What and Why of Coaching

It’s been three years since I became a coach.

Things have evolved.

So have I.

As I stepped into this new year, 

I made commitments to myself.

Deeper vulnerability and authenticity.

To live life full of LIFE.  

To feel ALIVE every day.

I am gracefully learning to take with me what serves me,

and to trust the release of what doesn’t.

This is on me.

No one else or thing can do this for me.

It’s scary and exciting and honestly…

It’s working.

I am not the same person I was three years ago when I began this journey.

I am not even the same person I was six months ago.

Many of you know what I do, 

many may not.

Either way, 

in alignment with my commitments,

I am stepping out to reintroduce myself and what I do.

Some of it is lighthearted.

Some is heavy.

But all of it is just me being me.

I am a critical care Nurse turned Holistic Coach for women.

Holistic meaning… life and wellness all in one.  

Life coaching is where it’s at,

because once you have your deep stuff worked out, 

all of a sudden you crave real foods and whole body wellness (trust me).

I have a way to get into the “woo” of holistic wellness … 

without so much “woo” or “weird”... (YES, it can be done).

I have a sense of humor and can find comedy in most anything.

I have, 

in my own healing and wellness journey, 

connected the dots between my love affair with coffee and my return to ballet. 

(Just ask and we can get into all things trauma, nervous system, and mind body connection).

It’s HARD work, but I do it anyway.

I am a wife to one of the strongest humans I’ve ever known.

We’ve seen each other through stuff only a book could tell in such a way as to capture its enormity. 

I am a healer who is healing.

I have a dog who is afraid of my cat…

It’s pretty funny.

I live on an island,

but will choose to wander in the woods before sitting on a beach.

If I can’t smell, see or sense that a body of water is near, I feel nervous…

Strange I know, 

but deep in the woods, knowing I’m surrounded by water…

Well if you know the island feel, 

you know.

I no longer second guess everything- 

I have good intuition and I trust it.

It recently saved my life.

Laughter is my stress response…

This hasn’t always gone well for me.😳😆

I don't ask for opinions much anymore…

Because I’m solid on my own 99 percent of the time.

I am a recovering emotional eater and spender, 

and yes…

It’s ALL related to my nervous system.

I mix oil pastels and watercolors…. 

Art is art right?

I am a grad school drop out, with no regrets.

I found my true calling elsewhere.

In the last few years I have learned that I am, 

and ok to be, 

more than (just) a mom and a nurse.

I happen to be a writer, 

a (good enough for me) photographer, 

dancer and drummer-

Both of these last two as a beginner,

but who cares. 

I don’t.

I no longer seek approval or validation from others to be myself.

I have no qualms with walking away from toxic relationships or people.

I am ME, 

always evolving and stretching myself to the next level, 

so that I can support other badass women to do the same.

Why?

Because living a meaningful life is of utmost importance to me.

Life is meant to be life giving… 

Meaning- to be felt and experienced.

I have three boys, 

covering all of the stages at once; 

a young adult, grade school and preschool age.

I can throw and (most of the time) catch a football.

I can throw AND catch a baseball.

I can shoot hoops.

I can have tea parties and play superheros.

It turns out my kids are interested in knowing who I am, just as I am interested in who they are.

I have carried a lot of heavy in life…

And been given so much light to continue on.

I lost something incredibly precious to me in this early winter;

I was also given life.

I survived a close brush with my own mortality.

I had to choose to hear my body, 

trust it without question… 

and work with it.

My mind and body were at war,

and they needed to become allies,

so that I wouldn't be lost as well.

The power of loss and life all in one moment isn’t easy to explain.

The world was painted in different colors after that.

I am not who I was six months ago.

So friends, 

When I speak to feeling alive…

Being full of life…

When I speak of healing, 

mind-body relationship, 

trauma, 

pain… 

and more healing…

I am speaking from my own truth.

The beautiful thing is-

I offer this to you.

In whatever you’re going through, 

from this place.

I will stand by your side through the ugly, 

hard, 

joyful, 

happy and challenging moments.

I am committed to being,

and feeling,

fully alive every day that I have gifted to me.

I am committed to stand by you,

in your commitments to yourself in your own journey.

This nurse coaching thing…

Its purpose goes so deep.

For anyone who steps into this space, 

to get real and uncomfortable…

Things will never be quite the same again.

Even in the heavy, 

there is light.

I will meet you where you’re at, 

with all of the real, 

raw, 

and beautiful-

That is ready to be fully alive.

I can find silver linings…

But only after the feelings are allowed to be felt.

If you need someone to sit with you while you let it all out screaming all sorts of profanity-

I’m your person.

I will sit with you as you let it out until it’s out and ready to move.

I will stand by your side as you pick yourself up and find your way.

I haven't gone it alone, and you don’t have to either.

So this is me.

And this is what I do.

Like I said last week…

I create purpose out of what has come, 

and this is my purpose.

I commit fully to be ALL IN. 

For me.

You, and life.

Reach out if it is time to begin your own journey.

I can support you.