Hello Everyone,
There was a time in my life when I didn’t feel nearly as strong as I do today.
There was a time in my life when I was bullied and harassed so much that I sometimes doubted if I wanted to go on. I turned inward, into my own shell.
There was a time in my life where I couldn’t get a word out if an authority figure spoke disapprovingly to me. I’d break out in a cold sweat and start to shiver, it was so bad. Have you ever felt like this?
Once, during this time, a professor confronted me and told me I was going to fail his class. Can you imagine how I reacted?
You can read the entire story by clicking here.
I won’t give the plot away.
Let’s just say that this frightening incident made me realize that something in my life had to shift.
By overcoming challenges like this I’ve come to recognize a powerful truth:
Roadblocks are some of life’s most amazing gifts.
They’re “choice-points” – spots where we either have to tuck tail and turn back, or sprout some serious wings, (claws, teeth, armadillo skin, whatever) and find a way to move ahead.
Until we see them as choice points, these circumstances can keep us in a state of worry, anxiety, fury and pain.
Could it be true that the more negativity you’re experiencing, the more life is asking you to grow?
And that your own resistance to growing in this way is part of the energy keeping you small?
Until now.
No one deserves to be shamed or bullied. And it’s amazing to me that this is something many people do to themselves, on the inside. It’s just one of many weird things we do in our minds, often in the name of improving ourselves. But you can’t bully your way into self-improvement. And sometimes it’s hard to see roadblocks as choice-points without a little encouragement and support.
I’m passionate about helping my clients cultivate personal empowerment skills – building inner resources so that the life we lead is one of joy, no matter how many roadblocks we encounter along the way.
Being willing to speak up, and stand up for yourself, is just the outward manifestation of something far deeper and more profound on the inside.
It’s a sign that you feel a place of center, clarity and value within yourself, and that you know how to tap into it. It’s a sign that you’ve learned to feel at home with yourself there. Once you have this, you will pass it on to your children and those around you – you can’t help it! This sort of thing is delightfully contagious.
So, I got a letter from one of my clients this week, and it is the highlight of my month so far. I asked her if I could share some powerful excerpts from it, and I’m so glad she said yes because I want to celebrate her courage and I know you will be inspired by it too. (Click here to read her story).
One reason I am so touched by her breakthrough is because it mirrors mine – I can so relate to what she was going through because I have been there. I know what it feels like. I know what it takes to break free.
I put my programs together based on the challenges I have faced, and the skills I learned in overcoming them.
That’s why I always feel so overjoyed when one of my clients hits a roadblock dead-on and experiences a breakthrough. They don’t just sprout wings for themselves – they do it for all of us.
Because when one person grows, when one person reaches a choice-point and says “never again” to the smallness of the past, it inspires all of us to grow.
(Click here to read her story…)
Love,
Erin
And if you relate to this week’s letter, hit reply to share a story from your own experience. I always love hearing from you. My email is: radiantenergyforlife@gmail.com