Passion to Thrive

The purpose of this book is to realise you have choice in how and who and why you are in the world. No one will ever experience the world like you do, feel like you do, love the way you do. You are a unique, one-off, amazing person. Even if you showed up in a different body, it would not be the same. If you had an identical twin, it would not be the same. Your unique set of skills, talents, gifts, insights, passions and intuitions, is irreproducible and irreplaceable. You are an exceptional and awesome gift to the world, and the world needs you to share it. Whether it’s cooking a nourishing meal for someone hungry and weary, or telling an inspirational or instructive story, or listening to a person from the heart and allowing them to discover themselves in a whole new way, or creating an amazing new artwork, or taking up the good fight, or raising children….. Whatever makes your heart sing and gives your life meaning, passion and purpose so you overflow is what the world needs you to contribute. And your unique gift may be something you haven’t given any thought to before. Humans are well on their way to destroying this glorious, fragile spaceship we call Earth in many creative and different ways. This is fuelled by greed for power and riches, with no consideration for the consequences to people, environment or the sustainability of life on the planet. We need a change in awareness, fast. The good news is that women, at least in Western society, are more empowered than ever before. It’s not perfect by any means. But we are now at the point where it’s time for us women to stop acting like men and to reclaim the breadth and depth of our worth and our unique way of being, experiencing, feeling and acting in the world. It is time to value the feminine strengths of patience, resting, allowing, receiving, flowing, appreciating and just being. It is time to enter a partnership with the emerging men who acknowledge their feminine sides and treat women as equals with respect and authenticity, so we can have balance in the world and in decision-making, while valuing and utilising the strengths of both women and men equally. Because, let’s face it, if we don’t, spaceship Earth is heading for a crash. If you are ready to own your power and be a force for positive change in the world, and would like a perspective on how to proceed, this book is for you. Read the words and listen to your heart. If they ring true, own them; if they don’t, ask your heart what it feels is true, and follow its promptings. Talk to other women, especially the ones that inspire you, about their perceptions and experiences. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel, and we probably don't have time for that. Women are good at talking to each other, holding space for each other and supporting each other, so let's make it happen. This book offers an opening to the conversation, a window into the potential and power of women. We are ready to reclaim our potential, purpose, passion and power. It’s time to live our lives to the fullest and let our unique lights shine!