There is this expectation that
we are always on up,
that we need to be always on up,
and always out.
We always need to be happy
or we always need to be
able to perform
at the peak level.
And what I noticed is that
when
someone is not constantly
performing at this peak level,
and usually this happens
with high achievers,
so it's kind of like...
I work with high achievers,
I'm a high achiever myself,
and...
this is... the trap
that we get into
is that if we are not high achieving,
basically,
every single day,
all the time
at our peak performance
then we go inward
and we start to feel
guilty, self-doubt...
doubting our abilities,
it's like: what's wrong with me?
I can't do this.
And it's a negative spiral.
So, but actually,
what's happening is that
everything in life
is an ebb and a flow.
Everything.
So, breathing out, breathing in,
breathing out, breathing in,
day, night,
day, night.
And...
the ocean.
So you can think about the ocean,
ebb and flow, ebb and flow,
the tides.
It's the same thing
with your own
natural rhythms.
So your own natural rhythm,
you have a peak
and then... like you have...
a tide... an ebb and a flow,
an ebb and a flow
within you.
Also
it is true for your business.
Since moving my business online
I have noticed this happening
more prominently
than I could observe that in the past.
In the past, I was running my business,
I've been running my business for almost nine years and so...
Actually it probably is nine years now.
So... in the past
it was very much offline,
the old way of doing things.
Like I would go to network meetings
once a week and...
some big events every month
and run workshops
every couple of months or so,
or every month.
If I look back now
I can see there were rhythms back then,
but I didn't know.
I wasn't aware of them
enough to notice
and to be able to work with those rhythms.
So I used to get burnt out quite a lot.
Now, online,
things are happening a lot faster
and I can actually observe things happening
on the daily basis.
So because networking
is not restricted
to once a week,
and going to big networking events
isn't restricted to once a month.
Online you've plugged into Facebook,
so it's like every day!
24/7 if you want to.
I wouldn't recommend that, but...
So it's instant
and it's constant.
And that has given me an opportunity
to really observe
and really watch the cycles.
And I`ve seen that with me,
so I've got an inner experience of it,
as well as with my clients,
I see what's happening
because I'm watching them as my clients
and online, as well.
And I see what's happening
with others.
Who are not maybe my clients
but they are there online,
and so I see them going through this.
Though, for most people
it's unconscious.
And what's happening is that
what we are trying to do is
push push push push,
push push push past that point
where...
Well, actually,
the tide is going in.
So... and it's nothing wrong
to withdraw,
it's nothing wrong
to take that time
to go inward and spend a few days,
maybe a week,
maybe a couple of weeks
in contemplation,
in connecting with the Universe.
But, you see, most of us
are scared of this
because what we are scared of means is that
we are taking our hands
off our business,
or we are not...
pushing the business out there
which means nothing's happening.
So it feels like nothing's happening.
And we start to feel bad
about ourselves,
and so if you are a high performer, like I am,
or a high achiever, like I am,
then...
that's a very dangerous cycle to go in.
Not to notice
when the tide goes in
and to go in with it
to...
I guess reconnect,
but I don't like saying 'reconnect' and 'recharge'
because...
once you learn to ride your cycles
when you are going out,
you shouldn't be losing your energy,
you shouldn't be disconnecting.
That would not be okay.
So... but for most of you that's what happens:
so they kind of push push push
and they get out of alignment,
they get disconnected,
they get drained,
exhausted...
And so especially
they need this,
especially.
I mean everybody needs it but those people,
they need this especially.
So if this is happening to you,
that you go through these...
let's say patches or patterns
of push push push
and then you are exhausted,
and you don't know what's happening...
And it's almost like:
Shall I go on holiday?
Shall I give up my business?
You know, things like that sometimes
come into our mind
when we are in that withdrawal stage.
And so instead of going into the downward spiral
what I would encourage you to do is to...
go inward consciously.
So take time
for yourself
and for connection,
for deepening your connection,
because that's what it's about.
So it's not for reconnecting,
it is for reconnecting
if you've got disconnected,
but when you've learned
not to get disconnected
what happens is you go inward
to go deeper in your connection,
to go deeper in your alignment,
to become more deeply anchored
into your power place.
Women have cycles.
So, natural cycles,
that are, you know, their periods
their menstruations.
So they have this cycle,
and this is a natural rhythm and cycle
that aligns them
with the cycles of the Universe,
so with the cosmic cycles.
When the woman has a period of menstruating
it's the time to go inward,
it's the natural time
when a woman doesn't want
to be getting out there
and pushing herself out
and doing...
all the things kind of out there.
It's a really natural time,
and we need to learn to honor that,
to go inward
to deepen our connection
with ourselves and spirit,
with the Universe, and be really in tune
with the cosmos.
Because that's where we receive
our divine inspiration,
that's where the creativity comes from.
So when we are like stretched
like a rubber band
pushing ourselves out all the time,
well, guess what happens?
It has to go back,
and usually it goes back by what?
Getting burnt out,
exhausted, tired,
getting sick
and things like that.
So my message for you this week is:
If you are feeling that you are
in this pattern of stop and start,
stop and start,
patchy performance,
start tuning into your own
cycles...
So it doesn't matter
whether you are men and a woman,
with women it's just more obvious,
with man it's still there,
it's just not as obvious and so...
But when you start to learn
to listen to yourself
and be in tune
with your...
body and with your being
then you notice
there are natural cycles
when you have a push in creativity
and inspiration to go out,
and then there is a natural
tide going in
when you want to withdraw,
think, analyze,
maybe write, create...
So the inward work.
And then naturally there is the outward,
and then there will be inward,
and outward.
It's the same thing
that's happening with your business.
So your business is a living breathing organism.
Or like it's a being,
it's an entity.
So I know it may sound freaky for some of you,
but this is energetically,
that's what it is.
And so working with the cycles,
your cycles and your business ,
so having those attuned
and knowing when to go out,
the most effective time
to be out
and when it's time to go in.
And when you go in
it doesn't mean you disappear,
you stop interacting,
you stop answering emails of clients,
no, I don't mean that.
What I mean is that
there is the honoring
of the need
to be more inward.
So when you've learned to work
with your own cycles
and with the cycles in your own business,
what will happen
is that instead of feeling
that you've got this stop and start,
stop and start, stop and start
happening in your business
it will start to flow.
And it will start to flow naturally
and beautifully for you
where it's an ebb in and out,
in and out,
so it's a flow in and out, in and out.
But it is a flow.
Like the ocean
going in and out, in and out,
but it never stops.
Like a lemniscate, really.
So it's a beautiful energy
moving in and out
and circulating
properly, and efficiently, and effectively
rather than being blocked,
and then bursting somewhere.
Have you noticed that
even during the day,
one single day
you feel sometimes more projective
and sometimes more inward?
So for me, for example,
afternoon is more projective,
and the morning is more inward.
So more inward means
it's best time for me
to be creating content
like writing
and working on my new courses,
on the new resources,
and behind the scenes kind of things,
creating things.
So morning is the perfect time for me to do that.
Afternoon is the outward cycle for me.
So afternoon is usually better
for me to be going out on Facebook,
and interacting,
and e-mails
and all these other things.
So the same would be happening
throughout the week,
and then throughout the month.
So noticing your own cycles
and honoring them,
acknowledging them
and then working with them
will start to create a seamless flow
in your life and in your business.
Rather than you getting frustrated that:
'Oh, why am I not feeling like this?'
Why am I not at my high...
whatever the high peak for you is...
Why am I not feeling my high peak?
Well, it's natural.
So, learning
to not resist that
but to know:
'Oh, in the in...
When the tide is in
then there is something else
that I'm meant to be doing,
there is the deepening process.
And then you go out again,
then the deepening,
and then you go out again.
Alright I hope that serves you,
let me know if or does.
If you have any questions or comments
leave them in the comments below,
I love hearing from you.
I especially would love to hear from you
what you think about this.
Have you noticed
your own cycles?
Have you noticed the ebbs and flows
in you and in your business?
Let me know, I'd love to know.
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