Hello beautiful...
Hello Beautiful. Welcome home.
My plan for Miss Cook & Co over the next month is to try a whole bunch of different things and see what resonates with you best. I would love your comments, feedback and questions, as it will really help me work out what is best for you, the humans I am crazy excited to get my hands on and work with - changing your lives one by one for the absolute better of us all.
So, I'm just going to chat for a bit today and you sit back and let me know what works for you... but here's a little bit about me; where I'm at, and what I plan to do with all of you beautiful humans...
Living in London for the last 6 weeks has been the most hilariously unexpected spiritual accelerator I could have ever imagined. The thought of how this all panned out is so farcical it actually makes me laugh out loud. Of all the places on the planet where I thought I would have the most extraordinary spiritual breakthroughs, London was not top of mind. Not even close. It was like waaaaaaaaaaaaay down the bottom of the list...above Iraq, sure, but below just about everywhere else on the planet. I think even Estonia was higher...
However, totally out of the blue, London has literally given me the spiritual shot in the arm to get moving on working through any residual issues holding me back from being the best, happiest and most grounded version of myself I can be. Specifically, that means launching this website, my business and all things Miss Cook & Co. What the bejesus am I waiting for?
Let me explain what's been happening for me, and you may see a little of yourself in my situation, and if you do AMAZING, it's always good to feel you're not alone.
You see, this morning I started a little 30 day self-love challenge (more on that tomorrow), and right up until I sat down to complete the first exercise this morning, I have been consistently thinking this about starting Miss Cook & Co: "...if I don't get precisely and perfectly clear on who I am, what I offer, what my UOP is (*urgh; you f**cking ninny Angela*), for myself, how can I possibly inspire you guys? I can't, I just can't...it has to be PERFECT before anyone else sees it, or everyone will just roll their eyes and sigh. Loudly".
But the shocking part of this morning, was something shifted between my meditation mat, and my desk, and I realised I CAN inspire others, I absolutely can; I just got to get out of my own way to actually do it. In fact, I am so busy getting in my own way that I don't even have time to start my website, my business or my creative projects. It's slightly demoralizing to realize that the only person standing in my way of making this venture enormous, bigger than Oprah successful (okay, maybe that's a little out of hand) and handing me my very own ticket to happiness, is ME. So, move it or lose it me, I am coming through...
I don't if you have ever had this realization, but if you have, you can attest that it hits you like a brick to the face. Out of nowhere usually. The kicker being that everyone else is on your side, cheering you on, everyone that is, except you. Ouch.
And so as I sipped my coffee this morning, reality came strutting on in, sat down next to me and was like "yo, remember me?", and it became all of a sudden crystal fucking clear. It's not going to take perfection or precision to be able to stand before you and say "I have some suggestions for a better, happier, more fulfilled you; want to hear them?", it's going to take just sitting my (slightly expanded Winter in Europe whiter than usual) ass down and saying exactly this, right freaking now into this computer. Not later today, not tomorrow, NOW.
To stop being afraid no one will listen or care about what I have to say...because even if I can only reach one person, BRILLIANT! That's one person a little happier than they were yesterday....and if you want a life in service to others and to the Universe like I do, each and every single person matters. So if you are that person; welcome and thank you. And if there is more than one of you, well that's just a magical unicorn type bonus. HURRAH!
And so this is how it came to dawn on me that the only place I can inspire you from, in an authentic way, is inspiring you from the perfectly imperfect place I stand today. Warts and all. Well, not actual warts, but you feel me.
So listen, I have been digging deep in my spiritual treasure trove for some time now. Some days bring up diamonds...some days bring up....shit covered rocks? I have wandered from my home in Australia, ranged all across the South Pacific and beyond, to Bali, to India, to Morocco, traipsed across Europe, but especially to my beloved Italy, and everywhere else in between, before landing here in England.
My "journey" started out slowly (ha) with a mere 5 years of CBT therapy, 7 years ago, after a near fatal collision with a Harvey-Weinstein-esque specimen of the male species in my old corporate world, and have never looked back. I wanted to understand how life got this tricky, gritty and niggly. I wanted to know at what point did I stop making good, healthy, grounded choices for myself, and start operating only from a place of fear, pain, and anguish? What happened to the good old days? Turns out...there may not have really been any "good old days", but rather a slow decline into "worseness".
So, I was determined to change.
Since then, I have sought answers both within, and also in anything remotely "woo woo" I could get my hands on. You name it, I've had at it. Yoga, meditation, tantra, shamanic practices, breathwork, colonics AND therapy (simultaneously - not for the faint of heart), breathwork, yoni practices, angels, spirit guides, sound healings, more ceremonies than you can poke a stick at and just about every type of healing conceivable. Yup, if it's out there, I have tried a variation of it most likely...
Has it been hard? Uh, yeah. Has it all been smooth sailing? Uh, no. But sitting here today, having dedicated the last 2 years of my life to full time, have at it, non-holds barred kind of spiritual ferreting, I have never been stronger, softer or more grounded. So, something worked!
I am pretty sure that I have some little nuggets of goodness picked up from the exceptional people, places and faces that have graced my landscape over the last little while. Yup, I have done some living gorgeous people, and the good news is you don't have to spend all the money and time I did exploring all the shadow nooks and crannies of the world to get the wisdom. I have been collecting it along the way, and stashing it in my suitcase, for me, and for you, and I have every intention of sharing every useful bit of it with you all.
My hope is I can make your lives a little bit more smiley from the inside out. I want you to shine so much you blind the whole goddamn lot of us.
So what are we waiting for...lets' do this. Tomorrow....is the beginning of something amazing. A 30 day self-care challenge which I am going to podcast about for 10 minutes every morning, after I post the question in my blog...so come along, let's do this together. Let's get into the nitty gritty, and see if we can't let a little more light in.
Love always,
Miss Cook
xoxo
