Grab your Keys and Go Soul Presence

Our Soul Presence Space, a community supported journey of Heart Centred Living
for the compassionate and passionate mumpreneur who wants to reclaim her best life in the mess of life.

The Soul Presence Journey:
www.soulpresence.com.au

Episode 38.  How to Prepare for EPIC Grab Your Keys and Go Adventures with Bron.

Thanks Bron for your absolute GOLD on this episode around really going for the BIG Grab Your Keys and Go moments in your life.

So much learning and growth and reeeeaaaalllllly understanding who you are, can come from these EPIC adventures that you gift yourself. 

It may not always be about an overseas trip, there are so many adventures we can feel pulled to out in the world, that can change your perspective each and every time.

Giving you new meaning in your life and an awe for what is possible for you.

Knowing yourself, creates greater connection around you. 

I'm going to highlight here some of the awesome Bron sayings:

'Your comfort zone is your dead zone'

'Comparison is the thief of joy'

'If you are well prepared you can fly by the seat of your pants'

'Just do it'

'If you can't find a way around it, find a new way'

'Stop saying why me, and start saying what is this teaching me'

'What else can we do?'

Some of the resources Bron used for her journey:
https://www.afotc.org/

Books:
The Pilgrimage by Paul Coelho - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2759537-the-pilgrimage
Guide Book - Camino de Santiago by John Brierley - https://caminoguides.com/

Apps:
Buen Camino
Frances
Camino Tool
https://wayfaringviews.com/best-camino-de-santiago-apps/

We would love to hear your stories about your BIG Grab Your Keys and Go adventures in our Facebook group (link below), you never know who you will inspire to get off their butt and out into the world.


Until next time

Nat and Mel xx oo

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Our Soul Presence Space, a community supported journey of Heart Centred Living
for the compassionate and passionate mumpreneur who wants to reclaim her best life in the mess of life.

The Soul Presence Journey:
www.soulpresence.com.au

EPISODE 37. Let's Explore the 9 till 3pm Day

There is a life that happens between 9 and 3pm and a life that happens outside this!

This is the life of a mumpreneur and the boundaries need to be firm!

At the beginning of our Mumpreneur journey (working from home 9 till 3) Mel and I both encountered the creeping in of all the extras.

Walking past the dirty dishes and just spending 5 mins putting them in the dishwasher, seeing the laundry pile so just putting on one load, walking around in bare feet noticing the sand sticking to the bottom of your feet and just quickly vacuuming the floor.....

Sound familiar???

There are even things such as the pings from the school emails, and the life admin that becomes your problem, holding all the things in your head, whilst getting passionate about your biz...

Hmmmm I can see why things can go pear shaped quickly.

How do we keep this very sacred space, sacred?

How do we protect this time, where we get to show up in our genius, and share with the world our unique gifts?

Yes it takes practice, and the first thing we can do, as we always say, is start a conversation.  The firsts one being with yourself.

Remind yourself how important this passion space is for you, remind yourself that there will always be mess, but you still get to show up.

Get clear on the boundaries you will set in order to protect this time of your day, and then start these conversations with your nearest and dearest, sharing your clear boundaries and also inviting them to help!

It's ok for you to live your passion too.

Until next time

Nat and Mel xx oo

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Our Soul Presence Space, a community supported journey of Heart Centred Living
for the compassionate and passionate mumpreneur who wants to reclaim her best life in the mess of life.

The Soul Presence Journey:
www.soulpresence.com.au

Episode 36.  How to say YES in the MESS of Menopause with Melissa Nyman
In the midst of her meno journey, trying to find information on what was happening with her body, she was coming up with dead end after dead end.  Even her GP was unsure on how to support her in this next phase of life.
So as all awesome women do, she took her power back and embarked on giving a voice to women once more.
Through research, and conversation she started a local group in her home town called Myohmeno discussing all things around the 3 stages of menopause.  The first meeting explaining these stages.
3 mths later she has a solid turn out at her weekly meetings and has gifted women from her small local town a safe place to share their experience.  
Supportive groups are such an incredible way of creating connection and allow a voice for what is real.  
Knowledge is power and when you can make the connections of what is happening in your world then you can find ways to care for yourself, even if that is just simply going for a walk, because you know that is the right thing to do for you in that moment.
Here are some links that Liss shared throughout the podcast.  Let’s get informed.

SOCIAL MEDIA pages for the support group @myohmeno on insta & fb
BOOKS A great starting point for getting educated about the Menopause Phases, in an easy to digest format (and funny) is Kaz Cooke's book 'IT'S THE MENOPAUSE' Available at Big W etc or libraries
PODCASTS
Thriving in Menopause Podcast by @preventionaus (shortish episodes) - they also have a Magazine aimed at midlife aged women
The Doctor Louise Newson Podcast @menopause_doctor (also has written books) and she was interviewed on The Imperfects Podcast good intro to definition of Menopause and what to expect
RECOMMENDED INSTAGRAM PAGES TO FOLLOW
@jeanhailes
@menopauseallianceaustralia
@australianmenopausecentre
@menopause_doctor
@doctormaryclaire

Until next time....

Nat and Mel

Head over to our Grab Your Keys and Go community for some juicy conversations around the topics of our podcasts
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Our Soul Presence Space, a community supported journey of Heart Centred Living 
for the compassionate and passionate mumpreneur who wants to reclaim her best life in the mess of life.
The Soul Presence Journey:
www.soulpresence.com.au

EPISODE 35. Add MORE to your schedule to create MORE space in your week

Now I know that sounds like an interesting concept.

Mel and I hear mums all the time talking about how they don't have enough time for themselves, well to be clear they don't have enough time to add anything extra in!

And now we are here, asking you, to rethink that strategy.

Often the feeling of not having enough time is more about how we feel on the inside than what is happening on the outside (and I do acknowledge those times when life is just full).

The feeling of overwhelm, stress, not having it all together, pressure to make the perfect decisions, not feeling like you are enough, can really clog up your system and this then gets reflected by the limited time you feel there is to get everything done.

But what if you created more time for the things that you love, the things that fill up your cup, the things that create that feeling of spaciousness and openness in the body?

Would you also start to feel that in your outside world?

Mel and her hubby somehow found over 20 hours a week combined to bring in more of the good stuff that helps them feel grounded and present.

And they didn't remove anything else. 

What they received was a flow feeling, easier communication, and could better handle the wild cards that throws at them.

They noticed that they were now so much more aware of the goodness that life has to offer and felt more able to gift that goodness back to their family and friends.

There is almost a new sense of confidence when you get to stand in this space.

Choosing to embrace the extra hours actually gave them back something that can't be replaced by just aching for more time.

It gave them back that feeling of being ALIVE and living in the present moment.

 So next time you see an opportunity to allow yourself some fun, stillness, excitement, wonder, movement, in your life, say YES and see what happens.

You might surprise yourself.

Until next time....

Nat and Mel

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EPISODE 34. Reclaiming your BEST Life in the Mess of Life

From one Mumma to another we know, we REALLY know what the juggle entails.

It's supermarket shops, in between work and school drop off.

It's after school sport coordination plus laundry.

It's cooking dinner at breakfast so you can work your passions during the day.

And did I mention cleaning the cushions after the dog has jumped all over them with dirty paws (true story for me this week!)

You will have your own examples to draw from....

But even in all of this mess there is a fire in my belly to find the time to immerse myself in my passions plural.

To bury my head deep in an incredible book about someone who beat the odds.  To watch my fav movie for the 100th time, to walk along our most incredible everchanging beach.

To bring my ideas to life through engaging in my purpose of supporting women to listen into their needs, to find the courage to know what their passions are and to help these women to speak with those near and dear to them about what they want in this life.

The truth is I want no mother to feel like she left her best years behind her, like she never quite got to feel that excitement in her body of doing the thing she loves most.

This is not to say that some of our best moments are being in our family space.

It's saying that we can have those moments and we can have a passion too.

It's time,

Nat and Mel xxoo

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Episode 33. Creating an easy exit from the house with value based parenting strategies - with Suzie Forbes

This week we have with us Suzie Forbes, she has a wealth of knowledge in working with children across many ages.

As we know one of the frustrations we can sometimes feel when we are about to Grab our Keys and Go, literally heading out the door, is the 'Muuuuum' cry from our kids!

When we hear this, we are torn between doing what we do best, holding space for our child, hearing and comforting them or wanting to pretend nothing is happening and just get out of there!

Suzie walks us through ways to support our family before this moment even arrives.  Good idea hey!

Suzie starts by sharing her beautiful story of 'life in session' as she calls it, where she is in the juggle and the juggle is real, when her children were little and she was the sole carer of their wellbeing.  Again reminding us that our needs can become invisible when we are in this space.

It can feel incredibly overwhelming, and it's not easy, but even in this time, Suzie still chose to step up, to be the role model for her children.

We do laugh, looking back at these times, but there are some amazing messages in these moments. 

Suzie wisely says when it comes to getting our needs met that it's about tapping into our values, understanding what everyone needs to feel safe and supported in the space, and also what each person needs to feel like their cup is full.

We are playing the long game here.  To set up an easy exit out the door it requires a thoughtful plan, thoughtful conversations, and setting up spaces for these conversations so everyone in the family feels seen and heard.

It is possible.

Until next time,

Nat and Mel xxoo

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YOU CAN FIND SUZIE HERE:

https://bit.ly/Stop-Fighting-Now-BOOK

https://www.facebook.com/WonderfulSociety

https://www.instagram.com/the.wonderfulsociety