Spirit. Soul. Body‪.‬ Angelique du Toit

Suezette Smit is a global leadership coach, an inspirational speaker and an author. It was a pleasure being a guest on her radio show "Vroue wat Voorloop" - "Women on the Move", aired on Radio Klein Karoo.

In this hour of meaningful conversation, we speak about the poignant issues of life, faith, love, loss, the world of business, creativity, and inspiration and it is interspersed with pieces of music that will uplift and inspire you.

In the words of my guest, Wes Boshoff, "For far too long we have given our destinations and our decisions and largely, our lives to others. During the course of our lives, we are both passengers and pilots." So what then drives the decision to make the transition from one to the other?

Listen to this impactful podcast for inspiration to be in command of the controls of your life with God as your Pilot. Wes overflows with gems for life-change, redirection and he talks about how to view crises in your life as events. We all go through them. Not everyone has a sure landing. This conversation aligns with my book content, Turn It Around. It is possible to turn around, find a new flight path and reach new altitudes.

Enjoy a few of Wes' life quotes...

Purpose is not safe, but living without it is dangerous.

Today might not be "a win", but it is an audition for tomorrow's success.

It may be a shot in the dark, but that is the best way to see fireworks.

Give energy to courage, give focus to attention, and give yourself to your purpose.

Urgency over accuracy can end up taking longer.

We can live under rules, or we can rise to standards.

WES BOSHOFF
Imagine Thinking
Leadership | Strategy | Culture | Coaching

wes@imaginethinking.co.za
http://wes.imaginethinking.co.za
+27 82 850 2950

On this podcast, I had the privilege of being in conversation with Corien Kruger, Founder and CEO of the education program called MommaMia - Developing the Genius within.

Corien is a qualified Occupational Therapist with more than 10 years experience in the field of Paediatrics.  During the first three years of her daughter Mia's life, she developed and conceptualised this in-demand development app that has been voted as the number 1 favourite app by leading baby magazines and promoted by Dis-Chem baby clinics nationwide.  Corien’s passion is to inspire and equip parents to raise their children with confidence. 

Listen to Corien's journey of how she confronted her own insecurities to create a future that led to one of successful entrepreneurship, proving to be an astute businesswoman and a lover of life.

Be in contact with Corien to enter the draw for the year subscription of the MommaMia app to the value of over R900. Also request your free e-book, Purposeful Play. It is a must have.

Website: www.mommamia.co.za
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mommamia_app/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MommaMiaApp/

I mention on the podcast that Corien wrote the foreword to my book "Turn It Around". Here is a glimpse into her journey. 

BY A TRAVELLER WHO CHOSE TO TAKE THE HIGHER ROAD IN LIFE...
I’ve realized that to turn your life around is a process; sometimes a long one. Whether it is a desire for transformation or an area of trouble or doubt, there is a process that you must undergo to change your perception. It definitely does not happen at first thought or overnight. For change to be permanent, you have to revolutionize the way you think. Old habits that may have worked through some stages of your life have to be replaced with new ones. It is indeed a renewal of the mind.  
To form those new pathways in the brain is a daily choice. If you are willing to brave the wilderness and walk through the desert on this one, the reward will far surpass your effort. Forming new pathways creates the opportunity to believe that what may have been viewed as impossible is now possible. The process is partly challenging your own belief patterns to such an extent that you can know that what was impossible before now seems within reach, even though everything in your everyday world is screaming out that you must be crazy.  
I had to fight many giants in my own neural pathways to renew my mind and create new corridors of thinking. Somewhere in all my frustration, tears and failures, there were days of breakthrough and victory. The journey demanded that I turn my perceptions around and correct my perspectives. I learned that perception is looking at a situation through man’s eyes. Therefore it is subject to change. Perspective, however, is looking at a situation through God’s eyes, and with Him, there is no shadow of turning.

Perception may seem right for us at the time, but there is always the risk of blind spots (or scotomas) keeping us from the truth. Perception can keep things hidden from you, such as truths or insights that have not been explored or that are not part of your current reality. God’s perspective changes blind spots into light spots if you adapt your mind and heart to see God’s view as the truth, instead of focusing on your own perception, you will soon have insights revealed to you. You will recognize how unfounded lies have misshaped and distorted your world.

Read more in the soon-to-be-released digital format of Turn It Around and also keep a close watch for my gift to you of e-Booklets.  www.angeliquedutoit.co.za or connect on social media.

PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH NIKKI BUSH - Award-winning Speaker and best-selling Author.

If you have a pulse you have a purpose. I just love this line from my podcast guest this week, Angelique du Toit. So what is your purpose, regardless of what you have been through in your life; what keeps you here and keeps you going?

In this episode, you will hear that fear is a force that you can either confront or run away from. You will be challenged about whether you are operating from inspiration or desperation, that you have to be in it to win it and you have to make a choice to make a change.

Angelique du Toit is a global speaker who has travelled the ups and downs of life and shares her wisdom and insights with such eloquence. She entered the world of work at the age of 14 as an apprentice hairdresser, out of necessity, coming from a background of abuse. She describes some of her crossroad moments in which she chose to do life differently, pulling her back from the brink of despair.

After her husband's sudden passing at the end of 2019, Angelique's carefully planned reality came crashing down. She was registering his death in Italy in early 2020 when the global pandemic lockdown came into force. She spent most of that year isolated and grieving alone. Her mantra, that I remember clearly from the first talk of hers that I attended, many years ago, was to be put to the test once again, under extreme conditions: You win or you lose by the way that you choose.

Listen, learn and be inspired by our conversation.
THE CONVERSATION COVERS:
How to tell a new story when a new chapter opensWhat in the world are you waiting for?How to live with hands, hearts, minds and eyes wide openWalking into your fearChoosing to really live instead of merely existingNot letting people trespass your boundariesFighting against patterns of abuse (your own and others)Your power to turn things aroundFrustration is a sign that change is neededYou have to be in it to win itBeing powerful and authoritative in a soft and feminine wayWhy most people stop before they startAward-winning speaker and best-selling author, Nikki Bush, helps individuals and teams to win at life and work. Her passion for connection and relationships, and how to maintain them in a fast-changing world, is at the core of everything she does as a human potential thought leader.
https://nikkibush.com/make-a-choice-to-make-a-change/

As I have reflected over this past season not only in my own life but in the world, I recognised a wonderful analogy through the creative art of weaving which I would like to share with you on this podcast. 
What I enjoy most about the study of humankind, is to recognise that we are all wonderfully unique with our own stories, experiences and perceptions and filters that add different shades to our lives.  
I read a beautiful quote the other day: The one thing that you have that nobody else has is YOU. Your voice. Your mind. Your story. Your vision. So write and build and draw and play and dance. And live as only you can.
When we take time to reflect and reframe, it is intriguing what picture emerges and what we can learn from the multifaceted layers of life, and the resilience that is required to rise to the life we were meant to live. That abundant life that Jesus came to give because God so loves the world! When all of the threads come together in technicolour detail, a wonderful tapestry of your life is created and it is to be enjoyed.

Body. Stress. Release.  The very sound of body stress release makes you want to draw in a deep breath and exhale all that could be keeping you tense with a feeling of being bound. Also to become free from that tightness in your head or chest, or that uneasy sense of living wound-up.
In this podcast, I speak with Kathy Heapy who is a Body Stress Release practitioner. Kathy shares her wealth of knowledge about how the body creates lines of tension and how these create symptoms that can be rectified by applying a different technique that is very gentle on the body yet is able to release locked up emotions and extreme forms of tension caused by injury, trauma and fatigue.

Body Stress Release does not treat or diagnose but the practitioners are catalysts in aiding the body's natural healing ability.

Kathy Heapy’s practice is in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, however, you can access Body Stress Release practitioners in your area on this worldwide website:  www.bodystressrelease.com    https://bodystressrelease.com 
 
The book Kathy mentions in this podcast is titled ‘Self-healing with Body Stress Release: Unlocking Stored Tension’, by co-founder Gail Meggersee.
Kathy Heapy’s website www.bodystress.co.za     https://bodystress.co.za

You can also access Kathy’s  Body Stress Release  FB page:  https://www.facebook.com/bsrmidrand

ENTER THE DRAW:
15 complimentary BSR sessions in South Africa.  To enter into the draw, email Kathy at kathy@bodystress.co.za   
State which suburb and province you are from, and answer this question:

In which country did the technique Body Stress Release originate?

Podcast host:
Angelique du Toit
www.angeliquedutoit.co.za
Founder of Evangel
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