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You may not have the mother you want, but you'll always have the mother you need to become the woman you're today. And as an adult, you're responsible for yourself and therefore you can mother your inner child the way you want.

I heard this from a Chinese lecturer. He said that if you want to ruin someone, tell them they need to be perfect.

50: Everyone else is already taken up, you can take up as much space as you want in the Universe. The Universe will make space for you therefore there's no need to compete or be a clone of someone else to become successful.

49: This is a continuation from yesterday's episode where I asked if you're a people pleasure then are you also a manipulator? If we want to put our God Given Gifts out there, we need to be strong to take criticism as well, otherwise it'll just be giving airtime to the ego!

48: If you're in the process of getting to know yourself and embarked on the personal development journey then not every feedback you get is about you. If you know what it feels like to walk on egg shells with certain people then, if you take everything personally, you too are making people feel they need to watch what they say when they're with you.

47: In today's episode, I shared the technique and tools I used to get myself out of confusion and raise my frequency to match the things I want to experience righ now.                      Connect with me here: FB : FB.com/TheWomanofInfluence  IG: Instagram.com/TheWomanofInfluence

46: One of the many reasons why we stop ourselves from pursing our dreams and become wildly success is because it requires us to get outside our comfort zone and face the "wolves of the world". By that I mean to face the reality that people may say NO to us. When we hear a NO, most of the time, we take it personally and immediately translate to "Oh I'm unlovable!" or "there's something wrong with me". As a child, we've been conditioned to behave properly and only when we do according to what our parents or caregivers want from us, do we get rewarded. So the rest of our lives, we live for these "reward" moments because it makes us feel loved. But the truth is, people don't have to like what we say or what we do. And it really has nothing to do with us because we're all given FREEWILL and we don't have similar taste right? Just like music, some people may like Lady Gaga and some don't. But it doesn't stop her from doing what she loves. Similarly, I don't listen to the same kind of music all the time. I've preferences based on the time of the day and my mood. But just because I like to Enya in the evening, JLO isn't going to get offended.

45: You cannot attract abundance from a place of lack. And it's not that affirmations don't work. They do. It's just that we don't believe them. So our job is to bridge the gap. The Universe isn't out to get us or punish us. Like Einstein said, you must first decide if you live in a hostile or friendly Universe. When you believe in a friendly Universe and that life is FOR you and not against you, half the "battle" is already won. You've done most of the heavy lifting because you're no longer in your way. Yes learning the lessons may be painful but so is giving birth. But we do it anyway right? Watch the video to find out how I healed my relationship with money and allow money to serve my mission so that I don't have worry about keeping up with the bills every month.

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43: If you don't decide how the day is going to be, the day will decide for you. Then you become the victim of your circumstances. The truth is, we don't know and cannot predict how the day will go but we can definitely pre decide who we're going to be no matter what happens. Life will do what life wants to do right? Being in charge of your emotions is definitely part of growing up and self responsibility. In this video, I share my personal practical tips on how I end the day right so that I set myself for success even before I wake up. Let me know what your personal tips and tricks to maintain your sanity.

42: The # 1 reason why most of fear failure isn't because we believe that we're not good enough or we're not ready. The reason is because we're ultimately afraid of rejection. If we're rejected that means we're being judged and as a result, people won't like us. So we rather stay small, fit in and dim our lights. Don't take any risks and be safe in our comfort zones. Yes although we'll be safe and we may go through life without any major upheavals, but will you be happy though? Will you be satisfied not knowing what your fullest potential and capabilities are? Aren't you slightly curious how far God can take you in life? Looking from the sidelines feeling jealous of what others have accomplished is an indication that you too are craving for that experience. You're in your own way. Instead of being scared, be curious instead. In the space of curiosity, you cannot feel the fear. Like a child. A child is fearless because s/he is curious and everything is interesting. Perhaps you think there's too much to lose if you lose. Ok! So what do you really have to lose if you just take ONE tiny weeny step? If you don't try, the answer is always NO. Even if you tried and the answer is NO, at leas you know. Is it time to change the narrative in your head and take a leap of faith and see how far God can take you?

41: It's an insane world because there're so many expectations for women. We've to look a certain way, dress a certain way, talk a certain way, behave a certain way and even think a certain way. Trying to achieve all these unrealistic goals is obviously driving us up the wall. We can choose to ditch the crazy expectations and come up with a more humane way of doing things. We don't have to drive ourselves crazy. Stress is the # 1 killer in our modern times.⠀ ⠀ So, ask yourself if the situation is really worth stressing over. Is it worth another white hair or wrinkle? No one is responsible for our happiness and mental health. No one is watching you and keeping tabs of what you've done and what you haven't done. As a mother in lockdown mode, my main focus isn't the laundry. My focus is mainly making sure my children are fed. As a result, my laundry room is still in a mess and may not do my laundry everyday. It's raining most of the time in Singapore anyway. It's ok if I don't mop the floor everyday, I no longer have toddlers crawling all over the house. I may wash the toilets at 8pm before I take my shower.⠀ ⠀

40: I believe it's more important now than ever that we take time out to connect with our Soul and Creator to find out why we're here at this specific time. I also believe that if you're part of @thewomanofinfluence community and is reading this right now, you're called for a life bigger than what your ego has planned out for you. You're here to hold the light and help raise the frequency of Mother Earth.⠀ ⠀ Your Soul has volunteered to be part of the change and witness the shift that has never happened before in recorded human history. You and I and all of us are the chosen ones and have been chosen to clean and cleanse the dense energies.⠀ ⠀

39: When I started my Spiritual Healing practice 10 years ago, I blamed God for trying to make my life so difficult when all I wanted was to help people. And I couldn't understand why He was making my life so difficult! He wasn't. I was in such a victim state. Eventually I realised that no one was coming to save me and I can't help anyone but myself at that point in time. Now I know that God is waiting for me. It was me that was in my own way. Many times, we want others to change and the world to change so that we don't have to change. Change is hard. It's not easy but yet it's the only thing we can do to improve our lives. If we keep waiting, then we'll always have to depend on the external circumstances to be right before we can be happy. I hate rules and some laws are just simply ridiculous. If you're like me, have you ever wondered why do we need laws to govern us? Well we don't when we each take personal responsibility for ourselves and our surrounding. You don't need a rocket scientist to tell you why you shouldn't drink and drive. You also need a degree to tell you why you shouldn't drive like a mad person on the over speed limit on the road. We don't need the government to tell us why we need to pay income tax to help the lower income when we all do our part to lift each other up. Doing charity and being charitable is another topic that I'll cover another day but we need to teach people how to fish and not just give people the fish. Otherwise we create a community of needy people who just wait for people to donate. It definitely makes us feel good but we're actually robbing people of the chance to discover their own potential. I truly feel that we can only change the world by our actions and not just talk. We need more conscious role models to rise up, take charge and lead. Stop waiting for permission or people to appoint you. You're already the chosen one so it's time to step up. Love, Elyse-Anne P.S. Have you joined the 280,000++ The Woman of Influence members on Instagram?

38: The only reason why we suffer mentally and emotionally is because we resist the current situation.⠀ ⠀

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31: Since time isn't linear which means all past, present and future are happening right now.⠀ ⠀

30: "Your opinions don't pay my bills" is my latest fav mantra.⠀ ⠀ I used to care a lot of about other think of me because I want to be liked. And therefore have become a people pleaser.⠀ ⠀

29: We're living in exciting times - where for the first time in history the age old paradigms and structures are FINALLY breaking and crumbling. This will seem and look scary from the outside because the world seems to be falling apart.

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27: Keyboard warriors!⠀ ⠀ The so called vigilantes are actually bullies is disguise.⠀ ⠀

26: I heard this saying from Bob Proctor - The moment you graduate from college, you're obsolete. Essentially it means if you're not growing, you're dying. I don't have a college degree and I got kicked out from high school.⠀ ⠀

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24: We're not only living in times of extremes, we're going through massive transitions. Look around you'll see old systems breaking down and even Mother Nature is changing. If you resist change, you'll feel uncomfortable and it almost feels like death every single day. There're no books in history YET that talks about how to deal with this transition because we're literally writing history and we're part of making history. Isn't this exciting? We need to not only shift our thinking and awareness, we must also change our lifestyle habits. In fact, those of us who are awakening aren't attracted by all the luxury material living as before. We've learned to enjoy them but not be consumed by them. So, that means if you're focusing your business on drawing people in by all the first class travels and all, it's not going to work with the more conscious entrepreneurs. Because we now know we don't need manipulative fancy marketing to live that lifestyle. In fact, we're really called to simplify our lifestyles. I'm not saying minimalists here. There's really no one lifestyle that fits all. When I say simply your lifestyle means to literally remove things that are taking up your time to work on yourself. The # 1 reason for not having time to mediate or journal or even just talk to yourself is... "I am busy." What are you so busy with? Really! Busy doesn't mean productive. Therefore, eliminate distractors and commit to spending as much time as possible with yourself. Talk to yourself. Be your own cheerleader. Raise your vibrations. No one is going to do that for you. We don't spend time with ourselves yet expect our loved ones to make us happy. That doesn't sound right at all! I don't know about you. I love spending time with myself. Doing what I want to do each moment. You ask me how I get all my inspirations for writing all these posts? I spend time talking to myself and researching each topic and then form my own opinions. Self awareness is key if you want to thrive in this new season. All the best! ❤Elyse-Anne

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21: Trying to be positive all the time is a lie.⠀ ⠀ No one on this planet can be positive ALL the time. You can TRY and then think you're positive.⠀ ⠀

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20: Everyone wants to love and be loved. Everyone wants to be wealthy, healthy and happy yet why does all these good things avoid us like a plague? Are all the good things we want only available to a handful or it is available to all of us? The answer is : it's available to all of us. Because we're all Children of God. God doesn't have a favourite child and He doesn't show favouritism. Well then why do we suffer? Suffering is a choice. We've bought into a believe system that we need to suffer to somehow be worthy to receive the love we deserve. We were taught to suffer! The people who holds the power wants the mass to suffer so that they can control us. We now know that we're the creators of our lives and we don't have to give up our power to anyone. And you can see this happening in organisations, politics and corporate companies. We've reached enough critical mass to overthrow the old way of doing things. Because we're sick and tired of being sick and tired of being told what to do. This means, we've to look at our personal lives and take personal responsibility. If you don't learn from your personal history and history will repeat itself again. It's time to make a decision to THRIVE. With Gratitude, Elyse-Anne P.S. Have you joined our 280,000++ fam on Instagram? >> @TheWomanofInfluence

19: We already have a lot on our plates and many a times we put ourselves last on the list. Sometimes it's so crazy we don't even get 10 mins for ourselves. As Tony Robbins said, if we don't even give ourselves 10 mins, then we don't really have a life! I was a flight attendant for 10 years and looking good is part of my job. And when I became a full time housewife/stay at home mom, I always had to find reasons to dress up. I mean... I didn't want to look like I was crazy. But that was when I was younger and I wanted to fit in. Something amazing happens as you get older. You just don't give a shit about what other people think about you anymore. I've learned to live by my rules. I decided to make up everyday for myself for no reason. I'm looking good for myself. I want to feel like a million bucks when I'm cleaning the house, cooking and doing grocery shopping. Why do I need to look good for the world? I've tried to lose weight and followed so many diets and finally I gave up and decided to follow my rules. And you know what? My rules rocks. I eat whatever I want. Drink whatever I want that makes me feel good. It's my body. My life. My say. So it's time to live life your way. The experts don't know you. You're the expert of you. With Gratitude, Elyse-Anne P.S. Have you joined our 280,000++ fam on Instagram? >> @TheWomanofInfluence

18: It's really easy to get sucked into the day to day routine and then abandon ourselves. When I say abandon I mean that we're not giving enough ME time to ourselves. If that's the case, then how will we ever have a great relationship ourselves?

17: We can always love ourselves more can't we? But do we? A lot times people think self love is about going for massages, spa treatments and even a shopping spree. It's a great way to destress for sure but what's the point of the activities if you're still the same person at the end of the day? Self love is doing things for your highest good. I know it sounds selfish but you can't give what you don't have. You want to come from a space where you've overflowing with everything and you've so much to give and you don't have think about your next meal or rent. Self love also means let your yes be yes and no is a complete sentence. As women we've all these unspoken crazy rules to make us fit into the patriarchy system. If you don't stand up and speak up for yourself, no one will. Just because you're a nice person, doesn't mean you're a doormat. What's the point of being nice to others but you end up betraying yourself? What you tolerate you'll end up getting more of. Because that's the vibration you're sending out to the Universe. At the end of the day, you teach people how to treat you the right way. And it begins with you. Self love is really all about getting to know YOU and having a fabulous relationship with you. When you've an amazing relationship with you, you're having an amazing relationship with God. And you become the entire UNIVERSE! I wish you well. Love and blessings, Elyse-Anne

16: I've been toying with this idea for at least 10 years. And the reason why I didn't take action was because of FEAR. Even up till 6 months ago, there was still fear. I've 3 children and there's a lot of consider. However that being said, I did use my children as an excuse not to move forward. Deciding that you want a divorce is just the beginning of the journey. If you've children, then there's so much more to consider. That's why it had to take 10 years for me to grow up. Going through a divorce will bring out the ugly side of you and your soon to be ex-husband and to be honest, I did become childish and egoist. Understand that both parties are hurt and both want to be heard. I've learned that when we quarrel, it's all about making our points across. We weren't ready to listen. We just want to vent. As a result, a lot of hurtful words were exchanged and some words can't be taken back when said. For me, I made a conscious decision to walk away and not run away from my marriage. As a spiritual student, I recognise that there's an opportunity for me to grow and become a better woman. A Course in Miracles said that all relationships are gifts. The people who hurt you the most are your best SPIRITUAL teachers because they show you what you truly believe about yourself. At the end of day, we're all children of God and this is something I had to get over. No matter what I thought of him, he's also a Child of God. Yes! He's the wrong person now but 15 years ago, he was the right person. The last thing you really want to do is be angry with yourself and be guilty. You've already made the decision and you can't change the fact. So don't make the same decision twice! Like I said, there'll be a lot of ego play coming out and this is the best opportunity to heal your inner child and traumas so that you don't project it to the world and most of all your children. They're watching and learning. What kind of role model would you like to be for them? I've 3 girls so what I do will impact and influence their love life in the future. Children learn from watching not through our nagging (that would be so much easier though!). Reach out to friends but be selective of who you speak to. This is also a good time to shop around for lawyers. Talk to friends who've gone through this process and ask for recommendations. It's going to be emotion journey but when you're done with the drama, I promise you, you'll be at peace with yourself. On top of that, you'll feel a sense of freedom that you've been longing for in a long time. From this space, you'll find the clarity and strength to move on. Yes this may be rock bottom for you and the only place to go is up! Have faith that GOD is right there with you. Everything you need is already here. All you need to do is to take the next step. I'm here with you. With Gratitude, Elyse-Anne.

15: It's said that it take 21 days to change a habit and 90 days to change a core belief. You'll be surprised to find out how long it actually and really takes to change your mindset.

14: Listen to find out my simple manifestation trick that works miraculously all the time. I've manifested not just money but from winning awards to TV and Radio shows, appearing on magazines and travel opportunities. If I can do it, so can you. You can manifest anything you want.

13: Are you struggling with weight issues? And I'm not talking about losing weight because you want to fit into a wedding gown. I'm talking about literally losing the weight for health reasons.⠀ ⠀ For the past 3 years I've been piling on so much weight that I went into hiding. This was the heaviest I've been and it's not because of child birth!⠀ ⠀ I lost all the baby weight after my 3rd child. My 3rd child is turning 6 next month and I can no longer use the excuse that I just gave birth.⠀ ⠀ I don't eat a lot and I've tried all sorts of diets and exercise and my weight still won't budge. What I found is that my weight gained is due to emotional stress! I can gain weight by drinking water. So it's an emotional cause! The body thinks I'm dying so it's storing up fats! For the past 3 years I went into a mild depression and I lost my self confidence and security. And denied my desires.⠀ ⠀ Until recently, I finally came out of hiding and my weight started to drop. From 68kg - 65k without any diets or exercises.⠀ ⠀ How? I finally gave myself the permission to live a big life and have everything I desired.⠀ ⠀ I tapped into my MILLION DOLLAR IDEA and gave myself the permission to influence millions and make millions. If this sounds like you, then I'd like to invite you to join me in this 5 weeks project.⠀ ⠀ Get all the deets here

12: It's official! My Instagram account had the highest month ever! 20k followers or members I would like to address them in 1 month. 20k people clicked the follow button in 30 days to follow my Instagram account. I'm still trying to catch my breath and take that all in. Someone please pinch me! After 10 years in the industry, I finally had the breakthrough I desired! I tried and tried and tried and almost gave up but somehow managed to convince myself to just hang on a little longer and wah la! This is truly living life beyond my wildest dreams. If you had told me 10 years ago that this would have happened, I wouldn't have believed you. Because I was the most un-tech sayy person ever! I didn't even want to buy a smart phone to begin with! So, let alone thinking that I would one day learn to love social media and actually excel on it! Anyway, during all the years of trying, I've always had the vision in my mind that ONE DAY, I'll be rich and famous. To tell you the truth, I've played play pretend all these years. Putting out content and speaking my truth while having this vision that lots and lots of people were listening to what I had to say. (Actually - at that time - no one really cared!) And the irony is this. Whatever that I'm saying now to my 50k members on Instagram, is pretty much what I've said a few years ago. It took me a few years to get it and shift after watching this interview of Marianne Williamson with Oprah. The reason why so many people are wanting to be stars is because they're not yet starring in their own lives and Marianne also said that we're more afraid of our own light than darkness. After listening to that, I had chills down my spine. I knew that I wanted to feel important but I didn't know how to get it. I gave my power away. I needed my posts to be liked a million times to feel smart. I needed people to sing my praises to feel like I was good enough. I needed to be in the spotlight because I wanted to be seen. At the end of the day, I realised that I had to light up my own world with my own light. I just stopped waiting for the world to validate me. It was the most interesting experience ever because I realised I wasn't really living in my body. It felt like I was floating outside my body and thus I couldn't hold on to whatever that I've created. My external success fell apart because internally I wasn't able to hold and keep up with it! After 3 years of going on a soul searching journey, I finally got it! I didn't need a fancy website or a Paris photoshoot to stand out from the crowd. Which by the way, I did all of that! All I needed was to be me. I know you might be rolling your eyes and I know it sounds super cliche. But if I didn't see how quickly my Instagram account grew right before my eyes, I would had done and felt the same! We're not here to be a clone of anyone. We're here to be ourselves and truly live life on our own terms. I know! Again, another cliche! But do you know 4 out of 5 people don't know what they really want? I invite you to conduct an experiment. Every person that you meet over the next 7 days, ask them this one simple question: "What do you want?" 3/5 people will tell you that they want happiness. But happiness is a state of mind - meaning it's an emotion. It's already there. Same thing with visibility. I see so many people are teaching entrepreneurs how to become visible! I'm not really sure how's that working out and how to even teach visibility! Visibility isn't something that you DO! I believe visibility is equivalent to the amount of light you can channel and hold for the world. It's interesting to watch those who say they want to be visible yet at the same time so afraid of even attending networking events. Or hosting a live webinar or simply speaking their truth. The safer you feel in the world, the more visible you'll become because you're independent of the good opinion of others. The law of attraction never fails.

11: Over the years, I've always built my business from an ego space. Because I had something to prove and I wanted to prove that I was worth it. When you're in the healing and transformation business, it's really not easy to draw the line between helping and making money. As a business owner, I want to maximize my profits. But as a lightworker, I want to be of service to as many people as possible. I'm not going to lie and say that I don't want to have a huge following or I don't want my work to reach the masses. I do.⠀ ⠀ But I've learnt that my intention sets the tone of the result. So the best way to grow your community is to be genuinely interested in humanity and treat each interaction as how you like to be treated. I dropped the focus on growing the following and stopped playing all the strategic games. I stopped trying to sell something.⠀ ⠀ I asked myself what would I love to do all day even if I'm not paid? Once I learned that it was ok to stop focusing on the balance sheet, then the pressure was off. I want to build a business that I love, impacts the world and make meaningful money.⠀ ⠀ The only time I'm greedy and I want it all! It takes time to figure it all out to land on a sweet spot. I'm still figuring things out and while doing so, I'm so honoured and humbled that you came along for the ride. So fasten your seats belts and enjoy the unfolding.⠀ ⠀

10: Venus is in retrograde from 5th - 31st October 2018. Retrograde means that the planet is spinning backwards. And since all of us are connected in the cosmos, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that when something is against the flow, disruption happens. Maybe people get into panic attacks and they're so afraid during retrograde season. I used to be afraid but not anymore. I've come to love it because it's really detox season. If you're ready to see the truth and clear the cobwebs in your closet, then you'll definitely fall in love with peeling off the layers and get to your true self. This is a good time to practice what I've learnt. First, I stopped judging myself for being triggered. Then, I asked myself. Do I want to be right or happy? (From the teachings in A Course in Miracles) Last but not the least, I allowed myself to feel the energy and then let the energy leave my body. Once I was clear in my head, I took deep breathes and meditated to ground myself. As a more conscious being now, I realised that is just my old identity which I no longer have to operate out of. The need to be right comes from a place of not feeling good enough. The need to prove and to be seen. And only the ego needs to be seen and heard and only the ego can be hurt. The soul cannot be hurt so ground yourself and know that nothing can hurt and harm you. Detach from the story and expand your energy. I find that when I expand my energy consciously, I'm reconnect myself to the "Bigness" of the Universe. Your triggers are here to show you what you need to release. Don't run away or be afraid. simply be the observer. Love your triggers for it's here to unlock the next level and present you with more gifts. This is a great time to remember who you truly are.

9: What I'll be sharing with you is how I personally manifest money to pay my bills on time and fund my dreams. The way I'm doing it makes no logical sense to the mind and I cannot explain to you the technical terms the way money is showing up for me. All I can say is that the WOO-WOO stuff works! Before I go on to tell you about my personal methods, I would also like to share with you what I know for sure that doesn't work. I've gone through many ups and downs with money. I was broke like hell - like having 50 cents in my bank account and banks howling at my door everyday to making 6 figures in a year. When I had money, I would worry that the money would be depleted and I was so scared of spending even 1 cent because I was worried that it won't show up again. In order for me to experience this and know this in every cell and fibre of my body, I need to do life another way. I needed to test the Universe if this hypothesis was true!

8 : Do you suffer from anxiety attacks from your relationships? I know I'm not the only who is going through this. I'm sure there are many women out there who are suffering silently, going through this almost alone and praying for a way out. So, today, I'm going to open up and be completely transparent with you. I want you to know that you're not alone. And you don't have to go through it alone. Yes change is scary! But I promise you that another level of freedom will be bestowed unto you when you take just one tiny step in the of self love. One tiny action action changes the vibration in the Universe and as a result changes your destiny. You may not be able to see the entire plan. This is the time to strengthen your faith in God that He has got your back. Most importantly, ask for help. We're given freewill and your angels and guides and even God can't interfere and intervene if you don't give them them permission. ASK FOR HELP TODAY!

7 : So, if you're looking for your life purpose, you can stop looking for it now. Because you didn't lose it. When you're ready, it'll come find you. It'll show up literally at your doorstep. You just need to be ready to dance and play with it. You won't be able to see the whole picture and you're not supposed to. How do you know for sure what you really want when you haven't tried and know for sure? And how do you for sure what you can or cannot do if you don't even give yourself the opportunity to try. You may like it. You may not. You may excel at it. You may not! And it's all ok! All paths really do lead you to one path! GROWTH! It's up to you to take 10 years or 10 months or 10 mins! You don't really know until you actually do it? Some gifts come to you as you become fully engaged in life. It's as if as life wants to make sure you can be trusted with it. You must be ready to receive this precious gift. You won't want to give matches to a 5 year old do you?

6: I received this question ironically through a message. And I answered the question. So my answer to this question is YES but just to clarify that I'm not saying that you need to become Aunt Agony and answer every question that comes in. Use your own good judgement. But it wasn't always a YES for me when I was in the self absorbed/self fulfilling hustling mode. I explain why. Many years ago, when I was doing a coaching certification, my high end coach suggested that it's not advisable to have lunch or coffee meetings with your clients and to maintain some distance. This was to keep the coach and client professional so that you don't end up giving advice without charging for it. Also to prevent client from taking advantage. As a new coach then, it got to my head and I was walking around feeling special like a celebrity. While I get the intention of my coach then but it no longer resonates with me. No one can take my advantage unless I allow them too!

5: This is where the majority of the corporate companies such have COKE and McDonald's have gone wrong. It's focused on pleasing their share holders and a profit driven company. While there's nothing wrong with profits but if the company is profit driven then it's a completely different story. What's the intention of starting a business? It's to make money and be profitable right? Otherwise it's a charity organization. Even if it's one, it's needs to be funded by money. As solepreneurs, a one woman show, sometimes we can be so one sided that we block ourseleves from other sources of income. There was a time where I believed that money can only come through my business but there was a problem. I had nothing to sell because I was at a phrase where I couldn't create another product just to make money. I've seen so many women bruised and burned by all these online courses that promises the heaven and beyond. I couldn't do it even thought times were bad. My soul was not for sale!