Taking some time to sit, open your mind, and allow thoughts to wander in might be more productive than you’d expect.

People don’t realize how profitable, productive and powerful it is to sit and think.

According to research, people underestimate how much they would like to spend time alone with their thoughts with nothing to distract them.

Research suggests that individuals have difficulty appreciating how engaging thinking can be.

That could explain why people prefer keeping themselves busy with devices and other distractions, rather than taking a moment to reflect.

We live in an age where “doing” is more important than “being.”

Unfortunately, we live in a world with information and action overload. We have to move forward, doing something, even if it is a distraction. It’s easy to ‘kill time.’

When you wake up, you can check your phone rather than immerse yourself in your internal free-floating thinking.

Why?

This way of thinking will be boring, a waste of time, and will not produce anything.

Free thinking is an opportunity to engage yourself without reacting, distractions or without input from the outside world.

Our actions tend to be motivated by the fact that we find more benefits than drawbacks. And we must find more benefits in action.

So let me give you a stack of benefits to sitting, contemplating, and being.

1. Connection to your body

• • To contemplate physical actions, sensations, and feelings – what are they telling you?
  • To be conscious of your legs, arms, hands, and feet and create awareness of the vehicle you are in. And have gratitude for the miles it has carried your soul.
  • To acknowledge your breath and focus on the here and now, not focused on the past or present.

2. Connection to your feelings

• • To allow both physical and mental feelings to surface without attachment to how you should or shouldn’t be feeling.
  • To contemplate your feelings as they arise, what are they trying to reveal to you?
  • To acknowledge your feelings (it’s ok to feel by the way – you are human).

3. Connection to your mind

• • To empty the mind, and take away distractions to see what you are thinking and feeling.
  • To contemplate the thoughts that arise (we watch them, but we are not in them).
  • To allow the free flow of thoughts and see where the river of the mind and thinking take you.

4. Connection to your world around you

• • To contemplate where are you in life
  • To create space for awareness of what you would love and reflect is your life in alignment with this or not?
  • To allow time to reconnect with yourself so you can go out into the world as the fullest you.

It is in the space in between that allows a whole state of mind. You attend, intend, and allow thoughts and ideas to flow.

The idea of sitting and contemplating can be twofold.

1. To empty the mind
2. To observe the mind
   

1. 1. To empty the mind

Consider our minds to be water and our thoughts to be multi-coloured. Water is colourless, odourless, and shapeless. When we add colour to the water, the water is no longer clear, but swirls with the colour of the dye. The more colours, the water turns black. And the mind becomes endarkened with thoughts.

(When we apply the DeMartini Method, we dissolve thoughts and get to your true state of being. The closer we are to our soul, the clearer the messages).

1. 2. To observe the mind

Sometimes we go into “fix it mode,” where something arises in our mind and we go to resolve it. If we take time to contemplate and allow the wandering of the mind, we can allow deeper thoughts to arise.

It is not attaching to your thoughts or trying to direct them, but allows you to see what comes up. Imagine it like seeing the clouds go by and you are on the soft grass watching them. Observing the shapes and seeing them change and pass.

So for me, I am investing a weekend next weekend with a client, who is now a close friend, in emptying the mind, so that I can master plan my life without distraction and the influence of others’ decisions. 

So, are you up for some quiet contemplation?

Leadership Coach & Master Certified DeMartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

I ask this every week in class. And I ask you this in a public setting.

“What are you struggling with?”

When you share your struggles, you begin the healing process.

Others don’t perceive you in a negative light.

In fact, it is the opposite; they think how brave you are.

Flashback 6 months ago to our Maximum Growth Members Only Viewing hot seat. We covered a touchy subject of a client receiving gentile herpes from their spouse. Many people commented on her bravery to share such a private issue, publicly.

She didn’t look bad publicly.

In fact, sharing her struggle helped so many more people.

Her story helped me to reach out to a public figure who suffered from herpes, and I was able to share some of the insights from the session. She then signed up for 3 months of coaching on the back of that conversation.

If you foster an experience of trust, openness, and vulnerability with your community, they will share more with you.

I hear from clients that they want real.

So I want to know your struggles.

I want to know what you are hiding that you don’t want the world to know (if it’s imposter syndrome, check out this post from last week).

And if there was a way I could help you, either anonymously in the Ask Me Anything Class or publicly, feel free to fill out the survey here.

I’m not interested in making you look good or bad. It would be impossible to build a business doing this as it goes against universal principles.

What I can do is serve you at speed. I can help you to solve your own problems.

And I can only serve you to the degree you share.

In October we are closing the doors, so if you or anyone you know would like to join Maximum Growth, or you’d love to return to the community and classes again, click on the link to find out more.

With love,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

How many times do you hear “fake it until you make it.” ?

And you take the advice and pretend to be better than you are. Then people buy into it and inside you struggle. You wonder if you will be caught on how much you don’t know.

This is the fastest way to imposter syndrome.

How would you ever feel like you are yourself, and that it is ok to make mistakes in your business if you think you have to be the best – and perfect. Or you have to constantly prove yourself to people. It would be exhausting.

Imposter Syndrome is the talk of the town. And many people in business can connect with it.

In our Maximum Growth classes, we are big on finding the problem under the problem. Imposter Syndrome is the label, but what is going on in your psyche to create this way of being?

Here are the top three problems.

1. You are expecting to be an expert at the beginning of your career. Imagine you expected to be a black belt and you were still on your white. Impossible to live up to.
2. You have high standards of yourself, even boarding on perfectionism, which means you struggle to make mistakes.
3. You suffer from comparisonitis and play small to others, which dampens your brightness.

Imposter Syndrome is feedback for you.

It is telling you to let go of trying to be impressive and perfect.

People love being real, they love mistakes and it shows you are human.

If you set incredibly high standards, then you’ll never live up to them and continue the cycle of not feeling enough.

People are always going to be more experienced than you, more beautiful or handsome, have more money, more business. That is life. But it doesn’t have to mean you are not worthy of having all of that too. You just have to work for it.

So hold off on beating yourself down when looking in the mirror and live by this motto – face it until you ace it.

And if you would love help to live your truth, and build a business around what you’d love to share with the world, then join Maximum Growth Membership before our doors close at the end of October. Find out more here.

With warm fuzzy hugs,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

My heart felt like someone had ripped it out of my chest.

I’ve got a spring in my step today.

We have another Maximum Growth Transformation Day. This day is so inspiring.

Why?

Let me share with you.

I was standing in my lounge room when the phone rang. It is Friday, 8:50am, on the 6th of February, 2009. I anticipated it would be Eddie, my boyfriend, who was on his way to pick me up.

Disappointment hit. It wasn’t Eddie, it was his brother’s wife Kerrie.

“Tanya. Are you sitting down?” I felt a chill run down my spine.

You know what they are about to say. You know the next sentence.

My heart felt like someone had ripped it out of my chest. I could hardly breathe. Grief does crazy things to you. It felt like my mind went mushy. I couldn’t think, I couldn’t feel. I fell into a dark hole.

It was one of my darkest times, a time with absolutely no hope. I didn’t see the point of life if the man I loved was gone.

Eddie and I would go on lots of adventures together, exploring parts of Australia and the world. That fateful morning, we had our hearts set on eating organic donuts in Byron Bay. They sound so healthy, you can eat lots of them, right?! 😉

Over the coming weeks, I was surrounded by my amazing family who, before then, had been separated, both physically and emotionally. My younger sister and I became close and she asked me to come to Sydney for the weekend.

As I was preparing to leave for my flight, I connected with her flat mate, Nancy.

I told her my story.

She looked me dead in the eye and said “ Tanya come to the Breakthrough Experience in Sydney in a few weeks. I know it can help.”

You know when someone makes a statement with so much certainty, you have to go.

I found myself two weeks later in Sydney attending The Breakthrough Experience, presented by Dr. John Demartini.

On the Sunday, John asked the group if anyone in the room had experienced death recently?

I was sitting at the side of the room, and I am handed the microphone.

I have tears rolling down my face , my hand shakes as I hold the microphone, I try to get my words out. “Three months ago my boyfriend was killed suddenly.”

The room votes, and I am chosen to go up on stage with Dr Demartini to do a process in front of the audience.

He asks me 4 questions, nothing more, nothing less. Just four questions.

And in 1.20mins I no longer felt grief, sadness or loss for Eddie. All I felt was an immense amount of love, appreciation and a deep sense of gratitude for him.

If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be walking this path I am today, I would still be a recluse, hiding away, not wanting to be in the world.

In 1.20 minutes, my world changed. I felt lighter, my head was clear. From all I knew about grief counselling as a counsellor, it was going to be a two to five year dark road ahead.

And this man showed me a different way.

I knew from that moment onwards I had found my purpose. If I was going to master something, anything, it would be this methodology.

If I dedicated my life to this, I could truly transform myself and the world, I could set people feel of limitations, beliefs and challenges which holds them back from shining their light onto the world.

So I know, from the bottom of my heart, that Eddie’s death wasn’t in vain. His death gave me my purpose, but most of all, his death gave me my life.

For that I am truly grateful.

This is why I do what I do.

Tell me, why do you do what you do?

I would love to hear your story.

Just in case you want to join the Maximum Growth Transformation Day, check out the link here for more details.

If you know someone who could benefit from coming to class to level up in mindset or business, then share this email with them or this link to learn more about group coaching.

With hugs and heart.

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

Imagine running your own business like playing the piano. You have to master many different keys at the same time. 

However, you can’t hit all the keys at once, it would sound horrendous.

But if you want to master your business, these three skills will help you play a beautiful tune.

1. Challenge Yourself To Take Risks
   To level up in your business, you must continue to challenge yourself.Challenges keep you thinking, strategising and growing.With challenge, comes risk. We tend to be risk-averse but as a business owner making decisions about which risks to take and what to avoid is a skill.

   Successful entrepreneurs take risks. You have to in order to grow.

   Every risk comes with a downside and opportunities. You take a risk when you believe the benefits far outweigh the potential downsides.

   Learn how to identify which risks are worth taking, which ones you want to avoid to become a more masterful business owner.

2. Learn To Public Speak 

   When you think of the most important skills for a business owner, public speaking probably isn’t the first thing you think of, but it is vital.It’s not a skill immediately necessary for someone starting a business. However, as you master this skill, you have the ability to share your message with more people, which can directly impact the growth of your business.Public speaking skills can help you not only speak in public, but speak in Facebook communities, to potential clients and even to your team.

   The reason this skill is most avoided is because it is intimidating. We want to avoid being judged or feeling humiliated. In our Maximum Growth Business Class, we worked on the fear of public speaking this past week.

   Public speaking is also a learned skill. I did my time at Toastmasters International®, an organization dedicated solely to helping members improve their skills through workshops and mock presentations called Table Topics® sessions each week at local clubs worldwide. Or check out this article from the Science of People for speaking skills to master.

   In our Business Membership, our class was focused on “Getting a paid speaking gig.” The group included a new coach, an author, an actor, a singer. All who were able to remove the growth ceiling to go to the next level.

   If you’re keen to jump into class before our doors close in October and won’t reopen until April, then check out the

   Business Membership here and we will no longer offer monthly billing. Get in quick.

3. Finances 

   One of the most important skills for any business owner is accounting.It is the most important and sometimes the least looked at part of the business.As a business owner, you want to understand the profit and loss statements and taxes so you can make informed decisions about where to spend money.

   No point spending all your money and having scrapes left to pay yourself wage.

   You don’t have to know the accounts at an accountant level, that is why you hire accountants. You have to know enough to make informed decisions.

At the end of the day, you want to know you are singing your own tune in business.

Focus on what you do best, and grow these three skills and you’ll increase your income and impact on your business. 

Until the next perfect time,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. We have our Maximum Growth Transformation Day which is a day to apply the Demartini Method with other like-minded individuals to have your heart opened. Check out the link here for more details.

P.S.S. If you know someone who could benefit from coming to class to level up in mindset or business, then share this email with them or this link to learn more about group coaching.

The universe is your mind.

It’s your YOUniverse.

Thales believed that “the universe is alive and full of spirits.”

That makes me a little goosebumpy.

Aristotle said “some say a soul is mingled in the whole universe”, which is perhaps why Thales thought that everything is full of spirits.

Everything is energy.

When you go out into the YOUniverse with a question, a focus, you can’t help but get messages back.

This is because your frequency and focus attract your attention and the answer you seek.

In our life we experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of consciousness.

This delusion is a kind of prison, restricting you to what is possible.

Your task is to free yourself from this prison by widening your perspective to embrace nature, people and the universe as you.

When you do, you allow more of the YOUniverse to speak to you.

It isn’t about thinking. As Alber Einstien said, “I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.”

It is in space, you find the answer. It is the emptying of the mind that the solution arises.

The Power Walkshop allows this space and time for you to be in the YOUniverse and know your purpose. 

Register here if you are interested in attending the Sydney June 1 – 5 2023 Power Walkshop.

Or register your interest here in a future Camino Power Walkshop in Spain.

In the meantime, check this video on our last Power Walkshop. 

Until the next perfect time,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. If you know someone who could benefit from coming to class to level up in mindset or business, then share this email with them or this link to learn more about group coaching.

One day, I was sitting at my desk contemplating a new program I wanted to run. Looking out of my window, I was allowing space and time in my mind to ponder.

It is sometimes tricky when you have a lot of responsibilities, people asking things from you to have thinking space.

This moment was one of those rare times I could just be. Be open to what might drop in.

All of a sudden, there was a rush of energy that flew through me.

I felt compelled to write.

It was as if the program was unveiled to me, and my hands started typing, mapping out the program in ever finer detail.

As I stepped back and re-read what I had written, I knew that this was a unique opportunity for people to uncover their life’s purpose.

And that is how the program for the Power Walkshop was written.

I know that if I hadn’t created the space for my creative ideas, I wouldn’t have allowed any new ideas to come through.

Do you feel the same way? A little too jam packed and not enough thinking space?

Time off is just as important as time on.

It allows you to reconnect with yourself, re-charge your energy levels, it reinvigorates the possibility of what is ahead.

I know for me when I spend too long running on the treadmill, doing business, building my career, taking care of the people closest to me, that I end up forgetting about myself and why I was doing all this work (do you feel me?)

And that cost me ALOT to bring myself back into the centre and become clear about what I truly wanted.

You want to give yourself permission to take time off. To disconnect from the world, from all the noise and distractions and hear your own voice.

Because making money without a true purpose is meaningless.

AND money can be made in the future when you are re-energised and ready to give to the world in a way that is aligned with what is most important.

So if you were to take a moment right now, just 10 seconds, and ask yourself what is your purpose in life?

Do you know what it is? And more importantly, does it light you up in a way that you can’t wait to work on it every day?

If not, I would encourage you to consider the Power Walkshop as it is a way to get out of your head, get into your body and heart, to feel the power and connection to the world around you.

And to have your purpose revealed to you.

Yes. It is revealed to you.

No more scratching your head and trying to figure out this cosmic mystery. It will be in your face obvious that you will know it in every cell of your being.

I hope to see you on this soulful journey.

With love and light,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

Let’s talk business.

I had a client this week focused on what their niche was in business and struggled to make a decision.

So let’s deep dive down the rabbit hole of specialising.

Specialising makes you unique and essentially stand out like a familiar face among a crowd of strangers in the marketplace.

There are so many options, how do you make such a big decision?

Choosing a niche might be similar to having a favourite meal out. There are so many options, breakfast, lunch, dinner, a snack or even dessert. But we all know which category our favourite meal falls under.

And choosing might boil down to a few options. But in the end, if it was our last meal on earth, we know which one we would choose (apple crumble for me!).

If only it would be that simple?

As you grow and change, so will your niche. Because you’re growing with knowledge and wisdom to share, you’re refining what you know and getting clearer on your specialty.

You’re also evolving as an individual too. So what you are interested in, who you love to serve, what you are challenged by will change too.

It’s not the choice you make that is important.

It’s making a choice that is important.

We forget that inaction costs.

So what prevents you from really knowing what your specialty is?

If we dig deeper, which is what we love doing at Maximum Growth Classes, there are a few problems under the problem.

1. Imposter syndrome is real.

   One client described the decision to niche that no matter what decision they make, they perceived to be an imposter. Their voice shakes as they speak. Their head spins with thoughts of who they think they should be.

   It is common for people at the beginning of any business journey or speciality to not know enough. And that imposter syndrome is an opportunity for you to reconcile the need to know more and love not knowing everything.

2. My decision will be judged.

   When working with one client in the Business Membership, they shared that they were compared to a simbling. There was a lot of competition that was created between the two of them.

   So when someone brings up something perceived negative about them, it hits me hard. They described it as like a punch in the chest. So they are avoiding making a decision to avoid being judged.

3. What if I make the “wrong” choice?

   This is a big one. The decision seems final. Who are you going to serve forever and ever and ever. Amen.

   But let me say again

   It’s not the choice you make that is important.

   It’s making a choice that is important.

   We forget that inaction costs. 

   There is no wrong or right, just a decision you feel certain about.

   Follow your intuition, and allow that to be your guide, not your head, not your market, or your social media posts.

   ​​​​​​​Your intuition can only be heard when you are being yourself, and in moments of quiet.

So what do you do then to define your speciality?

First, like Bridget shared in our Business class this week who shared a quote from Tony Robbin’s, “Find yourself in the service of others”

Just love serving. See that as your broader specialty.

And allow the niche to reveal itself as you serve.

And once you know your niche, and you have some traction in your business, come and join Maximum Growth Business Membership. It is all the mindset tools you need to accelerate your growth personally and professionally.

In service of you,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

Yes you, stop being a people pleaser.

We all have had moments in our lives when we want to be liked by others.

It makes us feel all the good feelings (thanks brain), plus we feel connected to people and can create a sense of importance.

But is it really worth it?

I think the answer is a clear no.

In fact, I believe that it’s actually detrimental to our well-being to try too hard to please others.

Studies have shown that people who are constantly trying to please others tend to be unhappy and stressed out.

They also have a harder time saying no, which can lead to them being taken advantage of.

How do you know you are a people pleaser?

Here are the tell-tale signs:

• Low self worth. People pleasers draw their self-worth from the approval of others.
• You need (yes need) others to like you.
• You agree, even if you don’t agree.
• You describe yourself as a giver (or have extremely high empathy).

Now, let’s look at this action of pleasing with a new lens.

If we dig to find the problem under the problem, you might find that people-pleasing is difficult in conflict management and being able to say “no” among other reasons.

Saying “no” or turning down a request for help might make them think less of you and that is a challenge. Therefore, agreeing to do what they want might seem like an easier option, even if you don’t want to.

This pattern can cause problems because people’s needs come before your needs. And the boundaries are blurred.

Unless you become comfortable with pissing people off, then you will continue to people-please and, by default, you minimise yourself.

Instead of trying to please everyone, it’s important to find out what you want.

Ask yourself: “how does doing what I want serve others?”

That way, you have your needs met and you can see how others’ needs are met indirectly.

If you want to break the pattern of people-pleasing, recognising the behavior is the first step.

Your awareness around the ways you tend to people-please will begin on your journey of putting yourself first.

Then knowing your boundaries and taking action on them is important to uphold what is important to you.

The Demartini Method helps to fully balance out the fine line between pleasing a particular person and pleasing yourself. It gives you the equilibrium and insight to make the right decisions and to be 100% comfortable in your decision.

Maximum Growth Transformation Day is 6 hours, facilitated by me to break through the noise and get to the guts of the problem.  

Then you are free to focus on servicing your community.

And always remember, you first, then the world.

Much love,

Would you like to know the secret sauce to success?

Oh you want me to whisper it into your ear {first_name}!

If we could create a secret formula of success, bottle it, add a fancy label, we would probably get rich off it.

If only it were that simple. But the truth is, you ain’t here, reading this newsletter if that was your mojo.

You don’t mind getting a little dirty, rolling up your sleeves and getting to work.

So, as you get your butt on the growth train, and catapult yourself to higher levels of success, here are just 3 traits that will get you there faster.

1. Prioritise. Prioritise. Prioritise.

Just had to say it a few times so it sinks in.

Focusing on the most important things when you need to, and doing the work when you don’t feel like it.

Let’s face it, you know this but many don’t do it. And the reason is because it is a skill like riding a bike, planning your quarterly strategy or the art of selling.

Prioritising requires time to practice and to master.

Consider making it a daily task to practice prioritising, ask what is the most important task to do today, set an estimated time and repeat. This means throughout your day reviewing if you are doing the most important task now or not.

Priorising will keep you on track.

2. Resilience

This is where, no matter the circumstances, when you fall over, you get back up again.

Business can be tough, you get knocked around and down. You might feel some days the world is against you, or rejected because you can’t seem to pick up business.

Setbacks happen. People will say no. Heck, they may even bitch and moan about what you don’t do for them to anyone who will listen.

It’s not just resistance, but residence with a growth mindset is the secret. If you see how any challenge is helping you on your path to growth, you’re resilient with a purpose.

Resilience is key to being able to navigate through the challenges with grace.

3. Accountability

You work for yourself, so the benefit of working for yourself is no one tells you what to do.

Yet…… the downside of working for yourself is no one tells you what to do.

*Big sigh*

You have to make sure you hold yourself accountable to the goals you want, and do the action steps necessary to achieve your goals.

It can be so easy to do feel good tasks. But, these tasks are not necessarily the tasks that will achieve a result.

Do these three actions and you’ll notice a difference in your inner world which will influence your business in the best way.

#bringonsuccess

Now…. Let’s face it, our inner world is what can prevent us from being successful. That inner critic that rears its ugly head and tells us that we can’t, who I am to do that internal dialogue that stops us in our tracks.

In the ever evolving and changing landscape of success, you will have moments of doubt, uncertainty. This is part of everyone’s journey.

In my time as a coach, I have not yet met a woman who didn’t have “voices” in her head that is disruptive or critical, and this internal narrative leads to them perceiving themselves in a negative light.

The inner critic is never completely silenced. It can’t be, as it is a part of ourselves that acts as an internal homeostatic mechanism when we are prideful.

If you can never silence it, then embrace it as feedback. Next time you get distracted or disillusioned with yourself, look at what the inner critic is trying to show you? What is it trying to tell you? What is underneath the content.

Here are some examples;

“Who am I to share my content with the world?”

Deeper question: Where is the pride in what you know? And what don’t you know (to humble yourself).

“What if you make a mistake?”

Deeper question: Where do you think you have to know more? And what’s the downside of knowing more?

The little voices will subside and success can reign.

With love and wisdom,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

It was the end of the financial year this week.

It’s an opportunity for you to do a review of your income and expenses, see where you’re at with your net worth and how you’re tracking your financial goals. #Financialfreedomplease

Ok, I know you’ll either be doing a boggie on your chair with me to celebrate your achievements this year or you’re thinking “S*#t” this year, I promise.

I’m a geek and have been tracking my finances since 2010.

It wasn’t easy, and it was very uncomfortable. I had very little income and I had some debt. I knew I had to face reality and stop avoiding a difficult conversation with myself.

Taking a deep breath.

I opened a spreadsheet and wrote what I owed. Money on my credit card, a bill to a company and to a family member.

Now, time to calculate my assets. Hmmm?! Zero. Nothing.

That part was easy.

The following year, I did the same exercise with a little lightness and spring in my step.

I’d worked on my money mindset throughout the year, I was beginning to understand how to serve and grow a business, so within 12 months I was beginning to see big changes.

Fast track to June 2022 and my tracking has become more sophisticated. I track leads, conversion rate, customer lifetime values, income, expenses and net worth.

Tracking gives a perspective on your business that is real. Sometimes you feel you’re off track, but the figures don’t lie. They tell the real story.

It’s the fastest way to look at yourself and make changes, either inwardly (like coming to Maximum Growth Business class) or outwardly, by learning about finances and financial markets.

So, it’s been a fun process for me to track my finances. I want to share some of that juicy inspiration with you too.

Here it is. Your own financial tracking spreadsheet.

You can download my financial spreadsheet and call it your own.

It’s basic. It’s unbranded. It’s yours.

Give it to me baby.

Take the time to really see where you are at financially.

I’d love to know how you go?!

And… if any uncomfortable feeling comes up around doing the work, or afterwards, come to our 6 hour Maximum Growth Transformation Day.

It’s an opportunity for you to work through the Demartini method to dissolve your emotional baggage to increase your self-worth and your ability to hold onto and keep your mula.

To more riches within,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

You’d be surprised how many people associate crying with weakness. And they think that if they completely dissolve a dynamic to where the only words left in their heart are, “Thank you, I love you” then they’ll cry and they’ll be perceived as weak.

(Usually that’s a belief learned early on in childhood – between 3-7 years old.)

If that’s you, I have a message just for you:

You can have a genuine, inspiring breakthrough without tears.

Because let’s remember the 6 signs of a true breakthrough: Certainty and presence in the mind, gratitude and love of the heart, enthusiasm and inspiration in the body.

Everything else is an illusion.

The key is how you feel.

Now, you might be different. Maybe you’re not charged about crying.

Maybe you get too ‘in your head’ because you’re familiar with the current level of challenge. And even though you want to change, there’s a level of comfort in familiarity.

Your charge becomes like a comfortable PJ’s you love getting into, and you aren’t ready nor wanting yet to dissolve it (better the devil you know kind of thinking).

So perhaps your fear of graduating to a new – and more importantly, unknown – challenge is greater than your fear of staying ‘stuck in the rut of the same cycle of thinking’. ​​​​​​​Or maybe (last example, promise) the last time you became too emotional, your world fell apart or you perceived you received too much criticism. So you subconsciously think, “I won’t go there again”.

Do you get where I’m going with this? Like the great oracle of Delphi said, “know thyself.”

Are you afraid of anything that might happen by breaking through?

If yes, work through that first (ie remove the roadblocks in the way of clearing your issue) and come back to your initial issue.

If not, let’s move to:

WHEN IT’S TIME TO DIG AROUND IN THAT BEAUTIFUL MIND OF YOURS

Much shorter for this one. You overthink things because your mind comes up with all sorts of reasons or imagined outcomes why you shouldn’t get to a state of gratitude and love.

e.g. somewhere in your mind, you’ve associated loving your soon-to-be-ex (with whom you’ve had a rough relationship) with the outcome that you’ll fall back into a relationship with them after breaking through. i.e. you still have a charge somewhere that the ‘old’ dynamic is more bad than good, more pain than pleasure or more challenge than support.

So, that imagined outcome of a renewed relationship is an illusion.

Because remember – you still have a choice after you’ve dissolved your charge. The difference is that you choose your actions from a balanced, grateful place. Not a lopsided one that will send you straight back into a similar dynamic (so you have another chance to love it.)

Just knowing that whatever you think MIGHT happen is no indication of what WILL happen.

Funnily enough, the only way to really ‘control’ the outcome is to dissolve the emotion around the outcome.

So, let this be a quick guide for you, my overthinker. Your head can be the key to your heart if you let it. Just take a little tweak in perspective.

Remember: thinking AND feeling. It’s both, not either/or.

Oh, and Thank you. For being here, for striving to live a more meaningful life every day. I love you with all my head, all my heart and all my soul.

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

PS – Sharing this loving kick up the derriere I read in an email today: Just because we understand how to dissolve our issues, doesn’t mean we don’t have to put in the work. How’s that for tough love? Let’s keep on.

PPS – If you’d love guidance in dissolving your stuff, weekly help with me is right here.

“You’re not a facilitator, you’re a gardener, you plant seeds and watch things germinate.”

That’s what I tell the coaches I work with who are challenged with the shifts you see with clients.

This isn’t a philosophy I read from somewhere, I know this to be true because people have planted seeds for me.

In 2015 when I completed my master certification in the Demartini method, at the Demartini Method Training program in Houston, I had a session swap with Amit, a savant and super aware facilitator (AKA a gifted gardener).

I can’t not remember what we worked on, just that a mighty oak tree planted that day. I knew something shifted because I reflected on that session for years to come and questioned myself “when will it be time to create my own signature program?

One of the stand out thoughts was feelings are a part of humanity. Sounds like nothing, but it has been a huge shift in me, to feel all the feelings, and share the message in the work that it is ok to feel too. Feeling is the very thing that makes us human, it helps us connect, celebrate, and live a rich life.

You can’t hide from feelings. Repressing them ain’t good for the body, numbing them ain’t good for life. Instead, it’s an empty, meaningless life.

I’ve definitely had a journey over the past 7 years to acknowledge and feel all the feelings. Then doing the work required to level up.

Another gold nugget of wisdom from the session was a statement Amit made as we wrapped up the session was “Tanya when are you going to create your own thing.”

It has been an idea percolating in the back of my mind for all these years.

I love the Demartini Method. It’s become a part of my thinking and a lens I view my world from that I’ll continue to share the work worldwide for a long time to come. Nothing will change there.

And, I have been dream in of my own thing for a while. When the idea popped into my head for the Power Walkshop a few years ago, it felt like something unique and different.

When it came to finally setting a date and making plans, I sat down to write the program.

I can only describe it as a flood of enthusiasm that ran through me and within a few hours the program was created.

It was as if I was guided to write the words down (do you get me or is this too woo woo weird for you?…. I own my weirdness 😂)”

You experience the Power Walkshop in the way it was written. The lessons, the people around you, the universe, the path guide you to your life purpose.

You don’t have to sit there contemplating what it is, because it is in your face, over and over again.

This program is unique because it combines the mind and body, the material and spiritual worlds, the head and the heart, attention and intention together in a practical (yet based on theory) to help your purpose unfold over the 5 days.

Plus, we sprinkle presence, certainty, lots of love and gratitude, into the days that you’ll have a new and profound way of living.

It’s not about a work purpose (although that may reveal itself), it’s about a life purpose.

I’ve found my signature program that I want to share with you.

If you’re keen to experience a soulful transformation, then come join us for the Power Walkshop in November 2022. Click here to find out more.

#thepathwillguideyou

With love,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. If you know someone who could benefit from coming to class to level up in mindset or business, then share this email with them or this link to learn more about group coaching.

Let’s have a hard conversation.

About “no.”

Yes? 😂

When you hear the word ‘no’ in sales, you’re meant not to take it as a hard ‘no’ but more a ‘no for now.’

Some people believe that it takes 7 ‘no’s’ from someone until they say yes.

Let’s spin it around to you being the one saying ‘no’.

Your initial response is no. Your second response is still no. Third, yep, it’s a no. Keep going and eventually you cave and say yes.

Was it your decision to say yes? Did you just subordinate to this individual’s wants and needs and disown your own? Or did you really want to say yes?

If people in your life learn they can push and receive the answer they want, of course they’re going to push.

Then you end up living under other peoples expectations of you which isn’t very inspiring.

No is a very empowering word. You create a sense of authority in your life by stand up or even against for something you want.

Sometimes you must say no more than once; while this may feel uncomfortable, it is really important to create strength and autonomy.

What do you want to hold your ground to say ‘no’ to {first_name}? I’d love to hear from you.

With gratitude,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. If you know someone who could benefit from coming to class to level up in mindset or business, then share this email with them or this link to learn more about group coaching.

I have a story to share. It’s not mine. And I don’t remember where I read it. But I wanted to share it with you as it might be your story.

M A M A ’ S M A M A ’ S

”Grandma, I’m tired. So tired of this life…”

“Take your tiredness, my child, and wrap it around yourself. Like a blanket in the cold winter months. Tiredness comes to make you a nest, to bring you to wear comfortable clothes, to make you sink into its warm embrace. I invite you to stay within yourself. Without strength, without thoughts, without actions. Like the snow that covers everything to soften the world, to make it muffled, to protect it from noise. Accept the flakes of your tiredness and let yourself be completely covered by them.”

“I could die buried under there…”

“You will be reborn instead. Like the seed in the ground. Do not resist your weariness, do not reject it with a thousand actions, a thousand intentions, a thousand feelings of guilt. It just wants to take you by the hand and lead you to sink into the void. Right there, where the source of every inner strength lies. They taught us to be strong by resisting. But it is in surrendering that the true heroes emerge.”

“I’m afraid, grandmother. What if fatigue will annihilate me?”

“My child, you are not afraid of tiredness but of losing control of yourself. The time has come for you to give yourself to life. And to generate together with it the most wonderful children: the fruits of your soul!”

~Elena Bernabè

Maybe time has come to give yourself to life.

Stop running from the things that are important and go live what’s meaningful to you regardless of what you think you should do but do what your heart is calling you to do.

Your soul will be set of fire.

And it will light the world.

What’s more important than that?

Warm fuzzy soulful hugs my friend,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. If you know someone who could benefit from coming to class to level up in mindset or business, then share this email with them or this link to learn more about group coaching.

You may have noticed I have been MIA from your inbox the past four weeks.

Let me explain. . .

I came down with the flu after my sister’s wedding in March. It was rough on my body that I had to cancel clients.

There goes a week.

The following week, my daughter had gastro.

Just when you think it’s over, and after I’m starting to feel better from the flu, my daughter passes me a little gastro gift and I had my head in the toilet all night. Followed by a fever for 3 days straight, not much work happened.

There goes another week and a half.

My body was getting a belting.

I wasn’t even thinking of emotionally processing, it seemed more a survival response, just trying to get through the next day.

Late last week, when my mind was back in the game, I reflected on the past month and what I realised was that the body is an amazing healing machine. ​​

• You breathe about 23-thousand times a day.

• Your heart beats 100,000 times per day, pumping 5.5 litres per minute, which adds up to about 3 million litres of blood a year.

• You spend 10 percent of the day blinking. 28.800 times a day to cleanse your eyes.

• Your skin’s outer layer sheds every 2-4 weeks.

• It is working behind the scenes to heal when you’re injured or ill.

Your body wants to heal. And it wants to stay alive.

And the power of the mind has the capacity to heal the body.

Taking a little wisdom from Schopenhauer, who stated “find freedom from suffering in any circumstance.” Be free in the mind. Creates freedom in your body.

So I found the blessings, looked at the benefits to my clients who I cancelled two or three times in a row. Looked at how it was serving my business to not do the administration tasks I have to get done.

It made me realise that I can love what I do, but I hadn’t been taking care of my health to the degree I could have been and that it was going to be a priority.

Fast forward to Sunday night after about 3 days of feeling spiritly again.

Ohhhhhh…. Myyyyyy…. Freakin’…. God….

I’d run 12km in preparation for the Power Walkshop in June that day. I didnt overly exert myself. In fact, I struggled more than I would normally.

That night my body was in pain. Oh so much pain. I’d wake up every 20 minutes.

It flashed me back to my fibromyalgia days in 2015 when I struggled with picking up a sweet potato and grating it. I’d be that exhausted and in pain, I’d have to go back to bed again.

The following morning I had a migraine. Again, another flash back to 2016 when I had a one metre fall straight onto my head and had fell on my head.

So I thought I’d go first thing in the morning and get a massage.

This helped, but still went home and slept.

That night, my temp started to rise, and by rise, it went to 39.5 celsius (or 103.1 fahrenheit) and by Tuesday morning, I thought I’d better check to see if I didn’t have C-O-V-I-D, and yes, it turns out I’m positive.

I didn’t have a reaction.

I felt like the past three weeks of being ill was a trial for this moment. And this was my exam.

Have you ever felt this way about life?

For me it was an opportunity to prioritize health, listen to my body, follow what it needed.

I switched straight on. I asked what are the symptoms informing me of, what are my lessons here, why now, and what do I have to do to take care of my body now – and in the future. The flashbacks gave me an opportunity to heal a part of my past that I hadn’t yet loved.

Illness is an opportunity to find love.

And where you love it, you’ll find light.

In light is where deep healing occurs.

“Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place (and do the mindset work to heal yourself). That’s where the light enters you.” Rumi

What is your body saying to you? And are you listening?

With love and a lot of light flowing your way.

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. If you know someone who could benefit from coming to class to level up in mindset or business, then share this email with them or this link to learn more about group coaching.

Are you depriving yourself?

Deprivation comes in different forms.

Maybe it’s not focusing on what you do have, instead, a constant focus on what you don’t have.

Maybe it’s not allowing yourself to feel “positive” emotions (because God forbid you were to be above equilibrium and come crashing down).

Or maybe it’s putting yourself in a dynamic with another couple when you like one “more than friends” and then depriving yourself of ‘love’ because you can’t be with them (that’s what we cleared in our Maximum Growth class this week).

Deprivation is real. And it costs.

Not just financially, but the light in your soul.

And that light is not as bright to shine your service to the world.

It’s lowering your value.

It’s minimising your magnificence.

It is critical to recognize when this self-deprivation state is happening for change to occur. As we know, awareness is the key to change.

Here are the 4 D’s of depreciation to help you become aware of these moments.

• Disappointment: You set yourself up for disappointment and a sense of “you’re just not enough.” One client was depriving themselves of food because they’re afraid to put on weight. They had entangled in their mind that they would only deserve to be in a relationship if they were a particular size, and therefore unlovable any bigger, therefore living in the disappointment cycle of depreciation.

• Devaluing: You minimise yourself relative to others and think “others get what they want, and not me.” One client deprived themselves of clients because they didn’t think they deserved to coach clients and devalued themselves relative to others, repelling clients away, spinning them into a devaluing cycle of depreciation.

• Deflection: You’re not appreciating the things that you have in your life. Deflecting it (and all its juju away). A client deflected any compliments, any praise that came their way, and didn’t feel deserving of it. Instead, they are self-critical, and in a deflection cycle of depreciation.

• Disowning: You’re not seeing the power that is within you to manifest and create what it is you say you want. The member of class this week chose to open their heart to someone who wasn’t available nor interested (got to look at people’s actions, not what they say and this guy wants a baby with someone else). Therefore, they’re disowning the power within them to create a new relationship they’d love and is in the disowning cycle of depreciation

So why do we have moments in this state? It’s not sexy, it’s not empowering, it’s not getting us where we would love to be, so why do we do it?

It’s a source of attachment.

Attachments are not a conscious choice, but an unwitting set-up that lands you in that old, familiar place where it feels familiar.

Deprivation is repeated in different aspects of life. Over the years you learn to tolerate it, come to expect it, and even, yes, I’m going to say, even prefer deprivation in some strange, familiar way, like a comfy blanket.

Over time, there becomes a tipping point at which you don’t want to do the same behaviour anymore. And when that happens, remember this:

Energy goes where your attention and focus flows.

Once you know what’s driving your self-deprivation actions, once you’ve become aware of when you’re in a self-deprivation state, once you have cleared your charges (come to Maximum Growth classes to get some maximum guidance), then put attention and focus on what you truly want.

Here’s to having more juju flow to you and through you,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. Want a little pick me up around your meaning and purpose, to then help with getting what you want, then watch the replay of our hot session The Conversation here.

P.P.S. Feeling like you don’t want to be in this repeated self-deprivation cycle anymore and looking for a change? The Power Workshop was created to help people have a life reboot, to reconnect with your body, mind and soul, to believe in yourself and the power you have within to create an amazing life AND actually start doing it. To read more, click here.

Can you hold a space for me to be real with you?

This is the rawest email I have ever written, so I want to thank you in advance for holding a space for me to share a moment in time of my inner world.

*deep breath*

My heart dances inside my chest as I sit cross-legged on the rocky edge of the cliff. I am alone, shivering, the cold dawn wind cutting my face. The night sky begins to break as the morning light peaks over the horizon. A few eager walkers are about, their shadows stroll by, but I hide behind some shrub out of sight.

I can imagine the waves roiling against the rocks far below, but I can’t see or even hear them. It’s a long way down. Here I am, quite literally, at the edge of a cliff, feeling my life is on a knife’s edge.

Maybe I should tie my ankles together with a rope and attach a brick – something heavy to weigh me down, sink me, so I am never found. I’m already weighed down, sunk in the heavy thoughts swirling in my head, drowning in my emotions, feeling all the painful experiences I had shut down and locked away. My emotions festered in the dark and silence, nameless and unknown, waiting to implode or maybe explode.

Only a few hours earlier I woke up, startled, after only an hour’s sleep. I felt a heaviness that I hadn’t felt in years. Black storm clouds hung over me. Wave of raw emotion came flooding over me the moment I tried to process how I was feeling. A flash of an insight, then pounded with another wave.

This is how we evolve: we arrive at a new level of understanding and then we get new shit to work on: the next emotional charge, the next challenge, the next piece of chaos. The cycle never ends. It’s like there is a deeper problem that the process is not addressing, and I don’t know what it is.

Thoughts continue to rumble in my head, louder and louder, becoming stronger and stronger. How can I be so stuck, considering I’m a counsellor? I help others get unstuck and yet I can’t unstick myself? I can’t fix the crap in my life on my own but the thought of asking for help doesn’t even cross my mind. I feel totally overwhelmed and out of my depth. I’m drowning in my inner world.

I couldn’t take it anymore so I began driving slowly in the still of the night. There is something very serene about driving at night. There is a calmness, a peace that isn’t found during the hustle and bustle of daylight. It was like I was in the eye of the storm.

My car parked against the curb, unlocked and the windows rolled down. I walked away from my car for the last time toward the high fence. There are warning signs all the way along it declaring: “Dangerous Cliffs”. I climbed the fence and now here I am, on the wrong side, with an uninterrupted view for my last sunrise here on earth. Staring out at the vast ocean, the night rain has pooled into the crevasse in the rocks below, reflecting the dawn sky. The sun started to peek above the horizon, a beautiful luminous gold ball glowing with warmth.

“Tanya, just watch the sunrise then jump. It will all be over soon.” I whisper to myself.

I flip my phone around to photograph myself. Not the ideal selfie you’d want to post on Instagram. There’s no make-up or glamour. Nor is there a desire to take twenty more shots to get just the right one.

I look at the picture and I don’t recognise myself. My eyes are dark, like a storm has rolled in. The whites of my eyes are fiery red. There are bags under my eyes from almost no sleep over the past few days. I look drained of life, lifeless.

Weeks ago I was faced with an irreversibly, life-changing fork in the road. My decision went against everything I believed in, what I was dreaming of, and what I had gone through so much for. All for somebody else. I didn’t listen to myself. Hell, I couldn’t even hear myself. I couldn’t even feel myself or sense what I might have wanted. I was so clouded by confusion that someone else’s certainty ruled my life.

That decision triggered a heap of repressed emotions to cascade down on me like a ton of bricks. Now, I find myself here, nursing immense pain and an overwhelming sense of nothing……

Lost.

Lifeless.

“You’re nothing, Tanya. You’re taking up too much space just breathing.”

Tears flow like a river down my face. There seems to be no off button for them or my thoughts. They just keep rolling in. The sun begins to burst over the horizon. Everything I know is out the window. I didn’t have any other answer but to stand on the cliff’s edge. And jump.

*exhale*

Yes, this was me at one point of my life.

You’d think it was pre knowing “the work” but it might shock you to say it was in 2015.

I’d gone through some huge life challenges and I felt that I had lost my power and my purpose. I felt very alone. I didn’t see a point in life. And didn’t want to be here.

Fast forward to now, I’m here, and grateful to a small handful of people who wrapped me up and helped put me back together again.

As part of the transformation, I walked 1000km through Spain. It was a soulful journey walking and talking with people about life, love and the meaning of our existence.

It was what helped me come back into the world to feel more connected, aligned, integrated than ever before and I am incredibly grateful for that time.

It inspired me to create a Walkshop where you get a deep transformation, where I can take care of you, guide you through your own lessons in life to awaken a deeper power and purpose within you.

One of my favorite lessons you’ll learn is that the universe is inside you. You’ll sit and watch the sunrise and own what you admire and despise about the universe and awaken it within you. When you have the humbleness to divinity, you create certainty in humanity (and the impact you want to make in the world).

Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

You don’t have to have your life falling apart to join this group, just an internal voice knowing you want to do more with your life than you currently are right now. Maybe you have your own healing of your body, your intimate relationship, your career and would love more power and purpose.

My promise to you is that you’ll have 5 days of tears, goosebumps, insights and deeply profound transformation.

So if you have an intuition to come to the Walkshop, you can check out the details here.

We can walk, talk and transform together.

With love and light,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. Thank you for holding the space for me to share a dark time of my life. Please reach out if you ever feel this way, and I will help hold the light for you.

What does the race to space have to teach you about your business?

Oh, it’s a beautiful lesson. Bear with me while I give you a little history lesson.

NASA, known as The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is responsible for unique scientific and technological achievements in human spaceflight, aeronautics, space science, and space applications that have had widespread impacts on our nation and the world.

What you might not know is, this organization was forged in response to early Soviet space achievements in space.

After World War II drew to a close in the mid-20th century, a new conflict began (there is the transformation peeps). Known as the Cold War, this battle pitted the world’s two great powers–the democratic, capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union–against each other.

Beginning in the late 1950s, the war into space would become another dramatic arena for this competition. Both countries’ focus was being the first country to plant their flag on the moon.

On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile launched Sputnik (Russian for “traveler”), the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man-made object to be placed into the Earth’s orbit.

Sputnik’s launch came as a surprise, and not a pleasant but painful one, to most Americans.

NASA had a challenge, and Russia had a challenger (pardon the pun).

Game on! The race to the moon has begun.

But it wasn’t easy. No one had done it before. No one had even attempted to do it before.

It was a new paradigm of thinking, of being, of doing that hadn’t been done before.

There were lots of problems to solve:

• How do you get a man up into space?

• How will they survive in space?

• What will they eat in space and how will they manage to eat warm food?

• How do you get them safely back to land?

• How do you do it without losing life?

Trying to solve these problems was where NASA pioneered technology that facilitated space travel as well as changed our everyday life. They invented things like the microwave, dust busters, polymers for fire fighting, wireless headset, CAT scans, baby formula, air purifier, memory phone, infrared ear thermometer and a computer mouse (not that anyone uses one of those anymore, right ?)

Their will and why to achieve their mission was bigger than the lots of little problems to solve.

And solve problems they did, and were the first country to land man on the moon. Pretty amazing achievement.

But since then, there has been little progress in space exploration. Until recently.

Elon Musk has vowed to make space travel efficient, cost far less and be safe for the everyday people.

This has rustled up interest from Jeff Bezos and Richard Brandson to do the same.

Competition creates innovation and progress (dam right it does!).

Now partnership is happening to create progress too. Russia is joining China as one thing they all have in common is that, this time around, the goal is to build the necessary infrastructure that will allow for a long-term human presence.

Maybe NASA can partner with the Australian Research for Space Exploration (AKA ARSE – clearly didn’t think that one through!).

OK, maybe that won’t happen, but you have to throw ideas out there and see if it’ll be a fit.

Now let’s get to YOU.

You own a business (or you want to in the future).

You have competition. Perhaps you have one big problem to solve or you have to create something that hasn’t been done before.

Firstly, embrace the competition. There are plenty of other people out there who do what you do, if that is a coach, a business owner, marketing, personal training, or a health practitioner.

BUT, no one can compete with you.

So go do you. And do you well.

See the competition as a way to solve more problems, to level up, to push you (when you need a little kick), use it as fuel to your fire.

THEN consider collaboration (see if it is perfect for you).

Because sometimes joining forces with someone else can help you level up in your business.

Remember collaboration takes in different forms, it can be someone you share the load of business with and share the profiles OR it can be a coach, like me, who is on your team (like a board of directors, I’m your mindset coach, running beside you to help you achieve greater income, greater influence and greater impact.)

So thanks NASA, Russia and the race to space for being the greatest teacher in the power of competition and collaboration.

Thanks for reading to the end, I love you to the moon and back.

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth One on one & group coaching available
Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. Need someone to be on your team for your business goals? Come join Business Membership to level up in your income, influence and impact here.

“All passenger trains in Sydney scheduled for Monday have been cancelled due to a dispute between the NSW Government and drivers.”

One sentence, one decision that changed a city {first_name}.

Thousands of commuters have been unable to use the train service after rail passenger services were suspended in the early hours of Monday morning this week.

New South Wales Transport (AKA the Government) said they canceled services after negotiations with the Rail, Tram and Bus Union broke down over the weekend and as a result they could not safely operate train services.

You see, there had been an agreement made on Saturday night between the Government and Union but the Union did not show to sign the agreement on Sunday night, essentially stonewalling the agreement.

Stonewalling is common in business and relationships.

I’m working with a couple with children, who currently are stonewalling each other. They have major financial problems in the relationship. One wants to spend on the kids, one wants to save for a future investment for the family. They are not talking about their finances, not getting on the same page.

Rather than confronting the issue, they are stonewalling with being unresponsive (or speaking to others about their frustration and not to each other), tuning out, turning away, acting busy or saying “we will talk about it later.”

It takes time for this behaviour to wear someone down. First time with a no it is ok, second, you understand, third, you begin to question, fourth brings up frustration. Fifth and you’re fuming.

So, the individual begins to stonewall, you begin to feel physiologically flooded, which has a number of indicators: increased heart rate, the release of stress hormones into the bloodstream, and even a fight, flight or fright response.

When that happens, it is impossible to continue discussing the issue at hand in a rational way; you’re simply too physiologically agitated to do so and your irrational mind is running you.

So why does someone get to a point of shutting the door and not wanting to communicate?

It is what Dr John Gottman from the Gottman Institute has discovered from interviewing over 3,000 marriages that there are 4 telling signs your marriage is, with 93.6% accuracy, on the way out.

It’s criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling called the Four Horsemen.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a metaphor depicting the end of times in the New Testament. They describe conquest, war, hunger, and death respectively. This metaphor is used to describe communication styles that, according to Dr Gottman’s crazy amount of research on couples, can predict the end of a relationship.

The first three horsemen are what become overwhelming enough that stonewalling becomes an understandable “out” from the situation.

Here is the kicker, when you do it enough times, it forms a habit and then the relationship breaks down even more as you aren’t even communicating anymore.

Let’s face it, this isn’t just in intimate relationships. It happens in families, friendships, and business.

In fact, it happens in ALL relationships.

As a coach I’m big into the problem underneath the problem.

Stonewalling is the last of the Four Horsemen, and is a result of criticism, contempt, defensiveness.

Therefore, we require working on clearing the charges around these 3 actions to reduce the lack of communication and increase the abundance of love instead.

So if you want to create a long-term relationship with anyone, in business or intimacy, come to class and dissolve your emotional charges around criticism, contempt and defensiveness. Set yourself up for fulfilling and lasting communication with yourself and those around you.

With warm fuzzy hugs,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. If you know someone who could benefit from coming to class to level up in mindset or business, then share this email with them or this link to learn more about group coaching.

Permission to be really polarized in this.

Untruths slay the soul.

The story you tell yourself, that has been running you, slays the soul.

In Maximum Growth group coaching classes, I often say I like to hear your story to provide a level of context for your experience. It helps me get a little into your current perspective.

So then instead of me projecting what I think is going on, I see, feel and hear it from you.

But let’s deep dive into a story.

All stories have a nightmare / fantasy dynamic, you usually consciously share the nightmare and withhold the fantasy.

Each time you share, you’re blind to the other side of what happens, you’re blind to your own co-creation. You separate the mind, and as a result, slay the soul (ouch).

That was me 2 months ago. Oh the stories I was telling myself about my family, myself as a parent, my relationship, where I was in life. It was a catastrophic soul slay!

My mum had revealed to me on a recent trip that she felt hurt each time I went to see my biological mum. I remember feeling their hurt and deciding not to see my mum again (I didn’t see her from 9 until 16).

I began to build this resentment towards my mum, “how could she not just put her own feelings aside as a parent, as an adult.”

This then started to snowball with all these other moments throughout my childhood and adolescence where I perceived she had put her needs before mine.

This snowball didn’t stop. It turned into an avalanche.

And I couldn’t seem to stop myself from being angry. Bitter towards her as a parent. The byproduct was self-righteousness towards my own parenting style.

I started to notice that the light within me was fading. And fading fast.

I no longer felt connected to myself, my work, my energy was dropping, my body started showing symptoms in the form of a sore throat (thank you very much body).

Then one day, seeing my daughter, and noticing that the pride within me was impacting our relationship dynamic, I made a decision that I would look at my relationship with my Mum differently, to help my long-term relationship with my daughter. In turn, would also help me with my relationship with myself.

I realized that being connected to my daughter and my own soul was way more important than holding onto this story.

So I got to work in the way I know delivered deep transformation and healing. I applied the Demartini Method.

I wanted to take accountability for my co-creating in my childhood. And that no one is responsible for me, other than myself. My mum might have made the decision to leave but I also wanted her to leave too. I also chose not to see her for all those years and I could have, if I wanted to, chosen something different.

What I discovered was the depths of connection I found within myself, with an abundance of solitude at home, going deep into my own mind.

I did weird things when I was home on the holidays and on my own. I would build these incredible pyramid towers of cards and I would focus on this for hours with packs of cards and build it up to 9 levels high and an arm span wide (weirdo right?!). The concentration, persistence and dedication to the outcome has definitely helped me in my work, to be in the zone and not get distracted.

I became closer with my mum that raised me, and raised me is the best way to describe her parenting. She wanted me and was fighting to keep me close. She lifted me to have a higher purpose, a spiritual path that I know for certain I would not have discovered in the presence of my birth mum (very different values you see).

You see, after doing the work there is a new story. It’s inspiring to share, it’s energizing to think about.

After doing the work it is as if someone switched the light back on, and I am all in with my business, I feel more present with Bonnie, I am able to focus (my executive centre is firing peeps).

Tim Cahill, an adventurer and writer, says “I put my life on the line to save my soul.”

And this is so true. What kind of life are we living if we are not connected to the light within us? What kind of live are we living if we are playing small on the impact we know we can have on humanity or another human being?

That’s our purpose, to discover our light, and then shine it on the world.

How connected are you with your light right now? Do you feel you could be shining brighter? ?

So, if you want to master your life and your light, then you have to be congruent with your stories. That’s the truth.

Because damn, there is nothing more nourishing than a soulful connection with yourself.

If you’re struggling with a soulful connection or you want to have more personal power and professional purpose, then consider our Power Walkshop, where you’ll experience 5 powerful days discovering the power of presence, the power of the mind, the body, nature and the universe within you. I promise it will be life-changing 5 days.

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With love and light illuminating you,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. If you’re not connected, come join class, it’s a small investment for a massive return to your light within you.

Did you know when a percentage can be calculated in reverse?

Example;

1% of 100 = 1%
Or you can do it this way
100% of 1 = 1

Ok, so let’s try that again.

25% of 50 = 12.5%
Or you can do it this way
50% of 25 = 12.5

And again.

20% of 200 = 40%
Or you can do it this way
200% of 20 = 40

Interesting hey?!

So let’s talk about problem solving.

What if there’s another pathway that’s a more efficient and effective way to solve the problem?

• Maybe you’re unaware another road even exists (like calculating %’s in reverse ????)
• Maybe you’re aware but don’t like the road (insert every excuse under the sun not to do maths.
• Maybe you value maths and you can’t wait to try this on random numbers (freak- but I love you ????)
• Maybe you don’t like maths, you scrolled the calculation without really understanding or reading them and said “I don’t understand maths” (AKA “it’s too difficult”)

If the latter is the case, you can do one of three things.

1. Do nothing, sit and stare at the calculation secretly hoping it will solve itself
2. Seek ease by getting a calculator to do the work
3. Avoid doing the work

What all three points have in common is not doing the work that it takes to find the solution.

Each perceives the work is too hard or not worth the time and energy to solve the problem or to know the answer.

Now think of this relative to business problems.

Problems like a lack of clients, trouble scaling your business or difficulties in your personal life affecting business.

Maybe you’re doing it the hard way to find a solution?

A little insight into my inner world as an avid problem solver – it’s such an interesting and inspiring process and the outcome changes the fabric of the way you view everything.

This is because you make connections that spark a cascade of ideas and thoughts that give you a greater awareness (see another road).

You move out of an individualist focus to see the great whole of yourself and your life.

So when a client says “I’m doing more of this and less of that as a result of solving (insert problem)” or “I now know it’s possible to (insert solution)” brings tears to my eyes.

So, can I whisper the secret to more efficient and effective problem solving in your business and life?

You have to value the process and/or a value on the solution itself.

Sometimes we need someone to point out our blind spots or show us a new pathway that we were unaware of to know there is a more efficient and effective way to the outcome we seek.

That is essentially what coaching is for, to show you a new pathway (or road or highway) to get you leveling up in business and heck, in life also.

Hope to see you in class soon.

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. Keen to join MG Class, click on the link here for more details.

Many people say that the key to success in business is to find your strengths, focus on them, and ignore everything else.

This can also mean knowing your values, and living in your values, and delegating out the rest.

But there are downsides with this mentality.

Although it sounds like a plan and may work to some extent, in my experience, it does not fit the dynamic and complex nature of owning a business.

I’d even go so far as to suggest that focusing on your weaknesses is the fastest way to reach your goals.

I was working with a client last week who is on track to selling their business for triple figure millions.

As their coach I’m not going to praise them for the things they did well, for their strengths.

I will, however, point out the things they can work on, that they are not doing well at, and even avoid altogether.

You see, my client (and I know you do too) understood something that most people don’t, and that it’s not your strengths that will make you stronger.

It’s strengthening your weakness.

I’d seen this week that each week he was avoiding certain tasks that would lead him to the sale of his business, he was doing what was comfortable, not what would generate income or raise the value of the business.

Once he noticed this week he was waaaayyy more productive. He leaned into hard tasks, and did them first.

Then he’d find the next weakest, most uncomfortable task and work on it (a do it now kind of attitude).

And it was this approach that he’ll be taking the daily steps, that over time will compound to achieve his result.

The amazing thing is about these weaknesses, you don’t have to be the one to figure out how to fix it. Instead, it’s about asking WHO can fix this for me (got to love delegating).

So what’s your weakness in business?

And how can Maximum Growth help you with your weaknesses in business?

Whispering secrets in your ear,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

Executive function describes how we juggle our actions, thoughts, and emotions in our everyday life. It involves working memory, decision-making, self-control, and mental flexibility.

We rely on strong executive functions to stay focused, plan ahead, make connections between ideas, cope with stress and not reach for that block of chocolate hidden in the back of the cupboard!

This part of the brain begins to develop during early childhood through simpler cognitive, physical, emotional, and linguistic processes (like recognizing similarities and differences, identifying their own emotions as well as others, and following directions).

Eventually, children should be able to handle cognitive tasks (e.g. doing simple addition and subtraction) while regulating their emotions (e.g. not have a meltdown when they can’t solve a problem or have what they want).

It’s not only children who are learning how to activate their executive function, manage their emotions, think and plan more into the future, adults are too.

You aren’t born with these skills (nope, it’s not hardwired within us).

You are instead born with the potential to develop them (AKA our natural drive to grow and evolve).

Some people may need more support than others to develop these skills (hands up to being one of them at times. Yes, I put my hand up too).

If you’ve experienced (yes, all in your perception) childhood trauma, not getting what you needed from your relationships with adults, social isolation and other factors that influence stress, your ability to have developed this skill can be delayed or impaired (these disrupt the brain architecture and impair the development of executive centre).

Self-monitoring is the key. It’s the glue that sticks all the executive functions together to help achieve goals and greater independence.

This skill helps us understand our behaviors and how we adjust and make changes in the future.

Self-monitoring can be done by assessing yourself and where you are at in life.

Think of it like a report card which checks in to see how you’re going, what you could be doing more or less to achieve your goals or even how emotionally regulated/unregulated you are (and remember avoidance of feeling anything is unregulated).

Over time you require less check in’s as you have more and more self governance.

Another strategy to develop self monitoring is self talk.

Our brains are powerful and have the capacity to control our behavior based on our thoughts or our internal dialogue.

We all know that sometimes our inner thoughts aren’t productive, but instead are scattered, or easily distracted.

The Demartini Method is a series of questions you can self-talk and you can independently bring your scattered private thoughts into focus, guiding yourself through challenges, resolving emotions and helping you to feel centered to make wise, thought-out decisions.

This is why we hold our Maximum Growth Mindset Classes twice a week throughout the year. It is a way to teach you to check in with yourself, provide scaffolding you need to learn the skill of asking quality questions to bring you (AKA your mind) into greater levels of self-governance.

This then frees your mind to get on with your divine plan, your mission, and take the action steps to fulfil it.

Class starts back again next Tuesday (USA/UK) / Wednesday (AUS/NZ).

Hope to see you on the inside,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. Inspired to finally have a date for our Walkshop, 5 days of inner transformation set around the beautiful waters of Sydney. Want to be on the first in the best dressed list? Click here.

You can’t think straight, decisions are waiting to be made, you have no energy to do anything but lay horizontal and stare at yet another NetFlix series for hours. The world nor work doesn’t look so bright anymore, instead it’s a dark lens that appears over everything.

Let’s be real, energy is life, without it, life sucks.

A recent survey of workers across 25 countries, including 1,000 in Australia, found Australian office workers are the most burnt out in the world, ahead of Italy, China, Canada, the US and the UK.

Let’s first define burnout as “a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed and unable to meet constant demands. As the stress continues, you begin to lose the interest or motivation that led you to take on a certain role in the first place.” Warning signs and symptoms include fatigue, lowered immune system functioning, feelings of failure and self-doubt, isolation, procrastination, and taking frustrations out on others.

More than half of the Australian respondents said they suffered from burnout in the last 12 months, with 52% admitting they’ve taken time off due to mental health concerns during pandemic lockdowns.

The pandemic has taken its toll on society in many ways, on office workers as well as business owners. Many clients I work with have been hustling over the past almost two years, have recorded their biggest and best months and years earnings ever, but, it’s starting to take a toll on them.

They haven’t taken solid time out to reflect or unwind. It’s been a constant sprint in what is now a marathon world crisis.

Hustling is helpful in bursts, but not long term sustainable. Hustling is where your nervous system is heightened, and it feels like we’re ‘on’ most of the time. We’re tuned in to social media, endless emails, our phones are within arms reach, even when we sleep.

Burnout then occurs for many reasons, one of which is when the off switch hasn’t been activated for too long.

And it can become a real challenge to turn ‘off’.

I know so many leaders who struggle to take time off, for some it’s been 5 years since their last break. But it’s not just about holidays, it’s not taking time out everyday.

Clients tell me it’s difficult to find the time to go for a walk or to the gym. It feels like business is so important and won’t be able to function if you step out for a moment.

Remember, when we’re working hard and hustling, we activate our sympathetic nervous system (SNS). This SNS is known as fight-or-flight mode, a state of stress that was designed to see us through life-threatening scenarios.

These days our body cannot tell the difference between life-threating and work-related stress. If you’re under the pump at work, your body naturally falls into this supremely heightened state of stress, preparing you for the worst.

Our body is not designed to sustain in this way long term.

So here you are, hustling like a mofo. And then you hit a wall.

If you’re in the service business, and you’re most like the product and service, hitting the wall isn’t helpful.

In fact, it can stall, even stop your business. Then what do you do when your tank is empty and you’ve got nothing left to give?

You see burnout happens in cycles;

1. Building momentum in business
2. Go all in and give it everything you have and more
3. Feeling imbalance but you ignore yourself and keep on pushing and hustling forward
4. Overwhelm occurs
5. Fatigue sets in because you’re overworked, not focused on other values and forgotten to give to yourself
6. Collapse (but not in a Demartini Method kind of way)

So we can either be PROACTIVE or REACTIVE when it comes to burnout.

1. Acknowledge there is a problem. Yep, super simple but a quick life review around all the areas of life and notice are you surviving or thriving? If there is more surviving then Houston, we have a problem.
2. Make a list of EVERYTHING that isn’t working for you in your life. Doesn’t matter how big or small it is, write all the things that ain’t floating your boat but drowning you instead.
3. Create a plan to either shift your mindset around what isn’t working, ie benefit, benefit, benefit until you love it OR drop or delegate it (no matter what the cost because if not, the cost is you (ie. the product and service, the linchpin in the whole operation)). You’ll be feeling lighter already by this point.
4. Then create an inspiring plan to move forward that lights you up. This is where you’ll see your energy run through you again, maybe as a little trickle to start, and over the coming days and weeks it’ll amp back up again trust me.
5. PLUS, I’m all for leveling up and continued growth and learning. It’s this framework that can break the cycle of burnout (ie – less hustle, more flow) and keeps us inspired about the future and what we are creating.

The point is, you can either wrap your business around your life or your life around your business.

So if you’re on the burnout bandwagon, or just getting back into work from having your well deserved downtime, then consider breaking the cycle. Make 2022 a new evolution of how you do business and your life.

In class, this month, we’ve been creating the ‘Divine Design’ to keep you focused and inspired in creating the thriving life you want to lead. It’s not too late to join like-minded people and gain access to all the templates to create exciting energy to propel your life forward. Take a look here.

With a warm fuzzy full of energy hug,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

You know those people who do the unthinkable? They bite off more than they can chew and then they chew like Pac-man to make it happen? And it happens?!

Then there are the others, who stare at the plate and freeze. Motionless. So overwhelmed they don’t know where to start?

Do you find yourself as the latter? If so, I have two questions for you:

1. How do the Pac-Man’s of the world do it? (Cause it’s usually not just a combination of hustle, skill and/or talent) and
2. Is being motionless YOUR best path to kicking goals for this year?

People are still surfing the New Year enthusiasm wave right now.

But I’ll bet quietly (in the privacy of their vanity mirror) most of those people are packing their daks at the audacity of some of their goals.

My guidelines for goals are simple:

They are one part scary and one (or more) parts inspiring. That’s not a guarantee of a perfect goal, but it IS a reliable indicator of completion.

That’s what I call, “an elephant”. Because it’s big and beautiful and majestic and usually a little terrifying in the wild. (Your big ol’ brain is the safari in this scenario.)

If you’ve ever tried leaping outside your comfort zone you probably know those feelings.

But what if the terrifying is more than just one part?

What do you do if you’ve set yourself the Big Daddy Elephant of the Herd version of your goal?

You need a strategy, a designed plan for where you’re headed.

And for “eating” elephants… you nibble.

You start with something that feels (and IS) doable… and you build on top of it.

Eventually it snowballs into recognisable progress.

We’ve talked about delayed gratification before. Reaching your dreams one step at a time.

This week’s lesson is about the SIZE of your steps.

SO…

If you feel like you’re biting off more than you can chew this year – or ever – whether launching a complex project, approaching a big name in your industry, finally tackling deep rooted baggage you’ve swept under the rug for decades, etc… then what’s the ONE next step you can take?

In class this week, we took some steps forward towards our goals by writing our Divine Design, and mapping out what we want in our life. But in an elegantly simple way.

What’s your nibble for now?

That small bite you can tear off and chew like mad (and even if you stumble through it, the stakes are low enough you can stumble comfortably).

Because it’s true what they say:

You really can do ANYTHING. Even your very own Maximum Growth Goal.

The only prerequisite is that you keep biting and chewing.

Sure, sometimes it might feel overwhelming.

But consistency is key. It builds more and more momentum over time.

So we have had the gang at Maximum Growth working on their Divine Design, goal setting that aligns with your soul’s calling. And what we have focused on has been keeping it simple.

Nothing more challenging then having the drive the set your goals for 2022 but you’re too overwhelmed to even open your document and know where to start writing and planning/

So tell me – what are you working on?

Sidenote: writing it down and telling someone makes it real. And real is like focusing your binoculars on that elephant – you increase the probability you’ll do it. (We had some very inspiring goals shared in the Business Membership this week, like Yvonne sharing her Northern Star with the class and working towards owning it, owning the space and stepping into her power as a business woman as she purchases her 5th business.)

I’m all about getting you to that next level.

With love,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. – no elephants were harmed in the making of this email. Phew.

P.P.S. It’s not too late to complete your Divine Design and achieve your inspiring goals with like-minded people.

Hey life spark,

Isn’t it crazy that we’ll invest in Netflix, holidays & eating out, yet what makes the biggest difference to a more meaningful journey over our lifetime is the thing we invest the least in – our connection with our light and life and sharing our heart with the world.

It’s easy to become distracted; the days, weeks and months can be lost in meaningless tasks or other people’s issues. Too often we are living a life of duty over design, or being swept in the streams of others’ lives, rather than creating our own waves which send ripples through humanity.

My client this week was struggling with that very issue: how to achieve their goals without being distracted by duty, what they are obligated to do for others. They perceived themselves to be living outside of themselves rather than lighting the flame within (and allowing others to do the same).

You’re here because you feel in the depths of your being that you have something more to offer the world. You want to level up, not only your influence but to make an impact (and let’s sprinkle increased income on that too). It is time for a transformation (or a huge life evolution) because if not now? When? And if not you? Who?

Abraham Lincoln stated, “You’re not bound to win, you’re bound to be true. You’re not bound to succeed, you’re bound to live up to the light within you (and the motto we have here at Maximum Growth).”

You are a messenger of light, you come from unconditional love and this is where you will return. The depths of your being knows this love and light.

You are meant to shine. It is your inner nature. It’s not just for a handful of people. It is for everyone. It is within everyone. But sometimes the reality of life gets dark. Really dark. You may feel fragmented into many pieces. You may feel torn down, lost, hollow, even broken. In moments like this, your vision has become clouded and you lose your inner guidance and knowing.

Remember, you are not broken. There is nothing wrong with you (nor right either). You aren’t here to be perfect; you already are. All this you experience has a purpose. It is perfect for your unique mission and voice to share with the world (yes, lost to be found kind of perfection).

The thing is, you’re here for three things in life.

1. You’re here to create.
2. You’re here to know.
3. You’re here to grow.

It’s time to rise from where you are. Imagine yourself like a seed in the darkness, wanting to grow into a big oak tree (or whatever tree takes your fancy).

Maximum Growth is like the inbuilt watering system to help you at all stages of the journey.

Our January classes, “Set The Year 2022“, unleashes your light to make a greater impact on the world.

If you are enrolled in any of the Maximum Growth Memberships (Starter, Business or Coaching Memberships), then these classes are included.

If you are not a member and would like to join us, click here to learn more.

In class we focus on one of the three main purposes you’re here for in life, and that is to create.

You’ll be creating your Divine Design. With a Divine Plan, your life is your own. You can leave your life in others’ hands or move from creature to creator by defining the life you would love to lead.

Napoleon Hill once said ‘create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.’ Your Divine Design is the detailed plan to help you manifest a fulfilling, meaningful and inspired life to help to bring the future into the present and create your vision now.

This is your life, this is your Divine Design.

Come and join other like-minded leaders and create your own Divine Design so that when you open the document, it will bring tears to your eyes.

Looking forward to seeing you in class soon,

With gratitude,

Leadership Coach & Master Certified Demartini Method Facilitator
BAppSoSc (Counselling)
Maximum Growth
One on one & group coaching available

Helping leaders to level up using a transformational mindset work.

P.S. If you can’t join class this month I just have to remind you that you are a messenger of light, you come from unconditional love and this is where you will return. The depths of your being knows light. You aren’t here to be perfect; you already are. The human experience is full of richness, rise and fall, fall and rise with it gracefully, stumbling blocks are your stepping stones for you to teach you more about yourself. You aren’t here to live under someone else’s expectations of you, their judgment of right and wrong, good and bad. You are here to grow. You are here to experience the world, to experience the infinity of divinity through the fininity of humanity, the messy, the clean, the sweaty, salty, dry and sweetness of all that life has to offer. You are here to be beautifully human and to feel is a part of the human experience. Feel with certainty and presence in your mind, gratitude and love in your heart and enthusiasm and inspiration in your body. Shine bright stardust. Tanya x

Subject: Are you hiding?

In session last week with Elizabeth (let’s call her that here), something profound happened that I have to share with you.

She has a dream inside her to be a writer for as long as she can remember. #EatPrayLove but more #CareShareBare(your soul)style.

She has a relatively new coaching business and it’s not financially where she’d like it but it’s growing in income and impact.

With the rising success, her work isn’t what makes her heart sing.

Writing does.

She is met with tones of brain noise in her business. Her internal chatter is so loud it’s distracting and draining her of any creative juices she has inside her.

Now, add an extra layer of complexity to the dynamic and she perceives herself to be behind.

She wants to be further along the success path than she is. So she’s pushing and forcing her business forward.

This means grinding every day out of fear. Her thoughts raced to unknowns; if she dropped the ball, if she didn’t make that sales call; if she didn’t produce content, if she didn’t wake up before 5am, there would be no ball to pick up again and her business would cease to exist.

(oh yeah and not to mention she’s be working on every time zone in the world, trying to be in all places at once like some inconceivable super human).

It’s creating a business out of desperation which leads to deprivation.

Deprivation means the drive to offer your service comes from a feeling of lack, not abundance.

I know too many people in the world who are not doing what they feel called to do and forcing themselves down a path of necessity to get them where they want to go.

They think “I’ll do this to make enough money now to set me up to do the thing I love later.”

What they’re really saying is “I’ll sell my soul for a price today and hope that sometimes in the future I’ll get to do what I love. Maybe.”

Now, if you died tomorrow, you’d die without shining your light on the world.

The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose. Don’t let money blind you on your path.

Some wise words from Steve Jobs, “your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”

The secret to a fulfilled life is to find out what your purpose is and then follow it.

That means trusting in your soul’s calling and for divine guidance to light the way.

And let the money be the byproduct of the inspired message you’d love to share with the world.

Remember, it is “not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” Seneca.

Circling back to the session with Elizabeth. We are coming close to the end of the session. She is wanting to get more of her creative writing juices flowing so she says “I’ll write every day for an hour at 3pm for one hour.”

Just as she had finished the sentence, Amazon Alexa (a smart home system thingy)pipes up and says “I’ll set an alarm for you at 3pm every day.”

#tearsandgoosebumps!

Seriously, if this was not a moment where the universe was conspiring to make this girl do her purpose, I don’t know what is.

So are you living your purpose? Are you doing what your soul is calling (or screaming) at you to do?

And what needs to shift to level up in 2022 to make a bigger impact with your purpose?

Much love,

P.S. So it’s time for me to take a break from coaching and re-energise with my family and pouring over some really cool books I’ve purchased about somatic coaching, trauma, attachment disorders and emotions. We restart MG classes on Wednesday, 13th January. I’ve purchased some really cool books to read over the summer break on somatic coaching, trauma, attachment disorders and emotions.

You can still contact Claire about your membership, or anything MG related. She’ll be around.

P.P.S. If you’re not a member and you’d love to join the 12 hours of planning classes we have coming up, please register your interest here.