Redefining Success

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” — Maya Angelou

I've been making a few changes which actually started in June. Not what you would call dramatic changes but deliberate changes which have made a remarkable difference to how I feel about my life.

One of those changes was to step away from some commitments in life that actually no longer excite me anymore. I've stopped creating things simply because I know I can and I've become even more selective about where I put my time and energy and my attention.

I’m very visual and have many ideas that I simply enjoy playing with and this means I can create an event, for example, simply because I can ☺️ and I follow my excitement 100% all the way.

From conceiving ideas to perceiving and all the while passionately playing around with them and being excited at organising the ideas and bringing them life. The venues, the ambience, how the ideas are delivered and how people receive them. All hugely interesting and exciting!!

Around June time this year I recognised my excitement was waning and I was operating at only 80% excitement. If I’m not 100% excited then I move on, it really is as simple as that.

It might sound odd to other therapists when they ask me about it but this is how I’ve always been and it’s served me very well indeed both emotionally and financially!!!!

So I was recognising that point where I was operating at 80% and then that trickles into other areas of my life. My working life is varied. I'm an established counsellor, an intuitive energy healer, a clinical supervisor and a freelance family therapist in a school where I've worked for 12 years.

When one of these areas of my work is running below 100% then I address why and look at what I need to change. I found the events was currently the area that I wanted to step away from but only until my passion reignites. It’s really that simple!

I will be running healing events again from time to time and my vision of how that will be is very interesting!! and I’m slowly playing around with this vision. There are two visons that are actually presenting themselves to me but, as interesting and fun as they are, I’m not feeling 100% excited about it yet so therefore I know myself very well and will sit back and let the days pass until boom!! I know it’s the right time.

It certainly is a different stage in life for me because since my career started in my twenties, I've been someone who acts quickly when inspiration strikes. An idea, project or job excites me, I explore it, develop it and make it happen. But this year I feel differently and I’m enjoying the exploration of using different energy frequencies to play with vision, precision and bringing it into reality in alignment with my higher purpose.

My soul was showing me I needed to step back but I didn’t as I was caught up in the momentum of my busy private practice.

I'd been experiencing a series of ankle injuries and, just a week before a healing event, I had two steroid injections. Shortly after I developed inflammation and pain in the same leg leaving me struggling to walk properly for two days.

I had no realistic option but to cancel the event, it was a decision that was taken out of my hands.

The outcome of that was enormous relief! Within an hour of cancelling I felt wonderful, I felt energy surging through me and I felt excited!! Excited because at that moment I was me again, the me that changes things very quickly when I seek change.

So despite me refunding all the guests, cancelling the venue, cancelling two helpers, two healers and the sound therapist I was actually feeling more alive than I had done for 12 months.

It then became even more interesting because 1.5 hours after cancelling I had a call which freed my mind on another level and at the same time opened my mind to some very nice possibilities. That evening was simply wonderful!!

All areas of my working practice are exciting because there’s always so much to learn and be creative with. My ankle isn’t yet healed but I’m still exploring energy frequencies related to the foot and I’m enjoying that. I seek to continue elevating my life and expanding my understanding of consciousness and what the practice of ‘being’ is for me.

So I'm finding satisfaction in simplicity. Having my home exactly as I want it, enjoying my work without thinking about what comes next. Making room for learning, exercise, good food and just everyday life.

I think the biggest change is in how I define success for myself and at the moment it feels like a very good place to be. I’ve shifted to a preferred reality that I desired.

My gratitude overflows to all the people who follow me and embark on their healing and awakening journey with me. And may it continue to be so💫

Juliet