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How do you know when you are a legend?

6/19/2018

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For me the notion began back in the year 2000.  Around about the 11th of June.  I had become Junior VP of The National Speakers Association of NZ, ( joyous moment ) !and the current President commended me on a piece of written communication I had done.  Like she wrote a whole page!  And so I kept it and then on the 26th June I received another from a speaking colleague Michelle Comeau.  I kept that too!  Then Genevieve Westcott
( International Newsreader and TV Journalist ) sent me one after she had interviewed me!


​Then speakers bureaus started writing to me!  It was at this point I started noticing the feel good factor about all this and put it in a folder.  I began to have some compassion for where I had been and experience some joy for what was coming in.  12 months later I had over 1000 including mail from international professional speakers of great note from all over the world!  

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As I gathered these wonderful tomes they filled a hole for me ; a part of me torn apart by a series of losses, and I started to see my worth reflected in the feedback I received.  My first mentor had on his first book cover an endorsement that said "Hutch rocks"  And so I called my Legend Collection "Proof that Pat rocks!" 

​Hard to think back that I needed so much encouragement ....indeed...even coaching, before i found the courage to get the appt with him at the Saatchi and Saatchi Auckland office!!
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So my invitation to you all is to begin your own collection.  ​Oh...I hear you saying, You dont have any?  As soon as you put yourself into a place of being a contribution people will be compelled to make responses of appreciation.  And if you would like support to advance this, please do be in touch.  I am up for a conversation about this big time! 

You see it brings joy......for both parties!!

Last count there were 5000 and rising !
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Phone 0487105785 or email pat@joyology.co.nz

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I am the message

6/6/2018

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CLAIMING THE SPACE AS A VISIONARY ARTIST
Those of you who know me well will be aware that "Doubting Thomas" has been my alter ego.  For quite some time!  He was my clown persona when I travelled with Patch Adams, and will feature in a childrens book series and animation in the near future.

However today I take great great joy in informing you that Doubting Thomas has met Enduring Faith!  I had a creative strategy session with Alexis Cohen today and was able to draw in so much more around my own full creative self expression.  I have been dancing it in for many years but its full expression has eluded me till now.



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What do I mean by that? 

It has been happening in a piecemeal fashion, beginning with using the body painted Monarch,  who danced to "You are the wind beneath my wings" in 2002 to close a keynote in Auckland.  I still get phone calls from people who were there that day!

And it has grown with other forms being created, like the aboriginal dancer who performed to " I am Australian".  

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My old coach Sally Anderson said to me "Pat, how would it be if you took on that you are a 21st Century Shaman who is here to raise the consciousness of the planet?"   

Then my PR lady said​ "So Pat really you are like a spiritual midwife delivering people out of the darkness". 

​Other people can so be a gift to us,  by giving us the language to give voice to that which we cant quite grasp on our own sometimes!


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So today I add Visionary Artist to my descriptors! 

My art has always been informed by my encounters with humanity and for a long time I asked myself :-

" Am I a speaker who paints, or am I an artist who speaks?" 

​I even made a lecturn to depict that! 

​There is no answer that question for I am both.  



It is time for me to now be witnessed in that place
and to own that "I am the message"
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​I can't and won't go another year not shining my full light!

My invitation is for you to join me on the journey
and step into your own light


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Over 300,000 views on 101010 Pill or Perception

6/2/2018

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In 2010 I was invited to be a guest on this documentary produced and directed by Theresa Grainger.  8 years on and the content is equally as valuable for anybody wanting to manage the stressors in their life and examine other ways to achieve wellbeing. 

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