Something Has Changed

Hello Beautiful Human –

Do you know that sense when the ground starts to come alive after a long winter?

There are no buds on the trees yet but the air feels different.

The stretching daylight pushes back on the darkness.

The feeling of change.

I’ve been experiencing this very sensation within.

Confidence and motivation are less often sidelined by my overthinking.

I’ve noticed desired evolution and growth has moved from possibility to inevitability.

News that used to take me out emotionally, now makes me double down in conviction.

What changed? How did it happen?

This past month three tangible things speak to and supported my internal shift.

1. I allowed myself to put “Abolish ICE and for-profit prisons” on my vision board.

I had noticed that I was resisting the idea of a vision board. Why? I wondered. They help you visualize your big audacious dreams and help focus your belief, energy, and action towards that dream. I typically see stuff like a “beach vacation, dream home or dream job” when I think of a vision board – all fine things – but that just wasn’t inspiring me.

When I let myself admit what I truly desired, something opened up inside me.

From a neuroscience perspective, honesty with ourselves creates more coherence within our own thinking.

What I desire can only come about through community and an ecosystem of justice… and that’s ok. In fact, I love that.

This vision could take longer than my lifetime, (hopefully not) but once I was brave enough to name it I can consciously work towards it in different ways, mostly indirectly, knowing it’s all worth it.

Are you scared or unsure of what to name as some of your big dreams?

It could be causing a potential misalignment or energy drain happening in your brain and body. Do you tell yourself it’s impossible or not worth trying?

Walking around with a dull unnamed desire within keeps you from taking empowered action. A discovery call with me can help you create clarity and coherence in naming your hearts desire, even if you decide not to pursue coaching. I would even call it liberating.
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2. I accepted and reframed my ambition as a gift.

When you stop fearing your big dreams or avoiding them because you could feel unpleasant emotions (i.e. fear of disappointment, guilt, failure, embarrassment, etc) your desire and motivation can be seen as a resource.

Reframing old internal narratives creates new possibilities for the future.

Our brain and body operate on habits and stories that keep us safe. A reframe can powerfully disrupt habitual thinking that has been creating the same results over and over.

3. I am allowing myself to be fully imperfectly me.

Perfectionism is an internal oppression that deadens the human spirit and stifles our ability to thrive. In my head perfectionism tries to disguise itself as ‘necessary for excellence’ or as ‘protection from embarrassment’, but in reality, it is the fear that inhibits any brilliance from being developed. It makes practice a chore and exhausting.

Freedom from perfectionism is a concept and desire I’ve been consciously working on for a while, and like a Minnesota winter thawing into spring, there are layer. Every single one of them worthy to get to those bloom filled days in May.

I posted this video 214 weeks ago at the very beginning of my business.

Me listening to What else can I do – from Encanto

And a little over a year ago I posted this, as a celebration of a new level of self acceptance cultivated in 2024.

The joy of investing in my own coaching is that there are still layers of acceptance and freedom to experience.

As I embrace my own journey I trust that more passionate change agents will unlock their own potential, joy, and empowerment in contributing to the beloved community and a more just and equitable world.

Change is possible.

Discovery Calls = Doorway to Internal Liberation

If you’ve been holding back, thinking, I don’t need coaching, but you have a desire in you gut to create more joy and empowerment in your life and uplevel your leadership skills – now is the time to book a call.

In a discovery call we find the roadblocks (mental/emotional/neurological) and create an empowered path forward.