Speaking at Utopia International Retreat Photo by Isabella Matthews

Margaret Gill is a thought provoking, engaging and inspiring speaker with a quirky rebellious style that motivates people to heed their inner voice, act upon their dreams and lead from the heart.

A deep-end specialist and master of change, Margz’s background is both interesting and varied.

Margaret helps passionate soul driven people identify then implement the commercial reality within their dream AND make heaps of big hearted money doing what they love. Founder of Abundant Private Practices, a training company that teaches health and wellbeing practitioners foundational business basics, Margaret’s natural effervescence, vulnerability and authenticity allows audiences to connect deeply as she encourages them to seek freedom while positively changing the lives of others.

Well that is the official word on me but really I am pretty down to earth and just love to help people connect to who they really are.

I am a traditionally trained Reiki Master and have been teaching Reiki since 2003. During that time it has given me great joy to have taught Reiki I to over 75 people and I now have three masters in training.

My journey to masters was never something I ever thought I would undertake so to be teaching masters now is pretty darn special for me.  You see when I first did Level I Reiki, I didn’t even feel good enough to be in the room, let alone even entertain the thought of teaching others anything.   I used to be very shy, lost and under confident but I was always sensing there was something more when I was in the corporate world.  Outwardly I had it all but I was internally very unhappy.  I can remember sitting in meetings that I considered were a total waste of time, listening to people crap on about things that weren’t going to make a difference anywhere in the world ……….. thinking “there has to be more to life than this”.

Turns out there was more!

My Level I training opened up a bright new colorful and vibrant world of potential.  The practice of Reiki became an everyday part of my life.   I feel incredibly blessed to have been taught by some of the most incredible teachers who saw something in me and believed in my ability.  This is the gift I believe I now bring to my teaching of Reiki, the ability to see past what people are pretending to be and instead see the shining star and then draw out the potential that lurks below the surface.

The Cute Housejourney has not been without mishap and at their were many times that it seeemed spirit had forgotten her, but something drove her on to keep believing and trusting in the voice inside that said "there's more for you". There certainly was and the journey brings many stories worthy of sharing over a Level I teaching weekend.

My  journey has not been without mishap.  What started out for me as the adventure of a lifetime – a much-longed-for ‘tree change’ to the quiet town of Hepburn Springs – quickly deteriorated into a downward spiral of despair as I learned how little I had actually prepared myself for the realities of the move.

As I jumped the corporate ship, left my inner city apartment and headed to live in a 100 year old “cute” cottage in Hepburn Springs in the middle of rural country Victoria there were many times during the first few years of that journey where it seeemed spirit had forgotten me.

The summertime cuteness of the house with its garden of roses and lavender bushes did not prepare me for the bite of winter. I soon discovered that frost was not so lovely when it was inside a house, and that those roaring fires consumed a huge amount of very expensive wood.

Scarcity, frustration, and a whole lake of tears followed as I struggled to make my tree change a success. Through strength and determination I gradually transformed my circumstances, learning how to start-up and run a small business and, just as importantly, how to accept kindness from strangers and friends.

It was a tough time for me and I began to experience a different sort of “lost and alone”.  But something drove me on to keep believing and trusting in the voice inside that said “there’s more for you”.  There certainly was and the journey brings many stories worthy of sharing over a Level I Reiki teaching weekend.

Being silly while waiting for the doors to open at a Mind Body Spirit Event

After a couple of chance media articles I have become recognised more and more for my knowledge of sea and tree changes and what can go wrong.  I’ve been featured on Channel 7′s ‘Today Tonight’, Channel 9′s ‘The Today Show’ and been featured in The Age ‘Sunday Life Magazine’ in a story about the dark side of the Australian dream and been interviewed on ABC Radio Lifestyle shows.

Having gained a lot of small business expertise and spiritual depth from my journey out of corporate and into freedom, I coach, mentor and speak and have become well known in my industry.

I teach Reiki because I love to be in the energy and help everyday people connect to their inner truth.

I believe by giving people the required knowledge, courage and confidence to speak authentically, drop the perfection, set realistic goals and take the right actions, they can use what’s in their heart to change their world and the lives of others.

This is some more about me from my official “bio”

Margaret Gill is founder of Abundant Private Practices, a small business with a big heart, that helps health and wellness practitioners become more successful in their holistic business. Margaret has found that although full of heart and good intentions, many holistic and wellness practitioners often lack the business and marketing skills, as well as the mindset, necessary to build a successful practice.  Margaret is passionate about helping practitioners grow their practice and achieve their full potential both personally and professionally.

She was born and grew up in New Zealand’s now-famous Marlborough winegrowing region. Her first career found her playing in a rock ‘n’ roll band at age 15. Her love of music, particularly the blues, is still an important aspect of her life.

After her stint in the 70’s glitter band, Margz settled down to a successful business career for several years, working her way up to become a financial controller and forensic business analyst to major corporations across Australia. But even though she was outwardly successful, she found herself increasingly dissatisfied with life.

Recognising that outward success does not equate inward satisfaction, Margz travelled the world in search of her reason, and her place, to shine. Luckily for those who have felt her unique glow, she learned where she shone: through her gift and passion for communicating and working with people, helping them to find their own ways to be a star.

Margz is an Energy Master trained traditionally in various techniques. Her clients benefit not only from her “been there-done that” mentoring, but also from the “secret ingredient”, her own spiritual depth. She brings a unique blend of 15 years real-world corporate knowledge and ten years spent practicing her own spiritual mastery to every encounter. And it has not all been bad news. Margz mentored the recipient of the prestigious 2004 Victorian Panasonic Young Business Women’s Award of the Telstra Business Women’s Awards.

Margaret gets results because she brings real-world experience to her clients. She doesn’t just apply a bunch of theory and she knows how daunting new situations can be because she has been there. Through it all, she has stuck steadfastly to her dream, and her driving motivation is to see others achieve their dreams, too.

She shines from her home base in Hepburn Springs near Daylesford.