So as I'm finishing with my life coaching case studies it comes to me that I have been one of the case studies. Lol!
The potential and gifts I see in every one of them, with the sure knowledge that they can overcome their blocks and fulfill their potential - then so too can I see in myself. Interestingly and well - synchronistically - the Universe brings people who I can really relate to because of my experiences. Everyone has the answers within and we can uncover these together. I am also able to make suggestions of what they can use to help themselves, the way I have helped myself.
I found my way to life coaching by pure intuition. I did not even investigate whether there would be a market for me or even exactly what life coaching could do for people and myself of course! This I only discovered later with my case studies.
But I am a - "run to the cliff and jump off to see if I can fly"- kinda gal ... well at least I used to be. Before my whole world came crashing down when I made what seemed to be the worst decisions of my life! I remember someone saying, "What's the worst that can happen?" Well the worst did happen. I lost everything dear to me (except my friends, thankfully). I lost the job I was most suited to, loved the most and did so much good with. I lost my boyfriend - who was also my best friend. I lost what I considered to be my universal family and I had already lost my biological family. Wow! That was the darkest, bleakest most frightening time of my life.
BUT! It was also the best time for me. Apart from my job - that I loved (which is still a tiny regret), I needed to lose my suicidal, scarily emotional boyfriend. I needed to leave the family so I could find my true self again and most of all my purpose on this earth. I did discover my purpose in my late twenties, but this I allowed over the years to get whittled away and diminished - as I describe in my book, The Book of Lives.
So here I was in de-programming/decompression/healing mode and felt strongly that there was something I needed to be doing, but didn't know what. Does this sound familiar? Well one day I was listening to a podcast from Hay House and the speaker mentioned that, among other things, she is a Life Coach. Those two words jumped out of the talk and hit me between the eyes (where our intuitive chakra is - #justsaying). That's it!
I immediately googled life coaching courses and was drawn to New Insights. I enrolled straight away and while I waited for the study material to arrive, the doubts started to creep in. I had run to the cliff and jumped off, but what if my intuition was wrong again? Still a bit (meaning a lot) wobbly from my previous experiences, I hoped that I had chosen the right field for me and the right course. When the manuals arrived I opened the first manual and on one of the first pages was a quote from Dr Wayne Dyer, who I had been avidly following through my "recovery" process. I laughed out loud to myself when I saw this. What confirmation! My Guide/ Guardian Angel must have been smiling in amusement at that, saying, "See - you're going to be okay kid".
So I asked the Universe to bring those people I could help, to help themselves ,to me and of course they have. It has been such a joy and inspiration to see how people just need some time and space to themselves to either discover/uncover their passion and purpose. They may already know what they need to do and we can help discover/uncover blocks and give genuine encouragement - which is easy for me to do because I believe so completely in their universal purpose, gifts and abilities. The duality of being human and universal is what we are here to use to face challenges we set ourselves and use our unique gifts to make this world a better place, so of course we have all the necessary tools to do this.
Which is what I discovered or rather re-discovered for myself. So I'm in the perfect space to be a life coach. It is my passion and my joy and I frequently get goose-bump moments and like a friend recently described as a welling or swelling in the heart when someone does find their bliss.
I have learnt so much and I am still on a journey to re-creating my life. I love my life again. And most importantly I love myself again. My passion is to help others to love and honour themselves as well, especially those in the habit of continuously giving themselves away until there is almost nothing left.
I know for sure that what we dream for our life is what we are meant to be doing and it is all perfectly and completely do-able.
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