Living Life With Passion

When you think of Loving Life, what comes to mind?

When you think of Living Passionately, what comes to mind?

When you think of Living Joyfully, what comes to mind?

It is my humble opinion that life is to be lived and loved, passionately, fully, joyfully. For too many of us, we don’t. Love of life, passion and joy are things we don’t even think about. Well, this weekend I have a mission for you – start falling in love with life, living passionately and joyously. How? As ever, one step at a time. Answer the questions above – what comes to mind…and what can you do this weekend to start falling in love with life, living passionately and/or living joyfully?

I see you having a weekend full of love, passion, joy and laughter.

Love

Donna.x

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10 Things I Love About You

I tweeted the other day “Finish this sentence 100 times. I love… Feels good eh?” I’ve been talking recently about getting your energy right first before you do anything – well this is one GREAT way to raise your energy. Focus on what you love. Love energy is so strong, it can work miracles – people have achieved extraordinary feats for those they love.

And it feels GOOD! So I decided to take my own advice and focus on what I love about my business.
1. I love my clients – they are fabulous, fun, open, intelligent, curious, ambitious, and they are all about enjoying their life!
2. I love talking to these clients – I enjoy all my coaching calls SO MUCH!
3. I love the way I get to share all the insights I’ve gained and help others.
4. I love that I get paid to do something I love!
5. I love hearing what people are passionate about, what they love, what their purpose is in life
6. I love coaching – it’s such a fabulous thing to help someone get where they want to be in life
7. I love the uniqueness of it – every conversation is different
8. I love the energy generated by coaching – you can really feel something being created through the coaching process
9. I love celebrating the successes of my clients
10. I love seeing people become more confident, gain their power, LIVE their life

I’ll stop there, i don’t want to bore you! But I hope you could feel the energy change as I concentrated on what I love about… And I hope that you start focusing on what you love about…everything in your life!

Love

Donna.x

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Tend to Your Boundaries

It’s interesting, I often get the same message over and over again (I told my spiritual team to just keep telling me until I got it!) and today I have received this message from 7 (yes, seven!) different sources. The funny thing is that I don’t feel any breaches in my boundaries at all. So I guess that this is not about me – I guess it’s about you.

This is something worth remembering – as a coach I regularly read something or hear something or have a conversation that then turns out to be really useful to a client a couple of days later. At first I found this odd, now it just makes me laugh. This phenomena constantly reminds me that it’s not just about receiving insights, but also about being a channel for those insights so others can benefit too.

Anyway, back to the point of this blog post – boundaries. Imagine that your life is a garden, surrounded by flower beds – are people trampling all over your flower beds, encroaching into your space, ‘dissing’ you? If so, instead of feeling cross with them, tend to your boundaries, create a sign that says ‘do not walk on the grass’! Or do whatever you need to do to ensure that your boundaries are intact.

Instead of expecting others to guess where the boundaries are, make them clear. Teach others how to treat you – with respect and love. Do this by having strong boundaries. You don’t have to fortress up, but you do need to be clear and strong. A little bit of boundary tending now will save you having to clear up a mess in your garden later!

Love

Donna.x

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MRI Survival Kit

Well, I did it! I survived the MRI scan. As a claustrophobic fidget, I was a little bit worried about it…to say the least. But actually it was mostly ok. Firstly, I kept telling myself that it would be ok, I wouldn’t be in there long and it wouldn’t be as bad as I feared – a simple step, but essential – reassuring yourself is really important to soothe your fears. I also got a self-hypnosis script from a friend, which was good, definitely helped and reminded me that in the grand scheme of things, I was much stronger than my fear of MRI tubes.

This is essential as our fears have a tendency to assume monster proportions, when actually they are quite small. Let’s face it, this MRI thing took up 25 minutes of my entire life. A miniscule problem overall! I also prepared myself with a few ideas of meditations, breathing exercises and visualisations – again, a fabulous way to soothe your fears is to prepare as well as you can for whatever you do.

Cometh the hour, cometh the eyes screwed tight shut! The light in the room is really bright, it’s well aired, but I knew that if I opened my eyes panic would ensue! So I shut my eyes and started to distract myself (something I have a genius for when it comes to distraction from work! Lol). I thought of big skies in Australia, I focused on my breathing, I pictured myself on a beach watching the sun set, I sang ‘3 Little Birds’ by Bob Marley and ‘Don’t you worry’ by The Beloved to myself.

In an MRI you are told the most important thing is to keep still…and I am the world’s biggest fidget. So I wanted to move – I realised I had become uncomfortable and I couldn’t wriggle to get comfortable. Which reminded me of a scene in Blackadder when he’s about to be burnt at the stake and he complains ‘I’m not even comfortable’. Which made me chuckle. This led to another good distraction of remembering amusing scenes from Blackadder.

Finally the noise of the machine stopped (which didn’t bother me actually because it covered the sound of my pounding heart!), and I heard the radiographer come back in. Phew. I had survived, I hadn’t opened my eyes, I hadn’t panicked, and it was over! Then I made the mistake of opening my eyes. Big Mistake. I managed to keep it together while discussing with the radiographer the excessive amount of time it would take to get the results back to my doctor (3 weeks – don’t even get me started!).

When they let me go I literally legged it out of there like they’d set my arse alight. Recovering at that point was actually the worst bit – I wouldn’t go in the loo at the hospital because it was too small, I wouldn’t go in the lift, if I could have walked home I would have! Note to self: next time DO NOT OPEN YOUR EYES. And bring some rescue remedy. In fact, the only thing I’d add to my MRI survival kit is a blindfold, then even if I’m tempted to open my eyes, I won’t be able to see how close the damn thing is!

With a bit of luck I won’t need another one…ever. But if I do I know I can do it. And it reminds me that the more tools you have at your disposal in life, the easier you can get through things that cause you irrational panic and fear!

Love

Donna.x

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An Inspiring Inbox

This morning I received these messages:

From the Universe:

It’s got nothing to do with being a perfect, goody-goody, selfless, sacrificing, spiritual saint, Donna. Blah! That whole characterization was meant for a different audience at a different time, and they really had issues.

It’s got everything to do with being yourself, trusting the magic, following your heart, dreaming big, and having fun.

Hosanna in the highest,
The Universe

“Hosanna,” Donna, as in “Rock On.”

And from Neale Donald Walsch:

On this day of your life, Donna, I believe God wants you to know…

….that you have only just begun to discover your magnificence.

This period of your life marks a New Beginning. You can feel it. And you have only just begun to know the treasure and the glory of You. And you have only just begun to make your Real and Lasting Contribution.

So step into this day with zest and zeal! Go now and give your gift. We’re all waiting for you. And we need the wonder of Who You Are.

Love, Your Friend….

Neale

Both of these e-mails really made me smile this morning. And every morning I get a few inspiring e-mails that I consistently enjoy. Once upon a time I also got a whole raft of stuff that was a bit hit and miss, or actually made me feel ‘bad’. Now you can’t stop work e-mails from coming in, but when you choose to sign up for a regular mailng from someone, make sure it enhances your life. The ‘rule’ is simple, if you enjoy a mailing, always read it and feel good when you do, keep it. Otherwise ditch it.

Happy Friday!

Love

Donna.x

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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

What does your reflection in the mirror say to you? What is the first thing that springs to mind when you look at yourself in the mirror every day? Is it something along the lines of “oh my god, you look terrible – you look exhausted. And your skin? You shouldn’t eat junk, look at your spots! And you’re fat.’ Ouch! If you’re talking to yourself like this in the mirror, can I ask if you would EVER speak to someone else like this?

Of course not because that would be mean and nasty and vile and bullying and if they had any self-respect at all they would never talk to you again. And rightly so. So how do you stop yourself being mean? Well, you just replace those nasty comments with some nice ones…and before you know it you will be only saying nice things to you…most of the time! And the most fun thing about this is that other people start reflecting back to you what you are saying to yourself!

Here are some ideas: “You look radiant!” “Have you lost weight?” “You look gorgeous!” “I swear you look younger every day!” “Good morning beautiful” “I love you” “<wolf whistle> Alright sexy?!” Pick one or create one of your own and say it EVERY TIME you pass a mirror, with feeling. Have fun with it, and be your own magic mirror (seriously, this is magical!).

Love

Donna.x

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Are We Put on Earth To Be Perfect?

To reward myself for (finally) completing my tax return, I went to the pictures yesterday to see Surrogates with Bruce Willis. The gist is that the world use surrogates that they control with their mind, so they never have to go anywhere…and they can be perfect in every way. The sad thing is that if this technology really were available, many of us would probably using it.

Imagine it – a world with no pain, no disease, no imperfection, no individuality, no life, no passion, no joy, no fun, okay, I can feel myself going into a rant so I’ll stop there. You see if we were all the same, all perfect, all homogenised it would suck all the life out of, well, LIFE! Are we put on this earth to be perfect? I don’t believe so.

I won’t be on my death bed thinking I should have had more botox or worn more makeup or been more like everyone else. I shall be there appreciating that I LIVED my life – that I laughed a lot, had a lot of fun and enjoyed the journey, spots, wobbly bits, imperfections and all. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to LIVE your life – to enjoy it to the fullest, to have the most fun you can have, and to laugh a LOT more. Oh, and for the A-level standard: embrace those imperfections – they’re what make us human.

Love

Donna.x

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Feel The Love

Do you have any idea how loved you are? Do you have any idea of the depth of love you are capable of? Most of us are not aware of either – we are constantly seeking love in entirely the wrong places! We expect other people to ‘make us feel loved’…but actually all other people do is open our heart to love – the love that is already within you.

And then when they go away, we close that door up again and believe that they took the love away with them. That would be like your schoolteacher taking away your intelligence when you left school. The love is already within you – no one can give it to you, and more importantly, no one can take it away from you. Other people can and do help us to open our hearts (as can animals, sunsets, music, poetry, literature, films) but to give them the power to close our hearts is to deny who we really are.

If you want to access the love, try this exercise. Close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths into your heart. Now feel the love you feel for yourself, now feel the love you feel for your family, your friends, your pets, now feel the love you feel for your neighbourhood. Now feel the love you feel for your country, now feel the love you feel for the world, now expand that love to encompass the whole universe (that’s the love you are capable of – wow!)

Now reverse the flow – feel the love the universe has for you, the world has for you, your country, your neighbourhood, your friends and family and pets have for you, the love that you have for you. This is how loved you are! If you really want to feel the love, do this EVERY DAY and feel how the love expands as you are opening up more and more to love. There is an ocean of love just waiting for you to tap into it.

Love (feel that?)

Donna.x

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Just Take the First Step

I am supposed to be doing my tax return today – it’s 20 past 2 and I still haven’t started! Now I could use this as a stick to beat myself up about procrastinating and being rubbish (this should have been done months ago, blah, blah, blah) but really, what’s the point in that? Instead I’ve been looking at my reluctance with curiosity.

What’s stopping me? It’s not a difficult taks – all the scut work has been done, it’s just a matter of checking figures, and entering them in the tax website. Easy. So what’s stopping me? Simply that I don’t know where the file is! Seriously. That one little mini thing is the ‘obstacle’. I laughed aloud when I realised this, because finding the file was pretty easy (I just looked to my right, and there it was).

Now I’m good to go, and there’s no more obstacle (well, except finishing this!). You know, sometimes it is really that easy. It’s not that we’re lazy, or ‘bad’, or wrong, or that we need a good boot up the arse. We just need to find the file. So next time you have something you appear to be putting off, ask yourself what is the first step and do that. Once you’re moving, it’s easier to stay moving (basic law of physics!) and before you know it, that first step, next step approach will have you finished!

Right, I’m off to do my tax return…and I must think of a reward for myself for doing it (finally – lol!) – any ideas?

Love

Donna.x

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An Injection of Energy

Since having ‘the tingles’, I’ve been unable to do a couple of the things that normally help raise my energy – yoga and swimming. So I’ve had to pay attention to what else raises my energy level and do more of that. When talking about this with a friend, I realised that some people are entirely unaware of their energy levels. I mentioned yesterday the scale I use where 1 is flat, can’t be arsed energy and 10 is WOOHOO, full of enthusiasm energy.

Where are you on that scale today? And what will you be doing this weekend? And will those things raise or deplete your energy? Notice this weekend what you are doing that leaves you feeling drained of energy, and what you are doing that makes you feel alive and full of energy. And take the decision to get an injection of energy – to do things that energise you and fill you with enthusiasm and joy.

And if you like it, you could continue with daily injections of energy…forever.

Love

Donna.x

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