My thoughts instantly shifted. My heart started to BURST with joy in knowing that this is what we are here for. This is what we have always been here for. This is what we do best. This is Happy Healthy Women.
As I shared these findings with our leaders, we spoke of our movement and all that we are doing to help women across the globe step into all 6 of those. We spoke about the fact that we are all needed more now than ever before. We stepped into even greater collective power.
I write this here because if you have committed to serving women in any way that relates to the above and also NEED more of the above, we invite you to lock arms with us.
As I have said time and time again, yes, we are a networking group...but we are so much more than that.
If you're curious as to what stepping into leadership with us looks like, and want to understand how it can help you and your business, we ask that you fill out this form and we will book a call to discuss.
There is a force so MASSIVE that is moving this mission forward, and there's a place for you here.
In Happiness & Health,
Natalie Colalillo
Founder & CEO Happy Healthy Women
Instagram: @happy_healthy_nat
Fact sources: fortune.com, canada,ca, rbc.com
A self-audit starts with the circle of life. The purpose is to establish where you are right now in every area of your life, what you value most, and where you want to be. When you understand and address an area that needs a major change, it means you have identified a desired outcome or goal in that area.
We often audit work performance or expenses, but how often do we audit our life?
A life audit is carried out by The Wheel of Life exercise. It is a very common and effective technique used by professionals to help get a “helicopter view” of life areas. The Wheel of Life is also an effective tool to change habits. It also helps to overcome problems of stress by addressing the imbalances in a person’s life.
The eight most common main areas of life are:-
Family and friends – the relationship you have and the quality and quantity of time you spend with members of your family and extended family.
Business and career – Anything related to your career, profession, business, education, and professional vision and purpose.
Health – A broad category that includes eating, fitness, pain and disease, injuries, and mental health; anything related to your body or mentality.
Finances – Anything related to your wealth, financial situation, money matters, and attitudes and beliefs about money.
Romance – The relationships you have or want to have with romantic partners.
Personal development/growth – It is about who you are, your relationship with yourself, where you see yourself in the future, and what you need to get there. It also involves your sense of guilt or fear or purpose.
Fun and recreation – Leisure activities you do to enjoy life.
Physical environment – How you perceive and experience your living, work, and other spaces that you spend time in.
All these life areas are highly interconnected. Problems in one area can spill over and affect others. For example, when having family issues, such as a struggling relationship with a spouse, it could affect one’s work, self-esteem, time, energy and relationships with their friends, with stress and health again going hand-in-hand.
Having this in mind, go over the different areas of your life listed above and determine where you are on a scale of 1 to 10. Your first number represents your current assessment of the time and attention spent on the particular area. The second number indicates the time and attention you ideally want to spend on the same life area in the future.
The difference in the numbers implies the gap that is a gauge of the priority for change in a specific area to ensure that underlying concerns and considerations are addressed and not symptoms.
Amritha is a Forensic Scientist-turned-certified Health and Habits Coach. She helps working professionals who don’t find the time for themselves or who have lost their momentum on things they want to pursue, to break bad habits and build healthy and sustainable ones to consistently achieve their goals.
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It's always amazing to me, how easy it is for me to self-sabotage!
How quickly I can see what is missing and point out what I am lacking!!
Unfortunately the same is true with the amount of love I believe is in my life - too often I focus on the love I think I am missing, feeling an emptiness that I assume can only be filled by the love and validation of others.
But we all know that we find the things that we are looking for - so, when we look for what is missing that is what we find.
Every time I spend my energy focusing on my perceived lack of love I build a wall that blocks out the love that is available to me!
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." - Rumi
And every time I spend my energy making others responsible for making me experience the love I crave I place a burden on my loved ones that is too heavy for them to carry. (And when others place that responsibility on me it is a burden too heavy for me to carry as well!)
Things change for me when instead of looking for more evidence of missing out on love I began to break down the barriers I had built against receiving it. I am constantly surprised at how much love my life is full of when I change my focus and when I begin to accept that I am already loved beyond belief!
Breaking down barriers starts in a surprisingly easy way!
It all starts with changing the questions that we ask!
So often we get answers we don't like because we ask questions that take us in the wrong direction.
We tend to ask:
"Why don't I deserve love?" instead of "How can I show love for myself right now?" or "Where can I see love right now?"
When we ask the question 'why don't I deserve or have love in my life' our minds simply get busy finding the answer - and the answer not beneficial! We find answers like: "I don't have love in my life because no one cares about me, or I am unlovable, or because I (fill in the blank)"
But when we ask a question like 'Where can I see love right now' we notice the kindness of a stranger, or the smile that the cashier gave us, or the small act of service a loved one did for us!
Different questions give us different answers which then allows us to see and feel different things!
So as we enter February - the month of LOVE - here is an affirmation we can use to open our hearts to the love that's already there for us to accept:
To learn more about Meg visit her website www.megheppner.com
Societal messages, both overt and subliminal, make us believe that there’s some prize for being thin and beautiful and that we should strive to meet that ideal. Society drills this message into our heads, reinforced by the beauty, fitness, and diet industries.
To feel better in our bodies, we need to remove things from our lives that make us focus on our appearance and feel badly about ourselves—things like TV, beauty magazines, and social media feeds.
1)Get rid of your scale. Removing the scale from my home was one of the best and most liberating things I ever did! If this thought makes you feel too anxious, then try just taking a break from using it. I understand this can hurt, but think of it as if you were cleaning out a wound so it can heal properly.
2) Stop using the word “fat” to describe your feelings and start articulating your real feelings. For example, instead of saying, “I feel so fat,” you might say something like, “I feel so overwhelmed.” By acknowledging your real feelings, you’re in a better place to give yourself some compassion and realize that restricting, overeating or being “thin” are not answers.
3) Connect with your body through movement compassionately and enjoyably. When we continually push ourselves to go further, faster, and longer, it takes pleasure from physical activity and can leave us injured. Skip the gym and take a walk instead. As you walk, try to notice as many pleasant things as possible by using all your senses. Enjoy the fresh air, sun, trees, the smell of freshly-cut grass, and the feeling of the earth under your feet. Take your time and enjoy it!
I’m the owner of Stephenie Farrell, Coaching & Wellness. I help empower women to create freedom, health, success, and inner peace through community support and coaching.
As an Intuitive Eating Counsellor, Coach, Energy Therapist, & Yoga Instructor, I help women reach future goals that aren’t food or body-related.
If you’re interested in exploring more of this, connect with me online:
stephenie@stepheniefarrell.com
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I just wanted to send you this email…
I’d like to tell you…
I kind of think that…
Do you use phrases like this in your emails, posts, lives, videos or other marketing copy?
If so, STOP!
Just, really, and kind of are known as hedges. So are phrases like I think that, I guess that, and I sort of.
And they reduce your credibility.
Hedges create a barrier between your audience and your authority. They say, “This is what I think but you might not agree so don’t hate me.”
To be clear, hedging has a function in that it softens things. During coaching and consulting sessions, you might use hedges to ease into some difficult feedback and build a bridge between you and your client.
But in marketing copy, hedging diminishes your authority.
Consider the difference between:
I just wanted to send you this email to let you know about a new service I’m offering.
And
I’ve got a new service and I can’t wait to tell you about it.
The first says sorry for bothering you but I’ve got something that might help. Why are you sorry? If your service is something that can help them, it won’t bother them!).
The second, gets straight to the point and loudly declares “Come and get it!”
Women hedge more than men. (I’ll be honest, I almost wrote women tend to hedge more than men. Tend to is another hedging phrase.)
So if you’re like guilty of, you know, beating around the bush with hedges like I feel that, I think that, just, kind of, really, it seems and you see, get out those shears and cut down those hedges.
You are an expert! You know your sh*t!
Now go out there and talk like it.
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June Morrow helps coaches and course creators know what to say, how to say it, when to say it, and where to say it to enroll more of their ideal clients. Not sure why your marketing isn’t working? Watch The 5 Money-Blocking Mistakes Coaches and Course Creators Make (And What to Do Instead)
"The world isn't fair."
That's what we've been conditioned to believe. That life is "hard”, and you have to "hustle" to make ends meet. That's the false paradigm that keeps us stuck in a system of modern-day slavery of service to FEW, the elite.
Where is your energy going?
Worrying about money takes ALOT of your energy. It also keeps you stuck in the old paradigm of lack mindset. Money is only a form of "currency"; it flows and is abundantly available for you.
You're not required to co-opt into anything that doesn't resonate with your soul, inner guidance, and well-being. Like EVER. You have complete authorization to override this reality.
Have faith and know, that you absolutely CAN when you embody and create from your Soul, your new reality.
Tune UP your intuition.
Ground IN your wisdom.
Every single differing thought, feeling and action puts you on a new timeline.
Timeline Jumping can help you create the life situations that you want. That's why it’s so important, if you really, really, really want something, to stay focused on it and its vibration! Each time you digress from your manifestation by thinking a conflicting thought or getting triggered up into lower vibing energies, you jump onto a different timeline that affects your future.
And the resistance will always show up right BEFORE a timeline jump. Because Timelines are like bandwidths.
Think of yourself as an airplane. As you gain altitude (your ascension process) the cabin pressure inside the aircraft remains stable so you can sustain being in higher elevation seamlessly.
Timeline jumping is no different. If the energy within you isn't anchored into itself to rise with another bandwidth, you cannot sustain it and can only hold the highest frequency available to you (that's why healing work is so important).
As many of you know, I have recently moved my life, my family and my business to Costa Rica.
It has been the boldest timeline jump I have ever made and it only took six months to manifest my paradise. Many people ask me how me about how I manifest, and timeline jump so seamlessly. There's no denying that these jumps do not come without challenges!
It's the energetics of manifesting. You are the master of your manifesting mojo; if you get distracted from your intention and its energy signature, your vibration dwindles; you drop your manifestation from showing up.
There are other "you's" that are already living the life that you want to live. Everything is only a matter of WHEN and aligning with the frequency of that timeline.
Do you feel like:
-You've been living life on a certain bandwidth or loop forever?
-Or you've been manifesting a better something but it's not showing up?
-Or your manifestation DOES show up, but you can't sustain it in reality?
Every single differing thought, feeling and action puts you on a new timeline.
All possibilities exist in our Universe. Your desire is there waiting for you to focus on it and bring it into view.
MANIFEST YOUR PARADISE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO DO.
Join me for your most epic timeline jump yet👇
Timeline Jumping - An Embodiment Experience!
https://dorothyknightreiki.ca/timeline-jumping
Dorothy Knight, known as “The 5dmom”, is a best-selling author & embodiment coach. Her coaching programs have helped hundreds of clients heal unresolved trauma and embody their full potential. She is passionate about empowering her clients towards self-mastery, illuminating the way to fulfilling their soul mission with passion, purpose, and play.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, Dorothy got degree in Journalism New Media from Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. After that, her path shifted into holistic health, and she received her teacher training in yoga. Dorothy is also a certified Reiki Master, Ohana Generational Healer and Conscious Parent Educator. As an author and Soulpreneur, she travels and teaches in some of the most beautiful places on Earth. Dorothy is still a “stay-at-home mom,” homeschooling her two children while running a successful 7-figure business and writing books.
She currently lives in Costa Rica with her husband and two children. Dorothy is the branch director for HHW Tamarindo.
Website: 5dmom.com
Instagram: @5dmom
So I don't know about you, but I haven't always been a big fan of affirmations!
I saw them as a nice afterthought, but not something that was massively impactful!
Maybe your experience has been similar to mine - I see the affirmation, I think something along the lines of "Oh I love that!" I print it up, put it somewhere, and then never look at it again.
No wonder I thought they weren't impactful!
But recently something has changed for me!
I decided to give affirmations another try - to really make it my intention to use them in a way that was impactful.
And so I created a spiritual ritual around my affirmation.
I had no idea how powerful this would be!! I had always used affirmations as something I did while I was brushing my teeth (anyone else have their affirmations taped to their bathroom mirror?) but for me, that just never worked. (By day two I was forgetting all about it and after a month I was peeling the affirmation of the mirror lol!)
Creating a spiritual ritual around my affirmation met so many of the needs that I had because it caused me to slow down and actually feel the affirmation - instead of it being something I had as a fleeting thought, slowing down and creating a space to really focus on it allowed me to feel it in my body!!
And that's when it began to integrate into who I am.
Now taking that moment to stop, pause, and reflect on my affirmation is one of the most important parts of my day!
Curious about what a spiritual ritual that includes an affirmation would look like?
Well, here's what I did:
So Soul Sister, maybe you've tried the affirmations thing and it hasn't worked for you - that's ok! But maybe you want to give it another try - and maybe you want to incorporate it into a spiritual practice. If you do I offer you the affirmation I am using this month:
I would love to hear about your experiences with affirmations and how they have impacted your life!
And if you decide to build your own spiritual ritual I totally want to hear about that too!!!
Sending you so much love,
XOXO Meg
Meg is a life coach, Hypnotherapist, blogger and event host that is passionate about walking with people who want more out of life than just the status quo!
She believes that life doesn’t have to work out exactly the way we think it “should” in order to be enjoyed and that people don’t have to be perfect in order to be loved.
She believes that we all have the voice of truth inside of us but sometimes it can be hard to hear. And most importantly that we must live between the tension of accepting the things we cannot change and taking massive action on the things we can!
Meg creates spaces where women can slow down and process all the things that are influencing and controlling their lives - their everyday thoughts, emotions, and the stories they have been telling themselves.
Spaces where they can look at their inner world, gain valuable insight and then reclaim their personal authority, and make conscious decisions that transform the way they experience their lives!
Through one on one coaching, group coaching and workshops Meg helps women show up in the world with more love, and less ego, more compassion, and less judgment, more vulnerability, and less shame, more emotional agility and less fear!
Meg is also on the Board of Directors for Happy Healthy Women Global
Meg lives in BC with her husband of 21 years, two teenage boys and their little dog Charlie.
To learn more about Meg visit her website www.megheppner.com
In Happiness & Health,
Natalie Colalillo
Founder & CEO Happy Healthy Women
Instagram: @happy_healthy_nat
Using gratitude as a tool for happiness has been mainstream for years. Long-term studies support gratitude’s effectiveness, suggesting that an appreciative attitude contributes to success in work, health, and recovery.
Fostering a deep appreciation for your body and what it can do, is a crucial step in healing your relationship with food and body image. Building body confidence is much easier when you can learn to appreciate your body for what it can do.
When you practice giving thanks for our body, instead of complaining or worrying about what you lack, you give yourself the chance to see all of life as an opportunity and a blessing.
It’s a matter of where you put your focus and attention. Pain and injustice exist in this world, but when we focus on the gifts of life, we gain a feeling of well-being. Gratitude balances us and gives us hope.
There are many things to be grateful for: colourful autumn leaves, legs that work, arms that can hug, warm jackets, the ability to read, roses, butterflies. What’s on your list?
Some Ways to Practice Gratitude
Notice how gratitude is impacting your life. As you practice, an inner shift begins to occur, and you may be delighted to discover how content and hopeful you are feeling.
Stephenie Farrell
Body Confidence Coach
If you're an entrepreneur, I'm positive that one of the reasons you started your business was so that you can live the life you want to be living. Am I right?
Oftentimes though, the way we build our business (the way our services are designed, how our time is spent or how our systems are developed) can take away from the actual profit we earn, taking us further away from the freedom life we're seeking.
When I learned what I'm about to share below, my business and life completely changed. However for me, there were years of doing things the wrong way first, and THAT is what I aim to save other women in business from.
Below are some common areas I aim to help women master so that they can go from surviving to thriving in their business. Allow my hindsight to be your foresight.
Common Mistakes of New Business Owners:
1. Only One Product/Service
In my opinion, (and there ARE differing views on this) offering only ONE product or service in your business has you putting all of your eggs in one basket. My first rule of freedom-preneurship is to diversify your sources of revenue for many reasons, including stability in times of uncertainty.
2. One (Time Consuming) Client at a Time
Get a client - YAY! Work with client - PHEW! Need New Client - AHHH!
If you're finding yourself giving all you've got to your ONE client every time you get one, and then feeling like you're at a loss when you're done - that's a problem. It's exhausting, not sustainable, and not abundant.
3. Only Offering Products or Services that have You Trading Time (yours or a staff member's) for Money
With this one, you have to know that I'm not suggesting you stop offering services that have you trading time for money. Many businesses are based on this model and require this as a foundation. What I AM suggesting, is that you add on others where you're not, and maximize the ones where you are.
So you may be reading this and feeling like: "Oh no. This is exactly my business." Which is TOTALLY fine because that's where it all starts. If you're looking to move BEYOND that, here are some ideas.
1. Funnels
Funnels are KEY. I'm not talking email funnels here. I'm talking strategically placed parts of your business that guide your ideal client through a journey. Each step of your funnel can and totally should be a profit system, while also serving your clients with exactly what they need in the moment.
2. Seasonal Offers
I'm looking beyond holidays with this one - although those are great too!
It's important we look at different SEASONS that affect our business and why. We need to understand why people purchase what we offer and when - and plan our year ahead accordingly. For example, what season is a new entrepreneur in come August, V.S. January?
The question I always like to ask myself is - how can my business be of greater service during these times?
3. Time Leveraging
VERY important. How can you start duplicating yourself in your business through SYSTEMS? How can you start reaching more people without investing more time? Maybe it's with group coaching, subscriptions, a sales team etc. You'll know what's right for you and your business, but figuring this out early on can be a game-changer.
While I can't offer everything I know in a blog post, I'm certain that even looking at these three areas can completely transform the trajectory of your business and lead you further toward living the life you want to be living.
If you feel like you could use guidance, tools and a plan with mapping all of this out, applications are OPEN for the Beautiful Business Program, and it could be EXACTLY the thing you need to move your business and life to the next level! Check it out!
In Happiness & Health,
Natalie Colalillo
Founder & CEO Happy Healthy Women
Instagram: @happy_healthy_nat
If you're not meeting your basic needs, it's more likely that you'll eat to compensate for your lack of self-care.
So, it's important to tend to the following areas so you can leave emotional eating behind you.
Sleep
Are you getting enough sleep? If not, you're probably low on energy. Naturally, people believe a lack of sleep can be corrected by eating more, but the truth is that eating will make you feel even more tired and lethargic.
Here are my top 5 suggestions on getting a good night's sleep that will also help you get in touch with your body:
Life Balance
Life can get busy, and when it gets busy, it can be overwhelming.
Try to balance these areas: work, play, movement, rest, relationships and family time.
Feeding Yourself Adequately
Food also affects our energy levels. If you're going without food for long periods, you're not getting the energy you need to perform at your best. Taking the time out of your day to eat isn't a waste of time; it's self-care. Eating enough fats, carbohydrates and proteins during the day will provide you with the clarity, energy and focus you need to get through your day.
Stress
Life can be stressful for many reasons:
Stephenie Farrell
Body Confidence Coach
Whether it be on coaching calls, masterminds or networking sessions, I often hear women preface what they are about to say with the phrase “I’m not an expert, but…”.
While I can totally understand why someone who is actually not an expert on a subject would use that phrase, I often hear it from women who actually ARE experts in the area, that have built beautiful, solid careers because they are indeed experts. What is happening?
It’s a thing we do sometimes. We minimize ourselves before we say something that may have some weight to it.
We remove ourselves from the spotlight, before we even step into it.
The example I use often is this one: Would you hire a plumber who comes into your home, looks at an issue with your pipes and starts their diagnostic with “I’m not an expert, but…”?
Likely not. We need to stop sabotaging our influence.
Hear me now: As women in business, we MUST step into more courage, power and influence when we speak. It’s essential, not only for our own self-belief, but for potential clients to have faith and confidence in us, and AHEM, FOR THE WORLD.
I know, it's easier said than done, especially if you’re making a move from an environment that held you down or kept you stuck. I see women coming out of the corporate world all the time, who are just not used to their opinions being valued, so they get used to the "back seat" and speak with an apologetic tone. Guess what though, you’re here. Doing it. In the ring. Making it happen. Your opinions mean a WHOLE lot, and yes. You are an expert.
For those wanting to once and for all break down that "I'm no expert, but..." belief, here are 5 ways to stop sabotaging your influence and step into your awesome expertise.
At the end of the day, entrepreneurship takes a different level of confidence, that we have to step into if we want to be seen as the experts that we are. It doesn't happen overnight for ANYONE, but becoming aware, and listening in to the expert inside that wants to SHINE is the first step.
In Happiness & Health
Natalie Colalillo
Founder & CEO Happy Healthy Women
Instagram: @happy_healthy_nat
