Dear Friends ~ you might notice some changes around here, some new stuff appearing. It might just be small stuff for now ….. but wait and see. There is the potential for more dramatic changes to come! And I hope you’ll feel as excited about that as I do.
You see, when I started my blog, I had intended to make it link to a website that would promote my creative and spiritual projects . . . . I’m still feeling tentative about calling it ‘my business’, as I think many of us round here feel that ‘business’ is a rather dirty word. Well, in my time here, I’m discovering people that are recreating ‘business’ into something far more authentic and inspiring, people like Jamie Ridler, Danette Relic, Tara Joyce, Goddess Leonie and all the fabulous Etsy sellers and writers I’ve encountered out there in Blogland.
Yes, business as we once understood it, was run on competitive, commercial, capitalistic principles ….. but some of us want to create our own businesses that will support our lives and our dreams, based on what we do well and what we love doing. I’ve struggled with my business since I became self-employed as a Therapist/Spiritual Teacher in June 2007, mostly because I am absolutely terrible at promoting myself. I’m just not very good at getting out there, and I’m pretty shy in social settings (apart from when I’m in my Teaching/Leading role). Also, my dreams and plans for what I wanted to do have very much branched out and expanded, organically, in different directions, so that my original clarity of purpose and my USP (ugh! hate the jargon like that) have become unclear to everyone, including me!
So I’ve been in a period of hibernation and incubation recently. Getting some clarity. Getting in touch with my roots. Now I’m almost ready to start branching out again.
And I notice that I’ve really changed. I no longer have this burning desire to ‘heal’ people (when I started out I was doing massage and Reiki, and very eager to learn new healing methods) but I do really enjoy supporting people on their personal paths of development, and I’ve got loads of great tools and techniques to share with them that can be great fun and inspiring to do. And I love bringing people together in groups, creating the space and the environment that allows them to reach into unexplored territory within themselves.
Essentially, our spiritual or creative path is about learning to become Whole/Healed within ourselves, and I’ve discovered that we are each responsible for how we do that ~ no-one can do it for us. But we all need opportunities to find our own way to Healing, and to celebrate milestones along our paths.
More to come, for sure.
For now, I wish you all a beautiful Wednesday.
Bright Blessings.
