And it’s only 11am on a Saturday morning!
My tank is full
I know I’m such a better human when my tank is full of fuel, it’s just that at times the tank gets a little empty and doesn’t quit have the power to fly.
This morning has been filled with some fabulous items.
Firstly, morning Japanese Therapy Yoga (aka Ki Yoga). And I specify the yoga because I’ve been out experimenting with other yogas, and they just don’t give me what Ki Yoga does. It’s phenomenal. And morning classes really get you firing on all cylinders. It was also a great warmup to my next appointment.
Secondly, a treatment by my doctor of Chinese medicine. She had been able to see what was happening with my body from my demonstration on the yoga mat in the class she’d just taught, then with a few extra bits of info from me and my body, the conclusion was I needed more fingerprinting and play dough time for my gall bladder! This happens to me regularly, and thankfully having kiddies makes it a really easy strategy to put into play. But it was the words she said to another client as I was leaving that linked it to the third conversation She said ‘there is no other client like Bec.’ I was folding up a couple of blankets from my treatment at the time, and she initially said it’s her job to do that, and I said it’s a team game here. The other client in earshot said ‘gosh, they are the type of clients you like to have’, and she then said, ‘there is no other client like Bec’. We’ve been working together now for nearly five years. And she sees me in all kinds of states both on the mat and in the clinic. These words landed in two ways, firstly as a compliment from someone I adore and who enhances mine and my family’s lives immensely, and secondly because it reminded me that there are things I just do because I want to and love to, and I’m the best me when I do those things.
Thirdly, I got a whole hour and a half chat with my bestie, exchanging – as we do – tales, moments and revelations from our week which cover our intertwined passions of business, family-hood, and motherhood. Some of today’s topics included philosophical conversations between mothers and four year old girls, business models in terms of the split of income equity and control and how the relationship between these elements provides fuel to business, wellness clinics and the health care industry including multimodality clinics and how different people value themselves and others and the currencies they exchange in, meeting new babies and baby cuddles, toddler tantrums during fourth trimester and the flurry of emotions which come with that for the first born child and new sibling, helping people gain insight into where their business is really at with some very cool diagnostic tools, and to draw it all together most significantly we discussed brand, brand architecture and my personal brand and articulating this in brand assets through visual communication. And this is when it all came together, as I was strolling around the grounds of the school that my favourite weekly farmers and organic markets is located it.
It was the moment when the entire morning, and in fact my entire week, all came together, and I received a beautiful insight.
I need a lot of fuel at the moment
I’m at a point in my current business project where I need a lot of fuel, because I’ve been curating a lot of items together, and articulating those items in my own way, and I’m getting ready to reveal my next piece of art – a piece of work I’ve been working on for years which needs to be shipped to market, ready for judgement. It’s about to be thoroughly tested. And it’s the culmination of a lot of energy – thinking, designing, doing, conversing, and plenty more doing.
I’m shipping art
I realised it was art while I was listening to my new found fav podcast herBusiness with Suzi Dafnis, and it was her interview with Seth Godin this morning that made me finally see why Seth is a rocking individual, and someone who can help me expand my mind.
And I’m a superhero
But my reminder today was that I am a superhero for being me. The 100% version of me. The one I love to bits. The one I’ve been scared to put out for judgement before, for fear of others not feeling awesome about themselves because of something I have to say, for fear of making others uncomfortable, for fear of loosing a relationship I treasure for its moments and its exchanges.
What I realised is that my best friend and I bring out the best of each other because I have no fear in chatting with her. I can put anything on the table. She helps me draw out the bits that are me, and puts me squarely in line when I’m on a tangent that isn’t me.
Of course I’d love to spend more time with her, because she’s incredible, and together we’re amazing, but we treasure the time we have and I treasure her the rest of the time too.
My infrastructure is what keeps me powered up
My infrastructure – or my lifestyle foundation – works for me. I have to make sure I keep it in action.
Because when I do, the people I interact with, from my absolutely phenomenal family, friends, clients and colleagues, to the stranger I smiled at on the street, the world is a better place, and I’m a much better human – a superhero.
I share what I do because I love life, and my wish for others is that they love life at least as much as I do, because the feelings I have are so incredible. For my life, it’s got a few key components of fuel it requires to fly – loving and abundant relationships, challenge and growth, and fresh stimulation. When these three elements aren’t in play, my rocket ship becomes a slow moving bicycle. These elements mostly occur at the intersection of motherhood and business, where I bring together the highest version of motherhood and combine it with the intellectual stimulation of ethical, sustainable, abundant, village centred business, to explore what is possible, and create new possibilities. As a base for this kind of ground breaking performance, I start with my physical health and biochemistry, I master the health of my mind, I contribute to my home, village and community with my intellect and love, and I love my life.
To incredible, from wound up
And all of this is an incredible place to be, and thoughts to be thinking, after one of my most challenging days on this planet happened about 5 days ago. It was certainly the hardest parenting day I can ever recall, and it was essentially because I was too caught up in control. I was wound up, tight, and on the verge of growth. But I know to grow I need to let go, and that was the final tipping point. Thankfully, part of the recipe for accelerated growth, in business and in life, is that I have awesome infrastructure around me, which includes a support and sounding board network with a wealth of views. This means, I rarely get a chance to get too wound up – because they’ll stop me before that happens, and it means when I’m getting wound up, they help me realise what is happening, I give myself permission to make the shift, and all of sudden letting go is VERY quick and easy, and transformation and exponential growth follow.
And this growth leaves me feeling like a superhero – the absolute best version of me, and able to give and contribute in abundance and absolutely achieve anything.
For me, infrastructure plays a big part in all of this.
New infrastructure elements
This week’s infrastructure included a few new elements:
- Stimulation – Gabriela Rosa’s talk on Thriving versus Surviving as part of the De-Frost series
- Coaching – Tim Dwyer’s coaching call week 4 – coaching insight, plus pushing through uncomfortable spots
- New connection – Connecting with Linzi Boyd – remembering we’re both humans, and when I’m me and talk from my heart, if we’re meant to connect and create a partnership, that needs to start from me being me first, not trying to make everything so concise and perfectly articulated to optimise the time and the opportunity as my perfectionist, fear of failure of judgment, self likes to convince me at times.
More movement
I moved my body double the amount I have in a couple of months. It showed me things I didn’t like – lacking power and energy and flexibility – but reminded me why I was there and that this was what I needed to do to change it.
Less sleep
I also slept less. Now don’t get me wrong, I think sleep is the key to success in life, but sometimes there is a balance to find between being kind to yourself and getting recuperative sleep with oversleeping. It meant I got up earlier, went to bed ready for sleep but mostly less exhausted than I had been, and I was able to have a clear mind through the day, and be present in what I’m doing – my head was thinking from my heart.
Got loads done
And I got loads and loads and LOADS of stuff done. New strategy papers, new connections, new insights, learnt new things from and about my children, extra cuddles from my husband, more breathing time, more showers, and an awesome lot of love, happiness and joy.
Thank you
Thank you world… this week was a memorable one – for the ups and the downs and the abundance of break throughs. The energy it provides for next week is immense, and makes the world a better place, starting with little old me.
Now I best be off, to finish ‘floating’ around the market on cloud nine, filled with superhero powers, to buy some nourishing ingredients for the week and drink my turmeric lemonade I’ve just purchased.
Rx
