POWERHOUSE

We set such unrealistic expectations for ourselves because of the unnecessary and increasingly high-standards that society sets for us as women. We are so afraid to feel, to make mistakes, to be disruptors, glass-ceiling breakers and to let ourselves be seen as who we really are that we retreat. We shrink ourselves to fit an impossible mold and, in doing so, we suppress our power and our energy to the point that we burst at the seams and burn out. It’s time to consciously channel our energy and use that power to propel us forward for ourselves, not for anyone else. Our titles, whatever they may be, are beautiful, yet isolating. We are #blessed, we are thankful but sometimes we are just plain stuck in time, momentarily broken and unsure of our next steps until something shifts within that snaps us out of it. For me, it was my dark night of the soul: my unbecoming, which meant unraveling and letting go of everything I thought I was so I could get to know myself on a whole new level for who I really am, not who others think I am. This required an immense amount of courage to release and rewire decades of old programming, limiting beliefs, and thought patterns and learning to love every single ounce of my soul in all of its wacky weirdness so that I could open myself up to receive what I, like you, really came here to experience: love and pure happiness. The truth is, in those tough moments of confusion and stuckness where we feel so out of alignment and so shattered that it seems like the pieces can never be put back together, we somehow never stay broken. Women are too tough for that. Something primal inside of us kicks in that whispers, “No. This is not who you are and this is not where your story ends.” The powerhouse in all of us eventually rises. In those dark moments when you’re not sure how you’ll get from one moment to the next, you return to yourself renewed. Smarter, stronger, transformed. You find yourself not wanting to live like who you were before, despite the unexpected turbulence. The evolved version of you will rise and step into a new life full of moments that make you feel worthwhile again. Life is full of rock bottoms like mine. You can’t get to the light without the dark. Living a good life worth something requires us to lose our marbles every now and then. The first time it happened to me I had no idea how I’d ever rise again, but I did. First, I picked my head up, then I stood up and then I took those stairs on the way to healing. It was the worst and the best thing that ever happened to me because it got me here: knowing myself better than ever before. But, healing wasn’t as easy as it sounds. I didn’t just waltz to the doctor and come home fixed, to nurturing and protection. No, no, no. I had a lot of cleaning up to do in my life as a whole but I found that time and time again I was taking three core steps that were getting me closer to experiencing my greatness and what abundance, success, love and joy truly looks like to me here and now. The journey of self-mastery is one that never ends - when we think we’re “there” wherever “there” may be, we always discover something new about ourselves and, when we least expect it so we keep going. I’ve been presented with more challenges that continue to test my strength and help me evolve. We’re here for a reason: to learn the lessons our soul was sent here to learn. As human beings, we are SO resourceful. All the answers we seek are already inside of us, as long as we’re willing to raise the volume of our own awareness as much as we do to our circumstances and our surroundings. As painful as it was, I was led step by step (no pun intended) down this incredible awe-inspiring path of pure self-discovery and personal development. The Universe acknowledged my decision to finally take matters into my own hands (still no pun intended) instead of always giving over my control and my trust to others and responded,“Roger Dodger! Here we go!” and proceeded to introduce me to an abundance of knowledge, concepts, experiences, lessons, mentors, teachers, guides, experts and more that have positively transformed my life. You have the same power inside of you - to DECIDE how you use your energy and who you choose to share it with in your lifetime. And, those hard moments? The ones where the world feels like it’s falling apart or we’re at our rockiest of rock bottoms? Those are what make our stories so worthwhile, so valuable and so worth telling. That is why every single one of us is different and unique. That is why every single one of us has something special to offer this world that no one else does and why every healing journey is so wildly different. There's a phenomenon happening worldwide right now: women are waking back up to their own power en masse. Can you feel it? They’re tired of constantly being sold shiny objects or forced down paths that are not their own. Instead, more and more women are realizing their power comes from within and that healing from the inside out yields a vast myriad of incredible results that no serum, pill or platform can otherwise offer. With a bit of clarity and stimulation, like applying some of the knowledge, concepts, and resources here, you’ll be on your way to breakthrough after breakthrough, experiencing every joyous ounce of your fullest self-expression.