the universe is being very generous

to me right now - despite my feelings of emptiness and sadness (that are waning but not yet gone...) - there is a fabulous amount for me to be grateful for and i had a couple of really great things happen during the week - so it would be remiss of me to only write about my sadness when in fact, i have been a lot happier for most of the past week!

sooo i spent thursday with a fellow coach - i met her in melbourne - she lives not to far from me and we spent thursday talking about how we can help each other, getting to know each other, our experiences of some people we know in common etc...it was great! she gave me some great ideas and has kindly offered to introduce me to some people that might prove to be good leads for my business - i gave her some ideas and also offered to introduce her to some people - a great exchange and a lovely support network! but she gave me some advice about when i do work for people and essentially she told me how important it was (if possible) to get written testimonials....

so i asked for a written testimonial for a session i did in late january for an IT company - and it's fantastic - firstly i wasn't sure how comfortable they would be in writing one (some people aren't) and secondly i wasn't sure they would let me use their company name and the name of the customer there on my website, but they will! so very excited as i now have 2 very recent testimonials to load onto the website...not to mention the feedback itself is very positive :-)

then i had coffee with a former colleague - we've been trying since oct/nov to catch up and i kept postponing...anyway we met this week and he would like me to partner with him - meaning that when he gets clients who want to work with him, there is an aspect of what he wants to do that is coaching, and he asked me if i would be happy to do that part!!! of course i will - how exciting and how lovely to be approached....

my first client (who i saw friday) is re-signing for another 6 or 8 sessions - which is great! i am seeing such positive change in him (so is he and so is his wife!) and i am thrilled to be able to support him as he continues on his journey...

so despite the odd moments of sadness and loneliness and at times a sense of feeling rudderless and without purpose, my purpose really is very clear to me and i am really grateful that my work is something i love and really want to be doing...