Reinvention and Refirement

Suezette Smit is a global leadership coach, an inspirational speaker and an author. It was a pleasure being a guest on her radio show "Vroue wat Voorloop" - "Women on the Move", aired on Radio Klein Karoo.

In this hour of meaningful conversation, we speak about the poignant issues of life, faith, love, loss, the world of business, creativity, and inspiration and it is interspersed with pieces of music that will uplift and inspire you.

In the words of my guest, Wes Boshoff, "For far too long we have given our destinations and our decisions and largely, our lives to others. During the course of our lives, we are both passengers and pilots." So what then drives the decision to make the transition from one to the other?

Listen to this impactful podcast for inspiration to be in command of the controls of your life with God as your Pilot. Wes overflows with gems for life-change, redirection and he talks about how to view crises in your life as events. We all go through them. Not everyone has a sure landing. This conversation aligns with my book content, Turn It Around. It is possible to turn around, find a new flight path and reach new altitudes.

Enjoy a few of Wes' life quotes...

Purpose is not safe, but living without it is dangerous.

Today might not be "a win", but it is an audition for tomorrow's success.

It may be a shot in the dark, but that is the best way to see fireworks.

Give energy to courage, give focus to attention, and give yourself to your purpose.

Urgency over accuracy can end up taking longer.

We can live under rules, or we can rise to standards.

WES BOSHOFF
Imagine Thinking
Leadership | Strategy | Culture | Coaching

wes@imaginethinking.co.za
http://wes.imaginethinking.co.za
+27 82 850 2950

On this podcast, I had the privilege of being in conversation with Corien Kruger, Founder and CEO of the education program called MommaMia - Developing the Genius within.

Corien is a qualified Occupational Therapist with more than 10 years experience in the field of Paediatrics.  During the first three years of her daughter Mia's life, she developed and conceptualised this in-demand development app that has been voted as the number 1 favourite app by leading baby magazines and promoted by Dis-Chem baby clinics nationwide.  Corien’s passion is to inspire and equip parents to raise their children with confidence. 

Listen to Corien's journey of how she confronted her own insecurities to create a future that led to one of successful entrepreneurship, proving to be an astute businesswoman and a lover of life.

Be in contact with Corien to enter the draw for the year subscription of the MommaMia app to the value of over R900. Also request your free e-book, Purposeful Play. It is a must have.

Website: www.mommamia.co.za

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mommamia_app/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MommaMiaApp/

I mention on the podcast that Corien wrote the foreword to my book "Turn It Around". Here is a glimpse into her journey. 

BY A TRAVELLER WHO CHOSE TO TAKE THE HIGHER ROAD IN LIFE...

I’ve realized that to turn your life around is a process; sometimes a long one. Whether it is a desire for transformation or an area of trouble or doubt, there is a process that you must undergo to change your perception. It definitely does not happen at first thought or overnight. For change to be permanent, you have to revolutionize the way you think. Old habits that may have worked through some stages of your life have to be replaced with new ones. It is indeed a renewal of the mind.  

To form those new pathways in the brain is a daily choice. If you are willing to brave the wilderness and walk through the desert on this one, the reward will far surpass your effort. Forming new pathways creates the opportunity to believe that what may have been viewed as impossible is now possible. The process is partly challenging your own belief patterns to such an extent that you can know that what was impossible before now seems within reach, even though everything in your everyday world is screaming out that you must be crazy.  

I had to fight many giants in my own neural pathways to renew my mind and create new corridors of thinking. Somewhere in all my frustration, tears and failures, there were days of breakthrough and victory. The journey demanded that I turn my perceptions around and correct my perspectives. I learned that perception is looking at a situation through man’s eyes. Therefore it is subject to change. Perspective, however, is looking at a situation through God’s eyes, and with Him, there is no shadow of turning.

Perception may seem right for us at the time, but there is always the risk of blind spots (or scotomas) keeping us from the truth. Perception can keep things hidden from you, such as truths or insights that have not been explored or that are not part of your current reality. God’s perspective changes blind spots into light spots if you adapt your mind and heart to see God’s view as the truth, instead of focusing on your own perception, you will soon have insights revealed to you. You will recognize how unfounded lies have misshaped and distorted your world.

Read more in the soon-to-be-released digital format of Turn It Around and also keep a close watch for my gift to you of e-Booklets.  www.angeliquedutoit.co.za or connect on social media.

PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH NIKKI BUSH - Award-winning Speaker and best-selling Author.

If you have a pulse you have a purpose. I just love this line from my podcast guest this week, Angelique du Toit. So what is your purpose, regardless of what you have been through in your life; what keeps you here and keeps you going?

In this episode, you will hear that fear is a force that you can either confront or run away from. You will be challenged about whether you are operating from inspiration or desperation, that you have to be in it to win it and you have to make a choice to make a change.

Angelique du Toit is a global speaker who has travelled the ups and downs of life and shares her wisdom and insights with such eloquence. She entered the world of work at the age of 14 as an apprentice hairdresser, out of necessity, coming from a background of abuse. She describes some of her crossroad moments in which she chose to do life differently, pulling her back from the brink of despair.

After her husband's sudden passing at the end of 2019, Angelique's carefully planned reality came crashing down. She was registering his death in Italy in early 2020 when the global pandemic lockdown came into force. She spent most of that year isolated and grieving alone. Her mantra, that I remember clearly from the first talk of hers that I attended, many years ago, was to be put to the test once again, under extreme conditions: You win or you lose by the way that you choose.

Listen, learn and be inspired by our conversation.

THE CONVERSATION COVERS:

• How to tell a new story when a new chapter opens
• What in the world are you waiting for?
• How to live with hands, hearts, minds and eyes wide open
• Walking into your fear
• Choosing to really live instead of merely existing
• Not letting people trespass your boundaries
• Fighting against patterns of abuse (your own and others)
• Your power to turn things around
• Frustration is a sign that change is needed
• You have to be in it to win it
• Being powerful and authoritative in a soft and feminine way
• Why most people stop before they start

Award-winning speaker and best-selling author, Nikki Bush, helps individuals and teams to win at life and work. Her passion for connection and relationships, and how to maintain them in a fast-changing world, is at the core of everything she does as a human potential thought leader.

https://nikkibush.com/make-a-choice-to-make-a-change/

As I have reflected over this past season not only in my own life but in the world, I recognised a wonderful analogy through the creative art of weaving which I would like to share with you on this podcast. 

What I enjoy most about the study of humankind, is to recognise that we are all wonderfully unique with our own stories, experiences and perceptions and filters that add different shades to our lives.  

I read a beautiful quote the other day: The one thing that you have that nobody else has is YOU. Your voice. Your mind. Your story. Your vision. So write and build and draw and play and dance. And live as only you can.

When we take time to reflect and reframe, it is intriguing what picture emerges and what we can learn from the multifaceted layers of life, and the resilience that is required to rise to the life we were meant to live. That abundant life that Jesus came to give because God so loves the world! When all of the threads come together in technicolour detail, a wonderful tapestry of your life is created and it is to be enjoyed.

Body. Stress. Release.  The very sound of body stress release makes you want to draw in a deep breath and exhale all that could be keeping you tense with a feeling of being bound. Also to become free from that tightness in your head or chest, or that uneasy sense of living wound-up.

In this podcast, I speak with Kathy Heapy who is a Body Stress Release practitioner. Kathy shares her wealth of knowledge about how the body creates lines of tension and how these create symptoms that can be rectified by applying a different technique that is very gentle on the body yet is able to release locked up emotions and extreme forms of tension caused by injury, trauma and fatigue.

Body Stress Release does not treat or diagnose but the practitioners are catalysts in aiding the body's natural healing ability.

Kathy Heapy’s practice is in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, however, you can access Body Stress Release practitioners in your area on this worldwide website:  www.bodystressrelease.com    https://bodystressrelease.com 
 
The book Kathy mentions in this podcast is titled ‘Self-healing with Body Stress Release: Unlocking Stored Tension’, by co-founder Gail Meggersee.

Kathy Heapy’s website www.bodystress.co.za     https://bodystress.co.za

You can also access Kathy’s  Body Stress Release  FB page:  https://www.facebook.com/bsrmidrand

ENTER THE DRAW:
15 complimentary BSR sessions in South Africa.  To enter into the draw, email Kathy at kathy@bodystress.co.za   
State which suburb and province you are from, and answer this question:

In which country did the technique Body Stress Release originate?

Podcast host:
Angelique du Toit
www.angeliquedutoit.co.za
Founder of Evangel

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Thank you to David Zidel, CEO of ORT JET for the conversation we had on your webcast  “In The Boardroom with…”

Who you are and what you do in your choice of work and daily life cannot be separated. In this conversation, we cover life lessons that support the necessity of living with purpose, passion, and higher levels of productivity to better access the abundant life you were born to enjoy.

Many people have great dreams and ideas but most stop at the start. There is usually a common cause for this and that is an ancient enemy called fear. Fear creates false evidence that appears like an overwhelming giant over you and this can lead to a sense of paralysis or adopting an indifferent approach to life. In this discussion, practical insights are shared around starting off from where you are right now in this moment, and with what you have got.

The content of this podcast aligns perfectly with humankind being created with three parts: spirit, soul, body, and each one of these elements relate to purpose, passion and productivity. Every person can only live their life moment-by-moment. In every moment you are faced with a choice that will undoubtedly give you an outcome you will have to live through. We all win or lose by the way we choose. The freedom to choose is a priceless gift and carries with it an enormous responsibility.  

Thanks to ORT JET for the work they do by offering mentorship, training and networking to ensure the growth of businesses on their programme. They encourage people to purchase goods or services from small businesses to improve the state of the economy, change lives, and sustain employment.

If you would like your business to be listed, please e-mail your business logo and details to Thamia@ortsa.org.za. Not only is your local economy strengthened when you shop locally, but you also help create more jobs. Browse the ORT Jet Business Directory https://www.ortjet.org.za/business-directory/.

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#lifeleadership
#spiritsoulbody
www.angeliquedutoit.co.za

Are you at a crossroads in your life?
Perhaps you are faced with a decision or are forced to make a life change?
Maybe your company considers you to be at retirement age, but you know you have years of knowledge and experience and energy left to give.
At whatever age, are you looking for direction and the motivation to start something fresh and new?
Does this new world of technological advancement leave you feeling overwhelmed?
Are you anxious about what your future will look like when you get there?

In the main, people are living longer than in generations past. A longer lifespan demands that we create a new way of thinking and preparing for our future. This is where reinvention and refirement plays a significant role.

In the words of Lynda Smith, a refirement and reinvention specialist, who is my guest on this podcast says: WE HAVE ONE UNIQUE LIFE AND IT IS UP TO US TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULL.

Practical insights and motivation abound in this podcast. It is loaded with instant take-away value.

Lynda Smith is the CEO of the Refirement Network and The 50 Plus Skills organisation.

Be sure to connect with Lynda to get a copy of her FREE BOOK:
12 Powerful Questions to Navigate your Future.

Links:
www.50plus-skills.co.za

www.refirementnetwork.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndasmith/

Email: info@50plus-skills.co.za

Also mentioned in this podcast is the design company I work with - ZOZAZI.ART and they are super-skilled and creative at getting your ideas, branding, or your new concept that may arise from you applying the principles in this podcast content, out into the wider world. Take a look at their offering.

ZOZAZI DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY
info@zozazi.art
+27 64 790 2260

Enjoy this conversation I had with Grant Driver, an award-winning speaker and executive coach.  The content on this podcast could hold the potential to shift mindsets if you are willing to apply the principles. You may feel you need to make this change if your mindsets have got you stuck.  Grant is a human behaviour specialist who speaks on organisational culture, leadership, and personal mastery and his speaking style is authentic and caring.

Listen to how Grant describes the necessity of personal and company values and why both employees and companies can succeed when they make agreed values part of their culture. Your gifts are determined by whether you have a growth mindset and should be released from within you to further drive your purpose. Do you know that the question most posed to Google is "What is my life's purpose?"  Grant helps you explore your purpose in interesting ways. One of the clues is that your thoughts fuel you and he gives practical and scientific advice on how changing your thoughts can change your internal environment and ultimately your outward expression.

As an added bonus, Grant is offering valuable giveaways to assist you to release your authentic principles for high performance.

Access Grant's free resource: The Purpose and Prosperity Guide at
www.grantdriver.com

If you are wanting to discover your profile and gifts that he speaks about using the Enneagram model, email Grant:
grant@captivate.co.za

Also view Grant's work at:
www.captivate-international.com

ANGELIQUE DU TOIT
EVANGEL
www.angeliquedutoit.co.za

In this episode, I have elected to comb through the past two years of my life and share some of the rich nuggets that have reframed, reshaped and reformed me since I have chosen to become a student of both the experiences in my personal life and what has taken place in our world over these past 24 months. There is not a person on earth that has not been affected by this storm that has raged across the world.

Therefore, the rolling over of the calendar year is yet another gift to you for you to script the life you choose to live into. I have believed and lived by this statement for years; and I wish to underscore it again: Your future is the privilege that you have of co-creating with your Creator—the one who knows the end from the beginning and everything in between. You are going into an uncertain future whether you resist it or not. Rather take the approach to co-create it, than to arrive "there" unprepared, bewildered and disappointed. This privilege of co-creating in the "now" is a gift and we need to unwrap it sooner rather than later.

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