Inner Wisdom & Creativity Blog

Sue & Steve posed this question in their latest video and someone else created a blog posted based on the question, so I thought I would too.

Actually, it’s funny because only a few days ago the big, fun, exciting amount I had in my head and was dreaming about was 22 million dollars. It just sounds good doesn’t it?

Money means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. To me, it means opportunities and freedom. It means that the essentials and bills are taken care of and then you can choose to take that course that appeals to you or take the family on a trip overseas to experience other people and places.

I also know that money is energy and it reflects what’s going on inside us (just as other things in our life reflect our inner world), so if I’m experiencing a lack of money, perhaps I’m feeling a lack of something within me.

Money is also our main material representation of abundance. In order to have an abundance of money, I have to tap into my inherent abundance within me and within the universe…to be feeling that awesome knowing that there is always abundance if we allow it into our lives. To allow it we must see it and feel it in and around us. It is so much more than money.

So back to the big question, what would I do with 20 million dollars?

The first thing that comes to my mind is a wonderful piece of land that has a stream running through it and some big boulders and trees throughout the property. A gorgeous house that’s open and feels connected with nature both inside and out. There’s a separate building that is a creative workshop and I can have groups of people come to my property for workshops, retreats etc.

I’d love to set up different opportunities, especially for women and children, to engage in creative activities and to connect with nature and themselves, even if it means setting up centres or businesses that others can run for me.

I’d also love to be able to pay a great assortment of inspirational, creative and spiritual people to come and be guest facilitators in workshops and retreats and other events.

See a theme here? lol

Of course new cars would be great, as would not having to worry about paying rego, maintenance etc.

When suddenly faced with such a large sum of money you do realise how hard it is to then come up with ‘things’ to spend it on. I believe that we feel like we need more and more money when we don’t have it, but having it brings in totally new considerations.

I’ve observed my own spending habits and can see that I’m much more likely to splurge on things I don’t really need, in order to feel good, when I don’t have much money. But having money makes you want to take time to make better decisions and you don’t feel so rushed anymore to have more and more.

To me, it’s about experiences. I’d love to be able to take my children to wonderful places, to explore and learn and have great adventures as a family. I’d love to visit the lushness of Hawaii, the sacred places and stones in the UK and the massive red rock we have here in the middle of Australia.

Would having 20 million dollars solve all my problems? Of course not. It would solve some problems but it would also open up a new world of contrast and considerations. But boy I don’t think I’d mind those contrasts! lol

How about you? What would you do with 2o million dollars?

Oh yeah and I’d also love to buy my mum a gorgeous cottage on a nice piece of land and perhaps shout the whole extended family to a special holiday somewhere. Cool!

Attracting Money Tip #1: When you visualise what you’d do with the money, FEEL what it’s like to experience that home, that car, that trip, that course, etc. Let your mind wander into the experience of having the things that would bring you joy and engage all of your senses. Feel it resonating from within you rather than just being thoughts in your head. This is how you come into alignment with that money…that money that you CAN indeed have.

Attracting Money Tip #2: Pay careful attention to the quick little thoughts that pop up in relation to thinking about money, e.g. thoughts that tell you that you don’t deserve that money or those wonderful things and experiences. Explore those thoughts because they are false beliefs that hold you back. Replace those false beliefs with the truth that you are deserving of wonderful things.

First of all, the big thing bubbling within me is that this year I am going to write “my” book. I’m not exactly sure of the content but it’s something I want to do. Actually it’s something that’s always been on my “things to do in my lifetime” lists or what others call their “bucket lists” (you know, things to do before you kick the bucket).

Well, writing a book is one of mine. The thing that differs now is that I know I have the content within me. There’s a whole heap of inspired, connected, soulfully wise stuff that I know can flow from and through me. I guess it’s a matter of starting in one spot and seeing where I end up, which is how I do anything creative.

The other thing I want to explore this year is my intuition. I’ve worked with my intuition for several years now, but I’m being drawn to explore it more consciously and more regularly. So I’m often pulling out one of my many decks or oracle or tarot cards. Perhaps engaging my intuition more, and flexing my “psychic muscles”, is actually linked to writing my book?

After all, I started out as a channel and did channelled messages for people fairly regularly and through eBay (good ol’ Ebay), along with other readings. In the last couple of years I haven’t done much in the way of sitting down and using my abilities in a focused way. It’s been more incidental and occassional.

Who knows what’s in store? Well, maybe I should if I’m talking about psychic abilities! LOL

So there you have it…I’m gonna write my book (perhaps the first of a few). I’m going to do it 1) because I want to and 2) because some people will find it helpful, insightful and inspiring. Do I want it to be a best-seller? No, but if it is, then I won’t knock that back. Anything I do is for the experience of doing it rather than what I can get from it.

Here’s to going with whatever is bubbling within!

What’s bubbling within you? I’d love to know…just leave a comment below…

Wow! What a day!

If you’re a friend, family member or have been part of my social media circle, you’ll know that I’ve been keen to launch myself and my self mastery coaching and mentoring but something has been holding me back like a vicious circle.

I have written notebooks full of ideas and I’ve had the ‘know how’ to set up coaching programs and multiple streams of income as part of my business. I’ve taken in a lot of info, watched a lot of videos, listened to a lot of teleseminars and audios, read many books. All the while hitting a brick wall every time it came to pulling together my “stuff” and launching it in a particular way.

Lately I’ve really been feeling the frustration of having great ideas but hitting that block…around and around again. BUT, I did know that something would have to give eventually and that I was still in a process of clarifying until I tapped into that missing piece of my internal puzzle.

Today was one of those really strong angst days where I was so sick of not moving forward.

I decided to ask my soul what it wanted.

I acknowledged that one of my strongest core values for my business is FREEDOM – to express who I am and in sharing my gifts to help others. It’s why I left my previous business partnership. My soul longed for freedom and no constriction.

Herein lies the conflict. I kept trying to use a business model where I would be packaging my “content” and offering it in different ways to clients. Something kept feeling unsettled about that and I KNOW to listen to my intuition…it’s just that sometimes we know something’s off but we don’t know why or what to do about it.

The good thing is that the more roadblocks we hit and the more frustrated we are, coming head-on with what we DON’T want, we eventually get to that place where we can clarify what we DO want. When we reach that point where we can ask the right question, the answer ALWAYS comes. I knew this but it didn’t help me stop the frustration of not HAVING that answer yet.

As I’ve been exploring various business models and what others are doing, I repeatedly identified some things that didn’t sit right with me (not that they weren’t right for others…just that they didn’t resonated with how my soul wanted to express itself). As I encountered them repeatedly it helped me become clear about what I wanted.

Earlier today I wrote down clearly that I wanted to be “leading edge”…not to do something someone else was doing. I also realised that I was most passionate about what I do when I’m in the process of helping someone – I wanted to feel passionate in my work, not to have to write an article or seminar just to have content to share. I had this inner sense of co-creating with people. I also realised that I’d previously observed how others naturally draw from me what they need, from their own asking. So I had to acknowledge that a big part of who I am and what I do is in working intuitively, without a pre-determined plan for “content”.

Ahhhh….my soul took a deep breath! While I knew these things about myself like seeing myself doing retreats and feeling strongly drawn to connect directly with people, I devalued this about myself by thinking I still had to package myself like everyone else and offer that “content” in some way. Wrong. In the last 24 hours this little voice in the back of my head was telling me that I needed my own business model. When the bits fell into place and I stopped trying to fit the “template”, my soul started buzzing.

Another AHA – the purpose of past pathways becomes clear…

From 1999 to 2002 I studied for 4 years to earn a Bachelor of Education degree where I explored my love of learning but felt conflicted with the restrictions in the education system. I didn’t end up teaching like I’d envisioned for those 4 years but I was divinely guided to then home school my eldest children for 2 years…and now I know why. EVERYTHING I identified about learning naturally and providing the space for learning to take place as a facilitator and guide… is WHO I AM. I’ve known I am a guide but it’s really deeply hit home how it all ties together for me.

So, this is what you can expect from me:

• facilitating sacred environments and opportunities for you to connect with your soul in your own unique and powerful way
• to be there to intuitively answer your questions based on my own connection to Source…being the guiding light that allows you to tap into your own inner light
• to be the one who sees your truth and value and reflects that back to you
• to integrate your powerful transformation and insights with casual, fun, playful and creative environments – bring on the coffee-shop gatherings!
• to guide you into the space where you can tap into your own inner wisdom, inspiration and creativity
• to gather together circles of women where everyone’s knowing can deepen and widen by co-creating together – this is the leading-edge stuff where we all contribute to expanding each other’s knowledge, wisdom and inspiration. Bring your pens and notebooks!

Ain’t it grand! LOL

I decided it was about time I created my vision board.

I’d been collecting words and images from magazines for a few months and had the vision board come to mind as a way to focus my energy.

I created 2 large vision boards earlier in 2009 but they were quite sparse and I kept them in my wardrobe out of the way.

This time I dragged out those 2 sheets of cardboard and decided to use the back of one for my new vision board. A splayed out my clippings and went through more Wellbeing and horoscope mags to find a few more things.

I really didn’t think I had much there but boy did it come together after having a break and coming back to it. So much so that I had to join the 2 sheets of cardboard together to create a MEGA vision board!

When I look at it, it feels so ‘whole’ and inspiring. It really represents me having my own energy focused this year in a positive way, no longer at the mercy of my whims and lack of clarity. I have big visions for this year and beyond!

Here’s some photos…

Donna's Vision Board for 2010

Top section of vision board

Middle section of vision board

Bottom section of vision board

I had a lot of spiritual and health things on my board but wanted to add money and feelings of abundance because it’s my big ‘allowing’ this year so I wanted it to feature. I then opened an old horoscopes magazine and found an image of Aussie notes fanned out. As I turned the pages there were more and more of these images used, making me feel like the abundance was flowing to me already! Yay!

May YOU have a powerful, abundant, inspired year!

If you have created a vision board for yourself I’d love to take a peek.

If you haven’t created one, it can be a powerful process to set your intentions for what you’d like to welcome into your life. It can be specific things or represent the types of things and feelings you want to invite into your life.