The Multiplier Effect: How Self-Discovery Impacts Everyone You Love
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I led a retreat last month, and I keep turning over something that I witnessed there.
When a woman gets clear about who she is and what she wants, the change rarely stops with her. It moves outward.
Incredible changes unfolded
Over the course of three days, where women engaged in deep conversation and heartfelt sharing, as well as a range of creative experiences that opened their hearts and allowed clarity to emerge, remarkable changes were set in motion.
A healer who had craved creative play that had been eluding her revelled in the experiences she had. Her joy was palpable and lifted us all. Over the course of the retreat she faced and dispelled significant limiting beliefs that had been holding her back, and she’s now returned to caring for her her clients with more presence.
A consultant found new ways to cope with pressing personal challenges, and reshaped routines to care for her physical wellbeing, too. In turn, she was inspired to reshape ways she works with large organizations.
A mother moved from acknowledging a deep desire to have more time in nature to ways to bringing that experience into her reality each day. And now she shows up differently at her own kitchen table.
A woman in the midst of a professional transition also found clarity about a key personal relationship. She has set new standards and is now bringing more clarity and confidence into everything she does.
I have come to think of it as a multiplier effect.
How you can ignite something meaningful
The work you do when you step into a space of self-discovery and expansion reaches far more people than you alone, because you carry it into every room you enter.
To get a taste of what that can feel like, you can give this small practice a test-drive at home.
Even a small opening can have an impact for you, and those around you, too.
Pick a quiet spot. Have a journal and pen next to you.
Sit and think of something special — something you have longed to do, or something you can imagine that would make you really happy in the future.
With that image in your mind, notice how you feel. Excited? Peaceful? A little nervous? Curious? Eager? Amazed? Notice how your body feels, too. Are your shoulders relaxed? Are there flutters in your stomach? Maybe you feel tingly.
Next, relax into the vision and see if you can imagine more — as though you were actually living in that experience. What are the sounds you hear? What’s the weather like? What colors are around you? What do you smell?
Now write down what you envisioned. And note how you felt, and how you imagined the expanded vision. Describe it all as vividly as possible.
Savor the experience you had. The next day, pull out your journal and reread what you wrote, and revisit it during the week and beyond.
You might want to share your vision and feelings with someone close to you.
You can also add to your journal — write more about the vision as your imagination plays with it, and maybe jot down a small action you can take to get a clearer picture of it, or a step you might take toward starting to make it happen.
As you continue to hold the vision in your mind you may sense that the people around you notice something new in your energy.
As you rise, so do others
When I see women rise, and the way people around them feel and respond to them, whether in retreats I lead or when I coach great women, I feel especially moved.
Time and again I observe that when you give yourself room to grow and step into an elevated space with an open heart, everyone around you feels it.
If that idea stirs something in your heart, hold onto it.
If you’d like to know more about retreats and the multiplier effect, email me and let’s talk.
