I knew that this next growth spurt would be a little scary, sometimes confronting, a step out of my comfort zone and life changing. How big the growth spurt would be, and whether I got the answers I was searching for I wasn’t sure, but I trusted that both St John and Jo would create a safe and loving environment in the “Take a Stand” (TAS) course for these learnings to occur and life changes to take place.
Little did I know a year ago how far I would come or how big those learnings would be…
Throughout TAS lessons were delivered with heart, humour and allowed a light to shine on issues to be resolved. And of course, there was the occasional ‘penny dropping’ moments. Ones that, on the outside are seemingly obvious and easy to “get”, but they were the ones that made the biggest impact. They dropped in cascading fashion (kind of like the tears of relief that flowed) and lead to a life-changing “Taking a Stand” on Sunday. A stand that had ripple effects into all aspects of my life, and a year later, continues to ripple.
Throughout the course and the Café weeks that followed, the service team that held the space, my fellow course travellers, St John and Jo were all there to congratulate, affirm and point out the good (when I didn’t see it), and support and provide feedback when things looked like they weren’t travelling so well.
The Café provided invaluable space to share my winnings, reflect on not winnings and remind myself when things got lonely and tough that there were others travelling the road of growth and having their challenges, and that I wasn’t in this on my own.
What’s happened since I “Took a Stand”?
Throughout TAS lessons were delivered with heart, humour and allowed a light to shine on issues to be resolved. And of course, there was the occasional ‘penny dropping’ moments. Ones that, on the outside are seemingly obvious and easy to “get”, but they were the ones that made the biggest impact. They dropped in cascading fashion (kind of like the tears of relief that flowed) and lead to a life-changing “Taking a Stand” on Sunday. A stand that had ripple effects into all aspects of my life, and a year later, continues to ripple.
Throughout the course and the Café weeks that followed, the service team that held the space, my fellow course travellers, St John and Jo were all there to congratulate, affirm and point out the good (when I didn’t see it), and support and provide feedback when things looked like they weren’t travelling so well.
The Café provided invaluable space to share my winnings, reflect on not winnings and remind myself when things got lonely and tough that there were others travelling the road of growth and having their challenges, and that I wasn’t in this on my own.
What’s happened since I “Took a Stand”?
Well, the biggest thing is that I like myself.
From that, I had the courage to set my career on a path that I am passionate about. During my coaching session with St John 9 months ago I set an intention to be massaging full time by Easter, seeing 20 clients a week, and guess what – 2 weeks before Easter I was brave and started massaging full time*. I’m not at 20 clients a week yet, BUT I’m half way there with consistently rising client numbers and I’m confident (and re-set the number of client intention) that I’ll be seeing 20 clients a week consistently by EOFY 2012.
Not every question I walked into TaS was answered then and there, but the answers came in unexpected ways.
Jo and St John have created an amazingly wonderful, fantastic, beautiful (I could go on) course that will, if you are wrestling with challenges and are looking for answers or solutions, provide an environment to explore these and to grow into the best version of you.
Not every question I walked into TaS was answered then and there, but the answers came in unexpected ways.
Jo and St John have created an amazingly wonderful, fantastic, beautiful (I could go on) course that will, if you are wrestling with challenges and are looking for answers or solutions, provide an environment to explore these and to grow into the best version of you.
Kati Koreneff
* What Kati didn't mention was she was caught in an income trap - She couldn't see how she could afford to give up her current job and survive while she built up her massage business. It's a common problem for therapists and other practitioners who want to set up business for themselves. However, having set herself her goal, all sorts of events, all seemingly too unlikely and unexpected, conspired to support her in making the transition without too much financial anxiety. Once again this is testament to the strategy of keeping your eye on the goal and not on the reasons why you can't have it can make all the difference. Bravo Kati!
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