Life unscripted…

Spontaneity and freedom…

The joys of a leisure lifestyle…

Days filled with breezy pleasures.

By: Francoise Everett

So many of us embark on a journey as entrepreneurs or professional career women, or both, only to become trapped perpetually climbing the ladder of success. Without pausing long enough to breathe and truly enjoy the life we had imagined, the climb can become all-consuming and we can quite easily miss the joys we had envisioned at the beginning of this journey.

Too often we find ourselves burned out, not present, unhappy, and lacking confidence. We sometimes come to believe that it actually has to be this way if we hope to be successful.

I have been on this path too. And I promise you that it can be different. Not only better and improved, but deeply transformed.

After a couple of jobs out of college, eventually I found my way to a 12-year career at The Boston Consulting Group in first Boston and then Atlanta. I loved both the people and the company.

But after 12 years though, I sensed a calling for something more. Once I felt that calling there was no turning back. I left my career up to that point and embarked on a journey of uncovering this “something more”, and I never stopped.

Many high-achieving, ambitious, successful women feel this. They have done extraordinarily well in a masculine world with external guideposts for success, learning how to play within the masculine power system, and often ignoring the internal guideposts leading to a whole and harmonious success as a woman.

Now, the time has come to awaken from all that.

Something unprecedented and historic is happening for millions of women right now.

It is a shift. A shift of awakening to the level of self-actualization. It is a shift calling us to create from a feminine reservoir of power. This power is as life-changing for the women who discover it as the development of the internet has been for business and personal communication.It changes how we do almost everything.

It completely changes our orientation to leadership and success. It is inner-directed.

Whether you are leading a company, your own business, your family or simply yourself, now is a time to lead from within.

I offer you a new leadership, one that is embodied in you. A leadership that you can trust, that is aligned with your true nature. In fact it comes directly from your true nature. It will become your own north star to guide you to unleash your highest potential for success, fulfillment and happiness.

With that I also want to offer you a new definition of success:

Effortlessly realizing your deepest desires

Experiencing the expansion of happiness

The achievement of worthy goals, all in alignment with who you truly are – not who you have tried to be or who others wanted (and still want) you to be, but who you truly are as a God-given being, as natural as the day you were born.

To begin this shift I invite you to reconnect with yourself, and to expand your awareness of what is actually possible for you. Invite yourself to spaciousness with a candle and a cup of tea, or a hot bath, something that feels like luxuriating to you. Be with yourself and appreciate yourself. And when you’re ready, spend some time with a journal, contemplating these questions. These are living questions, so be in the inquiry beyond just the time that you spend journaling. You can be present to these while you cook, drive, enjoy a walk in nature. Or lie awake in bed at night.

These are the questions:

What do I most desire to experience?

What do I most desire to create?

What do I most desire to express?

What do I most desire to contribute?

Your answers to these questions might come to you as very tangible things, like creating a celebratory dinner for example. Or it could be a feeling of deeper joy, true happiness, a deep connection you crave, which perhaps you have not felt in a long time.

There is no right or wrong way to do this. There is just to listen to yourself and notice. Lastly, enjoy the moment!

Then together we can go from there to unprecedented heights of success and happiness.

Françoise Everett, MS, Feminine Leadership and Lifestyle Coach, is a leader in the 21st century women’s empowerment movement. She helps high-growth women in business unleash the power to find fulfillment in life. You can connect with her at franç[email protected]