Taking the Lid Off My Life By Mary Ford ©2007 Take the Lid Off Inc

Twelve years ago, I left the corporate world and became a consultant. That is sometimes a euphemism for “unemployed”. Since then, I have worked in a number of different capacities, but never felt trust in my financial security. There was always food in the fridge and a roof over my head, but always an insidious, sneaking fear of future hardship. That changed when I learned about self-mastery, and how to tap into gifts I did not know I had. I’ve accomplished a great deal since I first met Patricia Wall, but three things stand out.

First and foremost: I always felt a nagging awareness I was to be doing something with my life…but I couldn’t quite figure out what that was. I have always been in sales, in one capacity or another. I am good with people, and I have some pretty good career accomplishments, but never seemed to rise above a particular level. Why was it that I felt I was living a Wal-Mart life with Holt Renfrew tastes? Meeting Trish put an entirely new perspective on my life. She gently told me that I had “healer energy” and that she would be happy to teach me what that meant. Funny, when she said that, although I really didn’t understand it, it resonated deeply as true. Learning the truth of me has been learning self-mastery.

My husband and I went to Trish’s relationship workshop three years ago. So here’s the second thing: while we had a good relationship I knew it could be so much better; I was following a “spiritual” path of some description and so I knew that our personal, business, spiritual and emotional lives could be ‘great.’ I could maybe imagine what that would be like, but getting there – not me, my life was full of great dreams but never quite getting there. Something was missing. That feeling of “peace”, “I’m OK” “I’m great” “I’m living my life purpose.”

Despite the face of success and accomplishment the world saw, I felt I never quite made the mark. How would we create a future that was alive, exciting, all that we wanted and more if I was always falling just a little short, no matter what I took on?

Learning self-mastery gave me tools to access the future I was wanting. There are lots of “self help” books and programs out there, and many have great value. I found learning the tools that Trish taught and applying them proved to be sustainable. Not just feeling good for a week or so, but on going. Truly mastering myself, taking responsibility for the world I create, for the life I live. Being free of limiting beliefs, living my life by choice – mine, not someone else’s. And there’s still lots of work to do, but now every day is a joy. (I can shop at Wal-Mart or Holt Renfrew – it’s all a choice. An accessible, achievable, real choice.)

Fast forward – 3 years – today, my relationship with my husband is great. I’m back in communication with my family, and I’ve grown spiritually in very surprising ways. And now… the third thing. It’s all very well and good to have a great personal life, but I also have a career.

I applied what I learned to my career to produce business results that are unexpected and surpass anything I believed possible. I’m in the financial services field, and frankly surprised to be there. Turns out, I like it. Turns out, I’m good at it. I have a natural gift for helping people heal their finances, which gives my clients new happiness and freedom. And this year my results are double what they were last year, and may very well triple. I have great clients, I’m getting consistent referrals, and it’s all happening in fewer hours – more time for the other areas of my life.

The tools and methods that I use in my life, every day, have come from working with Trish. Each day brings new challenges, new joys, and always new choices. Self-mastery has given me the freedom to choose how my life will be moment by moment. And I’m lovin’ it.

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