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The Bodyguard Muse - Live Your Dreams - Kaizen Muse Creativity Coaching

"If your heart is in your dream, no goal is too extreme." - Ned Washington.  This is interesting that this chose me twice today and so I am going to pay attention.  I have been an Occupational Therapist for a number of years now and have been so privileged to be in positions that have allowed me to expand and grow and if not then I have had great lessons and moved on.

I first studied coaching in 2005 and again 2006 with Results Coaching Systems and have to say that I struggled so many times with the structure finally I feel I have a wonderful balance of their training, which is extremely thorough and professional and has taught me the 'coaching skills', in particular the 'coaching 'conversation'.  I love some of the structure that I used to not because having tried to be more right brained and hardly left brain has often left me feeling overwhelmed and a little lost with clients at times.  I feel I now have a wonderful balance and the flexibility with the structure, which has given me the space and time to have much more balance and be creative.  It has also supported my being able to support clients in their creativity and non linear ways of being, whilst supporting that they achieve what is important to them and is sustainable.  I have also been privileged to study and become certified as a Kaizen Muse Creativity Coach and Muse Group Leader. 

All of these aspects I use every single day of my life.  I looked at my web site the other day and was blown away because I could truly say I have experienced every single thing that I offer, how lucky am I and that is why I am so passionate about wanting others to get it for themselves too.

The Bodyguard, I cannot believe my journey to right now.  I am currently doing the ARTbundance Certified Training, which is so fantastic and compliments everything I am doing.  What I am starting to hear is that I am truly allowing my BIG dream to come to fruition, after all these years and now I need the Bodyguard more than ever.  Funny how when you so can be who you want to be and truly step up, that is scares the hell out of you and yet it is what you have been working for for years. 

"When our passion and commitment to the expression of our talents comes from a source inside that's unaffected by anything external, no worldly fear or discouragement will stop us from bringing them into fruition."  The Bodyguard Muse, creator Jill Badonsky.

I have for years been putting off my dream, at times even hiding it or disguising it, wanting it so badly and believing in it and, perhaps if I learn this and perhaps if I learn that then I will be better at doing that and I have to say I am amazed at what I have learned now this package with ARTbundance I know is going to be very useful - ah what crap my first thought, with Audacity Muse was it is going to be phenomenal. 

God, did I say that, yep.  I implore anyone who has done the same as me to please, please drag that dream out, let it shine, breathe air into it, please listen, you will know if it is the right thing because no matter how long you have had it or it has been buried it will have manifested and appeared over the years in different guises but will always have the same theme. 

Please allow yourself this because unless you do, you will continue to have conflict with yourself, maybe with the world because you are in disharmony.  You are meant to live your best life, experience, joy, laughter, awe, sadness, anger, frustration, wonder, curiosity, being.  It will not make life perfect, it will not make life easy, although I promise with all my heart it will be easier, eventually, but you will feel and be alive.  You WILL notice the difference.

So please allow Bodyguard Muse to be along side you, no matter what to protect your dream, your vision, not by hiding it away.  Let you and your dream shine and protect that with everything you have.

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin

Small & Crappy - Reality Check

This is my amazing husband, John, who really at times is so wise and ALWAYS honest.  I have to say that truly we laugh like this a lot.  I have to admit that on this particular occasion it was encouraged by alcohol and a birthday celebration. 

I wanted to write a blog and this week it was about personal life coaching.  I was struggling because I have one hour and could have done this 2 days ago when I planned.  I thought about Rae Wardes' gorgeous statement that is well know in the Kaizen Muse Creativity Coaching community - 'make it small & crappy' it will be good enough.  Ok I will, I think. Then what about, so I approach John.  "What would be something you would like to read that would inspire you around personal stuff?".  (He really could be a coach himself and an OT for that matter - haha), he could not really think of anything.  Ok then, "What is something that you are struggling with just now?"  He still could not think of anything.

I was beginning to feel as if he was not trying hard enough (cheeky eh! For sure!)and with that thought it hit me.  He was outside in the middle of sweeping the path.  It is a lovely sunny day, I had interrupted him to ask these questions because I could not answer them myself.  He explained that all he could think of was the garden, he had noticed plants growing that were new, wanted to transplant something to see if it would work and discovered 3 pots that he wanted to use in some way, and I wanted to take him away from this.  He looked so content and relaxed.

He was so in the present and enjoying every moment of it and thank goodness that he allowed himself to be, stay there.  What a wonderful reminder of how to just be and you know sometimes, we just need to stop figuring it all out.  I have done a lot of that again just recently and really hearing that there so needs to be a 'time of just being of taking a break, taking stock of what is already working with the power of gratitude which will create new inspiration without even trying.'  This is from Lull Muse - KMCC, what fab advice. 

Get It
I was struggling with something and trying to get someone else to help me.  Absolutely nothing wrong in that what so ever, unless you are taking them to a place where they really don't want to go or need to go.  I was thinking that I really wanted to write an inspiring, useful blog where 'small & crappy' would have been just fine and ok to do.  Had I done this then I would not have approached John, on saying that I am so pleased that I did.  Great role model.

Got It
Now I know that what was really occurring for me is the need to want to write a blog in a hurry.  What I got out of this is so much in terms of learning. However it still was about writing a blog and it being good enough.

Great - options/choices

• remember small & crappy
• good enough is good enough
• make notes along the way of ideas
• take risks with blogs

Ta Da! - Credit report - acknowledgment

• I stopped myself in my tracks when I noticed where John was
• I recognised that it is up to me to create what I want and take responsibility of that instead of trying to take someone out of their place into mine
• I wrote this blog and enjoyed its integrity
• I love small & crappy - it is so freeing
• I am letting myself of the hook for being late with it
• I actually  like writing blogs, don't know why, don't need to know
• I learned from this in a loving, compassionate way, nice lessons

How will I celebrate

• Post this blog
• Read it again - haha
• Go out and enjoy lunch with friends
• Relax and have the rest of the day off

Not Perfect - Don't Make Life Weight

Wow, how grateful am I to not be perfect! This would not be written if I was still caught up in that. Have to say though that I am definitely I recovering perfectionist. I do now recognise that it can be extremely valuable to have high standards and also just has damaging or for me paralysing.

I am so loving being imperfect from our training, Kaizen Muse Creativity Coaching we have the perfect Muses to call upon - Bea Silly and Spills - being child like and allowing mistakes, lowering standards, to hey get this - good enough. Good enough for whom? I really think that is a good question. Good enough for whom?

So I challenge you in the mean time to consider how many times have you done something for someone else because you wanted their approval instead of valuing who you are. I wonder how much these aspirations affect how much you want to change the outside.

Trust me, please hook up with Bea Silly and Spills for even just 5 mins and if you allow yourself permission you will connect will you even for a few moments and have bliss. The more you do this the more you will want it again. Just one small, a wee step.

A word from Bea Silly KMCC (R) who encourages that you connect with your fun, inner child without judgement! How can you make whatever you are doing fun today?

Spills KMCC (R) "The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making oen." (ha, seriously that is a genuine spelling mistake - going to just leave it) - Elbert Hubbard, publisher, author.

How would it be to lower a standard today or purposely do something badly - go on I dare you and if not, oh well then - ok. Learning to connect to your bliss helps us learn to connect to our bodies and our real needs!!

Aha-Phrodite - Paying Attention - What Works

Kaizen Muse Creativity Coaching uses 10 Muses (created by Jill Badonsky - The Muse Is In) who represent different aspects of ourselves and can be our beacon and light to shine the way through to explore ourselves and learn what really works for us.

I would love to introduce to you Aha-aphrodite, she is really pretty cool and I have called on her so often because one of my needs are that I often don't pay attention to what works. She is the Muse of paying attention and possibilities to awaken your passion for creativity, for life. She invites you to capture and savour your inspiration.

Often when we have spent many years trying to change the outside of ourselves and focusing on what does not work, we become so focused on these aspects that the negative takes over, which I have to say is actually 'normal'. For whatever reason it is a human trait until we actually just end up choosing something else that works for us. All part of a process and we have to start somewhere. So just know that you are not alone. Truly.

So Aha-phrodite offers, if you are experiencing low self confidence, to compassionately pay attention to how your confidence increases when you keep going. Pay attention to where you are getting it right.

The fact that you are reading this right now tells you that you are certainly keeping going. How many times you have you tried to change the outside of you to try to create the happiness, the life you want? I want to acknowledge you for showing up right now.

So, how would it be to focus on what works, for just 5 mins perhaps, or day dream and/or journal, where are you getting it right. Please try not to focus on weight or weight loss. Can I challenge you to think of between 1 - 3 things that work for you? That may be getting out of bed today, going for a walk, taking time out, cooking a meal, going for a walk, playing. It does not matter as long as it relates to the inside of you, nothing to do with anyone's opinion. 

You Get To, if you wish, if you don't, it does not matter! Maybe pay attention to see where you will find inspiration today what is making you laugh today.  You could 'Get To' do one thing to celebrate, acknowledge what you have come up with and if you have not come up with anything, you 'Get To' celebrate you and acknowledge you anyway. Go on, I compassionately dare you! 



"Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives, where we focus our attention." - Greg Anderson, basketball player

Alvert Muse - Think Differently - Break the rules

For some reason this is one of my favourite Muses. I really did not know that Albert Einstein who this is based on was so much fun and accepted that making mistakes was part of life and actually innovative. Don't Make Life Weight, living life from the inside out is not about not losing weight. It is about learning to listen to your body to nourish him/her and to learn what they really love to do and trust him/her in all you do and eventually with all decision making for the life you want to lead. To have fun, connect, enjoy, build resilience and you will handle anything.


For so long when we have been told what to eat, how to exercise, how to be we continue to look to the outside of ourselves to gain approval to see if we are doing ok and doing the right thing. We lose the connection with ourselves with what matters to us. It is hard to know where to start and what to do.


I did a workshop on Friday, it was a small intimate group and I am grateful for that. What I noticed was that I had a lot of material that has been gathered over the years and could be overwhelming. All we need to do is just start somewhere. Just take one notion that is different or that breaks the rules and just try it on for size.

So if you have continually tried to change the outside of you to make yourself feel better, what is one small step could you choose to change the inside, just one small step.

It may be checking in with your breathing for 3 breathes, doing something that gives you pleasure then noticing where in the body do you feel the pleasure, eating something yummy learning that there is no good or bad (actually that is really quite a big step), relaxing, reading, playing, even for just 5 minutes to start with, just showing up with that notion and noticing how it makes you feel and where in the body do you feel it. If you do not know then try to accept the notion that your body will have experienced pleasure also.

Being creative, what ever that looks like is the best way to connect to yourself without even trying and thinking about it. I promise you.

How would it be to revisit your childhood imagination. What stimulated your imagination when you were little? What books did you read? What did you pretend to be? What next?

This could be a small 5 minute step. I just love colouring in, doodling too and colouring in the shapes.

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein, Swiss-German-American physicist.

Bea Silly Muse - Lighten Up, Make it fun

How can you not smile when you see this? Actually I must admit there have been times when I have been tearful and that is ok too.

Um, I am struggling with this for some reason, lets not judge Liz and keep going and just noticing. Jill Badonsky suggests that we summon Bea Silly when; you need to re-learn how to play, lighten up, release rigid thinking, and remember how to make your creative expression fun.


You need to remember and re awake to the wonder of being a child and know the positive implications this had for your creativity. You are feeling resistant toward working creatively for one of these reasons; you just don't seem to want to do it.  You feel a childlike power struggle inside you. You want to do something creative, but you never actually do it.


Does any of this sound familiar or resonate with you? For so much of my life I have spent endless hours thinking about food, what I SHOULD eat, what I SHOULD not eat, how I SHOULD behave, what I SHOULD do, etc and etc ....... and certainly there has not been much room for creativity, fun or play - I do feel I have made up for that and more I have to add.

"The 'inner child' has been overly explored as it related to the wounded part of us. We also have an inner child filled with joy. We can choose to use either one for our creative benefit."

Living life from the inside out is all about connecting to who we really are and what better way to do this but by being creative and doing something fun, just because we can. I would really like to add just how much we do not prioritise this and yet how profound to our well being and life it absolutely is. When we don't connect to who we really are, just look around at the consequence of that and listen to what fills our head with absolute rubbish that we take on as a belief. So what do you have to loose, absolutely nothing but to give it ago, even for 5 mins.

How about trying to list 20 memories you have of being silly. Do not be concerned if you cannot think of all 20. Your subconscious loves questions and will work on it even when the list has been put away. These moments may then revisit you when you least expect it. If you were not silly, how could you have been silly?

"Be aware of wonder. Like a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some." - Robert Fulgham, author.