Last month we were in Maui for the first time, they loved all the pool time, and I think hanging with their super cool Mom and Dad ;)
Because of Stella & Dot I have pushed myself harder than I ever thought I could and hit what I once thought were unattainable goals! For example, in August I had 18,000 points to go to earn the trip to Costa Rica for 2, I had already earned in in June for myself. My own self sabotaging and limiting beliefs said " there is NO way you can earn the highest level of this incentive"..but there was this fierce little voice that kept saying, yes you can, you will see, you can do it! So The last week of August rolls around and I'm now about 11,000 points away. 1 point =1 dollar, also there were bonus points for sponsoring if the gal qualified, so I got her qualified, boom, then I got 1/2 point for every dollar anybody I've sponsored since end of January, sold and a few of them still had trunk shows. But I also had 4 more trunk shows myself.. and in the last 48 hours, I took 10 preorders for our new diamond necklaces! That ws 2980 points! How? Posting on Facebook in my VIP group, and asking for the orders! Then I had one of my Polka Dot Powerhouse networking friends host a last minute fundraising trunk show at her store, and while only a few showed up, a ton of people ordered online! When I crossed that finished line I cheered, my daughters joined in on the celebration and Jonas is working on his muscles at the gym so he can be my arm candy in Costa Rica this March! Oh man... I love that guy... direct sales gives you this beautiful platform where you can do whatever you want in a time frame you want and completely surprise yourself, if you're ready to be all in and take that jump. I am so grateful I did 3 years ago, now I am top in sales for the company, earn every incentive, have a team of amazing friends, coaching and inspiring are my thang! One of my gals told me I should be a Life Coach but more like a Confidence coach... oh she has no clue, I have come to this conclusion over the last weekend but I'll get into that more later.
What accomplishing what I once thought was an impossible goal, proved to me that everything our CEO had said in her keynote speech in July at our annual Hoopla, was right. "you have all the tools inside you, you just have to make the choice to use them and believe that you can do it." ... that goes for anything in life. It has been a year of self development and transformation!
I worked with Kristen Nolan a metabolism coach, but what she really is, is a mindset coach. I always knew it wasn't what I was eating it was what I was thinking. I realized after 37 years of assuming I always needed to lose weight that I actually don't. I have other priorities and losing weight isn't one of them. It came down from my Mom, who is always on a diet, and pushed it on me, and therefore I never actually stopped to question whether this was my desire or hers. As soon as that all clicked it was like a freedom, a freedom from guilt when I eat, a freedom from negative thoughts, and a freedom from my parents in a way. I had to replace those thoughts with my new goal, which is just to be healthy, and maintain a constant energy level so I can do all the things I love! I want energy for my trunk shows, my kids and family! People always say, you are SO busy, you never sit still and I say yeah so, I LOVE what I do, I LOVE the people and connections I make and the secret is, I know what I can eat that keeps me at an optimal level. I also know that the much smaller belly area is purely stress.. and the way I am working on that is with time blocking, saying no, and my girls are in school all day 5 days a week. I also am so much more aware of what I eat and how it makes me feel. Bread is the worst, sharp gassy pains, I also rarely stuff myself with cheese and drink so infrequently you'd probably ask who kidnapped me! lol.. I sleep better, and all around I am a better me and I have Kristen to thank for that and Polka Dot Powerhouse, because if it wasn't for this amazing empowering network of women, I wouldn't have found her.
I went to their Celebration this last weekend in Chicago and my mind was blown! Genuine like minded, go getting, business owning women, with no cattiness, or competitiveness. I know have a week in the twin cities area lined up for spring and def a trip to Albuquerque and Tulsa! I love supporting other women, I made this post on Instagram the other day to sum it up...
My heart is so full. I know I am exactly where I am meant to be, and I look forward to the all the deliciousness in life that is ahead!
