THE TREASURE YOURSELF PROJECT E-BOOK

My mind and I are not on speaking terms at the moment; my mind is a liar. For as long as I can remember it has been telling me I am not smart enough, creative enough, talented enough, unique enough - I am not enough to reach for those dreams I am too frightened to say aloud. It took me two years to push my fear to the side and create EIGHT.TEN.TEN and putting myself out there has taught me that I have something to give, and that (surprisingly) others want to listen to me because, I am just like them. I am just like you.
It has taken me another six months to take the next step towards my dreams - writing a book (an e-book) and I AM TERRIFIED. But what is saying? Feel the fear and do it anyway? I have already jumped out of a plane, stepped off a gorge and free fell fifty meters in Africa (I have a fear of heights), sang Karaoke to a crowded room in Bali, and swum in the crocodile and piranha infested waters of the Amazon River (it was only for about 15 seconds but I am claiming it!). I have given birth twice, swallowed my pride and sent 'the first text' to the now father of my children (don't tell him I admitted that) and created this blog which has given me so much joy and opened the doors to many new experiences and some amazing people even though it still scares the hell out of me every single time I post something. As far as I can tell - everything that has ever scared me ended up creating the most memorable and beautiful moments of my life. Keeping that in mind, I am excited and nervous to take the next wobbly, uncertain step forward and tell you that I am currently writing my first e-book on The Treasure Yourself Project.
I created the TYP over nine months ago now when I was going through a particularly rough patch with new motherhood and I decided to build a plan to get myself through it, invited others to join me here on the blog and was completely shocked when over 1000 women joined within 72 hours. It seemed that other women needed to change their current situation as much as I did. Putting time and energy into my mind, body and spirit over those eight weeks not only got me through the rough patch, it kick-started a deep, real, honest change within me that I have continued to experience over this exhaustingly wonderful journey. I am certainly not finished - I never will be - but this journey has been one that warrants more than a few blog posts.
I have learnt how to feed my body exactly what it needs to feel healthy and energized and the movements that make my body strong. As a family, we discovered how we want to design our lives and I have learnt what truly makes me happy (it is not as easy as it sounds). In the book I will be giving you a breakdown of each project over the eight weeks: my own goals, what I ate and the exercises that worked for me and how the good food and a (mostly!) healthy lifestyle was the stepping stone to healing my mind and being able to finally hear what my heart was saying…but I’m getting too deep, I will save that for the book. I will tell you how we discovered our family was speeding towards a lifestyle we never wanted, why I am already living the life of my dreams and how I have learnt more about myself from a group of women I have never met than any book I will ever read. I have interviewed the experts and would LOVE to share other TYPer’s stories and experience.
The knowledge I have gained over these past nine months is priceless to me. I have never been happier or more content than I am right now and I don't think I would be in this place without The Treasure Yourself Project, and the knowledge and kindness of the women who joined me. I am beyond excited to share this e-book with you and will be re-living the project over the next eight weeks as I write it, and would love anyone else to join me here.
Oh and my mind and I are beginning to mend our relationship - it is telling me to embrace the fear because I have always been brave – and I believe it.