Special Interview

An interview with Zehra Aly

By Dwayne Richards

Forgiveness—The magic pill to change your money story.

Who is Zehra Aly? I am an empowerment coach, Colour Mirrors practitioner and teacher, single mom of two beautiful teenagers and a little puppy dog. I also work full-time at York

University. Colour and helping others has always been a passion of mine. Colour actually made it easier for me to be able to give people a tool to help them. So, that’s me right now.

What does orange mean to you when we think of your money and your money story?

It was interesting that you brought up orange because as I’m going through my program with my students, I’m going into orange and the sacral chakra this Monday. It’s timing that we are having conversation today.

In thinking about how money and orange relate, it was interesting any time something shocking or traumatic happened, I would go shopping as a distraction or spent money on things that I didn’t necessarily need. My inner child would come out to play and go spend all my money. I wouldn’t know where it went. That was my old pattern with money.

What about now?

Now instead of spending my money when something traumatic happens, I look through the lens of colour and analyze, to look deeper and ask what’s going on? It’s so beautiful; now when I am writing posts for social media, I can now use my trauma and how I worked through it. I am able to share my experiences with intention that it might help them start healing and move toward a state of bliss.

What is bliss for you?

Bliss is finding inner peace and for me that is when I am in nature or bathing with a Colour Mirrors bottle. It is while meditating and working with the Colour Mirror bottles. And for me, bliss has always been about helping others.

One of the key principles of sacral chakra is forgiveness. Being able to forgive your past and the people that caused you that shock or trauma. When you’re able to forgive and truly heal from it, that is when you can get to a state of bliss.

What was an early belief about money?

You have to shop for the deals and save money for rainy day emergencies because things will go wrong in the future. An additional belief is you have to work hard for your money.

Who taught you about money?

Moira Bush through her Love and Money Bootcamp, meeting amazing financial advisers like Joanna Blackmore and yourself.

What changed?

I started paying more attention and become actively involved with managing my money. I am definitely more responsible and aware of where my money is now going.

• I use reminders for bills and bills’ due dates

• I set up pre-authorized payments for important monthly bills like my mortgage, property taxes, and condo fees

• Once a month I review and pay all my other bills— cell phone, internet, gas, credit card

What is the problem that you solve for your clients?

I empower women who have suffered a past trauma to find forgiveness, to start healing, and rediscover their lost inner child. I help them identify their limiting beliefs and step into their birthright of abundance and prosperity. Clients gain back their authentic power and become who they truly want to be.

Who is your ideal client?

A person who has experienced some sort of shock or trauma in their life and not yet dealt with it. They suffer from anxiety or depression and may be feeling lost, overwhelmed and don’t have a sense of direction as to how to move forward. They want something different and aren’t sure where to start.

Examples: separation or divorce, loss of a job, or the loss of a loved one

What does forgiveness mean to you?

A lot of times people associate forgiveness with thinking that if you forgive your past trauma or the people that hurt you that you are saying that it’s okay. One of the biggest lessons that I learned about forgiveness is that it doesn’t need to actually mean that. Forgiveness is not saying that what happened is okay, but just accepting that was a process that you had to go through to become who you are today. And the more we can accept that, it makes it easier to forgive the people that caused us that shock and trauma and abuse or any of those things that may have happened that we’re holding on to and unable to let go. So, forgiveness is more about us. You can’t get to that place of bliss if you continue to hold on to all of that anger and that trauma.

About Zehra Aly Zehra is an internationally qualified Colour Mirrors Master Teacher and has been a Practitioner since 2015. She is a specialist mentor, guiding people to live their most conscious, confident and powerful life using the magic & psychology of colour.

Notable Achievements: 2x Community Achievement Award Certified Leadership Coach

Current Projects: Creator and Teacher of Prosperity Breakthrough Academy of Colour - 9 Week Program