MY STORY

For half a century I lived from a fixed; ‘this is how you do it’.
I did what was expected from me.

In the second half of my life I live from; ‘is there another way to do this?’ and I do what I love.

I am a career counselor by trade . . . I’ve seen enough to know that the question; ‘is there another way to do this?’ is a valid one. Many times the obvious road didn’t work for people; it didn’t get them there, they were actually looking for another way!

So here I am, over 50.

I am seeing my daughters grow up to be beautiful young women, I am divorced, I now have a second relationship that works . . . and I am thrilled about the amazing new explanations that are around nowadays that I use as guides to explore ‘other ways to do this’.

I have grown to love this question ‘is there another way to do this?’ so much.
It is opening up whole new worlds for me.

Here is a sense of what I mean:

Food is no longer the same; it now nurtures.
I grow my own food as much as possible, now I have a new respect for what nature offers, my health and the planet Earth. The food I eat nurtures my body, mind and soul and leaves the Earth clean and green too!

Relationships are no longer the same either.
I found my voice in my relationship and we now compliment each other.

This is big for me; both of us are growing into our greatness, nobody is left behind.
BTW my friendships have also changed for the better, now I am so much clearer about what contributing means. In my world ‘one way streets’ have vanished.

My attitude about work has changed dramatically.
I love my work after being brave enough to get into business! I adore doing it our way.

I am thrilled to be a founder of WomenLikeMe which is an online learning community that provides new explanations and a ‘how to’ for conscious women who desire to live life from the question ‘is there another way to do this?’
I work in heaven, at home surrounded by nature venturing in cyberspace with the best people.

Holidays have become a blast.
I sea kayak, camp and tramp. I am physically spending my holidays in perfect places that could be pictures on one of those nature calendars.

AND I am no longer the same!
This is what excites me the most; it means that I am growing!

On my quest I have been inspired by;

John Channings, my partner and somebody who has always stayed true to himself
Great friends and graduates who are on the journey with me
Humberto Maturana and his student Francisco Varela
Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba
Landmark Education
Theta healing
Ho’oponopono
Anastasia, the Russian recluse
Wallace D.Wattle

And last but not least the people who read this blog and encourage me to keep on writing.
I love you all.