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SHORT VERSION
Joy! challenged me to take her 30 day, “No Worries, Mate!” test. I would like to say I spent 30 days letting go of worry. However, my success was much quicker! While reading the book and doing the exercises, I uncovered a major worry that was keeping me from success! Several days following, this worry was affirmed for me over and over again. I heard myself say things that clearly came out of my subconscious thoughts. As I harnessed those thoughts and changed them, I began to create small successes. By the end of the week, the worry had turned completely around and opportunities for larger success were falling in my lap! Though it has only been gone for 30 days so far, I know that worry is gone forever. Should I fall into the worry creating pattern again, Joy!’s book will be close by for another read.
LONG VERSION
At the time that Joy! asked me to take her 30 day, “No Worries, Mate!” test, my husband, Tom, had been out of work 6 months; my 14 year-old son was trying to find himself in his first year of high school and was conflicted about his sexuality; my 16 year-old daughter was breaking up with her “first love”, and my business had slowed down considerably. Did I have worries? Believe it or not, I didn’t think so! Tom was going to school to learn a career in massage. I knew the economy would pick up and we could successfully expand my business. I believed that with our skills, we could re-create his high-tech salary within a year. We had a cushion of retirement money that could potentially last up to 2 years while we worked all this out.
Right after Tom was laid off, I made a plan for expansion. I had a calling to teach on my own and write a book or two and I decided this was the opportunity to move forward. I invested over $1,200 to remodel our classroom space. I had painted it vivid colors, each having a purpose. At the same time, I was making a statement that I would remain in my house as long as I desired to – no real estate agent would put our house on the market with what we had done to the “living room”! I also turned our spare bedroom into another treatment room so that Tom and I could both work at home. I thought I felt secure about our future and I was “handling” everything just fine. I looked at the decline in my business as temporary and a good time to write my first book and set other plans in motion to build the foundation for our future. I wanted to build a massage business for Tom and move forward on expanding my coaching practice. I had a positive attitude and, I thought, plenty of forward movement.
While reading Joy!’s book and doing the exercises, I realized that I was indeed worried about the finances! Several days following, this worry was affirmed for me over and over again. I heard myself say things that clearly came out of my subconscious thoughts. Stuff like “small retirement fund” and “poor economy”. I would mention to some people how that retirement fund used to be twice as much before the “terrible market downturn” a few years earlier. I was complaining that Tom and I were both un-insurable and his medications were very expensive. I would counter that by declaring, “I am in the best health I have ever been in my life!” Worry, worry, worry!
As I harnessed those thoughts and changed them, I began to create small successes. By the end of the week, the worry had turned completely around! Opportunities for larger success were falling in my lap! I had been given a new, 9 week contract to teach. This would give me new contacts to build my coaching practice as well as provide extra income. One of my professional organizations booked my classroom space for a weekend retreat. A client recommended me for a weekly job at a high-tech firm and I began massaging 2 or more clients at a time there. I saw potential for Tom to build a large business in the building. I had new marketing ideas that I began to pursue and hooked up with a woman who could give me the help I needed. And that was just in the first week! I immediately saw that underlying fears had been stopping the creative flow for our success. Thanks to Joy!’s book, that has completely turned around now.
Stacey Lemire www.healingtouchtherapies.com
Stacey Lemire has been a practicing Massage Therapist and Light Worker in the Austin and Round Rock area since 1997. In addition to teaching massage at a local school, Stacey leads monthly crystal bowl meditations and conducts workshops about the chakras and spiritual journeying. Stacey has authored several published articles and is currently writing her first book. |
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