Review of year 2023: Crossing boundaries
How writing my book transformed my life
2023 was just an amazing and outstanding year for me. A year that changed so much in my life. It was the year when I wrote and published my first book: I am still fascinated how writing my book influenced and transformed my life. It literally changed everything. Ok. Now I am exaggerating, but yes, it did influence my relationships, with bringing so many new and outstanding people in my life (not only business wise but also regarding my friendships). It changed, how I am perceived in the business world and as a person. It brought a lot of credibility and respect not only from others but also for myself in my life. I honor now much more who I am and what I am doing. And this is probably the biggest transformation. How I see myself now.
However, frankly spoken I didn’t have that planned at all and it was not one of the four very special goals I set myself at the end of 2022. It just happened in the course of my book writing adventure, which absorbed lots of my energy and time in 2023. Hence, I managed to meet three of these goals and missed out on one of it. That one I will now try in 2024 😊
Change Your Energy – Change Your Life
Why I never wanted to write a book
Have you always dreamt of writing a book? I actually haven’t. But then, in March 2023 all of the sudden something weird happened. When I talked to people the would say to me: “You should write a book about it”. They even suggested already title for the book. And then even worse, a friend of mine, who is already an author and has published her book suggest to me: “You should talk to my book coach Cassandra.” So I finally gave in and followed the signs and agreed to have a discovery call with Cassandra, still 100% convinced that I won’t write a book. At least not now……
I guess you already know what happened: During this first call with Cassandra I experienced that I indeed want to write a book. All of the sudden I could clearly see the structure and what it would be all about. It felt so natural and right to give it a try.
BUT: I didn’t tell anybody. Not even my family or my best friends. Why I didn’t tell anybody?
Because I felt insecure. I didn’t know, if would really manage. At the beginning there were all these doubts: 💫 Can I write? And even a book? 💫 Do I really have something to say? 💫 Who am I to write a book? 💫 And so much more … you name it. I had to deal with all those limiting beliefs and much more. But that is what personal energy management is all about. To discover your limitations and let them go. So once I released these limiting beliefs I was very committed and disciplined to write it. And yes – from then on the content kind of flew into the book. Writing the book kept me very busy and I put all my energy in it.Having a secret is fine – but sharing is so much more fun
After one and a half months of writing and eight chapters later, I realized that it is much more fun to write a book when I can talk and discuss the content with somebody. Before I couldn’t talk about it at all and all of the sudden I wanted to tell anybody: I am writing a BOOK! I am so excited about it!
That was the time, when I asked for support and created a new Facebook group “Change Your Energy – Change Your Life” in which people could follow my authors journey. And that was so much more fun. I could check in with them regarding some titles of specific chapters or even consult on the optimal cover for the book.
You can write a book alone but why you cannot publish it alone
I enjoyed the discussions and support especially regarding the book cover so much that I decided to set up a dedicated Book Launch Team. This was a special circle of supporters with which I shared more insights behind the scenes of my book launch and they got the privilege to be advanced readers of “Change Your Energy – Change Your Life” before it was even published. This was the best decision I ever made even though it was a tough one. I remember very well the moment when I wanted to send out the Advanced Reader Copy to the Book Launch Circle. I was sitting in London in a small hotel room because I was speaking at an energy conference. It was midnight and I was supposed to press the send button. But I couldn’t.
I was anxious and worried, if I should really do that. So far only three people had read the book. I was not so sure any more, if I want other people to read it. There are so many personal stories in the book. Do I really want to share them with the world? It would make me very vulnerable. Do I want that? These were the thoughts racing through my head. Then I thought about it, how many lives the book could change and transform and hit the send button.
And guess what happened next: I was just about to close the computer when I saw a message appearing on the screen. One of my dear members of the Book Launch Circle just wrote: “Amazing – I can’t wait to read it. Thank you for sharing!”
In that moment I knew it was the right decision!
I still can hardly believe it: It is out now!
There was one thing I absolutely underestimated. And that were the different steps of the book publishing process. Writing a book is the fun part, but there is so much more behind to do to get it finally out into the world. There are two to three edition rounds, which was very valuable for me as I wrote the book in English but of course I am not a native speaker.
The one part that drove me almost nuts was the formatting process. As a scientist I have a have a very clear idea of what things should look like. Unfortunately, these ideas didn’t always meet the possibilities of the formatter. We got there eventually and now I am very satisfied with the outcome. It was definitely worth the hassle.
The last step is then to upload the final version to amazon. I am not exaggerating, but this is like a thriller. you never know what happens next and if your uploaded version meets the requirements of amazon, be it the cover or the text file. After 2.5 hours of tension and retrying it was finally done. I could hardly believe it myself! Then the next step is to wait until the book gets approved by amazon. Only then it will be visible and available on amazon!
And then there was the moment of the moments! October 31 was the official book launch day. It was an amazing day. I shared some posts on Social Media, commented, reshared, answered questions – I was busy all day long.
In the evening I checked the ranking on amazon and guess what! The book was only officially out for one day and it was incredible that had been achieved.
– Goodreads: eight 5-stars ratings and 4 reviews
– Amazon: 20 five- stars ratings and reviews
On Amazon.co.uk the book reached #1 and Hot New Release in Energy in Physics
On Amazon.com the book was placed #1 for Hot New Release in the category “Physics of Energy”. Isn’t this amazing?
On Amazon.de the book reached #1 in the all three categories it was nominated, namely Science and Nature, Quantum Science AND!!! “Physics of Energy”.
I put so much energy, effort and love into this book. At the end of the day I was completely overwhelmed by the result. I just couldn’t stop crying. All the tension of the last couple of weeks, that the books will be ready on time, if readers will like it and so much more released itself through this stream of tears. It was so liberating!
The magic Book Launch Celebration Party!
The next day, on November 1 2023 the big Online Book Launch Celebration Party kicked-off at 7 pm CET. I had it organized in order to thank all the people who supported me during the book launch and to celebrate these amazing achievements together.
It was a fun party with many insights about the book and the book writing process, lined up key-note speakers and the possibility to win one of the cool prizes with the prize wheel. Our master of ceremony was the entertaining Robbie Samuels who wrote the bestseller: Break Out of Boredom: Low-Tech Solutions for/ Highly Engaging Zoom Events. So who if not Robbie could make this online party fun and unforgettable. For me it was so wonderful to be a guest at my own party. Did you ever experience this yourself?
I got so much support during this book launch and got to know so many incredible and outstanding people, I felt very strongly supported I want to give back – a return of energy quasi. I decided to donate 10% of the royalties to “The desire to inspire Foundation” set up by Dawn Witte who is supporting orphans in Africa. Dawn, I am so delighted that we all can support you and your incredible work in Africa.
What readers say about the book
An impressive guide to energy management from Jess Samuels “Change Your Energy, Change Your Life” by Cornelia Kawann is a transformative guide that explores the profound connection between personal energy management and overall well-being. The book stands out with its actionable structure, providing readers with easy-to-implement exercises, such as the impactful Exercise #7, which aids in making major life decisions. Cornelia masterfully blends scientific insight with woo wisdom, offering a clear framework to understand and harness your energy for enhanced health, productivity, and fulfillment. Whether you are overwhelmed with responsibilities or seeking to ignite abundance in your life, this book is an invaluable resource, filled with engaging stories and real-life examples to help you master your energy and change your life. Highly recommended for anyone ready to tap into their inner power and transform their existence.
What brought my business forward
A Personal PR Retreat? Oh yes, it made such a difference
This August I was invited to attend the Personal PR Retreat from Jessica Fabrizi in Mandello, her hometown in Italy. On my way south I got stranded because of a fire in the Gotthard train tunnel. So in order to get there eventually, we had to get a taxi to get to the old theatre where the event took place. By the time we arrived, the event was already up and running for 3 hours but nevertheless, we managed to catch up with the rest of the participants.
It was such a wonderful experience with lots of information about Personal PR and how to implement it in your business and exchange with the amazing mix of attendees from all over the world. One highlight was chasing the next – beginning from dancing to the special Personal PR song, celebrating Jessica’s birthday with a night blanch, meeting her family, enjoying the Italian dolce vita and indulging in delicious Italian food. And of course for me most important: Having every morning enough time for a long distance swim in the beautiful lake.
On top of that Jessica invited her friend Christopher Kai – one of the top speakers – for a keynote. He introduced us to his world of story-based leadership. It was so fascinating to listen to him and his touching stories and to get a glimpse on how to implement this to my own journey.
During these three days I learned so much from amazing Jessica, especially about how to use your own channels, third party channels and your network to get more visibility. She explains with many examples why your thought leadership is the main cornerstones of visibility and how you can stand out of the crowd. But it was not only the teaching and development what made this event so special. It was the outstanding personality of Jessica on one side and the embracing atmosphere of Mandello on the other side.
Have you ever experience Sigrun live?
On November 11 Sigrun, one of the biggest mentor for women starting and running their online business, invited all participants of her courses in 2022 and 2023 to a live event in Zurich. What a wonderful opportunity to connect with all the other ambitious women and to finally meet them in person, was my first thought. But when I checked the date I realized that at the same weekend was the Flow-Summit in Basel for which I already had bought my ticket. So I decided not to attend and forgot about it.
However, as things developed, a dear friend from Austria, @evamarialive pinged me that she is coming to Zurich and if I have time to meet up. So we agreed to meet on November 10 at a hotel near my place. When I got there the first thing I saw was a big flyer from Sigrun – and then I remembered – yes, tomorrow will be her event! And all of the sudden I understood why my friend came to Zurich – she was attending Sigrun live! And of course not only her – their were all these amazing women around. It was so wonderful to see the.
I had completely forgotten about it! All of the sudden I saw Sigrun sitting in the bar of the hotel and after taking a deep breath I took all my courage to approach her. I wanted to thank her in person for the things I learned from her and all the experiences I made because of her. And honestly, without Sigrun probably also my book wouldn´t be out there. Because I wouldn´t have started my online business at the first place. So I grabbed one of my books I always carry with me and gave it to her with a big thank you.
Some introduction and photos (wow – yes!) later, Sigrun asked me if I am attending tomorrow and then I had to admit that I didn´t register because of another event. Sigrun invited me to join nevertheless and so I decided to skip the first day of the Flow-Summit and instead join Sigrun´s live. This was the best decision I have taken for a long time. Would you have been as flexible? It was amazing to see Sigrun live on stage – she is really incredible – and to network with all these outstanding women who want to make a difference in the world and to listen to their stories.
It was an exceptional and transformative day to celebrate life, meet new business besties, and make massive business leaps! Thank you Sigrun sharing your expertise, especially when it comes to adapting your online business to these changing times. Also she noticed what worked before does not necessarily work in now. Her motto for the future is: “Remove Friction – Add Momentum”. And this is so true. You don´t always need to newly invent the wheel but to keep it rolling. This was my key take away from this very special event.
What can I do to create more momentum?
What else happened in 2023
Being featured in 531 magazines
Just in time for Halloween, when I published the book “Change Your Energy – Change Your Life” I also made a press release with the hook: “Don´t give the energy vampires a change”. In that press release I spoke about on chapter of the book and how you can protect yourself from Energy Vampires. Do you know Energy Vampires? Do you have Energy Vampires in your life? Check out Chapter 13 in the book and protect your energy from being sucked up from other people. The powerful and simple Energy Exercise helps you to keep your energy with you. Because of the press release I was features in Business Insider and in total in 531 media outlets globally! Isn´t this incredible?
Now I am columnist in two magazines
As you probably remember from last year – I am columnist in the Swiss Women Business Magazine “LadiesDrive“. This year I wrote four more columns to different topics like the last one: “Trust – The New Currency, Not Only in Business”. Isn´t this an amazing topic? In that column I shared my thought about the importance of trusting yourself in the first place. When you trust yourself you are building up a strong energy which makes you so much more resilient in any crisis or unexpected situation. You just know that you can handle the situation.
In summer I was invited to write for another magazine: “The Golf Pleasure Taste“. It is all about luxury products and guess what – yes – golf. So you may now ask yourself the question what Personal Energy Management has in common with golf. Actually, as every activity is connected with our energy, of course it has a lot of common. So I am now writing columns on how you can improve your golf play just by managing your energy. It is quite easy, because with knowing on how to focus your energy and to concentrate your golf swing improves dramatically. Try it out!
A special moment – My first Award – What an honor!
Yeahhhhh – I got my first Award!!!!! I can hardly believe it myself! I am so proud of it. In fall 2023 I was approached by the incredible Carol Azams from MyEveryWomenTV. They informed me that for my relentless energy work – especially for women – I was nominated for the Outstanding Personal Energy Professional Woman of the Year Award. I felt so honored and was very curious how things will develop. In November I was informed that I finally won the Award!!!! I was so excited!!! What an acknowledgement of my energy work.
The Award Ceremony was originally planned for November 30th. However, due to public disturbances incidents that took place in Dublin that led to cancelations of numerous events around the city including this one, the event was postponed to the 16th of December. As I couldn’t go to get my Award in person, I sent a video with my acceptance speech in which I donated the Award to all the women who are making an impact and need energy and support. Receiving my first Award is definitely a moment I shall never forget.
Organizing a Panel at International Womensday in the Metaverse
Have you ever been in the Metaverse? NO? If you would have asked me this question a year ago I would have said no as well. I didn´t even know what it is. Now I do know and it is so much fun, that I even organised a panel in there – together with the Metaverse Producer @janiina-v who is THE expert in Web 3 and the Spatial Metaverse. The occasion of International Women´s Day naturally called for a conversation about gender equality. Numerous statistics claim that this will only be reached in 170 years. Our panelists argue that if we start developing specific skills now, we can already get a tangible taster of gender equality by 2030.
The goal of the panel was to point out we need start shaping now the future we want to live in in 2030. In the spirit in bringing the future closer to us, I decided to hold the panel in the Metaverse – where everything is possible. There registered more than 50 people for this very special event and we had a lot of fun talking about five skills every woman must develop now to lead in the new world. There were five outstanding women on the panel as Dame Tessy Antony de Nassau, Dr. Mara Harvey, Sandra-Stella Triebl, Martina Pichler and Jessica Fabrizi as entertaining moderator as well as one man, namely Frank Flössel. It was such an outstanding event with so much fun that we did another panel on May 11 due to International Mothers Day.
My goals in 2023
Running my own Mastermind – A dream came true
I followed four main goals in 2023. The one closest to my heart – next to writing my book – was starting and running my Personal Energy Mastermind. I started talking about my mastermind in January. A Mastermind in which women learn how to be aware of their energy, how to measure, increase and how to use it to thrive their business. I was a little bit anxious if this would be something that would be of interest for women. I know, that most women are very busy. Would they see the benefit and value it would create in their life and the lives of their families when they know how to shift and transform their energy?
Some of them did – and we had an amazing time during these 4 months. Each week when we met I showed them some new powerful Energy Tools and then we used these tools to work on their energy and how they can integrate them into their lives. Even for me it was fascinating to see, how their energy changed and their lives accordingly. Each of them had a specific goal they wanted to have achieved after our four months together. And these goals were as different as the participants.
What can I say: At the end we were all amazed how wonderfully things worked out. They all achieved their goals but not in the way originally imagined. They turned out to be even better. So much better that the mind couldn’t even imagine the results in that way. I am still so proud of everything the participants of the Mastermind achieved – so much more than expected in their sweetest dreams And of course with the end of the mastermind the management of their personal energy is not over. On contrary, it was a very powerful starting point. And by experiencing what is possible there is so much more to come. The next Mastermind will start in January 2024.
Even more writing than originally planned?
Goal #2 on my list for 2023 was to write a chapter in another book. As I discovered my love for writing last year I wanted to continue to write and improve it. As you already learned – writing my own book came in the way of writing a chapter in another book. But as the year came along I was also asked to write a chapter for the 4th book of the “Activate Your Life” series from the very inspiring Derek Loudermilk. I just love his way of thinking out of the box and he is so well known for knowing how to bend time. Isn’t this an interesting concept?
So in his book I wrote a chapter about how the energy of the food you are eating has an impact on your own energy. Sounds boring? This might be the case but honestly, with so many people
💫 suffering from allergies
💫 following promising food trends
💫 eating tons of supplements every day
it is worth a second though what you put into your mouth. And even further, it is not only about what you eat, but actually what your body does with the food you eat. Does this resonate with you?
The key is to have a quick and simple tool with which you can test for yourself what is actually good for your body. Because we are all unique and so are our bodies. You are what you eat! That is the title of my Chapter. From my own experience I learned that it so important to know what serves you and your body and not what any food or nutrition guru it telling you. Take on your responsibility for your body and find out what is good for it and what isn’t. It will make such a difference in your life!
Being a mentor and speaker at my first summit – What an experience!
My last goal for 2023 was to be a speaker at a summit and contribute one of my powerful workshops to the participants. I have attended so many inspiring and life changing summits during which the speakers shared so much of their expertise. I learned so much form such summits – especially the Flow Summit that it was kind of natural for me to support my expertise and my Energy Tools with participants from a summit as well. It was kind of the next step for me.
However, in the course of 2023 I was so busy with my book that I kind of almost forgot about this plan. Nevertheless, in October I finally got the change to meet the amazing Paulami Das who asked me to be a speaker at her “Online Cermonial Buddha Summit” in December 2023. I just loved my workshop during which I could share my most powerful energy hacks. Now I know – being part of a summit is something I really enjoy. I hope I get the opportunity to contribute to more in 2024.
My Year 2023 in Numbers
Having a look at all these numbers my facts and figures on my social media accounts show me that my community is still small. However, I enjoy the exchange with all of them and for me it is not about quantity but what really counts is the quality of the people around. It is not a numbers game because behind each number there is a real person. A person with ideas, dreams, thoughts, feelings and yes, also energy!
End of 2023 my accounts show the following numbers:
On Instagram I did so far 506 posts and actually 931 are following my account.
On Youtube there I published #86 episodes and #101 shorts with 150 abonnements.
On TikTok there are 200 Followers and my content got 2´287 likes.
I have 848 Followers on LinkedIn.
I was invited to speak at ten podcasts and ten conferences and I just loved it.
My goals for 2024
The year 2023 was a very successful year for me. A year that changed so much in my life. It’s the year when I wrote and published my first book. I am now an author of a #1 ranking book in many different categories and countries.
Many things went the way I wanted them to be and some things even went better than I expected them to be. Of course there is still room for improvement and many new things to be planed and achieved. In order to have a clearer picture about them I formulated them here:
Goal #1: Set up a collaboration with a well-known business coach. I got the idea for such a collaboration when I attend Sigrun live and realized that this process only works for people that already have a certain mindset. As we are all unique and everyone has different limiting beliefs and business blockers, I think that more participants could successfully graduate from such programs when they get individual support on how to overcome their business blockades.
Goal #2: Write a chapter in another book. As I discovered my love for writing last year I want to continue to write and improve it. There are so many more things I want to share about Personal Energy Management. Contributing to other books has a very special energy and I love to read all the articles from my co-authors!
Goal #3: Give a TEDX Talk. As I didn’t meet this goal in 2023, I give it another try in 2024. I know this is quite a challenge and defying to find an appropriate angle but I would love to do it. Actually, I do already have a quite clear idea know what I would like to speak about. Let’s do it! You will read next year if I managed.
Goal #4: Sell at least 10’000 copies of my book “Change Your Energy – Change Your Life”. Now that the book is out I would love it to reach as many people as possible. I know that it indeed can transform the lives of so many people so they see all the opportunities and have the energy to leverage them to reach their goals. This is till one of my biggest visions.
Goal #5: Build up and continue my relationships and partnerships. What I have learned already in 2022 and experienced even more in 2023 is how important collaborations, networks and relationships are. For me it is important to be part of a group, movement or cooperation and to nurture each other. As an engineer I know that you achieve much better solutions and outcome with diversity, sharing and support. So if you think I am a good fit for your network, please let me know! I bring all my energy with me 😊.
Goal #6: Speak at a panel at one of the side events of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Some of my friends did this in 2023 and this is definitely something I want to experience in 2024. I shall keep you posted.
Looking at all that what I want to achieve, my Motto for 2024 will be: My energy is my perfume to everything I am doing.
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