If someone had told me a few months ago that I would be paragliding this summer I would have said they were crazy. I don't do heights. Period. The idea of jumping from a plane, or off a cliff, or sailing through the air sounds lovely, but anyone with a fear of heights will tell you it just isn't going to happen. Looking out a tall building, standing at the top of a mountain, climbing tall stairs to a waterside, are all things I don't do well. I get nervous and nauseous and sometimes panicky.

Fast forward to this August. I'm laying in my hotel room one beautiful sunny Utah morning when my dear friend texts me at 6am to tell me her lesson has been cancelled and I won't be able to watch her paraglide after all. I texted her back with an agreement to meet for tea instead, and said I'd be going back to sleep until then. 

I have had a real journey to self-love and to true fulfillment in my life. I sure didn’t always love myself. In fact for a long long time, I felt I was never good enough. Not a good enough friend, sister, daughter, lover, mom, career woman, and just all around not a good enough person at my core. 

I was participating in a workshop one day, on developing your VISION for your life. I had been considering what my vision was for quite some time so the workshop was rather timely. And you know when you have those moments when everything aligns, and it’s like BAM, this is it!!? Well this happened to me with my vision. It was like all of a sudden I knew what my vision was. It seemed a bit silly and I felt a little foolish sharing it with the group, yet it just felt so right. I didn’t know why this was my vision, just that it was.

From my pen to my pad, the words that would change my life, appeared.

“I am outrageously me!”

Nothing fancy. Nothing eloquent. Simply, "I am outrageously me!”

I’m sure there were many who thought I was a bit strange. Why didn’t my vision include saving the world or loving my family, or contributing to the betterment of everyone around me? It seemed a rather selfish vision in a way. Yet for me, it was the beginning of making choices that were truly in alignment with me, as I began using this as my mantra.

To be clear, I wasn’t living into this vision at the time. I was very much still living my life according to other’s expectations of me, and was still a bit mousey when it came to speaking my truth. And I’m convinced now, that is exactly why this vision dropped into my spirit. I was meant to become more fully me. I was meant to use my voice and speak my truth and live my life in a way that didn't conform to what others think.

How many of us live our lives according to what others want from us? Or according to our assumption of what others want us to do? Or how many of us don’t even realize what we want and most certainly don’t know who we truly are?

Life is a journey of discovery in many ways. Discovering who we are allows us to be of greater service to the world. Yes it may seem like a selfish journey at times, and I’m sure people along the way thought I was being very selfish. Yet I can assure you that I have more compassion and more love for others now that I am outrageously me! I have a greater capacity to be there for others, because I am outrageously me!

If you are currently finding yourself in a funk, living a lacklustre life, and often more concerned about what others think, than what you think, it may be time to use a mantra that you can live into. Feel free to borrow mine. I found it gave me courage when I needed it, just to speak the words in my mind or outloud.

Ask yourself,

“If I was being OUTRAGEOUSLY ME, what would I do in this situation?”

Allow your spirit to direct you to the best response for YOU!

Do you know what your vision for your life is? Allow yourself the journey of discovery of what that is for you.

Here’s to living from your truth and making choices that are in alignment with YOU!

To your most outrageous self!

Kimberley 

Let me get straight to the point. I have been around the block…in Network Marketing that is. I have been approached by perfect strangers to join their company. I have been invited to almost every home-party business there is. And I have heard all the stories of failures, lost friendships, lost money, lost time, and lost reputation. Yuck.

 When I first began exploring the idea of network marketing I was 23 and newly married. I was approached by a friend who said I should check out her amazing skin care line that gives you beautiful skin and you get weekly pay checks by using it. My husband and I were even enrolled in a company shortly thereafter, that was just about to go viral and transform online shopping. It didn’t, and truth be told, I never took the opportunities seriously in the first place. I was simply not inspired to do anything with them.

 Fast forward to another time and season in my life when I found myself exploring everything. I looked at every home-based business. I put together proposals to do contract work for other companies. I had inventions I created. Upon further study, nothing seemed worth my time for the amount of money I would generate. But I kept looking.

 One fateful day I came across a company in the health industry - one of the fastest growing industries, and one that is stable no matter the economy- and it was a direct sales company... in Network Marketing. Ugh. I announced my findings to my family and friends. The reactions were strong to say the least. I was told things like;

 "You will piss of all your friends and family."

"It's illegal."

"It's a scam."

"You won't make any money."

"It (Network Marketing) doesn't work."

 Something inside of me decided to go ahead and do it anyways. Against all the wisdom from my usual sources, I decided to follow my gut and build a network marketing business.

 Here's what our team here at Holistic Life & Biz and I, have found to be true about Network Marketing (NWM)...

  1. Network marketing is just like the restaurant industry . There are some great ones and some not so great ones. Pick one that has great service, world class products, outstanding training, and a solid reputation, and you have a recipe for success.

  2. NWM at it's base, is merely a distribution method. Products bypass traditional retail processes, and go direct from manufacturer to the customer. With our brand partner, we don't even have paperwork…which means I can be totally successful! Woohoo for no admin!

  3. The marketing inside Network 'Marketing' is word-of-mouth advertising - truly the best form. Instead of paying big bucks to advertise on TV or with other media, companies rely on happy customers to share their stories. That's free advertising. Wouldn't you want free advertising for your business too? It's just a good gig.

  4. The companies that are illegal are companies that do not have products or services they offer. So the next time someone tries to convince you to buy into something with cash and you give your money to them and they give it to the next person, and eventually you make a million dollars off your initial investment, run away! That is an illegal pyramid or pyramid scheme or maybe even a ponsi scheme. Just run away.

 NWM companies are legal and our brand partner is even traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Actually, did you know Franchises used to be illegal? If you are still thinking NWM is illegal or not a legit way to do business, start to look at the fact that Network Marketing has created more millionaires than in any other industry. Period. How crazy is that. And the million-dollar earners I know personally are people who truly make a difference in this world.

  5. NWM is the best way to create time freedom & financial freedom . While I had a great career before NWM, my time belonged to my employer, and my income was decided by my employer. Now my time and money is my own. If I want a raise, I give myself a raise. If I want to spend more time doing the things I love, I get to do that. If I want to spend more time on my business, that is my choice. I have such freedom!

  6. Are there dirty rotten scoundrels in NWM? Of course. Are there dirty rotten scoundrels in the non-profit sector? In the corporate culture? In politics? Yes indeed. And there are also super wonderful, amazing, heart lead, beautiful people in all of these sectors, NWM included. Find a company with a powerful vision you can align with, and be the person who edifies the industry rather than the scoundrels who give it a bad name.

 Ultimately, base your decision not on what someone else has told you about NWM, or even about what your past experiences may have been. Look at who you are, what you want from your life, what you can contribute, and what company and team holds similar values to yours.

 Our brand partner is a company with a very powerful vision;

  a world free from pain and suffering - a world free from disease and that our company's families, will be the healthiest on earth. We invite others to share our vision, love life, and live it to the fullest in happiness and health…

  WOW...That's a big hairy audacious goal and we love it. Super easy to align our personal visions with such a powerful global vision.

 The truth about Network Marketing is that it's an incredible opportunity for someone just like you, to be able to create the life you want.  We on the Holistic Life & Biz team have all said YES and are so happy we did.

 NWM has been the best way for me to create the life I always dreamed of but never knew how to make possible.

 If you want to know more about how I did just that, and how others on our team did the same, connect with us here on our Partner with Us page to learn more!

For the best of freedom,

Kimberley 

“If your intention is clear the mechanism will appear.”

-Brian Klemmer

My whole life I’ve been taught to give. And I well remember the first time I began doing so without my parents prompting. I’d been watching a World Vision infomercial and was bawling my eyes out. I couldn’t resist the temptation to make a difference in a child’s life and I’ve been supporting children around the globe ever since.

While I give a percentage from my earnings to various charities, there came a point where I began to feel compelled to be more intentional about what I’m giving, as well as more purposeful in creating the income that will enable me to give more and more.

What I noticed one day was that I hadn’t invited my kids to do the same. I had not created a culture of giving and generosity within my family. I decided that now was the time to be a whole lot more vocal about what my earning goals and contribution goals were so that we could begin to celebrate as a family, every time donations were made.

I drew up a big thermometer on poster board and wrote our giving goals for that year, which were admittedly a bit stretchy for us. This created an element of fun for our family especially when the kids got to colour in the thermometer and write out the amount given.

We’ve talked about the importance of giving every time we earn money, whether it’s birthday money or money from a baby-sitting job. The kids are totally on board now and I’m loving the conversations we’re having around who benefits from our giving.

My vision began to expand to include my business partners. I began to get curious about what it would be like if we had a culture of generosity and giving within our team. What would the ripple effect be if we committed to our giving goals and then set out to earn the money to make that possible? How much more motivated would we be to create more income, when we knew that every penny we earned and percentage we gave, would make an impact globally?

We have only just begun to envision what this will look like over the long term. Perhaps the ripple effect of creating a culture of giving will reach well beyond our current imaginations. We're sure open to that!

If you are looking for a tribe to belong to that’s all about giving back while also creating abundance in your own life, we’d love to connect with you. Click here to learn more about partnering with us… (link to partner with us page)

Looking forward to connecting with you,

Kimberley, and The Holistic Life & Biz tribe