Sarah and I connected via SheEO, she responded to my #ask for people to share their stories with me. We have, as a result a brave, story about Sarah bringing her whole self into everything she does. 

Sarah finds some things much easier to do outside of her comfort zone “In the realm of work & business I’ve pushed myself more than in the areas of creativity, physical challenges & romance. But I consistently found that the things I wanted to achieve or create were on the other side of my comfort zone. They were in the unknown.” 

Sarah’s big step was to bring her whole self into all her endeavours “One thing I really used to struggle with putting my spiritual, material, creative and project manager parts of self together. Showing up fully & vulnerably instead of ‘being in the spiritual closet’ in some situations because I was afraid it wouldn’t be received or understood.” 

It took time and practice to consistently achieve this, but the benefits were real “Once I had consistently confusing communication with a supplier. It had gone on for months [with me not bringing my whole self to the meetings]. At a [particular] meeting she asked me a practical question and I answered with an intuitive answer. She paused. I thought she was shutting down. Nope, she was opening up. We talked for the next three hours, we’ve since book swapped, she customises things for us, and she just made me a laptop case and other custom unexpected gifts. This was what happened when I brought ALL of me. Getting out the of comfort zones of relating beyond surface level stuff can be challenging and exposing but also magic.” 

As with many of the stories I share, Sarah had an ‘aha moment’: “I was on a panel at a large festival speaking about women’s health, I had a few speaking engagements which was very new for me. I’d been to this festival as a punter, volunteer cleaning toilets, managing stages and now I was part of it. This was a goal I’d had for years. I was nervous and all the self-talk about who are you to speak about this etc etc came up. Before the session one of the other panellists, an indigenous midwife, pulled me aside and said “I see you, I can see you are speaking from a deep space connected with spirit”. In that moment I decided it didn’t matter if people thought I was woo woo or airy fairy, I witnessed how seamlessly she brought all of her to the way she spoke and everyone in the audience received her with such depth. I had to bring all of me and by doing that maybe I give other people the chance to bring all of them. People will see the world from however they are going to see the world. At one of the other presentations I cried on stage because I was so moved about what we were speaking about, it tested me to bring ALL of me to what I’m doing & that some salty water coming out of my eyes is ok!’’  

For those that know me, the public tears are something I can relate to! 

And the outcoming of brining Sarah’s whole self to a public speaking event? “People gave amazing feedback & all received great insights from what we shared.” 

Sarah had advice about any one considering stepping out of their comfort zone. She would do it again because “it’s where new possibility’s live!!”. And for you “Find mindset practices, communities, habits and systems that set you up to win in whatever area you want to shift. Having things in place to support you/propel you embeds a new way of being into you.” 

And Sarah’s last words are a challenge for herself (and a promise to come back to us!): “I’m going to do something physical that gets me out of my comfort zone & report back! :)” 

Thank you Sarah! 

A bit about Sarah:  

Sarah has worked within the arts, community, entertainment, well-being and business sectors in Australia and internationally. Sarah is the Co-Director of Myoni making reusable, recyclable, ethically Australian made Menstrual Cups. She’s a trained primary school teacher & works now as a key collaborator for Flexi Flow, a learning innovation and wellbeing social enterprise working in creative events & innovative program delivery.