Confident Shine
Before the first session I was apprehensive as I did not know what to expect but upon our first session Ange made me feel safe to express my thoughts and feelings freely. She held me accountable and was really giving with her support and praise for the actions I was about to take and the actions that I took. She always offered her support betweens session so if I ever got stuck I knew that she would be on the other end of the phone if I needed her.
At our pre meeting before our first session I wrote a wish list of things that I wanted to gain greater clarity around. The list included, home ownership, relationships, my relationship with money (or rather spending it!), 20 kilometer fun run, career, and my ongoing fight with self confidence. During my time with Ange I registered for 3 fun runs, doubling my previous distances. This is something that I had written down as a real pie in the sky wish, I never thought I would actually be able to achieve it, I am happy to report that I no longer believe that this is out of my league.
I have always been good at spending money and even better at avoiding holding myself accountable to a budget. After a session with Ange, I worked out a budget and have started saving money at the same time as paying off debit. What a freeing experience as it has given me a light at the end of the tunnel to have access to travel more and working less.
I had also always felt like there was something wrong with me that I was happy being single, I tended to think that others felt sorry for me or that I had something missing in my life because I was single. I now know that it is OK to be happy being single, that is simply what my life is right now, everything is perfect just the way it is. What others think or how others are has always impacted the way I think of myself, Ange and I worked on this a lot during my sessions, I no longer hold myself up against others results to criticize myself and celebrate my achievements. I have found that the more I celebrate my achievements, the more I achieve.
I feel more confident to try anything, I now see something that I want and I go for it without thinking. In two weeks time I am heading to Sydney to have trapeze lessons. Now this is not something that I would have necessarily attempted in the past. I no longer stopped by fear; I have a more self confidence that ever before.
The results that I have achieved are varied and tangible; I would highly recommended Serendipity me to anyone who wants more out of their life.
Merrin, Melbourne, Victoria
Update July 2009 Merrin kicking her goals
…..crosses the finish line on her Melbourne run in June (left) and the Gold Coast Marathon 10 km July 5th 2009 (right)
” I felt quite chuffed when I finished the second 10km run on Sunday. I set my goal as 1 hour 10 minutes and I could not believe it when I ran exactly that 70 minutes, not a second faster or second slower, exactly 1 hour 10 minutes.. very powerful!!”
“Serendipity is the faculty of finding things we did not know we were looking for.” Glauco Ortolano
Merrin facing the fear and trying the trapeze in Sydney in July
