If you’re anything like me, you are ready for 2017 to be over!
Honesty, it’s been an extremely challenging year.
It required I DIG DEEP and get real with myself in a whole new way.
Faced with the shadows and my fears, I’ve remained devoted in service to my best life and to helping you live yours.
I’ve known on some level that the challenges were readying me for the next bold version of my mission expressed and my next abundant life revealed.
* I continued to re-build my health, stamina and resilience after my break down/spiritual crisis/dark night/awakening last year.
* I examined with greater honesty my loyalties – not through the lens of my espoused values and how I ideally want to see myself – but through the real day in and day out behaviors I was habitually engaging.
* I worked with my coach/mentor and it was not a “glamorous” process. I totally sabotaged myself and could see patterns that brought old shame. As a coach and mentor myself, I was totally judgmental and even mortified about not being an “ideal” client. But I could also see how I needed the loving container to do this messy work and grow beyond ways of being that were contributing to my anxiety and getting in the way of my next big accomplishments.
* I managed difficult situations/confrontations in my business, navigating a new kind of “projection” that can come from being out there in leadership and taking a strong stand for integrity and agreements.
* Speaking of agreements, because some people around me were breaking theirs, I used it as an opportunity to look into the mirror and ask where I have been out of alignment with mine. As such, I have been tightening things up and making amends where I broke my own agreements.
* I honored my anger and sense of urgency that arose from the political and social climate wrought with divisiveness, discrimination and disgrace. I examined where I may have become complacent, where I’m using my white privilege and where I need to make shifts in my business model to truly BE THE CHANGE.
While all this challenge worked me, humbled me and kept me vigilant in my choices, it is also true that I’ve had highlights of awesomeness.
Not only that, where I was once unable to see what gift(s) could possibly come from my latest dark night, I’m feeling a glimmer of light rising that genuinely excites me.
The light always returns.
That is one of the messages of the Winter Solstice.
The long day of darkness is necessary for the full cycle of life to bloom.
Here are some of my awesomeness highlights:
* I put my roots down in the beautiful hills in Boise and started creating home in a sweet condo.
* I planted seeds and flowers on my deck off my bedroom, which brought me great comfort and grounding.
* I spent quality time with my family here, with special outings and sleep overs with my amazing niece.
* I served amazing clients who had remarkable breakthroughs and experienced dreams come true.
* I facilitated transformational retreats in sacred Ojai and Sedona.
* I led an epic Wealthy Goddess LIVE in Santa Barbara.
* I brought my spiritual mentor into my program to honor her as an elder and to offer her unique wisdom to my clients.
* I co-facilitated 2 powerful Grief Retreats at one of my favorite places on Bainbridge Island, WA.
* I co-facilitated ongoing training and dialogues through some crunchy interpersonal communication and conflict for a beloved community of women.
* I co-facilitated my beloved annual spiritual retreat for a group of 50 women in WA.
* I deepened my connections with top notch women in my masterminds and sisters in business/leadership who are key to my success.
* I have not had a panic attack in 6 months. (!)
* I hired a new super star team member.
* I closed out one of my storage units in Seattle.
* I am eating even cleaner than I was (which already was health-full). This includes choosing to not have alcohol now for 23 months.
* I am exercising regularly and feeling the mojo of my brain and body chemistry flowing in an elevated way.
* I am feeling a new strength through this rite of passage known as perimenopause.
WOW WOW WOW!
I am so thankful I created a thriving business to help me get through it all in a good way.
It provides time freedom to make time for what matters most.
In gratitude and the spirit of paying it forward, I offer this tool to help you create the most rich, alive, extraordinary and prosperous 2018.
It’s my joy to share this gift with you.
In “YOUR BEST YEAR YET”, you receive:
• My “2017 TOP 17 Success Formula”
• A 2017 “End of Year Inventory”
• What you need to do ensure greater prosperity in 2018
• 3 essentials to get clear on to rock out the new year
ENJOY. And here’s to our best year YET!
I am ready for mine!
With all that I am,
Kendra E Thornbury, MA
ps. May you feel the glimmer of light return with even greater force.
