New Habits

Ladies, let's face it: we're a force to be reckoned with. We juggle work, family, and countless other responsibilities with grace and determination. But let's be honest, sometimes we push ourselves to the brink, forgetting that even the most powerful engines need to refuel.

Sandra Dalton-Smith, a brilliant mind in the realm of wellness, identifies seven types of rest:

Physical Rest: This is the classic kind - sleep, naps, and relaxation techniques like yoga and meditation.

Mental Rest: Giving your mind a break from constant thinking and decision-making.

Emotional Rest: Processing your feelings without judgment or shame.

Sensory Rest: Taking a break from overwhelming stimuli like noise, light, and technology.

Creative Rest: Engaging in hobbies and activities that spark joy and creativity.

Social Rest: Spending quality time with loved ones without feeling the pressure to perform.

Spiritual Rest: Connecting with something greater than yourself and finding peace within.

The truth is, rest isn't just a luxury; it's a spiritual obligation.
It's about honoring our bodies, minds, and souls.

So, let's commit to making rest a priority.
Let's give ourselves permission to slow down, recharge, and come back to ourselves.

Remember, a well-rested woman is a powerful woman.

Let's embrace the blissful art of doing nothing and finding the spaces within that has the answers we seek and the wisdom and insight to support and guide ourselves.

Let's reap the benefits and the rewards of a truly restful and peaceful life.

Remember, if you don't rest, you'll rust.

I'd love to know how you are resting today

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU BELIEVE YOU DESERVE?

Perhaps there there are parts of you that believe wholeheartedly that you are Made for More?

More of the earthly delights.
More Comfort.
More Contentedness.
More Ease.
More Joy.
More Wholeheartedness.
More Love.

It's not too much to ask for.
Or is it?

Are there also parts of you that feel that this is simply not possible?
Least of all for you?

Perhaps there are parts of you that recoil with shame that you might want this for yourself?
That chides you to be content with your lot?
After all, there is so much suffering in this world.

The journey to enoughness can seem endless and riddled with obstacles and unanswered questions.

Your enoughness and your worthiness is a function of your beliefs.
And once you make them so, your beliefs are a function of your choices.

Choose Your More.
Actively. Consciously.

Know that you are deserving of your desires.
They come to you to show you your unique way to grow and blossom.

We have 3 resources that shape and determine the value of all other resources.

These are our:
Time
Energy &
Focus

The way in which we deploy our focus pretty much determine what we can achieve with our resources.

It shapes how we experience the world and the people around us.
It also shapes how we experience the world within us.

To call our Time, Energy and Focus precious, is an understatement.

It is EVERYTHING.

It is the resources with which we lead ourselves and with which we create our reality.

They are the resources with which we create not simply our reality, but OUR VERY SELVES.

The question then is, 'How are you deploying these extraordinary resources?' How are you nurturing them?

How you are you using them to create yourself as you move from 🎯 moment to moment,
🎯 from relationship to relationship,
🎯 from task to task,
🎯 from context to context?

How responsible are you being with these magical resources?

As you go through your day, notice what you
🔺 Talk about - is it actually serving you?
🔺 Get annoyed with - What action are you being invited to contemplate and ultimately take
🔺 Complain about - What might you have to change or let go of?
🔺 Expend energy avoiding things - What do you have to face? 🔺 How do you actually deal with and process the anxiety that's holding you back?
🔺 Do that you don't actually want to - What are the stories you are believing about your power or how could you be more creative with your perspective?
🔺 Do that violate your own values, priorities and sense of self, and that create physical pain for you [headaches, stress-related pain, digestion pain and discomfort]
🔺 Dream about - Is it about escaping your here and now, or are you dreaming and designing your next?

There is ZERO 0️⃣ time when you are not creating your reality. Z.E.R.O. 🔴

🔔You are ALWAYS creating your reality.
Yes, life happens and Yes, you are part of a bigger ecosystem.
You are however not a powerless leaf floating away on a stream into an undefinable oblivion.

You have the gift of 3 extraordinary resources:
♦️Your Time
♦️Your Energy
♦️Your Focus.

And where you Focus goes, your Energy Flows. 📣
You get to direct your Focus.
You get to Co-Create with life.

Your are Created as a Creator by your Creator.
And your Creator gave you dominion over your
♦️Time
♦️Energy &
♦️Focus.

You may have to unlearn the habits you have with these magnificent resources.
You may have to learn how to still your mind and actively choose your focus.
And you can.

Will it be easy?
Probably not.
Can you afford not to?
That's for you to answer ♥️

Do people still wear busyness like a badge of honour?
Is multitasking still fashionable?
I hear the word hustle everywhere I go these days.
Same thing in my book.
It’s a bit like nails on a chalkboard for me.
Work harder. Do more. Be better. More. More. And yet more.

Its unending and it is insatiable.

Many people I know love this way of working. The adrenalin fuels them. The busyness feels potent.
I get that. Busyness was my drug of choice once upon a time. When I lose sight of what really matters most to me. The cravings resurface.

If this way of working gets you up in the morning and fuels your soul, go for it.

But, if this feels like it may just be driving you to an early grave, and leaves you feeling more expired than inspired, it may delight you to that there is another way.

There is undoubtedly a path to work that feels purposeful and a life that feels like home.

First you have to believe that it is possible.
And why should it not be? More and more people are tuning out of the hustle and tuning into their own vocational frequency.

Then you have to believe that it is possible for you.
And it is.
It really is.
In spite of the noisy objections rising in your mind, it is possible for you.

Next, you want to imagine it. You have a powerful mind and it was designed to serve you. It needs clear instructions and your imagination is a blessed place to start mapping out those instructions.

Imagine your ideal way of working.
• What does it look like?
• What does it feel like?
• How does it fit into the rest of your day?
• How does how you earn a living fit into the rest of your life?
• How does it express your innate strengths and talents?
• How does it stretch you?
• How does it align with your values and your desires?
• How is it an expression of your yearnings to create and to contribute?
• How does it meet your social needs?

In this ideal way of working, what does it feel like to be you?

We all have our own versions of success. Those of us fortunate enough to accomplish it, take the time regularly to define it, and to recognise ways in which to show up to life and all its challenges and opportunities to create it.
The path to aligned work is different for each of us. We can’t travel it if we don’t create it. You get to create your path step by step in your own way, at your own speed, with your own values and with your own energy.

Flow is the state where we are in the zone. It’s those moments where we feel no resistance. It’s a way of being in which we choose the struggles we have as a part of our journey, and as instruments for our development. It’s how we feel when we have the right mix between the challenge of the task and the strengths we are applying.

Enough flow on a regular basis is what is need to create fulfilling success. Without it we can still create success. We create the right score on the board, but it feels empty and unsatisfying. It feels like it may belong to someone else. Like it is foreign to our sense of self.

Without sufficient flow, we experience too much stress.
Not the good kind.

The kind that gets us overwhelmed and anxious.
As productive as overwhelm and anxiety feels, it’s not useful and it is positively unproductive.
It is exhausting.
Our brains can’t do its magic; and they simply cannot serve us with the creativity and ingenuity they are designed for.
When we push too hard and hustle too much, we take ourselves out of the very game at which we want to win.

Find your own rhythm.
Set your own pace.
Do it your way.
And go for the flow, not the hustle.

Quiet the mind,
and the
Soul will Speak.

9 Years ago I shed my corporate identity and set out to create a lifestyle that made it possible to live across Johannesburg and Cape Town.

I knew that I wanted to help others, and at that time, I knew with every fibre of my being that I wanted to contribute to creating healthier corporate environments.

✅ It was something I simply KNEW I could do.
😀 I quite literally thought ‘How hard could it be?’
🥳 I had been pretty successful at everything else I tried.👩🏻‍🔧

WHY NOT THIS? SURELY IF THIS DESIRE AROSE FROM DEEP WITHIN MY HEART, IT WOULD BE EVER MORE EASIER?
RIGHT? THE UNIVERSE SURE HAS A SENSE OF HUMOUR 🤣😂🤣
❤️‍🩹 Boy oh Boy! was I schooled!
❤️‍🩹 I’ve had to go toe-to-toe with every self-limiting belief and shadow and wound I’ve ever had to get to a place where I can say that I am thriving, and feeling self-assured in what I do and how I show up.

🩷 I’m still learning, but I am no longer held back by the unknown and I play more freely than I have since setting out on this journey.

My journey with branding started out in the conventional ways. I went on the trainings and I did the work. Conceptually, I was on point!

💔 Except I wasn’t.

🤯 Not only would the training and workshopping not help; more frequently than not, I would slip further back, and spiral into increasing levels of confusion, self-doubt and general anxiety.

🤯 What looked, at times like apathy or even like me having my ducks in a row, was more often than not, complete and utter chaos.

In addition to branding and marketing training, I also trained incessantly as a coach.

❤️‍🩹 Course after course, my confidence declined.
I knew I was in trouble. So I paused. And I chartered a path that turned out to be liberating mentally, emotionally, socially, financially, romantically and even spiritually.

✅ If you are contemplating a pivot in your career or business, or if you have been recycling the same ideas with no progress, and if you’re ready to make your way into your own light, join me for Branding Bravely, and let uncover your leverage points together.
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