What makes a relationship last?

What are the key ingredients to making relationships work?

I am certainly no relationship expert, but over the last few months trhe universe has been sending me signs and pointing me in the direction to create something amazing in this area of my life.  This is probably because it is what I have been asking for and manifesting over the last year.  I want an extraordinary, conscious relationship with another human being in which we both thrive, grow and reach our highest potential.

Over the last week I have been in the Dominican Republic and have had many animated conversations and philopsophical discussions about this topic with my friend and colleague Bruce Muzik.  During one of these heated debates we discussed what we believe are the 7 key ingredients to make a relationship work. (The title of this blog post, may give you a clue).  We got so inspired about the 7 key components to creating a conscious relationships, that we made this video for you… Enjoy!

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd5EUj1r9fA

Read more about the 7 components of a conscious relationship

I would also love to hear your comments about what you think makes a relationship work – post your comment below.

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX-l6ZP8SB4

Help your teenager get clear on their passions, talents and strengths.

Give them direction for the future and teach them about possible career choices and how to make smart decisions about tertiary options.

“It was really enjoyable and the crowd interaction was great. Brilliant ideas!” -  Christopher Hojem
“Thank you! 12 hours ago if you had asked me what I wanted to do in life, I wouldn’t have known what to tell you other than just “work with people” you’ve really helped me to add more to that and see more clearly what I want in my Life. I really loved it ” -Estee van Niekerk

This 6 hour workshop facilitated by Donna McCallum, the Fairy Godmother, will have teenagers enthralled as she takes them through a highly participative and interactive program including a Dream Mapping collaging process, exercise to define future goals, visualisation and exercises to uncover strengths and talents.

During this workshop Grade 9’s to Grade 12’s will
•    Map out their future dreams and goals
•    Discover their passions, talents and strengths
•    Get clear on a BIG Career Goal that inspires them
•    Find out the next steps to take to pursue their Career Goal
•    Learn how to chat to their parents about what they want to do
•    Learn how to achieve their career dreams and ambitions

This workshop is suitable for teenagers from Grade 9 to Grade 12 – it is very helpful for Grade 9’s needing to make subject choices and Grades 10 -12 who want to plan out their tertiary options.

“It really inspired me to believe in myself and my lifelong dream of entering into the nutrition industry. I hope that you continue to do what you do and inspire more teens like me. Thank u 4 the wake up call” -Lesedi Khumalo

“She taught us how to be successful. It spoke to me.” – Kgato Maimane

How it works

The Map your Dream Career workshop is run at a school in the school hall either on a school day or a weekend.
The school decides whether to have one grade attend or alternatively allow students from any grade to elect to attend.

Pricing

R 180 per pupil (including VAT)
A minimum of 100 students are needed to run the program and a maximum of 180 pupils.

To Book

Get the school to contact Lynn  on
Call 084-207-0202 or
Email  info@fairygodmotheinc.com

Or send Lynn the details of the Life Orientation teacher at your school and we will email them a brochure with details.

“Love the Fairy Godmother! It was educational, and got me to think about my future and goals.”

Hi Donna,

I thought I would take this opportunity and just thank you for your positive energy and wonderful way that you have perhaps without knowing, have changed the way I view my life.

Let me explain. I downloaded your free audio on creating ‘Your Best Year Yet for 2011′ and was so excited about religiously listening to the meditation daily. In fact I never stopped at the 30 day recommended amount of time, and just simply carried on everyday going into mediation and creating the perfect day in Dec 2011. I found this exercise so powerful but had no idea that by just doing this exercise daily it would begin to align and shift my consciousness into where I wanted to be.

My life challenges began to surface, and all the negative or toxic relationships I have had in my life begun spinning out of control. So much so that everything that I thought formed who I was and what I accepted to be in the very foundation of who I am, began to unwind itself from my existence.

I now am working through all of these negative toxic issues in my life and although I know that there are a number of challenges that I have to face and uncomfortable issues I need to address, I know that I will get to my end goal.

I have now opened myself up, almost like a sunflower would to greet the Sunlight and ignite the burning desire within me to achieve and be everything I have always wanted to be.

I am not exactly where I want to be for the time being, but I know that I have the strength to work at it, and keep going no matter what.

You see I was living like a victim, a victim to each of my decisions in life and I allowed my inner light to dwindle. But I now know that my life has so much meaning and a vast amount of dimension, which I have not even touched.

All I wish to convey in this simple email is this:

I thank you for giving me the tools in which to grow, and to look at myself awareness and to examine the way in which I live my life.

I want to let you know, that its only through having contact with people like you that others can begin to grow.

I know that I can be everything I WANT to be in this life. Even if that means going against the grain.

I am still wanting to learn and grow, and you have given me the keys to do exactly that.

Wishing you well Donna, I know I paths will cross one day and wish you much success in your Life’s path too.

With much love and light and balance – Lucille Divine!

Please take a look at my latest post on my blog Woman of Essence, and see just how much I have learnt.

THANK YOU!

Last week I sent a learning Module to the Fairy Godmother Community all about Emotions.  It covered how to connect with one’s emotions and how to deal with negative emotions that arise – with exercises to do this.  How fascinating that 4 days after sending out this Module I went through the full array of negative emotions.  From anger, envy, sadness, despondency, feeling lonely and like life is meaningless and really wondering what it is all about.  Aaaaarrgggghhhhhh!

It was triggered by a past situation that I thought had healed… of course it involves love and relationship and heartbreak and losing friends… and it hadn’t healed like I thought it had and so I cried and screamed and slept alot and felt depressed.

And on Sunday, I even considered moving away from Jo’burg and leaving the country. Isn’t it amazing what crazy thoughts our emotions can stir up?

But on Sunday Evening while unpacking a suitcase that hadn’t been unpacked for a week, I found my copy of Don Miguel Ruiz’s “The Mastery of Love” that I hadn’t finished reading.  I started reading it and read this:

“Focus your attention on your lungs, as if only your lungs existed.  Feel the pleasure when your lungs expand to fulfil the biggest need of the human body: to breathe.

When we fulfil any need of the human body, it gives us pleasure.  To breathe gives us pleasure.  Just to breathe is enough for us to always be happy, to enjoy life.  Just to be alive is enough.  Feel the pleasure of being alive, the pleasure of the feeling of love…”

Lying in bed on Sunday evening I breathed and I experienced the pleasure and love that breath gives.  And I realised that air is love and my lungs are love and I am love and you are love and everything is love.  And when I relate to love as a wellspring of energy INSIDE me, when I understand that love is the actual air that I breathe…. then I know I don’t need to look outside of me for love.  I AM Love.

I have been repeating this as an affirmation to myself for the last 2 days “I AM LOVE” and my experience of the world has become softer, gentler, calm and peaceful.

I am love and so are you….

Why are dreams and goal important?  And how do you achieve them?

Link:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qBejY9i3Co

Thanks to Lisa Raleigh, for this great interview!