot you anymore. In my mind, I still want to find you and at the same time I feel relieved to get away, that I „tried my best“. I walk to the next big supermarket because I know that usually, this is a place where poor people reside and I assume that you might have changed location. Not there either. I return on the right side of the street and suddenly I notice you, how you hide in your little corner, so distressed that I wasn’t able to see you from the other side. 50 meters away from you, I stop walking immediately, not being able to go further. I want to look at you, I want to understand the situation, my fear paralyzes me. Minutes elapse. I watch how everybody is just walking there like you wouldn’t exist which leaves me stunned while I am unable to go one step further. Knowing that there is no way back, I get closer to you, approach you, I sit down in the squat to be on the same height as you.

„How are you?“ I ask „Is there something you need or I can do for you?“

With a broken voice, you say „Money, I need money to buy a train ticket to go home.“

We start talking, you tell me that you are from Romania, that your mum has cancer and you came to the Netherlands to find work. You wanted to earn enough money to be able to afford the operations she needs. Your English is pretty good and I notice some kind of relief in your voice, finally being able to tell your story to somebody. 5 EUR a day, you would earn here, not enough to make ends meet, let alone save some of it for your Mum. People would ask you why you would sit here, why you wouldn’t work. 5 EUR a day, not enough to find a place to live, to register, to find proper work, the whole vicious cycle even I am aware of. 5 EUR a day, not enough to be able to buy a ticket to go back home for Christmas. I give you 10 EUR, all the cash I have, and ask more questions. When you tell me that you love to work as a craftsman your eyes start to shine. I don’t know where this conversation is going, I just know I cannot leave. Seeing this place from your perspective, I see so much luxury and so little love, I see you sitting there and watching. Not begging for anything, only sharing the pain through your eyes desperate in search of rescue from the world that seems to have it all. Asking yourself how you deserve this while I know you don’t. I could be you and you could be me and it is just not fair. Out of carelessness, I hold my bag in a rain puddle while talking to you and you make me aware, trying to protect my bag, while I, while we cannot protect you from living on the street in Amsterdam, one of the richest cities in this world. You tell me that I am the first person to speak to you in five days. It needs a white, blonde girl to sit next to you, so that people start paying you attention, giving you some coins. I think about society, about us complaining about the fact that we cannot spend our Christmas as usual. That we cannot see each other, that we cannot go out or give hugs, have to wear a face mask in the supermarket. Complaining that carriers don’t deliver our Christmas post in time. I cannot wrap my mind around the fact that those are problems that keep us from seeing you, saving you.

I need to leave at some point; I ask you if you would come back the next day so that we could continue our conversation. Later in the afternoon, I want to bring you some food and clothing, I checked tickets as well. Your corner is empty, you are gone.

I have been looking for you. You didn’t come back.

I hope you are still alive. You said you wouldn’t know if you might be dead the next day and I asked you to not give up. I feel so stupid for having said that while I went back home into a warm apartment and back to my fu***ng non-life threatening problems. I even forgot to ask you for your name. I hope you are safe. I wish I had done more, could do more. What I know is that you gave my Christmas a totally new meaning and even saying that out loud feels ignorant, feels too privileged, makes me feel ashamed. Wrong to have so much pain in my heart while I am not the one suffering. I still hope, I was able to give some meaning to the moment we shared. I hope you know that you matter.

I’ll keep looking for you, I promise.

Sometimes you have these days, weeks, moments when everything goes wrong, when you get one bad news after another, when the world seems to be against you or you just can’t help yourself but be in a bad mood. Well, at least in my life things have been a bit messy lately, my emotions all over the place. The good news for you is that I decided to finally start filling this account with content and what would be more suitable than sharing how I deal with the rough times…are you ready for my 3 pieces of self talk that help me get through it? 🤗

1. Bei okay with not being okay: Trust me, the more you’ll try to push your current state away, the worse it will get. Don’t try to convince yourself to be happy, if you are clearly not. Allow to feel what needs to be felt, what needs to be experienced. We tend to push certain emotions away because they don’t seem to fit us, our ambitions, they seem to hold us back. They won’t let us DO. Well, turns out, we are Human Beings, not Human Doings…so allow yourself to BE.

2. You can be a masterpiece and work in progress at the same time: I am a very inpatient person and often I get frustrated because I have that vision of the future and see myself being stuck, not making progress fast enough. Not having what I would like to have or where I would like to be. Just because you are not there, it is not yours yet, doesn’t mean it will never be. Allow yourself to experience the process and receive the learnings that are part of the journey. The ups and downs that come with it. Trust that everything will work out and that what you are going through right now is a natural part of it.

3. Not being okay can feel like an endless nightmare. The truth is, everything is only temporary. Nature works in cycles and so do our emotions. Whenever you feel down, assure yourself that this won’t be forever.

So while I am trying to center myself, allowing the storm to be & to pass while learning to make lemonade 😜 I am curious to hear your tips and tricks!!☺️