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Barbara Patterson Barbara Patterson innate wisdom follower. yes welcomer. aperture opener.

Barbara Patterson has a passion for accessing potential and understanding the drivers of transformation. She meets people every day who underestimate their power and potential. [barbarapatterson.com]

I’ve really been exploring, and curious, and excited about this idea of transformation and potential. Where does real sustainable transformation come from? The idea of potential and what’s possible for us has really been my quest over the last year.

I was living in Paris. I had an amazing job and a really great relationship with my company. My career was very satisfying, but I began to realize more and more that I needed to make a radical change if I wanted to experience the same level of fulfillment in my personal life.

It usually starts with a feeling of emptiness. Something within us just feels unsettled.  We start looking outside to our circumstances. We start to say, well, maybe it’s the job? So, I need to change something there. Maybe it’s the relationship? I need to change something there. Maybe it’s me? I need to lose weight to be happier. We start to look outside to try to identify all these things. That’s normal, and totally understandable, but I think the real transformation, the real wisdom comes when we look within. Our state of mind and our wellbeing has nothing to do with our external circumstances. It’s driven from within.

If you think about when we’re confused, or we’re frustrated, or we’re deep in a low mood, it’s like a camera. Our aperture is closed. It’s hard for light to get in. Our thinking is very contracted and tight. Sometimes just recognizing that creates a loosening, and the aperture starts to open more and more. Then new thoughts can come in, new ideas, new insight. Then, pretty soon our aperture is wide open for more light to come in. This is where potential has more room, more ability to come forth.

Our innate capacity for potential and our innate wisdom is accessible at all times.  Last year I was working with Michael Neill, and he said something to me that I think embodies him so much, and the type of work I want to do. He said, What if Bill Gates came to you and had amnesia and forgot who he was. You know who he is, but he’s forgotten. So he sits down with you and asks for your help with business strategies. What would be more beneficial? For you to give him your strategies, or to help him remember he’s Bill Gates?

– Barbara Patterson

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