Blogs & Insights From Mama Gold
A Scale & Roses
What does standing here on a scale today in a factory have to do with Valentine's Day, you may ask?
Well, 14 years ago, having battled extreme yo-yo dieting, eating disorders and a constant hole in my soul of "never being good enough", I started to walk a journey to wholeness by becoming more active.
Identity is the Super Fuel of Manifestation
Understanding your identity is the foundation of living a purposeful life because identity shapes how we perceive ourselves, our values and our role in the world. This is how a deeper understanding of your identity can enrich your sense of purpose.
On Visibility
I have found stepping into greater visibility this year both challenging and, at times, scary.
The old voices in my head kept taunting me: “Who do you think you are, to be so out there?”
“Why?” you might ask. “You seem to be seeking out such visibility?”
We all have backstories, and mine is that I grew up excruciatingly shy, almost ashamed to take up space. I was the plump, spotty one in a sporty, academic family. I often felt alien in a family of high achievers—both on the sports field and in the academic world.
Footprints
It was a late afternoon on a breathless day. We made our way down the rough-hewn steps over rocks and fallen trees to the secret beach hidden below. My husband and I were in a wilderness area whilst visiting our daughter in Australia.
The Wisdom of the Mountains
I recently attended the Global Speakers Summit in Bali. It was a bucket list experience, hearing from some of the top speakers in the world, many of whom have been professional speakers for 20 – 30 years.
As a “soul speaker,” one speaker really stood out at the convention, even among all the accomplished speakers.
World of Assumptions
Last week, my global Public Relations company asked me whether I would comment on the headline statement that read, “We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others”. It was a headline extracted from a speech made by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the United Nations.
I responded by saying, “I think that is too controversial for me to comment on.”
