Letter from the Founder

By Amy Bell

This coral edition almost didn’t happen!

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That’s correct, folks! Even with all my training and intimate knowledge of each colour, I still believed coral to be a bit of a secondary colour that didn’t warrant a dedicated edition. My original thought was to skip it and move right into the creative energy of orange.

As a designer, creativity is my jam, my safe zone, my go-to space; so, I figured orange would be the next logical step on the magazine’s journey. However, I am a student of the energy of colour so rather than blindly jumping over coral, I jumped in it instead.

I started my investigation with Moira Bush’s book 8 Colours of Prosperity. Moira is my colour mentor and has focused on the colours of prosperity and shadow work for over fifteen years. She has led many love and money bootcamps around the globe, helping her students to break free from their prosperity blocks through the lens of colour. Here are her opening paragraphs about coral:

“When you mix pink and yellow, you make coral. Yellow is the colour of joy, and pink is the colour of love and money. To achieve true financial freedom, you need to attain a state of both love and joy. When you have fun your love and money have the capacity to expand beyond all limiting beliefs.

Coral is often the colour you feel drawn to when you seek to break your glass ceiling.”

SNAP! There it was! Could I possibly have a fear of breaking through my own glass ceiling? Wait, is my fear of success actually strong enough to stop me from wanting to do a coral edition? The very colour of expansion, leadership, and growth? How could that be possible? I started this magazine because I wanted to leave a legacy for my children and impact the creative community. I wanted to grow it and expand it into a flourishing hub of inspiration and valuable information to help creatives thrive. I wanted to be an example to others and personally show them that, no matter their age, they could leap into something new, have a blast, and earn a fabulous living doing what they love.

Where is there room for a “fear of success” story in that mission? I certainly didn’t devote an entire year bringing my vision to life just to run full force into a wall of doubt now.

But there I was, contemplating leaving out what I now feel is the most important colour of them all. Hmmmm, interesting. I have mentioned on several occasions that we—those that read, purchase, write, advertise, or sponsor this magazine—are in fact entering into a healing contract with each colour. By virtue of participating with it in some way, you are directly or indirectly impacted by the energy of the colour. Myself included.

So, I have a few questions for you:

• Am I the only one who has started out on a mammoth mission?

• Am I the only one who faced fear and doubt while trying to achieve success?

• Why do some entrepreneurs attain huge success and others struggle to get out the gate?

• Why are some people excited to bust through their glass ceiling and others are paralyzed by fear when an obstacle presents itself?

Over the last three months have you found yourself:

• Up against a wall in your business?

• Wondering where to go or what to do next?

• At a plateau and wanting to get to the next level?

• Having a growing ball of excitement in your belly knowing that something HUGE is about to happen?

• Confused at the time it’s taking to reach your goals?

• Getting nervous enough to, perhaps, give up on your mission and start searching Indeed for job opportunities?

Coral is using the voices of myself and my columnists to answer these questions for you. We all realize that accepting, leading, and expanding can be difficult stages to go through. This is why we have dedicated this edition to providing you real-world solutions. We’re including exercises, meditations, business advice, and industry tips that you can use to remind yourself that having fun is what activates the law of prosperity.

Unconditional Self-Acceptance

This means loving every single part of you, your shadows, and your light. Easier said than done, am I right? You have to love your inner unmotivated couch potato as much as you love that ambitious go-getter side of you. Judging your inability to get motivated with a rampage of negative self-talk is just going to keep the destructive cycle of unworthiness spinning. Accept, surrender, and enjoy your rest time rather than beating yourself up about being lazy.

What I came to understand from re-reading my colour text books is that the shadow part of coral that resides in each of us wants to keep us small. It will create situations, illnesses, injuries, and blocks to stop us from reaching our full potential. Not because it wants to hurt us, but rather it wants to protect us from the perils of success. Protect us from those limiting beliefs that were implanted in us from day one by media, parents, teachers, bosses—you get my point.

It takes courage to shut down your shadow. You have to have enough faith that your shadow feels safe with you driving the bus. You have to have that deep self-acceptance to keep your little devil in check. If it has any doubts in your ability, it’s not afraid to turn into a very loud backseat driver and, if you’re still not listening, it’ll grab the wheel right out of your hands!

If you’re having trouble with self-acceptance and find your shadow taking over the conversation, you can always reach for the Colour Mirrors Coral Dragon essence. When I can’t seem to come up with the answers, she connects me to the wisdom of divine feminine power. Plus she can help find solutions with almost magical speed!

Leadership

Great leaders know their limit and play within it. They fully accept that they don’t know the answers to everything and bring in subject matter experts to help them get to their next level. As I entered into season two of this magazine, I recognized that my skill set had been exhausted in some areas of my business. Rather than beat myself up about what I don’t know, I brought in support to help me grow.

The next time you find yourself needing to make important business decisions, I invite you to try wearing coral- coloured clothing to amp up your confidence. I also suggest investing in a Colour Mirrors essence bottle called Coral Angel. Coral Angel assists you in instant manifestation and keeping the fun factor alive. It also reminds you that you are beautiful and perfect as you are. If you’re needing an additional boost, you can get yourself a bottle of Rose Gold which helps with bringing love, abundance, and joy into your life.

Massive Expansion

When I start a project there is only one way to go—UP! UP! UP! The excitement of starting something new is absolutely intoxicating to me. Everyone is supportive and excited. There’s congratulations, hype, and joy coming in from all directions. My addiction to this feeling led me to starting tons of amazing projects since becoming an entrepreneur but my follow-through rate was extremely low. I always stopped after the rush of newness wore off and reality set in.

I believe the reason I wanted to skip the coral edition was because I still held the belief that I had no idea how to expand and grow a business, and I was fearful of judgment and embarrassment.

Looking back, I believe my shadow implanted a “quit now—this isn’t fun anymore” message in my head to save me from another shadow message that I wasn’t smart enough to make it work. (See how they gang up to make sure you don’t reach your full potential!)

For a brief moment my shadow was driving the bus. It took over because it could tell that I was heading into an expansive phase. It was afraid that expansion equaled risk and risk was not safe.

When you have fun your love and money have the capacity to expand beyond all limiting beliefs. With that sentence from Moira’s book echoing in my heart, I had a little conversation with my shadow. It went something like this: “Thank you for trying to protect me but we’re going to be just fine. You can hand me back the wheel and enjoy the ride.”

Essences to support you on your coral journey.

These essences from the Colour Mirrors system act as an energized scented connection to your intention as you contemplate/meditate on your coral journey. They are spritzed into your auric field, a room you'd like to clear or cleanse or on your body. I like to spray a little into my hands, rub my hands together and then bring my hands to my face to allow the scent to anchor in my intension.

There are many spritzers to choose from to support you. This system is very much dependent on your intuition. Email me for more information, amy.barroso@whitelightningcommunications.com

Coral Dragon

• Access your true power

• Activate your Divine Feminine

• Speedy manifestation

• Self acceptance

Coral Angel

• Instant manifestation

• Connects you to your inner child

• Reminds you, you are perfect

• Boosts self esteem and confidence

• Helps stop bullying and abuse

Rose Gold

• Brings love, abundance and joy

• Activates the Divine feminine

• Reminds you, you are never alone, you are on track and you are always loved and supported