Jordan Candlish

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one of the greatest tragedies in life is living with your greatness still inside you conforming to a life of comfort and security and then dying having never truly lived in March of 2015 I received a letter that represented the ultimate feeling of comfort and security in my life the letter contained to my acceptance to be employed as a graduate tax accountant at one of the largest and best financial service firms in the world my life appeared to be on course I was on the path to what most people would call success I'd go through school I'd landed my dream job but soon after starting my

Ascent up the corporate ladder I was hit with the feeling that my ladder may be leaning against the wrong War I would come home from work feeling drained feeling empty feeling like someone was squeezing the creative life energy from me who else has felt like this at the end of the day at the end of their work yeah I I can see a few heads nodding and I remember one afternoon coming home from work I took my suit and tie off and I laid down on my bed I looked up for the ceiling and I thought to myself this can't be it why am I

so unhappy I have a comfortable work secure paycheck and supportive work environment yet these Comforts weren't giving me the passion and purpose my heart was truly craving I was going through the motions I was disengaged and unfulfilled there was an inner knowing that I had more to give and this lit a spark Within Me I couldn't sacrifice my passion for safety and my freedom for security this desire for some of the answers to some of life's deeper questions resulted in a profound Awakening I began reading and absorbing all forms of personal development to try and figure out how to find happiness and fulfillment during this

process for the first time instead of listening to what others said about how I should live my life I went within and started listening to my heart I started doing practices such as meditation yoga journaling I began to clear away a lot of the noise and clutter in my mind and I started connect with my inner voice over the next 12 months of my corporate job my life completely transformed every single morning before work I would wake up at 5am meditate stretch journal and write these new habits completely changed my perspective on life and my energy was completely different I began feeling an overwhelming sense

of gratitude for the simplest things a tree a sunset the ocean I began seeing the light inside other people because I realized it was the same light that was in me I wanted to share these Transformations that were happening to me so I started a website and a Blog but to be honest for most of this time I was extremely embarrassed to tell people about these inner shifts that were happening I remember one day one afternoon I was sneaking out to go to yoga class and I walked past my dad and his workmates sitting out the back having beers after work they asked me they

said Jordan where you going I said I'm going to yoga class and I said yoga what are you going to yoga format I said come out come out here and have a beer throw another shrimp on the barbie we don't actually call them shrimp in Australia we call them prawns but it was during these times it was during these times where I was questioning my Manley Hood that a quote from author and speaker brene Brown rang true to my heart she said vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage truth and courage aren't always comfortable but they're never weakness because it takes courage to go

within and face our emotions it takes courage to admit I'm lost and confused and have no purpose and as I continue to share more my courage muscle grew and in 2017 I left my corporate job my secure path and moved out here to Toronto to pursue my passions I now teach meditation and speak organizations about corporate Health and Wellness and share some of the insights that helped me on my journey I had to disappoint some people though when I left my corporate job especially my dad but I would have regretted it had I not lived life on my terms and followed my heart you see

when you flip the Game of Life on its head and you work from the inside out you realize that your happiness is generated from within and that there's nowhere to go and nothing to do realizing this we can go anywhere and do anything thank you

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