Miracles Through the Chaos - Selling our home and setting off on our nomadic ways again

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but this is the final live episode of 2024. There’s something so powerful about the collective clean-slate energy of the new year, and I’m here for it.

In this episode, I’m sharing what has been the most chaotic and miraculous 100 days—selling our home, navigating setbacks, and learning deep lessons in trust and patience. It’s been a rollercoaster, but also a reminder that miracles often arrive in the messiest, most unexpected ways when you stay calm, aligned, and rooted in belief.

As we head into this season of busyness, family, and rest, I invite you to find your own calm in the chaos. Take the space you need, trust in the timing, and allow yourself to slow down while staying connected to the big vision.

Thank you for being part of this space—your love, messages, and support have meant the world to me. I’m taking a short two-week break, but I’ll still be sharing all the adventures on Instagram, so come hang out.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and I’ll see you in 2025. Always follow the flow of what feels good.

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Transcript

You guys, welcome back to a new episode of the Flow State Business Podcast.  I cannot believe this, but this is our last live episode of 2024.  It's such a weird feeling to be saying that, but also at the same time, I honestly cannot wait for the new year. I was sitting down having brekkie with my husband this morning, and I'm like, I don't care about like how time is non linear, and how it's a construct when it gets to New Year's Eve every single year, I'm like, I am so here for the collective energy of Clean Slate.

And I think that's what makes New Year's so special. So I'm going to be taking a bit of a break from the podcast, which honestly I have never done before, like not once, but this year I have. All the reasons to step back a little bit. And just let me say these past few weeks has been total and utter chaos, like in the best and most ridiculous way.

There has been so much happening behind the scenes and I'm going to get into all of that really soon because I love filling you guys in.  Firstly, I just really want to take a moment to thank all of you, especially you right now, listening. Every single person who's tuned in, that's left a review, that's messaged me after an episode or told me how something has completely resonated with you, just thank you.

Truly this podcast has been such an incredible source of. Energy and connection for me that you have no idea. Like I've said this from the minute I started my podcast, how much you guys are like my therapist, because I can share so much with all of you and never feel judged and just put it all out there.

And it's a big deal running a coaching business. Sometimes it can feel like I'm just at home alone, speaking into a microphone. And then once the episode goes live and seeing all of your beautiful comments, it means so much. And. It really has been such a reminder of why I do what I do. So thank you for showing up and making this space feel so alive and so real.

And it's going to get even better in 2025. Now I want to get into the good stuff of this episode because it's a juicy one. And I think I'm going to name this episode, something like the miracles that you can expect in the chaos, because I know a lot of us are heading into a big manic season, whether it's travel, family, festivities, just like sometimes even in the quiet, it can feel manic in your own mind because you've got so much time to think things through.

So however, this resonates with you. Oh my gosh, so let's start like the last few weeks and I'm even going to go back to the last 100 days because so much has been unraveling in this last quarter of the year. The last few weeks have been absolutely MA NIC, capital letters, all caps, all the things. And I'm going to share exactly why. 

But I'm also going to talk about. How to find the magic in all the manic energy, because it's there. Okay. And if you're feeling like life is just throwing you a million things your way, this episode is recorded in that energy of a million things being thrown my way. I'm going to give you some more perspective.

Definitely stick around. Oh my gosh. And you know, even this morning when I was. Talking to my mastermind in Voxer, something just really hit in such a beautiful way. Like we've all been chatting about the importance of taking a real intentional break, even as you're building, even if it feels like you've got so many things that you need to get done.

And for some of you, this might be the season where you do get through a lot of that, which is It's absolutely awesome because you've got the quiet and you've got the space. But for those of you who are, let's say like entertaining family, or you just don't have internet because you're somewhere amazing.

It's okay to just step away from the busyness of work and also to relieve yourself from the pressure that you've been putting on yourself. Let's be real for maybe a lot of this year. I know some of you have really been at that point where you feel as though you're at your wits end. Or I had someone say to me that they feel like they're, they're losing the battle of keeping a positive mindset.

All these things are really, really important. Stemmed from the pressure that you put on yourself. And a lot of my masterminders are also still juggling full time jobs. They're building their businesses.  And what came up was the idea of giving yourself permission to pause. But it's not about switching off.

Like it's not that like, turn it all off, burn it down to the ground, delete all of your apps energy. Again, if that's what you want to do, do that. But this was more in the vein of switching off, but staying focused on the big vision and allowing yourself to really step back in a way that feels very aligned and very restorative.

Like my client, Nikki's like, I'm so, so, so looking forward to the next three weeks of break. But at the same time, I'm really playing with my big vision and my big dreams and my intentions and. She's a yoga teacher, so she's no doubt going to be in flow, in yoga flow, and really calling that in from a very beautiful, like, somatic perspective.

So do what calls you up, do what feels like, you know, you're going to find that wisdom through all of the madness that you've been navigating and to find peace in your own chaos. That's a way to put it. But I also want to leave you with some encouragement to stay really connected to what really matters, even if you're in all of this craziness.

Okay. So let's get stuck into the main bit.  Oh my gosh. For the last 100 days. I have been in the thick of selling our primary property. Now you might remember a few years ago, I manifested the funds to buy this house, because I knew we had to live here. I knew that this was going to be a big unlock for our wealth.

I could see that the area was growing. I could see that if we could be here, stay here for a certain amount of time for tax purposes and. You know, see the market rise, we would cash in, in a huge way from a property point of view. So this is the timing, you know, it's been a very big journey. And I know that this house has really served the purpose that it's here to have served.

And it's just one of those moments where I just know, like, my God, I am ready to go big with everything, with our wealth, with property, with the way that we're selling things. Anyway. I want to give you a little spoiler.  This is definitely the most frustrating yet rewarding experience that I have ever had with real estate. 

Now for context, I've.  Always had such incredible luck with property. I have been, I bought my first property at 23. I've been buying, you know, and selling property since then. I've had my own properties that I've lived in, investment properties, all the things. But this time I feel like the energy of property luck and favorability was showing itself in a very different way.

And for those of you Aussies out there or people who follow the Olympics,  It really did feel like a Stephen Bradbury moment, you know, when like, you're winning the race and everybody else falls over right at the finish line. Sorry, you're losing the race, everybody else falls over at the finish line and you win the race.

That's literally how it felt.  But you know what? It's okay. Like, this is what happened. The market, the property market had slowed down really, really hard during the time that we decided to sell it. Like at the time when we were selling it, the property market was really hot. Like when we were interviewing real estate agents, we're even taking photos.

Once the sale board went up, like it was still really hot. But you know, for property people, you'll know, like at the end of a trend, it starts to fall off really quick and really fast. And that's what happened to us. So the buyers became really hesitant, especially for properties in our dollar mark, around like, um, 1.

5, 2 million, that sort of mark, you know, it was really, really difficult to sell. Like all the agents around the area was saying a lot of people wanting to buy houses like at the five to 800 K mark, but anything double that was like really, really slowing down very hard. And people love the house. You know, they'd walk through it and say, this is amazing.

It's perfect. It's exactly what we want. But then crickets. Like, they weren't willing to pay what the house was worth. Maybe a few weeks ago. And that was really hard for me to grasp and understand because I'm like, how can the property just fall in value so fast within a period of weeks? And I was so frustrated.

Like every single week we were doing open houses and just tidying things up. Like we've got a kid, the house gets messy. We run the business from home. It was super disruptive. And I was so annoyed. Like I kept thinking this house should have sold straight away, like everything about it. It's so, so perfect.

And no matter how much it felt like we had all the right puzzle pieces, the sale just wasn't happening. Like every single weekend I was doing abundance grids and clearing the house with sage and praying about it and journaling about it and believing it. Like, you know, like with through gritted teeth, like really believing now universe,  you know, that kind of energy where it's like, what am I doing? 

Oh, and this is where all the lessons kicked in. And they were very deep.  I had to learn patience on a whole new level. You guys, I'm a manifesting generator. I want to go fast. I want to go  so fast. Like give me  like the fastest car. I just want to go super quick.  And this was not the vibe, especially not just with this house.

It kind of just felt like it was a culmination of 2023 and 2024 as lessons as a whole, and it was almost like the last lesson that I had to learn around patience and trust and the energy of slow flow. Oh my gosh. So I had to trust that even though  it wasn't looking like it was going to happen anytime soon.

Um, even though it looks like we were possibly going to be on the market for like months and months and months,  I had to believe that something was working behind the scenes. And you guys, isn't this just such an analogy for wherever you're at with your business or wherever you're at with certain things in your personal life?

That trust was everything. Because just when I thought we had literally hit a dead end, like all the buyers had come through the house had been on the market for like 70 days at this point, which is quite long for our area. And  at one stage that we had a couple of open houses and no one came through, that was very depressing.

That, that felt like doing a launch to crickets or that felt like going live on a zoom call and none of your students were on the other side of it, you know, like it literally felt like that, my gosh. Um, but.  We had to hold the faith, you know, we, we had to be there and our agents were really great, just like guiding us through that energy and saying like, Hey, it's not just you guys.

It's just people in the area as well. Once again, the price point that you guys are selling at, and we did come down a bit on our price point, but we found a way to still make that up, which I'll, I'll share in a second, but this dead end energy just felt like so real. And then all of a sudden it was like, boom.

We had an incredible buyer come through and they  gave us what we wanted, which was awesome. Not only that, they were unconditional, so there were no conditions to the sale and we were like, Hallelujah, let's do it. Yes. All right. So at this point, things are looking great. The contracts come in, so their solicitor speaks to our solicitor and then we get a phone call from our real estate agent and she says, I am so sorry guys, but there is a very, very big condition, which has just come in and we weren't told about it, but here it is.

And the condition is that they need to completely settle on their house that they're selling And Before they can become unconditional with yours. And it's going to be a two week wait. At this point, I am ready to get going. And you know, that energy of like, yes,  everything's working out for me. And then it's like, what the hell?

Beep, beep, beep, beep. And you're just like, what is this lesson? Now we had a choice. Obviously we could have said no to that and gone back to market. And the last couple of open homes, there was no one who came through. So we could wait and wait and wait, or we could believe that this is our buyer, that everything's going to work out.

And on all accounts, they would have sold their house. And like everyone around us was saying, nothing's going to go wrong. Their house is sold. They just need to wait for settlement. So Michael and I just looked at each other and we're like, fuck it. Let's just trust in it. Let's go. Let's just believe that this is what we're meant to be doing.

And. You know what? This process has completely  stretched me beyond, beyond, beyond. It made me sit with the discomfort of not having control. And it reminded me that the miracles don't always show up the way that you expect. And sometimes they sneak in at the very last minute in a very complicated, unplanned, messy way.

And it still gives you the outcome that you wanted all along. And I want to share this because if you're in a place where things feel stuck or they aren't lining up for you, as you imagined, I want to encourage you to stay the course. It is literally my whole entire lesson of the last 100 days. Trust that it's all happening for you.

And as corny as that sounds, even if it doesn't look like it right now, your only job is to trust. And not to stress, I'd be saying this to a past version of me a few weeks ago. I'd be holding both of her hands, looking her directly in the eyes. And I would say, because when the breakthrough comes and it will.

It's going to feel so aligned and you're going to feel so light and it's going to feel like a massive exhale right when you realize that everything that you've been waiting for was worth it. So, you know, let's call in that magic. Sometimes the win is waiting for you right at the finish line. Okay. Like it does really, really make a huge difference.

Now, this brings me to a really powerful connection I made during this process. One that is rooted in all of my training around flow science and just having a lot of people around me. I have a lot of friends and amazing people who are in the field of human flourishing. And especially researchers, my coach, Dr.

Baikang Newhouse, who has an incredible podcast called the Flourishing Unfiltered Podcast. She's just amazing. And I listen to all of my incredible peers in the industry talking about all of this. And. What I want to share with you is researchers have found that patience is not just about waiting idly or passively, you're still doing stuff through the patience, but it's actually about cultivating a state of trust and resilience, which is here to lead you through this wellbeing state, essentially the deepest form of human flourishing.

And. Allowing yourself to feel paired with a strong belief in a positive outcome, despite things looking a little manic and crazy on the outside. And this is exactly what I'm talking about here. Like this magic of flow, when you let go of the need to force things and you allow that space to come in to invite you to.

Believing things. It's such a subtle shift and it's not like you can't see much on the outside because it just looks like you're still doing the work, but the energy behind it is like, I know I'm doing this. I know I'm packing boxes because I'm believing that the house is going to become unconditional in a few days.

As opposed to. calling up the lawyers every two seconds. I definitely did do that though.  I just think even a real, not every two seconds, but every other day I was checking in like any news, any news, um, but not out of force, just out of needing like that little bit of confirmation. Oh guys. Like also on the spiritual side, very quickly, side turn here.

I went to get a massage with Amy. You guys all know Amy now she's like my Reiki healer, shamanic  massage. You know, friend, all the things. And she did like a balancing chakra rebalancing for me. And then she goes, Oh Ruby, your guides want me to tell you that your house is going to settle and you're going to be moved out before Christmas.

And I'm like, Oh, what? Like I had not even told her the full ordeal, but that was the message which came through. I just, I was like, Love that. And a lot of these messages, they do come through when you are staying connected to your bigger vision. Like even when the present moment feels uncertain, I swear there's clearer messages, which come through others or if, and it comes through others because sometimes you might be too stuck or stubborn to see the actual message.

Message. So this message, thank you guys, came through someone that I love and trust. And she just said it in such like a straightforward way, exactly like how I needed to hear it. So  guys, for me, this process was such an invitation to practice patience. Not a word that I'm comfortable with, not a word that I think a lot of you are not comfortable with as entrepreneurs.

But every time I wanted to panic or give up, I just reminded myself that this is happening for me, not to me. I am trusting the timing and that trust paid off just when we were starting to feel like we might need to compromise. The buyer came in just as we thought we needed to give up hope. The settlement happened with so much ease and guys, the settlement happened on the 12th of December.

Like, today's the 16th of December as I'm recording this, and we will be completely out and completely handed over the keys by the 20th of December. That's eight days. Eight days between knowing for sure.  That the house is sold and that we're packing everything up and going. And in that time, we've just held the line in that time.

We've been selling stuff on Facebook marketplace. We've been packing things that we don't need. We've been planning out holiday for the end of the year. We've been thinking about where we'll be in Christmas. Like we're not in this stuck energy, although we really wanted to be, really wanted to be sure we wanted all the contract sign, especially Michael.

He's very like, no, we need the contract sign. And we need it to be sure. Whereas I'm like, no, we need to like, keep going. We need to just believe in the possibilities and know that we're actually already there. I'm like, Amy's seen it. All of my tarot cards have said it's happening. I've done all the abundance work and I was checking in with my own like inquiry, like my own worry, my own intuition, and none of it felt bad.

None of it felt like a warning. Okay. So do that. Like if you need to just like sit with yourself for a bit, hand on heart. And just inquire, higher self, spirit, guides, God, whoever it is that you speak to, what is it that you will have me know in this moment?  If things are not right, please give me a warning. 

If things are right, fill me up with incredible peace right here and right now. And every time I ask that, incredible peace from the top of my head,  down to my fingertips,  down to my belly button,  down to the tips of my toes.  Was filled with like warm honey  and it was so calming. It was so relaxing. And I turned to Michael and I said, we're good. 

We're good, babe. And he just looked at me. He's like, we're good. Right. And he could feel my energy also.  So  here we are now,  everything has officially been signed off. We've had eight days. Yep. Eight days to pack up our entire life here, put everything into storage, throw what we need, To be thrown into the suitcases, donate stuff, all the things.

And for the next few weeks, we're going to be packing up the Mercedes. We're going to be driving down, doing a beautiful coastal trip. We'll be living out of the suitcases, seeing family in Melbourne, and then we're planning a really spontaneous overseas trip somewhere. So last minute, we're probably going to book it like a few days before we go.

And see where we land. So make sure you follow along on Instagram. It's going to be so fun to see where we go. Like I still, at this point, don't know where we'll be in 10 days, but we'll be somewhere overseas. So yeah, before I wrap up, here is another little miracle that made this process so much smoother as well.

Our buyers actually bought most of our furniture. So like, how amazing is that?  We didn't have to deal with any of the massive headache of moving like any of the big items. And then there were some. Leftover pieces that they didn't need. And guess what? The real estate team who sold our house, a lot of the girls in the office could obviously see our photos online and they loved our furniture and they snapped them up.

So,  you know, it was just so cool. It made everything it's making, I should say, making everything so easeful.  And it's been once again, such a lesson in how even in like the most chaotic experiences that we can hold in life. There's also an equal amount of effortlessness, which is available to us in alignment.

And I know that I know, I know, I know, I know that if I wasn't doing the inner work and staying calm, staying aligned, staying playful, like just chilling through the mess and just embracing it, that these miracles, they wouldn't have come through as easily. You know, like I honestly think I would have blocked a lot of these possibilities and instead law of assumption, it's already happening, law of attraction, it's of course going to happen.

Like all these things, it's just brought like ease, effortlessness, these examples that I'm giving you of like the furniture is not all gone, but other people are here to buy it. And like, even now in a few hours, I've got some more people coming to pick up stuff from marketplace, like cute little baskets that I had around the house and lighting and lamps and things like that, that are going to go to beautiful new homes.

So. Right now, I am sitting here in my very empty closet and I've got boxes waiting to be packed and labeled and loaded. I feel this strange but really beautiful sense of calm and you can too, okay? Your, your manic ness might be a different representation of what I've talked about, but know that time is expanding just enough for you to sit down, for you to breathe, for you to go and have a glass of wine with your friend, for you to, Fit in that workout because you know, it's going to be really good for you.

And even to record maybe your own final episode of your podcast this year. So I'm raising a, you know, fake glass in the air.  Everyone who's been here with me, whether you've listened to one episode or every single one and binged on all of them, thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Your love, your messages, your reviews, everything is just unbelievable. And I'll still be very active over on Instagram. If you want to stay connected or come hang out there, it's gonna be such a vibe over the next few weeks. 'cause it's just gonna be like, surprise. We're here, this is where we're traveling through.

And uh, I will be back in the very early part of January, like literally, I'm only taking two weeks off. I'm making this such a big deal. But you know, I know some of you guys like know that I've never missed a beat with this episode. So it is definitely a big deal. And, um, final. Massive thanks to my assistant, Deb.

You guys love the episode of me and Deb last week. She is such a beautiful love soul. Like her soul is love. Her energy is light. Deb, thank you for editing pretty much every single one of these episodes this year, and some of these doing it in such like short period of time, like I literally have this episode recorded on a Monday, it's out on a Wednesday.

And she's done some for me where. The audio hasn't turned out. It's been recorded, re recorded on a Tuesday and it's out on a Wednesday morning at 6 30 AM every single week. So babe, you are a fucking legend. I love you so much to everybody else. Stay in flow. Lead with your belief and let the miracles unfold this season.

Let the miracles come to you in the most beautiful, expansive, aligned way. A beautiful Merry Christmas for those of you who celebrate a beautiful happy new year, I'm going to have one somewhere overseas, but it's still going to be very chill. And I'm going to start the 1st of January off with the most aligned visionary massive session.

So. Love you. I will see you soon. Peace out for 2024 big kisses and remember to always follow the flow of what feels good.  Love you guys.