This week, I've been having some uncomfortable conversations with myself & God about not feeling like I'm improving careerwise so I said I would settle for where I am.  I would settle for the ordinary, mundane life. But I was reminded, we all have the ability to be extraordinary in our lives, so we should never settle to be anything less than that.    Regardless of the pain, regardless of the work, it is always better to fulfil our potential to be extraordinary.  

On this episode I talk about... Staying silent with some of the thoughts you have in your head can lead to fear & anxiety trying to get the best of you... Let's find ways around that. 

Hunger, both literal & for things, can make us more out of character and doing things that doesn't align with the person we have become...

Doesn't mean you aren't doing great work because you don't have the required amount of external recognition, and also, it doesn't mean you aren't moving wrong just because it hasn't been called out...

Sometimes our busyness can mask what we're running away from dealing... 

You put petrol (gas) in a diesel car, you won't get far.    So why do we fuel ourselves with things that we know don't help us be the best self?

Share my heart on a year of Big Dreams Big Fears

Some situations we are currently in just require us to change how we view it to understand it may have never been how we made it seem...

These children can make you think you ain't doing a good job with some of the things that happen along the parenting journey, but I'm here to say, if you're a good parent, you are doing a great job. 

Sometimes we can feel like if we don't utilise every moment of every day with activities and things to do to enhance us, we feel like we've failed. I talk about my own journey and how I try to improve on not having that feeling...

Everyday we wake up is an opportunity to start something new that can positively impact ourselves as well as others... Let's talk about taking opportunities to be better each day like it's a new one.

We have to understand that different stages and moments in our lives require different things from us. Some things we have learnt, some we have not.  I try to tackle that and you can even change the 'This' to 'Your Dream' / 'Your Purpose'.

Sometimes things can happen in life, that alter our own path or even how far we think we are along that path, causing us to feel lost or lacking a sense of worth. I try to tackle my own personal journey whilst advising what helped me overcome. 

The episode title may confuse you, but I promise you it is the opposite of what some of my parents evening reviews used to be as a child... 

Old Jamaican saying I heard growing up and it's more evident now than ever, how we overstretch ourselves or reduce ourselves based on how far we can actually go is always scary but let's talk about it and see how it helps. 

It is important to reflect what you want to see and what you expect in yourself, so don't wait for others to show you the standard, aim to be the standard...

Not growing in our gifting(s) and pushing them beneath us, isn't what purpose looks like and I believe stems from a place of fear... This episode will encourage you out of thinking / feeling that way. 

What is at your disposal? What do you have within you? We gotta maximise what we already have before we start over stretching for what we are not ready for...

For some of us, to get to the next stage in our pursuit of better, there is a level of healing we have to go through. We can't give our all to something when we don't have it to give.Time for some self reflection.