🗓️ Getting clear on what season you're in BEFORE you start making goals for 2024 🎆

into today's episode. But before I do, I wanted to actually just share like a win, that has just been giving me so much joy at the moment. And I just thought I would share it because it's fucking cool. So I realised a little while ago that I needed to have more creative hobbies and things that weren't related to my business. Because the truth is, I fucking love my

business. My business is what gives me a lot of my creativity, I would almost say like, a lot of it feels like a hobby, like podcasting was a bit of a hobby and writing as a hobby. And creating content was always pleasurable to me. And so it's, I get a lot of my creative needs met throughout my business. But what I found was, when I've got spare time, I have to use a lot of discipline to not do more work. And that requires that I have other things to sort of do and to be excited about and to

want to get into. And now with summer, it's actually a little bit easier because I'm pretty happy to to read books by the pool and go to the beach and ride my bike, whatever. But what I have been absolutely loving is home decoration. And like renovation, I am just so obsessed. We've kind of been going like one room at a time. And we have transformed our living, not our living room, but

like our lounge room. And I've got a new rug on the way and new like Hampton styles shutters and we've just put like a big new plant, we'll see how long I can keep that alive for but like new furniture, new couch, and just, it's taken its time, but it's been so intentional. And it's like the Pinterest boards and then going and looking and going to different shops and taking photos and bringing things home and seeing how it looks and making seeing it all come to

life. And then sitting down at night when we finished the day and put the phones away and sitting down in this new lounge room with like the fan on that we bought and looking at the big plant and the new TV. Like just all the furniture. And then we've got the candles. And next I'm doing like Christmas sort of festive lights. And I'm just loving that. So I just want to share that because I think that our home is just obviously our environment is so important for how we feel. And it doesn't have

to be big things. I've just noticed the littlest things like even today, I put my diffuser on out in the kitchen, and I'm putting particular candles that are like my aha soldier caramel candle from dusk, obsessed. But it's just these tiny little things that just add little bits of joy to the day. And feels so so good. And our environment is so important for how we feel. So

that's just my little wreck. I was saying to Paul, as we went to bed last night like this actually has brought me so much joy, the home that I feel very nasty. I know I've shared on this podcast that I'm in this weird Mosh phase at the moment where I'm like, Look, I'd love to be pregnant. It's not happening as soon as we'd liked. There's a few challenges that I

am dealing with. And I mean this like almost I feel like subconsciously and mentally I'm like going into this maternal season, although I'm not physically caught up yet. But I'm preparing for it. And I'm feeling very, like nasty. And I want to make the house feel like such a home. And I said to Paul last night like I can't wait, I can't wait until we get to do this with the nursery like one day we'll get to actually design the nursery and just we both get

so excited. So can you all please do me a massive favour and manifest that for me? Like just right now, wherever you're listening to this, can you just picture I don't know, when I when I tell you guys on here, one of the episodes being like, I have some news. I'm so excited. Just like let's manifest that let's please like me, I know what's going to happen. It's just I tell you what, like this whole journey, I'll probably do a different episode on it at a later date.

But it has been such an opportunity to strengthen pieces of me it's been an opportunity to strengthen the part of me that is impatient. And when I decide I want something, I want it yesterday. And it's been an opportunity to strengthen my surrender, and to strengthen my autonomy and staying convicted in what I want and arguing for that inside of the medical system and tuning into my body. And it's just been a real, a

real journey. But I'm feeling positive despite the roller coaster and yeah, it would just be like I said, I'll probably do a different episode on that for anyone who's going through something similar or wants to sort of just know how I've been handling things from more of a physical and mental perspective. I will do an episode on that. If you're interested. I'd love to know just let me know Um, so yeah, that's been a journey. And

it's been really cool. Like, I think this whole nesting phase is just making me very like, obsessed with creating beautiful spaces in my home. And I'm even starting to like, for not, I wouldn't say fall back in love with because I was never in love with and would even say fall in love because I don't love cooking. But I'm becoming a bit more like, cool. Let's look at some recipes. Let's find some nice recipes. And again, I've got to like, really check what nutritional needs aren't my body

needs right now. And so I'm being really intentional about what's in the fridge and what's in the kitchen and how I'm cooking things. And it's just been a whole journey. So that's where I'm at. And it's just a little whim that I thought I would share to add a little bit of pep in your environment. It feels really, really nice. So, before I dive straight into today's episode, I just want to let you know if you're listening to this today as it pops or this

week. i i We don't call them Black Friday because I've never really understood Black Friday. I was always like, what is this? It seems to be so new. Is it just me I was talking to some friends about this on the weekend? I swear back in my day. I don't think Halloween was a thing. And I don't even remember Black Friday being a thing like are these new? Somebody please tell me has black friday become a huge big thing only in more recent years or with the advent

of social media? Or am I living under a rock and same with with Halloween? I never did that as a kid. I didn't know it was a thing. And it wasn't like it just wasn't for us. And maybe it's like country bumpkin things. But yeah, we didn't have Halloween either. So I don't know. I've never really understood Black Friday, so but I am getting into the festive season. I've been singing mariah carey all morning. I'm very excited about adding our Christmas tree this weekend. I'm very excited about just

Christmas vibes in general. And the whole festive season is just my favourite time of year. So I'm getting into festive season stuff. And if you are listening to this live, there is so much wildness coming out today in your inbox, you need to be checking your inbox and this week on my socials. It is actually fucking wild. Like I've never done anything like this off all my courses, all my

master classes. And if you've ever wanted to join level up, you're gonna want to watch this just for 48 hours, it's like a big BAM like a big flash sale, and then it's gone. And I'm not going to have those prices again. So just keep your eye out on my stories and on your inbox because my festive season gifting season has begun. And that extends to you too, which

is really exciting. Especially if you're kind of like alright, 2024 Let's go let's get clear, let's all you've got, there's pretty much going to be something for whatever your goal is, if it's a business goal, there's something there if you want to level up in 2024 Level Ups there if you want to increase your business sales through courses and online programmes, there's something there if your money mindset and you want next year to have a lot more abundance and to create

more money in your business. There's something there for you. Like there's something there for everyone. And so just keep your eyes out. Now, let me get into today's episode. So as you can probably tell this time of year is my favourite. And this is like my time to shine. This is my time to shine because it's really all about reflecting and getting a bit introspective and looking at okay, what are the lessons from the year what can I take with me? What have I integrated? What am I still

integrating? What am I bringing with me into next year, and just becoming really fucking intentional, like everything that I preach and teach is about making sure that you are the driver of your life and making sure that everything that you create in your life is done with intention so that you don't wake up when you're at and go fuck What did i What was that about? Like, I didn't live the life I wanted. I didn't do anything

intentionally. And I think it's so beautiful that this time of year, there's a lot of time and space to reflect on what worked to reflect on what didn't to reflect on what matters to reflect on what you were bringing and intending for the for the year to come. And unfortunately and again like I it's allowed me to contradict myself here. This is not necessarily about New Year's resolutions and setting new goals. For me, it's really important to do the reflection piece and that we don't just do

it once a year. But we do it as a consistent practice of watching ourselves watching what's working, what's watching what's not looking ahead being intentional, deciding, you know, deciding how you want to show up in life. And so I know that all of this content is about to get we're about to be bombarded with the new year's new me and new goals and like let's smash it lala la like we're about to be bombarded with all of that content. Love it. Love that if you love that, that's awesome.

And there's nothing wrong with that and if it's really exciting to you and it helps you to get into a little bit of a state to really reflect and set some intentions for the for the upcoming year. I love that. But this episode is really about honour During what season you're actually in before you decide to add more, because that is the norm. That's what's normalised Right? Like, I want more of this, I want to grow, I want

growth, growth, growth. And particularly, I put a post about this on my Instagram a week or so ago in business. I don't think I've ever heard someone say my goal is actually to slow down. My goal is to is to consolidate. My goal is to spend some time in creation and intentionally pull back in order to expand further, most of us are so like, next thing, next thing, let's grow let's grow like 10 figure months, I mean, 10 figure months, Holy, moly.

10k months, 30k months now 50k months, 100k months, and it's more and more and more and more, but there's never really a stop and a reflection of our is this working? Do I need to go actually into a period or a season of consolidation? Do I need to go into a period or a season of reaping the benefits before I actually just go straight into the next thing and straight into the next thing and straight into the next thing? Without any intention? Or reflection about? Where am I? Am

I enjoying this? Is it working for me? Is this the season that my life is in? Is this actually where I want to put my time and energy and focus? What if it's not business for the next year? What if it's not growth? What is and it's not to say it's not to say that you can't have all of it, I'm big on you get to have all of it. But also, eventually,

Something's gotta give. And if you do some reflection, and you decide actually, I'm in a bit of a season of, I don't know, maybe you're in a bit of a season of family, you've just maybe you've just had a child, maybe, maybe your children are young, and you don't want to miss this phase. Maybe you're maybe you don't have children, and you're actually in like, No, this is my time, I'm going to go gung ho with my business. Maybe the season for you is actually looking after your health and

your nervous system. And you're actually learning to do less. And that's the season you're in. But what I want you to do is to start bringing some awareness to how am I feeling now that this year is coming to an end? How am I actually feeling and as I start to look ahead before all of this, what's your next goals?

What are you doing next? Before all of this kind of gets thrown at you, I want to bring some awareness to what season you're actually in and have been in and needing because the truth is, everything's in seasons, everything has a cycle and a season, you can't be in one season all the time, you can't always be in grow. You can't eventually you need to counteract that with a little bit of neutralising instability and maybe a bit of rest and recuperation before you go

again. And so the reason I want to bring our awareness to and start to become really intentional, is because once you've decided, and this is something like I said, you'll get to revisit and it's not like this one thing for the whole year, maybe it's just the first quarter, maybe you're just looking at the first quarter and going this is the intention, this is where it's heading, this is my season, and I'll keep revisiting or keep revisiting or

keep revisiting. But the reason I think it's so important and so powerful to decide for yourself and intentionally focus on what's my season, what is actually right for me in this year, this upcoming year, when you know that you've got a guiding star to help guide your decisions for the year. But also to keep you honest, and to avoid any, any feelings that may come up around guilt or pressure.

Because there's no room for guilt when you have to or regret, guilt or regret when you have made an intention and you've thought it out and it's come from a place of I have decided this is my choice, then you make decisions that align with that and you remove and dissipate any opportunity to have guilt come up. So say for example, you have said that moving forward this season for you is actually recovery and slowness and filling your cup and a little bit of I don't know recuperation and just

consolidation. It's a little bit of a slower season. And your focus is really on nurturing relation nurturing relationships being more in your feminine or whatever. Let's just say that's

the example. What that means is when you start to see or maybe you get people externally that are like hustling, and they're all joining masterminds, and you've got coke colleagues, or maybe you've got some friends who are just like kicking goals and lalalala you don't then get to punish yourself, judge yourself, blame yourself start to create stories in your head,

because this was a decision. So you get to hold and see lots of people doing lots of different things without it rocking you and you're going into comparison because No, this was my choice. I've decided this and you just come back to this was my intention for the year and I see this come up a lot of the time people go into comparison and they start comparing people and they start going into these spirals and blah, blah, blah. And it's like, Wait, hold on a, are you being intentional about

who you're following? And then asking the question, okay, but is that what you wanted? Are they in the same position as you do they have the same values as you Is this the same size, are they in the same season as you. So when you intentionally decide what your season is for the year, or for the next little while, for the quarter, let's say, when you decide what the season is, you have your you have sort of more laser focus, and you don't become so, so

easily influenced. That's really what it is when you make a decision, and you become the director of your life, because you set intentions and you know where you're at, and you know,

where you're going. And you know what the season is, and you know what you need to honour, and you're using that to guide your decisions, you're not so easily influenced by external things, what other people are doing what this coach says, to do, what that person on social media is doing, what your friends are doing, you've got your own metric system, you've got your own map, you know, where you're going, you know what the season is, and you get to be the creator. And that is very, very,

very empowering. But when when I see people spiralling into comparison, or blame, or or not even blame, but like Why aren't I doing more? Or I could be doing this, or I should be doing that? Or I feel guilty that I'm not doing all the things it's like, well, hold on, did you intentionally decide to be where you are? Did you intentionally decide if you're living an intentional life, there's not as much room for all of that, because now I made this decision. And now I get to hold

responsibility. And I get to hold the autonomy of like, this was my decision. This was my intention. I have chosen this. And I think that's what happens when people aren't living with decisions that they've intentionally decided for themselves, they become a little bit more like a candle in the wind, and whatever way the wind blows, is where they will go. And that's not empowering. And it also can create a lot of space for I'm not doing enough, I'm not being enough. I'm

comparing myself lalalalala. But without coming back to well, what did you choose? What was your choice? We need to always activate choice. And choice is activated. When you decide for yourself, what is the focus? What is the intention? What season are you in, and then you get to just hold on to that and let everyone else do their thing. And watch them without

it. Dismantling you from your power, you get to stay in your power within the season that you're in, and when it changes, it changes, and you're always being reflective, and you're always looking at what's working and what season do I feel a shift? Do I feel something moving, but you get to be the decider. And once you've decided first external things can't rock you. Because you know your plan, you know where you're at, you know where you're going, you

know what your intention is? And yes, you might say things that make you go on, should I be doing this should I be doing blah, blah, come back to what season you're in, come back to your intention, come back to what you decided. See how like living an intentional life where you make decisions for yourself can actually be so empowering and can help you to stay steadfast in your conviction. And to dissipate all of the comparison and the shoulds and the pressure and the lalala.

Come back to yourself. So for me, I have been starting this reflective process. I do this every single year, I actually have a document, I will be actually doing a masterclass I wasn't gonna say anything, but I'll just share a little bit now it's not quite ready yet. But there's a master class coming in December. It's free for everyone who's ever done level up your life and it will be really low ticket like I think it'd be like

100 100 bucks or something. And it's going to be a full reflection, and a little bit of

a look over 2023. And then my process for how I do that I'm going to share the actual documents so you can make your own copy, and then intentionally decide and become empowered as you move into next year and you've got your sort of North Star, you've got your map and you can put your blinkers on and feel that inner peace of like, No, I'm deciding this and I get to keep coming back and keep being the creator of your life.

So I will be doing a masterclass and then we'll be setting intentions and making aligned goals for you for 2024 with an action with an action plan in place. There will be a masterclass in December so keep your eyes out for that. If you've done level up, it'll be completely free. And that's really really exciting. But for now, I just want you to really start to think about that like start bringing your awareness to okay, how was this year how are you feeling? What season were

you in for this year? Have you been in hustle? Have you been in like Go Go Go have you been growing at a crazy rate? Or have you been more sort of in the slow lane and taking things chill and enjoying a little bit more wholesome time with family or friends or you know, are you Is it a career season for you? Or is it the health set? What season have you been in and do you feel a shift? What do you feel it moving towards what season is coming? What season is changing? What is the top

priorities? What do you feel you need to focus on to go where it is you're going? How are you feeling at the end of this year? Are you exhausted? Are you drained? Are you ready for more? Are you craving like look at the parts The view that your soul is just being fucking drawn to, I was having a conversation with one of my best mates actually yesterday, and we are being so drawn the two of us. And it's so

funny. I mean, you guys will guess as soon as I say this, but this friend of mine is not a camper at all, like at all and it cracks me up that she wants to do this, but we cannot deny it at the moment that we are so being drawn to going off the grid and next year planning this massive big camping expedition and convoys off the grid in nature in waterfalls like and I can't help but feel whole full body Yes, is just like, Oh, my God, I cannot fucking wait to be

in nature. And it's a full Yes, like I'm feeling this season for me, of wholesome is the word I think I'm going to bring into 2024. And I'm going to decide exactly what that means and what boundaries will be in place from that so that I can start to really be intentional about next year. But wholesome is really a word and I'm feeling like that was a full body. Fuck yes. But there's been other things that have been a full body no to me. And it's actually there's been a

season shift. And I can feel it, what I'm craving and what feels like a yes, for me has a very different sort of essence or frequency to what it usually is this time of year, usually this time of year and New Year's on that bucket, we're going to do this, we're going to do that we're going to expand, we're going to scale. No, I'm not feeling that I'm feeling

consolidation. And I'm feeling a want to be really deep and intimate with the clients that I do have, and building the mind school method and doing a few things that are going to create growth in the future. But right now, it's not the season for growth. It's the season for creation, and creativity and just real wholesome like nature and camping and music and singing again, and, and being more in that space. So that's an example of what I'm starting to reflect on a notice within

myself. And I'd really love for you to start to do that. Even as you've been listening to this episode, you've probably had some things pop up, bring some awareness to it before all of the new year new you and like 2024, New Year's resolutions and lalala. Before it all comes out, you make sure that you're in the passenger seat. And you've already decided and you're already bringing some awareness so that you get to make empowered decisions, and you get to be the creator of your life

and intentional about it. Like I said this whole time of year just makes me so excited because you get to be the creator of another year, which is such a gift and just so beautiful. If you're intentional, if you're reflective if you're really looking at what's working, what's not How are you feeling? What season have you been in? What season are you going into? And like I said, just keep your eyes out. And make sure you're on my mailing list. We'll put

the link in the show notes. If you would like to come into that masterclass, which will be at the end of December, I cannot wait. I just love this. And I think it's really powerful, really important. It's something that I do. And I'll be sharing my actual reflections as almost like a dear diary. So you'll just get a copy of my reflections and then you can make your own and then we'll have a masterclass where we can really start to set some intentions based on your season

for 2024. that'll all be coming end of December. But for now I'd really just invite you into that rural reflective space having a little bit of a think of what season what words What things are you feeling drawn to what feels like a full Fuck yes. Just noticing now so that as we come into the new year, you can really be intentional about how you design another year. So like I said, Please keep your eyes

out. If you're listening live in this week, there is some crazy festive season stuff coming if you're thinking level up actually might be, you might want to join the next round of Level Up definitely watch if you're thinking you want to focus. Like I said, there's

something for everyone. It's wild, there's actually some even really, really, really kept one on one sort of offers where we can do a lot of this work together and set an intention and set a map for your business and a strategy based on the season that your business and your life is currently at. There's going to be a lot of, well when I say a lot, there's going to be a lot of offers but only very, very limited capacity like five people. So keep your

eye on your inbox. Keep your eye on my stories on Instagram and start reflecting on this era. I really hope you get you know lots of lessons and wisdom to integrate into next year as you design another year and create whatever it is that's on your heart and I will see you back here next week. Bye