High Magick X Systems | I see & remove blocks you don't know exist, but feel - without Zoom, phone calls or being in the same room | Change Mentor for Executives & Founders who want to live with more depth & die happy

Most of the decisions you regret weren’t “bad decisions”.

They were built on values you never defined properly.

It’s why you stay in roles, relationships and versions of you that look fine on paper but wrong in your body.

You didn't just end up there - you unknowingly decided your way into them.

Because each choice you make sits on top of values that collapse the moment people, money or pressure push back.

In The Obsidian Vault, we cut through all of it so your tough decisions feel simple to make:

We'll break down: 
- What’s really happening.
- What you’re actually loyal to and why it matters.
- What it will cost to keep things as they are.

That’s how you stop making decisions you regret and build a life you don't.

You'll see clearly, decide cleanly, and live closer to what you truly value with each choice you make.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫
 -You’re smart, capable & deeply responsible, but privately exhausted
 -You’re dragging unfinished conversations, roles or relationships behind you
 -You’re standing in a life that looks fine on paper & wrong in your body
 -You’re value driven, but feel a constant gap between what you stand for vs what you tolerate.

More insights, healing or content won’t change that. This is the lever:

Language, structure and perspective that makes it harder to lie to yourself.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐚𝐦
I’ve walked parallel paths since I was 19, when I quit uni to build a 25 year career with the likes of Goldman Sachs, UBS, HSBC, Barclays and others.

I set up my first business alongside my first job, went on to build two jewellery brands, a business transformation consultancy, and a private practice working with 600+ founders and executives through High Magick.

All while navigating Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (c-PTSD)

Tough calls come with that territory, and often arrive all at once. But that wasn’t new to me.

Aged eight, I became a carer for my disabled aunt. It was violent and turbulent.

I had a front row seat to what happens when loved ones refuse to make obvious decisions, what it costs them, and me.

It taught me something most miss:

Your best decisions are made when you can be a bystander in your own life at the right moment - then move swiftly.

That’s tough for most people.

Master it, and you solve problems before they can even exist - just like I, and 600+ executives and founders have.

Through real-life (anonymised) examples from their sessions and my own life, I explain how.

When you need to stop making decisions you regret and build a life you don't, welcome.

https://theobsidianvault.substack.com/about

Sonal Bhaskaran

What being a carer in a violent home at 8 taught me about decision-making at 45:

Clarity requires separation.

The closer you are to a situation, the more deliberate that separation must be.

We view separatiom as ‘cold’.

I know many people have thought that of me with personal decisions I've made.

But it isn't.

It’s objective curiosity.

Curiosity creates understanding.

Understanding creates distance.

Without distance, most adults react and call it ‘intuition’. 

But if you can observe chaos without entering it, you control the next move.

That distance creates clarity.

Clarity gives you choice.

And when you have choice?

You gain the kind of personal power you've needed all along.

Writer @The Obsidian Vault | Letters for smart people who are tired of making decisions they regret - and want to build a life they don’t.

1st Financial Foundations

Looking after a team of IFA and IMA with over 150 years experience.

Managing Director

Business Development Manager

Providing specialist Mortgage Advice from whole-of-market. Working with Buy To Let, First Time Buyers, Remortgage & Purchase, Portfolio Landlords, Property Investors, Bridging and Development Finance, Second Charge and Further Advances. I cover the areas of North West London and Milton Keynes

Mortgage Broker

Abbey Life Assurance Company

Moved from Development Manager to Sales Manager with responsibility to recruit new advisers as well as guide existing advisers to higher sales and improve time management skills. To train and shadow trainee advisers throughout the sales process.

This role included providing specialist mortgage advice to various clients.

Sales Manager

Managing Director of a firm offering the best Mortgage rates from the whole-of-market, specialising in mortgage and protection advice as well as full Financial Advice. I have a team that works primarily with Buy to Let investors, portfolio landlords, property investors, First-Time Buyers, HMO owners, with a keen interest in Remortgaging and Capital Raising. 

We have a lot clients mainly in the London and surrounding areas as well as Milton Keynes.

At 1st Financial Foundations, you can get:
-Protection
-Retirement
-Investment
-Savings
-Mortgages
-Wills, Trusts, IHT planning
-Financial Planning Solutions
-Pension Transfer Advice
-Lifetime Cashflow Planning

We work very well with Estate Agents, Accountants, Architects and Solicitors as referral partners.

Get in touch with me for a free initial consultation (or if you are a referral partner) discover how we can add value to your clients.

Bhaven Ondhia
bhaven@1stff.co.uk
01908523420

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