MESSAGE OF THE MOMENT:
Woman of the Month:
Heather Fougnier, Bethlehem, NH, USA & Saba, Dutch Caribbean
It has been said: There are two ways of being unhappy: not getting what you want, and getting what you want.
-- Eckhart Tolle
That quote pretty much sums up how my life was going. My career was moving along at a fast pace as I continued to get promoted to the executive level at my job. I had the big house, the great marriage and all the stuff that I thought equated to success.
And yet I was not happy. My life revolved around a never-ending to do list in which I was always behind and never good enough.
Even though I knew there must be more to life, I struggled on, using work to medicate my feelings of emptiness. In my early thirties, my emotional and physical health began to suffer in minor ways, which scared me enough to be a wake up call. My once endless energy (probably nervous energy!) started to run out and I often felt a deep sadness, bordering on depression.
Around that time I hired a business coach to help me learn to balance my life and it was one of the best things Ive ever done!
She helped me see where I was locking myself up and I began to back off of my workaholic ways. The funny thing was that as I took care of myself and stopped working so hard, no one noticed! Everyone thought I was still working just as hard because I was working smart and still accomplishing my goals. In fact, I even got promoted at a time when I was leaving work at 5:00 pm each night, taking my lunches and enjoying my personal time.
I started to see a new way of being and I wanted to share it with others. Since I loved how coaching changed my life, I got certified as a professional coach and created a new life mission: to heal the stress that creates illness as we age. And yet, I was scared to leave my safe job.
Leaving my job and learning to trust through financial fears and insecurity was terrifying, chaotic and full of ups and downs.
Yet there was this whisper in the back of my mind that said this leap of faith was necessary.
My husband and I downsized our lives dramatically: sold our house and just about all of our furniture and possessions. We now split our lives between the White Mountains in New Hampshire and Saba, a tiny, unspoiled island in the Dutch Caribbean.
The more I trusted, the more my intuition, my heart and my SELF opened up.
From this place, I was rewarded by seeing my clients achieve their goals and by loving every minute of my work. Not long afterwards, I started to write and was noticed by some successful authors for whom I am now ghostwriting books and articles. Wonders never cease for this non-writer who is now a writer.
Looking back, I deeply believe that when you do what you love with trust and belief, the money just shows up.
Success AND fulfillment is possible for us all. But more importantly, that elusive happiness becomes more pervasive it is the only craving we can satisfy by coming home to ourselves.
-- Heather Fougnier, Bethlehem, NH & Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Email: Heather.Fougnier@SuccessSummits.com
Website: www.SuccessSummits.com
Heather Fougnier, Bethlehem, NH, USA & Saba, Dutch Caribbean
That quote pretty much sums up how my life was going. My career was moving along at a fast pace as I continued to get promoted to the executive level at my job. I had the big house, the great marriage and all the stuff that I thought equated to success.
And yet I was not happy. My life revolved around a never-ending to do list in which I was always behind and never good enough.
Even though I knew there must be more to life, I struggled on, using work to medicate my feelings of emptiness. In my early thirties, my emotional and physical health began to suffer in minor ways, which scared me enough to be a wake up call. My once endless energy (probably nervous energy!) started to run out and I often felt a deep sadness, bordering on depression.
Around that time I hired a business coach to help me learn to balance my life and it was one of the best things Ive ever done!
She helped me see where I was locking myself up and I began to back off of my workaholic ways. The funny thing was that as I took care of myself and stopped working so hard, no one noticed! Everyone thought I was still working just as hard because I was working smart and still accomplishing my goals. In fact, I even got promoted at a time when I was leaving work at 5:00 pm each night, taking my lunches and enjoying my personal time.
I started to see a new way of being and I wanted to share it with others. Since I loved how coaching changed my life, I got certified as a professional coach and created a new life mission: to heal the stress that creates illness as we age. And yet, I was scared to leave my safe job.
Leaving my job and learning to trust through financial fears and insecurity was terrifying, chaotic and full of ups and downs.
Yet there was this whisper in the back of my mind that said this leap of faith was necessary.
My husband and I downsized our lives dramatically: sold our house and just about all of our furniture and possessions. We now split our lives between the White Mountains in New Hampshire and Saba, a tiny, unspoiled island in the Dutch Caribbean.
The more I trusted, the more my intuition, my heart and my SELF opened up.
From this place, I was rewarded by seeing my clients achieve their goals and by loving every minute of my work. Not long afterwards, I started to write and was noticed by some successful authors for whom I am now ghostwriting books and articles. Wonders never cease for this non-writer who is now a writer.
Looking back, I deeply believe that when you do what you love with trust and belief, the money just shows up.
Success AND fulfillment is possible for us all. But more importantly, that elusive happiness becomes more pervasive it is the only craving we can satisfy by coming home to ourselves.
-- Heather Fougnier, Bethlehem, NH & Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Email: Heather.Fougnier@SuccessSummits.com
Website: www.SuccessSummits.com