Have the courage to be kind. ANNE CAREY WA Australian of the Year
ADVERTORIAL Living Rebel Black life in full bloom Rebel Black sat in the GP’s consultation room, yet again discussing the stomach pains that knifed through her core, the complex dietary requirements her body seemed to demand, the exhaustion and the depression. Few people knew she was here. On the surface she had it all – a gorgeous husband, a series of business successes, close friends. Rebel was the kind of high achiever others looked up to in the small New South Wales community of Lightning Ridge. She’d moved there as a 21-year-old editor of the local paper and gone on to establish award-winning and six-figure-earning businesses, launching one after another as her whims changed and she looked for a new challenge. But Rebel’s body was screaming its protest. She was fed up with searching for a way to fix herself. Now, sitting in front of a visiting GP, she yearned for a solution. But, instead of prescribing medication, the doctor posed a question. “What if you stop looking for what’s wrong with you?” the GP offered. “And instead start looking for what’s right.” PERSONAL REVELATION The simple suggestion sparked a personal revelation. “I thought I was a problem to be fixed,” Rebel says. “But when I considered mind, body and spirit together I realised I’m perfect just as I am, and my whole world changed.” Rebel became so invigorated by the physical and mental changes that she couldn’t help but share what she was learning in her already-burgeoning life coaching business. She discovered the power in recognising the patterns that held her back, and releasing them. She realised she had everything she needed inside. THRIVE, HEAL, EVOLVE Rebel yearned to help still more people, particularly women like her living in rural Australia. Her clients were experiencing real transformations, but Rebel didn’t want to be the one with all the answers. She dreamt of creating a space where these amazing women could meet to support each other, to thrive, heal and evolve. The result of this dream was the launch of The Rural Woman. WISDOM “I’d met all these really amazing rural women doing incredible things but they just lacked confidence,” Rebel says. “They are so smart, and have so much to offer that I felt a real calling to help them.” The Rural Woman brings these women together in an online world in which they share learnings, encouragement, and impart wisdom. FULL BLOOM As The Rural Woman membership grew, Rebel decided to create a nurturing yet intensive program for women who are ready to get serious about living life to their full potential. The result is the mastermind course Full Bloom. This nine-month program delivered by nine coaches takes women on a journey of personal, health, spiritual and business growth. Rebel is awed by the transformations. “At the core of this program is the wisdom that ‘all answers lie within’ and that we are the experts of our own lives,” Rebel says. “The transformations are amazing; seeing women overcome their fears to expand businesses, to take risks in their lives that pay dividends in their health and finances, to speak up when normally they would have been quiet – to ask for help and to receive it. These small shifts by degrees make a massive difference in the long term. The impact of the women’s participation in this program will be rippling for generations.” Get involved Learn more about The Rural Woman at www.therw.biz. “At the core of this program is the wisdom that ‘all answers lie within’ and that we are the experts of our own lives.”
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