I LOVE IT!

Based on the science positive psychology (hope, optimism, well-being, future-mindedness, happiness, mindfulness etc) and myself being a born optimist I intrinsically knew this was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life!

I wanted to gain professional qualifications so I enrolled in and graduated from the prestigious Australian College of Applied Psychology with a Diploma of Applied Social Science.

 

I am passionate about helping others to get a clear picture of their future and to build and cross the bridges to get there.

I have been on my own personal development journey for well over 20 years. I realised that I have learnt so much important, helpful information, skills and tools and that my passion was to share these life changing tools with others.

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So I authored a self-help personal development book titled:

 ‘Victim or CREATOR,

Which life are YOU Choosing?'

Now published on Amazon.

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This little ‘Tool Book’ is designed so the reader can simply flip to any section in the book

and just read that section. 

I created this book to help you get the best out of your life. To live and be the happiest you can be, to realise your goals and dreams. I originally wrote this book with teenage girls in mind, sort of like a guidebook full of tips and tools for them to carry through life and then couple of my male friends read the draft and one of them said to me, 'Everyone can benefit from this Lou, why just for teen girls?'

So I went back to the drawing board and VOILA, a book for EVERYONE.

Below is the preface from my book: 

My journey certainly hasn’t been a bed of roses!
It has taken much much work to get to where I am today.
I didn’t really like myself much growing up.
I didn’t have much self-worth or self-respect.
I always felt as if I was a ‘problem’.

I didn’t grow up in the ‘usual' family environment. I was separated from my family when I was about 9 years of age. We were living in Papua New Guinea and I was sent to boarding school in Australia. From then on my childhood was never the same. Eventually I came to live with my gorgeous (and very patient) grandmother here on the Sunshine Coast when I was about 12 years old.

I didn’t really get the parental guidance that every teenage girl needs. I felt alone and totally independent throughout my teenage years and early 20s.

I built a tough exterior to protect my very fragile interior.

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I experienced a lot of heartache when I was a child and into my teen years. I always felt I wasn’t good enough, that I was ‘in the way’. I was definitely the ‘black sheep’ of my family.

I knew my parents loved me to heaven and back, (and still do) but still, I felt alone.

I used to think I’d come to the wrong family!  As if!

I always felt second best.

I pretended I knew everything and that everything was ‘A OK’ in my world.

Boy, I was sooo messed up, emotionally and psychologically. And I didn’t even know how messed up I was! 
But as I grew up I realised

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I AM OK!!  I AM A GOOD PERSON. I AM GOOD ENOUGH!

It was when I fell pregnant at 26 with my first child that I realised there was much more to life and that happiness comes from within.
I realised that my life was my choice. I was the one inside my head making the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ decisions. It was time to step up and take responsibility, to stop blaming everyone else.

It was up to ME!

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I made a conscious decision to....make new pathways....to change my beliefs ....
TO OWN MY LIFE! 

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I created this book to help you to get the best out of your life.

To live and to be the happiest you can be, to realise your goals and dreams. ​

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This book won’t make ‘everything better' instantly, BUT applying this information, the tools and techniques into your daily life WILL steer you in the right direction to a happy and fulfilling life!

A life of choice!

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​Life, of course, had more lessons in store for me. And many more to come, I'm sure!
Writing those words all those years ago, I felt strong, hopeful, and ready for anything. But as I soon discovered, personal growth isn’t a one-time event — it’s a lifelong journey. Life changes, circumstances shift, and sometimes we’re called to walk through even tougher seasons than before. And that’s exactly what happened next.

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That was over 10 years ago and that is exactly how I thought and felt, at the time.

 

Then my marriage ended, and I found myself back in survival mode. I found myself raising the children pretty much completely solo, psychically, emotionally, financially, with zero help.

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Independent parenting I liked to call it. Lol.

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I had very little support. Life was tough! It was only the kids, more than once, that kept me going.

 

Throughout all those years, I never forgot or even lost sight of what I wanted and where I was going. I continued to meditate,  on and off. I continued to read every self-help book I got my hands on. I continued to do the work on myself, I continued to use the skills and tools in this book.  But ‘my book, this book you’re reading now,’ went to the back burner.

 

I concentrated everything on raising the kids. Usually working 2 jobs, often 3. Making all the decisions. Carrying all the responsibility.sI was completely exhausted.

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By tI knew I needed a break. I hadn’t had a holiday for over 30 years ... I know!

 

Then I did! I went to my now beloved second home, Bali, Indonesia.

I travelled solo. I HAD to go solo. I needed to find out who I was after being ‘mum’ for so long. I had a deep seeded yearning to be that authentic ‘personal development facilitator’ again, ‘to walk my talk’, to be me!

 

I took this time in Bali to look after me. I had so many synchronistic phenomenal experiences, it was truly mind blowing. Everything lined up for me. I was getting my true self back!

 I met an amazing traditional Balinese Shamanic Healer, Sami, and combined with his wisdom and my persistent yearning, the rest is history. It wasn’t long before I found myself to be back, absolutely walking my talk. I felt completely authentic again. I was ready to get my book out there!

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And Voila, I DID IT!

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SO what do YOU want?  What is YOUR picture of your life? Who do YOU want to be?

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If you take just one idea, or just one skill, tool or learning from my book, I know it will make a great difference in your life leading you towards your dreams and goals.​​​

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