From Slimming World to Shape Shifters

27/10/2024

Are you able to listen to your heart when leading others? Or is your head always in control?

Over the next weeks and months, we'll be exploring the difference it makes when you allow your heart into the picture, so if you have an opinion in this, or have experienced the difference, do let us know!



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26/07/2024

Who will you celebrate today?

This time, 38 years ago, I was so much in love with this man, that I stood with him in our church, and agreed to love him with all my heart till death parted us.

But that day was only the beginning! The beginning of a journey into love, the like of which I had no idea existed, not really.

I was a romantic, I loved my wedding day, every minute of it; I loved my dress, my bridesmaids, the beautiful flowers, and the wonderful family, and friends who surrounded us, to wish us well; and I loved this man, Dirk, my newly wedded husband.

And I thought I knew him; I'm sure he thought that he knew me!

But how could we? We'd been engaged only 14 weeks, and begun our relationship only 4 months before that!

Today though, I want to celebrate this man. I want to speak out for him in ways I know he won't speak out for himself, it's not his way.

Dirk,

*You have loved me through thick and thin.

*You've carried me when illness made me weak.

*You've held me through the grief I thought would break me.

*You've honoured me in front of all others, never speaking badly of me, even when I've let you down.

*You've blessed me with four wonderful children, and when they have faced their own challenges, you've supported all of us, keeping us strong.

*You've spent weeks at a time without me, as I support others who depend on me, over and over again. And never once have you complained.

*You have prayed tirelessly to honour God, and to become the man He called you to be.

You have done all of these, and so much more besides, and through it all, you've made me laugh, you've made me smile, you've touched my heart, you've touched my soul.

Thank you Dirk, for loving me, and for allowing me to be myself, the person God called me to be, the person who flourishes not in spite of you, but because you have opened your heart and encouraged me to fly.

You are one in a million, Dirk, and I shall never tire of telling you so.

Happy 38th Anniversary!

19/06/2024

Are you working your socks off, trying to build a business on your own? Always the Lonelypreneur, trying eveery strategy you come across, yet never quite making them work?

Have you heard the term 'Community-Preneur' yet? If not, you're about to see it explode, so watch this space!

In the meantime, check out our Business Community here to see why YOU really don't need to be working as a Solopreneur any more!

What is Succeed From The Start? Who is it for? And how does it wiork?

22/05/2024

Are YOU ready to take the stage?

Are you ready to stand out from the crowd? To become a leader in your niche, or in your industry even?

Do you have a powerful message to share, or a story of personal transformation?

If you've amswered YES to any of these questions, then The Speakers Index is the place to be and we can't wait to meet you!

By joining our free Facebook group, you'll get first access when we open the doors to our Membership Group next week (and I just can't say how excited I am!).

And if you can't yet answer yes to all these questions, but you're sure you want to, then The Speakers Index is the right place to be!

Comment below for the link to join and I will invite you!

29/03/2024

Did you ever lose a part of you? A part of you that made you who you really are, but that somehow, someone stole it from you? Or in my case, squashed it down so I didn't know how to find it again...

You see, as a little girl, I smiled a lot, I loved smiling, and I knew people loved being smiled at. It made me feel good, and it made them feel good, so it was a win-win for all of us.

But being bullied at high school took that away, it made me shy, it made me nervous, it made me scared, scared to be me, scared to stand up for who I really was, and scared to speak out against those who hurt me.

And the truth is that, although I moved on from those days, went on to university and then into my chosen career in the Police Force, something remained squashed; something continued to keep me down; something stopped me from being who I truly am.

Until one day, when one of my senior officers, Insp. Noble, stood in the gap for me. He believed in me, he looked out for me, and something shifted and I realised that I was ready to start looking out for me too.

But you see, by that, I don't mean that I started to put me first, not at all. What I mean is that I realised that the real me was still there, it had never gone away, I just hadn't known how to express it, or what to do with it. The real me, the smiling me, hadn't disappeared, it had just been frightened away, it had simply gone into hiding.

And because of that, I hadn't been able to fulfill my calling - I hadn't truly been able to show up in the world in the way that I'm needed.

Did I get it right straight away? Did everything change overnight? No, of course not, but when it did, I felt my heart sing, and I knew that I was never going to let myself be squashed away again.

More than that, I knew that I was going to stand up for others whose voice has been stifled, smothered, or stolen away. I was going to open the way for them to own themselves again. To believe in themselves again; for self-acceptance to prosper, and for their right to do whatever they are called to do.

I will stay by their side, I will shout their name from the rooftops, I will stand in the gap for them, until the gap no longer exists, and they are changing the lives that they were always called to change.

20/03/2024

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19/03/2024

Delighted to share this article with you! If you're feeling like life is one long hard slog, or that the job you're getting up for every day is like a heavy weight dragging you down, then maybe it's time for a change? See how I made that change, I'd love to help you do that too.

So, in January 2022, I said good-bye to ShapeShifters, and launched Succeed from The Start. I have never looked back. Why? Because now I can use my creativity