Living, Loving and Leading with Confidence

23.05.25

Dear Friends

Living, Loving and Leading with Confidence.

Some of you will be aware that recently I joined fourteen other authors to write a book about Building Self-Confidence. This chapter and the book is a part of a massive series called Journey of Riches, founded and directed by John Spender who lives in Thailand. John has published more than 40 books for this series in order to support a charity for children in need in Bali. He invited me on board with this mission last year and I was happy to contribute and enjoyed writing my chapter, Chapter 8. I had to laugh when I found out the number of my chapter after the book was published as I was the first one to complete and submit the writing for publishing and hoped I might have first position in the book J. My picture is also 4^th on the page, and I felt sure I would be in the first four at least. However 8 is the number of my life path of name and birthday added together, and also the number I refer to with the 8 Worlds (or Directions)  of the Sacred Circle and I also teach The 8 Ways of Living Consciously and Confidently in the World. The Infinity symbol also is associated with this number and is a symbol I have used prolifically since beginning my practice and teachings.

My chapter in A Journey of Riches – Building Self Confidence is titled : Know and Expand Thyself - Cultivating an Attitude of Latitude, with the opening question:

“Is it time for you to take latitude and expand your bubble of beliefs, liberating your most magnificent archetypes, opening your heart to miraculous experiences and to confidently re-claim your worth?”

My explanation of the world ‘latitude’ is as being an expansion of thought, intention and action beyond any limiting beliefs and old patterns we may be playing out. This explains well the point I have made above, to Live, Love and Lead with Confidence and in a Spirited Way - Any Way You Can!

It seems fitting to talk further on the subject of Self Confidence in this blog, particularly under the shadowy light of a Gemini New Moon. This new moon is unable to literally shine as it is placed next to the Sun at the moment, and yet all its numbers and supporting transits suggest it is shining brightly anyway – despite being in shadow. This is what we all can learn to do. To shine our light brightly despite self-doubt, limiting beliefs, hardship, loss, set- backs, knock back, betrayals, abandonment, rejection, shaming and feeling out of control. To adopt an Attitude of Latitude and:

Love Anyway!

Shine Anyway!

Hope Anyway!

Smile Anyway!

Continue to get it (your personal Divine Mission at this time) done Anyway and in Any Way Possible!

Life is filled with set-backs and opportunities to surrender and allow the Universe and destiny to steer you in the direction your soul wishes to explore at this time. Recently I saw a visual image on Linked In of how the rocky road to success looks like for most people. This image was of a road moving slowly in an upwards direction and was windy with dips and curves and full of obstacles and pot holes to move around, however there were flags posted at the end of each step to show it was taken successfully, all the way to the top (reference in a post by Dr Erica Kreismann with an image credit: Success is Not Linear by Thomas Waschenfelder). It was liberating to see my own journey in this simply form and to know others (many others) could relate.

Synchronistically, with this visual reminder of how the path to success really goes, I had a dream two nights ago in which I returned, with my mother who passed away in October 2022, to the boarding school in Sydney where I spent my secondary years. In the dream my mother and I walked energetically through the heart of the school surrounded by huge brick buildings and I was amazed at how expansive the school had grown. There were new brick buildings and a huge quadrangle that looked like a gigantic swimming pool. The pool had mats floating on top of it and student in uniform were confidently walking over the top of the mats toward a large, open building that was a University dedicated to Higher Education built on the edge of the school grounds. In the dream I was excited to see this progress and wondered if there was any open bushland left beyond the oval. My mother silently and very enthusiastically walked beside me as we moved beyond the building and pool to the oval and bushland next door. The bushland had a “for Sale” sign on it and a man in a wheelchair announced that the property was his. My mother didn’t falter, and with latitude, she walked through the gate which the man seemed to be guarding then she turned to face me and climbed effortlessly back through a wire fence with rectangles of wire joining each other. Amazed at her agility I felt so proud of my mother and felt like there were no limits to what was possible when I walked alongside of her.

Waking from the dream yesterday morning, I could see the message for me to some degree after taking some time to journal it, and it then it all became clear this morning when I decided to take a virtual look at my old school. I had been led to an online video displaying my old school as it is now after communicating with some of my school friends from that time this morning and certainly wasn’t thinking about my dream until I began watching the video. In the video I was blown away by the similarities to my dream and the many changes of the school, with the core buildings that meant so much to me in that they hold all of my experiences there, still intact, but with so many other building and extensions creating what looked like a modern university rather than a secondary boarding school. Near the end of the video you see the gigantic new gymnasium with a new 25 metre swimming pool next door, then the wonderful oval where I happily played softball behind it all, and beyond all of this I could see the bushland (where I used to sneak down to have a cigarette) is still in place.

From all of this I can see that my limited memory of my old school is of how it used to be, whereas in reality it has expanded beyond belief. This shows me that I too have expanded beyond belief, however, my core values of community (the young women gathering and looking happy and my continuing connection with my dear girlfriends from that time), caring teachers, and sacredness (the chapel that I loved to visit and pray in) remain solid in my mind and in the present moment. Most of all I could see that the motto of my old school has been instilled deeply in my core by its leader Mary Ward: To seek Truth and do Justice, and the outstanding qualities that she represented in her own journey of perseverance, determination and compassion. From my dream I could see that if I am to overcome the continuing shortfalls caused by out-of-the-blue emotional upheavals then I must continue to cultivate an attitude of latitude (and unlimited possibilities) and to walk authentically (being true to one’s own spirit and values) that my mother, born under the sign of Taurus, has modelled for me. She taught me  mostly in her later years after her own extensive journey of self-healing, to overcome self-doubt and develop self-confidence, having the courage to walk across water to get to the place of Higher Learning and Higher Love. As a result, I am no longer prepared to Fall in Love and am determined to instead Grow in Love. That is my solid contract with myself, and with anyone I choose to walk with.

My vision in this writing here is that you too may feel the Spirit of Self-Confidence enter your inner being and core, and to embrace Certainty in your own personal Way of Walking your world. I have yet to work out how to add a comments section on my website ( I am confident I will get there!) and until I do, please email me your comments as I love to hear your response to what I am sharing with you. I will also be sending out a newsletter in the next few days so please look out for it or subscribe here in the Contact link if you haven’t already.

Warm blessings, and enjoy the radiance of this upcoming new moon in Gemini occurring on May 26/27 that continues to shine and radiate beauty despite being gradually physically overshadowed by the beautiful Sun at this time. I will be posting more about the moon on the Mandala Moon page in a day or two and will link you to that in my newsletter and Facebook posts when the time comes.

A Journey of Riches, Building Self-Confidence is available in Kindle for a super low price on Amazon and all profits there go to a children’s orphanage in Bali via John Spender’s publishing company. If you prefer to send your offering to me and order the book directly from me to assist me with the cost of being in this project of co-creation, please send me a message, enquiry or feedback through the Contact portal with the link beneath my signature.

Warm Gratitude and Blessings of Love, Light, Wisdom and Peace

Heather

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