For twenty-five years, I worked full time as a Controller. In my off-time, I’d take trainings in yoga, energy healing, feng shui, nutrition, writing, mediation, communication, and everything that was opposite of my left brain “work.”

Then when my daughter was two, I was laid off. At first, I was devastated. My identity and worth was so deeply tied to what I did for others, how much I achieved and how much I earned that I had no idea who I was if I wasn’t working.

As I drove into work those last two months, David Cook’s version of, “The World I Know”, played on repeat. The world I knew was crumbling and I had no idea what was next.

So, I did the only thing I knew; I immersed myself in personal growth and training. I focused on my passion for feng shui and organizing, and I started a feng shui and decluttering business.

I saw a consistent theme with my clients: their blockages to their desires wasn’t about the stuff, but their attachment to the stuff and what they were making it mean. It wasn’t uncommon to be uncovering hidden beliefs, judgments, resentments, and boundaries that were being crossed in relationships as we cleared away their items.

My own life continued to transform as I found myself at an impasse in my marriage and amicably divorced after nineteen years together.

Enter life coaching. While working with a coach, I decided to do my own coaching training. Not to become a coach myself, but to understand why I continued to take actions and make choices that were taking me away from what I wanted, even though I “knew better.”

What I experienced was life changing. There was a distinct difference in the me before coaching, and the me after coaching.

Before coaching, I overcommitted my time, acquiesced to everyone else’s needs, and overstepped my own boundaries again and again.

After coaching, I now honor my time, my needs, my boundaries, and my self-care. And, in the midst of it all, I remarried the same man and our relationship is the strongest it’s ever been.

For the first time ever, I trust me.

This is no small thing. Self-trust has been something I’ve struggled with my entire life.

It can feel easier to deflect to others for approval, advice, or validation. But in the long run, only we know what’s best for us.

Today, I support moms, business owners, nurses, yoga teachers and healers to live in true alignment with what matters most to them. And I can’t imagine doing anything else!

xo

Chris