Dear Danielle,
I want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all that you do – it is making a life-changing difference!! I came across Desire Map from my dear friend at http://belleviewbeauty.com/, and have since become very intimate with your work in the past year. You’ll find my copies of the Desire Map and Fire Starter Session filled with scribbles and highlights – they’re one of the few hardcover books I carry with me in whichever city I am as I like to re-read, often learning something new each time I dig in a little wiser (the other hardcover book being Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle so you’re in amazing company!).
Ever since I started reading your work and actively applying it in my life, I have really transformed from a “I can do everything a little bit everywhere, I just need to give it more time to like this lifestyle, It’s necessary to stay in touch with all these connections (even if some can be draining)” to “What do I want to feel everyday and what is the one big thing I need to do in order to be able to feel that everyday?”. This simple question has absolutely been pivotal for my step to self-awareness and to mobilize onto the next journey of personal development. Looking back at my journey so far, the most light-filled, easy, fun moments were when I was studying in Beijing, volunteering in Brazil/Cambodia, moving to Toronto for my first Yuppie job, and running events to gather the best of minds across the world. My core desire feelings are: radical growth, uninhibited adventure, true connection, and radiant joy. After coming clear with my desires and accepting that I completely owned them (and was 100% responsible for ensuring I feel that), I made the difficult decision to leave a city I came to love (Toronto) with many friends I came to so adore very much at a company that has invested so much in my growth. It was tearful and heavy, but after the initial feelings subsided, MY GOSH, I felt OH.SO.LIBERATED!!!! Beyond anything, I also felt empowered. Leading up to the decision, I did small steps here and there in order to prepare for my departure, including purging my belongings and living out of a suitcase for a few months! I am very pleased (read: BEYOND EXCITED) to be moving to London UK for a new adventure! It’s been a long-time dream of mine to move to London for so many reasons (especially ever since I fell in love with Harry Potter and was disappointed I didn’t get the Owl Mail at age 11 :P).
THANK YOU Danielle. I am so incredibly happy and grateful for all the work you do – I love getting your newsletters, #Truthbombs, and everything that you so honestly and openly share with us (including good + bad!!). I deeply appreciate it, and I’m certain you know that your work is helping so many people!! I have since become a huge Danielle LaPorte advocate, and you’ll see me dropping questions like “And how does that make you feel?” in the most formal/stringent conversations so on behalf of those folks, I also thank you for helping us to bring back the authenticity and vulnerability of the conversations that we all so very much need. I have also encouraged many of my close friends to pick up your book, as many are going into their “quarter-life crises” – I have now had friends move across the world, switch careers, go back to school, or come to realize what they’re doing is truly what they want to do! Thank you, thank you, thank you Danielle!!
Much love,
May
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