National Prosecco Day is celebrated on the 13th August every year!
I am really loving these National Day Celebrations. For some strange reason they have totally given me and my blog a whole new lease of life. I am surprisingly in the mood to write blog posts like my life depends on it, coupled with the moon being in retrograde at this time, everything is really having a positive effect on me, and of course there are so many wonderful reasons to get excited about celebrating a National Day.
Today’s celebration was to mark another milestone in the book launch process for the Blind Spot Anthology. All of the co-authors turned up in a Sunday best to be filmed for the website. I spent Friday and Saturday rehearsing what I was going to say and then arrived and was told it was all condensed into 1 minute each!! What?? My talk was almost 5 minutes long and I got myself into a total tizzy just rationalising how I could cut my short already talk down to less than half of what it was already. I panicked and then tried to rewrite the whole thing there and then in the 30 minutes spare that I had as I arrived super early, just in case.
Anyway, I didn’t have enough time to rewrite the whole thing. I was called in unprepared and did my best. I was as nervous as hell. I didn’t remember all of the things that I wanted to say, but what I did say was enough, and let it go. I didn’t want to give away too many juicy nugget from my chapter.
The videographer’s assistant shared a sneak peak of my very short talk on her Instagram story, and we were amazed at the comments she got. It was in that moment that I suddenly got really present to the impact that my story has on other women. I realised that my story is not my story alone to share. I carry the voice of hundreds of women that have been suffering in silence. I was literally talking my little heart out for hundreds of women like myself that suffered the debilitating side effects caused from taking a particular contraception.
When I left the hotel we were filming in, I took a stroll along the riverside and suddenly felt quite emotional. It was an overwhelming wave of emotions that I had not felt in a long time. Sharing my story like that again even though it was short, did something to me. It was another step in the right direction for my healing. I felt compelled to speak even more about my health journey and talked into my iPhone and uploaded it straight to my InstaStory.
I have never felt that kind of raw passion to speak before. It was actually quite exhilarating and also very exciting. I suddenly felt like I wanted to shout my message from the roof tops like my soul was on fire. For the first time I actually felt it!
The shift in my body that I tweeted about last week, actually really hit me in that moment. It was similar to the feeling that I felt that motivated me to write my chapter “I want my life back” in the Blind Spot Anthology, the only difference was it was much more stronger and powerful.
Those 5 words worked like a mantra to me when I was in my darkest days. I literally used to look in the mirror sobbing and saying “I want my life back”.
Those sobs turned to prayers and those prayers turned into powerful affirmations. When I closed my eyes to meditated I would visualise my being well and full of vitality imagining what my new life would look like once I get better.
I left the hotel, got into my car feeling so chuffed with myself. I have started a very brave journey to open up and share my message that has been so tightly guarded inside of me. I knew that women needed to hear this story today. I had an overwhelming feeling that I wanted to help women to slow down and listen to my words so that they can take responsibility for the choices they make about their health, lifestyles and wellbeing. After all we only get one shot at this life, and we don’t want to mess it up because we are just too busy to take time to listen to our bodies and take action on our intuition.
I regularly to talk to my body, nurture and connect with her and take full responsibility for all that I provide for her in a positive way that supports me holistically, healthy mind, body and soul. I want to ensure that I live on this planet for as long as I can, being as fit and healthy as I possibly can.
I went over to my mother in law’s in the afternoon to celebrate with a bottle of Prosecco in the garden with some nibbles and quality wise woman conversations. It is amazing what you learn when you are communicating from your heart and speaking your truth. There was so much bonding and healing over that bottle of Prosecco that continued till the sun went down.
It was a great way to celebrate National Prosecco Day, along with the video shoot for the Blind Spot Anthology and embracing my new vibrational energy shift that is supporting me to feel safe to share my story. I truly believe my story needs to be told and that is exactly what I intend to do.
If you are interested in joining us at the book launch party as one of my VIP guests, then please express your interest HERE and download a preview of my chapter for free.
Can’t wait to see you there 🙂
