Inspiration to follow a dream of taking a two year gap to travel the world! WHEN and HOW I decided to leave my big corporate career, WHAT helped me, and WHAT I did step by step! Overcoming fear, divorce, and making big decisions all during cruising the oceans, to the world of the rich and famous on private yachts, and the return to the "land of living" My intention is to be an inspiration and give you the encouragement to take action towards your dreams.
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Life's lessons
Saturday, 19 November 2011
Tea with strangers.....
I arrived went over to a busy table and said, "is this the meet up table?" ok I was in the right place. I sat down and started reading the menu, I then got up and went to counter to order. I had my nose buried in the menu, when I heard this voice say "what can I get you my love" I looked up and was just about to say...when he said "wait I know, rooibos." I replied "how did you know" he replied, so which part of SA are you from I said Cape Town. He said me too, which part? Then he opened a tin of rooibos rose hip tea and I was sold......we chatted for a while, (as saffers do) well by the time I sat down he had my number. Jayson is his name. I continued chatting
away and got to know the meet up group. As I was leaving he reached over the counter to give me a hug. Anytime you want to pop in I am here except Tuesdays and Thursdays! A bit later I got a text .... We should go for a drink sometime! Now that is what I miss about home!
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Unconditional love
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
9 easy steps to attracting and keeping the perfect partner!
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From establishing positive personal beliefs and expectations, right through to creating and sustaining healthy and happy relationships, you ll discover how to attract the perfect partner and feel completely fulfilled in your relationship.
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"Love is a force of destiny whose power reaches from heaven to hell," ~ Carl Jung
How much time and energy do you spend thinking about relationships? Are you happy with the status quo right now or do you long for more passion, intimacy and connection with your partner?
And if you are single, how are you feeling about your chances of meeting your perfect match?
As humans we have an inbuilt desire to relate to another person, which underpins our drive to form relationships. For some of us this desire is easily expressed, while others find it harder truly to connect with another human being. There is something immensely courageous in us that lets us risk opening our hearts to another. A safe passage is never guaranteed in love, and none of us know where the JOURNEY will take us, how long it will last or what we will experience along the way. What we do know is that we feel more alive, expanded and whole when we feel love - both for ourselves and for our partners.
Love is a fundamental need that we all share. Without love we cannot feel truly happy and fulfilled. No matter how successful, accomplished or self-aware we are, true joy comes from sharing who we are with another. But we can feel deeply ambivalent about this and we aren't always open to revealing ourselves in a relationship. For many of us, becoming intimate and exposing our true selves can be both a wish and a dread.
So HOW do we overcome our FEARS and learn to open our hearts and experience a deep and loving connection in our relationships?
What is required of us? If you are willing to grow, and you are ready to invite more love into your life and enjoy a deeply fulfilling and intimate relationship, then you will enjoy EXPLORING YOUR JOURNEY!
Monday, 18 July 2011
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Saturday, 16 July 2011
Mindful leadership
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Seeing your own work
So rather a big difference from your typical well known hotel chain at £28 per person which includes lunch to £10 per hour for the room. Well the better of the two in based in Beds and Herts so that offer will have to be 2nd or 3rd round as I feel the advert directs people to my website which says venue to be advised (Herfordshire) ahah paging through the magazine I suddenly realise I have the wrong place..........wow this means more choice!
Well browsing though the magazine I have found a therapist networking event for £3 on Wednesday evening......then I am thinking I have a very important interview on Thursday, I really need to stay focused! I recall seeing two events in the Psychologies magazine one being "writing about your childhood" which is on Tuesday evening but that would mean a trip into London and the whole things would be at least £40 which I cannot spare right now......well one day soon I will be able to do these wonderful things and this time I am just saying yes to universe as this has taught me to really appreciate money!
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Barter System
I work from home and do most things on my own. I am a people's person, so I have to have the radio of in the back ground and love it where I have "company" or just knowing someone is there in the background. Can you relate?
Looking back what I loved about ship life was I had my desk normal in the back office which was usually situated behind the reception where the admin manager, passenger services manager and traffic which gave the office a buzz which I really when I am working from home on my own.
What I thinking about creating is having a kind of double story house where the front "lounge bit" can be the open plan offices and rent space to people just like myself who are looking for support, company and someone to bounce their ideas off. We can use a barter type of system as I need help with my graphic design and printing and very advanced PA to book venues or events management and I can do the sales side including promoting them and what they do. Food for thought.
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Birthday Calendar
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Thank You,
Karen
Thursday, 26 May 2011
It's about the journey and not the destination
Along the way I had the opportunity of learning some more as I just cannot get enough of Susan Jeffers. About 3 years ago I got involved with Forever Living Products before I took my two year gap years. Today I popped in to the product centre as my brother requested me to buy some Aloe drinking get as the doctor has given him the news that he suffers from IBS. Well three years ago I was trying to get and everyone to use the products as they do work I was amazed and pleased with his requests. This gave me the opportunity to think of re-visiting the idea of getting actively involved and had a chance to speak to Maureen the centre manager who kindly gave me the details for the ladies of head of events as I enquired about doing on talk on Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway® written by Susan Jeffers P.h.D as I am one her licensed trainer now.
Arriving at my friends it was so refreshing to be greeted by her loving dog and the birds sound different to where I live. Just to reflect and thinking that for over a decade my life was on the road doing anything up to 800 miles a week.........how did I do it? I am so excited with all I have to do to get my workshops booked but am really trying to enjoy my unique journey of taking one step at a time and not focusing on the destination or outcome but to let it go and just be fully present! So what ever you do - do it with all your heart I find it so much more enjoyable and remember what you put out there into the universe in what will come back to you!
Yesterday was my last day of my coaching course and at the end of course many students asked the tutor where to from here? Does the college offer anything else? What else to you teach and where? The tutor replied. "I would love to do more." So I asked, "So how can we help you do that?" He went to explain that we need to write into the college and request or enquire. I then suggested since we had just filled in feedback forms to write our comments on there and promptly got up picked up the forms and handed them back to the students which he seemed very grateful for.
I then enquired after most of the students had left of how I could get involved with teaching or speaking at the college and he kindly gave me the name of the lady in charge as well as his number so who knows we might work together in the further! So I will keep you updated of how and where this goes.
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Saturday, 21 May 2011
Did Friday the 13th come late?
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Business Journey Update
Friday, 6 May 2011
Business Process - Podcasts
I enrolled in a home study course from Nick Williams called the work were born to share. I am on module two and on a mission to learn all there is to learn about podcasts and blogging and website and found this very simple easy website video for those who would like to learn exactly what a podcast is and how it all works.
Friday, 15 April 2011
Do you think this was a coincidence?
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
11 June ~ Business Plan Journey
The 6 Essential Secrets
for a Successful Coaching Practice this asked me all the right questions which I will share with you in a another post, the questions got me thinking and when I discovered the earning potential that really stuck me.
I then got a call from James Knight as IMA http://www.imastrategies.com/ I had heard of this strategy once before and it really resonated with my soul. So I am looking forward to working toward becoming a IMA practitioner. I need to raise £2500 for this course.
Another little miracle is I applied for a job as a creative at APPLE:
at Apple on the 19th March and thought nothing of it. I got an email yesterday saying;
Creative
Business Group UK Retail
Job description In most stores, the customer relationship ends with a purchase. At the Apple Retail Store, that’s where it all begins. The Apple store is more than a store—it’s a place of community where open communication, learning, leading, and growingserve to enrich our customers’ lives. Creatives help build this community through their dedication to teaching and training all things Apple—because happy, enthusiastic customers tell their friends.A candidate we’ll love:
- You’re warm and friendly, and you love sharing knowledge.
- You enjoy meeting people and building relationship with customers.
- You’re an artist who proudly dabbles in the digital realm.
- Whether in front of a class or working one-on-one, you’re a natural-born teacher who believes in hands-on learning.
- You know your way around Apple’s pro and consumer tools for creating and editing digital media.
- You enjoy staying on top of Apple’s latest innovations and have a knack for choosing the perfect solutions for customers.
- You speak in layman’s terms, but you’re also a good listener with lots of patience.
A position you’ll love:
- Providing personal, one-on-one training and adjusting your teaching style and pace to meet the needs of the individual.
- Conducting presentations and workshops using Apple-approved training techniques and materials.
- Being one of the go-to people for creative tools knowledge in the store.
- Patiently showing customers such basic computing skills as double-clicking, using the Internet, organizing photos, and creating simple websites.
- Teaching our customers how to make a movie, record a song, draw digitally or edit photos. Or perhaps teach a new user how to use a mouse for the first time.
The ideal opportunity for digital artists:
A job at an Apple Retail Store is a chance to use your hands and heart. To use your knowledge and experience. To contribute meaningfully to people’s lives with your artistry.
To delight. Enrich. Impress. Engage. Inspire.
Are you ready to join the retail revolution?
"Hi Karen ,To top it off as you previously read about I did a gig for Spa Charter Services, who contacted me saying:
My name is Alannah and I'm an Apple Recruiter. I recently reviewed your CV and Profile and am delighted to tell you that you are being considered for a role at our Apple store in Milton Keynes.
We will be in touch later this week to provide you with details of our recruitment events.
Stay Tuned!
Alannah"
"Hi Karen.
Cool.My base in the summer is Surrey, if I'm ever there.I'm booked already for 6, possibly 8 weeks so I'm sure that I will need help because the dates are for the busiest times of the season, and I'm booked.
You don't need to be in the Med, London is fine and will get people to fly you in an out when we can.
Karen, can you please send me a short bio, 2 paragraphs or so and 2 photos. The bio should talk about you as a therapist and mention briefly your work on yachts, I'm not so much interested in that as I am in you as a therapist. This will go to clients so should include all of your qualifications, years of experiience and specialities as a therapist. For the photos, one should be a headshot and another less "static" more of a natural photo that has a little bit of movement. Remember it's not for yachting, but for massage. If you do facials, body treatments or anything else, (nails, etc.) please be sure to put that in. They can hire literally anyone in the world so we need to tell them why it should be "us".
I expect that by mid-May I will be having several more inquiries and I really need therapists that are already in Europe.
Get me the info asap and I'll work on it..."
Training found me
On the 10th April 2011 I got an email from NLP Excellence Training saying:
So if you look and do enough research you can find the support you need.
Further to your recent scholarship application to attend the 2 day NLP Diploma Course. I am pleased to inform you that your application has been successful.You requested a place on our course in LONDON, the next available course is to be run on 15/16th June 2011. If you would like to accept your place on this please confirm AS SOON AS POSSIBLE by E-mail to scholarship@free-nlp.co.uk.
If you are unable to attend this course, but would like details of the next available Diploma in LONDON, please also let us know as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, our scholarship places have been abused by people who have already trained, or are planning to train with other organisations, therefore, by accepting your place, you are agreeing that you have not had any previous training or are booked onto other courses unless prior knowledge has been forwarded to NLP excellence.
Once your place has been confirmed, we will send you a letter by E-mail, and a week before the course, all joining instructions will be sent out.
Many congratulations on your success, I hope that you get much out of the Diploma, and any further questions please feel free to e-mail at bernadette@free-nlp.co.ukRegards
Bernadette
NLP excellence
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Growth and Lessons
Dream & coincidences!
I got this am amazing book out the library on cosmic ordering and it literally blew my mind but somehow I believe I was attracted to that book to heighten my awareness of the "coincidences" in my life! OK before I got on the ship to start my travels I wanted to go to Australia, Queensland in fact I was considering going to study a commercial cookery course on the gold coast. I have a big blue book with silver sequence and started it when I walked out on my ex husband as my goal & dreams book. One on the pictures I have in there is of a lady taking pictures! Ok I will admit I have always adored the camera from a young age and friends leave their cameras at home as they know I will always have mine. I have taken 10GB of pictures in 4 months. So now I am awaiting my dream camera, who I believe again I attracted, I also believe in the law of least effort! Well doing an excursion "best of Corfu" Daniel our F & B ass. manager was coming along to do a hygiene inspection on the restaurant we were going to eat at however along the way he "sold" his camera to me I then started doing some research and will have the HX1 model the one above that! So in other words I attracted that all the "work" would be done for me. Then my dear friend Eddette is an inspiration to me as she to has a passion for this subject and has had the time to do her website and start her business so she has given me great inspiration! I have the crazy idea that I would like to offer wedding couples a "package" and do a massage for the bride & groom & as well as take their pictures! So after all this might not be such a crazy idea. I just knew I would meet someone on the ship that would inspire me which I did on my last cruise, so now I have been supported by the universe to start writing my talks which I will deliver throughout Africa at all the game lodges, thinking about it how many get married there? I to have a passion for wildlife photography, well I am told you should specialise in one kind but with me - well anything is possible!
Anyway getting back to goals etc, as I reach over the desk to grab a pen to start writing in my goal book IT IS THE EXACTLY THE SAME GREEN PEN! The writing at the top of the page is written on 7/3/9 and writing at the bottom on the 14/10/09! (photo 1)
So the question is - What do I want? How will I know when I have it?
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
My prayers are being answered
As I was on my way out the door, my phone rang and it was Stephanie a girl form SA who I met as a day worker with me during my time on MY A. She invited me to join her at Top Carrot a fresh natural healthy food place just down the road. We treat ourselves to a fresh carrot and ginger juice followed by a sandwich with smoked turkey, avocado, tomato and feta cheese......yummy! We exchanged notes and Stephanie said have you a sample of your business card, whipped her computer out and the "graphic designer" is her got to work........wow 1 hour later I had a business card I can take down to mail box and have printed!
Looking around me Top Carrot is EXACTLY the type of place I want to open one day, and it has a full book section so guess what I was up to while my business cards were being designed. I replaced my angel cards which I am so excited about.
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Trust........
Firstly my "gut" normally tells me rather quickly if I can trust someone and I have met a few people I totally trust which has given me faith that there are people like this is the world and it has also made me realize you can trust and have friendships and not get "attached" there "stuff, issues, what ever you want to call it" and we all have this "stuff" some like to call it baggage.......
Well I read a few pages off Amazon of Stephen R. Covey called SPEED UP TRUST ...........once I have done with it I will give you my thoughts and perhaps if there are anyone out there has read it we can have a little debate!