Stepping into fearlessness

It’s been a while since we released a new class. And this one, I’m really excited about, because it goes to the heart of the key to a really significant breakthrough I had on my own visibility journey; clearing the persecution imprint.

The persecution imprint is an energetic pattern passed down generation after generation which serves the purpose of keeping persecuted groups – in this case women – small, quiet and less powerful than they otherwise would be.

In the Western world, the persecution imprint really made its mark on women during the witch hunts. After 400 years of burning us at the stake, the message had well and truly been embedded in our DNA; being seen to be different, to be vocal or controversial, to do or say anything that was inconsistent with the philosophy of Church or State might cause trauma at best, or torture and death … [Read More...]

Visibility can be sooo hard sometimes

For years I did no outreach in my business. By outreach I mean reaching out to influencers, connecting with people who were further along the entrepreneurial path than me, putting myself forward for interviews, pitching myself to media or conference organisers.

I said yes if things came my way – and because of my visibility personality they did – but I never went looking for them because it all felt like too much hard work.

I felt uncomfortable about putting myself forward with thoughts of ‘I’m a nobody, why would they be interested in me?’
I felt pushy, like others would judge me for stepping forward and presuming a place at the table when I hadn’t been explicitly invited. (By whom? I’m not sure. There is no official invitation to the table of entrepreneurial success. You invite yourself.)
I felt like I should learn more first. That I should perfect

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Feminism and the daughters of the Goddesses

The last couple of weeks have been a beautiful ride for me. I’ve been drawing together many threads of my business life, connecting parts of myself that I could never see the connection between, weaving them into one powerful integrated whole.

I haven’t known how to speak about it so I’ve stayed silent, waiting for the words to find me.

Today, here’s what’s waiting to be shared; we are living during the rise of the feminine and this is not a process that happens outside of us. It’s being built out firstly within us, and then it will be expressed in the world. This rising requires the participation of all. As each woman steps into the full power of her being, the feminine becomes more whole, visible, and luminous.

To take that journey we have to be willing to see the dark spots, the shadows, the ugly realities.

We’ve been … [Read More...]

6 steps you can take to start prioritising promotion in your business

‘I sabotage myself by not being visible online, not promoting myself, not emailing people, not blogging, not doing anything that exposes me to criticism or the possibility of getting it wrong.’

I see some variation of this statement almost every week in spaces filled with female entrepreneurs operating online. The person posting always sounds distressed and like the whole thing is really personal to her. Like she’s the only one who is acting this way.

The thing is, she’s not alone and if you recognise yourself in this behaviour, you’re not alone either. We all have these fears. They arise from conditioning which says, ‘First and foremost, be sure to please other people, don’t offend anyone, don’t rock the boat, don’t be too radical or different.’

After years of being conditioned this way for decades, we then step into the entrepreneurial space and wonder why it all feels so challenging. … [Read More...]

This visibility myth can make or break your business

‘Build it and they will come’ is a mantra that’s played subconsciously through so many people’s mind since the release of ‘Field of Dreams’ almost 30 years ago. (God, that makes me feel old.)

As a student of the law of attraction and a person who spent many years averse to marketing, I’ve always found this idea very appealing. What if I could just focus on creating something and then rely on the quality and value of my work to attract the audience?

Some variation of this thought occupies the mind of many creatives. It’s rampant in the arts where your value is measured by the quality of your work rather than the commercial success of it. In fact, in some artistic communities, commercial success is taken as proof that you’re not a quality artist.

(By the by, what a load of crap that is. When I find myself falling … [Read More...]