Reflect and Reset

Older?👍 ... Wiser?🤔

Almost 20 years ago (my god - how has it been that long?!) I started sharing the story of being forced to face my own mortality. Beginning in 2003 with speaking engagements and then in 2005 through my first book. Podcasts, workshops and coaching weren't far behind.

Somewhere along the way, YOU ended up on this mailing list and I'm so glad you're here!

The long & winding road

If you've been with me for a while, you may have noticed that the path hasn't exactly been a straight line. I've changed my branding from Power of Mortality to Choose the Life You Want to Mortality Mindset. (This newsletter started out as Mindful Moment.) Each time I made a change, it was in an attempt to reach more people and help them by sharing my experiences and unique point of view.

The problem, however, was that somewhere along the way I'd taken on the idea that this needed to be a Business (with a capital B).

And not just a Business - an Enterprise.

Making decisions from a "business/enterprise" point of view had the unintended consequence of actually moving me further away from the heart (pun intended) and soul of my message. I found myself trying to morph and reshape my message into something that could easily be translated into products, services and merchandise. Of course there's nothing wrong with products, services and merchandise - it just wasn't truly in alignment with the core of my message. That left me out of alignment - and it showed. (You probably noticed but were too polite to say anything.)

At the same time, I'd internalized this idea that I had to have my message all locked down and solidified. After all, if I was going to wrap products, services and merchandise around a message, I couldn't be changing the message over and over again, could I? (At least that's what I was telling myself. Yes - I'm 100% my own harshest critic.)

That particular self-imposed constraint was probably the most damaging one because it kept me artificially frozen and trying to pretend that I'd somehow "completed" my evolution as a person. What a mess!

And now?

Fast forward to today. I'm slowly letting go of all of the limiting beliefs and self-judgements that have been taking me away from my original intention - to help others by inviting them to listen in on my process of living with a very present sense of mortality.

I started out as a speaker and at the absolute core of things, I think of myself as a storyteller. I connect with people and share information which I hope will enrich their lives.

Interacting with people and hearing how they interpret and use this message, is one of the real highlights of doing what I do. I look forward to getting back to connecting and sharing with people. BUT… this time, I’m doing it as a heart-centered, passion project - not as an “Enterprise”.

I’m also working at developing more self-compassion and letting go of my harsh self-judgements. Little by little, I'm easing into the reality that at the root of it, mortality is about the unknown. It's the one thing we can all be certain to face. It's the great equalizer and it's also the greatest mystery of all.

I'm beginning to realize that the Mortality Mindset is all about making peace with the unknowable. And from that peace, perhaps we can find power and purpose.

I invite you to stick around and see where this next twist takes us!

Are you up for it?

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