Sometimes I wonder if anyone hears anything I say at all. Or maybe, they think that I’m just full of it… pretending this, that and some other thing in order to sell my wares on the internet? Maybe that’s the norm?
Please know that when I share something here, on our blog (aptly named “The Daily Hustle”) or when I write — or am interviewed — for other publications, I speak honestly. I actually tell the truth.
If I SURPRISE you in any way,
you just haven’t been paying attention.
For instance, if I SAY that I am all about natural health, that I TRUST my body’s intuitive ability to heal and recover… I MEAN it. Covid didn’t scare me OUT of my core views. Cancer scares didn’t scare me out of my core views.
I said it.
I meant it.
I stood and stand by it.
Side note: do you know how to REALLY see what someone BELIEVES? When they are pushed… when they are pressed… when they are scared. Do they STILL believe in their “natural health” stance when the media tells them how scary something is? Or do they change? Do they run into the medical establishment for comfort?
This is no judgement on people who have ALWAYS been “doctor people.” Two of my closest friends trust in mainstream medical advice. I am not surprised when they do what their doctors recommend. They are not surprised when I do not.
This is about INTEGRITY and CORE beliefs. If you SELL natural health, I expect you to trust it for your health. I’m old school that way.
If I say that my God shows up for me, that my faith SUSTAINS me, that the Anchor holds, I mean it. NO DOUBT, the personal storms in my life are raging. The ship IS battered and the sails ARE torn. I am badly weathered. But the Anchor holds.
LIKEWISE, when I say that I LOVE my work, that it ENERGIZES me, that it FUELS me… when I share how much I CRAVE this writing, that it is a RELEASE for me, that it is something that I would do if I made NO money from it EVER…
I
freaking
mean
it.
When I say that my business runs LARGELY on autopilot, I mean it.
This isn’t some marketing story that I tell in order to lure people into the web of Women Who WOW. This isn’t some fantasy that I dreamt up and share so that I can TRICK people into thinking how cool my life is.
I actually tell the truth.
Novel concept, I guess.
So, let me keep being honest. Right now my life is a mixed bag of UTTER AGONY and PURE JOY.
I am grieving my brother and learning to live in a world without him. I am looking at my family circle that is FOREVER broken and wondering if I will ever see it as anything BUT broken.
I am watching those closest to me navigate their own grief and healing… and I am a true empath. I feel it all. Also, I am around people nonstop… when I need to be alone to heal and to be refreshed.
I am CRAVING my work, my writing… and finding that my personal “stuff” is taking priority, as it must for now. I get it. But my ENERGY SOURCES… my alone time, my work time, the time I spend dreaming and scheming… are being crowded out. So I am drained. And sad. Irritated. Anxious.
And besides the active grief, these last three months have literally been the worst / brought the worst to my family in our entire lives. SO MUCH death. SO MUCH hurting. Just when we stand up from one wave that brought us to our knees, another hits.
Utter Agony.
But also, I became a “Nammy” to the most precious of baby girls. She is so strong already, so content, so beautiful. And as much as I love this baby with my whole heart, watching Summer settle so effortlessly into motherhood has been even MORE precious to me.
Pure Joy.
My point today is that when I say things like, “work is the cure. work is the way.” I mean it. That is TRUE for me. May not be true for everyone. But it is ABSOLUTELY true for me.
I’m not working because i have to. I’m not writing this because I have some content calendar to keep up with.
I’m not meeting with clients because “I have to.” THIS is the stuff I love, the stuff that FUELS my soul.
I am SO grateful for my people who show up and talk business. Grateful they don’t think me too fragile to see past my own circumstances. Grateful for the ENERGY of rolling up my sleeves to see how I can help.
Of course, there is personal talk too. From me. From them. It’s a beautiful mix.
It’s sad to see people lay down their daily life for work that drains them, work that they need ESCAPE from, work that gives them ONLY money, but TAKES so much: time, energy, life force, etc.
It is sad to see people working so hard to build a business in a way that demands they IGNORE the parts of themselves that are so unique… ignoring their own preferences to check the list given to them by some guru who MAY or MAY NOT have RENTED that private jet by the hour… to take some “branding pics.” lol…
Bottom line: This business I run is REAL. It is as I say it is. It is not a job to me. It is a PASSION of mine. I love NEARLY every aspect of it.
If you want to create the same, message me. I’m putting something special together for you. In the mean time, enjoy THIS smile from me grandbaby:
