Have you ever had an opportunity to present the heart of your work – your soul’d calling – to a person or group in public, and struggled to really shine in the way that you long too? Recently, a new Facebook friend wrote that he was busily, preparing for a public speaking opportunity where he [...]
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How to let your soul shine through your public speaking
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Are you doing what you love?
When I was seven someone asked me “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I thought about it and replied… “I want to be an artist, a writer and a dancer!” As I spoke these words, they felt bold and almost cheeky. For me at that time, there was a kind of headiness [...]
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Soul Business: Unprofessional or Authentic? And the State of the World
It’s been a fair while between posts. And a big reason for that is that I’ve been sitting with – and soul searching on – what Soul Business is really about. Unprofessional or Authentic? Yeah, I know. It’s probably not ‘professional’ to tell you that sometimes I don’t even know what this business is about. [...]
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2011: The Year Your Soul Started Dancing
One of my favourite conscious and creative entrepreneurs, Goddess Leonie, recently wrote a great blog post about how your business can evolve in a not-so-logical-but-deeply-rewarding, follow-your-heart kind of way. I say ‘not so logical’, but in retrospect of course, those crazy, creative, follow your heart decisions often turn out to make sense after all. There’s [...]
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Living is an Art Form… But is your Business?
Living is an Art form. So says a very funky little hip hop tune written by my friend Mattriks, in his album Made Outta Motion from Mind Heart Media. It’s a great concept for musicians, poets and philosophers. Rather more troublesome for parents and business people, I think. At least that’s what I thought this [...]
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Hey baby, does your business wear a nappy?
So. it’s been two whole months since I wrote and article for my blog, because… I had a baby! Ashwin Arunai Bulmer, born 7th September amidst ecstatic and excruciating screams. He was four weeks early, and I’ve been so busy with nappies and the rest of it, that I’ve hardly had a chance to surface, [...]
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How to quit approval-seeking and get on with shining in your business.
It’s really uncomfortable to be needy. Especially needing approval. Most of us cover it up because if people knew how much we needed approval… Well, they might not approve of us, right? But it’s the covering up that makes it harder to access and heal. And that ultimately keeps you from shining, unselfconsciously, as your [...]
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