A Transformative Journey in My Career
It was just about 10 years ago, the beginning of 2012, and I was checking the countdown app on my phone. I had 450 days left until my last day at my corporate job.
I was planning to leave as soon as I had the “Rule of 80,” which was my years of service plus my age, equaled 80. On that day, I could retire from corporate life, start my new business of life coaching, and be able to collect a pension check which would pay my mortgage.
I was living in the future and anticipating the day I would be free from all the responsibilities of that job. Free from having to dress up for work; from being committed to a 8-5:00 schedule; dealing with difficult personalities at times; and not having to take on assignments I didn’t want to do. I so wanted that freedom!
I kept imagining what my life would be like and how nice it would be to not have to wake up to an alarm every day or the stress of my deliverables. I was looking forward to more peace.
It was also March of 2012 that I found a book on my bookshelf that I decided to read. It was called The Presence Process: A Healing Journey Into Present Moment Awareness by Michael Brown. It was given to Paul and I as a gift by my brother-in-law for Christmas a few years earlier, but I hadn’t gotten around to reading it.
Now I’ve read a lot of “self-help” books. I mean like hundreds and hundreds of them over the years. But this one was different in that I felt compelled to do everything it told me to do. It was a primer for a meditation practice that became essential to my morning ritual. Every. Single. Day.
I can say with complete certainty that I have not missed one day of meditation since reading that book.
It started me on an inner journey that I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world. It gave me a whole new appreciation for living in the moment.
The benefits are many: reduces stress; controls anxiety; promotes emotional health; enhances self awareness; lengthens attention span; can generate kindness; helps to fight addictions; improves sleep; helps control pain; can decrease blood pressure; can connect you with Infinite Wisdom.
450 days later I graduated from corporate and became an entrepreneur. Everything in my life changed. I started as a life coach and eventually moved into leadership training and speaking.
I’ve shifted focus in my business a lot over the past 9 years but even during the pandemic when everything stopped, I didn’t worry because I had my Self and my inner peace.
It’s been a bit of a crazy road trying to figure it all out but my meditation practice remains constant and vital to feeling centered and connected to my Higher Power, my Source.
On the podcast . . .
I interviewed Tom Cronin on the podcast this week and I am so happy to be sharing his message and story with you today.
Tom spent 26 years in finance markets as one of Australia’s leading bond and swap brokers. He discovered meditation after about 10 years in his career and it changed everything for him. He’s accomplished amazing things in his career and has helped so many. You’ve got to listen to this episode.
So if you are looking anxiously at your countdown timer for the day you can quit work, or looking forward to something in the future you think will fix you, I suggest you begin meditating. This episode will inspire you to begin. And check out the show notes for a free ebook Tom is offering as well as a link to the movie he produced called The Portal.
It doesn’t matter what you do really or when or how you do it. What does matter is going within and listening to your inner wisdom and guidance so you can make the most out what you are offering and receiving from Life (Life with a capital L). Remember, world peace starts with inner peace.
All my best,
Maureen
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