I’m not very good at explaining what I do. And, it feels a bit cheesy to admit what I really think I am: a Freedompreneur!
But lately, a lot of people have been asking me, What do you do? You know, for work?
Usually, the questions result in my brows creasing and my gaze lifting skyward as I contemplate the easiest way to describe my current work life (and sources of income).
So, I decided to write this blog to answer the many questions that have been coming my way…
What do I do all day?
How do I get paid?
How can I live when I only “work” one day a week?
First, I’ll do a quick explanation of what I’ve been doing since I resigned from the Ambulance. (If you don’t already know, I was a paramedic and a firefighter/ paramedic for 13 years).
Then, I’ll show how that led me to where I am now: living a life of freedom.
The life of a Freedompreneur.
When I resigned from being a paramedic, I spent six months hanging out at my Mum’s, recovering from the severe sympathetic nervous system overstimulation that my body was in. Because of all I’d seen, I had to learn to relax and trust in life again.
First, I began chipping away at building an Instagram following, which was based entirely on an intuitive belief that I would one day need it. (Read more about the real start to my Instagram journey)
Next, I started running retreats for the amazing Surf and Yoga retreat company SwellWomen, which I had already connected with before I resigned.
On retreat in Maui with SwellWomen
After that, I moved back to the East Coast of Australia to begin living the new life of an entrepreneur.
At the time, I was envisioning that my future would involve running retreats, workshops and events around mindfulness, yoga and adventure. I wanted to make the most of what I could offer my clients, and also have a way to support myself in between retreats. Therefore, I enrolled in a year-long mediation teacher training with ACHS, and completed my Reiki 1 and 2 Certificates with the gorgeous Marja Jacobsen.
I also enrolled in the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course (I highly recommend this course) as I knew that becoming a life coach would facilitate retreat-running and would give me the avenue I needed to serve women like me.
I began one-on-one coaching, incorporating my deep love and experience of Buddhist Insight Meditation (a decade of sitting long Insight retreats, daily practice and extensive study of the teachings) to bring a deep awareness to my clients goals and visions.
In addition, I taught (and still do teach) one day a week of yoga at my man-besties kick-ass studio One Big Heart ( I loooooooove teaching yoga). This is my official, formal “work”.
Teaching at One Big Heart Studio in Camden
Through all of this, I was writing a memoir about the 13 years I sent as a paramedic. I took multiple writing courses with the best selling author and incredible human Joanne Fedler and I was even lucky enough to get a spot in her highly renowned annual writers retreat… in Fiji! (OMG this was the coolest thing I did last year.)
I wrote 100,000 words towards that memoir, and then I stopped. Due to the dark nature of the book, I felt that I needed to swim out of the dark pond I’d been in and take a giant heaving breath of fresh air.
So I set it aside (don’t worry, I’ll come back to it someday).
Only problem was, I had developed quite the daily writing habit. I couldn’t stop myself, so I began to write blogs instead.
I couldn’t stop my itching fingers from typing.
(But I could only write so many for myself.)
I began writing blogs, webcopy and social media content for others… and I found a whole new love (you can read about my copywriting services here)
What I Do Now
All of this led me to understanding what I like to do and what I don’t. I’ve continued to narrow my focus to what I am really good at; to what comes easily and naturally to me.
So.. this is what I do now:
I manage (and monetise) my social media accounts (mostly Instagram)
Sometimes, I teach others how to do this too.
I blog for my own website, and offer my services to other business’s. (I’m learning all about SEO, affiliate marketing and ways to monetise the blog: stay tuned!)
Sometimes, I teach others how to write their own powerful content.
I coach women like me to bring divine presence into their lives, uncover their highest self’s aspirations, and move toward their dreams. (Usually this means starting conscious businesses of their own, or moving their lives online).
I run yoga or mindfulness-based workshops, events and day retreats, or private corporate based programs. (Get on my email list to stay up to date with my events or contact me to book a private program).
As a result, I no longer need to work from anywhere other than my laptop (and my phone).
I’m not rich (yet)
But I feel so free.
And, now that I’ve had a little taste of freedom, my studies have moved onto new places. I’ve just joined WorldNate’s Behind Closed Doors program, and the Unstoppable Family’s freedompreneur programs.
Both WorldNate and the Unstoppable family are down to earth real deal peeps who live digital nomad and freedomprenuer lifestyles while making 6-7 figure incomes. And both who don’t have the typical, make-me-wanna-puke inauthentic sales tactics, (YUCK).
I love to keep moving, and my next goal is to take the freedompreneur lifestyle to a whole new level. I hope you’ll come on that journey with me. My ultimate goal is to get so damn good at it, that I can streamline teaching you how to do it too.
So, I hope that answers your questions about what I do. Maybe it has even inspired you to join me on the journey…
The journey to freedom as a freedompreneur…
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