Great questions arrived in my inbox last night after our Passion and Purpose Telecall yesterday with special guest Julie Watts. Julie, we loved the story of your epiphany! Your feminine wisdom shines through.And Julie, thanks for your vulnerability. When you told us about your calendar full of only "good girl" events I felt for you.. I don't know about you but my good girl is such a sweet one and at the same time can really get in the way of doing all that is mine to do. When I think of that great quote "Well behaved women rarely make history". a question comes to mind: What am I holding myself back from doing because it doesn't fit my good girl routine? Do I want to do it? Will it make a difference that matters to me? (I'm not really interested in being bad for bad's sake even though my bad girl does deserve some time in life! :-)OK, back to the teleclass - one question came up again and again in all the emails we received:What about if I'm passionate about a bunch of different things? How do I put them together in a career?Before I head out for a walk with my neighbor, here are some first thoughts. More tomorrow!Do you ever feel like you are being pulled apart? Can't really sink your teeth into one thing?Take a look - There is likely a theme that runs through your different and sometimes competing passions. Once you have hold of that theme then you can find that several different paths will all carry it out. Your theme is probably obvious! I thought mine was too ordinary - just like everyone else's - so I denied it for a long time.Once I laid claim though I realized it simply is: to "help people actualize their fullest potentials". As a coach and program leader I've supported many men and women in the discovery and expression of their potentials. As a company consultant I also partnered with companies and their leaders and staff to free up higher levels of performance and creativity.I speak and write about feminine wisdom, change, intuition, and spirit in business because they were each different doorways to get to potential.What is the line that runs through your different interests? Try this: put out the colored markers and a big piece of paper. Draw/write each of your interest areas on the paper without relationship to each other. Then draw a circle around them all. What is the wish that encompasses them all? What do you most want to see happen because of you being you? What will make your heart come alive?My friend Gail Larsen, writes a lovely newsletter on Real Speaking. (She's a great speech coach and I love d her course). She just quoted the poet David Whyte. In his exquisite poem Sweet Darkness he reminds us: "You must remember one thing. The world was made to be free in. Give up all other worlds except the one to which you belong. Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you."Be well.Till the next time,Karen Buckley
