Last week I was watching Street Food USA on Netflix, and the episode on Chef Thuy's story made me cry!
My eyes watered with deep resonance at how powerful it can be shift our personal stories and become our own heroes.
Read MoreMoving into the second half of the year I'm thinking a lot about hyper individualism.
Growing up my mom instilled in me that I had to be successful because it was my job to prove to the world that we did not need my father.
Read MoreThere was a time when I didn't feel like I was a good enough guide, coach or mentor.
Everything I was seeing online from other coaches were testimonials about how they helped their clients make $10K months.
So I started to compare myself, consumed by this nagging limiting belief:
I don't help my clients make $10K months so the work I do is not important and I'm not good enough.
Read MoreUncomfortable emotions are not the enemy.
And if you feel scared, anxious, stressed, or have any uncomfortable strong emotions… congratulations, you are human!
Our job is not to get rid of these emotions from our lives.
Our job is to understand them.
To embrace them.
And ultimately, to accept and love ourselves even when (especially when) we are feeling uncomfortable.
Read MoreIt's not that you lack confidence, courage or self worth.
It's that you grew up in a system that made you constantly have to prove yourself to other people than feel innately worthy as you are.
It's that since you were young, you were trained to seek the approval of others instead of approving yourself.
It's that society reinforces the idea that you should stay small, be quiet, and not cause trouble… so then owning your power feels unsafe.
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