An Oscar-winning felt ‘Not good enough,’ when she won her awards!

When I stopped to think about it, I had to laugh. If an Olympic athlete, a executive one step away from a CEO and a top actress can all lack in confidence then why not me and you?

Using those three women as yardstick I have no reason to lack confidence. When I look at my life I really do have a successful business, great friends and wonderful family etc. I didn’t need to be brimming with confidence to gain any of that. What I needed was something else…

I have inspired moments where everything I know comes together. I act in those moments – sometimes in good humour and in disbelief – and what comes to me is a new client, a new friendship and a great relationship. But how is this achieved.

Forget big picture. Forget Olympic team, top job and Oscar winning actress. Don’t aim too high. Going places is about taking small steps, take those tiny steps and like a baby leaning to walk before it runs you’ll gain enough confidence to change your life. One more thing…

Know you are not alone. The people I mentioned above are just a sample. Recently I emailed my database to see how many people I could help grow in confidence. Fifteen percent of them believed I could help!

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It's important to remember, if you're having a hard time like AR, that universe isn't trying to punish you or take something away, it's trying to wake you up ... a tap on shoulder.

AR has Saturn in Cancer and my guess is that she has some family issues she agreed to handle when she incarnated. With that much anxiety, something disturbing happened in her childhood that she forgot in order to get on with life in her twenties but now it is time to deal with them and other family issues. Sometimes children are even told to "forget this ever happened" or "This doesn't leave house. No one is to know."

I don't know about you, but I never thought we were here to suffer and feel bad. If we are going for optimal mental, emotional and physical well being, we need to get to bottom of things like anxiety. Anxiety isn't felt "for no reason". There's nothing wrong with you if you feel anxiety but there is something from your past that is needling you, so to speak. It is you trying to get you more conscious.

Sometimes it's as "simple" as your brother locking you in dark basement whenever your parents left so now you feel kreeped out when anyone leaves but you're a grown up now and you aren't supposed to be afraid of things, so you push it all down and it keeps trying to bubble up at odds times. Sometimes it's more complex than that, but now's time to find out. Let's begin our fascinating inner journey with Saturn Return. Let's begin our life work.

AR has Saturn in Cancer and has family issues to deal with. Those who are 28-30 starting July 17, 2005 will have Saturn in Leo and a very different bunch of issues to deal with.

Contact me if you are between 28-30 and let's take a look at your Saturn Return. Not all Saturn Returns are as difficult as AR's but it is true, after Saturn Return, you will never be your old self again. Please try to understand. That’s a very good thing.