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The path to freedom is rarely easy. Often it’s a journey that challenges us to dig deeper, face our demons, and love ourselves enough to create lasting change.

Helping my gorgeous clients find freedom fills me with pure and utter joy, so when I received three interview requests lately on this very topic, I jumped at the chance to share my love for health and happiness – and the hard lessons I’ve learnt along the way…
 
 

 

Freedom from Fear

FEAR. It’s such a fascinating topic, no?

As a ‘Soulpreuner’ I feel like I eat fear for breakfast. It never really goes away, but I’ve learnt to be kinda’ glad about that. Without fear, there isn’t growth. Busting through limiting beliefs and showing myself what I’m really made of makes me feel fully alive.

When Kyana Miner asked me to be one of 21 fear-busting warriors speaking in this free global webinar event about Crazy Courage, I was thrilled and honoured. Ironically, live interviews are still very scary for me (hence my nervous excitement in the video!).

Join us here as we talk fears, limiting beliefs, intuition, and truly stepping into our authenticity.
 

Crazy Courage

From engineer to entrepreneur, Day 3 of the Crazy Courage Interview Series is a story about fear, love, and success. For the next 32 minutes, don’t focus on your limitations. Allow yourself to dream about the possibilities in your own life as you watch this interview.

Rebecca, affectionately called Bex by her clients, fell in love, quit her job, and started her own business. Bex’s story is so inspiring. She had no idea how she was going to create success. But in one short year, she has been featured in the news and on some of the most popular health blogs in the world.

The best part of this interview with Bex is her honesty as she talks about her scariest moments along her journey toward greater passion and aliveness.

– Kyana Miner, CrazyCourage.com

Freedom from Dieting

I’m sure you know by now that I do not believe in dieting, one little bit!

I’ve shared with you my ‘before’ pics and the truth about diet shakes. For years, dieting kept me trapped in a dysfunctional relationship with food.

But you know what? I’m not sorry that my journey took me there. My experience drives my passion to help women liberate themselves from the same sorts of issues. Knowing – first hand – just how devastating it can be to feel stuck in an unhealthy pattern helps me to be a more compassionate coach and truly understand what my clients are going through.

When STM Journalist Katie Robertson asked me to share my story in an article about the increasing shift in focus from ‘thin’ to ‘fit & healthy’, I was thrilled and honoured.

Join us here as we talk whole foods and motivational mantras, the essence of wellness (inside and out), and self-love.
 

Fit is the New Skinny

FORGET thigh gaps and bikini bridges, healthy living has become a national obsession. Meet the young “health-preneurs” leading the charge.

Rebecca Weller used to wash down her shame and stress with diet shakes. She forced down non-fat foods in her lunchbreak at the office and then went home to the low-calorie dinners lining her freezer.

The Perth-based cost engineer was just like many women she knew — a neon sign emblazoned with the word “THIN” buzzed and flickered in her mind, taunting her while she ran the numbers on the calories she’d eaten that day like a frenzied tax accountant.

– Katie Robertson, The Sunday Times Magazine / News.com.au

Image Credit: Richard Hatherly

Freedom from Addiction

Sharing my alcohol-free journey with you recently was one of my scariest moments. I don’t think anyone likes admitting (especially publicly!) things they don’t like about themselves.

But the love and support that poured in from you guys filled my heart to overflowing.

I also learnt an important lesson in the process: that vulnerability is powerful. We never know what others are struggling with until we have the courage to share our own stories and demons.

So when News.com.au Journalist Kate Midena asked me to share my story in such an important story about the effects of alcohol, I was deeply honoured.

Join us here as we talk about big, scary changes, and the beauty of hope and new beginnings.
 

Is Alcohol Destroying Us?

News.com.au spoke to four people whose lives have all been affected by alcohol in different ways. When we asked each of them if they thought the Australian public were aware of just how damaging alcohol can be, the answer was a resounding ‘No’.

“Alcohol is such a huge part of the Australian culture, drinking at every social gathering is just widely accepted as ‘normal’,” Rebecca Weller told us. “I think it’s only when we take an extended break from drinking that we realise just how damaging and unnecessary it really is.”

– Kate Midena, The Australian / News.com.au

 
I’d love to hear from you in the comments below, beautiful. Have you discovered freedom from a habit or pattern that previously held you back? How has it impacted your life for the better?

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When it comes to liberating yourself from habits that no longer serve you, we talk a lot in The Sparkle Project about moving your focus from what you’re giving up, to what you’re gaining in return. We look at ways of shifting perception from a place of fear to a place of love. When you do, rather than feeling deprived and miserable from missing out, you begin to feel empowered, inspired, excited even, by your choice. Eventually ‘I can’t have that’ becomes ‘I don’t want that’, and then baby, you’re truly free.

Whether you’re struggling to remove yourself from the seductive clutches of wine, cheese, meat, sugar, gluten, binge-eating or drinking, social media, a toxic relationship with an ex, or anything you feel is not good for you, a great way to do this is to make a list. Get creative and brainstorm 10 things better than that habit. This list then becomes your toolbox, your safety net, and your best friend. When you feel tempted, focus on one or all of the things on your beautiful list instead.

If you’re not a list person, find 10 images of things or emotions that are better than that habit and stick them on your fridge, your desk, your bathroom mirror, or your vision board. Remind yourself of your big WHY. Why you want to change; what your life would be like without that unhealthy habit; who you could become if you were free of its clutches.
 

 
When I decided to embark on a vegan lifestyle and the thought of never eating cheese (ever again ) filled me with horror, I made a list of 10 things better than cheese. The list included things like guacamole, salsa, sundried-tomato hummus, better digestion, fewer eczema breakouts, and never having to worry about my weight again (that one never gets old!). I carried the list with me everywhere and used it to fend off unwanted dairy advances. Within 30 days my tastebuds had changed, my mantra had worked, and I was free! Damn, that felt good.

Now that I’ve decided I want to be free of wine, I’m using the same tactic. Aahhh vino… such a glamorous temptress. I care for her too much, and just like any dysfunctional relationship, she cares for me too little. She promises me a great time and then robs me of my sparkle. She whispers that I need her to relax, celebrate, or even just have dinner with pals. Then the next day when I’m feeling tired and anxious, where is she, huh? Vanished!

Well I’ve had enough! She’s not welcome here anymore.

So my list now looks like this:
 

10 Things Better Than Wine

1. Productive, happy mornings. No headaches, no hangovers – just bliss.

2. Glowing skin and eyes that sparkle.

3. Better digestion. Absorption of every last trace of that expensive Spirulina!

4. Fresh vegetable juices. I can literally feel my body becoming healthier with every sip. Green glam, baby! Mason jars are cooler than wine stems anyway, right? Right?

5. Clarity – of thoughts, emotions, energy.

6. Uninterrupted creativity. Whether we like it or not, alcohol dulls that creative spark. Ideas are harder to come by. Things don’t just flow. I want more of the good stuff – passion, inspiration, creativity, lightning bolts of brilliance.

7. The smell of fresh, clean sheets beneath my clear and happy head as I fall sleep.

8. More money for other treats like fancy herbal tea, books, workout wear in gorgeous sorbet colours, ‘just because I love you’ gifts for my favourite people, animal charity donations, and raw chocolate.

9. Better (stronger!) memories of the good times. Sober D&Ms and spontaneous belly laughs. Confidence and courage that is authentically me – not poured from a bottle.

10. Personal growth. If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. I’ve always used wine as a social lubricant so it’s a bit scary to navigate functions without it. Change takes courage but rewards you in so many ways, the best way being evolution of your soul.
 

Your turn, beautiful.

What do you feel compulsively drawn to but know your life would ultimately be richer without? Maybe it’s a certain food, a relationship, or a behaviour you have a hard time saying no to.

Flip it, baby! What are 10 things/emotions/benefits better than that thing for you? Write your list and carry it with you, or stick ’em up where you can see them. Remind yourself of your big WHY every single day until that old habit no longer even appeals to you. Use affirmations to reinforce your reasons.

Rewrite your story. Harness your big, bright potential. Brainwash your way to total babeness. You got this.

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