Amy McNaughton
I set this blog up a few months ago and up until now have never posted anything on it. Every once and a while I come back and visit it and look at the picture and yet…nothing pulls to me to want to write until today.
I now realize what this blog is going to be about. It’s about me taking a different path and crossing the bridge. Me Growing Forward as a Business Woman. I have been moving through my world differently over the past year but now there are new discoveries and growth happening. This is beyond my personal life and yet it co-exists at the same time. It’s just another aspect of who I am in the world and who I am willing to allow myself to become.
So I am going to share in the birthing process, as I discover the Entrepreneurial Woman that I am.
In March of 2007 I changed my business name to better represent my business and what it is about. So I created, “Growing Forward ~ Personal Growth Services.”
As I’ve learned along the way, there is an ebb and flow when it comes to running a business. I owe a lot to Louise LeBrun for having the patience to stand shoulder to shoulder with me over the past year. I know that I stand taller today because of Louise and her brilliance.
As I’ve fallen and scraped my knees (which I’m still doing), 
I’m managing to get up quicker that I had in the beginning. This has been such a huge learning curve for me because I have never owned a business or managed one in my life.
What I didn’t realize was that a new business is like a baby. You have to love it, nurture it, be patient, , you need to allow it time to grow, know that sometime it may fall but it will get back up again, allow it to feel the pain that goes along with growing, and always love it because it is of your own creation..
My business is personal because I have created it. And it’s all about me. So all of the things that I wrote above are a reflection of me and my business.
When I started my business, it was go – go – go. I never allowed myself the time to acknowledge what I had created, how well it (I) was doing. A brand new business run by someone who doesn’t have any previous knowledge of running one, let alone owning one.
I’ve managed quite well thus far however there seems to be too much of an ebb happening for me. What I didn’t realize was that my body needed to rest. By allowing myself the time I needed to rest and rest properly, things are starting to move again. I was abusing myself and pushing myself to the limit without seeing it. Oh I felt it but I had lots of rules about being a new business owner and what resting meant. It meant stopping and if I stopped then I wouldn’t have a business. But what I do know is that if I hadn’t allowed myself the time to rest, that I would have ended up with some physical dis-ease that would give me no other option but to stop.
I must say that the reason for me finally starting this blog is due to a program that I stepped into during the month of February. “Emerging Futures: Entrepreneurial Women’s Retreat.” The programs which I have taken over the past year (through the WEL-Systems Institute) made it clear for me what it was that I wanted to do with my life. Now that I took charged and started my business, I could feel that there was something more that I needed. That something more was the program. (See link on this blog).
After just 4 days my life and perspective changed and I now know what I need for myself to take my Dream Forward.
There was a lot of letting go and many self discoveries. Although my business has been holding its own, I now see that I’ve been holding myself back in different ways without truly realizing it. But now that I know what I have to do – I just need to do it.
As I let go of some old (useless) beliefs that were holding me back, I also let go of some weight at the same time. (Definitely an added bonus if you ask me). In four days I lost 10 pounds and within the first few days of being home I lost 4 more pounds. If you refer to my other blog, (http://www.thepowerlieswithin.com/WordPress/) there are times when I mention that it’s never about what it’s about. It’s always about something else. So letting go of old beliefs also helped me let go of weight that was no longer needed either. AND…it’s that easy!
So there you have it. Life can truly be that simple.
Invest in yourself, Trust that you are the only one that knows what’s best for you, Know that you are worthy of all of the incredible things that come your way and know that there’s only one person that can hold you back from making your Dreams a Reality …And that is you.
So as I go forward in my business you’ll see some exciting things unfolding. A variety of new programs tailored towards personal growth for women. Health Beyond Nutrition, Remembering Who We Are, Life Unfolding: A Series of Events for the Whole Family as well as one on one CODE Model Coaching™ which changes how you not only look at health issues or the dis-ease in the body but also recognize the intelligence behind it as well.
I have a sign on my door that clearly states,
“Enter at the Risk of ~ Changing you Health and your Life.”
This is no joke, this has become a reality for me.
So stay tuned and check this blog out often as I share insights on health issues, parenting, business suggestions and discoveries and much, much more.
Letting Go Of The Past And… Growing Forward
Amy
