The Magic of Circle with Sora Surya No

Sora Surya No is a transformative business coach, intuitive mentor, international retreat leader, inspirational speaker, fire igniter, heart whisperer, nomadic entrepreneur, world traveler, sister, friend, and lover of love.

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She is also a dear friend and woman of great inspiration to me. She has shown me the true value of sisterhood and she guests the Podcast show today, to talk about sisters, circle and why that kind of support is so important. 

Sora brings women together online and in person all over the world. The groups she runs are so full of love and openness. Please check her out here:

Web www.sorasuryano.com/

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To feel content - do you?

Over 4 years ago I read Sarah Napthali's book "Buddhism for mothers of young children".  It is a great book, it brought understandable language to a profound practice and the ups and downs of being a mom. It resonated with me then and still very much does. 

Nearly every class I teach hears about the book and I usually read this passage to them. This is my favorite little snippet. 

It touched me deeply. Reflections arose about; What am I running towards and why? 

It wasn't about killing my desires and drive, but waking up to why they were important and seeing all that I had right here in front of me. Something I remind myself of often. I have so much.  It came back to my fascination of the ordinary and what really makes us feel happy and content, for em it has never been determined my the sensational events in my life. 

Check out the book she is amazing. 

I would love to hear a quote that moves you, please share in the comments below. 

My Monica closet.

It is no secret that I often feel challenged with the mess of having kids, a dog and a man who doesn't have the same need for tidying as me. I wouldn't want to call myself a cleaning fanatic or obsessed with order (pretty sure none of our friends would either), but clutter stresses me. 

We moved into this house a year ago. For 30 years a sweet man lived here before us. He spent most of his time drinking and smoking and not really cleaning. So it is no understatement that this place needed a little work. Till this day I feel nauseous just thinking about removing wallpaper - never again. 

Anyway, most of the house is really nice, we worked hard. But one little storage room/stair case needed a little love. And I couldn't be asked. Let's close the door and come back next year. It smelled, the spiders were having a right party and who needs old poster casings really?

The before... 

Then I was on a call with a woman who is a Feng Shui expert. 'Oh yeah Carina, that's your wealth corner'.. of course it is.

So it was time - to wrestle the clutter and get some space into my wealth corner/clutter shrine/Monica closet. 

Since my wealth corner was swamped, our budget was low, and I just used what we had at home and bought a few extra supplies for around $30.

I robbed the kid's creative shelf and cut petals for 2 hours. The man looked sceptic. 'where are they going up?'.

It's still a storage room, an old house and has a little basement smell, but go wealth corner. 

And tada here's the after. 

Anywhere you feel you could do some spring cleaning? 

The Beautiful Ordinary

Something I love more and more is the word Ordinary. For a long time it was totally not sexy or desirable and I find we run really fast to get away from it. 

As an entrepreneur I get told to and spend a shit load of time, defining why I am anything but ordinary - I am to share all my amazingness with you. We all have that too, it's great, but I also feel that what connects us as humans is the ordinary, common humanity. 

It ain't 6-figures coming in each day or getting on Oprah. Nothing wrong with that at all, it for me just doesn't categorize as ordinary. It only connects a few.

The ordinary is what makes me feel less alone, what makes me laugh, what connects me to others, what allows me to breath and exhale with a phew... I am not the only one. I love listening to stories about people's lives, their fears and their joys. 

So I scribbled down a little on what comes up for me in my life, the ordinary, the ugly and the beautiful.

The ordinary in my life is...

...food (or toothpaste), on my clothes when I show up for a meeting. It really happens, and I am so sure I checked before I left the house... (ordinary or slob)

...tearing up and the first school intro meeting for my oldest. The teacher happened to mention something about reading. I cry a lot. 

...toilet paper

...fearing that something will happen to my loved ones. And thinking that the best solution would be to just keep everyone at home all the times.

...regreting the statement above after a week of everyone being at home, sick. Now contemplating  different ways to deal with my fear of death. 

...love

...not enough sleep, and waking up some mornings just to be stunned by the reflection in the mirror - why the hell do I look like a man when I tired. 

...going to bed at 7:45pm and hating to admit it. No, last night, yeah we hosted a dinner for 15 of our closest friends... not. 

...feeling out of control on Amazon. "but babe, it's so weird, I only ordered 2 books and they happened to send 6. 

...dreams

...making mistakes. And the shame of having made one. The harsh inner-voice telling me off for not mastering it all. 

...the simple fact that many times I just don't know...

What's your ordinary? 

What are you hungry for? with Rachel Cole

What are you hungry for?

This interview moved me. The reflection of what I am hungry for still ripples during my day. You are going to love Rachel and her work is so important.

Rachel Cole is a certified life coach, celebrated retreat leader, and women’s empowerment expert. She has spent ten years guiding women to identify, understand and feed their truest hungers – at and away from the table. As an eating disorder survivor herself, Rachel speaks with great wisdom, sensitivity, and authority about what it takes to live as a well-fed woman in the modern world.

She has traveled across the United States and internationally speaking and teaching to sold-out gatherings of women on how they too can find ease and fulfillment in their lives simply by honoring their own hungers. Rachel holds a Masters Degree in Holistic Health Education and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach.

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