Extracting Value

"I will not suffer without extracting value from it"

As a child, I was taught that everything should be 'perfect' and then when things weren't to my "unrealistic standards", it would feel very terrible.

Now, as an adult and a life coach, I have come to find my own TRUTH.

In life, you will go through uncomfortable situations and hard times but I genuinely believe that the universe (God) has my best interest at heart.

This means that I refuse to go through an uncomfortable situation that feels hard and brings up sadness, anger or resentment AND then NOT get a lesson or personal growth out of it for myself.

A few weeks ago, was one of those days and here's the value I extracted from it. (And how it will help your business)

Two young men found my credit card in my trash bags and used it to buy some food (for R45/$2.8), but I noticed the payment and immediately cancelled my card.

This was when they tried to use it, a second time, at a local shop where the people know me, saw it was my name on the card and phoned me to tell me about these two men.

Then I had a choice to make a case and have them sent to jail, or only report the incident, give through the evidence of the transactions and let them go.

I chose the second option, and a lot of people are unhappy with me because I didn't have them locked up.

But here's the value I'm extracting:

1. I am becoming the person who trusts that I am doing what I think is right EVEN if it makes other people uncomfortable.
2. I am trusting that whatever choice I make, even if it's the 'wrong' one, I will learn from it and grow and do better next time
3. I am learning to trust myself and have my back more and more.
4. I believe every situation I find myself in will help me with something and teach me something EVEN when it's hard.

Here's how this can help you in your business and marketing:

• When you learn to trust yourself more, you don't sit in self-criticism and doubt because you are encouraging yourself that it's all okay.
  ​Result: You get up faster and keep figuring it out. You also become more confident which people are attracted to in your marketing.
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• Instead of just seeing how you failed, you see the lessons and you learn what to do differently next time.
  ​Result: You're becoming a new version of yourself that handles everything with more love, grace and confidence. Imagine what's possible for your business when you show up this way?
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• Instead of taking the 'hard situation' personally and feeling victim to what happened, you are extracting something out of it for YOU
  ​Result: You feel emotionally so much better, calmer and because of that emotional safety, you can move forward

NOW, I've done a lot of work on myself to have the ability to see the lessons and spiral less AND STILL I got coaching on this situation.

So if this feels a little out of reach for you, that's ok
​Give yourself grace and permission to be new at something

And also, this is the work I help women do because when you can trust yourself, feel more confident and get up again after having a really hard day... then the success of your business is inevitable

🫶 I'm here if you're ready to feel emotionally free in your business and life. Reply to this email if you want to learn more about how I can help you

With so much love

Lauren xx