Blogs & Insights From Mama Gold
What If ?
Every now and then, in this journey of life, you meet a weekend where it meets you in the evolution of your story and the deepening of your messaging.
This past weekend was life altering, and I do not say that lightly. From the moment I entered the balmy, warm energy of Natal at the PSASA (Professional Speakers Association of South Africa) Annual Convention, I was gifted an immersion I never foresaw, quite in the way it landed.
Passages And Pages
When approval becomes an addiction, we remain enmeshed in a constant need to prove ourselves.
And it is never enough.
Never.
It becomes another self-fulfilling prophecy.
Significance lies somewhere deeper. It's raw and honest and deeply confronting.
Peace is the path I am choosing now. It requires a different form of courage.
Rewriting A Different Story
When I walked out of the school gates at the age of eighteen, I never thought I would ever step foot back again.
Some people experienced school as one of the happiest times of their lives. For me, it was anguished and tortured. It was not my proudest era. I was mostly miserable and a mess. Sometimes I acted like the class clown to hide the overwhelming sadness I masked.
Reflections On A Momentous Year
This was an extraordinary year in many respects. Having just returned from a month in Australia and seeing our daughter so happy and fulfilled as a mother has been our greatest gift. Our grandson - we are biased i know - is utterly enchanting and so calm and peaceful.
Then to celebrate the Creative Stone and the Soul Voice Journey teams on Friday night was a milestone in my life. It symbolized a 27 journey as humble founders. It's been a roller coaster ride.
A Different Kind Of War
Right now, the world can feel like an incredibly overwhelming place to be. We've never had world orders disrupted in quite the way we see now. We've never had the models of leadership we are seeing now. So startlingly different to the decades of somewhat more predictable destinies before.
It leaves me with just some quiet questions. No marketing, no funnels, no frenetic planning, no destinations.
Just the journey of today.
Relentless Relevance
On Tuesday night, I attended the launch of Rich Mulholland’s new book, “Relentless Relevance”. It was profoundly insightful. It forced me to really dig deep into where my journey is today and how to navigate the future in a relentlessly disruptive and often scary world.
