ADVENTUROUS MOTHERPRENEURS during ADVENTURE DAY!

On planet Google information arrives at the push of a button!
In our over saturated world of (wannabe-) experts we get information, advice, tips, how-to, step-by-step programs stuffed into our brain cells at every hour of the day!
YES, we know how to do stuff!
Yes, we read your manual, we paid to attend this seminar, your workshop, your weekend retreat!
YES, your 300 page how-to book , your 6 series DVD set is sitting in our cupboard, read til page 18 or unopened!
YES, we are willing to sit through yet another networking event, collecting more and more biz cards!

Now, there is a huge difference between knowing WHAT to do and actually DOING IT!
In order to take action, to jump out of our own shadow, we need to be fired up! We need to know we CAN DO THIS! We need to believe in ourselves!

And this is why I created ADVENTURE DAY- Where You Become Your Own Inspiration!

I want to share with other women how it actually feels like to
do the impossible!

To ask and rely on help and support!

To experience how it feels like not to reach the top- and (perhaps) feel embarrassed about it!
Btw, has anybody ever died of embarrassment?
I just googled it- and nope, no recorded cases of "Death by Embarrassment" came up!
You may die of laughing too much;
stepping on your beard, breaking your neck,
having non-stop sex for 12 hours with 2 women!
But by embarrassment? Nope, no recorded cases found!

For our first ever Adventure Day Saturday June 27, in partnership with Jono Willcocks, owner of Pinnacle Pursuits

I chose The High Ropes course!
Btw, please check out Jono's link! This man is amazing with a capital A! Not only is he fun, he knows his stuff and most importantly, he kept his cool around us pre-menopausal (or younger) women! Jono knows what to say, when and why- aka, he made us all feel safe!!!!!

Let's get back on tack!
Why did I chose the high ropes?
 I wanted us to experience the Leap of Faith, one of the most powerful experiences in the world of personal development!
Why?
Creating joyful memories is what life is all about, isn't it? Memories keep us going when the going gets tough!
Our first Adventure Day had to end with a BANG! With a huge one!
I wanted everybody to experience to let go, to take the leap into the unknown and experiencing, WoW, this isn't as bad as I imagined it!

The High Rope course let's us experience all different kind of excuses, ranging from
I can't do this.
This is too high! I can never reach it!
I am afraid of heights!
Nobody is there to help me!

I am afraid to embarrass myself!
I don't have any experience!

And guess what, at the end of day we all experienced:
YES I CAN!
We all Kissed Our Excuses Goodbye!

There is nothing, absolutely nothing better than going to bed with this amazing feeling of accomplishment! Knowing you pushed your physical and mental boundaries!
You stepped out of your own personal comfort zone!
You looked fear in the eyes and made friends with her!
You shooshed your inner demon talk! You leaped out of your "Who am I to attempt this..."talk!
Wow, this is what Adventure Day is all about!

I hope you will join us for the next one!

Get your ticket here!

WHAT WOMEN WANT- OR NEED TO HEAR

WARNING:
Don't read this if you love your career, - and you are happy, contend, fulfilled and inspired by it -

If you want to read a different view on women's lib, read on!

 Some of the magazines I read is Oprah's. Her April edition happened to land on my table and I flicked through it.  In one section the magazine asked their readers this question:
"What would you do if You had no Fear?"

Here are the answers
- To go travelling
- To move to another country and / or
- Open up a bistro, a coffee bar or a B&B
- To write a children's book
- To open up a summer snow cone stand!

I had to read this over and over again and thought, these are all very achievable ambitions or dreams!
I looked up a few more surveys online with similar questions:

"What do you dream of?"
 "If you couldn't fail, what would you do?"
Surprise, surprise! The answers are nearly identical!

And then I read the page where Oprah interviewed Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of facebook - the  lady who encourages more women to reach the top of a corporation!

Is this a freak'n joke?
The richest woman and one of the smartest women in the world are budding up to encourage more of us to reach the top!!!??? (to be fair, Oprah didn't say that, she only asked the questions).

Enough is enough ladies!
What the world needs today is not more woman going to the top - there always will be the selected few who have the drive, ambition and / or education to get up there anyway.

The world doesn't need more ladies behaving like men -

What the world needs today is somebody who pats us on the shoulder and says "Well done!"
We have shown the world that we can do what was impossible 60 years ago!

Women today don't need to hear and get encouragement to work more, spend less time with our children, earn more money so we can buy more useless stuff etc.
We don't need any more stressed out, multitasking mothers, running around like headless chicken (only at times), playing Supergirl!
(Why in God's name did Mrs. Sandberg propose such a thing? Apparently she doesn't read Oprah's magazine - )

What the modern woman needs to hear is this:
"You did well girl, you showed the world you can fight as hard, smoke and drink as much, work as hard, be as educated and connected and ambitious as men -
 now it is time to show the world - and the men - how to live a dream, your own dream!"
"Let the men do what they want and need to do and follow your hearts desire. Go back to being a woman - again -"

ACT! It is not as hard as you think it is to move to another country, to write a book or to open up and run a coffee shop!
Being afraid is part of the process. We are all afraid of something, it doesn't matter who we are, what we do or where we live. Fear is a normal instinct towards the unknown! Unfortunately, we all have to get over it if we want to achieve and experience something new. And when we 've done it, we will look back and say: "Puh, it wasn't that bad!"

Let me know, "What would you do if You had no Fear?"
I look forward hearing from you!