Why Life Coach?
I couldn’t wait to sit down and write this first post, because becoming a life coach is truly the culmination of my life’s work. Once I started training with Jay Shetty, the thing they like you to do, is JOURNAL!!! At first, you don’t want to and you get cranky. But after you start doing it for a few weeks, you can’t wait to jump out of bed and start writing – and then you get mad that you haven’t done this your whole life!! But I digress…Life coach. Well ladies, here it is: I’ve always been a doer. After I stopped working full time, my brain and my body never stopped and it was a constant battle of “What should I be doing with my life that will make an impact”? As I say in the about me section, I started writing a newspaper column as it pertained to being a mom, but that wasn’t taking up any of my time…and once I started working at Anthropologie, I realized that I loved making people smile! In fact, if you come into my fitting room, (Yes I still work at Anthropologie because I love that too), I am nothing, if not honest! If you put on a dress and it’s too tight, I’m going to tell you to go back into your room and take it off. More often than not, women are not only laughing, but thankful that I’m being honest. After all, who wants to get home with a new wardrobe, only to have their loved ones give them the side eye and ask who the heck sold them the jeans two sizes too small!
One night, while my insomnia was raging, I started to look down the road, and I saw a lot of emptiness. Our youngest, is leaving for college in the fall so I knew that I needed something more. Another side note, I love listening to the Guy Raz, “How I Built This” podcast. And one afternoon I was walking my dog, listening to an episode with Jay Shetty. I had never heard of him, but I was mesmerized in the first two minutes. Halfway through the podcast, my idea was to move to India, shave my head and live like a monk for about 3 months, to figure out my life…This seemed reasonable, uncomfortable, and life altering enough that I would surely come home with answers. And then I did something that I never do – I finished walking the dog, and continued listening until the end of the podcast because I was so interested. And that is when Jay talked about certifying people to be life coaches. He loves to say, “Let’s make wisdom go viral, together”. And I couldn’t contain my excitement. It was as if I found a way to funnel all my energy and love for working with women, into something that really had deep meaning. I was signed up for the program two days later! Here’s the crazy part. It came at a very busy time in my life. My son was literally graduating from high school in the next two weeks, I had family coming into town, and lot of festivities around the graduation. And when I asked the woman at the Jay Shetty school if I should wait a few months to sign up, she said, “There’s no better time like the present, and you have a full year to complete the program”. Hmmm, a full year, that’s so not my style. I jumped in with both feet the next day at 5:00 am. This is the type of jumping out of bed with so much enthusiasm that I can’t wait to start my day, that I want ALL OF YOU to experience.
Let’s enjoy the ride! Life coaching is about helping you dive deep and truly connect with what inspires you to jump out of bed in the morning (Okay maybe not literally but you get the point)!
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