Hello and welcome to RealWomensWords and to 2014!
I am truly grateful to 2013, to all I learned and to all that I shared. To start us off this year we have the inspirational wisdom of Anj Handa who reminds us that we need to ensure that we are following our hearts desire. Anj is an amazing woman, you can find out more about Anj at http://about.me/anjhanda
You can comment on Anj's story below and keep the conversation going, you can also send me your story to publish and you can tell your women friends too.
Synchronicity and the power of sharing
I came across Dr Dee Gray in mid December 2013, through
an exchange on Twitter. I believe in synchronicity, not chance, so when Dee
asked me to tell my story or, as she says ‘share my toys’ on her Real Women’s Words
blog, I was more than happy to oblige. It seems appropriate to share my story
of transformation today, 2nd January 2014, having set my intentions
under the New Year New Moon.
My shift started around my birthday at the end of August
2012, when an Associate position with a client that went against my values
ended and I lost a friend through suicide. My bereavement was a huge shock and
although I had sent out a tender, at the time I had no immediate source of
alternative income. To say I was at a low ebb would be a massive
understatement.
On 2nd September 2012, to keep my mind
occupied, I started to dig in my garden, despite the blazing sun. As I dug, a
robin flew down and perched a metre away from me and watched me for five
minutes before flying off. I felt a sense of calm, as if it had brought a
message of reassurance from my friend that everything would be OK.
Sure enough, on 5th September, I heard that my
tender was successful and that was the start of a new client relationship that
continues to this day. Over the next ten months, I continued to work hard, yet
as I approached my next birthday I began to reflect and admitted to myself that
I wasn’t fulfilling my heart’s desire.
The only problem was, at the time, I didn’t know what
that was or how to go about identifying it! I began to read voraciously. Three
books have particularly informed my decision to move towards building a more
heart-centred business. These are ‘Daring Greatly’ by Brené
Brown; ‘The
Celestine Prophecy’ by James Redfield and ‘Know
Me, Like Me, Follow Me: What Online Social Networking Means for You’
by Penny Power.
Cue also a synchronistic series of events, some of which
are still unfolding and will be covered in a later blog. All I will say is that
some inspirational, respected and supportive women have re-entered my life and
have supported me both personally and professionally as I started my journey to
identify my calling.
I am clear now that my passion lies in empowering girls
and women through building resilience, improving their life chances through
better education and healthcare and tackling gender-based violence. I have been
working on a series of workshops and articles to facilitate this and have also
begun dialogue with a number of NGOs and other support organisations.
I’m hugely excited about 2014 and look forward to
‘sharing my toys’ with this supportive global community. In the words of Dr
B.J. Palmer “You never know how far-reaching something you think, say or do today,
will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.”
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