Episode 02: My Heroine’s Journey

In a hero’s journey, the hero has to finally admit that they have to go accept the challenge. My heroine’s journey begins after a year in isolation in a new city. In March of 2021, I had the painful realization that I had been in the same situation too many times before. Others in a higher place of authority, usually women, come to some sort of conclusion about me or my work and decide they need to sit me down, tell me everything that’s wrong with me and how they’re going to manage things from here on out. Simply put, the problem usually was that I am not gifted at reading minds and there were many situations in which I had to essentially read minds, understand unstated expectations, and perform them flawlessly. 

In a series of new jobs, in a new town, isolated and without any kind of local support, my body was responding to the constant stress. In an effort to get the respect I wanted, I made an ambitious plan to be so amazing at my job that no one could argue. Flawless, right? Surprisingly, my plan didn’t work. I told myself a story that I was not a good person and that I had to prove my worthiness and lovability by what I could do for other people. 

In this episode I’ll talk through how I unraveled and unpacked all that for myself.

• Disproving the “impossible” tasks

• The “joy and flow” inventory

• What really lights you the fuck up?

• Processing the grief around losing the life you thought you wanted

Listen to your rumbling and really listen to yourself. Your dreams may not turn out the way you think they will, but they may turn out better. I created my coaching program for people like me. If your story feels like mine, then maybe my coaching program is for you.

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