Back in 2016 I burnt out and my then business had lost all of its passion and purpose.
I felt like giving up and sold the remainder of my retail stock.
The health of my heart and my breathing was under medical supervision as I’d worked sooo hard for five years and as a single Mum, and I signed myself up to recover in front of Netflix for a couple of months or so. I wondered what the hell I was going to do next as I couldn’t bear the thought of getting a job after having a beloved business.
People saw me as successful, but inside I felt genuinely disconnected and lost. And I despised that feeling of not having a purpose and struggled to sit with it. As much as I love a good thriller, there’s only so many films I could watch and my mind that craves stimulation drove me potty. But my physical health left me no choice but to be still and rest. And in time, under duress, I surrendered to my situation.
Then I found myself beginning to enjoy the quiet and stillness and rest. And boy, I needed it, after relentlessly working for five years solidly.
And then, my inner voice, my intuition, began to make itself heard, until it loudly shouted at me each day “Write your book!”
I’d always loved writing and excelled at it, and my childhood dream was to become an author, and I’d been seriously inspired by a particular author some years back. I had dabbled a little, but it didn’t feel quite right at the time.
So, I decided I was going to write my book. And very quickly, it all came together in my mind.
Once I’d recovered health wise – I began to write.
Sixteen days later, I’d penned 47,000 words of mostly memories, telling my version of my story of overcoming from age ten through to current day. It felt incredibly freeing and inspiring. I’d motivated the hell out of myself!
After my book was published several weeks later (I don’t hang around!) I won an author award, was finalist in several business awards, spoke on stages, attracted clients to work with me quickly and my new business, set in deep purpose, was born.
It has grown organically and thrived ever since, and I’ve helped dozens, and dozens and dozens of clients become published authors. I’ve penned another book of my own, have several in the making, have written full books on behalf of ten ghostwriting clients, edited stacks of paperbacks, and coached and mentored many more folks to write their own books.
This didn’t happen through working the grueling hours I forced my body and psyche through before.
It occurred because I aligned with myself, healed a lot more of my shadow self, and embraced my joint creative and analytical strengths.
It has changed my life.
If you’re wanting support to make writing your book easier, more purposeful and more successfully to achieve your expansion – this is it waiting for you.