I don’t deserve to wave a victory flag at my past

When it comes to my story I have a hard time trying to figure out what to tell, because unlike so many other coaches, gurus and mentors out there, I don’t feel like I have one of those David and Goliath, “I’ve-overcome-traumas-and-conquered-life” kind of stories. I don’t deserve to wave a victory flag at my past, for hardships and tragedy. The truth is, I earned the title, Sister Mary Catherine from my siblings because I was the one always doing it right, getting it done and wearing the smile. And even though there haven’t been any life-alting hardships, I still tip-toed forward in life with uncertainty, doubt and an overwhelming fear.

I absolutely loved being called Superwoman. It’s a powerful title.

I loved knowing, that everyone else thought I had my shit together, but the truth is that cape was heavy, it was covering my wings and making it harder for me to fly.

Sometimes it felt safer to be too busy, because showing the world the big ideas I had inside would require a kind of confidence, knowing and risk that absolutely terrified me.

In 2015, I made a daring choice to quit my dream job after over a decade of teaching high school art. I taught perfect students, my favorite subject in an amazing town, but the schedules, the routines and the rules still felt too confining for all the ideas I had. I felt stuck. I wanted more time and more freedom to entertain all of the ideas that came knocking on my door.

Little did I know that my decision for more freedom would be the very thing that would start to bog me down. With my new found time I also found a very special hobby called “overthinking”.

What should I do? 

Who am I without my teacher title?

What do I have to give?

Who am I to have this kind of freedom?

What should I do?

Who should I become?

I spiraled. I did a lot of searching and a lot of learning trying to avoid my indecision about the future. (fun fact: I collected 5 new certifications and a pile of credentials along the way.) But the wisdom I finally found was not in the certifications, it was buried deep in the way I thought about myself. Lucky for me I had a phenomenal coach and energy worker who helped me to reconnect with my intuition, my creativity and she said: “Honey, you just can’t put yourself in a box, because you just won’t fit.” and then life started to change.

I started to make time for creativity again. I learned how to listen from the inside more than the outside. I allowed myself to drop back inward and I stopped trying to save the day to earn my worth.

I invented the Imagination Mindset Method, because even though I was so good at working hard to do the things, it was when I finally allowed myself to trust my intuition and my crazy-creative ideas again, that I found the kind of power needed to break down the walls and transform from Busy to Being.

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This is the stuff my wings are made of! Here are some intriguing April facts:

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