It Began With A Coach....

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In the land of Social Media, Wednesday is a day to shout out your Woman Crush, a day for guys to get a pass to flirt and straight girls to low key flirt with the ones that they have been having fleeting thoughts about. For me, while I have done several shout outs to a few celebrity crushes, it is a day to acknowledge women who have had a positive and lasting impact on my life, whether they are a celebrity or not.  Fortunately, I have been blessed to have many amazing women in my life, from my grandma, mom, to Robin Roberts, they are all gifts. This Wednesday, my mind automatically went to someone who has only recently become apart of my life, my Life Coach.

Many years ago, through a post on Facebook, I became aware of her and started following her page. I was intrigued, there was something distinctly different about her, she was motivating, positive, and encouraging but it was something else. Me being me, I blew it off as just being in awe, powerfully positive people have always fascinated me. I am amazed by people who can get to that intrinsic state of wellness,calm,and balance, remaining there, no matter what. To me, these people are like superheroes, they face the same human issues that we do, yet they see it in a different light. I wanted that, hell I obsessively craved it. I remember reading books by Susan L. Taylor(dating myself) and thinking, my God this woman is awesome! To read all that she faced and for her to come out of it as well as she did, was beyond my limited comprehension at the time.

Fast Forward to current day, as I said, I have been watching and following my Life Coach for a few years now, so when the opportunity came for me to work with her, I jumped on it. While I freaked the hell out after I initiated contact with her and told her that I wanted to do a few programs (Indoctrination is powerful), I swallowed that fear(with A LOT of coaching which I hadn't paid for at the point of panic), secured my spot, and  forged ahead with my plans. Since beginning to work with her,(it has only been a few weeks) my life has began to change! I realize that I have a long way to go on my journey with her but I'm facing things that I had buried, challenging them, and destroying their effects on me. My business is developing, my outlook is changing, and I am more excited about my future than before, trust me that's a lot, I am a pretty eager gal!

Some may say, what's the big deal, you can motivate yourself or you are paying her to invest in you? I would argue both of those opinions. Yes, I pay for her services but I also pay my doctors for their services. What I get with her is insight, an objective and direct voice of reason, correction, encouragement, and accountability. She doesn't hold my hand in the sense of pacifying my fears or doubts, she tolerates absolutely no negativity, she doesn't tell me that I am wonderful all the time, and when I am out of pocket and she sees it, I get a nice little message/email. If you don't believe that a life coach is something you should invest in, just keep watching me. When you see my face on the book shelves, my organization (Periods Should NOT Be Painful) changing the lives of women worldwide, my magazine flooding the media world, my blog getting worldwide recognition, and my up and coming Nail Polish line making money and funding medical care for women with Reproductive related illnesses, know that my success is a result of me deciding that I needed some help and positive reinforcement to reach my fullest potential.