At long last I can hold my book in my hands. It gives me such a sense of fulfilment and achievement. It is such a lovely book to hold, far more than I ever expected designed by a talented lady called Shelli Walsh who I would happily recommend.

And selling the first copy was so exciting but it’s also very scary putting something so personal out into the public arena. All those old concerns come to the fore about what people will think. But, as I was reminded only the other day by my coach “Ann, get over yourself, you have a job to do.” My job, I believe is to help women gain fulfilment in mind, body, heart and soul. That way their potential will be released into the world.

But to do that we have to attend to our mental and emotional wellbeing. We have to start realising we can’t have it all and make choices. A Simple Truths movie arrived in my inbox recently and the opening words were Mother Teresa’s: “To keep a lamp burning, we must keep putting oil in it” and it ended with these words directed at women “Take time to fill your lamp. The world needs your flame but first you need your oil.”

What us women tend to do in our pursuit of having it all is get on a hamster wheel to prove that we can. I did just that and here is an excerpt from chapter 6 of my book which describes how it was for me:-

“There’s a feeling of no choice but to be on that wheel. We become victims of the circumstances we find ourselves in. Somewhere deep inside we are not hearing our spirit crying out to be heard.”

Now I know just how hard it is to get off that hamster wheel. Indeed I ignored all the messages from my body that were telling me how stressed I was until I fell off and was ill. That seems a bit extreme but I see so many women having the same experience I want to shriek at them to stop. These are women I want to reach out to and help them change. But two things get in the way; they claim not to have the time and they probably don’t value themselves enough to give themselves the time. I wrote my online programme for just such women because I recognise that feeling of there never being a moment for me except late at night or early in the morning. This programme is one that can happen in just those times, you can grab a glass of wine and have some coaching. In making that choice you will find a place where you can take the time to reflect and look forward to what it is that your spirit is crying out for.

So if you feel I am speaking to you take some time for you to complete the free fulfilment questionnaire or contact me to learn more about the online coaching programme.