The Pursuit of Freedom Podcast

23/08/2022

I am in the empathy phase of developing a program to help women lean into their true selves. To deliver the most value in this program, I need to listen to what people actually NEED. My experience is valid, but so is yours.

SO! For the next 4 weeks, I am opening my calendar to talk to 50 women who are ready to say 👋🏻goodbye👋🏻 to people-pleasing and 🌈hello🌈 to living in full alignment with their values.

These calls will serve 2 purposes:
#1 Provide 50 women in pain with free coaching.
#2 Give me intel to design the most impactful program possible (so I can help as many women as possible)

I know what it feels like to be trapped on a path that someone else has laid out for you. To have a sinking feeling in your stomach that there must be more to life than THIS. To be ashamed of the life you are living and wanting desperately to change, but feeling totally overwhelmed with where to start. And don’t get me started on the ‘find your why’ advice that so many preach. I love Simon Sinek, but damn, how the heck am I meant to find ONE thing that is my why, that I’m not allowed to ever change?!

I went from all those feelings to living a life I am proud of. For me, that meant working part time and starting a business so I could spend more time with my fiancée, 3 fur babies and on kooky creative projects that make my heart sing.

I am making a living doing things I am passionate about, and able to spend quality time with the people I love and doing the things I love to do.

Bottom line? I decided that I deserved better and made it happen.

Want the same? Book a FREE 1hr coaching call with me: https://bit.ly/3dLQznu

I help women just like you go from overwhelm to alignment.
Take this post as a sign to break the cycle of people-pleasing and start leaning into your true self.

Picture of Tilly talking me into being brave and putting myself out there on Facebook. Who can say no to that adorable face?!

20/08/2022

Do me a favour and pause for 5 minutes to reflect on this question:

𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪?

From where I stand, life is too previous to sacrifice your time doing mundane tasks that distract you from the important things. Each day, I strive to be purposeful with my limited time on Earth. How about you?

This quote from Ryan Holiday captures it perfectly:

"𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘚𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦."

20/08/2022

It can be really hard staying true to your values and beliefs. Especially when life throws you a curve ball.

It can leave you wanting to throw a tantrum and scream out that life isn't fair. If you're like me, you'll also want to call people names, and shout obscenities until someone makes it right.

Once some time has passed and you are level headed enough to reflect on the situation, you feel embarrassed by your actions and disappointed in how you showed up.

I got this tattoo recently as a beautiful reminder that, especially when the going gets tough, it's important that I show up as the person I want to be. A person that plays fair, leads with empathy and fiercely fights for what is right.

Already, I have looked down at my tattoo many times and it has been enough to make me slow down, take a deep breath and consider whether my response is a reflection of the person I want to be.

What does staying true look like for you?

16/08/2022

14/08/2022

Say hi to Rosie the Tourist.

On my recent trip to the UK, I found myself using my camera daily. Not the camera on my smartphone but my bulky and beautiful Pentax DSLR (Canon, Sony and Nikon fans I don't want to hear your s**t!)

I have always been a bit of a photography enthusiast, but I can't say I've been doing much of it lately. Getting out of the country and away from work gave me the space to lean into my creativity, and (wo)man did I enjoy it!

Every day, I was out pounding the pavement with my trusty Pentax K3ii. I wasn't out there to prove myself to anyone. And I certainly wasn't out there to impress anyone - I mean, I look just about as touristy as you can get! I was also drawing all sorts of attention as I crawled and contorted into awkward positions to get the best creative shots I possibly could.

I loved every minute of it.

My photos won't end up in an art gallery or win any awards, but that really isn't the point.

My time away reminded me that I am an artist at heart. Just like my Pappa Bear was (more on that in another post).

It reminded me that I need to make time in my life to do more of the things that bring me joy. Simple things like hunting out the best street art in Liverpool and going on photo walks for hours on end.

What simple things bring you joy?