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As usual, I love this Ros! I've been experiencing my own EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH! opportunities of late as well, approaching 50 and the end of my employment contract, negotiating terms of departure with people who are paid and trained (and just generally better at it than I am) to get me out the door with the least impact to their bottom line. Looming and exceptional expenses are just ahead, and I'm staring into this with uncharacteristic uncertainty about what to do coupled with an email inbox full of rejection emails to jobs I've applied to (but which I'd really rather not do if I'm being honest). Friends, guides and others keep telling me the best is yet to come; there is such an opportunity here, I just can't see it yet. I confess I am one who often expects progress to be linear, or at the very least, I hope the good parts will come quickly, but in reality, it's often months or years later that we realize the true value of the work we have done. I'm so delighted that you got to experience it for yourself and in such a beautiful way. Cheers to your rockin pizza party!

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Haha, EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES are the flavour of the year. So much contraction for our employers has to mean expansion for us. It’s listening to that inner guidance that is crucial; something we cannot hear when anxiety starts clamouring. So my job as I see it — and maybe yours too — is to breathe deeply and slowly, release the anxiety, find a deeper sense of faith or trust that all will be well, and listen to the quiet voice within that offers the next step. Just ‘the next step today’, nothing huge. I wish you well with it and hope to get updates!

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