Since deciding to start my life over with a blank slate, I’ve been on a bit of an exciting roller coaster.

It’s an exciting and yet scary roller coater.  And even though I’ve said I’m starting over with a blank slate, where do I start?

What sort of a life do I want to create now?  Who do I want to become?  What am I up to in the world? What difference do I want to make?  What do I really want to do? What will make me happy?

I’ve been through some real CRAP (apologies if this word offends but it describes what’s happened to me) and I feel that in these crappy events, I’ve been given a gift to pass on to inspire others to have a great, and happy, life.

So, I’ve been thinking about this all a lot.  And then Wednesday came along.

On Wednesday morning, I was at a networking event and my friend Anne-Louise was talking about having a theme word for the year.  I’d already decided mine was “focus.”  And then Anne-Louise looked at me and said “Miss Tessa your word is obviously transformation.”

Anne-Louise was so right.  Out with the word “focus” and instead “transformation” became my word for the year.

That evening I went to a story telling workshop by Simone (fabulous by the way – both Simone and the workshop). Simone got us to make a timeline of our life and mark the times of major turning points.  You then had to choose one of those major turning points and create a story around it.  Then you had to choose a one word theme for that story.  For my story the theme was “transformation”.  There it was again. Twice in one day.

And then Simone said to look at all your major turning points in your life and see if there was an overall theme.  And for all my major turning points, the word transformation was absolutely it.

Driving home it occurred to me that transformation was not just going to be my theme for the year and for my stories.  Transformation was going to be the theme for my new LIFE.

What a “transformational” day Wednesday was.

And then I got to think about an image around transformation.

The butterfly came to mind.  But it did not feel quite right. For me transformation is not just the result; it’s the process.

So the caterpillar seems a lot more appropriate.

I don’t want to just inspire people to transform. That’s the easy part.

A lot of people get inspired to transform every day – and that’s about as far as they get. The thought only.

I want to help people with going through the actual process of transformation so they are transformed over time.

The process of the transformation is the hard part – ask a caterpillar.

The process of transformation takes time. It takes effort.  It takes a system.  And while you are going through the transformation, you need support and encouragement to keep going.

So, that’s me: the inspiration to transform and help with the process of transformation.

So, that’s me – Transformation!!

…… and especially transformation around happiness.

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