We all desire to prosper in our lives.
Money makes life easier. It allows us to enjoy things and experiences that feed our soul. And it gifts us freedom. Freedom to make certain life choices that may not be so easy if money were not there.
I know what you’re saying, “Yes, Erin, but HOW? HOW do I prosper?”
This used to be my question. I asked it every day! You see, each of us comes to the earth with one main issue that exists in order to aid in the evolution of our soul.
Mine happened to be prosperity and money. If you haven’t read my story you’ll find it all in HERE. Issues for other people may be: love, weight, relationships, confidence, health…
Things I’ve “Tried” in order to Prosper:
I tried getting a job.
This was good. I loved being a teacher and was often shocked to find a pay stub in my mailbox every month because I enjoyed it so much. However… my soul desired regular manicures, pedicures and massages and adored staying in luxury hotels, buying high quality clothes and travelling the world. The issue I had was that on a teacher’s salary, this wasn’t always possible.
I tried saying and writing affirmations.
Since I’ve always been into spirituality I used to read countless books on the power of affirmations. The problem was that my subconscious beliefs were SO geared against these affirmations that I could feel the resistance within myself that it wouldn’t work.
I read books on becoming wealthy
such as “Think and Grow Rich“and “The Science of Getting Rich”, and did all the things they said to do, but just ended up spending every waking hour thinking about money (from a lack perspective) and nothing changed. Well, one thing did…I felt even more anxious and desperate about money!
I took courses and went to LIVE trainings.
Everyone at these events kept talking about action. You’ve got to take action. Now, since I’m a very self-disciplined person and former “Type A personality” I took action like crazy! At one point, I had written a book, was writing a blog and articles for 3 other top websites, was filming videos for my You Tube Channel, recording interviews for my own Blog Talk Radio Show, and was a parenting expert for a UK counselling site. Oh, did I mention that I was also launching online products and programs and coaching people at all times of the day and night too? Oh, goodness me, I forgot to say that I was being interviewed multiple times a week for US morning radio shows! (Their morning shows were 10pm at night in the UK!) All of this while having a young child at home.
Yes, ladies, I did it ALL! In fact I was so committed to having an abundant life so that I could live life the way my SOUL desired, that I did something that completely dishonoured my soul.
Attending the SHINE Event
You see this picture? I’m smiling, I’m at a major event called SHINE, the second one put on by Business Guru Ali Brown, and…I’m bleeding profusely.
I had grown my business to a point, but something was blocking the financial growth that I desired. I couldn’t seem to help more people but also help myself financially too , so I got up the courage to speak to my husband about buying the hefty priced ticket, buying a flight from the UK to Las Vegas and looking after our son while I was gone.
I felt so proud of myself for “taking action”, for going after my dreams, for “doing what it takes”, for “working hard”, even though I was pregnant and feeling exhausted.
So, I flew to Vegas, got to my hotel room and decided to take a nap straight away. When I woke from my nap I went to the toilet and there was blood everywhere.
I had never experienced a miscarriage and had never known anyone who had, so I wasn’t too concerned. Perhaps I was “spotting”.
I decided to go to bed early. Maybe my body was just tired from the long flight and needed rest.
No such luck. All throughout the night I was awoken by more and more blood.
(To hear the whole story watch the video at minute 9:00-10:30)
The Moment I Completely Dishonoured My Soul
So there I was, at the event, and every 20-30 minutes racing to the bathroom to pile 3 pads on top of each other, along with a tampon and toilet paper. Then I would put on my business face again and walk into the event raising my hand to say, “Hello, I’m Erin Kurt from ErinParenting and I’m so excited to be here from the UK”.
I masterminded, I went for lunch with women, I connected with women who were at a higher level in their business in order to ask them for tips and tricks, I did it ALL.
I was so proud of myself for doing “whatever it took” for success because that is what every wealthy person was spouting as the secret to their success.
YUCK!
Sadly, I continued on this road for a few more years, with an incremental increase to my wealth.
The Moment I Surrendered and Began to Prosper
It was only when I became so disheartened, so tired, so hopeless that I would ever get MY big break, that I surrendered.
“I give up the fight, God. I will use my talents to serve, but I won’t push. I won’t beg you anymore. I can’t, I’m emotionally & physically tired. Maybe I am just not meant to have wealth in this lifetime. I surrender.”
When I began surrendering my body let down. I could literally FEEL the lack of attachment to my desires. And for the first time in YEARS, I finally felt free.
From that point on, I began feeling into what things I loved to do and what things stressed me.
I began filtering everything through the lens of “Does this bring me JOY?”
Because if I wasn’t going to be wealthy, I might as well feel JOYFUL doing this, right? That was my thinking process at the time.
I began receiving strong inner guidance on what things I should do, so I did those. Funny enough, I began attracting more opportunities and clients!
FUN!
I kept following the next step and the next step and the next step as it was shown to me. I didn’t always understand it and it wasn’t always comfortable, but I just kept surrendering.
Each soul-inspired step I took made my business prosper more and more.
It was a completely different formula than what most people were talking about, but I could see a trend that all of the women who worked so hard for their success were burnt out and desired more balance in their lives.
Hmm, I was on to something! I was growing my business AND enjoying my life at the same time. YES!
Now, I’ll be honest and tell you that I faltered at times. There were times I saw a Facebook ad for a new strategy and got taken off my path of inner peace and went down the “work hard” route again.
I would see others using certain techniques successfully and once again fall off track. But, the one thing that always brought me back was the core feeling I desired – JOY. And if it ever started to feel like I was losing that, then I would realign and shift.
In 2015 my soul told me to STOP. Stop all my businesses and take a sabbatical. Of course my ego went, “WHAT???” But, by then I had learned to trust and so I surrendered and announced my sabbatical.
Of course I kept listening for Divine guidance and took action on only those things.
What so elegantly transpired was:
- My life’s prosperity grew more that year than ever before!
- I wrote a children’s book series with my mother, one that had been our dream for years!
- The land that my hubby and I had been dreaming about for 7 years was finally released to a developer and we were able to build our dream summer home by the sea! (see pictures!)
My ability to prosper just keeps growing and growing, SO elegantly. No “hard work”, no pushing, no desperation, no struggle…
Just alignment, JOY and elegance. Opportunities find me, magnetically come to me. Synchronicities are over the top! Everything just floooows.
So, what is the Secret to Living an Abundant, Prosperous Life full of Inner peace, Pleasure, JOY & Beauty?
You require to:
a) get clear on your ideal Life Vision
b) make an Elegant Intention for exactly what you desire
c) surrender
d) listen to divine guidance and take THAT kind of action.
Do not remain attached to your desires – you will only be resonating the energy of, “I don’t have this yet”.
You want to spend your time and energy units on doing things that truly bring you JOY, and only take action on the things that your soul tells you to do.
How do you know if it’s your soul and not your ego telling you to do things? That is a bigger conversation, but one that I spend a whole module on in The Art of Living Elegantly program.
If you are interested in learning the full process that I live my life by then I invite you to have a look at The Art of Living Elegantly. You can learn more HERE.
THIS is what changed everything for me, Ladies. I do THIS.
Here’s to us living life where we ALL prosper!!!
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