About

Welcome to my blog on self-confidence and personal growth. Growing up I had no self confidence and certainly didn’t believe I had any personal potential worth thinking about.

Diane Corriette

I hated the way I looked and I never spoke to anyone unless they spoke to me first. In 1991 I decided that had to change and I began a journey of overcoming shyness and building my self confidence that led to looking into who I was and my purpose in life.

Through my writing I want to inspire you into action, guide you into action, move you towards being proactive and taking action! But I need your help because information without implementation is useless -  in order words – if you don’t actively use what you read your life will never change.

My spiritual purpose in life is to teach and I have chosen to educate women about building self confidence. My vision is to help women become self expressed and listening to their own inner voice to guide them rather than being pushed and pulled according to what people think.

The definition of education as I use it:

“the word education is derived from educare (Latin) “bring up”, which is related to educere “bring out”, “bring forth what is within”, “bring out potential” and ducere, “to lead”"

So I don’t TELL you what you need to know, I don’t believe that my way is the only way. I believe you are powerful enough to find your own answers and until YOU believe that I am here to support you by writing on this blog and providing personal development eBooks that will help you change your life.

That really is all you need to know about me but if you are interested in knowing more read on…

Personal Information

Below are 11 important things you should know and I hope by the end of them you have a clear picture of who I am and where I am coming from:

1.  I pretty much did as I was told for at least 25 years of my life before deciding I was going to do what I want. Now at age 45 I refuse to do anything that doesn’t work for me and will voice my opinion on just about anything.

2. Despite being more confident than I have ever been I am still fairly quiet. I am an introvert and I don’t see the need to talk for the sake of it and you will probably never see me dancing on tables! I have what has been called “quiet confidence” and a “strong presence” – people know I am there even if I don’t talk!

3. My goals have changed over the last few years – going through a recession will get you thinking about what is important. I appreciate the importance of prosperity (spiritual, financial and physical) now more than ever.

4. Working online 90% of the time is great and I get to work from home. I love to blog and make videos as a way of sharing my journey in the hope that it helps yours. If you are on YouTube <== click the link to connect.

5.  I have 3 amazing children, all very different and all making their way in the world.  I encourage them all to be individuals and find their own niche rather than look at and compare each other.

6.  My parents are from a Caribbean island called Dominica and I was born in London, England. I visited Dominica in August 2010 and was proud to run a workshop on blogging and using the internet to get noticed for authors. It ran at the University of the West Indies, Dominica. I also read poetry at the literary festival, sharing the stage with international authors and speakers.

7.  I always set myself goals and currently I am working on building an income through blogging, writing, speaking and running membership sites so I can live anywhere in the world and still earn a living. My son is in High School and once he completes that my dream begins (2016-17) once he goes into University two years later my desire is to live in other countries for longer than a few months.

10.  I am not one of these happy clappy be happy 24/7 or there must be something wrong with you kind of people. I have unhappy days, I go through self doubt, I wonder what the hell I am doing sometimes – I allow myself to go through stuff like that but I NEVER ALLOW IT TO STOP ME from living and I never allow it to put me into a place of self-pity. Eventually, I will always pick myself back up and carry on. I see these moments as important for my personal growth to remind me how far I have come and where I am going. I rely on my inner guidance system, my inner voice, to help me through them and when I use the guidance I am given life always works out well for me.

11.  My numerology number is 29/11 – which is the same as Prince William it would seem except I have been blessed to be born under the sign of Scorpio (or cursed maybe not sure!) what does it mean to live the life of a 29/11? Here is a paragraph that describes me perfectly….

Many 29/11′s have tremendous creative potential but they can have trouble handling the energy. 29/11′s often have an unusual appearance, with an energy field two or three times larger than the average, their attractiveness coming from the glowing energy field, rather than necessarily physical features. Their sensitive energy does not allow them to tolerate drugs or alcohol well, and they need more exercise than the average person as a way of keeping their energy flowing and for grounding.

A great book to read is “The Life You Were Born To Live” by Dan Millman

Whenever I have a spiritual reading or fill in a personality profile I am told my life is about being a teacher. This is from a numerology reading….

Diane, you have the potential to be a source of inspiration and illumination for people. You possess an inordinate amount of energy and intuition. There is so much going on in your psyche that you are often misunderstood early in life, making you shy and withdrawn.
You have far more potential than you know. You galvanize every situation you enter. You inspire people, but without your conscious effort. Energy seems to flow through you without your controlling it. This gives you both power and sometimes emotional turmoil.

Ideas, thoughts, understanding, and insight — all of these can come to you without your having to go through a rational thought process. There seems to be a bridge, or connection, between your conscious and unconscious realms, attuning you to a high level of intuition through which even psychic information can flow. Many inventors, artists, religious leaders, prophets, and leading figures in history have had the 11 prominent in their chart.

So as you can see I was BORN to do this work and you are in good hands!

 Professional Information

One other thing about me in case you are interested in my professional qualifications to teach/coach. I am a trained personal development coach. Have studied NLP to master practitioner level, attended a life coaching course to executive level, been on numerous personal development courses including Landmark Education and have a ton of CDs, books and DVDs on personal growth.

To end, here is a quote I love about praying but I also believe it can be used to help you in your life. If you constantly speak about WHAT’S WRONG it is time to STOP and focus on what you want to experience instead

“Stop praying the problem. Stop talking about what’s wrong. Simply ask for the desired result or the solution and be open to hearing the answer”

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