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A NOTE FROM JENN...
Catching Up
A lot can transpire over 5 months. Yes it has been 5 months since I last wrote to you. In that time an entire season passed by. Yet in my mind it seems like January 2012 was just yesterday. Do you have this same feeling?
Have you also noticed how much is happening in the world around us. We are seeing unprecedented changes and upheavals in what once were stable systems both locally and globally. Depending on your perspective these are either positive shifts or not. Irrespective, change is inevitable and we are all riding the waves. How you enjoy this ride is important for your own health and sanity as it is for those around you.
Riding waves to clarity
For me the last several years have felt like this experience with waves of change hitting the shores of my life in ever increasing sets and peaks. The interesting reflection is that whilst I lived a lot in fear and worry early on I do so less and less now. In a now realised twist of perspective I am living from a much deeper place of clarity in self, direction and acceptance. It is from this place that I engage, retreat, then re-engage in the world.
If you follow my blogs and writings you will see a pattern in the above comment. I like to take time out for reflection, review and regathering. Each time I feel lifted to an even higher level of self awareness and hence conscious action. I embrace not so much that I can control and force the world around me to do what I want but to actually accept that what is happening is real and that I have a choice in how I respond and engage or not. Amazingly empowering and self motivating. In the end my action is also a powerful way of helping others.
As I share these insights with you, though generic and high level, I hope that you can see the magic in taking some time to sit with who you are on the inside. It’s not an overnight process. Yet by so doing you ensure that you increasingly engage with the world more authentically and on purpose.
As an example, I am clearer more than ever on why I am here. I am here to help you in your transitions whether in life or work. You see if I can say I am good at anything it has to be going through transitions. So as I said to a gorgeous and wonderfully exciting new client the other day I have been there! Yes I have been there. And I have no doubt I will experience even more unexpected waves and change. So will you. The great thing to me is that life just keeps getting more and more interesting and exciting even with the ups and downs. Perhaps so does my perspective and frame.
Where are you at?
I don’t know where you are at in your life or work. But I do wonder. Are you hiding from yourself? Are you playing it safe? Or are you opening up to your potential, the possibilities of living and working differently and really playing and having fun now? Do you perhaps see the upheavals in your life and work as clearing and letting go of the old? I wonder. I also wonder just what is on the horizon for you. What is next in your journey. Are you about to be bumped into a change you could never anticipate or are you ready to jump in with full awareness and ride the wave. Only YOU know. Only YOU can be the one who chooses what you are doing with your life and work. All I and others can do is help by being a sounding board, source of inspiration and guide.
So in this context let me share some writing, resources and inspiration for thought and action. Also given the lapse of time since last writing I am sharing with you a "bumper issue" of Being Real. This is definitely one to read in stages and grab a cup of tea to sip while doing so.
So enjoy.
Warmly,
Jenn
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Examples abound. The one being shared on the radio to start the conversation was about how an ill fitted cup lid affected the radio hosts ability to drink her coffee. Others followed. I liked the one about an app not downloading fast enough on one’s smartphone. 
