Celebrating New (Presidential!) Beginnings

Yesterday was a super fun and special day! I had my first morning as President of my BNI Chapter!

Over the last almost 18 months, being part of this group has been SO valuable for me both professionally and personally. It’s of course brought in new business and income, but beyond that I have a sense of community, structure and regularity in my self-employed life that was missing before. I’m building friendships in that team and I’m learning and growing as a business owner.

I’m SUPER excited for what the year ahead will hold, and very proud to have been given the chance to lead this group of dynamic, generous and highly skilled professionals!

I’ll be working together with an amazing leadership team; especially Vice-President Nigel Standish, a fantastic Business Coach, and Secretary / Treasurer Alyson Gale who is a brilliant Family Lawyer:

And yes, the leaders are awesome, but honestly, this whole chapter is filled with amazing humans. I feel very fortunate to have found them and to get to spend every Thursday morning hanging out and discovering how we can help one another grow.

Bring on an awesome year!

Never underestimate the power of your past. Because it’s not in the past. It’s here in this living moment with you – woven into your responses, choices and perceptions; baked into your nervous system and psyche through and reinforcement and repetition.

That doesn’t mean your past has to define you, not at all.

Though, you’re lying to yourself if you say ‘its in the past’, yet have done no work to clear the ripples of that past from your system to create space for something new.

Yesterday, in a session with my coach, I went ‘back in time’ to the end of 2020, when I went through an experience that was somewhat challenging for me.

Here is a sublime example

Despite acknowledging the challenge at the time, I realised looking back that I hadn’t fully resolved or digested what happened there.

Part of me stayed frozen in that experience, and on the subtlest of levels, I have gotten in my own way unconsciously ever since.

That past experience was with me in every moment. It informed my capacity and energy levels, choices and perceptions.

And this is how the past shapes us – you have experiences that your system ‘learns’ from, and you then – often completely unconsciously – adjust accordingly to avoid repeating painful or difficult events.

We are such clever adaptive creatures.

But, those ‘adaptations’ will inadvertently shape your behaviour, attitudes, thoughts and feelings in a way that can begin to inhibit your ability to fully show up for your business or career, relationships, and life in general.

If you bring the process of ‘learning’ from these past experiences into consciousness, you gift yourself the chance to mine the gold from the past, get the learnings and gifts link example: and then move forward with your life.

„ QUOTE DESIGN: I CALL THIS PROCESS ‘DIGESTING’ YOUR PAST EXPERIENCES, AND HAVE SPECIFIC PRACTICES I TEACH TO SUPPORT YOU TO DO THIS.“

I call this process ‘digesting’ your past experiences, and have specific practices I teach to support you to do this.

The challenges of the past – and your adaptations – can become like a cage you find yourself living in if you’re not aware, but this digestion process ensures your continued liberation…

Which past experiences do you need to free yourself from?

We are such clever adaptive creatures.

If you bring the process of ‘learning’ from these past experiences into consciousness, you gift yourself the chance to mine the gold from the past, get the learnings.