Dance to the music of your heart

In the year 2000 (age 40), I stepped out of the corporate world.  I was making a good living, had learnt a lot about working in the corporate world,  had started and grown my own business AND by 1999, was running on empty.......my heart and soul were no longer in it.  At that time when folks asked what I was going to do, the answer that popped into my awareness and which inspired me, and gave me courage to focus my energy on something new was.......''I want to put the soul back into business''.  

It felt to me, that by the end of the 90's, business had lost its way and that although there was talk about the triple bottom line focus of profit, people and planet, my perception was that it was all about profits and that the people who made the profits were struggling.  

My understanding and inspiration at this stage of my journey is captured in an old Cherokee prophecy that says; “Our stressful past is based on a disconnect between the ‘clever head’ and the ‘loving heart’ resulting in imbalances in our lives and inequalities in the world.” 

For the next season of close to 20 years, I carried the vision of putting the soul back into business,  working with leadership and teams who were drawn to my style of heart leadership built on the foundation of emotional intelligence.  It was a time of change and growth that allowed me to teach that which I most needed to experience, learn and embody in my own energy for life story, and in doing so, understand that wellbeing is a dynamic dance  of physical energy and balance, emotional choice and freedom from old patterns, mental curiosity and creativity, spiritual essence and impact.

As well as working with the mind/body understanding that emotional intelligence offers,  body/mind movement and energy management practices are a cornerstone of supporting individuals to make the journey from head to heart.  A big piece of the Body / Mind aspect of my journey has been practice of Mindful Movement rooted in NIA.  I was drawn to and became aware of NIA in 2005, took my first Belt training in 2009 and have been teaching the integration of body, mind, heart and soul through movement and EQ ever since. I have learnt that heart energy is not only the bridge between the body and the mind, it is also the access to soul energy, our consciousness, which is the same consciousness that creates everything, and which is at the core of, and provides meaning to, our physical presence in this life. 

My work and offering in the business space continues to be the unlocking of the discretionary energy of employee heart and soul  in alignment with their functional contribution. Thoughts begin it, emotions amplify it and actions give it momentum. 

Why energy leadership?

The 'employee climate', the way people feel about, and react to working in an environment, (the energy of their thoughts, feelings and actions), dynamically impacts on the desired 'business culture' (that which determines ‘correct’ behaviour),  which in turn impacts on employee engagement, customer experience, a brand's reputation as well as an organisation's ability to change, innovate and evolve.

Energy Leadership grounded in the conscious practices of  awareness of and attention to the patterns of the past and the intentional choices in creating a future rooted in aligned meaning and action, are a game changer for how humanity deals with living life, doing business and navigating change in the 21st century.

Around 2018, as I approached the next big milestone of turning 60, the dance with life  led me to dive deeper into intuition and healing.  I started to truly embody the energy of what I now understand as the role of the divine feminine in leading humanity to a new experience of the world through collaboration, harmony and balance with the divine masculine. With this has come the shift in focus to embodying the soul back into the busy-ness of life for everyone, and in particular for my soul clients..........Womanity.    

The first Womanity  retreat at The Heartspace  took place in June 2019. When our world changed shape forever early in 2020,   Energy for Life  monthly circles, 1:1 sessions and dance classes in-person and online became the natural flow for ongoing womanity support during unknown and changing times.  

 Lockdown 2020 / 2021 into 2022 A time of transitioning from one way of life to another, for me personally, and for humanity. Through a 42 day Thrivors quest, followed by a 1 year commitment to the daily practice of Joyful Surrender, I journeyed inwards, calling in the connection to the clarity and wisdom of being able to see everything in a new way, unfiltered by an expected response. 

In this process a reframing of the self (as the one who is learning, the one who chooses, the one who is in my own authority), the one who stands in my own knowing began to take root and unfold,  inviting me to say “Yes” to my true self again, to know who I am, to know what I am, to know how I can serve.

And so inspired by the words of C.S Lewis ‘’You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream”, how I serve through my work as Heart Leader, Soul Mover, Free Spirit is that of activating the  rising energy of True self  in others who are drawn to what I offer through my work:

· Living, leading and shining the power of heart and soul intelligence into the busy-ness / business of life.

· Blending the energies of human doingness and beingness into a vibrational consciousness of self as both spirit and matter, as participative creators of our internal and external reality.

· Harnessing the power of our energy for life to support making the choices to continue learning from our past history as we live into the expansiveness of our future mystery.

My big dream for the world is the re-awakening of the inner spirit of unity, peace, harmony and healing that reconnects humanity with the creativity, true nature and oneness of all life.