Continuing in Your Natural Way

Here at Your Natural Way Towers, we are happy to answer your questions...and hear how you are getting on with Your Natural Way. The following was part of an e-mail we received from a recent class participant - I asked her permission to share it because I suspect she is not alone in 'not having time' to pursue her Natural Way.

"My natural way is a fog to me at the moment, mainly because I haven’t really been able to go back and look at our class notes." Carole

Here's what I do. I have a notebook full of YNW stuff and what is working right now for me (as well as what’s worked in the past). At the beginning of the book is listed the modules – being myself, beliefs, meeting and connecting, in service of, deepening connection, ripeness, trust and integration. I take a quick look at the headings and see what comes up for me…even in 5 minutes I can uncover a belief, update my natural way of meeting people, or connect with what I ‘know’ and get inspired. On the back page of the book is my ‘personal success formula’ as Joseph calls it – with the characteristics of me when I’m being me etc. So, what is working for you? What is in your personal success formula? (a bee? A good networker? Energised by people?) What module do you feel ‘pulled’ to?

EVERYDAY we are being (or not) our natural selves. Whether we are being natural or not, we can learn from it - we can always be more our natural selves. And Your Natural Way is not about the 'normal' learning environment - it is learning from what is happening in your life - learning about who you are by what you do and how you feel. You don't need time to sit down with your notes, you just need a willingness to NOTICE what is happening.

With much love

Donna.x
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Being Just Me

How do you define yourself? Do you define yourself by what you do? 'I am an accountant/teacher/manager/businessman'. OR do you define yourself by who you are? What sort of person are you? Isn't that truly how to define yourself?

When you define yourself by what you do, what happens when you no longer do that thing? When you retire, or go to work for yourself? Suddenly that very limiting definition of what you do opens out into who you are...and that's such a big change. There's no convenient label to hang on 'me-ness' (well, Donnaonthebeach does it quite well for me...but how will other people know?).

It's a leap, to be sure... And it can be a very scary (or exciting) leap. There is no such thing as 'just' you - you-ness is a huge thing for you to grow into...and boy how attractive when you are 'fully you'.

Love

Donna.x

The Siren's Call

The Siren's Call is a song that lured unwary sailors onto the rocks in mythology. For me, it's the habitual belief that everything has to be hard, which lures me onto the 'rocks' of making things difficult for myself. I've been dashed on the rocks by this belief hundreds of times over my lifetime, and I am only now starting to get a handle on it.

Sometimes, I can even see the sirens before they start to sing, and shove cotton wool in my ears (or look for something more positive to listen to). Many times, I see the sirens just as I am about to reach the rocks...too late! Occasionally, I lie on the rocks, being battered by the tides for a while before I realise what the sirens have done.

Every time I hear the siren's call, I learn more about resisting their song...in my natural way. Which is largely to laugh at it. I know it doesn't help me to make things hard, I know it's counterproductive...and I also know that being hard on myself for being 'taken in' by the siren's call is another manifestation of 'making it hard'. HA! I'm not gonna fall for that one!

How about you? What is your siren's call? What is that belief that always lures you back onto the rocks? We'd love to hear from you.

Love

Donna.x
www.donnaonthebeach.co.uk

What Is Working?

When you are doing your marketing, do you notice what is working? Do you monitor your results? I know it sounds obvious, but I had an epiphany this afternoon - I was sluggishly and begrudgingly doing some marketing when I had a blinding flash of inspiration...does this marketing activity work? Now bear in mind that I have been doing this particular thing for 2 years.

No. It does not work. Not one of my clients has (ever) come from this particular marketing activity! It's a very good idea, I like the structure of it and I know it works for others...but it's not me. It's not my natural way. And it doesn't work! (for me) Oh dear. You'd think that after 2 years I'd be a bit disappointed in myself for not having noticed before but actually I am rather delighted. I don't ever have to do this thing again. And I'm hugely amused that I've kept doing it (begrudgingly) for all this time for no good reason.

If you want to review your marketing activities, here's how I did it (bearing in mind that this is YOUR natural way, this process might not work for you). I listed the marketing activities I take part in - website, networking, newsletters, blogs etc and then I asked is it fun? Is it easy? Is it working? I am only keeping on those activities that tick 2 out of the 3.

So, what's working for you?

Love

Donna.x
www.donnaonthebeach.co.uk

Finding what works best

I came to Your Natural Way by deciding to help Damien with his world vision for improving the client getting ability of the coaching community. His heartfelt, passionate 'dammit this is just plain wrong, all these coaches and all this need in the world and they aren't getting hooked up', stirred me into action. So here I am. And very happy for it. :-)

DonnaOnTheBeach - What I love most about YNW

Quite aside from the fact that 'Your Natural Way to get Clients' saved my business life, I love that discovering my natural way is a lifelong process that just gets easier and more fun as time goes by. I love the permission it gives me and others to do things our way - to be who we are even if that doesn't fit with how it 'should' be. I've never been one to follow the herd, and the support and encouragement I've had from the YNW'ers has been immense and life changing.

I love the change that has come over me since YNW discovered me - from a homoge-coach (just like all the rest) with no clients who hated being in business to an authentic leader with clients and opportunities who loves the challenges and growth that arise from building a business. It's been some journey!

I'm looking forward to sharing more of it in this blog...

Love

Donna.x

Welcome!

Hi folks!

Welcome to the Your Natural Way blog. Here is a place where we will be exploring what it means to live in your natural way - the easier, more fun and more successful way to live! We will be bringing you our stories, our insights, our news and the fun we've had exploring being 'natural'.

We would love for you to get in touch with us, post comments and enjoy the Your Natural Way blog.

With much love

Donna.x