Each video is a vital workshop for everyone wanting to get the very latest information to help serve our Pre & Post Natal Clients.
This is such a useful addition to the course & will really help you serve your clients with the very best information.
Jennyâs passion & knowledge is another level & I know how much you will enjoy these brilliant presentations. Â If you have previously enrolled on my Level 3 course Pre & Post or completed it with C2GO watch your inbox as IÂ will be forwarding these videos to you for further learning.
Iâve NEVER Eaten So Much Chocolate In My Life! By Jo De Rosa
Not everyday, but most mornings will see me eating chocolate these days. And I can honestly say that in the last year I have NEVER eaten so much chocolate!
BUT
I have not touched ANY commercial shop-bought chocolate in that time. This Christmas was the very first festive season that not a single processed chocolate passed my lipsâŠ.
No processed sugar for one year.
And I feel A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
I drink ceremonial grade raw cacao mixed with homemade cashew milk, maca and lucuma powders maybe three times per week (and then meditate for an hour) and believe me there is no NEED for sugar-laden crap anymore.
This is what has amazed me so much as Iâve watched the masses eat their bodyweight in sweet-stuff this festive season: I HAVE NOT MISSED EATING THAT RUBBISH. And I never ever thought it could be so easy.
Itâs just like my addiction to alcohol. Itâs now been 823 days since I had a drink and I now NEVER want a drink! If you paid me I wouldnât drink a drop of the substance that changed me, twisted me, and nearly destroyed me.
I donât need to do it anymore, Iâve moved on and away, and my life is so much better without it. And Iâm talking alcohol AND sugar hereâŠâŠ
So weâre halfway through January now. Are you having a dry one? Or a sugar-free start to the year? How is that going for you? Are you pining away from the very thing that grinds you down? Why do we do that?! Why make it so difficult for ourselves?!
AND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I HAD THE ANSWER TO DOING THIS EASILY?
If I told you EXACTLY what to do, would you comply with the instructions? Like a patient following their doctorâs advice, would you take the pill I prescribe religiously? Even if you knew it was guaranteed to give you a better life?
Well here it is:Â Â MEDITATION
If you meditate everyday, check-in with yourself, and find a connection to the part of you that is whole then you simply cannot keep doing something that is not good for you. Itâs literally impossible. The thought of drinking now, of poisoning my system with a substance that numbs me from feeling connected is ludicrous.
And once you know that sugar is creating an acidic environment in your body, that it is feeding cancer cells, then why oh why would you continue to eat it? It is a drug, and just like smoking, drinking or snorting cocaine, the cravings will pass once itâs out of your system. And when itâs out, simply donât put any more in!
And meditate. Connect. Listen to your inner dialogue, which knows what is right for youâŠ.you cannot lie to yourself when in the meditative state.
BUT!
Itâs amazing the excuses that people come up with to not do what they KNOW is right for them,
âI havenât got time to meditateâ
GET UP 10 MINUTES EARLIER
âIâm too busy at lunchtime to eat healthilyâ
GET ORGANISED AND TAKE A PACKED LUNCH
âI canât meditate because my mind is too busyâ \ EVERYBODY STARTS OFF THAT WAY: YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE (that why itâs called âpracticeâ!!)
âCream eggs/maltesers/galaxy taste so good thoughâ
LEARN HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN RAW CHOCOLATES WITH CLEAN INGREDIENTS: THERE IS NO REASON TO GO WITHOUT CHOCOLATE! Â
When we meditate we are CHANGING THE BRAIN. Old habits fall away effortlessly, and new pathways in the brain are forged and secured.
Itâs up to YOU to put the work in. Sit on a cushion for 10 minutes per day.
In a month you will WANT to do more. Suddenly 20 minutes of meditation is easy and youâre sitting on your cushion for 30 minutes each day. Then you realise that there is more benefit in meditation than there is sleeping so you WANT to get up an hour earlier so that you can practice: what better way to start the day?
Connected. Focused. Prepared. Perfect.
So whoâs up for it? Who wants to leave ordinary behind and welcome
EXTRAORDINARY instead? Are you ready for the ride of your life? What are you capable of if you really put your mind to it?
Do you want to be 100% focused on everything that you do?
Do you want to be so focused that you get everything done that you start?
Are you ready?
Do you want the pill now?
My Online Meditation Course is the prescription Iâve written out for you. Ten weekly 30 minute classes sent straight to your inbox. Take it dutifully like you would medicine: sit for at least 10 minutes each day listening to the sound of my voice as I guide you deeper within your own mind. Be consistent. Be diligent. DEMAND that you find that time in your day, because it may just change your life forever. Why wouldnât you do that????
Those that have completed the course have all told me something shifted. They noticed that life got a little easier, and I ask you all: ARE YOU STILL MEDITATING EACH DAY? Have you faithfully stuck to your daily practice, or has it fallen away? If itâs ceased how do you feel now? Has the connection that you made disappeared? Is life a little more hectic again? And why did you allow that to happen if it did? Iâd love to know, and motivate you to start taking the medicine again x
And for those that are ready to take the medicine for the first time then follow the link below, and WELCOME to a world of clarity, happiness and improved health. Itâs time to take control of your destiny x
Web:Â http://innerguidance.co.uk/product/10-week-online-meditation-course Email:Â jo@innerguidance.co.uk Facebook:Â InnerGuidance Twitter:Â @Inner_Guidance Copyright: Jo De Rosa 2015
Are you Attending the WIFE Conference
Thanks to Rachel for inviting me to contribute to her newsletter this week! Â Iâd really like to extend a warm invitation to all of you to get involved and come along to the first all-female fit-pro conference the UK has ever had. WIFE (Women In Fitness Empowerment) Conference takes place on Saturday 7th March at the Holiday Inn in Guildford and weâve lined up a top group of successful female presenters including Rachel! Â There are several reasons why I believe we need an all-female conference in the industry. Firstly take a look at the speakers for many industry events and you will see the guys dominate, in fact in one event taking place in 2015 there are 20 speakers and only one of those is a woman! Next, how many of you have made a training day, conference or seminar only to look around you and realize the women in the room are heavily outnumbered by men? Now donât get me wrong there are some pretty awesome guys in the industry but the lack of women at these events got me wondering why. I believe women have a really valuable contribution to make to the industry and I also know that women face unique challenges. The thought of bringing women together at one event started to take root. Â Women started to suggest to me other women they admired or looked up to in the industry and various names were put forward as speakers. Rachel was one of those names and itâs easy to understand why when you consider her depth of experience and the thousands of instructors she has trained and mentored. Women need role models, I believe we all need to see successful women achieving great things in the industry and learn from their example. Women can indeed lift other women up as Rachel is demonstrating through her Kick Start Fat Loss franchise network. Â As well as Rachel, WIFE Conference is bringing together 12 top female fitness professionals who will be sharing specific advice to female delegates on all areas of building and sustaining a successful fitness business. You will probably be familiar with many of the speakers including Katie Bulmer-Cooke who recently appeared on BBC 1âs The Apprentice as well as Charlotte Ord from ITVâs The Biggest Loser and Sky News. Lunch and refreshments are included in the ticket price of ÂŁ125 because I feel one of the things we really love to do as women is talk and network, so no need to eat out of a Tupperware box in some lonely corner of the room, and the whole day is SkillsActive and REPâs endorsed. Â I hope #WIFE2015 will be just the beginning and that the day brings together like-minded women for networking, support and inspiration. It would be lovely to see some of you there and Iâm sure Rachel will be glad to have your support as well. Â More details and tickets can be purchased at www.wifeconference.co.uk
Good Morning Good Night By Andrew Crawford
We are already midway through the mad month where I meet myself coming backâŠ.!!
What do you mean?
WellâŠâŠ.As I prepare to go to bed, from the âdaysâ work, the household is preparing to get up, from the ânightâ sleepâŠ..!!!!
My body clock is playing havoc. Mind youâŠ..when I was âyoungerââŠ.I use to do 2 to 3 days stint without going to bedâŠ!! Hard asâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ!!
In the midst of it all this week alreadyâŠ.Iâve had a day in BristolâŠ.a day in London and on Friday, a day in DerbyâŠ.thatâs 3 days away from my cockpit. Time definitely is preciousâŠâŠâŠI wonât be getting that back..!!
So once in London, I bought my usual one day travel cardâŠ..WTFâŠ.!!! ..who touched those fares??
The travelcard was now ÂŁ12.00 instead of ÂŁ8.90.
NowâŠobviously I did my calculationsâŠâŠ.it turns out that that particular fare has increased by 34.83%….!!
Goodness knows what the other fare hikes have been.
I should have noticed this the day before because having only had one hour sleep, I missed the train from Nottingham to Birmingham therefore also missed the Birmingham to Bristol train. What did that mean?…………New tickets..!!
The price of that one ticket cost more than the return journey of my previous purchased ticketsâŠ..!! Big Big price differenceâŠ.!
The moral of the story?
Buy your travel tickets in advance and onlineâŠtry avoiding purchasing overpriced tickets on the day of travel.
Even Dick Turpin wore a maskâŠ!!
With the thousands of pounds of additional fundsâŠ..ââŠput some air conditioning on the underground..â
So AndrewâŠ
Bristol, Birmingham, London DerbyâŠâŠwhat have they got to do with Accountancy and Tax??
WellâŠ.you may have guessed it by nowâŠâŠ..Travel.
In all those cases above and whatever costs I may sufferâŠâŠ..Iâm gonna claim the mofo against my business.
Claiming the costs of travelling is one of the hotspots the HMRC love to enquire about. They use the word âcommutingâ so I will refer to it here.
By the wayâŠIâve told you this before but it comes up in discussions again and again.
The ta x rules will deny a deduction for expenses of âordinary commutingâ.
Ordinary commuting is defined as travel between either: Home and a permanent workplace: or  place that is not a workplace (a hotel or someone elseâs home) and a permanent workplace
This means that travel expenses incurred from home to your normal place of work will not be allowable.
You must remember that when these rules were written, I suspect that there was not many âwork from home / home as an officeâ type of thing going on.
Also note the word permanent because this may be an issue for some of you.
Once at work, (permanent workplace), if you travel to visit clients from there, this is not ordinary commuting therefore these expenses are allowable. Therefore office to client travel is allowable.
There is another one…..Substantially ordinary commuting
What is this?
If you attend a college and the journey to the college is substantially the same as the distance to your permanent place of work, no deduction is allowable.
What if I travel from home to a clientâs premises? HMRC will accept that this is not ordinary costs of commuting but only providing that the clientâs premises constitutes a âtemporary workplaceâ.
A temporary workplace is defined as a place which you attend in the performance of your duties in order to perform a task of limited duration or for some other temporary purpose.
My Advice In summary this is the advice I want to give you.
Work from home, this will be your permanent workplace or your normal place of work. Therefore travel from home to workplace….disallowable.
Travel from home to clients premises, for one 2 one…allowable
Travel to classes…..allowable
What about Travelling Abroad In this world of globalisation it is not uncommon for you to have to take a train, boat or plane overseas for the purpose of your business. On occasions you may find yourself having to travel abroad to participate in meetings, attend masterclasses or research venues for future projects.
As long as you can demonstrate that these expenses, flight costs etc were incurred properly for your business, these expenses are claimable.
I would resist using the word holiday..!!
In a past case the HMRC disallowed all the plane flights…(just like in the case above) the reason was as follows.
They saw that there were 2 names on the flight ticket, and asked who the other person was. It transpired that it was the partner of the taxpayer.
It was also discovered that the second named person was not paid for their time abroad, therefore the HMRC took it that although evidenced by some documentation, that the passenger was the partner of the taxpayer and was not paid for their time abroad, therefore disallowed all the foreign expenditure and travel costs.
Sounds familiar?
Tax tip: If you have to go abroad on business…learn this…. If a partner is going with you, either pay them or put them on a separate ticket (technically, you cannot claim for them, however, ensure that the expenditure was incurred for the purpose of your business so pay them and claim the full costs…let them invoice you if necessary).
If you are attending a seminar/masterclass, have a copy of the brochure or timetable to show which classes you attended.
If you were invited abroad and you were not paid for your time… have a flier which clearly shows your name and picture as one of the speakers, then claim your travel and hotel costs.
If you are on a research trip….. have a diary and brochures of where and who you visited.
OhâŠ..while Iâm at itâŠ
You can claim ââŠReasonable hotel and meal expensesâŠâ on your business trips..
Hereâs mine.
I think ÂŁ500 is reasonable for my room at this 5 star hotel and I also think ÂŁ200 is reasonable for my mealâŠâŠ..!!
What is your âinterpretationâ of reasonable??
Finally
My new project is just on the horizon. I will let you know what it is next week.  SoâŠâŠ..Itâs Good Night from me and itâs Good Night From Him.
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