A sort of Fairytale in July
Heart centred business reflections for my members and a PREVIEW of my podcast episode with the incredibly talented Leonie Dawson!!
Hello loves,
How are you all?
If you’re new here I’m so glad you are here. I sent these ‘behind the scenes’ posts at the start of each month for members PLUS an invite to set our intentions together for the month ahead. There are 22 of you here this month - hi!
This post accompanies my ‘Note from the Sea’ which I send to all subscribers on the 1st of the month so if you haven’t read it yet head on over there first?
You might remember my goal last month was to find some space and time to do some slow baking.
Well I managed brownies which I’ve made hundreds of times before, fairy cakes with the kids and a mixed fruit crumble for my husband (his fave).
The purpose behind my slow bake experiment was to see if I could slow down enough to appreciate the process behind the simple recipes and learn anything about myself in the process.
I used to love baking, I was even part of a monthly cake club but I kind of fell out with it a little for a while…
My experiment worked and I realised I am just ever balancing all the requests from both children to help, noisy oven timers, sometimes the tv or radio in the background, post arriving, friends calling for my son, measurements and conversions of measurements - it’s a lot.
Baking could be a sacred practise but I think in all honesty I’d need to be alone.
That was it - that was the breakthrough…
So I wrote a little about funding rejections in this month’s 'Note from the Sea’ and although I’ve processed it it’s been SUPER tough to do - this one hit hard. I got another later in the month £25k of funding that could have been here for me, for creatives I work with, awarded elsewhere and for brilliant work I’m sure but where does that leave me?
When I had my coaching call with the WONDER that is Leonie Dawson she asked me about money stuff - how much of my income came from where and I didn’t really know… I’m not one for maths and pie charts but in July I can tell you that the diversity of my income streams helped me feel safe, held and abundant.
I still felt sad but I didn’t at any point feel desolate. I’m re-writing those stories by stepping up and doing my soul’s work…