UNLOCK ANOTHER PART OF YOU

Right up until my late thirties, my time & focus was mostly taken up with work & family and very little of anything else. Sure I caught up with friends, but very little time for play, for just me to enjoy being me or even finding things outside of work & family to enjoy for myself. Then when I turned 40, something shifted for me and I started to create space for myself outside of work & family...and I'll be honest it was hard at times to give myself that space outside of what I had always been doing. So at 40, I took up dancing for the first time in my life. I used to watch others dance in videos, on tv shows and get a buzz just watching them, wishing I could do it too. But for so long I felt that because I had never danced before, who was I to start at 40. I could come up with all the reasons, why not too do it, but thankfully I thought f%#@ it, I'm doing it, and followed the few reasons on why I should....and I took all my fears and doubts along for the ride and started. I went full in really, to the point where last year I spent any spare time I could find, going dancing. Dancing has taught me so much, has shown me so much, has pulled out sides of me that were hiding and sides of me that still needed some nurturing and healing. The year also re-reminded me too much of one thing is not good for you and so I've since pulled back in my dancing to give more space in my life and so I can continue to enjoy it. And the same goes for any other areas of life, Too much work and no play isn't good for you, Too much play and no work isn't good for you, Too much giving to others and never giving to yourself isn't good for you, Too much time with people & no space to just be with yourself, isn't good for you. Life requires an equal exchange in all that we do in life, with all those we connect with in life, if not, this is when we feel off balance with life. If you wish to find some sense of balance in your world, Take a look at where & how you're spending your time, Is there time & space to connect you, back to you? To find out who you are in this world of yours, as one person...not as a mum, a wife, a partner, a friend, a worker/business owner...but as you. Many of the women who are joining me in the 40 over 40 portrait project are doing just that...they are recognising that it's time for them. Time to try something different, Time to stretch their comfort zone, Time to give to themselves, Time to see themselves in a different light to how they have been seeing themselves for so long, they're ready to see more of who they are. If this connects with you in someway, if you feel it's time for you too, and you'd love to be a part of 40 over 40, then click the link below for details. https://charmainemarinkovich.co.nz/40-over-40/ The moment you give yourself permission to do something for yourselves, it unlocks another part of you and adds so much more to your world.