"I just want a simple, happy life."
You too?
I cried first thing this morning (in a good way).
I got my first paid subscription for The Heart Leap Club.
You can join here.
It felt strangely emotional. A small thing but a huge leap for me.
It’s a fresh start, a new beginning.
I have been a writer and editor ‘for hire’ for over 25 years, working for other people’s brands.
This is my chance now to create The Heart Leap Club, a publication and community that is a complete reflection of my values. I loved Psychologies magazine and I gave it my all for 8 years. I loved my ‘work family’ – a truly talented and brilliant team.
When my contract came to an end, I was bereft.
Psychologies felt more than a job, it felt like my mission, my purpose in life.
Bounce back.
But we all know that life can be really difficult at times. The only guarantee in life is that it changes and not always for the better. You’re made redundant, people you love can die, or leave, terrible things happen to good people.
I am lucky. I am very resilient. My parents died when I was a teenager and my mission ever since has always been about finding ways out of the darkness, of seeking wisdom, of finding ways to thrive, not just survive.
I have strong ‘bounce back’ muscles.
Create a simple, happy life.
Today feels like I’ve come full circle.
Today, I am committed to creating a weekly publication and coaching support for The Heart Leap Club. It’s for those who want to create a simple but happy life that works for you, that feels aligned with your values.
In the Heart Leap Club, I will be hosting a monthly group coaching call on the last Monday of the month with guest webinars, interviewing the world’s wisest experts so we can bask in their glow together.
I will also be offering free ‘writing happy hours’, weekly writing workshops and ‘writing happy hours’ where we will write together. (I am writing a book about the year I spent on a canal boat with my teenage son!) I will be inviting writing experts and writers to inspire us too.
I’ll also host Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way in the Autumn.
You can join The Heart Leap Club here.
Let’s start now!
Next week, our first guest John Williams, top coach and best-selling author of F**k Work, Let’s Play: Do What You Love and Get Paid For It will be joining me. Subscribers of The Heart Leap Club will get to hang out with the man who wrote three best-selling cult books on career reinvention.
I will be talking to John about how to discover a fulfilling work path, make the leap, and create businesses and work lives that you love.
I hope you’ll join us.