One Day Transformation!

One Day Transformation!

By Nimya Radhakrishnan

Have you ever had a life-altering moment? A moment of clarity, when you step over that thin red line which separates what once was and what now is? When you can look back and identify the exact point of inflection?

I did encounter such a moment on April 27 this year and no, it wasn't in the milieu of either religion or tragedy. I had a positive, life-affirming and paradigm-changing moment in what I would previously have considered the most unlikely of settings - a one-day workshop on women's empowerment! I had approached this workshop conducted by Ian Faria as just another opportunity to network (though I did notice the workshop's innovative name, ‘EVEolution') and was maybe a little curious about Ian, based on all the things a Google search of his name had thrown-up.

On the surface of it, I had a good life - a loving family, a good career, friends that I have fun with and youth on my side. But I always had this nagging feeling that I wasn't living up to my potential, both in my professional and personal lives, and I was often negative and frustrated about some of my relationships and circumstances. I tended to internalise this negativity and frustration and seemed to be on the slippery slope that leads to suffocating unhappiness.
And then, I attended Ian's workshop.

Without any hyperbole, I can state that the workshop changed my life! I realised that all the ingredients that make for a great life were not missing in me, but were already present in me. All I had to do was become aware of them and engage with them.

Words, phrases and concepts that I had heard many times before, suddenly came alive and I gained intimate insights into what they actually meant in my life. I realised that positivity had the power to change my life and my circumstances.

I understood how appreciating the goodness in any act can heal relationships and give me peace. Gratitude was not just a temporary feeling anymore but a permanent attitude that could change my worldview. However, the insight I cherish the most is that the universe is not at cross-purposes with me and that I can harness the power of the universe to enrich my life and the lives of those I interact with. And by building emotional, psychological and spiritual ‘muscle' and listening more, I could make my transformation sustainable and scalable.

The net result of all this is that I now know I'm an amazing human being who is going to do wonders in her life! I believe that I can achieve anything that I want to. I've learned to love myself and I can see the goodness in myself just as I'm able to see the goodness in others. I can approach the most difficult of relationships with positivity and hope. I now know that I'm more than just the sum of my parts. My family, friends and colleagues were initially surprised by my new-found positivity but were then quickly inspired and infected by it!

Yes, I gained all this from a workshop to enable, empower and enhance women! I attended this workshop by serendipity, where my quiet yearning for a better life was unexpectedly answered by the insights and life-skills taught by Ian. Such moments don't come along often in one's life. And I believe that your moment of clarity is waiting for you. All you have to do is reach out to it.